Nicole M Butkovich Kraus
@drnicolekraus.bsky.social
Sociologist of xenophobia, forced migration, class/race/gender, rurality, and Russia. #FirstGen UW-Madison PhD 🦡 Personal account
This looks genuinely awful. How terrible right before the holidays, too. Is there a sad Santa emoji?
Ooof - EWR:
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This looks genuinely awful. How terrible right before the holidays, too. Is there a sad Santa emoji?
I am so happy to see this reporter just doing what we are all thinking, despite the word salad reply. Give this reporter a position questioning more politicians! Release the Epstein files. Lock up the rapists!
Absolutely hilarious answer from Van Epps, calling Trump & Johnson’s Epstein files cover-up “a deliberative approach” 🤔
Matt clearly got Trump’s support in TN-7 because he will cover for pedophiles also. This was embarrassing👇🏽
( @aftynbehn.bsky.social is a vote to release the files)
Matt clearly got Trump’s support in TN-7 because he will cover for pedophiles also. This was embarrassing👇🏽
( @aftynbehn.bsky.social is a vote to release the files)
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I am so happy to see this reporter just doing what we are all thinking, despite the word salad reply. Give this reporter a position questioning more politicians! Release the Epstein files. Lock up the rapists!
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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Cuts to PBS funding are "completely shortsighted," Ken Burns says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Cuts to PBS funding are "completely shortsighted," Ken Burns says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
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If Prince Andrew used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If Prince Andrew used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
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What’s the point of being a political reporter if you accept a national politician pretending to not know about anything that’s happening, including things directly relevant to his job, and move on after you get that answer?
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What’s the point of being a political reporter if you accept a national politician pretending to not know about anything that’s happening, including things directly relevant to his job, and move on after you get that answer?
My favorite red head, little Rosita. Enjoy some free cuteness!
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My favorite red head, little Rosita. Enjoy some free cuteness!
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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if you’ve never seen Interview with the Vampire, it ends with the vampire being told he’s made it through to a second interview
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
if you’ve never seen Interview with the Vampire, it ends with the vampire being told he’s made it through to a second interview
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“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
Now might be a good time to learn about the HUAC (House Un-American activities Committee) if you don’t know much about it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_U...
House Un-American Activities Committee - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now might be a good time to learn about the HUAC (House Un-American activities Committee) if you don’t know much about it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_U...
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Useful outline. Whether u agree or not, it is common throughout history to use false provocations for an excuse/pretext to war.
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
October 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Useful outline. Whether u agree or not, it is common throughout history to use false provocations for an excuse/pretext to war.
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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This is the logical outcome of lawlessness and targeting. Shameful
Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.
SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is the logical outcome of lawlessness and targeting. Shameful
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I don't care if Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton or Jesus Christ himself is implicated in the Epstein files. Anyone who committed such crimes should burn. I believe that because I'm not in a cult.
July 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I don't care if Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton or Jesus Christ himself is implicated in the Epstein files. Anyone who committed such crimes should burn. I believe that because I'm not in a cult.
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Every day is “Zorp Inc given 3 trillion dollars to launch Blooper Quarks in an effort to create the first artificial intelligence in applesauce manufacturing, universal healthcare still an impossible pipe dream”
October 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Every day is “Zorp Inc given 3 trillion dollars to launch Blooper Quarks in an effort to create the first artificial intelligence in applesauce manufacturing, universal healthcare still an impossible pipe dream”
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
Her comment is a makes a very good point as well. I don’t think Americans want this kind of police state. It’s terrifying.
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Her comment is a makes a very good point as well. I don’t think Americans want this kind of police state. It’s terrifying.
Why I like neurodivergent people: directness. Refreshing!
People like to claim that autistics are bad at communicating and like, my dude, the problem does not lie with us, it lies with the web of manipulation and lies and passive aggression and ulterior agendas that you weave around yourselves instead of just doing what we do, which is saying what we mean.
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Why I like neurodivergent people: directness. Refreshing!