Kathleen
@katdrunning.bsky.social
Runner/ Adventurer/ Feminist/ Mental Health Advocate/ Fierce Mama Bear
This article from @marisakabas.bsky.social gave me all the feels. No one is talking about just how unnecessarily and stupidly hard this admin has made RTO for families. Happy Mothers Day to all my fellow Fed Moms! Much solidarity. 💜
May 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This article from @marisakabas.bsky.social gave me all the feels. No one is talking about just how unnecessarily and stupidly hard this admin has made RTO for families. Happy Mothers Day to all my fellow Fed Moms! Much solidarity. 💜
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Missouri @momsdemand.bsky.social are set up to table in the Capitol rotunda today. Lots of families are visiting #moleg at this point in the spring, and I’ve already had many good conversations about firearm storage and keeping kids safe from gun violence.
April 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Missouri @momsdemand.bsky.social are set up to table in the Capitol rotunda today. Lots of families are visiting #moleg at this point in the spring, and I’ve already had many good conversations about firearm storage and keeping kids safe from gun violence.
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Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
April 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
Keep the pressure up! Bring Kilmar home.
You've been averaging a rate of *50 calls a minute* all day today on 5 Calls to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home and stop Trump’s plan to traffic civilians to a foreign gulag. ✊📞🔥
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Keep the pressure up! Bring Kilmar home.
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I have this radical lefty belief that voting should be easier than buying a gun.
April 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I have this radical lefty belief that voting should be easier than buying a gun.
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🧵 We got a pretty nasty load of bad news yesterday on the future of Social Security. It's not hyperbole to say we've passed the point of no return on Trump/DOGE's efforts to kill the agency...
April 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🧵 We got a pretty nasty load of bad news yesterday on the future of Social Security. It's not hyperbole to say we've passed the point of no return on Trump/DOGE's efforts to kill the agency...
Happy Welp It Was Nice Having A Retirement Plan Day to all who celebrate!
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy Welp It Was Nice Having A Retirement Plan Day to all who celebrate!
This will effectively dismantle the already understaffed VA.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
VA plans to lay off as many as 83,000 employees this year
A leaked memo released Tuesday called for VA to slash its workforce to 2019 levels that were in place before millions of veterans became newly eligible for care.
www.govexec.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This will effectively dismantle the already understaffed VA.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Did you know?
There’s a directory of Black farmers: “The Black Farmers Index.”
Buy and uplift local. Many are small-scale specialists and located in urban areas. I found an organic resource in my area that I will definitely check out.
There’s a directory of Black farmers: “The Black Farmers Index.”
Buy and uplift local. Many are small-scale specialists and located in urban areas. I found an organic resource in my area that I will definitely check out.
February 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Did you know?
There’s a directory of Black farmers: “The Black Farmers Index.”
Buy and uplift local. Many are small-scale specialists and located in urban areas. I found an organic resource in my area that I will definitely check out.
There’s a directory of Black farmers: “The Black Farmers Index.”
Buy and uplift local. Many are small-scale specialists and located in urban areas. I found an organic resource in my area that I will definitely check out.
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Say what you want about the VA (and most criticism has been wrongly aimed at VA instead of Congress) …
But no one has ever said the problem with the VA is too many people work there.
This is inexcusable. news.va.gov/press-room/v...
But no one has ever said the problem with the VA is too many people work there.
This is inexcusable. news.va.gov/press-room/v...
VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees - VA News
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees.
news.va.gov
February 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Say what you want about the VA (and most criticism has been wrongly aimed at VA instead of Congress) …
But no one has ever said the problem with the VA is too many people work there.
This is inexcusable. news.va.gov/press-room/v...
But no one has ever said the problem with the VA is too many people work there.
This is inexcusable. news.va.gov/press-room/v...
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Sen. Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit with pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”
January 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sen. Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit with pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”
Sometimes, when everything is total shit, you find a majestic mule on your run and it makes things feel just a little less gloom.
January 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sometimes, when everything is total shit, you find a majestic mule on your run and it makes things feel just a little less gloom.
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Well, well, well…
January 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well, well, well…
What. The. Fuck.
Republican Rep. Andy Ogles has drafted a constitutional amendment aimed at allowing Donald Trump to be president for a third term.
January 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
What. The. Fuck.
Hero.
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hero.
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No executive order has the power or the right to tell you who you are. F*ck that noise. Surround yourself with love, and when you’re ready, get back in this fight.
We need you. 🫶🏽
We need you. 🫶🏽
January 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
No executive order has the power or the right to tell you who you are. F*ck that noise. Surround yourself with love, and when you’re ready, get back in this fight.
We need you. 🫶🏽
We need you. 🫶🏽
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You will be overwhelmed trying to keep up what the Trump administration is doing every minute.
I focus on my state.
Most of the horrible executive orders will run through state government. Start with them. Your sheriffs. Your county commissioners. State Rep. State Senator. Governor.
I focus on my state.
Most of the horrible executive orders will run through state government. Start with them. Your sheriffs. Your county commissioners. State Rep. State Senator. Governor.
January 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
You will be overwhelmed trying to keep up what the Trump administration is doing every minute.
I focus on my state.
Most of the horrible executive orders will run through state government. Start with them. Your sheriffs. Your county commissioners. State Rep. State Senator. Governor.
I focus on my state.
Most of the horrible executive orders will run through state government. Start with them. Your sheriffs. Your county commissioners. State Rep. State Senator. Governor.
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He's only been in office a few hours, but it's already been a gut punch of a first day for the Trump presidency.
The TL;DR is that Trump has been focused on everything *except* making life better for working people.
Get ready. It's time to fight. 🧵
The TL;DR is that Trump has been focused on everything *except* making life better for working people.
Get ready. It's time to fight. 🧵
January 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
He's only been in office a few hours, but it's already been a gut punch of a first day for the Trump presidency.
The TL;DR is that Trump has been focused on everything *except* making life better for working people.
Get ready. It's time to fight. 🧵
The TL;DR is that Trump has been focused on everything *except* making life better for working people.
Get ready. It's time to fight. 🧵
They are coming for transfolk, unions, and immigrants. We've seen this playbook before.
Today, "shock and awe" strategy—and it's our job to be neither shocked nor awed.
We know what's coming. And it's our job to get ready to fight back.
We know what's coming. And it's our job to get ready to fight back.
January 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
They are coming for transfolk, unions, and immigrants. We've seen this playbook before.
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Feel free to share…it started in 2020.
January 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Feel free to share…it started in 2020.