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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

This is so bad, it's funny.

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

Okkkkaaaaaaayy.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

Guess the writers have a night off now

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

@happyjazzy.bsky.social
@zephyr-a77.bsky.social

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 9h

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
Bernie Sanders
200000
Number of Donations
150000
100000
50000
Elizabeth Warren
60000
40000
20000
01
25
50
Donor Age
75

Hakeem Jeffries
40000
30000
20000
10000
Nancy Pelosi
100000
Number of
Donations
75000
50000
25000
Suzan DelBene
2000
1500
1000
500
25
50
75
Donor Age

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 7h

Some figures attacked conservatives who criticized the chat, calling it a “bitch move” by “supplicants”

Right-wing media downplay racist Republican group chat as just "jokes" by "kids" they've "never heard of"

Various right-wing media figures dismissed Politico’s reporting that leaders of Young Republican groups around the country used variations of the N-word, made jokes about gassing political opponents, ...

www.mediamatters.org

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

This could be a SNL skit

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

#FEMA

Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 8h

For my DC fam.

RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 9h

Join the FEMA Solidarity Rally live from Washington, DC!
Tommorow (10/17) 12pm-1pm EST

FEMAForThePeople on instagram will live stream. Give them a follow & tune in to stand in solidarity wherever you are.

Don't miss out, join live to show your support!

www.instagram.com/femaforthepe...

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

COMMANDER QUITS
#VEMEZUELA
#CARIBBEAN
#BOATD

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 7h

JUST IN: Adm. Alvin Holsey, head of U.S. Southern Command overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks on boats in the Caribbean, is stepping down after less than a year in the role-NYT

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

#Guiffré
#Epstein

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 7h

Giuffre, who died by suicide this past April, spent the last few years of her life working on her memoir.

Virginia Giuffre Recalls Jeffrey Epstein's Abuse and Trafficking in Harrowing Memoir Excerpt

bit.ly

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 7h

STATEMENT
WOMAN DETAINED AND CHARGED BI ICE
#ACQUITTED

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 8h

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 11h

Today October 16, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis began when a U.S. reconnaissance plane revealed Soviet missile sites in Cuba.

Listen to the story here
coldwarconversations.com/episode255/

The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis with Sir Max Hastings

The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is reckoned to be one of the most perilous events in history, when the World faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. Durin

coldwarconversations.com

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

More damage to jobs by Donald “Stop Work” Trump.

Trump administration quietly canceled the nation’s largest solar project | CNN

The Trump administration’s cancellation of the largest solar project in the United States has sparked confusion and concern among Republicans and Democrats alike.

www.cnn.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 10h

#BONDI
#HOMAN
#CASH
#PROCEDURES
#OPR

WHERE'S THAT $50,000???
Hmmm??

youtu.be/tUYYVSW-fv4?...

Sen. Whitehouse Presses On in Pursuit of Answers from the Attorney General

YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

youtu.be

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 13h

KY SHOULD BE HERE TOO!!

@andybeshearky.bsky.social
@happyjazzy.bsky.social
@zephyr-a77.bsky.social

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 13h

"The selloff, which began with weak earnings guidance earlier this year, has accelerated in the wake of a

➡️damning Guardian investigation into GEO’s Alexandria, Louisiana, staging facility — a linchpin of the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine."

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 13h

#ICE
#GEO
#HELLHOLE
#STOCKDIVE

The stock closed Tuesday at $18.85, down nearly 3% on the day and 11% in the last two weeks. Year-to-date, GEO has lost almost 22% of its value, now trading about 40% below its 52-week high of $36.46.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear

A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long s...

www.theguardian.com

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 13h

#ICE
#GEO
#HELLHOLE
#STOCKDIVE

The stock closed Tuesday at $18.85, down nearly 3% on the day and 11% in the last two weeks. Year-to-date, GEO has lost almost 22% of its value, now trading about 40% below its 52-week high of $36.46.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear

A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long s...

www.theguardian.com

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d

The Central Park Five—whom Trump wanted executed for a crime they did not commit—were 14 to 16 years old.

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 1d

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 1d

#INDIANA
#UNIVERSITY
#CENSORSHIP

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

This is a complete outrage www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

Indiana University orders student paper to stop printing. Editors say it's censorship

In recent weeks, university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student have fought over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

www.indystar.com

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 1d

LEGITIMIZED VIGILANTE-ISM.

youtu.be/7FQN2F7aDpc?...

Is Trump Planning a Military Takeover? | Professor David Noll

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

youtu.be

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

MCCALLUM: “Margaret Thatcher said socialism’s great until you run out of other people’s money.”

🔥ZOHRAN: “Cuomo had $900 million and gave it to Elon musk in tax credits— I wish the debate were like NASCAR so people could see logos of billionaires who sponsor him on his jacket.”

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Brett Marion @apresneptune.bsky.social · 1d

"you won't have to vote anymore"

Trump Declines to Back Away From ‘You Don’t Have to Vote Again’ Line (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but mainly they drank from the Unitary Executive bottle.

Voted for joy and we ended up with this @deborahinohio.bsky.social · 1d

The supreme court USED to be our last stop to uphold the constitution. Then, most of them started getting free exotic vacations, campers, kickbacks, and our actual laws were replaced with bags of cash.

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