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Keir Semmens
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Hoya. Ironman. Pro-democracy. Biased towards reality.
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · Aug 18
Find your lane to help. Then be a helper.
stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Aug 18
“The evidence of Donald Trump’s desperation and failure is mounting. The question for each of us and each of our leaders is: Which side of history will I be on?”
www.americaamerica.news/p/which-side...
Which Side of History Are You On?
That question becomes more critical as Trump's authoritarianism escalates
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 16h
Tariffs destroy prosperity. America’s jobs and growth are at stake. True then. True now.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 2d
Guided missile warheads
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 2d
Same as it ever was
meganranney.bsky.social Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d
The founder of @yalesph.bsky.social opining on whether Americans need compulsory health insurance.

So many of these arguments from the 1940s are unchanged today.

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America's Town Meeting of the Air
YouTube video by Yale School of Public Health
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, presidents can go to prison
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy reports to La Santé prison in Paris to commence his five-year sentence for campaign finance violations
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 3d
Every day is Groundhog Day to them.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d
Erez Reuveni spent 15 years as an immigration lawyer for the DOJ.

The Trump administration fired him when he refused to defend their lies about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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hpanzironi @hpanzironi.bsky.social · 5d
Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
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alr.lykke🦋 @anettelykke.bsky.social · 5d
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 5d
A reminder that the Fox News boss doesn’t live in America
kazcooke.bsky.social Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 5d
Why isn't non-Murdoch media asking Lachlan Murdoch every day why his Fox Network is Trump's chief propaganda unit? Why does he get to hide out in Australia while running cheerleading for the ruin of America's justice, health & rights systems?
drvicfielding.bsky.social Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 5d
ICE attacked peaceful protestors with tear gas and then Fox News characterised the violence as caused by protestors. Trump’s propaganda arm - Murdoch media - is a huge part of the MAGA problem.
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 5d
When life imitates art
bopickard.bsky.social Bo Pickard @bopickard.bsky.social · Apr 1
The Plane Truth
Cartoon drawing of a plane flying over a bunch of protesters carrying signs that read "F-47" Trump is flying the plane while looking at the people saying "People seem to like my new fighter jet!"
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 5d
NYT front page after the largest protests in US history. Gutless!
morchower.bsky.social Matty Mo @morchower.bsky.social · 5d
We know the NYTimes buried No Kings as the 4th story on its digital site. The print paper just has a photo and article on p.23. Yet plugs a B Stiller movie and how Team Felon likes so social media. Article buried on p A23. BOOTLICKERS. Maybe it is. the “failing NYTimes.”
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 5d
Kremlin puppet needs new material
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 5d
Every lyric still slaps 🚫🤴
jenlucpiquant.bsky.social Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 6d
There's never been a musical quite like "Hamilton," and it remains one of my all-time faves, for many reasons. But the satirical sendup of King George III is one of them. :) #NoMoreKings www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5JA...
You'll Be Back - Hamilton (Original Cast 2016 - Live) [HD]
YouTube video by Asaki Takaya
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alr.lykke🦋 @anettelykke.bsky.social · 5d
Economic and political freedom works. 🇵🇱🇪🇺
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 5d
Coast Guard bought Kristi Noem two private jets (I guess if one breaks down). Cost: $172 million. Is that what you call draining the swamp?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 6d
#A_NewHope ✊
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6d
Wildly illegal $1.2 TRILLION tax hike that violates multiple domestic laws & multiple ratified international treaties, along with impoverishing the median voter, who works in the non-tradable services sector & experiences international trade <only> as a consumer.
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 6d
When due process becomes die process
jacobsoboroff.bsky.social Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6d
worst of the worst?
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 6d
This
asharangappa.bsky.social Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 6d
The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.

Mark my words.
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 6d
George Santos was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his crimes. Trump released him before he’d even served 87 days.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 7d
A tour de force of reporting and writing by @andykroll.bsky.social: How Russell Vought Became Trump’s Shadow President
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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Keir Semmens @keirsemmens.bsky.social · 8d
Peter Norman was the Australian. Carlos and Smith both gave eulogies and were pallbearers at his funeral.
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Athena Gabriel ❌👑 @athenagabriel.bsky.social · 9d
Trump’s shutdown is abuse of power. Democrats’ CR reins him in: blocks his budget games, ends DHS slush funds, restores ACA subsidies, funds PBS, and installs oversight.

Congress protects people, Trump protects himself.
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 9d
Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.
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