Katherine Cook
@madvxn.bsky.social
Gardens. Dogs. Cats. Books. Horses. Kindness and Thoughtfulness. And the occasional rant. In English und auf Deutsch.
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Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
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I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
December 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
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This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
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Of course Trump doubles down on his hateful post.
This is who he is.
This is who he has always been.
This is who he is.
This is who he has always been.
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Of course Trump doubles down on his hateful post.
This is who he is.
This is who he has always been.
This is who he is.
This is who he has always been.
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December 15, 2025
December 15, 2025
“For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
December 15, 2025
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
BTW, symptoms of NPD include: a lack of empathy, delusions of grandeur, (always thinking you’re better/the best,) refusing to accept responsibility for anything, and always making yourself the center of attention. Untreated, the person will keep getting worse until they’re living in a fantasy world
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
BTW, symptoms of NPD include: a lack of empathy, delusions of grandeur, (always thinking you’re better/the best,) refusing to accept responsibility for anything, and always making yourself the center of attention. Untreated, the person will keep getting worse until they’re living in a fantasy world
More water towers should be painted to look like Squidward.
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
More water towers should be painted to look like Squidward.
I just paid $3.99 per gallon for diesel. I would like to invite this economy to eat sh— and die.
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I just paid $3.99 per gallon for diesel. I would like to invite this economy to eat sh— and die.
True story. Mitch McConnell betrayed America and inflicted the mortal wound.
December 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
True story. Mitch McConnell betrayed America and inflicted the mortal wound.
THIS.
December 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
THIS.
The smile that the bald guy gives at the end....I don't know what it means but it means something.
There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The smile that the bald guy gives at the end....I don't know what it means but it means something.
A lot of what we did in reaction to 9/11 has been a bad idea. (Looking at you, Patriot Act…)
Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.
December 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A lot of what we did in reaction to 9/11 has been a bad idea. (Looking at you, Patriot Act…)
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
If anyone gets a third fucking term, it better be this guy
I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If anyone gets a third fucking term, it better be this guy
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BREAKING: Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Kristi Noem claimed she left today’s hearing to attend was cancelled.
Kristi Noem Caught Lying About Why She Left Committee Hearing Early
Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Noem left today's hearing for was cancelled.
meidasnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
BREAKING: Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Kristi Noem claimed she left today’s hearing to attend was cancelled.
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BREAKING: For a second time in a week, a grand jury in Virginia has REFUSED to INDICT NY AG Letitia James .
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: For a second time in a week, a grand jury in Virginia has REFUSED to INDICT NY AG Letitia James .
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
He’s babbling. He can barely form a complete sentence. And when he does, he admits to being corrupt or threatens private corporations!
Trump: I will probably be involved in the Netflix WBD deal, the people who have run CNN are a disgrace, no one watches, they're spreading poison and lies, they don't have too much money, CNN should be sold, the people running it are either corrupt or incompetent.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
He’s babbling. He can barely form a complete sentence. And when he does, he admits to being corrupt or threatens private corporations!
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
It helps to see it visually.
Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It helps to see it visually.
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BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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It is my hope that we don’t make the mistake again of not expanding SCOTUS.
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It is my hope that we don’t make the mistake again of not expanding SCOTUS.
There is no Tolerance Paradox. Intolerance is a violation of The Social Contract, not an opinion, belief, or cultural value. A Violation of the Social Contract. Those who refuse to participate in the Social Contract, are not protected by it.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
There is no Tolerance Paradox. Intolerance is a violation of The Social Contract, not an opinion, belief, or cultural value. A Violation of the Social Contract. Those who refuse to participate in the Social Contract, are not protected by it.