Kath
@dickeyx2.bsky.social
Mom, Dem, Californian, former teacher, trying to remain an optimist
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Is this what freedom is like?
Why the Transportation Department wants you to dress 'with respect' at the airport
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants travelers to be on their best behavior and "dress respectfully" when they fly.
www.usatoday.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Is this what freedom is like?
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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X now lets you see where an account is located, and this one is fascinating.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
X now lets you see where an account is located, and this one is fascinating.
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Like vaccines denialists, I feel being able to say "birth is totally safe" with a straight face can only be the result of a generation that both
1) Has no living relatives that remember when that was not the case, and
2) Does not own a library card/history book.
1) Has no living relatives that remember when that was not the case, and
2) Does not own a library card/history book.
did you read the free birth thing? it’s basically granola moms gone wild and honestly zombies would be a blessing at this point: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Like vaccines denialists, I feel being able to say "birth is totally safe" with a straight face can only be the result of a generation that both
1) Has no living relatives that remember when that was not the case, and
2) Does not own a library card/history book.
1) Has no living relatives that remember when that was not the case, and
2) Does not own a library card/history book.
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Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores."
Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores."
Over one hundred community members gathered at the Home Depot in Monrovia Saturday to pressure the company to stop the immigration raids taking place at its locations.
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores."
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the Nigerian princes just shifted their grift.
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
the Nigerian princes just shifted their grift.
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So, Rubio not knowing much about the Trump-Putin plan doesnt mean that the Trump administration did not. Vance certainly seems delighted with the proposal. It means that Rubio is less influential than people think.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
So, Rubio not knowing much about the Trump-Putin plan doesnt mean that the Trump administration did not. Vance certainly seems delighted with the proposal. It means that Rubio is less influential than people think.
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What we might be learning tonight. JD Vance is on the inside with lots of influence over Trump policy towards Russia/Ukraine, while Rubio is kept in the dark.
Vance, btw, might be the most pro Russian/anti Ukraine person in the administration (other than Trump perhaps)
Vance, btw, might be the most pro Russian/anti Ukraine person in the administration (other than Trump perhaps)
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What we might be learning tonight. JD Vance is on the inside with lots of influence over Trump policy towards Russia/Ukraine, while Rubio is kept in the dark.
Vance, btw, might be the most pro Russian/anti Ukraine person in the administration (other than Trump perhaps)
Vance, btw, might be the most pro Russian/anti Ukraine person in the administration (other than Trump perhaps)
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NEW: I spoke with David Vickrey, the Daily Kos blogger Robert Kennedy Jr. spent the last five years pursuing in court with a dead-end, costly defamation lawsuit.
Here’s what he had to say:
www.importantcontext.news/p/robert-ken...
Here’s what he had to say:
www.importantcontext.news/p/robert-ken...
Robert Kennedy Jr. ‘Absolutely Tried to Silence’ Me: Blogger Sued by HHS Secretary Speaks Out
David Vickrey spoke with Important Context about the legal battle that consumed the last five years of his life.
www.importantcontext.news
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEW: I spoke with David Vickrey, the Daily Kos blogger Robert Kennedy Jr. spent the last five years pursuing in court with a dead-end, costly defamation lawsuit.
Here’s what he had to say:
www.importantcontext.news/p/robert-ken...
Here’s what he had to say:
www.importantcontext.news/p/robert-ken...
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Do you feel a sudden sense of fear & uncertainty, as if your life is upended?
That you might lose your health insurance & have to update your resume & apply for jobs in a terrible market?
Did you think your job was secure only to find out it’s not?
Oh no. Anyway
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
That you might lose your health insurance & have to update your resume & apply for jobs in a terrible market?
Did you think your job was secure only to find out it’s not?
Oh no. Anyway
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Do you feel a sudden sense of fear & uncertainty, as if your life is upended?
That you might lose your health insurance & have to update your resume & apply for jobs in a terrible market?
Did you think your job was secure only to find out it’s not?
Oh no. Anyway
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
That you might lose your health insurance & have to update your resume & apply for jobs in a terrible market?
Did you think your job was secure only to find out it’s not?
Oh no. Anyway
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
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Shaheen: I have made it clear that I believe this is a Russian proposal. I hope that tomorrow’s negotiations in Geneva focus on a real framework that guarantees an outcome benefiting Ukraine rather than Russia.
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Shaheen: I have made it clear that I believe this is a Russian proposal. I hope that tomorrow’s negotiations in Geneva focus on a real framework that guarantees an outcome benefiting Ukraine rather than Russia.
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King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
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What a headline:
US Senators Say They Spoke With Rubio About Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Who Denied It Is a US Plan
(This as other US officials are still saying it is the US plan)
US Senators Say They Spoke With Rubio About Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Who Denied It Is a US Plan
(This as other US officials are still saying it is the US plan)
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
What a headline:
US Senators Say They Spoke With Rubio About Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Who Denied It Is a US Plan
(This as other US officials are still saying it is the US plan)
US Senators Say They Spoke With Rubio About Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Who Denied It Is a US Plan
(This as other US officials are still saying it is the US plan)
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said "if you have relevant information you should b...
Starmer: Andrew should give 'relevant information' to Epstein probe
LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said "if you have relevant information you should b...
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said "if you have relevant information you should b...
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Well Said Lt. General Hertling......
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Well Said Lt. General Hertling......
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Trump says Chicagoans are “chanting BRING IN TRUMP!!!” 😂
Amazing how every riot, every storm, every grocery store line somehow becomes a rally for him… at least in his own head.
Meanwhile, the Epstein files aren’t going away, no matter how much noise he makes.👇
Amazing how every riot, every storm, every grocery store line somehow becomes a rally for him… at least in his own head.
Meanwhile, the Epstein files aren’t going away, no matter how much noise he makes.👇
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Trump says Chicagoans are “chanting BRING IN TRUMP!!!” 😂
Amazing how every riot, every storm, every grocery store line somehow becomes a rally for him… at least in his own head.
Meanwhile, the Epstein files aren’t going away, no matter how much noise he makes.👇
Amazing how every riot, every storm, every grocery store line somehow becomes a rally for him… at least in his own head.
Meanwhile, the Epstein files aren’t going away, no matter how much noise he makes.👇
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They don't even try to hide it, the corruption taking place in plain sight..
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
They don't even try to hide it, the corruption taking place in plain sight..
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The interagency process:
—What did POTUS just watch on Fox?
—Who was the last person he talked to?
—What did POTUS just watch on Fox?
—Who was the last person he talked to?
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The interagency process:
—What did POTUS just watch on Fox?
—Who was the last person he talked to?
—What did POTUS just watch on Fox?
—Who was the last person he talked to?
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This administration’s foreign policy has no interagency process (in the traditional sense) and zero discipline. Much, much worse than Trump 1.0.
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This administration’s foreign policy has no interagency process (in the traditional sense) and zero discipline. Much, much worse than Trump 1.0.
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One fascinating aspect of the Trump administration is that the Secretary of State has multiple other jobs but multiple people also act like they’re Secretary of State.
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
One fascinating aspect of the Trump administration is that the Secretary of State has multiple other jobs but multiple people also act like they’re Secretary of State.
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Breaking:
U.S. Intelligence suffering from mistrust by Five Eyes partners resulting in limited sharing of intelligence for the first time since the 1946 Five Eyes Partnership began.
The Trump Administration is seen as untrustworthy.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/20/f...
U.S. Intelligence suffering from mistrust by Five Eyes partners resulting in limited sharing of intelligence for the first time since the 1946 Five Eyes Partnership began.
The Trump Administration is seen as untrustworthy.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/20/f...
Five Eyes Become Three Blind Mice
Trump is threatening the bond of the Five Eyes national security alliance of the U.S., U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Breaking:
U.S. Intelligence suffering from mistrust by Five Eyes partners resulting in limited sharing of intelligence for the first time since the 1946 Five Eyes Partnership began.
The Trump Administration is seen as untrustworthy.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/20/f...
U.S. Intelligence suffering from mistrust by Five Eyes partners resulting in limited sharing of intelligence for the first time since the 1946 Five Eyes Partnership began.
The Trump Administration is seen as untrustworthy.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/20/f...
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US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
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Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/