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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹

@michaelakellar.bsky.social

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Mechanical Engineer (Ret.), Writer, Artist, 🔞 #Democrat, #WhiteRose, #GoodTroubleMaker, #MakeYourPlan, #WitnessAndTestify, @[email protected], No DMs Please, Abandoned Twitter 11/05/24

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Nov 12

These are my recommendations for anyone who wants to make a plan to resist a Trump Dictatorship:

- First: Do a little light reading. Pick up 'On Tyranny' by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. The Twenty Points Snyder outlines are your starting point. The plan is what you create using it.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Aug 31

Modi and Xi forge strong new ties as Trump shreds America's relations with India over Nobel Prize lies. Yet again, China reaps huge gains through Trump's inept and corrupt conduct. www.ft.com/content/890c...

Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties

Donald Trump’s trade war drives a rapprochement between the world’s two most populous countries

www.ft.com

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · Aug 31

What a POS

Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire).

But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Aug 31

Absurd and outrageous map would lead to a 7-1 GOP margin in a state that is often split about 60-40 GOP by creating an absurd district 5 that spans about two thirds of the way across the state, 200 miles from West to East

Oppose this.

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Aug 31

Missouri governor calls lawmakers back to Capitol to gerrymander congressional map
• Missouri Independent missouriindependent.com/2025/08/29/m...

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 31

We've been here before. America has a track record when it comes to exploiting the resources of oppressed people.

The history of economic exploitation in “Killers of the Flower Moon”

How settlers stole the wealth and resources of citizens of the Osage Nation, whose reservation land in Oklahoma was rich in oil.

www.marketplace.org

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is an unconstitutional and authoritarian power grab.

The constitution grants power over federal elections to the states and Congress - not the president.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 31

President Trump said late Saturday that he would issue an executive order to require voter identification for all U.S. elections, a continuation of his efforts to overhaul the nation’s election laws, which he has long attacked and falsely blamed for his 2020 election loss.

Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D.

He also wants to restrict mail-in voting and allow only paper ballots. The Constitution doesn’t give the president explicit authority over election law.

nyti.ms

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 31

Just remember; the last God-made-man didn't have a great time down here.

Keep a low profile, and stay away from loaves and fishes.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 31

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Trump plan for Gaza includes the relocation of the entire population - 2 million people - a US “trusteeship” and the creation of a tourism and tech hub.

Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.

Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population

President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 31

I bet he voted at all three residences as well.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 30

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apnews.com/article/paxt...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Senate hopeful, claimed 3 homes as his primary residence

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million home in a Dallas suburb. In 2015, they snapped up a second house in Austin.

apnews.com

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Jays aka Clovis @clovislives.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is a great time to remind everyone that EOs aren’t laws, the federal government doesn’t manage voting in this way, and it’s all a scare tactic and any reporting that doesn’t provide that context is enabling potentially lawless activity.

CivicTracker @civictracker.us · Aug 31

Trump declares intention to issue an Executive Order mandating Voter ID for all votes, restricts mail-in voting to exceptions, and insists on paper ballots only.

Donald J. Trump via Truth Social: Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!! Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military. USE PAPER BALLOTS ONLY!!! President DJT

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 30

His Mea Culpa:

"It’s all about the famous hat, of course. Yes, I took it. Yes, I did it quickly. But as I’ve always said, life is first come, first served,” he claimed."

If you have any business dealings with this slime ball, keep this in mind. HE comes first; HE gets served first.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 30

“ILLEGALS” MY ASS!

Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.

He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 30

CEOs are a curse on humanity....
Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek, literally stealing treats from a child.

Polish CEO’s company review bombed after stealing hat from a child at tennis game - Dexerto

Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek stole a hat that was meant for a child at the U.S. Open, resulting in massive backlash against his company.

www.dexerto.com

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 30

📌 #Writing, #Copyright, #AI

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · Aug 29

Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.

Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · Aug 28

I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!

This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · Aug 30

The Trump administration is undertaking an unprecedented strategy to try to undermine our elections. They are doing so by rewriting election rules, targeting election officials, supporting election deniers, and retreating from protecting voting rights. bit.ly/4l1lUPP

The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election

The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.

www.brennancenter.org

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 30

I still have a full set of Encyclopedia Britainer.

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 30

So 'Birth of a Nation: Hardbound'?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 30

CHICAGO…

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · Aug 30

Saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Rossiter, who told the stories of the many forgotten and underappreciated women of science.

Like many women of her generation, she survived academia by developing a tough exterior, but her support for jr women, myself included, was unwavering.

RIP, Margaret.

Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History

www.nytimes.com

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 30

Wishin' And Hopin' (Stereo Version)

YouTube video by Dusty Springfield - Topic

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Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ma'am, this is a Wendy's.

Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹 @michaelakellar.bsky.social · Aug 30

Most people dream of him in an early grave. I'd prefer to see him hale and hearty, and enjoying the inside a prison cell after being removed from office.