Kathleen Frances
@kathleenmchugh.bsky.social
☘️Baltimore girl, living in the South. Homesick, hon. 🔵 in Deep Red Sea. Democracy Democrat.
OH FFS! This has been the longest decade- and the next one is shaping up to beat that record
OH FFS! This has been the longest decade- and the next one is shaping up to beat that record
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Freedom of speech is for all Americans, Donald.
Trump Ripped After Attacking Olympian For Saying He Has 'Mixed Emotions' About Representing U.S. Amid ICE Brutality
www.comicsands.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Freedom of speech is for all Americans, Donald.
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This reads like a subtweet about Fox.
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM
This reads like a subtweet about Fox.
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About one of the Trump accusers in this piece:
“The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
“The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 AM
About one of the Trump accusers in this piece:
“The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
“The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
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Just got off the phone with the President of Antifa. They said they have a cell in Florida that set up a fake tailoring shop, where they created this custom garment to humiliate Michael Flynn.
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Just got off the phone with the President of Antifa. They said they have a cell in Florida that set up a fake tailoring shop, where they created this custom garment to humiliate Michael Flynn.
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Among the reasons I’m burned out and inimical to tech now is in my last job I watched social media companies fund meaningful outside research into halting the use of their platforms by terrorists and violent extremists at a platform design level and then ignore it all or do the exact opposite.
for all this social media research we have we sure don't actually use it to inform the social media we build
February 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Among the reasons I’m burned out and inimical to tech now is in my last job I watched social media companies fund meaningful outside research into halting the use of their platforms by terrorists and violent extremists at a platform design level and then ignore it all or do the exact opposite.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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Well said. The problem is that the leaders of the US government and the people around them are more interested in their ability to profit from the resources of Ukraine and business deals in Russia than a lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe.
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Well said. The problem is that the leaders of the US government and the people around them are more interested in their ability to profit from the resources of Ukraine and business deals in Russia than a lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe.
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
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We can’t trust anything coming out of this administration. It’s getting tiresome.
February 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
We can’t trust anything coming out of this administration. It’s getting tiresome.
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These are the oligarchs who seek to rule every aspect of our lives, and the current US regime is doing everything possible to facilitate that because it is owned by them.
February 16, 2026 at 11:53 AM
These are the oligarchs who seek to rule every aspect of our lives, and the current US regime is doing everything possible to facilitate that because it is owned by them.
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Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.
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Richly deserved postscript for Bill Maher after his dinner with Trump last year.
February 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Richly deserved postscript for Bill Maher after his dinner with Trump last year.
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A thing that annoys me about the Axios newsletter is that the tone is consistently “I am one of the top experts on this thing I learned about five minutes ago.” Also that they have 280 sources in the White House but their only source on the left is Rep. Capitulate Middle (D).
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
A thing that annoys me about the Axios newsletter is that the tone is consistently “I am one of the top experts on this thing I learned about five minutes ago.” Also that they have 280 sources in the White House but their only source on the left is Rep. Capitulate Middle (D).
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My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
www.cbsnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.
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"He said himself he has nothing to hide" lol
“They’re trying to somehow tie President Trump to the scandal”
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"He said himself he has nothing to hide" lol
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Thumbs up!
Update: The Supreme Court of Virginia has declined Attorney General Jason Miyares’ request to review a Fairfax County Circuit Court injunction blocking 22 of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's appointees to several university boards.
SCOVA declines review of Youngkin's university board appointments
Updated: The court issued a one-page order on Nov. 17.
www.vpm.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thumbs up!
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Trump 'shivved Vance in the back' — and the VP is now scrambling for allies: report
www.rawstory.com/trump-shivve...
www.rawstory.com/trump-shivve...
Trump 'shivved Vance in the back' — and the VP is now scrambling for allies: report
A casualty of the MAGA civil war that has erupted over neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes and former Fox News fixture Tucker Carlson is an unlikely victim—Vice President JD Vance—who has been 'shivved' by Presiden...
www.rawstory.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump 'shivved Vance in the back' — and the VP is now scrambling for allies: report
www.rawstory.com/trump-shivve...
www.rawstory.com/trump-shivve...
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Invasion of Iraq. Genocide in Gaza. Deporting parents and detaining their kids in conditions that violate Geneva Convention rules for treatment of POWs.
THIS is how you groom the next generation of terrorists. The endless cycle of inhumanity.
THIS is how you groom the next generation of terrorists. The endless cycle of inhumanity.
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Invasion of Iraq. Genocide in Gaza. Deporting parents and detaining their kids in conditions that violate Geneva Convention rules for treatment of POWs.
THIS is how you groom the next generation of terrorists. The endless cycle of inhumanity.
THIS is how you groom the next generation of terrorists. The endless cycle of inhumanity.
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Die-hard MAGAts will defend anything for their Orange knob-gobbler, even pedophilia. Watch Dean Withers try to explain why child molesting is wrong to a particularly disgusting MAGAt. This just blew my mind.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #GOPedophiles
#Pinks #ProudBlue #GOPedophiles
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Die-hard MAGAts will defend anything for their Orange knob-gobbler, even pedophilia. Watch Dean Withers try to explain why child molesting is wrong to a particularly disgusting MAGAt. This just blew my mind.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #GOPedophiles
#Pinks #ProudBlue #GOPedophiles
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Mike Johnson: "Democrats are trying to use the Epstein matter as a political weapon to distract from their own party's failures. In a desperate attempt, they're trying to somehow tie President Trump to the scandal. President Trump has nothing to do with it. He said himself he has nothing to hide."
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are trying to use the Epstein matter as a political weapon to distract from their own party's failures. In a desperate attempt, they're trying to somehow tie President Trump to the scandal. President Trump has nothing to do with it. He said himself he has nothing to hide."
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Q: Speaker Johnson is calling on the Senate to make revisions to this bill because he says it's doesn't adequately protect survivors
MASSIE: That's been a red herring all along. The survivors have always been in favor of this legislation. He's trying to save face.
MASSIE: That's been a red herring all along. The survivors have always been in favor of this legislation. He's trying to save face.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Q: Speaker Johnson is calling on the Senate to make revisions to this bill because he says it's doesn't adequately protect survivors
MASSIE: That's been a red herring all along. The survivors have always been in favor of this legislation. He's trying to save face.
MASSIE: That's been a red herring all along. The survivors have always been in favor of this legislation. He's trying to save face.
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Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."