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KathCLeSage
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Non-fiction editor/proofreader. Late-'80s-#GeneralHospital fan. Mom of 2 teens and 2 doggos. Merry golf widow. Depressed Dem. She/Her
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KathCLeSage @kcl71.bsky.social · Dec 14
UPDATE: We did it, guys! 🙌🎉🥳
NEXT UP: Blue Wave 🌊 flipping the House and the Senate in the 2026 midterms.
kcl71.bsky.social KathCLeSage @kcl71.bsky.social · Nov 17
Yes, we have to elect school board directors in 2025, people. Pull yourselves together.
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governorwalz.mn.gov
This should have been the case long before they killed two Americans.

Border patrol agents should never have been sent in masks and camo to wreak havoc and aimlessly run around a state 1,500 miles from the Southern border.

apnews.com/article/immi...
Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says
The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
citizensnippy.bsky.social Citizen Snippy △ @citizensnippy.bsky.social · 2h
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.

An absolute enemy of humanity.
"I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." - Peter Thiel
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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schultziepie.bsky.social
Didn’t think I could love
Jason Kelce any more! 🙌🏼
#badbunny
#pinks
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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nana-mary.bsky.social
You know who isn’t in the Epstein Files? Presidents Joe Biden and Barrack Obama. Probably why they live rent free in some republican heads.

Licknick is more disgusting for telling that bs story to cover his butt.

#Pinks #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
youtu.be/r4h4VfI7HEM?...
Trump makes Lutnick FALL GUY in EPSTEIN DUMP?!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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beserioususa.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
my "it's not a crime to party with mr epstein" t shirt is raising questions etc
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h
Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR) V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.? eSec Noem I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies. Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE. 6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views ' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783). 2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) "damn" countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti's TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, "killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies." They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer's disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) 1 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. 1 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. | 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. 9| 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. 9|5. They claim that Secretary Noem's decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary's decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things— in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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froomkin.bsky.social
NYT, WaPo, AP, all simply ignoring it. I guess they just consider it demented ranting. But wait, wouldn't that be worth reporting, too? There is no logic to how these people think.
brendannyhan.bsky.social Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5h
The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’
Trump, as usual, offered no evidence for any of his claims.
www.democracydocket.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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delafina777.bsky.social
So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing.

www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
www.science.org
September 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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notyournegro.blacksky.app
Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh shhhhiiiiiiit.
February 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
1. Trump can’t federalize elections and he knows that.

2. That doesn’t mean he won’t try, so what are WE going to do when he inevitably does?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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ldog562.bsky.social
Karma' catches up with everyone.....
newrepublic.com/post/206029/...
ICE Arrests Right-Wing Influencer After He Defends Trump Crackdown
Junior Pena posted about his support for President Trump’s immigration policies.
newrepublic.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
ICE is now claiming it can arrest people without a warrant.

This comes after another internal memo asserting ICE agents can forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant.

Hello? Democrats cannot let these blatantly unconstitutional actions continue. Not another penny for ICE.
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
there are dozens of cameras on them all the time. we already know what they’re doing. this is not any sort of concession.
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 5h
U.S. DHS CHIEF: WILL RAPIDLY ACQUIRE AND DEPLOY BODY CAMERAS TO DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
February 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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February 1, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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#SundayNightParties 🎉
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February 1, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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owillis.bsky.social
if we had liberal fox news we would have whole panel discussions for days about the video and "does it really show that? we dont know but we need to talk about it some more"
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d
Am I positive that video shows the president shitting himself on camera? No.

Do I think we should spend an entire week debating it? Oh yes.
February 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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cameroncorduroy.bsky.social
tomorrow the Trump administration will end the protected status of thousands of Haitian people for literally no reason other than gutter racist drivel

these people came here legally, they are being made into illegal immigrants for the purpose of ethnic cleansing
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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sayittomyface.bsky.social
I truly love the people of Minneapolis MN! “We walk the same ground. We’re torn apart. Put down your weapons. Come sing your part” inviting ICE to see all people as humans and to join them in non violence. It’s Whoville from Dr Seuss comes to life - kindness and compassion personified. MN Strong!
February 2, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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dannagal.bsky.social
Yes because if there’s anything my hunting fishing farming elderly dad in rural New Hampshire (who refuses to USE AN ATM CARD or own a smartphone) wants is to log onto his computer to visit HIS HOLOGRAM ROBOT DOCTOR.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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thekasey.bsky.social
The same people who want us to work to 70 are the same people who won’t hire us after 50.
February 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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shaenon.bsky.social
A Harvard and Penn graduate, married to a Bryn Mawr graduate, father of a Princeton graduate, wants you to join the workforce straight out of high school and not stop until you drop dead of old age.
February 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
kcl71.bsky.social
Does Mr. Crudités think most Americans are taking a gap year when they’re neither working nor in school? He doesn’t realize most Americans are ALREADY working past the age at which they qualify to receive Social Security and/or 401K funds. How about he and Trump pay higher taxes to remove the debt?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM