Kevin Wardrop

MAGA ❤️ the Confederacy

Supreme Court ruling allows businesses to refuse some services to LGBTQ+ customers On a 6-3 ideological split, the Supreme Court sided with an evangelical Christian website designer who does not want to create sites for same-sex weddings, even though a Colorado anti-discrimination l...

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Reader, very recently the GOP made it a CAUSE OF THE DAY to allow businesses to refuse services based upon their beliefs. This was such a massive cause for them that it went to the Supreme Court, who allowed a business to not service a customer based on their [the service providers] beliefs.

My name is Krem Miskevich. I am a chef, and together with my spouse Lily Rose, we co-own Good Pierogi, an Eastern European pop up currently operating on Martha's Vineyard. The business was born from a desire to connect my Polish heritage with local food growers and producers on-island, and to feed its residents and visitors. I want to directly address the incident that occurred last Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at the West Tisbury Farmers Market, which has garnered national attention, and more than a few fabricated and fallacious claims about the events and myself.

The fuss affects not only me, my partner, and our business, but the other extremely hard-working vendors who come together Wednesdays and Saturdays to sell their wares from land and sea. The negative impact on them is unfair and I never intended for my decision to cause so much consternation to a community I deeply care about. The catalyst was our legally justified decision to not sell our pierogi to Alan Dershowitz, a figure recognized locally and nationally. When he came to our booth, I experienced a surge of emotion. As a chef, I love to share what I cook with the public, regardless of who they are. In this case, what was in the forefront of my mind was the fact that this was the high-profile attorney who represented several sexual predators and abusers including Jeffrey Epstein.

I have no desire to argue about the legal system in the U.S., or one's right to a fair trial. But, I personally know too many sexual abuse survivors. Mr. Dershowitz consciously decided to befriend and defend men who have been accused of abusing and harming women. The food we make is a labor of love, it's our craft. In our minds and hearts, selling to Alan Dershowitz was the equivalent to supporting his decisions and statements. It caused me to pause and question my willingness to sell to him and when I did, he began to harass us, misgender me, and film us without our consent.

In the days that followed, Mr. Dershowitz chose to execute a public smear campaign. If not for the traction gained from his one-sided, mythical storyline, we would have remained silent. However, the continued aggression and threats of groundless litigation have been followed by the distribution of defamatory flyers where we conduct business in an effort to cement further falsehoods. He has also taken to the internet and used the news media to circulate his fiction. I do not wish to argue with Mr. Dershowitz about Israel. But, to contextualize his hurtful rant, I think it would be helpful to share a bit about myself and our business:

Statement from the chef-owner of Good Pierogi of Martha's Vineyard: "In our minds and hearts, selling to Alan Dershowitz was the equivalent to supporting his decisions and statements." 🧵 www.instagram.com/p/DM_g1OyxirL/

Wow! Looks like Canadian boycotts of Kentucky alcohol has contributed to most of that industry declaring bankruptcy.

🇨🇦💪

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Donald Trump threatens 250% tariff on pharmaceuticals The threat comes as Trump's administration pressures pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices for Americans.

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Sometimes the cliche exists without the context, thanks for the context.

Without his Daddy's Money, he'd be nothing. Dead, likely.

He'd have been shipped to Vietnam and blown away in a jungle someplace.

He's such a congenital Hump, but I can't help but think that had he actually had to struggle, he'd be a man.

Bill Kristol @BillKristol Abolish DHS. Homeland Security v @DHSgov • Aug 5 Serve your country! Defend your culture! No undergraduate degree required! Join.Ice.Gov FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is an undergraduate degree required? No. Please read each job listing on USAJOBS for specific

If I could pick one image to send back to 2003 to try and change the timeline

37 years ago today
Guy Picciotto falling out of a basketball hoop during a concert with his band Fugazi at Frankford YWCA, Philadelphia, August 7, 1988.

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #guypicciotto #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory #otd

NEWS: Chris Cuomo deleted a tweet criticizing Democrats after falling for an obvious AI deepfake of AOC delivering a fake rant on the House floor about Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad. The video even included a watermark that read: “parody 100% made with AI.”

PETER THIEL: we want to kill everyone. we want slaves. we will scour the earth until nothing can grow

THE NEWS: thats his beliefs and we respect that

I'm looking forward to the red hat tantrums at the borders from Trumpets who try to bring "cheap" groceries back into the USA

Grocery stores that have been eating the cost of tariffs are about to pump the brakes. Some are looking to be more transparent about the coming price hikes.

Starting tomorrow, new tariffs of 15% to 50% hit a wide range of food items.

If you’ve got a household food budget, this is a must-watch.

Hot damn best response yet

fuck the media

The residents of Thurrock deserve better All three recent scandals involving Thurrock Council have come to light because of investigations by journalists, not action by the council

Thurrock’s top finance officer is sanctioned by his professional association.
Its housing partner collapsed.
A secretive council unit allegedly impersonated police.

All revealed not by internal scrutiny – but by journalists.

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Vance: Kash how to you get your eyeliner to look so natural, it always clumps for me

Patel: I’m . . . My family is from India, JD. This is how I look.

Vance: [recoils]. Oh God not again

They'll be re-leading gas by the end of the decade.

Here's that "detailed line item [purchase order]" DeSantis didn't want us to see.

It allows us to compare what Critical Response Strategies is paying for jobs vs. what they're charging. In the case of the assistant camp manager role, that's $50/hr vs. $87/hr — a 74% markup.

LOOK!! UP IN THE SKY!!
IS IT A BIRD?
IS IT A PLANE?!
NO!! IT’S… SUBPARMAN!!

RNZ: 'Nicola Willis bemoans 'glass half empty' view of unemployment figures'

'Willis said the 16,000 people who had lost their jobs "shouldn't take it personally" and blamed the previous government.'

I'm sure this will be a very popular approach to the issue #nzpol

RFK Jr has been a liar for as long as I can remember.

Setmayer: Those same people are in positions of power where they could actually release the Epstein files. And suddenly—oh, wait a minute—it’s on the desk… it’s not on the desk…

It’s a hoax. No, it’s real. It’s the Democrats’ fault. Actually, maybe not.

They can’t even get their lies straight.

The Rule of Law expired, I'd put money on Trump at least THREATENING something stupid.

There's about to be someone sued or arrested for reporting facts about the economy.

Jessica: As for the manufacturing boom which he is talking about—in the latest jobs report, we lost 11,000 manufacturing jobs and the manufacturing industry has contracted the most we have seen in the last nine months,

Buckle up!

No wonder Trump advisers are huddled to discuss the Epstein “strategy.” A full release of the files is not likely without a big court fight.

YouTube video by Like if you love it best scene of movie - stealing golden egg scene (climax scene)

Watching François Toulour, tell the audience how he did the heist, I'm reminded he doesn't have to tell the truth and his fanciful story was likely just that.

But when he showed up in the 3rd movie, he HAD to be THAT good.

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