KathCLeSage
@kcl71.bsky.social
Non-fiction editor/proofreader. Late-'80s-#GeneralHospital fan. Mom of 2 teens and 2 doggos. Merry golf widow. Depressed Dem. She/Her
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KathCLeSage
@kcl71.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Yes, we have to elect school board directors in 2025, people. Pull yourselves together.
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The fundamental problem here--even if there were some legal basis for using such force to destroy the cocaine headed to Suriname (there's not)--is that Bradley accepted at face value ... [1]
@justsecurity.org
@justsecurity.org
Take this in.
"[Admiral] Bradley ... affirmed having sought real-time legal advice, but that he did not say whether his military lawyer considered the survivors shipwrecked and out of the fight."
"[Admiral] Bradley ... affirmed having sought real-time legal advice, but that he did not say whether his military lawyer considered the survivors shipwrecked and out of the fight."
How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors
The controversial order given by Adm. Frank Bradley is under scrutiny from Congress. Inside the most consequential deliberation of his career.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The fundamental problem here--even if there were some legal basis for using such force to destroy the cocaine headed to Suriname (there's not)--is that Bradley accepted at face value ... [1]
@justsecurity.org
@justsecurity.org
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[Guy whose dick fell off because there's a girl in star wars] I would probably do well in a civil war
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
[Guy whose dick fell off because there's a girl in star wars] I would probably do well in a civil war
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This has new police tv series all over it.
Aquinas and Hopkins Investigate.
He's a disgruntled, no nonsense cop. The other is the skull of a saint. Together they form a badass team to clean up the city streets and fight crime.
Aquinas and Hopkins Investigate.
He's a disgruntled, no nonsense cop. The other is the skull of a saint. Together they form a badass team to clean up the city streets and fight crime.
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This has new police tv series all over it.
Aquinas and Hopkins Investigate.
He's a disgruntled, no nonsense cop. The other is the skull of a saint. Together they form a badass team to clean up the city streets and fight crime.
Aquinas and Hopkins Investigate.
He's a disgruntled, no nonsense cop. The other is the skull of a saint. Together they form a badass team to clean up the city streets and fight crime.
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Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center
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This was a good headline.
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This was a good headline.
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Like Barron needs anyone else to teach him how to treat women like crap.🙄
Donald Trump’s 19-year-old son Barron Trump spoke to self-proclaimed misogynist influencer and accused rapist Andrew Tate on Zoom and received dating advice from one of Tate’s associates, according to a report from the NYT
www.mediaite.com/politics/bar...
www.mediaite.com/politics/bar...
Barron Trump Reportedly Spoke to Accused Rapist Andrew Tate on Zoom and Received Dating Advice From Tate Associate
President Donald Trump's 19-year-old son Barron Trump reportedly spoke to self-proclaimed misogynist influencer and accused rapist Andrew Tate on Zoom.
www.mediaite.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Like Barron needs anyone else to teach him how to treat women like crap.🙄
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The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Abby Phillip: "Why are you assuming that assimilation is not happening? When Stephen Miller's ancestors came here in the early 1900s, they didn't speak a lick of English. There is a generational shift that happens - their children become people who are no different than you, or you, or you."
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Abby Phillip: "Why are you assuming that assimilation is not happening? When Stephen Miller's ancestors came here in the early 1900s, they didn't speak a lick of English. There is a generational shift that happens - their children become people who are no different than you, or you, or you."
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If the WH press corps was funny or friends with each other, the first question in the next avail would be “Mr. President, I’m putting this paper clip in my inside pocket, OK?” And the last question would be “Mr. President, what did my colleague put in his inside pocket, do you remember?”
If Trump is getting Kisunla or Leqembi, he must have shown some clear evidence of cognitive impairment in testing. I could certainly see Trump having trouble with the "count backward from 60 by sevens" part of the MOCA even if he aced the "that's a giraffe" part.
Brain swelling, which necessitates regular MRI’s, and tiredness are main side effects of the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, administered intravenously through the hand. — So, is Trump secretly taking Alzheimer’s medication?
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If the WH press corps was funny or friends with each other, the first question in the next avail would be “Mr. President, I’m putting this paper clip in my inside pocket, OK?” And the last question would be “Mr. President, what did my colleague put in his inside pocket, do you remember?”
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Republicans love their POTUS’ to have Alzheimer’s while in office…
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Republicans love their POTUS’ to have Alzheimer’s while in office…
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Don't do as I do, do as I say to do!!
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Don't do as I do, do as I say to do!!
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Please, let’s make this happen! The Center for Biological Diversity is pushing to have Trump’s image taken off the 2026 national park passes and they’ve filed a lawsuit to do it. Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which requires the
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Please, let’s make this happen! The Center for Biological Diversity is pushing to have Trump’s image taken off the 2026 national park passes and they’ve filed a lawsuit to do it. Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which requires the
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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In keeping w “Kavanaugh Stops,” let’s call these Kennedy Pox.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In keeping w “Kavanaugh Stops,” let’s call these Kennedy Pox.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Why is the term "skeptic" constantly used for these people?
They are not interested in data or truth, and cannot be convinced to change their minds. It is part of their ideology.
They are anti-vaxxers. That's it.
They are not interested in data or truth, and cannot be convinced to change their minds. It is part of their ideology.
They are anti-vaxxers. That's it.
US health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants | CNN
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Why is the term "skeptic" constantly used for these people?
They are not interested in data or truth, and cannot be convinced to change their minds. It is part of their ideology.
They are anti-vaxxers. That's it.
They are not interested in data or truth, and cannot be convinced to change their minds. It is part of their ideology.
They are anti-vaxxers. That's it.
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Yet every other wealthy nation whose regulatory bodies have approved these vaccines does not share these "concerns".
Your passive framing lends credibility to what is outright fraudulent.
Your passive framing lends credibility to what is outright fraudulent.
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Yet every other wealthy nation whose regulatory bodies have approved these vaccines does not share these "concerns".
Your passive framing lends credibility to what is outright fraudulent.
Your passive framing lends credibility to what is outright fraudulent.
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So Bobby the genocidal killer of children thinks not enough children are dying.
That's the real headline.
That's the real headline.
US health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants | CNN
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
So Bobby the genocidal killer of children thinks not enough children are dying.
That's the real headline.
That's the real headline.
Hegseth is out here texting times and places of middle strikes to journalists and random relatives in a group chat ahead of time. But we can’t see video of drone strikes that already happened?
House Intel Chair Rick Crawford on why he doesn't want video of the second Sept 2 boat strike released: "What the trained eye can detect from these videos may reveal sources and methods that would imperil troops." (But releasing video of the first strike didn't?)
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Hegseth is out here texting times and places of middle strikes to journalists and random relatives in a group chat ahead of time. But we can’t see video of drone strikes that already happened?