KathrynR
@kathrynnewyork.bsky.social
Writer, traveler, friend...at home in New York City
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Tom Nichols on Kristi Noem: “There is no plausible world, there is no other planet, on which Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel and others would occupy senior jobs in government.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Tom Nichols on Kristi Noem: “There is no plausible world, there is no other planet, on which Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel and others would occupy senior jobs in government.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
popular.info
April 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
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Private back-channel pleas and even market panic do not chasten Trump. The U.S. economy, like the U.S. democracy, needs real leadership. Sooner or later, business leaders and Republicans must speak out — if not out of courage, at least due to naked self-interest. wapo.st/42P1Edc
Opinion | As Trump destroys the economy, GOP and Wall Street execs stay mum
They seem to think they can pressure Trump privately. It’s not working.
wapo.st
April 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Private back-channel pleas and even market panic do not chasten Trump. The U.S. economy, like the U.S. democracy, needs real leadership. Sooner or later, business leaders and Republicans must speak out — if not out of courage, at least due to naked self-interest. wapo.st/42P1Edc
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“My border collie could do a better job... Trump has done incredible damage to the American brand in all these countries and a total loss of confidence in what always was thought of as great American leadership on the world stage.”
— Steve Rattner slams 'worst' economic policy
— Steve Rattner slams 'worst' economic policy
'My border collie could do a better job': Steve Rattner slams 'worst' economic policy
China raised its total retaliatory tariff on U.S. imports to 125 percent Friday after the Trump administration clarified Thursday that U.S. duties on Beijing are actually 145 percent because of earlier fentanyl-related levies. President Trump said late Thursday that he was not tracking a fall in the stock market as he met with his Cabinet secretaries amid worsening trade tensions with China. The Morning Joe panel discusses the week in tariffs.
on.msnbc.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“My border collie could do a better job... Trump has done incredible damage to the American brand in all these countries and a total loss of confidence in what always was thought of as great American leadership on the world stage.”
— Steve Rattner slams 'worst' economic policy
— Steve Rattner slams 'worst' economic policy
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Go ahead.
Let the people see you for what you are.
Let the people see you for what you are.
for the second time today, Tom Homan is on Fox News confirming that he asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Go ahead.
Let the people see you for what you are.
Let the people see you for what you are.
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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WSJ, last 48 hours:
February 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
WSJ, last 48 hours:
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"There are moments in the world’s history where people look back and ask, 'Where were the lawyers? Where were the judges?' In these moments, the rule of law becomes especially vulnerable," said the judge. Applause broke out in his courtroom.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-p...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-p...
As Trump pushes legal boundaries, judges hold the line
U.S. President Donald Trump's furious pace of orders slashing foreign aid, sending troops to the border and pardoning violent criminals has met little resistance in Congress. Federal judges are deliv...
www.yahoo.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"There are moments in the world’s history where people look back and ask, 'Where were the lawyers? Where were the judges?' In these moments, the rule of law becomes especially vulnerable," said the judge. Applause broke out in his courtroom.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-p...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-p...
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I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
January 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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Donald Trump is putting tariffs on pharmaceuticals.
I wonder if MAGA feels safer knowing that they might not be able to afford drugs that help them stay alive.
Sure doesn't seem like Donald Trump cares if they do.
I wonder if MAGA feels safer knowing that they might not be able to afford drugs that help them stay alive.
Sure doesn't seem like Donald Trump cares if they do.
January 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Donald Trump is putting tariffs on pharmaceuticals.
I wonder if MAGA feels safer knowing that they might not be able to afford drugs that help them stay alive.
Sure doesn't seem like Donald Trump cares if they do.
I wonder if MAGA feels safer knowing that they might not be able to afford drugs that help them stay alive.
Sure doesn't seem like Donald Trump cares if they do.
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The Trump Administration is one big Denial of Service attack.
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Trump Administration is one big Denial of Service attack.
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Stop. Running. The. Same. Old. Playbook.
Stop using this weird politician-speak.
Talk like you understand what is happening.
Stop using this weird politician-speak.
Talk like you understand what is happening.
The first Social Security check was issued 85 years ago today, delivering on a sacred promise to America’s workers and seniors.
Since then, hardworking Americans have paid into and benefited from the program.
Trump and Republican allies want to rip that away.
Since then, hardworking Americans have paid into and benefited from the program.
Trump and Republican allies want to rip that away.
January 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Stop. Running. The. Same. Old. Playbook.
Stop using this weird politician-speak.
Talk like you understand what is happening.
Stop using this weird politician-speak.
Talk like you understand what is happening.
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apnews.com/article/joe-...
Finally, someone in charge has said the quiet part out loud!! It’s about fucking time. Now we’ve got to stand together and remember there are many, many more of us than there are of them. We can’t let them win!
#WeThePeople
#DoNotObeyInAdvance
#FuckTheOligarchy
Finally, someone in charge has said the quiet part out loud!! It’s about fucking time. Now we’ve got to stand together and remember there are many, many more of us than there are of them. We can’t let them win!
#WeThePeople
#DoNotObeyInAdvance
#FuckTheOligarchy
Biden warns of dangers of 'oligarchy' of ultra-rich, 'tech-industrial complex' running country
Watch live as President Joe Biden delivers a farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office. The speech starts at 8 p.m.
apnews.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
apnews.com/article/joe-...
Finally, someone in charge has said the quiet part out loud!! It’s about fucking time. Now we’ve got to stand together and remember there are many, many more of us than there are of them. We can’t let them win!
#WeThePeople
#DoNotObeyInAdvance
#FuckTheOligarchy
Finally, someone in charge has said the quiet part out loud!! It’s about fucking time. Now we’ve got to stand together and remember there are many, many more of us than there are of them. We can’t let them win!
#WeThePeople
#DoNotObeyInAdvance
#FuckTheOligarchy
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We're recapitulating the core failure of the Trump era - what I would call the democracy externality. No one wants to pay the cost of opposition. Since 2015 and especially since January 6, people have treated Trump as someone else's problem. And the harms to liberal democracy continue to accumulate.
I did not anticipate how quickly people would move to comply with Trump. Makes it much easier for an aspiring authoritarian when so many potential obstacles are removed preemptively - billionaires bend the knee, Meta changes its policies, Wray resigns, Barr resigns, DOJ drops the cases against Trump
✔️ Money to the Trump inaugural
✔️ Dinner at Mar-a-Lago
✔️ Getting rid of fact-checking
✔️ Putting UFC's Dana White (a key Trump ally) on Meta's board
Hard not to see these moves as an effort to avoid being politically targeted by an illiberal president.
✔️ Dinner at Mar-a-Lago
✔️ Getting rid of fact-checking
✔️ Putting UFC's Dana White (a key Trump ally) on Meta's board
Hard not to see these moves as an effort to avoid being politically targeted by an illiberal president.
January 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We're recapitulating the core failure of the Trump era - what I would call the democracy externality. No one wants to pay the cost of opposition. Since 2015 and especially since January 6, people have treated Trump as someone else's problem. And the harms to liberal democracy continue to accumulate.
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I have more respect for the people who just said “he’s a jerk and I hate everyone and I just wanna watch things burn” than this level of utterly delusional bonkery
December 10, 2024 at 5:10 PM
I have more respect for the people who just said “he’s a jerk and I hate everyone and I just wanna watch things burn” than this level of utterly delusional bonkery
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I was somewhat concerned when I first filed pieced about Trump voters living in an alternate universe and supporting a made up Trump who doesn’t really exist but I think those things have been borne out bsky.app/profile/jame...
December 10, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I was somewhat concerned when I first filed pieced about Trump voters living in an alternate universe and supporting a made up Trump who doesn’t really exist but I think those things have been borne out bsky.app/profile/jame...
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The @washingtonpost.com is definitely just trolling us now
November 30, 2024 at 7:47 PM
The @washingtonpost.com is definitely just trolling us now
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Yep, that’s definitely what the Constitution says — if an official is charged with committing high crimes or misdemeanors, we just put it to a popular vote. If he’s elected, all charges are dropped.
Clear letter of the Constitution, plain as day.
Clear letter of the Constitution, plain as day.
November 19, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Yep, that’s definitely what the Constitution says — if an official is charged with committing high crimes or misdemeanors, we just put it to a popular vote. If he’s elected, all charges are dropped.
Clear letter of the Constitution, plain as day.
Clear letter of the Constitution, plain as day.
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I don't think people appreciate how meaningful it could be for swing voters that Trump is facing juries of his peers. This moves his legal travails to a new place where it's much harder to fabricate MAGA conspiracy theories around them. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/1783...
newrepublic.com/article/1783...
January 23, 2024 at 1:09 PM
I don't think people appreciate how meaningful it could be for swing voters that Trump is facing juries of his peers. This moves his legal travails to a new place where it's much harder to fabricate MAGA conspiracy theories around them. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/1783...
newrepublic.com/article/1783...
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Just arriving in my inbox: ghoulish fuckery from Texas AG Ken Paxton's office threatening "hospitals, doctors, or anyone else" with first-degree felony prosecutions in the case of the the Texas woman who's sought a court order to end an unviable pregnancy
December 7, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Just arriving in my inbox: ghoulish fuckery from Texas AG Ken Paxton's office threatening "hospitals, doctors, or anyone else" with first-degree felony prosecutions in the case of the the Texas woman who's sought a court order to end an unviable pregnancy