Kate Cronin
@kittykate99.bsky.social
Human with a heart. Mad as hell. Alzheimer's disease clinical trials research administrator. Childless cat lady. Little Free Library provider.
Just watched this. Librarians are my heros.
The Librarians is now on PBS and Independent Lens. Check your local stations or view on the PBS YouTube channel: youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?... @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @la-cac.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Just watched this. Librarians are my heros.
Reposted by Kate Cronin
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
How much human suffering and death, while rich people get richer, will it take for people to rise up? Guess we're not there yet. #rage
February 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
How much human suffering and death, while rich people get richer, will it take for people to rise up? Guess we're not there yet. #rage
What the actual f*#k????
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 AM
What the actual f*#k????
If any incumbent candidate is brave enough to knock your door; in addition to telling them what your community needs, go ahead and ask how much you are paying them, and how many days they are actually spending doing that work.
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
If any incumbent candidate is brave enough to knock your door; in addition to telling them what your community needs, go ahead and ask how much you are paying them, and how many days they are actually spending doing that work.
What a real president looks like.
OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
February 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
What a real president looks like.
Just came from opening night of A Love Letter. Amazing!! #supportlocaltheater
Theatre LiLA
We create a space for YOU to be YOU in each role you play.
www.theatrelila.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Just came from opening night of A Love Letter. Amazing!! #supportlocaltheater
"But really, it’s all about trying to make sure fewer people vote. Under former (R) WI Gov. Scott Walker, WI passed a strict voter ID law, which one former staffer testified made R legislators “giddy” as they discussed how it would make it more difficult for students and people of color to vote."
What Trump’s threat to nationalize elections means for Wisconsin • Wisconsin Examiner
Donald Trump is threatening to take over locally run elections. Wisconsin Republicans are trying to help him out. Voters need to take action.
wisconsinexaminer.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"But really, it’s all about trying to make sure fewer people vote. Under former (R) WI Gov. Scott Walker, WI passed a strict voter ID law, which one former staffer testified made R legislators “giddy” as they discussed how it would make it more difficult for students and people of color to vote."
Reposted by Kate Cronin
The GOP blames women for undermining them on issues like abortion & ICE & thus hopes to pass the “SAVE Act,” which will make it harder for married women who changed their last names to vote. But they want you to think it’s about “election integrity”. 1/31/26 #HandmaidsTale 1/
This one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa Mahdawi
The Save Act – which would do the opposite of its title – could have a huge impact on the midterm elections
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The GOP blames women for undermining them on issues like abortion & ICE & thus hopes to pass the “SAVE Act,” which will make it harder for married women who changed their last names to vote. But they want you to think it’s about “election integrity”. 1/31/26 #HandmaidsTale 1/
Think they are watching/tracking YOU? Think again.
How ICE is watching you • Wisconsin Examiner
Once delivered via text message — no link required — Paragon’s spyware gains broad access to a phone’s contents, including encrypted messages.
wisconsinexaminer.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Think they are watching/tracking YOU? Think again.
No. Northern WI. Just no. And oh by the way, this kid has already raked in $2 million in donations.
Trump endorses Michael Alfonso for Wisconsin seat in Congress despite Florida ties
Michael Alfonso, 25, has an active voter registration in Florida, where he voted in 2024, an inactive Madison record, and an active record at his in-laws’ home in Hayward, though he has never voted th...
upnorthnewswi.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
No. Northern WI. Just no. And oh by the way, this kid has already raked in $2 million in donations.
No women of color appointed to federal judgeships in Trump’s first year back.
No women of color appointed to federal judgeships in Trump’s first year back
The Trump administration often equates race and gender diversity with professional incompetence.
19thnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
No women of color appointed to federal judgeships in Trump’s first year back.
The majority of white women consistently vote against securing pathways to citizenship for immigrants, even as their own path to full citizenship was granted to reinforce and multiply white control of the country in the face of Black civil rights progress and early 20th-century immigrant influxes.
America’s contract to protect white women has always been tenuous | Saida Grundy
ICE’s killing of Renee Good has revealed how the state will only defend those who uphold a white racial order. A 1915 film points to the origins of this social pact
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The majority of white women consistently vote against securing pathways to citizenship for immigrants, even as their own path to full citizenship was granted to reinforce and multiply white control of the country in the face of Black civil rights progress and early 20th-century immigrant influxes.
Both terrifying and hopeful. Read every word.
February 1, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Both terrifying and hopeful. Read every word.
Reposted by Kate Cronin
For my friend. Marianne.
January 31, 2026 at 1:07 AM
For my friend. Marianne.
From today's word of the day email: A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945)
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945)
January 30, 2026 at 5:05 PM
From today's word of the day email: A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945)
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945)
Madison's ICE out protest. 0 degrees with -16 windchill and people still turned out. #abolishice
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Madison's ICE out protest. 0 degrees with -16 windchill and people still turned out. #abolishice
Anyone else having issues connecting?
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Anyone else having issues connecting?
House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area. No. Just no.
House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans have moved closer to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a premier destination for outdoors lovers in remote northeastern Minnesot...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area. No. Just no.
"Maybe there’s a broader goal, too: to build distrust, and, ultimately, to reshape all Americans’ perceptions of reality." Maybe? No. Definitely.
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education
It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"Maybe there’s a broader goal, too: to build distrust, and, ultimately, to reshape all Americans’ perceptions of reality." Maybe? No. Definitely.
Reposted by Kate Cronin
After an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good, JD Vance quickly said agents have "absolute immunity."
Now, he's trying to convince us he never said that.
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Now, he's trying to convince us he never said that.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:31 AM
After an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good, JD Vance quickly said agents have "absolute immunity."
Now, he's trying to convince us he never said that.
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Now, he's trying to convince us he never said that.
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It just got harder for LGBTQ+ people to address harassment at work. The EEOC voted Thursday to delete a 200-page doc on workplace harassment matters amid a push to prioritize cases brought by White men The EEOC also skipped the traditional 30-day notice-and-comment period for the public to weigh in.
It just got harder for LGBTQ+ people to address harassment at work
The EEOC voted Thursday to delete a 200-page document on workplace harassment matters amid a push to prioritize cases brought by White men.
19thnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:20 PM
It just got harder for LGBTQ+ people to address harassment at work. The EEOC voted Thursday to delete a 200-page doc on workplace harassment matters amid a push to prioritize cases brought by White men The EEOC also skipped the traditional 30-day notice-and-comment period for the public to weigh in.
"We are now facing an urgent choice as to whether we submit to the entrenched hatred and abuse of women as a technological and cultural norm, or whether we fight for an alternative way forward." This. Among so many other things.
The Unspeakable, Enabled
This year will decide whether gendered abuse in real life and online becomes the norm.
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
"We are now facing an urgent choice as to whether we submit to the entrenched hatred and abuse of women as a technological and cultural norm, or whether we fight for an alternative way forward." This. Among so many other things.