Kati
@katrinskaya.bsky.social
Living through a hostile government takeover. West county, Sonoma. Y’all, love fiercely and fight like hell.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
www.ms.now
October 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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This is SO COOL! And it's free.
Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it.
Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it.
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
PaidForBy.info
October 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
This is SO COOL! And it's free.
Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it.
Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it.
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Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
w/ @regret.bsky.social
w/ @regret.bsky.social
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
@washingtonsun.com
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
@washingtonsun.com
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
This is so important. Support progressive sheriffs - and better yet, fight like hell to eliminate the unchecked sheriff system altogether (yes; it can be done - Connecticut did)
Last year, a resident of Maryland’s Wicomico County called on local officials to reject a contract with ICE. “It’s about fear and control,” she said.
Now, she is running for sheriff herself, challenging a longtime right-wing sheriff.
Now, she is running for sheriff herself, challenging a longtime right-wing sheriff.
The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
boltsmag.org
October 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This is so important. Support progressive sheriffs - and better yet, fight like hell to eliminate the unchecked sheriff system altogether (yes; it can be done - Connecticut did)
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There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
September 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
September 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
While ostensibly funny and a total self-own, let’s also remember that was a McArthyism tactic.
Were you in this place at this time? So you must have partaken in this secret meeting and thus are a communist, and therefore I can destroy your life.
It’s not boding well to revive these tactics.
Were you in this place at this time? So you must have partaken in this secret meeting and thus are a communist, and therefore I can destroy your life.
It’s not boding well to revive these tactics.
Sen. Schmitt: “You fled to The Hague and prosecuted the president of Kosovo in 2020?”
Smith: “Yes, and he was just convicted of over 300 acts of torture and 96 murders.”
Sen. Schmitt: “And then you got a chance to come back to get Trump. Is that right?”
Smith: “That’s not right at all.”
Smith: “Yes, and he was just convicted of over 300 acts of torture and 96 murders.”
Sen. Schmitt: “And then you got a chance to come back to get Trump. Is that right?”
Smith: “That’s not right at all.”
September 29, 2026 at 7:17 PM
While ostensibly funny and a total self-own, let’s also remember that was a McArthyism tactic.
Were you in this place at this time? So you must have partaken in this secret meeting and thus are a communist, and therefore I can destroy your life.
It’s not boding well to revive these tactics.
Were you in this place at this time? So you must have partaken in this secret meeting and thus are a communist, and therefore I can destroy your life.
It’s not boding well to revive these tactics.
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At least Jack Smith loves women's sports.
September 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
At least Jack Smith loves women's sports.
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Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
September 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
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Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
www.wisn.com
September 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
This. We watch them with suspicion, hesitate to call them, and assume the worst behavior (usually correctly). Just as communities of color have done for generations. It’s beyond repair.
The rise of 287(g) programs has meant that ICE is increasingly using local police as a very significant force multiplier, with up to 1 in 8 arrests of noncitizens in the interior now being carried out by state and local police.
This is going to have profound impacts on community relations.
This is going to have profound impacts on community relations.
But an increasing proportion of arrests have been made by local law enforcement in partnership with ICE, via 287(g) agreements.
In many regions, it can be difficult to know when local officers are conducting routine policework or immigration enforcement. In many cases, they are doing both.
In many regions, it can be difficult to know when local officers are conducting routine policework or immigration enforcement. In many cases, they are doing both.
September 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This. We watch them with suspicion, hesitate to call them, and assume the worst behavior (usually correctly). Just as communities of color have done for generations. It’s beyond repair.
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Nope. that's it. I'm done. This timeline is too mind-bogglingly stupid.
President Trump has asked Xi Jinping, the leader of China, whether he would like to buy American weapons, David Perdue, the American ambassador to China, said in a television interview on Sunday.
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
nyti.ms
September 28, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Nope. that's it. I'm done. This timeline is too mind-bogglingly stupid.
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It’s decorative race-baiting season, motherfcukers!
Called it again
September 28, 2026 at 3:38 AM
It’s decorative race-baiting season, motherfcukers!
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NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand.
Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
meidasnews.com
September 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand.
Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
Flying tomorrow and I feel you. Everything is shit and travel is especially terrible
why does it feel like everything is broken
September 28, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Flying tomorrow and I feel you. Everything is shit and travel is especially terrible
What did she know and when did she know it? When she said to Navatek “You’ve seen me deliver” after her PAC received $150k? Or when she proudly announced a $9m federal grant to Navatek on her website? (Side note: she is selling herself too cheaply - at least get some serious bribes, Susan)
Susan Collins says she delivers for Maine, but we all know the truth. Her legacy is corruption and self-service.
September 26, 2026 at 2:53 PM
What did she know and when did she know it? When she said to Navatek “You’ve seen me deliver” after her PAC received $150k? Or when she proudly announced a $9m federal grant to Navatek on her website? (Side note: she is selling herself too cheaply - at least get some serious bribes, Susan)
Giving this Susan Collins grifter corruption story more legs and attention is an excellent thing.
ProPublica last night:
"Susan Collins and her campaign have denied any wrongdoing in numerous media appearances.
Some of the statements made by Collins and her representatives are not accurate.
So we’re debunking them."
www.propublica.org/article/debu...
"Susan Collins and her campaign have denied any wrongdoing in numerous media appearances.
Some of the statements made by Collins and her representatives are not accurate.
So we’re debunking them."
www.propublica.org/article/debu...
ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
www.propublica.org
September 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Giving this Susan Collins grifter corruption story more legs and attention is an excellent thing.
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Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets.
So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most.
NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most.
NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
boltsmag.org
September 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets.
So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most.
NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most.
NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
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I feel pretty comfortable saying if this isn't already illegal it should be.
September 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I feel pretty comfortable saying if this isn't already illegal it should be.
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Pretty wild that the Texas Cattle Ranchers association is saying that deportations are affecting beef prices in the US because of labor shortages but Republican politicians and candidates never seem to get asked about that.
September 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Pretty wild that the Texas Cattle Ranchers association is saying that deportations are affecting beef prices in the US because of labor shortages but Republican politicians and candidates never seem to get asked about that.
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Absofreakinlutely 💯% True......
September 25, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Absofreakinlutely 💯% True......
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This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
September 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.