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Kate F.🫛
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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”- Mark Twain

Wife, Mama, Daughter, Sister, Proud Auntie, & Determined Resister ❤️🤍💙
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I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
Can the media collectively mainstream talking about how out-of-control things are yet? If not, you’re next.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.

Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This is the #1 thing that infuriates me about Christians. They invoke the name of God and claim he is on their side because they are “true believers” and then do the most evil shit that desecrates his name.
REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social : “(Jeremy Faison and the Republicans) blocked a resolution honoring Renee Good… yet today we’re supposed to take seriously your resolution honoring Charlie Kirk.”

Republicans blocked all debate — despite praising Kirk for “encouraging peaceful debate” 🤔
January 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.

This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.

That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Ossoff: "This is one of the most consequential votes this Senate will take all year. By saying yea or nay to the clerk of the Senate later today, senators will decide whether people live or die. Senators will decide whether Georgians & folks across the country are financially ruined or have a shot."
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Go Ro! He was vocal, he persevered, and in the end he got it over the finish line.
He even made Boebert do her job.

“Massie relayed that she’d do it if she didn’t have to wait in line, so Khanna pulled the paper away from a Democratic colleague on the House floor and let her walk over and do it.”
Ro Khanna explains how he helped engineer the vote that ‘ripped MAGA apart’ | CNN Politics
The House vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files was, in the end, 427-1. That’s a margin typically reserved for proclamations and post office namings, not for what was perhaps the biggest defeat of...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My children have only been politically aware from the start of 45’s first term. They have no respect for the office of the President and quite frankly, if I had grown up in this era, I wouldn’t either. #nokings
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
JK sets up a clip of Trump *self-owning*

FCC threatens ABC/Disney if they don’t pull his show

Let’s see how each side responds to Carr:

The Right: Death threats and doxxing to JK’s staff members

The Left: Protest by boycotting Disney/ABC

Conclusion: The Left is the party of hate and violence 🙄
ABC hopes to bring Jimmy Kimmel back, but temperature needs to be taken down under FCC threats | CNN
What played out before Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show and what comes next.
www.cnn.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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They are so fucking good at gaslighting, it never ceases to amaze.
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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As someone who spent many hours listening to Kirk’s show on AM radio, I would say that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Walter Cronkite by comparison, in terms of rhetorical tone and empirical rigor. The subtext of every show was “You don’t hate the left enough.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Trump on January 6: Nancy Pelosi stopped me from sending the DC National Guard to protect the Capitol.

Trump tomorrow: the President of the United States has complete control over the DC National Guard.

Make it make sense.
August 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So JD Vance?
July 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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I can think of 2 times when leading U.S. officials fled Washington in a panic:
August 1814:
British forces briefly capture the capital and set fire to government buildings.
July 2025:
Republicans fear they'll have to vote on the Epstein files, so they adjourn early and run for the hills.
July 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
July 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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He connected the dots between the money, the merger, and the pressure he might face. He essentially predicted his own cancellation on air.

https://trib.al/5NGd6O4
Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like
Mock a Trump bribe on Monday, get canceled by Thursday. The Late Show’s death reveals how billionaires and presidents are reshaping American media.
trib.al
July 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Just so we’re clear, Republicans think our tax dollars shouldn’t fund:
🏥 healthcare
🥗 food assistance
📚 education

But should fund:
⛳️ Trump’s golf trips
🎉 Trump’s birthday parade
🤑 tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends
July 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Not an overstatement at all
July 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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They held him like this for 100 days.
July 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Is this finally it? 🤞
1. All right, I confess. When people began talking about how the Epstein scandal was going to break maga from the inside out, I was skeptical.
July 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My family is about to get slammed 😖
Another piece on how ACA subsidies will expire at the end of the year thanks to the GOP, and how premiums will jump as a result.

Also covers other healthcare impacts, but unlike a lot of articles that only focus on Medicaid, this talks a lot about the subsidies.

finance.yahoo.com/news/healthc...
Healthcare expert warns of coverage shock under 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
Medicaid work requirements, ACA subsidy expiration, and Medicare Advantage cuts could disrupt coverage for millions.
finance.yahoo.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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July 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.

📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
July 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM