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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 3h

Beginning to think "billionaire" should be classified as a mental disorder. It's almost impossible for people so rich and walled off from the rest of the world to be in touch with reality.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 21h

Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” comment literally looks better every day.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 1d

As long as Netanyahu remains PM and sees his political survival - and perhaps his personal freedom - as dependent on waging conflict then, yeah, this is all theater designed to just buy more time or, in this case, to placate Trump.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Snell was as unhittable as I've any pitcher in many years.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, but Fox's Pentagon reporter - Jennifer Griffin - is far and away the best one they have. Tough luck for Hegseth.

Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, but the Jays are still Canadian. Switching support to a US team - even one just across the border - is probably a tough sell these days.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Isn’t unlikely Rs can extract much more advantage out of this map for 2026? They’ve already gerrymandered the crap out of it.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder who owns Time Magazine now:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 2d

Preller would be a very tough guy to work for, I'd think.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently he sent letter to the SD Tribune about needing to take care of himself. Sounds like burnout.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 2d

Growing up in Los Angeles I remember the two times the National Guard were needed there. The Watts Riots in 1965 when I was 5 and the Rodney King riots 26 years later. It's insane the casualness with which people like Benioff want to deploy the military now for common city problems.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 2d

His eyes tend to look to the side or below in interviews. Especially when he’s lying

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 2d

I really came to appreciate Ebert’s writing when he started his personal blog about non-film subjects. Wonderful
stuff.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 3d

Is it possible she doesn’t know the previous head of CBS News was also a woman?

www.npr.org/2025/05/19/n...

President of CBS News resigns as Trump lawsuit hovers over network

CBS News President Wendy McMahon says she's resigning because "the company and I do not agree on the path forward." CBS' parent company is trying to settle a lawsuit with President Trump.

www.npr.org

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 3d

I hate these ones that turn into tunnels with more possibilities than remaining guesses. Smart play with your 5th guess

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 3d

This layperson understood emergency petitions were generally intended to protect against a lower court ruling that would render substantial consequences. I.E. to more or less retain status quo while the case moves forward. SCOTUS has used to green light the consequences instead. Sounds right?

Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 3d

Because there may be a Democrat in the White House again and we want the ability to roll back all of these powers we’ve given Trump. If we formally decide the case we won’t be able to do that.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 4d

@kpixtv.bsky.social should be embarrassed. In that compilation the only person who got pushback was the person supporting prop 50 - Porter. Everyone against it got a free pass. I knew the DC press is wired for Republicans but I sure as hell didn’t expect my local CBS station to be, as well.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 4d

I understand why the US has a base in Qatar but I'd love to know what the strategic mission is for the Qatari Air Force having a base in Idaho.

Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 4d

Reid Hoffman, Tom Steyer, Michael Moritz, Dustin Moskovitz, Laurene Powell Jobs, Reed Hastings, Ron Conway, Jeff/Erica Lawson, Allan Thygesen (Docusign), Allan Thygesen (Box dot com) ... not at all gone but Democrats don't own the Valley like they once did. The Biden administration sure didn't help.

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 4d

Another citizen being "Kavanaughed"

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 4d

And he's criticizing others for looking like a weirdo in public?

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 5d

I think I'd enjoy reading Scott Pelley's *memo* or any of the other "60 Minutes" hosts'

Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 5d

Where does “tariffs are actually great” fit in with Bezos’ edict about celebrating free markets?

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Kelly Miller @kellylmiller.bsky.social · 5d

And $18k over the life of the home loan, which on a 30 year loan is $600/year

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