John M Kelly (he/him)
@johnmkelly.bsky.social
Californian in the Pacific Northwest. Musician, father, grandfather, baker, bicyclist, writer, UU.
Follow back those I know IRL. Booty shots & crypto pitches get instablocks.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
-- Wendell Berry
Follow back those I know IRL. Booty shots & crypto pitches get instablocks.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
-- Wendell Berry
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Can we dismiss the idiotic and toxic notion that politics and real life are separate?
Real life is living in community.
Politics is deciding how we live in community.
If you want others deciding how you live--or if you live--by all means ignore politics.
Otherwise, get out there and have your say.
Real life is living in community.
Politics is deciding how we live in community.
If you want others deciding how you live--or if you live--by all means ignore politics.
Otherwise, get out there and have your say.
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@gluesenkampperez.house.gov how you, as a mother and child of an immigrant, could vote to fund ICE is unimaginable.
do you think this vote keeps your children safe from ICE or Noem's goons? i certainly don't. you may live to regret your choices. i guess we will wait and see.
do you think this vote keeps your children safe from ICE or Noem's goons? i certainly don't. you may live to regret your choices. i guess we will wait and see.
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM
@gluesenkampperez.house.gov how you, as a mother and child of an immigrant, could vote to fund ICE is unimaginable.
do you think this vote keeps your children safe from ICE or Noem's goons? i certainly don't. you may live to regret your choices. i guess we will wait and see.
do you think this vote keeps your children safe from ICE or Noem's goons? i certainly don't. you may live to regret your choices. i guess we will wait and see.
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TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
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ICE/Border Patrol agents are now hitting unaccompanied minors with their vehicles, detaining and disappearing them, even after being shown a U.S. passport.
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
ICE/Border Patrol agents are now hitting unaccompanied minors with their vehicles, detaining and disappearing them, even after being shown a U.S. passport.
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ICE shot a legal observer in the face in Minneapolis. Abolish ICE and prosecute every single one of their deputized terrorists.
January 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
ICE shot a legal observer in the face in Minneapolis. Abolish ICE and prosecute every single one of their deputized terrorists.
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Please spread the word and join us. Vigil scheduled for 5:00 today at E. 34th Street and Portland Ave S. in Minneapolis for woman murdered by ICE agents.
January 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Please spread the word and join us. Vigil scheduled for 5:00 today at E. 34th Street and Portland Ave S. in Minneapolis for woman murdered by ICE agents.
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There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland.
If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland.
If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
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Reader comment of the moment from the NYT: “This isn’t Trump. This is the United States. I am not blaming individual Americans, but your entire government is to blame for this crime. And if you don’t stop it, you are to blame as well.”
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Reader comment of the moment from the NYT: “This isn’t Trump. This is the United States. I am not blaming individual Americans, but your entire government is to blame for this crime. And if you don’t stop it, you are to blame as well.”
Today is World AIDS Day. This is the first time since 1988 that the US government has refused to observe it.
The US has become a smaller, meaner country under Trump.
The US has become a smaller, meaner country under Trump.
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Today is World AIDS Day. This is the first time since 1988 that the US government has refused to observe it.
The US has become a smaller, meaner country under Trump.
The US has become a smaller, meaner country under Trump.
This year's winner of the Unintended Irony Award. No shade on Habitat for Humanity, it's a wonderful organization, but some PR outfit really reamed them with this: a house-shaped wooden key fob that can't even survive a trip through the mail.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This year's winner of the Unintended Irony Award. No shade on Habitat for Humanity, it's a wonderful organization, but some PR outfit really reamed them with this: a house-shaped wooden key fob that can't even survive a trip through the mail.
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We have a toolkit for you if Federal forces invade your city next:
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit
Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."
October 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We have a toolkit for you if Federal forces invade your city next:
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit
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Photo credits:
Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Photo credits:
Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
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Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
October 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
The war-torn immigrant-ravaged crimescape that is Los Angeles today.
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The war-torn immigrant-ravaged crimescape that is Los Angeles today.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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#HealthNut #GiftAMeal
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October 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
chicken bisque sandwich
tastes better than it looks!
I gifted a meal by taking a photo at Health Nut with the free @GiftAMeal app.
#HealthNut #GiftAMeal
api.giftameal.app/local-busine...
tastes better than it looks!
I gifted a meal by taking a photo at Health Nut with the free @GiftAMeal app.
#HealthNut #GiftAMeal
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Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.
This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.
This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
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“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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few things to note about this story:
- the batshit last bit, obvi;
- the Strib put a lot of bylines on this, which is good, but I would especially note that this story was fact checked by a Minnesota woman named MaryJo and my experience with such women suggests that they do not suffer bullshit
- the batshit last bit, obvi;
- the Strib put a lot of bylines on this, which is good, but I would especially note that this story was fact checked by a Minnesota woman named MaryJo and my experience with such women suggests that they do not suffer bullshit
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
few things to note about this story:
- the batshit last bit, obvi;
- the Strib put a lot of bylines on this, which is good, but I would especially note that this story was fact checked by a Minnesota woman named MaryJo and my experience with such women suggests that they do not suffer bullshit
- the batshit last bit, obvi;
- the Strib put a lot of bylines on this, which is good, but I would especially note that this story was fact checked by a Minnesota woman named MaryJo and my experience with such women suggests that they do not suffer bullshit
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We are, once again, clean on OPSEC
this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
October 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We are, once again, clean on OPSEC
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ICE writing long screeds whining about someone from Cato calling out their bullshit shows how they know they're losing the narrative here. No one likes ICE. No one trusts ICE. And they're flipping out about how weak they look.
ICE says I cause assaults on ICE by reciting facts about ICE’s recent shooting but refuses to link to the thread. Only posting a picture. ICE lies and ICE hides. You can read the facts for yourselves
October 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
ICE writing long screeds whining about someone from Cato calling out their bullshit shows how they know they're losing the narrative here. No one likes ICE. No one trusts ICE. And they're flipping out about how weak they look.
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can imagine." -- Obi-Wan Kenobi
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Return Draws 6.2 Million Viewers, Ratings Show
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can imagine." -- Obi-Wan Kenobi
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
Content warning: both the drawing and the text are extremely creepy.
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
on.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Content warning: both the drawing and the text are extremely creepy.
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Many media types and Dems continue to operate as if Trump is a politically invincible figure, a "Teflon Don." But in truth he's becoming an increasingly weak, failing, diminished, unpopular, naked-emperor figure, and it's time to treat him as such. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.
newrepublic.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Many media types and Dems continue to operate as if Trump is a politically invincible figure, a "Teflon Don." But in truth he's becoming an increasingly weak, failing, diminished, unpopular, naked-emperor figure, and it's time to treat him as such. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
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