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Kat

@phoebe11.bsky.social

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Married mom of two adult sons. Proud Canadian. Retired elementary school teacher. Love nature, travel, yoga and photography. I stand for democracy and justice for all.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Julie Bee🐝🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @junebug1925.bsky.social · 1h

They will claim it’s all jokes..like they have with every other ignorant statement

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 2h

Of course trump is on Qatari dime www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-...

Trump admin sparks MAGA fury with Qatari Air Force base in US—"betrayed"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. has approved a Qatari Air Force base in Idaho.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 2h

THIS!!! 👇

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I will never respect or forgive Tucker Carlson for all the lies and propaganda he pushed for years on Fox News but perhaps his newest statements are a sign that Maga is beginning to break!

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364K views · 19K reactions | Wow. Watch the Nobel committee chair blast Donald Trump: We only give the award to people of courage and integrity. Consider subscribing to my newsletter to support my wo...

Wow. Watch the Nobel committee chair blast Donald Trump: We only give the award to people of courage and integrity. Consider subscribing to my newsletter to support my work: aaronparnas.substack.com.

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Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 4h

There she is ladies and gentlemen...Photo Op Barbie! with her new face, hair extensions, false eyelashes, dangling earrings, sexy outfits etc. A serious and smart woman! LOL! This is not about her, Nooooo!

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 5h

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 5h

Blah! Blah! Blah! Shut your pie hole! You are and always will be known as Trump's little johnson. That's it! That will be your legacy.

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Ludmilla @ludmillaart.bsky.social · 5h

Have these people ever heard of freedom of speech?

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h

Healthcare was the other bright factor but now the GOP has destroyed it.

Tweet from Bryce Greene reads: “Knew the economy was bad and fake but this is really just insane.” Below is a tweet from spike with the headline: “Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says.”

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