@katpesk
@katpesk.bsky.social
Mom, grand-and-greatgrandma, lover of mystery, especially British books and shows. Knitter, crocheter, blackwork and cross stitch embroidery lover. Annoyed by stupid people.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
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“As construction proceeds on the White House grounds, employees should refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval”
— Warning letter from Treasury official
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
— Warning letter from Treasury official
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“As construction proceeds on the White House grounds, employees should refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval”
— Warning letter from Treasury official
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
— Warning letter from Treasury official
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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OAK RIDGE, TN: “A former director of nuclear energy programs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was arrested after an investigation into allegations he solicited explicit messages and images from underage girls.” www.wbir.com/article/news...
October 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
OAK RIDGE, TN: “A former director of nuclear energy programs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was arrested after an investigation into allegations he solicited explicit messages and images from underage girls.” www.wbir.com/article/news...
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Vance’s attempt to shift Epstein outrage onto Democrats only fueled bipartisan demands to unseal every file. Critics say Trump could release them with one order but instead shields powerful allies from exposure.
www.mediaite.com/pol...
www.mediaite.com/pol...
JD Vance’s Latest Epstein Claims Lead to New Calls For Trump to Release All the Files
Vance sat down with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday and tried to flip the script on the ongoing fallout surrounding the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case
www.mediaite.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Vance’s attempt to shift Epstein outrage onto Democrats only fueled bipartisan demands to unseal every file. Critics say Trump could release them with one order but instead shields powerful allies from exposure.
www.mediaite.com/pol...
www.mediaite.com/pol...
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CHURCHES: Where people go to freely practice their religion
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Where people go to freely acquire educations
🇺🇸 Gov has no business in either!
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Credit: @andertoon.bsky.social
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Where people go to freely acquire educations
🇺🇸 Gov has no business in either!
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Credit: @andertoon.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
CHURCHES: Where people go to freely practice their religion
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Where people go to freely acquire educations
🇺🇸 Gov has no business in either!
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Credit: @andertoon.bsky.social
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Where people go to freely acquire educations
🇺🇸 Gov has no business in either!
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Credit: @andertoon.bsky.social
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Pushback works, part gazillion:
"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
popular.info/p/how-the-so...
"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
popular.info/p/how-the-so...
How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans
The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.
popular.info
March 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Pushback works, part gazillion:
"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
popular.info/p/how-the-so...
"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
popular.info/p/how-the-so...
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Ugh. Skadden Arps goes the way of Paul Weiss. Just today two major firms stood tall against Trump orders. Each capitulation makes the next one more likely.
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ugh. Skadden Arps goes the way of Paul Weiss. Just today two major firms stood tall against Trump orders. Each capitulation makes the next one more likely.
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Raskin: "Look at how sick that is. Basically anybody who has rendered any ruling they disapprove of they think should be removed from the bench. Any lawyer who has ever represented a party adverse to them they think should be cleared out of the way. That is in naked opposition to the rule of law."
March 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Raskin: "Look at how sick that is. Basically anybody who has rendered any ruling they disapprove of they think should be removed from the bench. Any lawyer who has ever represented a party adverse to them they think should be cleared out of the way. That is in naked opposition to the rule of law."
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This is precisely why we created #TheStakes. We air every Thursday night at 7:30 pm on YouTube, Facebook, etc. Join us!
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is precisely why we created #TheStakes. We air every Thursday night at 7:30 pm on YouTube, Facebook, etc. Join us!
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Today Donald Trump attacked me by name in a speech at the Department of Justice. Of course I am worried, but courage comes from acting in spite of being worried. I have made my choice: I will continue to speak out, I will continue to litigate, I will continue to stand tall.
I will never bow down.
I will never bow down.
March 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Today Donald Trump attacked me by name in a speech at the Department of Justice. Of course I am worried, but courage comes from acting in spite of being worried. I have made my choice: I will continue to speak out, I will continue to litigate, I will continue to stand tall.
I will never bow down.
I will never bow down.
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US SOUTHERN COMMAND now considering military options to seize or control the Panama Canal. MADNESS.
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
US SOUTHERN COMMAND now considering military options to seize or control the Panama Canal. MADNESS.
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BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.
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Alexander Miles (1838-1918) was a successful inventor in the late 19th century, best known for inventing elevator doors that could automatically open and close.
His invention made riding an elevator much safer, people would often fall to their deaths prior to his invention.
#BlackHistoryMonth
His invention made riding an elevator much safer, people would often fall to their deaths prior to his invention.
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Alexander Miles (1838-1918) was a successful inventor in the late 19th century, best known for inventing elevator doors that could automatically open and close.
His invention made riding an elevator much safer, people would often fall to their deaths prior to his invention.
#BlackHistoryMonth
His invention made riding an elevator much safer, people would often fall to their deaths prior to his invention.
#BlackHistoryMonth
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She's not wrong......
February 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
She's not wrong......
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Ooo this is a good one ☺️
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ooo this is a good one ☺️
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Vance's wife is Indian American. His kids are Indian Americans. Elez said he wants to "normalize Indian hate."
Have some pride, man. Have some dignity. For your family's sake, you pathetic Reek.
Have some pride, man. Have some dignity. For your family's sake, you pathetic Reek.
February 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Vance's wife is Indian American. His kids are Indian Americans. Elez said he wants to "normalize Indian hate."
Have some pride, man. Have some dignity. For your family's sake, you pathetic Reek.
Have some pride, man. Have some dignity. For your family's sake, you pathetic Reek.
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I need every cis person that follows me to read this and genuinely think about it for a while, and I need them to understand that this is the explicit goal of this administration.
If you’re trans, you know the stories like it already; spare yourself.
If you’re trans, you know the stories like it already; spare yourself.
In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."
![The serious concerns over how the Order will detrimentally impact transgender
youth cannot be overstated. One Washingtonian, as her parents describe her, was a bright and
gentle soul who loved playing musical instruments, trying new things, and playing Magic the
Gathering. She was excited to learn Japanese and the impact of gender-affirming care was
immediately clear to her family. Her parents described that “her joy was clear with every new
milestone in her transition. She was so happy to get to the next step, to get closer to presenting
in a way that was true to herself.” But the day before the presidential election, she shared,
“[t]omorrow I get to find out if I’m illegal.” After the election, she asked her parents if they
could move to Canada because she was fearful of new restrictions on transgender youth and
worried about losing access to gender-affirming care. In January 2025, she took her life. After
the Order issued, her parents expressed that the outlook for transgender futures looks scary and
shared fears of what ending gender-affirming care would have meant for their daughter’s access
to therapy, puberty-delaying medication, hormones, and hope of surgery. Her parents have
expressed fear for the many lives who depend on gender-affirming care and that what happened
to their daughter does not happen to any other children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreich7jyv3lnkmd5r234itpdhtvavgblc46ai6d47tb4i7oxgfga2ym@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I need every cis person that follows me to read this and genuinely think about it for a while, and I need them to understand that this is the explicit goal of this administration.
If you’re trans, you know the stories like it already; spare yourself.
If you’re trans, you know the stories like it already; spare yourself.
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Trump's executive order dismantled a federal agency tasked with investigating Tesla for workplace racial discrimination, ending audits and enforcement nationwid…
February 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Trump's executive order dismantled a federal agency tasked with investigating Tesla for workplace racial discrimination, ending audits and enforcement nationwid…
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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NEW: Tesla, the most valuable automaker in the world, did not pay any federal income tax last year.
The company reported $0 in federal income tax on $2 billion of U.S. income in 2024.
Elon Musk’s company avoided almost all federal income tax over the past three years. itep.org/tesla-report...
The company reported $0 in federal income tax on $2 billion of U.S. income in 2024.
Elon Musk’s company avoided almost all federal income tax over the past three years. itep.org/tesla-report...
Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2 Billion of U.S. Income in 2024
Tesla reported $2.3 billion of U.S. income in 2024 but paid zero federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reports $10.8 billion of U.S. income on which its current fede...
itep.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
NEW: Tesla, the most valuable automaker in the world, did not pay any federal income tax last year.
The company reported $0 in federal income tax on $2 billion of U.S. income in 2024.
Elon Musk’s company avoided almost all federal income tax over the past three years. itep.org/tesla-report...
The company reported $0 in federal income tax on $2 billion of U.S. income in 2024.
Elon Musk’s company avoided almost all federal income tax over the past three years. itep.org/tesla-report...
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Because they were taking your jobs…
January 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Because they were taking your jobs…
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Why is the federal government blowing over $800K on a huge military plane to deport just 79 immigrants to Guatemala, when a regular flight used to cost us $100K?
It’s all for show! And the truth—they weren’t rapists, murderers, or criminals.
It’s all for show! And the truth—they weren’t rapists, murderers, or criminals.
January 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Why is the federal government blowing over $800K on a huge military plane to deport just 79 immigrants to Guatemala, when a regular flight used to cost us $100K?
It’s all for show! And the truth—they weren’t rapists, murderers, or criminals.
It’s all for show! And the truth—they weren’t rapists, murderers, or criminals.
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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Sen. Thom Tillis will be remembered by history as a coward. For not, let us work to see that he is defeated in Nov. 2026.
January 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sen. Thom Tillis will be remembered by history as a coward. For not, let us work to see that he is defeated in Nov. 2026.
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.