Kai Ryssdal

Kai Ryssdal

@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.

165.7K followers524 following4.2K posts

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Dr. Todd Arrington
@btarrington.bsky.social

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country." ~Fmr. President Theodore Roosevelt, 1918. Roosevelt was born OTD in 1858. Image: NPS/Sagamore Hill collection.

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

How was this not 3-0?

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com#63 in United States of America v. State of California, et al. (9th Cir., 26-7070) – CourtListener.comORDER FOR PUBLICATION FILED. (Mark J. BENNETT, Patrick J. BUMATAY, Gabriel P. SANCHEZ) (Concurrence by Judge BENNETT; Concurrence by Judge SANCHEZ; Dissent by Judge BUMATAY) [SEE ORDER FOR FULL TEXT] ...
Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Aaaaaaaaahahahaha

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social

You really need to work hard to be the most obsequious member of Trump’s cabinet — by, for instance, eating lunch at Cheesecake Factory and alerting Fox Business, so they can interview you in defense of Obama’s joke about the White House decor. Well done Secretary Bessent! Your move, Doug Burgum!

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Like father like son

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

1. BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro is refusing to concede Brazil's presidential election and says he will seek to have the election annulled after losing to President Lula.

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

I mean, yes. But on the list of mistakes Congress has made the past yeah and a half…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"

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Dr. Todd Arrington
@btarrington.bsky.social

“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944. Image: FDR Presidential Library.

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

👇

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Allowing one unelected man to have control over crucial aspects of the US military, allied militaries, the US space program, and so many other aspects of human life is absolutely insane. We were stupid to allow this to happen and it must be fixed ASAP.

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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social

He swore an oath to the Constitution

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Trump's Attorney General Todd Blanche: There was this misperception that there's this 'separation' and 'independence' between the Department of Justice and the White House and everybody likes to accuse me of not suffering from independence. I don't. I work for President Trump.

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Anthony Michael Kreis
@anthonymkreis.bsky.social

This is DEFCON 2 talk.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Once again, a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot

John Hudson@johnphudson.bsky.social

Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Hegseth: We are banning reporters from the Pentagon. Washpost: We have exclusive photos of the historic Dwight Eisenhower globe that was damaged in Hegseth's zeal to move it out of storage and into his office. Gift link ⤵️ wapo.st/3WF2YQo

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

And stupidity. They forgot stupidity

Kori Schake 🎃@kschake.bsky.social

"the United States has come to embrace a perverse and unsustainable orientation to the rest of the world: extreme belligerence paired with strategic fecklessness." @jkdemp.bsky.social

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Your all-too-regular reminder that Republicans in Congress think this is just fine.

Ryan Enos@ryanenos.bsky.social

Read this paragraph. It is corruption on an unprecedented scale. A whole industry of selling presidential power. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Not-as-hot-a-take as it seems: Presidents shouldn’t salute. They’re civilians. I blame Reagan.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump forgets to salute while exiting Marine One then lumbers across the tarmac to his Qatari bribe jet. Natalie Harp is the first one up the stairs to join him on the plane.

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Come ON!!! How many times has Elon Musk said things that turn out to be hooey

CNN@cnn.com

Elon Musk has said he will give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, his $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as tech firms face intensifying scrutiny over their impact on society. https://cnn.it/4yWTjTJ

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Thuggish behavior

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social

Breaking: Trump says he'll close East Potomac golf course Nov 15 and begin his overhaul. "The current Course is old, broken, dilapidated, and of no further use or effect," Trump wrote. Officials didn't immediately respond to Qs about cost and other parts of project. More with Rick Maese →

washingtonpost.comTrump shares plan to overhaul East Potomac golf course amid court fight over landThe historic public facility will close for about 15 months, he said. Government attorneys have stressed in court that the president’s broader redevelopment remained conceptual.
Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

It’s the cowardice that gets me. Every damn time.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WELKER: You urged Congress to pass this law in Sen. Graham's memory. Do you agree with President Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Russia? LANKFORD: He is choosing the American people first is what he's doing

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

This is a hostage video

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Yikes. In a desperate-sounding video, CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper insists the Strait of Hormuz is “controlled by the United States… not Iran” and “open for business,” despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Tell me you’re missing the point without….

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov

Without American wine on Canadian shelves, Canadians are also missing out on tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue they would obtain from selling our wine.