Kass Bestor
@auntkass.bsky.social
Aunt, Great Aunt, Great Great Aunt. CASA volunteer. Feminist (a really old one!)
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Detroit swore in its first Black woman as Mayor today and there was no national or global coverage of it.
So anyway.
The first Black Woman Mayor of Detroit was sworn in today.
The first Black Woman Mayor of Detroit was sworn in today.
January 2, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Detroit swore in its first Black woman as Mayor today and there was no national or global coverage of it.
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Trump was sending teenage "masseuses" from Mar-a-lago to Jeffrey Epstein's house down the street. That's called sex trafficking you silly MAGA bumpkins
January 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Trump was sending teenage "masseuses" from Mar-a-lago to Jeffrey Epstein's house down the street. That's called sex trafficking you silly MAGA bumpkins
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All federal taxes paid by the residents of Blue States should go into an Escrow account until the next administration.
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
All federal taxes paid by the residents of Blue States should go into an Escrow account until the next administration.
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As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.
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Some Trump supporters are willing to overlook him raising consumer prices as long as he keeps the personal cost of their racism low.
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Some Trump supporters are willing to overlook him raising consumer prices as long as he keeps the personal cost of their racism low.
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📣 Happy New Year.
A reminder that residents of every state except Idaho still has until at least January 15th to enroll in #ACA coverage starting February 1st.
WA residents can still actually *retroactively* enroll in coverage starting TODAY via the flooding SEP.
acasignups.net/25/12/25/gro...
A reminder that residents of every state except Idaho still has until at least January 15th to enroll in #ACA coverage starting February 1st.
WA residents can still actually *retroactively* enroll in coverage starting TODAY via the flooding SEP.
acasignups.net/25/12/25/gro...
Grouching towards Enrollment: My 2026 ACA OEP Guide
Almost exactly a year ago I began my 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period guide with the following words: This is the best OEP ever for the ACA for several reasons: The expanded/enhanced premium subsidies ...
acasignups.net
January 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
📣 Happy New Year.
A reminder that residents of every state except Idaho still has until at least January 15th to enroll in #ACA coverage starting February 1st.
WA residents can still actually *retroactively* enroll in coverage starting TODAY via the flooding SEP.
acasignups.net/25/12/25/gro...
A reminder that residents of every state except Idaho still has until at least January 15th to enroll in #ACA coverage starting February 1st.
WA residents can still actually *retroactively* enroll in coverage starting TODAY via the flooding SEP.
acasignups.net/25/12/25/gro...
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The President of the United States is a criminal.
Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.
Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.
Jack Smith in just-released House Committee interview … about Trump:
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
Jack Smith in House Cmte interview re: Trump: “Attack.. at the Capitol does not happen without him”
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The President of the United States is a criminal.
Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.
Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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Literally this year the MN Speaker was murdered at her home when a white male MAGA chud dressed up as a fake cop & killed her
Now mere months later, MAGAs are shocked that daycare operators in MN wouldn't open doors for white male MAGA chuds dressed up as fake journalists, demanding access to kids😐
Now mere months later, MAGAs are shocked that daycare operators in MN wouldn't open doors for white male MAGA chuds dressed up as fake journalists, demanding access to kids😐
December 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Literally this year the MN Speaker was murdered at her home when a white male MAGA chud dressed up as a fake cop & killed her
Now mere months later, MAGAs are shocked that daycare operators in MN wouldn't open doors for white male MAGA chuds dressed up as fake journalists, demanding access to kids😐
Now mere months later, MAGAs are shocked that daycare operators in MN wouldn't open doors for white male MAGA chuds dressed up as fake journalists, demanding access to kids😐
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Yes indeed. MAGA values are amazing. Where do all of these people work, that they can behave like this?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Yes indeed. MAGA values are amazing. Where do all of these people work, that they can behave like this?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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The year in review with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Channel your inner John Lewis - "All of us must get in the revolution. Get in and stay in the streets of every city, every village and every hamlet of this nation until true freedom comes, until the revolution is complete."
Channel your inner John Lewis - "All of us must get in the revolution. Get in and stay in the streets of every city, every village and every hamlet of this nation until true freedom comes, until the revolution is complete."
December 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The year in review with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Channel your inner John Lewis - "All of us must get in the revolution. Get in and stay in the streets of every city, every village and every hamlet of this nation until true freedom comes, until the revolution is complete."
Channel your inner John Lewis - "All of us must get in the revolution. Get in and stay in the streets of every city, every village and every hamlet of this nation until true freedom comes, until the revolution is complete."
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A few things to remember about elections:
1.) Federal government has no authority over elections
2. Mail in ballots are still legal
3. Vote is certified by States.
4. Federal and State laws ban the military from polling places.
5. Observers can't interfere with elections or interact with voters.
1.) Federal government has no authority over elections
2. Mail in ballots are still legal
3. Vote is certified by States.
4. Federal and State laws ban the military from polling places.
5. Observers can't interfere with elections or interact with voters.
December 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A few things to remember about elections:
1.) Federal government has no authority over elections
2. Mail in ballots are still legal
3. Vote is certified by States.
4. Federal and State laws ban the military from polling places.
5. Observers can't interfere with elections or interact with voters.
1.) Federal government has no authority over elections
2. Mail in ballots are still legal
3. Vote is certified by States.
4. Federal and State laws ban the military from polling places.
5. Observers can't interfere with elections or interact with voters.
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Trump has vetoed 2 bipartisan bills to make it easier to build a water pipeline in CO & give a Native American tribe more control over the Everglades
Why? Because they don't support his immigration policies
Trump is citing immigration to ban INDIGENOUS Americans from basic human rights like water🤦🏽♂️
Why? Because they don't support his immigration policies
Trump is citing immigration to ban INDIGENOUS Americans from basic human rights like water🤦🏽♂️
December 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trump has vetoed 2 bipartisan bills to make it easier to build a water pipeline in CO & give a Native American tribe more control over the Everglades
Why? Because they don't support his immigration policies
Trump is citing immigration to ban INDIGENOUS Americans from basic human rights like water🤦🏽♂️
Why? Because they don't support his immigration policies
Trump is citing immigration to ban INDIGENOUS Americans from basic human rights like water🤦🏽♂️
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"As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers”
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and JFK granddaughter, dies at 35
Schlossberg was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May 2024 at 34.
www.pbs.org
December 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers”
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
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Yesterday, I ran into a friend from work.
She was devastated because her uncle has disappeared & no one can find him.
They believe he was detained by #ICE even though he has legal status.
This #ICELawlessness is out of control. They're disappearing people.
THEY'RE EVEN SHOOTING AT PEOPLE.
She was devastated because her uncle has disappeared & no one can find him.
They believe he was detained by #ICE even though he has legal status.
This #ICELawlessness is out of control. They're disappearing people.
THEY'RE EVEN SHOOTING AT PEOPLE.
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yesterday, I ran into a friend from work.
She was devastated because her uncle has disappeared & no one can find him.
They believe he was detained by #ICE even though he has legal status.
This #ICELawlessness is out of control. They're disappearing people.
THEY'RE EVEN SHOOTING AT PEOPLE.
She was devastated because her uncle has disappeared & no one can find him.
They believe he was detained by #ICE even though he has legal status.
This #ICELawlessness is out of control. They're disappearing people.
THEY'RE EVEN SHOOTING AT PEOPLE.
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Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.
George, Edwin and Josephine Moran
Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory
George, Edwin and Josephine Moran
Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.
George, Edwin and Josephine Moran
Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory
George, Edwin and Josephine Moran
Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory
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This means that you can donate *directly* to over a dozen Democratic nominees running in special elections across multiple states at once.
Alternately, you can donate to just one or two of them using the "customize amounts" tool on the page.
Or you can give different amounts to each if you wish.
Alternately, you can donate to just one or two of them using the "customize amounts" tool on the page.
Or you can give different amounts to each if you wish.
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This means that you can donate *directly* to over a dozen Democratic nominees running in special elections across multiple states at once.
Alternately, you can donate to just one or two of them using the "customize amounts" tool on the page.
Or you can give different amounts to each if you wish.
Alternately, you can donate to just one or two of them using the "customize amounts" tool on the page.
Or you can give different amounts to each if you wish.
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"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
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I needed to see something good right now. ❤️
Maybe you do too.
Maybe you do too.
December 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I needed to see something good right now. ❤️
Maybe you do too.
Maybe you do too.
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Trump is a murderer, and tells nothing but lies.
And yet, still not one shred of proof or evidence that any of these boats are running drugs or belong to drug cartels
They may be drug cartel boats for all we know…
But if they were…wouldn’t it be so very easy to show the proof of that…
You could easily show proof and still keep it classified
They may be drug cartel boats for all we know…
But if they were…wouldn’t it be so very easy to show the proof of that…
You could easily show proof and still keep it classified
U.S. military conducts 30th strike on alleged drug boat, killing 2 — CBS News
The U.S. military has hit at least 30 alleged drug vessels in the region since early September, killing 107 people.
apple.news
December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump is a murderer, and tells nothing but lies.
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In 2025, AI slop is everywhere. The best way to beat it is systemic change, regulatory overhaul. But the second-best way is by rebelling against it in our everyday lives.
That means sustained, active engagement with non-slop—real people, challenging art, new ideas—in the real world and online.
That means sustained, active engagement with non-slop—real people, challenging art, new ideas—in the real world and online.
Monster of 2025: AI slop
The drive for a frictionless existence has sloppified our offline lives, too.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 2025, AI slop is everywhere. The best way to beat it is systemic change, regulatory overhaul. But the second-best way is by rebelling against it in our everyday lives.
That means sustained, active engagement with non-slop—real people, challenging art, new ideas—in the real world and online.
That means sustained, active engagement with non-slop—real people, challenging art, new ideas—in the real world and online.