Kelly Kennedy
@kellyskennedy.bsky.social
Army vet. Kidney donor. Combat ballerina.
Ghostwriter: Christine Brown’s Sister Wife
Author Schmauthor: The Unit; Queen of Cuba; Fight Like a Girl; They Fought for Each Other
Formerly of The War Horse, USA Today, Military Times
www.kellykennedy.net
Ghostwriter: Christine Brown’s Sister Wife
Author Schmauthor: The Unit; Queen of Cuba; Fight Like a Girl; They Fought for Each Other
Formerly of The War Horse, USA Today, Military Times
www.kellykennedy.net
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Kelly Kennedy
@kellyskennedy.bsky.social
· Jul 22
The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives|Paperback
The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit―an explosive and unlikely story of service and sacrifice.Inside our military is a team of operators ...
www.barnesandnoble.com
In the mood for a book about an Egyptian immigrant’s incredible push to serve his new country? We’re out in paperback today with Adam Gamal’s story about becoming an intelligence operative with a unit we couldn’t name working with Delta and SEAL Team 6: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-unit-a...
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Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
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As the Trump administration carries out its immigration crackdown, Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos.
Remembering WW2 Camps, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As the Trump administration carries out its immigration crackdown, Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos.
I got nothin'.
David Gandy has accused Peppa Pig of giving children the wrong ideas about men, warning that one of Britain’s most popular pre-school cartoons was helping to entrench a “bad narrative” about fathers ⬇️
David Gandy: Peppa Pig promotes bad narrative about hapless fathers
The model, 45, has called for a ‘masculinity reset’ to address the way men are portrayed on screen
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I got nothin'.
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David Sacks, one of the Trump administration’s top technology officials, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
David Sacks, one of the Trump administration’s top technology officials, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
WTF? Oops, they’re still alive? These poor soldiers and their poor families.
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
WTF? Oops, they’re still alive? These poor soldiers and their poor families.
"With the time reading 10:19, Faust, a platoon leader with the 55th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, crossed the finish line wearing the Army’s newest suit, a 48-pound prototype developed by Program Executive Officer Soldier, according to a service release."
Jeebus.
Jeebus.
Army officer sets record for fastest mile run in EOD bomb suit
Wearing a 48-pound prototype suit, the former West Point soccer player crossed the finish line with the watch reading 10:19.
www.militarytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"With the time reading 10:19, Faust, a platoon leader with the 55th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, crossed the finish line wearing the Army’s newest suit, a 48-pound prototype developed by Program Executive Officer Soldier, according to a service release."
Jeebus.
Jeebus.
“The organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys," Hegseth wrote in the memo.
OK, Jan.
OK, Jan.
Documents show the U.S. Military plans to cut support to the Boy Scouts. And, a judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James. n.pr/43MiquX
U.S. plans to cut ties with Boy Scouts. And, Comey and James' criminal cases dismissed
Documents show the U.S. Military plans to cut support to the Boy Scouts. And, a judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys," Hegseth wrote in the memo.
OK, Jan.
OK, Jan.
They made significantly more criminal arrests this year, but the number of people indicted stayed roughly flat. They opened many fewer “significant cases”—like into global crime syndicates like drug cartels—than the previous year. Human trafficking arrests up, but agents helped 20% fewer victims.
Amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown, special agents at the Homeland Security Department have made fewer arrests for drug crimes and seized fewer weapons than they did the previous fiscal year, according to internal government documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
Internal documents reveal the impact on crime fighting as the Trump administration diverts special agents to its mass deportation agenda.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
They made significantly more criminal arrests this year, but the number of people indicted stayed roughly flat. They opened many fewer “significant cases”—like into global crime syndicates like drug cartels—than the previous year. Human trafficking arrests up, but agents helped 20% fewer victims.
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Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died.
One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies age 111
One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died. Viola Ford Fletcher was 111.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died.
"An increase in beef imports from Brazil, like President Donald Trump encouraged last week by slashing tariffs on the South American country, may help insulate consumers while ranchers and feedlots struggle with high costs and falling prices."
Tyson Foods' decision to close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide.
Tyson's beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide
Tyson Foods’ decision to close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"An increase in beef imports from Brazil, like President Donald Trump encouraged last week by slashing tariffs on the South American country, may help insulate consumers while ranchers and feedlots struggle with high costs and falling prices."
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After Texas news outlets made a public records request to see emails Gov. Abbott and Musk’s companies, state officials took months fighting and delaying their release.
Then, they released 1,374 pages with all but 200 of those pages entirely blacked out. trib.al/ldzeTdi
Then, they released 1,374 pages with all but 200 of those pages entirely blacked out. trib.al/ldzeTdi
Abbott Releases—and Blacks Out—1,400 Pages of Emails With Elon Musk
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was forced to reveal his emails with Musk. He didn’t totally comply.
trib.al
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
After Texas news outlets made a public records request to see emails Gov. Abbott and Musk’s companies, state officials took months fighting and delaying their release.
Then, they released 1,374 pages with all but 200 of those pages entirely blacked out. trib.al/ldzeTdi
Then, they released 1,374 pages with all but 200 of those pages entirely blacked out. trib.al/ldzeTdi
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I am both a patriotic American and a strident Atlanticist and it is for both those reasons that I firmly believe Europe should ice us out of NATO until we have our head back on our shoulders
There is nothing to gain and everything to lose by showing up for handshake photo-ops with our mad king
There is nothing to gain and everything to lose by showing up for handshake photo-ops with our mad king
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I am both a patriotic American and a strident Atlanticist and it is for both those reasons that I firmly believe Europe should ice us out of NATO until we have our head back on our shoulders
There is nothing to gain and everything to lose by showing up for handshake photo-ops with our mad king
There is nothing to gain and everything to lose by showing up for handshake photo-ops with our mad king
So much work these people have done. It's horrifying for all of us, but I hope they're hanging on for the next round.
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So much work these people have done. It's horrifying for all of us, but I hope they're hanging on for the next round.
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In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols.
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols.
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
No. Shit.
Many Americans say they believe in democracy, but many also don’t believe it's working, according to a new Gallup poll.
Americans like democracy, but don't believe it or US institutions are working well, poll finds
A Kettering Foundation-Gallup poll finds that about half of U.S. adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only around one-quarter think it’s doing “very” or “moderately” well.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
No. Shit.
All the energy. Oil. Electric. Nuclear. All the AI. All the money. All the media. All the freedom. All the control.
Probably not just about the U.S.
Probably not just about the U.S.
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
All the energy. Oil. Electric. Nuclear. All the AI. All the money. All the media. All the freedom. All the control.
Probably not just about the U.S.
Probably not just about the U.S.
There's so much weird timing here.
Prosecutors have accused Brian Raymond, founder of AI infrastructure and consulting company Bitworks, and three others of selling coveted Nvidia chips to unspecified Chinese companies.
AI Founder Illegally Shipped Nvidia Chips To China, DOJ Alleges
Prosecutors have accused Brian Raymond, founder of AI infrastructure and consulting company Bitworks, and three others of selling coveted Nvidia chips to unspecified Chinese companies.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
There's so much weird timing here.
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Trump administration proposes opening waters off California and Florida to oil drilling
Trump administration proposes opening waters off California and Florida to oil drilling
The proposed plan is a jab at California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, but could face bipartisan pushback for opening acres off Florida's Gulf Coast.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Trump administration proposes opening waters off California and Florida to oil drilling
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This is a good example of how you introduce essential context right at the very top of a story:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is a good example of how you introduce essential context right at the very top of a story:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
There are days when it's hard for me to remember that, at base, we all want the same things.
Today I'm trying to remember that those things don't include Nazis, pedophiles, and death sentences for disobeying illegal orders.
Right? None of us wants those things, right?
Today I'm trying to remember that those things don't include Nazis, pedophiles, and death sentences for disobeying illegal orders.
Right? None of us wants those things, right?
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
There are days when it's hard for me to remember that, at base, we all want the same things.
Today I'm trying to remember that those things don't include Nazis, pedophiles, and death sentences for disobeying illegal orders.
Right? None of us wants those things, right?
Today I'm trying to remember that those things don't include Nazis, pedophiles, and death sentences for disobeying illegal orders.
Right? None of us wants those things, right?
Y'all.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Y'all.
What in the actual fuq?
Oh, my grandfather is about to come up from his grave for yer asses.
Oh, my grandfather is about to come up from his grave for yer asses.
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What in the actual fuq?
Oh, my grandfather is about to come up from his grave for yer asses.
Oh, my grandfather is about to come up from his grave for yer asses.
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Honestly, this makes every org and institution that folded at the merest threat of an attack on trans rights just look as pathetic as they are.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
www.autonomynews.co
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Honestly, this makes every org and institution that folded at the merest threat of an attack on trans rights just look as pathetic as they are.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.