Kassidy Tarala Burns
@kassidyburns.bsky.social
she/her | editor @dailykos.com | intersectional feminist/abolitionist 🏳️🌈🍉
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When I and many of the men around me were at our hope’s end, letters and pictures were the knots at the end of the rope that we clung to.
In Prison, Holding Handwritten Cards Is a Rare Joy. Illinois Is Taking It Away.
When mail is digitized, it becomes sterile – no longer a precious handwritten card that smells like my gramma’s perfume.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
When I and many of the men around me were at our hope’s end, letters and pictures were the knots at the end of the rope that we clung to.
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Think your mail is private? In Columbus, ICE is playing "Postmaster General."
December 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Think your mail is private? In Columbus, ICE is playing "Postmaster General."
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Don't miss this harrowing @samanthamichaels.bsky.social dispatch from ICE-occupied Memphis
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
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December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Don't miss this harrowing @samanthamichaels.bsky.social dispatch from ICE-occupied Memphis
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Only 16% of Americans are satisfied with the cost of health care — the lowest Gallup has ever recorded. And this is happening as GOP health care policies start kicking in.
What could possibly go wrong?
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What could possibly go wrong?
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Record number of Americans think health care sucks under Trump
Public satisfaction with the cost of health care plans has hit a record low in a new Gallup poll released Monday—just as GOP legislation begins to go into effect, increasing costs ...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Only 16% of Americans are satisfied with the cost of health care — the lowest Gallup has ever recorded. And this is happening as GOP health care policies start kicking in.
What could possibly go wrong?
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
What could possibly go wrong?
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!
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I encourage people to learn about what happened following the École Polytechnique massacre in Québec to see how much of this history repeating itself is very much preventable.
December 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I encourage people to learn about what happened following the École Polytechnique massacre in Québec to see how much of this history repeating itself is very much preventable.
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“I stand before you a free man and I want you to remember me this way, with my head held up high.”
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released as key ICE case collapses
A federal judge ordered Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from custody on Thursday night, making for the latest major setback in the Trump administration’s bigoted immigration ...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I stand before you a free man and I want you to remember me this way, with my head held up high.”
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This is Brenda and Linda. They were brought into the shelter together, and Brenda had no interest in being separated from her friend. She jumped the kennel wall to get to Linda, and made sure everyone knew they're a package deal. The best news? It worked: They were adopted together. 14/10 for both
December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is Brenda and Linda. They were brought into the shelter together, and Brenda had no interest in being separated from her friend. She jumped the kennel wall to get to Linda, and made sure everyone knew they're a package deal. The best news? It worked: They were adopted together. 14/10 for both
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Imagine denying you deport veterans … and a combat vet shot twice in Panama pops up on a tablet to prove you wrong.
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Kristi Noem forced to face decorated war veteran she deported
During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was forced to justify her department’s pressure for a military veteran to leave the ...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Imagine denying you deport veterans … and a combat vet shot twice in Panama pops up on a tablet to prove you wrong.
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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Trump giving his economy an “A plus-plus-plus-plus-plus” while sitting at 31% approval is the kind of confidence you only get from someone who thinks Americans just need fewer pencils and dolls.
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Trump's economic approval hits all-time low
Just 31% of Americans approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy, a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released on Thursday found, the lowest number ...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump giving his economy an “A plus-plus-plus-plus-plus” while sitting at 31% approval is the kind of confidence you only get from someone who thinks Americans just need fewer pencils and dolls.
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A 9-0 GOP gerrymander goes down in flames.
Indiana Republicans just defied Trump's pressure to rig their House maps
A 9-0 GOP gerrymander goes down in flames.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A 9-0 GOP gerrymander goes down in flames.
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They sent JD Vance to Indiana and they were like never do that to us again
December 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
They sent JD Vance to Indiana and they were like never do that to us again
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Shoutout to @repilhan.bsky.social, a strong woman who refuses to be bullied by Trump. Obviously there’s something wrong with him.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Shoutout to @repilhan.bsky.social, a strong woman who refuses to be bullied by Trump. Obviously there’s something wrong with him.
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As a climate scientist, the most charitable thing I can say is that this guy's a fucking moron.
Trump: "Remember -- global warming! And then the temperature started going down like a rock. Remember? Remember?"
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
As a climate scientist, the most charitable thing I can say is that this guy's a fucking moron.
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this “i am something of a soybean farmer myself” shit from bessent is fucking hilarious
Brooke Rollins: "On the China soybeans, Secretary Bessent -- himself a soybean farmer ... "
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
this “i am something of a soybean farmer myself” shit from bessent is fucking hilarious
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Trump claims he’s “saving 25,000 lives” with boat strikes on hypothetical drug traffickers… while pardoning actual kingpins who moved 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
You can’t make this shit up.
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You can’t make this shit up.
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Trump reminds us that laws are for the little people
While the Trump administration insists that invoking the magic words “drug traffickers” justifies murdering people on the high seas , when it comes to actual big-time drug traffickers, President ...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Trump claims he’s “saving 25,000 lives” with boat strikes on hypothetical drug traffickers… while pardoning actual kingpins who moved 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
You can’t make this shit up.
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You can’t make this shit up.
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This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
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Are most Americans even paying attention to Donald Trump? Do they know what’s being done in their name?
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Are Most Americans Even Paying Attention?
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent digs into the latest legal news, Trump news, and Nuzzi news—along with a look at how few people actually follow said news.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Are most Americans even paying attention to Donald Trump? Do they know what’s being done in their name?
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it’s just undeniable that trump wants everyone to live in a hell where you can’t tell whats real
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
it’s just undeniable that trump wants everyone to live in a hell where you can’t tell whats real
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Ilhan Omar: "It's completely disgusting. These are Americans that he is calling garbage ... it's also really important for us to remember that this kind of hateful rhetoric and this level of dehumanizing can lead to dangerous actions by people who listen to the president."
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ilhan Omar: "It's completely disgusting. These are Americans that he is calling garbage ... it's also really important for us to remember that this kind of hateful rhetoric and this level of dehumanizing can lead to dangerous actions by people who listen to the president."
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To our Somali Minnesotan neighbors: We see you. We love you. We stand with you. 💖
📣 Because in Minnesota, we show up for our neighbors in times of need, no exceptions. #GreaterThanFear
📣 Because in Minnesota, we show up for our neighbors in times of need, no exceptions. #GreaterThanFear
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
To our Somali Minnesotan neighbors: We see you. We love you. We stand with you. 💖
📣 Because in Minnesota, we show up for our neighbors in times of need, no exceptions. #GreaterThanFear
📣 Because in Minnesota, we show up for our neighbors in times of need, no exceptions. #GreaterThanFear
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Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut said the unedited video clearly shows the U.S. striking helpless people. interc.pt/49Z6zxr
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut said the unedited video clearly shows the U.S. striking helpless people. interc.pt/49Z6zxr