James O'Keefe

@jokeefe.bsky.social

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Captain & co-founder of Massachusetts Pirate Party. I show people how to protect their privacy and run for office. Occasional photographer. Not a Special Circumstances agent. Primarily at jamesokeefe.org / masspirates.org. Should be posting my photos.

This weekend, America celebrates its 250th birthday. For over 90 of those years, Social Security has provided financial freedom for America's seniors. President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration are not only protecting Social Security, but we are providing meaningful and immediate relief to older Americans who have spent decades contributing to our nation's economy. Just last year, on July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. This historic legislation included a tax cut that allows Americans 65 and older to keep more of their hard-earned Social Security benefits. Thanks to President Trump, over 35 million American seniors received an average of $7,500 in relief this tax season.
Because they like Trump and want him to rule us like a king
Model of the HII BMD version of San Antonio-class LSD. The model features an aircraft elevator leading to a below-decks hangar. A model of an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is shown on the elevator. Source: https://thaimilitaryandasianregion.wordpress.com/2016/01/16/lpd-based-ballistic-missile-defense-ship-usa/
The fire bursts out of the nose of the Hindenburg, photographed by Murray Becker. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster#/media/File:Hindenburg_disaster,_1937.jpg
Search: why does education think chatgpt is reliable, but wikipedia isn't Gemini response: "The comparison is based on a misconception, as both are viewed with caution for reliability; Wikipedia is increasingly seen as a useful, albeit imperfect, starting point for research, while ChatGPT is viewed with deep concern due to its potential for generating false information ("hallucinations") and enabling academic dishonesty, with no inherent system for citing sources. The key difference lies in their structure: Wikipedia's community-edited and source-cited model, while flawed, allows for a degree of transparency and verification, whereas ChatGPT's lack of citations and tendency to "hallucinate" its answers makes it an unreliable primary source for academic work."
Listing of t-shirts already available for sale using the NT Post's The Red Apple 11/5/2025 issue cover with Zohran Mamdani holding a Soviet hammer and sickle above his head. Search was: the red apple mamdani t-shirt post
Madame X Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau by John Singer Sargent, 1884 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Photograph is James O'Keefe CC B-SA 4.0 Original photograph at https://www.flickr.com/photos/9468132@N05/54837073271/in/dateposted/
Grant and His Generals https://www.si.edu/object/grant-and-his-generals%3Anpg_NPG.66.37 Artist: Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 13 Apr 1823 - 1 May 1906 Exhibition Label Left to right: Thomas C. Devin (1822–1878), George A. Custer (1839–1876), Hugh J. Kilpatrick (1836–1881), William H. Emory (1811–1887), Philip H. Sheridan (1831–1888), James B. McPherson (1828–1864), George Crook (1828–1890), Wesley Merritt (1834–1910), George H. Thomas (1816– 1870), Gouverneur Kemble Warren (1830–1882), George G. Meade (1815–1872), John G. Parke (1827–1900), William T. Sherman (1820–1891), John A. Logan (1826–1886), Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), Ambrose E. Burnside (1824–1881), Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824–1886), John A. Rawlins (1831–1869), Edward O. C. Ord (1818–1883), Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875), Alfred H. Terry (1827–1890), Henry W. Slocum (1827–1894), Jefferson C. Davis (1828–1879), Oliver O. Howard (1830–1909), John M. Schofield (1831–1906), Joseph A. Mower (1827–1870) After the Norwegian artist Ole Peter Hansen Balling had sketched President Abraham Lincoln at the White House in the fall of 1864, he obtained permission to paint life portraits of leading Union generals. Balling joined General Grant at City Point, Virginia, during the campaign against Richmond and spent five weeks there sketching officers in the field. Philip H. Sheridan was painted while in the Shenandoah Valley; the portraits of William T. Sherman and George H. Thomas were done in Washington, D.C., after the war’s end. The image of George A. Custer, second from the left, is thought to be the only portrait painted of him from life. Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Harry Newton Blue in memory of her husband Harry Newton Blue (1893-1925), who served as an officer of the Regular U.S. Army 1917-1925 Date: 1865 Object number: NPG.66.37 Restrictions & Rights: CC0 Type: Painting
Front and Back Taboo Zones on a Woman's body for partner, female friend, male friend, mother and father. Yellow is low taboo, orange->red is more taboo, black->blue is most taboo. Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/body-maps-touch_n_562fb7a5e4b0c66bae59afa0
Running a reserve currency also comes with responsibilities. During the 2008 financial crisis, and again during the COVID pandemic, the Federal Reserve let central banks in Germany, France, Switzerland, the U.K., Japan, and other nations use its “swap line” facilities, through which they could exchange their currencies for dollars—essentially granting them access to the dollar printing press, at a modest price. Close U.S. allies could thereby rely on the dollar, knowing that if a general crisis struck, the Fed would serve as a global lender of last resort, and stave off a general currency crisis. Source: https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-14-how-euro-can-replace-dollar/
Total Unemployed, Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force, Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force (U-6) (U6RATE) 1994-01-01 to 2025-01-01 Source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/U6RATE
On stage together for the first time ... STING RIC OCASEK JIM MORRISON THE POLICE CAR doors at the Palladium And don't miss their soon-to-be-released album: Police CAR door Handel You'll hear Messiah, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks & more. by Craig Swanson (perspicuity.com) Original at https://www.perspicuity.com/?lightbox=image_3e