Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
@kegill.bsky.social
Writer/speaker/journalist/professor. @kegill almost everywhere. Deep south ex-pat, she/her. Fights #disinfo. #UX #Elections geek #BookLover #BreastCancer “facts maxer”
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
@kegill.bsky.social
· Aug 16
Dear @support.bsky.team
When I block an account, I’d rather not see their replies in other people’s threads as well, please.
When I block an account, I’d rather not see their replies in other people’s threads as well, please.
Absolutely insane transcript of Witkoff giving advice to Russia for talking to Trump about a peace plan. Remember : Putin cannot be trusted; he has broken every promise he has made about Ukraine.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Free read: archive.ph/Swu9f
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Free read: archive.ph/Swu9f
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Absolutely insane transcript of Witkoff giving advice to Russia for talking to Trump about a peace plan. Remember : Putin cannot be trusted; he has broken every promise he has made about Ukraine.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Free read: archive.ph/Swu9f
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Free read: archive.ph/Swu9f
The US attorney in Miami who is running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon. Her scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite.
NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Free link
archive.ph/PJfxj
NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Free link
archive.ph/PJfxj
As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The US attorney in Miami who is running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon. Her scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite.
NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Free link
archive.ph/PJfxj
NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Free link
archive.ph/PJfxj
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Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
WTH?????
Warmongers. :-/
Warmongers. :-/
58% of Republicans back military action in Venezuela though 64% think Trump needs to explain why we should and only 50% think he has. www.pbump.net/o/republican...
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
WTH?????
Warmongers. :-/
Warmongers. :-/
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
A New York Times investigation finds that the Trump regime gave false information to the Supreme Court about an incident in Chicago in order to support its bid to deploy the National Guard in the city. (Gift link)
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A New York Times investigation finds that the Trump regime gave false information to the Supreme Court about an incident in Chicago in order to support its bid to deploy the National Guard in the city. (Gift link)
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
I’ve heard many stories of how ICE is not following the law or honoring due process.
I'm at the Tacoma ICE facility to come see for myself and hold ICE accountable. From my visit, it was abundantly clear that ICE is lying.
I'm at the Tacoma ICE facility to come see for myself and hold ICE accountable. From my visit, it was abundantly clear that ICE is lying.
Rep. Salinas visits Tacoma ICE facility.
YouTube video by Congresswoman Andrea Salinas
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I’ve heard many stories of how ICE is not following the law or honoring due process.
I'm at the Tacoma ICE facility to come see for myself and hold ICE accountable. From my visit, it was abundantly clear that ICE is lying.
I'm at the Tacoma ICE facility to come see for myself and hold ICE accountable. From my visit, it was abundantly clear that ICE is lying.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
A federal defense contractor is inquiring about reserving hundreds of hotel rooms on the Oregon coast for a year, the city of Newport said Tuesday. It’s the latest sign that a suspected effort to build an immigrant detention center on the coast has not gone away.
A federal defense contractor seeks hundreds of coastal Oregon hotel rooms, city of Newport says
It’s just one recent sign that interest over an immigrant detention facility on the coast hasn’t faded.
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A federal defense contractor is inquiring about reserving hundreds of hotel rooms on the Oregon coast for a year, the city of Newport said Tuesday. It’s the latest sign that a suspected effort to build an immigrant detention center on the coast has not gone away.
Wow. “the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression [and must] embrace a sweeping, aggressive, unvarnished, unapologetic and altogether unmistakable platform of pure economic rage [to get] out of the abyss.”
Amen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Amen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Wow. “the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression [and must] embrace a sweeping, aggressive, unvarnished, unapologetic and altogether unmistakable platform of pure economic rage [to get] out of the abyss.”
Amen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Amen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
WTF?
"President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to launch a government-wide effort to build an integrated artificial intelligence platform to harness federal scientific datasets to train next-generation technologies." ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump aims to boost AI innovation, build platform to harness government data
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to launch a government-wide effort to build an integrated artificial intelligence platform to harness federal scientific datasets
ca.finance.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
WTF?
It’s a horrible list. Rage bait? AI slop? Save your blood pressure and just say no. Read the comments instead.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It’s a horrible list. Rage bait? AI slop? Save your blood pressure and just say no. Read the comments instead.
This deconstruction of Trump’s 28 point “peace plan” by @timothysnyder.bsky.social is in-depth and freaking scary AF.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This deconstruction of Trump’s 28 point “peace plan” by @timothysnyder.bsky.social is in-depth and freaking scary AF.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
Earlier today, Pam Bondi announced that the DOJ has asked SCOTUS to strike down state laws banning public carry, adding that a “win” in the case would legalize public carry not only in Hawaii, but also in CA , MD, NJ & NY. (“Public carry" refers to the practice of carrying a firearm in public.) 1/
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Earlier today, Pam Bondi announced that the DOJ has asked SCOTUS to strike down state laws banning public carry, adding that a “win” in the case would legalize public carry not only in Hawaii, but also in CA , MD, NJ & NY. (“Public carry" refers to the practice of carrying a firearm in public.) 1/
Now kids stay in federal custody nearly six months on average — it was a month under Biden.
More immigrant kids have been in the federal shelter system under one partial year of Trump-47 than during the entire Biden administration.
More immigrant kids have been in the federal shelter system under one partial year of Trump-47 than during the entire Biden administration.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Now kids stay in federal custody nearly six months on average — it was a month under Biden.
More immigrant kids have been in the federal shelter system under one partial year of Trump-47 than during the entire Biden administration.
More immigrant kids have been in the federal shelter system under one partial year of Trump-47 than during the entire Biden administration.
Amen, the technology has no guardrails; the proprietors said FI to copyright; the search divisions must feature the latest shiny thing the company has going; and X/FB/et al reward the slop publishers.
Enshittification writ large.
Enshittification writ large.
I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Amen, the technology has no guardrails; the proprietors said FI to copyright; the search divisions must feature the latest shiny thing the company has going; and X/FB/et al reward the slop publishers.
Enshittification writ large.
Enshittification writ large.
Oh FFS.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Oh FFS.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
12th grade girls are now less likely to say they want to get married someday
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
12th grade girls are now less likely to say they want to get married someday
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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X's new location transparency feature shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., and also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was created.
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was created.
nbcnews.to
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
X's new location transparency feature shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., and also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was created.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
Crow: "It's so telling that when members of Congress simply remind service members of the Constitution and their duty to obey the law that he cannot handle that and resorts to threats of violence and execution. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump's respect for the Constitution"
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Crow: "It's so telling that when members of Congress simply remind service members of the Constitution and their duty to obey the law that he cannot handle that and resorts to threats of violence and execution. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump's respect for the Constitution"
Lauren is right. #mustRead
“The idea of an Epstein class is helpful because one can be misled by the range of people to whom Mr. Epstein ingratiated himself. Republicans. Democrats. Businesspeople. Diplomats. Philanthropists. Healers. Professors. Royals. Superlawyers.”
“The idea of an Epstein class is helpful because one can be misled by the range of people to whom Mr. Epstein ingratiated himself. Republicans. Democrats. Businesspeople. Diplomats. Philanthropists. Healers. Professors. Royals. Superlawyers.”
If you read just one thing today, make it this. Also, David Brooks is an idiot.
THE EPSTEIN CLASS 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
THE EPSTEIN CLASS 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Lauren is right. #mustRead
“The idea of an Epstein class is helpful because one can be misled by the range of people to whom Mr. Epstein ingratiated himself. Republicans. Democrats. Businesspeople. Diplomats. Philanthropists. Healers. Professors. Royals. Superlawyers.”
“The idea of an Epstein class is helpful because one can be misled by the range of people to whom Mr. Epstein ingratiated himself. Republicans. Democrats. Businesspeople. Diplomats. Philanthropists. Healers. Professors. Royals. Superlawyers.”