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Kathy L Weiss
@middlechildtake.bsky.social
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Writer/editor, granny to five, runner, humanitarian, who knows we are more alike than we are different. Except vis-a-vis crimes and corruption. I have a ❤️ for anyone touched by the devastating disease known as #ALS. Slava Ukraine! No DMs, please!
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 16h
Vindictive prosecution motions are notoriously difficult to win, but Mr. Trump’s voluble vitriol and his repeated attacks on his former F.B.I. director could provide Mr. Comey’s defense with an avenue to protect him.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 16h
Live Updates: Longtime Trump Target James Comey Pleads Not Guilty www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Longtime Trump Target James Comey to Appear in Court
www.nytimes.com
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 17h
Yet...perception is 9/10th of the law:

thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 17h
I'm still banking on impeachment.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 17h
An effort to #SavePBS:

www.kcrg.com/2025/10/08/b...
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to support public television stations.
www.kcrg.com
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
It is part of a bid by the G.O.P. to maximize the pressure on Democrats, who routinely advocate for government workers and services, to relent in the spending battle.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
In the upside-down political messaging surrounding the shutdown fight, conservative Republicans, usually eager to assail government largess, have transformed themselves into enthusiastic evangelists for federal spending and programs.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
Never mind that Mr. Johnson led Republicans this year in pushing through legislation to slash nutrition assistance programs as part of the party’s marquee tax cut law, or that President Trump has taken an ax to FEMA grants during his first months in office.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
“You’re talking about women, infants and children who rely upon these supplemental nutrition programs that are now not being funded and being shut down,” Speaker Mike Johnson lamented on the Fox Business Network. “They are affecting FEMA services in the middle of the hurricane season.”
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
The congressional leaders couldn’t contain their concern. Essential government services were at risk. Needy children could suffer. Disaster preparedness was under threat.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises ... but Why Won't Speaker Johnson Swear in Congress' Newest Member?! Oh: #Epstein
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises
www.nytimes.com
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
These two new forecasts put hard numbers on trends that have been moving in opposite directions: As the United States moves swiftly away from policies that address climate change, renewables are making big gains in the rest of the world.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
But at the same time, the International Energy Agency on Tuesday lowered its forecast for renewable energy growth in the United States over the next five years by almost 50 percent.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
In the first six months of the year, renewables like solar and wind generated more electricity than coal for the first time ever, according to a report published Tuesday by Ember, an energy think tank.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out Coal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/c...

The world generated more electricity from renewable energy than coal for the first time ever, a new report finds. The United States is lagging behind.
Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out Coal
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
Revoked
Appointed GlobalScot Ambassador (2006). Appointment revoked by the Scottish government in 2015.[25]
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
A look at Trump's awards and honors, many not known here in the U.S. and a few from the Saudis and one that was REVOKED:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of awards and honors received by Donald Trump - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
He also received two Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album for Dreams from My Father (2006), and The Audacity of Hope (2008) as well as three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narrator for Our Great National Parks (2022), Working: What We Do All Day (2023), and Our Oceans (2025).
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
President Obama was TIME Magazine's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, The Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education's Ambassador of Humanity Award in 2014, the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2017, and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award in 2018.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 18h
Prediction: The #Nobel Peace Prize will go to someone worthy of its significance (which is NOT Donald Trump)

One leader who is/was worthy: Barack #Obama, 44th president of the United States, who received numerous honors in recognition of his career in politics.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of....
List of awards and honors received by Barack Obama - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 1d
Trump turned a booming economy into a #Recession:

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/s...
September, typical boom month for shipping, looks more like freight recession this year
Freight data indicates that September, which is typically a boom month for shipping ahead of the holidays, is playing out like a freight recession this year.
www.cnbc.com
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 1d
President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left. Over the past four weeks, he has initiated what amounts to a unique form of partisan civil war designed to amass power in a nominal democracy and defang, decimate and defund the opposition.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 1d
Honest question for #Republicans: Are you on board with this? Do you people who are liberals??

Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.
www.nytimes.com
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 1d
#Fascinating:
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
These scientists found Alzheimer's in their genes. Here's what they did next
Three scientists learned they carry genes that dramatically increase their risk for Alzheimer's disease. Now they're working to keep their brains healthy.
www.npr.org