Kelly Kennedy
@kellyskennedy.bsky.social
Army vet. Kidney donor. Combat ballerina. Ghostwriter: Christine Brown’s Sister Wife Co: The Unit; Queen of Cuba; Fight Like a Girl Author: They Fought for Each Other Formerly of The War Horse, USA Today, Military Times www.kellykennedy.net
Reports will go down. Accountability will decline. Poor behavior will go unchecked. Overall environment will become more toxic and dangerous. Doesn’t sound like great leadership.
Task & Purpose@taskandpurpose.com · yesterdayArmy ends anonymous reporting for harassment complaints trib.al/oQU93m2
Guns, a mixer, and a vacuum cleaner. The man knows the way to a Stepford heart. “…including jewelry totaling more than $1,000 in value, designer purses, guns, shoes, flowers, a laptop and a cellphone, a KitchenAid mixer, a robotic vacuum, vacations, tickets to performances and one-on-one dinners.”
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: A House panel recommended that a GOP lawmaker be censured after finding that he likely violated sexual harassment rules.
"Creative and unconventional ways to punish Iran," you say? Make them attend Financial Peace University given by the Chaplain. But the shitty Chaplain that doesn't even furnish coffee or a snack-tray.
To help prevent heat-related deaths, the French government has asked postal workers to check in on older people.
As France’s Elders Swelter in the Heat, Postal Workers Come to the Rescue
To help prevent heat-related deaths, the French government has asked postal workers to check in on older people.
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Neat. This is a far cry from COIN, which didn’t make it down with any real understanding to the company level. As unlearned from our wars going back decades, this is how you turn a whole civilization against you forever.
Adam Weinstein@adamweinstein.bsky.social · 2d agoWhen everything in Centcom J-2 is going great, just great, we're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?
Synetic Theater’s “The Immigrant” is playing through Aug. 2. It’s incredible. If you can, go see it. synetictheater.org/events/ youtu.be/qX2hhnqkG20?...
The Immigrant (Summer 2026) Trailer
YouTube video by Synetic Theater
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Over 100 women's college basketball players have formed the United College Athletes Association, a union for college athletes.
Over 100 women's college basketball players team up in unionization effort
Over 100 women's college basketball players have formed the United College Athletes Association, a union for college athletes. The UCAA announced this on Friday.
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Classy in every way. Antwerp World Diamond Center “had unveiled an 18-karat gold ring the size of a watch. The ring was encrusted with 321 diamonds and dozens of sapphires, emeralds and rubies, and it was a gift to Mr. Trump to mark America’s 250th anniversary.”
Trump’s Tariff Exemptions Include Diamonds, Oil and Gas, Copper and Other Items
A new round of tariff carve-outs has raised familiar questions about who should receive the lucrative exceptions, and why.
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@davephilipps.bsky.social always writes so beautifully about devastating issues: “He left no note. He offered no explanation. His unraveling left his family so perplexed about how to sum up his life that they buried him without a headstone.”
Rescue Boat Crews Show Signs of Brain Injuries, but Coast Guard Isn’t Looking
Untreated and undiagnosed, the crews that save lives in the roughest seas face the relentless pounding of waves.
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Neat. “Exxon Mobil, the largest U.S. oil company, said on Friday that it had earned $14.53 billion in the April through June period, more than twice as much as it did in the second quarter of 2025.”
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5d agoAs the war with Iran continues to upend energy markets, many of the world’s biggest oil companies are reporting their highest quarterly profits in years.
“The Ngogo chimpanzees show how our ancestors could have gotten dragged into years of lethal fighting without ideology or cultural identity — let alone the language to talk about them.” Also, Trump admin wants to kill the research program. Too close to home?
These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.
A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it.
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"I’m not sure if it’s the explosive diarrhea thing that’s stopping me or the idea that RFK Jr., recently seen chugging whole milk while wearing jeans in a hot tub with scroungy washed-up singer Kid Rock, thinks he can offer culinary tips to anyone who hasn’t already died from a preventable disease."
Rex Huppke@rexhuppke.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is a factual sentence: Amid an outbreak of explosive diarrhea and with measles cases at a 35-year high, America’s top health official, who has an affinity for roadkill and guzzling raw milk, will soon start hosting a cooking show. My column, tragically: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
#MusicChallenge #SongBuilding Day 31- Dome Styx - Mr. Roboto I know. Sorry. This is where my head went, and it seemed apt. Machines to save our lives, machines dehumanize
Styx - Mr. Roboto (Official Video)
YouTube video by StyxVEVO
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Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
This is what you’d get if Liberace designed an Applebee’s.
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
Trump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll: 66% say he puts himself over country 61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc 57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!) 73% say he's out of touch w/regular people (!!) His personalist project is over. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism
It’s all there in a new CNN poll, and it’s heartening to see: Large majorities are sick of Donald Trump’s vanity, venality, and megalomania.
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“The groups, with members numbering in the dozens, have attempted to cross from Israel to Syria every few days in recent weeks. The military is tasked with reining them in and, while most Israelis regard them as fringe, the wider settlement movement in Israel has strong backing.”
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.Right-wing Israeli activists are ramping up their fringe campaign to establish Jewish settlements inside Syria by staging frequent incursions across the border.
Well that’s just nuts. Why not tariffs on the smog?
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.Delhi has adopted a new policy to make most new vehicles electric, aiming to improve air quality.
“…lawyers argued the seizure was unlawful, and that he was targeted because of his political activism against Atlanta’s plan to build a police and fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban woodland.”
A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. (Gift Article)
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
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A hearse just passed me on Wisconsin in Georgetown with a big police escort. Wonder who that was…
“A certain amount [of anxiety] is useful; it helps keep us alert and motivated to reach our goals. But start viewing anxiety as a disorder and you can become hypervigilant about avoiding anxiety-provoking situations — which, in turn, can increase the risk of developing an actual anxiety disorder.”
Opinion | Obsessing About Our Mental Health Is Part of Our Mental Health Problem
We need to support psychological well-being without fixating on it.
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“A Secret Service agent based in South Florida was arrested Sunday on charges that he took part in paddling a new fraternity member so severely that the student suffered kidney damage and nearly died, according to court records.”
Secret Service Agent and 2 Others Charged in Near-Fatal Fraternity Hazing
A college fraternity member was paddled so severely during hazing rituals that he suffered kidney damage and nearly died.
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“Courses must stress the importance of marriage and procreation and instruct young people how to safeguard their fertility. They make scant reference to preventing sexually transmitted infections and virtually none to lesbian, gay and transgender sexuality.”
Government Overhauls Teen Pregnancy Program to Focus on Marriage and Starting Families (Gift Article)
The administration canceled federal grants to organizations across the country, accusing them of encouraging premarital sex. New criteria say programs should stress abstinence.
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