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Kate Schmidt

@kateschmidt.bsky.social

620 followers 730 following 370 posts

CA expat living in coastal Maine. Genealogist. Loves kitties and booze and food and knitting. Intolerant of TERFs and bigots and racists and douchebags. Friend of DeSoto. Leguminati. Anti-fascist. She/her. 2547.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 5h

END THE DEATH PENALTY

Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 10h

Via Lauren Gill and Bolts: No physical evidence linked Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. His conviction was based largely on the testimony of one witness who testified under threat of capital punishment. Alabama plans to execute Boyd on Thursday. https://ow.ly/NYak50XefHX

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 8h

We don’t need a fake video of Donald Trump dumping shit on America, because we see it every day for real.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 18h

25th amendment NOW.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 19h

Is there a Venmo for her legal fund?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero

Tell me again which side is violent?

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 21h

Bath, Maine. The whole danged bridge!

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings on the Sagadahoc Bridge in Bath, Maine!

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 2d

Now 5 have joined. 4 remain.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.

Block on sight.

Protect your digital space.

Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.

The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

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antifa = anti fascism @feralgoddess.bsky.social · 5d

Gov Janet Mills will be 80 yo in 2027.
She is a great governor.
I would like to see her become a mentor, not a senator.

Graham Platner, who she is challenging, is 41 yo.
We need someone with energy and vitality.
Someone who will survive for 6 years.
#GrahamPlatner4Senate

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 6d

… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 5d

I wish he’d hurry up with that.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 6d

I think you would love Sondheim’s Assassins. The most recent revival with @nphstuff.bsky.social is phenomenal.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 6d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 6d

Nothing better than a tabby cat. Nothing.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 7d

a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is saying yup .

ALT: a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is saying yup .

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 7d

It’s true.

scarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 7d

If Joe Biden was unable to close an umbrella there would have been +/- 1,000 think pieces in the newspapers of America questioning whether he was capable of discharging the duties of the office of President of the United States.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump gets some help closing his umbrella while boarding Air Force One

Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 8d

Dammit.

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Elli Anderson 🌊💙🇺🇸 @ellilanderson.bsky.social · 9d

Exactly. The delusion has crossed into full-on fantasy land. The 25th isn’t just an option at this point, it’s a necessity.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 9d

a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

Alt: a woman (Marcia Brady) in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 10d

Dafuq

Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 11d

CliffsNotes Fascism

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 11d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 12d

Oh, no. I remember being devastated by that.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 12d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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