Kate Sills
@katelynsills.com
Farm kid, Berkeley grad, software engineer, writer, and internationally-recognized speaker living in Sonora, CA.
Fighting for the right of all Californians to live free from fear and tyranny.
Fighting for the right of all Californians to live free from fear and tyranny.
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My grandfather started the family farm after coming back from fighting the Nazis in France in WWII.
My dad innovated, converting to organic starting in the 1980s. The farm is still going strong, now in the third-generation. Proud of this write-up in the Sutter Crop Report:
My dad innovated, converting to organic starting in the 1980s. The farm is still going strong, now in the third-generation. Proud of this write-up in the Sutter Crop Report:
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I will tell you what "real America" is. It's going to a work-related dinner a month or two after your naturalization and the hostess - a "legacy American," DAR, descendant of Revolutionary War officers and presidential blood in her family - surprising you with a red/white/blue "Congratulations" cake
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I will tell you what "real America" is. It's going to a work-related dinner a month or two after your naturalization and the hostess - a "legacy American," DAR, descendant of Revolutionary War officers and presidential blood in her family - surprising you with a red/white/blue "Congratulations" cake
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Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Darken as Secret Memo Reveals Holes in Legal Case
A new White House memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the White House says so!
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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Trump's ordering DOJ to investigate 'enemies,' even though the DOJ and FBI both declared all Epstein investigations closed in July, is not just more petty political vendetta. Trump is giving the DOJ a (lame) excuse for not turning over the Epstein files to Congress.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
Trump says he’s asking Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s ties to slew of high-profile figures | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Friday he will ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to many other high-profile figures, in an extraordinary step that comes just days after ...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Trump's ordering DOJ to investigate 'enemies,' even though the DOJ and FBI both declared all Epstein investigations closed in July, is not just more petty political vendetta. Trump is giving the DOJ a (lame) excuse for not turning over the Epstein files to Congress.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
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My takeaway after reading this is disappointment.
The US DOJ engaged in an explicit, pretextual shakedown of one of our top universities, aided by the complicity of the UVA board of directors and other officials.
The US DOJ engaged in an explicit, pretextual shakedown of one of our top universities, aided by the complicity of the UVA board of directors and other officials.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My takeaway after reading this is disappointment.
The US DOJ engaged in an explicit, pretextual shakedown of one of our top universities, aided by the complicity of the UVA board of directors and other officials.
The US DOJ engaged in an explicit, pretextual shakedown of one of our top universities, aided by the complicity of the UVA board of directors and other officials.
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Trump's selection of cities to occupy is based on asserting power against perceived political opponents, not on whatever pretextual grounds he may offer such as crime or border enforcement.
"I’m told that Mamdani’s team and other New York officials have already begun quiet but urgent preparations for hostile deployments from ICE, the National Guard, or both."
Read about it in the latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/after-zohr...
Read about it in the latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/after-zohr...
After Zohran’s Win, Trump Is Coming for New York
An inside look at NYC’s preparations for when Trump sends in the National Guard and an ICE and CBP surge.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump's selection of cities to occupy is based on asserting power against perceived political opponents, not on whatever pretextual grounds he may offer such as crime or border enforcement.
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15.2% of Calaveras County population receives SNAP according to NCOA.
USA Facts states statewide the number is 13.6%.
Thankfully, Dem run California issued November’s SNAP payments despite Trump working hard to starve Americans until he can remove their healthcare!
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USA Facts states statewide the number is 13.6%.
Thankfully, Dem run California issued November’s SNAP payments despite Trump working hard to starve Americans until he can remove their healthcare!
flo.uri.sh/visualisatio...
SNAP BENEFIT PAYMENTS NOV 12
flo.uri.sh
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
15.2% of Calaveras County population receives SNAP according to NCOA.
USA Facts states statewide the number is 13.6%.
Thankfully, Dem run California issued November’s SNAP payments despite Trump working hard to starve Americans until he can remove their healthcare!
flo.uri.sh/visualisatio...
USA Facts states statewide the number is 13.6%.
Thankfully, Dem run California issued November’s SNAP payments despite Trump working hard to starve Americans until he can remove their healthcare!
flo.uri.sh/visualisatio...
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Trump doesn’t have to reach out to Tom McClintock to stop the release of the Epstein files like he did Boebert and Mace because he’s never voted to release the Epstein files. #CA05
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump doesn’t have to reach out to Tom McClintock to stop the release of the Epstein files like he did Boebert and Mace because he’s never voted to release the Epstein files. #CA05
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Catholic bishops collectively taking to Tik Tok to decry the war on immigrants is very notable: www.tiktok.com/@usbishops/v...
“We as Catholic bishops love our country and pray for its peace and prosperity. For this very reason, we feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignit...
TikTok video by usbishops
www.tiktok.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Catholic bishops collectively taking to Tik Tok to decry the war on immigrants is very notable: www.tiktok.com/@usbishops/v...
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24hrs ~ 84k searches
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
24hrs ~ 84k searches
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Given what we’ve seen on America’s streets, it’s worth repeating what the court says here:
Needlessly pointing a firearm at someone can violate the Fourth Amendment, even if the officer never pulls the trigger.
Needlessly pointing a firearm at someone can violate the Fourth Amendment, even if the officer never pulls the trigger.
Fourth Circuit publishes an opinion to make a point that otherwise would go unseen.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Given what we’ve seen on America’s streets, it’s worth repeating what the court says here:
Needlessly pointing a firearm at someone can violate the Fourth Amendment, even if the officer never pulls the trigger.
Needlessly pointing a firearm at someone can violate the Fourth Amendment, even if the officer never pulls the trigger.
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This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
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Rhetoric taken directly from Nazi Twitter. I can tell you the precise accounts even
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Rhetoric taken directly from Nazi Twitter. I can tell you the precise accounts even
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A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
Spin this out a bit?
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
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One’s identity as a consumer organizes one’s politics in part because the thicker social structures that once performed that role — unions, fraternal orgs, churches, etc. — have mostly faded away.
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
One’s identity as a consumer organizes one’s politics in part because the thicker social structures that once performed that role — unions, fraternal orgs, churches, etc. — have mostly faded away.
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When historians look back at this era, they will read things like this and wonder how it all happened. A legal opinion comparing extrajudicial killings to police exceeding speed limits. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
When historians look back at this era, they will read things like this and wonder how it all happened. A legal opinion comparing extrajudicial killings to police exceeding speed limits. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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New: Diana Santillana Galeano, whom federal immigration agents dragged out of a Rayito del Sol daycare on Chicago's north side last week, has been released from federal custody, the law firm HSPRD announced Thursday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New: Diana Santillana Galeano, whom federal immigration agents dragged out of a Rayito del Sol daycare on Chicago's north side last week, has been released from federal custody, the law firm HSPRD announced Thursday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
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Proud to have filed another amicus brief -- alongside @cato.org and law professors @ilyasomin.bsky.social, John Dehn, and Geoffrey Corn -- in the ongoing Alien Enemies Act litigation.
The courts have the power to stop Trump's abuse of this wartime law.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The courts have the power to stop Trump's abuse of this wartime law.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
W.M.M. v. Trump
The lawsuit challenges President Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.
www.brennancenter.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Proud to have filed another amicus brief -- alongside @cato.org and law professors @ilyasomin.bsky.social, John Dehn, and Geoffrey Corn -- in the ongoing Alien Enemies Act litigation.
The courts have the power to stop Trump's abuse of this wartime law.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The courts have the power to stop Trump's abuse of this wartime law.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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This type of rhetoric can easily lead to horrendous ends. We are already seeing a lot of grave injustices. It can get a lot worse.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This type of rhetoric can easily lead to horrendous ends. We are already seeing a lot of grave injustices. It can get a lot worse.
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I don't think it gets mentioned enough that Bovino is a member of the civil service. He is not a political appointee. Yet he still engages in constant open partisanship while in uniform and with a DHS flag behind him.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I don't think it gets mentioned enough that Bovino is a member of the civil service. He is not a political appointee. Yet he still engages in constant open partisanship while in uniform and with a DHS flag behind him.