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Kathleen

@nyc-kat.bsky.social

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Resistance, Liberal, Animal-loving New Yorker. No DMs please. I vet my followers & will not follow you back if you never/rarely post or you post in a language I can’t read or you’re soliciting or begging for money (however worthy the cause).

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Kathleen @nyc-kat.bsky.social · 11d

It feels like time to share this again. Charlie Chaplin’s final speech in The Great Dictator is arguably the greatest monologue ever committed to film. I’ve seen it dozens of times & cry every single time.

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Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 6h

Sadly, the Fox followers will believe this - shameful-
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

You have got to be joking hahaha

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

A plainclothes officer sucker punches and violently arrests a man after he points out that another officer is deliberately stepping on a woman’s shoes while she is carrying her child.

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 39m

😉

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Jon Smith @destroy2025now.bsky.social · 34m

Trump should be jailed. Pass it on.

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Kathleen @nyc-kat.bsky.social · 34m

Way to go, Chicago!

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Captain Fanta @sassy0210.bsky.social · 6h

It's the truth. Fuck the regime.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 1h

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Kathleen @nyc-kat.bsky.social · 53m

Dickkkhead

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Daniel Zenon Klein @danielzklein.bsky.social · 5h

Honestly, this is unironically the best way to experience Waiting for Godot. This man (and I'm sure it's a man) internalized the experience at the core of the play in a way no one who knew what they were in for ever could.

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 5h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

WSJ reports that DOJ is going to charge John Bolton.

In case you needed anyone less sympathetic to rally behind than Jim Comey.

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Prosecutors in Maryland are expected in coming days to charge one of Trump’s first-term national security advisers, John Bolton, now a top Trump critic, with mishandling classified information, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 7h

I am never going to be a fan of a politician. That way lies disappointment. But Pritzker right now is the person I think is calibrating it right.

This isn’t negotiating about social security with W. You either get that or you don’t.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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アンディ @andymarkle.com · 1d

As someone who was subjected to conversion therapy, it doesn’t work. It won’t work. It’s torture. I was hooked up to an IV and made to vomit watching gay porn for two hours per week. I was prayed over. Bibles and the Book of Mormon were shoved in my face.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 3h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 2h

I know we’re making jokes cause shit is terrifying & we’re coping…

but this shit is real.

Solidarity with Mark Bray, who has done tremendous research on fascism that has informed our struggle. Wishing you & your family safety.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2h

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Linda Marie @lindam174.bsky.social · 2h

“Turn around or you’re going to get the dog,” an officer said. “We’re going to put you in cuffs, or you’re going to get the dog.”

The officers struck Miranda from behind, which caused him to collapse before he was taken away in an unmarked van.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 2h

Tonight, I’m hosting my 124th town hall since coming to office. People are worried about what this Republican shutdown will mean for them, and I am in community with my constituents to answer their questions.

Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/NWC_NdU...