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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 19d

Ezra Klein - hey ladies can you die for democracy please? Especially poor rural women of color, cause, ya know, you’re kinda expendable. Hard pass, dude.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 20d

Ezra Klein 🤝 Neera Tanden

Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead

Neera Tanden @neeratanden
This is something people really have to take seriously. We need to expand the tent.
Leah Libresco Sarg...
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Ezra Klein says the more worried you are about authoritarianism, the more willing you've got to be to run pro-life Democrats in red states.
nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opi...
almost always incredibly high. I think they happen to be higher now. And I do think a lot of what is happening in terms of the structure of the system itself is dangerous. I think that the hour is late in many ways. My view is that a lot of

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 19d

Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19d

New from me:

There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.

Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.

Read and judge for yourself.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Why Washington Post fired me

Read the official termination letter for yourself.

open.substack.com

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 23d

nothing is sacred to these people

Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 23d

the document list in this litigation is getting overwhelming

Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 25d

Just in the comments to say that your article Just the Facts rocked my world. Thank you for writing it. #fangirling

Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 25d

I hope that’s the message people get but I have my doubts. If that’s what’s going on, I could think of better headlines.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25d

We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.

Senator Marsha Blackburn tagging a public university for a facebook post where a professor share's Kirk's comments saying gun deaths are worth it.

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 25d

This is today’s @nytimes.com front page. WTEF. Later in the middle of the piece, the article notes that Cox “did not … offer details to substantiate his views.” SO WHY ARE THEY THE HEADLINE?

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 29d

And well put ! I could sense the sarcasm from Vegas

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 29d

Yeah, we all know how much we can trust Brett Kavanaugh to tell the truth.

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 29d

But—but—Brett Kavanaugh SAID

Not surprisingly given those extraordinary numbers, U.S. immigration officers have prioritized immigration enforcement in the Los Angeles area. The Government sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where people are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as construction, landscaping, agriculture, or car washes that often do not require paperwork and are therefore attractive to illegal immigrants; and who do not speak much if any English. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go. If the individual is illegally in the United States, the officers may arrest the individual and initiate the process for removal.

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · 29d

Noem v. Perdomo clearly shows that SCOTUS's whole "colorblind" thing is subterfuge for pure racism. Hey John "the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race" Roberts -- your legacy will be as tainted as Taney's. And deservedly so. Disgusted.

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Sep 9

So many of us are so sorry. You *shouldn’t* come here or buy our shit. We don’t deserve you or your money.

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Sep 8

Desperate times. It is clear that playing by the usual rules doesn’t work in such a lawless environment. It’s time for a new, aggressive playbook.

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Sep 4

I needed this today.

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm not going to try to excerpt this article because there's so much good stuff in it. (Those who follow me know I'm close with the family since Bajun Sr and I went to high school together.) Just please read and share.

Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Legal experts say the charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rights

www.theguardian.com

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Sep 1

I guess there’s white bread and REAL true white bread? Cause last I checked sourdough is white. These people are exhausting. 🍞

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Aug 31

Dude have you been to a grocery store? There’s so much bread there! You can still buy wonder bread FFS. Go get some plain Snow White wonder bread to match your life credo and leave the rest of us the f**k alone.

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Aug 30

Just gonna leave this here. Meet lulu.

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Aug 30

a cartoon drawing of a llama with a pink bow on its neck

ALT: a cartoon drawing of a llama with a pink bow on its neck

media.tenor.com

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Aug 28

great minds and all that

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · Aug 28

Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social

Inside the CDC director's ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused

Susan Monarez’s resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to assert control over vaccine guidance is at the center of her dismissal as CDC director

www.statnews.com

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Aug 28

@leecarpenter.bsky.social

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Aug 24

I am so beyond tired of capitulation. Screw this so damn hard. Maybe people should just, I dunno, read?

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Aug 23

It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.

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Kathy Stanchi @katstanchi.bsky.social · Aug 23

Can confirm!

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