Kati she/her
@katijkertesz.bsky.social
Communications professional with expertise in music, speech, theater. Feminist. Proponent of equality, social justice, civil rights.
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Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional.
This is the first suit of its kind.
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This is the first suit of its kind.
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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September 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional.
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
Excellent interview on Voting Early and the 💪🏻 and tenacity of Democrats WINNING!!
Listen for The New Battlefield Project to protect our upcoming elections.
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Listen for The New Battlefield Project to protect our upcoming elections.
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My Talk With Jen Rubin
Always enjoy having “Coffee with the Contrarians”
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September 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Excellent interview on Voting Early and the 💪🏻 and tenacity of Democrats WINNING!!
Listen for The New Battlefield Project to protect our upcoming elections.
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
Listen for The New Battlefield Project to protect our upcoming elections.
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
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Dublin protesters greeted Trump’s visit with an inflatable Netanyahu appearing to have his way with him.
September 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Dublin protesters greeted Trump’s visit with an inflatable Netanyahu appearing to have his way with him.
I'm attending Minnesota DFL's event:
“Democracy Protectors: Constitutional Observer Training:
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“Democracy Protectors: Constitutional Observer Training:
Help Us Protect the Vote”
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Democracy Protectors: Constitutional Observer Training, Help Us Protect the Vote · Minnesota DFL
We need you. Donald Trump is threatening to send agents all over the country with the goal of intimidating voters. As Democratic State Parties, we will not let this go unchallenged.
State Parties ac...
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September 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I'm attending Minnesota DFL's event:
“Democracy Protectors: Constitutional Observer Training:
Help Us Protect the Vote”
Sign up now to join me!
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www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/10...
“Democracy Protectors: Constitutional Observer Training:
Help Us Protect the Vote”
Sign up now to join me!
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Nothing in my state can be blamed on even one Democrat. Missouri is representative of what Republican “governance” looks like in action.
Trust me, you don’t want this…
Trust me, you don’t want this…
September 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Nothing in my state can be blamed on even one Democrat. Missouri is representative of what Republican “governance” looks like in action.
Trust me, you don’t want this…
Trust me, you don’t want this…
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Fearless Media List #2 Starter pack by @newsjennifer.bsky.social | A list of of individual journalists, news organizations & credible experts that see this dangerous, unprecedented time for what it is and are responding with fearless, reliable reporting.
August 31, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Fearless Media List #2 Starter pack by @newsjennifer.bsky.social | A list of of individual journalists, news organizations & credible experts that see this dangerous, unprecedented time for what it is and are responding with fearless, reliable reporting.
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Thanks Doc! For everything you do!
August 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Thanks Doc! For everything you do!
Yale history professor @dblight.bsky.social is fighting the good fight for our right to “free thinking “ and preserving our history accurately.
August 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Yale history professor @dblight.bsky.social is fighting the good fight for our right to “free thinking “ and preserving our history accurately.
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@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: The mystery of what Trump’s agents were doing in Michigan may make sense on Election Day
#LastWord
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August 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: The mystery of what Trump’s agents were doing in Michigan may make sense on Election Day
#LastWord
#LastWord
As far as sexTrafficTate, “The worst conditions the US Gov provides to terrorists and psychopaths.”
Read the New Yorker 6.15.26 “A Web of Abuse”. And bring a vomit bucket.
Yep. If the shoe fits, Andrew.
#sexTrafficTate
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Read the New Yorker 6.15.26 “A Web of Abuse”. And bring a vomit bucket.
Yep. If the shoe fits, Andrew.
#sexTrafficTate
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse
How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women.
www.newyorker.com
July 31, 2026 at 3:30 PM
As far as sexTrafficTate, “The worst conditions the US Gov provides to terrorists and psychopaths.”
Read the New Yorker 6.15.26 “A Web of Abuse”. And bring a vomit bucket.
Yep. If the shoe fits, Andrew.
#sexTrafficTate
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Read the New Yorker 6.15.26 “A Web of Abuse”. And bring a vomit bucket.
Yep. If the shoe fits, Andrew.
#sexTrafficTate
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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1/ Over the weekend, the FDA announced that a lettuce sample from Taylor Farms tested positive for Cyclospora. Within 24 hours, the FDA backtracked, calling the result a false positive. Taylor Farms quickly deleted its own posts about its bagged lettuce and boasted the FDA had apologized to them.
July 20, 2026 at 9:58 PM
1/ Over the weekend, the FDA announced that a lettuce sample from Taylor Farms tested positive for Cyclospora. Within 24 hours, the FDA backtracked, calling the result a false positive. Taylor Farms quickly deleted its own posts about its bagged lettuce and boasted the FDA had apologized to them.
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one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN.
Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)
Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)
July 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN.
Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)
Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)
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Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
July 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
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One guy who pled guilty to assaulting a woman and threatening to kill another, another guy whose behavior toward his ex was described as "disgracefully vicious", and a woman who may have destroyed evidence on her phone. These are all plaintiffs for anti-abortion mastermind Jonathan F. Mitchell.
Anti-abortion legal darling Jonathan F. Mitchell has been using lawsuits to try to end the nationwide mailing of abortion pills – but the plaintiffs he’s finding are PR nightmares.
Freelance reporter @marytuma.bsky.social unpacks their messy pasts.
Freelance reporter @marytuma.bsky.social unpacks their messy pasts.
July 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM
One guy who pled guilty to assaulting a woman and threatening to kill another, another guy whose behavior toward his ex was described as "disgracefully vicious", and a woman who may have destroyed evidence on her phone. These are all plaintiffs for anti-abortion mastermind Jonathan F. Mitchell.
MDP Exec Dir Devon Murphy-Anderson is a stellar leader.
IMHO, ME & the 🇺🇸 benefit from Platner leaving (another whiny paranoid sexist babyman).
A better candidate awaits & will win! Mainers will lead the way.
IMHO, ME & the 🇺🇸 benefit from Platner leaving (another whiny paranoid sexist babyman).
A better candidate awaits & will win! Mainers will lead the way.
WATCH: In a #LastWord exclusive interview, Maine Democratic Party Executive Director Devon Murphy-Anderson joins @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social to discuss Graham Platner's announcement that he’s dropping out of the Maine U.S. Senate race.
July 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
MDP Exec Dir Devon Murphy-Anderson is a stellar leader.
IMHO, ME & the 🇺🇸 benefit from Platner leaving (another whiny paranoid sexist babyman).
A better candidate awaits & will win! Mainers will lead the way.
IMHO, ME & the 🇺🇸 benefit from Platner leaving (another whiny paranoid sexist babyman).
A better candidate awaits & will win! Mainers will lead the way.
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Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital.
Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare.
The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare.
The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
July 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital.
Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare.
The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare.
The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
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USDA had to revise its late June U.S. beef export numbers DOWN 90%. Quite the "error."
July 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
USDA had to revise its late June U.S. beef export numbers DOWN 90%. Quite the "error."
I couldn’t have said it better.
I’m trying to care. Truly, I am. But, so far, nothing is working . . .
July 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I couldn’t have said it better.
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SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van.
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July 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van.
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Thank you got continuing this coverage of the cuts to USAID.
Amongst all the WH grift and abominable corruption are people’s lives at stake.
Amongst all the WH grift and abominable corruption are people’s lives at stake.
Trump & Musk’s aid cuts are costing lives, former USAID boss Samantha Power says youtu.be/pkFFOY0eVpE?...
July 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Thank you got continuing this coverage of the cuts to USAID.
Amongst all the WH grift and abominable corruption are people’s lives at stake.
Amongst all the WH grift and abominable corruption are people’s lives at stake.
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Elon Musk says that no one died because of his demolition of USAID, and that "Kristof is lying through his teeth." So here I invite him to join me on a visit to Africa to see for himself: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...
Opinion | U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Elon Musk says that no one died because of his demolition of USAID, and that "Kristof is lying through his teeth." So here I invite him to join me on a visit to Africa to see for himself: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...
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As the US marks its 250th with misgivings, how about if we seek inspiration from the Nordic model? I traveled to Scandinavia to understand how these countries achieve prosperity, equality -- while becoming the happiest places on Earth. Much to learn from. A gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...
https://nytimes.com/2026…
July 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
As the US marks its 250th with misgivings, how about if we seek inspiration from the Nordic model? I traveled to Scandinavia to understand how these countries achieve prosperity, equality -- while becoming the happiest places on Earth. Much to learn from. A gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...
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JUST IN: Over 1,200 former DOJ employees just signed a letter urging the Senate to REJECT Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General.
More Than 1,200 Former DOJ Officials Urge Senate to Reject Todd Blanche
More than 1,200 former Department of Justice employees have signed a letter urging the Senate to reject acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to
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July 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
JUST IN: Over 1,200 former DOJ employees just signed a letter urging the Senate to REJECT Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General.
Must-see interview from two experts on how to relinquish our democracy thru the upcoming elections.
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Talking Ukraine, Encouraging New Senate Polling, Degrading Trump, And More With Stuart Stevens Of Lincoln Square
Stuart dropped by for our monthly chat earlier today, and it was a very good one....
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July 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Must-see interview from two experts on how to relinquish our democracy thru the upcoming elections.
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