Kate Cunningham
@katecunning.bsky.social
Rational liberal, gregarious introvert, retired academic librarian. “A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” Saul Bellow
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“Our president also shares our love of young, nubile…” !!!
Wow! Letter from Epstein to a convicted sex offender Larry Nassar right before Epstein’s death.
This was in the files the DOJ released last night and then removed from their site.
This was in the files the DOJ released last night and then removed from their site.
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“Our president also shares our love of young, nubile…” !!!
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Speaker Mike Johnson says his entire worldview comes from the Bible.
But he’s about to kick 2 million Texans off their healthcare right before Christmas.
If you aren’t loving your neighbor, then keep Jesus’ name out of your mouth.
But he’s about to kick 2 million Texans off their healthcare right before Christmas.
If you aren’t loving your neighbor, then keep Jesus’ name out of your mouth.
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Speaker Mike Johnson says his entire worldview comes from the Bible.
But he’s about to kick 2 million Texans off their healthcare right before Christmas.
If you aren’t loving your neighbor, then keep Jesus’ name out of your mouth.
But he’s about to kick 2 million Texans off their healthcare right before Christmas.
If you aren’t loving your neighbor, then keep Jesus’ name out of your mouth.
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James Talarico: Are you aware that this bill removes the writings of Frederick Douglass & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Republican: I am
Talarico: Yet this bill includes writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, and he's not even American. Could that be because he's a white man?
Republican: N-not exactly…
Republican: I am
Talarico: Yet this bill includes writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, and he's not even American. Could that be because he's a white man?
Republican: N-not exactly…
December 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
James Talarico: Are you aware that this bill removes the writings of Frederick Douglass & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Republican: I am
Talarico: Yet this bill includes writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, and he's not even American. Could that be because he's a white man?
Republican: N-not exactly…
Republican: I am
Talarico: Yet this bill includes writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, and he's not even American. Could that be because he's a white man?
Republican: N-not exactly…
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This is like when I diet by skipping breakfast and then somehow pack in four meals between lunch and dinner.
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is like when I diet by skipping breakfast and then somehow pack in four meals between lunch and dinner.
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This kind of reactionary response is, frankly, bananas.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This kind of reactionary response is, frankly, bananas.
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On Wednesday, former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee, telling it that he and his team found “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
December 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
On Wednesday, former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee, telling it that he and his team found “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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The Trump regime is breaking the law by not releasing all the Epstein files today and by sticking Trump's name on the Kennedy Center and by continuing to murder people on boats near Venezuela.
The White House is in the hands of criminals, and they'll keep committing crimes until we stop them.
The White House is in the hands of criminals, and they'll keep committing crimes until we stop them.
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Trump regime is breaking the law by not releasing all the Epstein files today and by sticking Trump's name on the Kennedy Center and by continuing to murder people on boats near Venezuela.
The White House is in the hands of criminals, and they'll keep committing crimes until we stop them.
The White House is in the hands of criminals, and they'll keep committing crimes until we stop them.
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 274. DOJ plays games with the Epstein files, and everything else you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 274. 12/19/25
… Under federal law, DOJ was supposed to release ALL of the Epstein files today with minimal redactions just to protect the identity of victims.
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Today in Politics, Bulletin 274. DOJ plays games with the Epstein files, and everything else you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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I know people are rightly going to be worried about child health, their own health. But we also can't afford this. Like, John Hopkins did an estimate (next link) and every measles case during outbreaks cost on average $43,000 to treat. That kid who got tetanus cost $1 million dollars to treat /1
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I know people are rightly going to be worried about child health, their own health. But we also can't afford this. Like, John Hopkins did an estimate (next link) and every measles case during outbreaks cost on average $43,000 to treat. That kid who got tetanus cost $1 million dollars to treat /1
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The contrast between Trump's US & EU:
The EU just committed $105 Billion to Ukraine for two years.
The US defense billl offers $400 Million (!) a year for those two years.
Trump has made the US irrelevant.
The EU understands the importance of Ukraine, Trump does not.
The EU just committed $105 Billion to Ukraine for two years.
The US defense billl offers $400 Million (!) a year for those two years.
Trump has made the US irrelevant.
The EU understands the importance of Ukraine, Trump does not.
December 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The contrast between Trump's US & EU:
The EU just committed $105 Billion to Ukraine for two years.
The US defense billl offers $400 Million (!) a year for those two years.
Trump has made the US irrelevant.
The EU understands the importance of Ukraine, Trump does not.
The EU just committed $105 Billion to Ukraine for two years.
The US defense billl offers $400 Million (!) a year for those two years.
Trump has made the US irrelevant.
The EU understands the importance of Ukraine, Trump does not.
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There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
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The Department of Justice failed to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny, Republican and Democratic lawmakers said.
‘Incomplete Release’: DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Department of Justice failed to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny, Republican and Democratic lawmakers said.
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Trump openly tells his flock he’s stealing $1 Billion from the treasury for himself — and somehow makes himself the victim in the story.
And they clap.
And they clap.
Trump makes a "joke" about stealing a billion dollars intended for charity and giving it to himself. (Something he has done multiple times.) "I negotiate with myself," he says.
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Trump openly tells his flock he’s stealing $1 Billion from the treasury for himself — and somehow makes himself the victim in the story.
And they clap.
And they clap.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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1) There was no cease fire
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
December 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
1) There was no cease fire
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
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Not peer reviewed:
Kalinin, Kirill, and Mebane, Walter R. Jr. 2011. Understanding electoral frauds through evolution of Russian federalism: From ‘Bargaining Loyalty’ to ‘Signaling Loyalty’. Paper prepared for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
Kalinin, Kirill, and Mebane, Walter R. Jr. 2011. Understanding electoral frauds through evolution of Russian federalism: From ‘Bargaining Loyalty’ to ‘Signaling Loyalty’. Paper prepared for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not peer reviewed:
Kalinin, Kirill, and Mebane, Walter R. Jr. 2011. Understanding electoral frauds through evolution of Russian federalism: From ‘Bargaining Loyalty’ to ‘Signaling Loyalty’. Paper prepared for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
Kalinin, Kirill, and Mebane, Walter R. Jr. 2011. Understanding electoral frauds through evolution of Russian federalism: From ‘Bargaining Loyalty’ to ‘Signaling Loyalty’. Paper prepared for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
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Dr. Walter R. Mebane, an expert in election fraud, a professor of political science at UOM, looked at 67 counties in Pennsylvania. He estimated that 225,440 votes in the Pennsylvania presidential race were “possibly” fraudulent, exceeding the 120,266 vote margin of victory between Trump & Harris.
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Dr. Walter R. Mebane, an expert in election fraud, a professor of political science at UOM, looked at 67 counties in Pennsylvania. He estimated that 225,440 votes in the Pennsylvania presidential race were “possibly” fraudulent, exceeding the 120,266 vote margin of victory between Trump & Harris.
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This is money already appropriate by Congress for housing assistance for military families. Not some bonus created by Trump. Another lie in his rant last night.
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
December 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is money already appropriate by Congress for housing assistance for military families. Not some bonus created by Trump. Another lie in his rant last night.
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
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Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
December 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
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the tea party was really a seminal shift in how the median congressperson behaved in person
you stopped needing to be a successful schmoozer and started needing to be a totally unreasonable lunatic to win your primaries, and social media has only accelerated this
you stopped needing to be a successful schmoozer and started needing to be a totally unreasonable lunatic to win your primaries, and social media has only accelerated this
My theory that as members of congress are increasingly batshit it will increasingly select for even more batshit people who can tolerate the job is doing pretty well
Congressional retirements at a historic pace in both chambers. Per @ballotpedia.org , 50 Members have now announced. ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S.... I gather it’s a miserable era to be in Congress for many incumbents.
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
the tea party was really a seminal shift in how the median congressperson behaved in person
you stopped needing to be a successful schmoozer and started needing to be a totally unreasonable lunatic to win your primaries, and social media has only accelerated this
you stopped needing to be a successful schmoozer and started needing to be a totally unreasonable lunatic to win your primaries, and social media has only accelerated this
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Rather than attempting to re-name the Kennedy Center, the Department of Defense, and Gulf of Mexico – how about naming the Dark Tetrad (psychopathy-sociopathy [ASPD] + narcissism + Machiavellianism + sadism) after Trump?
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Rather than attempting to re-name the Kennedy Center, the Department of Defense, and Gulf of Mexico – how about naming the Dark Tetrad (psychopathy-sociopathy [ASPD] + narcissism + Machiavellianism + sadism) after Trump?
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.