M. E. Kirkland
@mekirkland.bsky.social
Writer from Raleigh, NC. Recently returned to North Carolina after many moons playing pirate in and around Tampa Bay -- Cultural Critic, Professional Cynophile, Seamstress for the Band.
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The convicted sex criminal was obsessed with other high-profile abuse cases, offering commentary, advice, and even financial help.
When Jeffrey Epstein was the world’s leading expert on getting away with it
The convicted sex-criminal was obsessed with other high profile abuse cases, offering commentary, advice, and even financial help.
www.motherjones.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The convicted sex criminal was obsessed with other high-profile abuse cases, offering commentary, advice, and even financial help.
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Whether it’s collecting vinyl or dressing well for cocktails, living tastefully feels like an accomplishment—but maybe it’s a trap. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/C879eh
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Good Taste?
Whether it’s collecting vinyl or dressing well for cocktails, living tastefully feels like an accomplishment—but maybe it’s a trap.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Whether it’s collecting vinyl or dressing well for cocktails, living tastefully feels like an accomplishment—but maybe it’s a trap. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/C879eh
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A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
In the early 20th-century writings of Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile, particularly in The Doctrine of Fascism (1932), is the concept of fascism as a mechanism for one group to impose order and "curtail the vices of others," while exercising their own [vices] -- is on brilliant display today.
February 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
In the early 20th-century writings of Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile, particularly in The Doctrine of Fascism (1932), is the concept of fascism as a mechanism for one group to impose order and "curtail the vices of others," while exercising their own [vices] -- is on brilliant display today.
Check this out -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstB...
Meet the Thinker: Timothy Snyder | Bozar Brussels
YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Instituut
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January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Check this out -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstB...
Please note Fink states, "I got a good education." Education is an end in itself. The uneducated will not understand what is lost if the Humanities are lost to the masses through strict emphasis on vocational education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWCr...
At Davos, Palantir CEO Explains EXACTLY How AI Will Impact Jobs | 'Exposing Job's Real Market Value'
YouTube video by Mint
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January 25, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Please note Fink states, "I got a good education." Education is an end in itself. The uneducated will not understand what is lost if the Humanities are lost to the masses through strict emphasis on vocational education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWCr...
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More resignations of federal prosecutors are expected at the US attorney’s office in Minnesota amid ongoing frustration over the Trump administration’s response to the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
Minnesota US attorney’s office is bracing for a new wave of resignations
Prosecutors are alarmed by the administration's response to Renée Good's killing.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM
More resignations of federal prosecutors are expected at the US attorney’s office in Minnesota amid ongoing frustration over the Trump administration’s response to the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
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A string of recent polls found most believe the ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis was unjustified.
Trump Demands Deportees Be Publicly Identified To Reverse Negative ICE Views
A string of recent polls found most believe the ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis was unjustified.
www.forbes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:10 PM
A string of recent polls found most believe the ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis was unjustified.
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The FAA has warned U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying over parts of Mexico, Central America and South America due to a “potentially hazardous situation.”
FAA Warns Airlines Of Potential ‘Military Activities’ In Latin America
The FAA has warned U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying over parts of Mexico, Central America and South America due to a “potentially hazardous situation.”
www.forbes.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The FAA has warned U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying over parts of Mexico, Central America and South America due to a “potentially hazardous situation.”
Who wants to pursue Greenland? www.popsci.com/technology/b....
Billionaires dream of building utopian techno-city in Greenland
The 'freedom city' is the latest effort to create stateless cities with minimal corporate regulation.
www.popsci.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Who wants to pursue Greenland? www.popsci.com/technology/b....
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Long after 92-year-old Sen. Chuck Grassley is dead, our country will be suffering from his collaboration with a corrupt FBI to help the dictator punish his enemies. (NYT gift link)
Under Patel, F.B.I. Scours Its Records to Discredit Trump Opponents
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Long after 92-year-old Sen. Chuck Grassley is dead, our country will be suffering from his collaboration with a corrupt FBI to help the dictator punish his enemies. (NYT gift link)
It makes perfect sense now. ACA subsidies are gutted just in time for Amazon to roll out pay-per-visit online doctor visits.
January 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
It makes perfect sense now. ACA subsidies are gutted just in time for Amazon to roll out pay-per-visit online doctor visits.
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Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
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“For decades now, officers have been trained that they can avoid being run over if they just don’t position themselves in a vehicle’s path of travel. “
Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway.
Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
“For decades now, officers have been trained that they can avoid being run over if they just don’t position themselves in a vehicle’s path of travel. “
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Renée Good is one of at least nine people across the country who have been shot by immigration agents since September. There is something every case has in common:
Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway.
Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars.
www.motherjones.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Renée Good is one of at least nine people across the country who have been shot by immigration agents since September. There is something every case has in common:
Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.
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Work-issued laptops and phones feel personal, but they are often managed by employers. Personal data—like tax forms and financial records—can remain on devices, even after you think they’re gone.
As Tax Season Opens, Be Aware: Your Workplace Devices Aren’t Private
Work-issued laptops and phones feel personal, but they are often managed by employers. Sensitive personal data—like tax forms and financial records—can remain on devices.
www.forbes.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Work-issued laptops and phones feel personal, but they are often managed by employers. Personal data—like tax forms and financial records—can remain on devices, even after you think they’re gone.
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"They are taking no great pains to prevent random, unnecessary violence like this. In fact, at least in the abstract, Trump welcomes it."
A Killing in Minneapolis. A Gaslighting From the White House.
Minutes after ICE shot her, the Trump administration had already declared Renee Nicole Good a ‘domestic terrorist.’
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
"They are taking no great pains to prevent random, unnecessary violence like this. In fact, at least in the abstract, Trump welcomes it."
He drew his gun before she even started to move.
January 9, 2026 at 4:08 AM
He drew his gun before she even started to move.
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Donald Trump wasn’t lying when he said he could get away with shooting someone in the street in broad daylight.
He just forgot to specify if it would be murder for hire.
He just forgot to specify if it would be murder for hire.
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Donald Trump wasn’t lying when he said he could get away with shooting someone in the street in broad daylight.
He just forgot to specify if it would be murder for hire.
He just forgot to specify if it would be murder for hire.
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Donald Trump’s approach to the world is not the isolationism that many of his supporters celebrated when he returned to office—it’s “a narcissistic form of unilateralism that says, loudly, I can do whatever I want, whenever and however I want to do it,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes.
Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)
There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Donald Trump’s approach to the world is not the isolationism that many of his supporters celebrated when he returned to office—it’s “a narcissistic form of unilateralism that says, loudly, I can do whatever I want, whenever and however I want to do it,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes.
Thé Minn. Ice shooting today was 4 blocks from where George Floyd was killed — they hit that city, that area of that metropolitan area with the largest force. Here it is — I am afraid that the die is cast.
January 8, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Thé Minn. Ice shooting today was 4 blocks from where George Floyd was killed — they hit that city, that area of that metropolitan area with the largest force. Here it is — I am afraid that the die is cast.