Kathryn Leehane (she/her)
@kathrynleehane.bsky.social
Writer, humorist, upcycled doll artist—not necessarily in that order. Find me on McSweeneys, Hippocampus Magazine, Under the Gum Tree, The Washington Post, Dynamite Magazine, and more. kathrynleehane.com
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Y’all. Seriously. This is the shit we have to deal with. TN IS NOT MONOLITHICALLY RED, OUR MAP JUST DELIBERATELY FUCKS US
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Y’all. Seriously. This is the shit we have to deal with. TN IS NOT MONOLITHICALLY RED, OUR MAP JUST DELIBERATELY FUCKS US
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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NEWS: Democrat Mary Robichaux has defeated Republican incumbent Kurt Wilson in a runoff election to become the next Mayor of Roswell, Georgia. A major upset and another sign of shifting suburban politics in the South.
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
NEWS: Democrat Mary Robichaux has defeated Republican incumbent Kurt Wilson in a runoff election to become the next Mayor of Roswell, Georgia. A major upset and another sign of shifting suburban politics in the South.
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There have been at least 19 murders in D.C. since Trump deployed the National Guard here in August. One was the murder of a Guard soldier less than a week ago.
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
There have been at least 19 murders in D.C. since Trump deployed the National Guard here in August. One was the murder of a Guard soldier less than a week ago.
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“Last January, Trump gave a full pardon to…Ross Ulbricht, who played a central role in the digitalization of the international drug trade ***According to news accounts, from 2011-2013, Ulbricht facilitated more than $200M in transactions for weapons, stolen credit cards, & mostly illicit drugs.” 1/
Trump is killing suspected drug-runners while pardoning those enabling the trade: T. Nelson Thompson
President Trump, arguably, has made drug trafficking easier, rather than harder. Cryptocurrencies have become the lifeblood of the narcotics economy. The modern drug trafficker operates in a digital e...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“Last January, Trump gave a full pardon to…Ross Ulbricht, who played a central role in the digitalization of the international drug trade ***According to news accounts, from 2011-2013, Ulbricht facilitated more than $200M in transactions for weapons, stolen credit cards, & mostly illicit drugs.” 1/
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As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
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A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
Full pardon for the convicted drug trafficker who helped move 400 tons of cocaine. Death by airstrike for the guys on the boat www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Ex-Honduras president, convicted of drug trafficking, freed on Trump pardon
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
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Let’s go to work !!!!
TN05 in the general is even more potentially doable so tomorrow we get up and start working for Chaz Molder to win 335 days from now. We rest and we keep building. We hit up d7 backers to phone bank and stuff envelopes and even go knock doors since 5 is part of the same city. We do not quit.
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Let’s go to work !!!!
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📌That's a damn fine job in TN-07, and just the latest example of why Democrats need to compete EVERYWHERE.
📌Fully 100 current Republicans seats were less pro-Trump than TN-07 in last year's elections. If we hit these bastards where they are, it will be a bloodbath for the repulsive GOP next year.
📌Fully 100 current Republicans seats were less pro-Trump than TN-07 in last year's elections. If we hit these bastards where they are, it will be a bloodbath for the repulsive GOP next year.
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
📌That's a damn fine job in TN-07, and just the latest example of why Democrats need to compete EVERYWHERE.
📌Fully 100 current Republicans seats were less pro-Trump than TN-07 in last year's elections. If we hit these bastards where they are, it will be a bloodbath for the repulsive GOP next year.
📌Fully 100 current Republicans seats were less pro-Trump than TN-07 in last year's elections. If we hit these bastards where they are, it will be a bloodbath for the repulsive GOP next year.
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You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way
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JFC they’ve lost Newsmax
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
JFC they’ve lost Newsmax
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A +14 shift to the Dems in a very red district applied nationwide next year means a solidly blue House and a chance to retake the Senate against an extremely unfavorable map.
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A +14 shift to the Dems in a very red district applied nationwide next year means a solidly blue House and a chance to retake the Senate against an extremely unfavorable map.
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His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.
Trump on Walz: "You look at what he's done with Somalia where Somalia, which is barely a country -- they have no anything, they just run around killing each other. When I see somebody like Ilhan Omar, I always watch her, for years I've watched her complain about our Constitution ... "
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.
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It's done for the time being. But this should terrify Republicans. This is in the deep-red parts of Tennessee. This puts New York seats in place and some Republicans in North Carolina should be worried.
⚡️Projections starting to come in calling it for Van Epps 🤖 , despite a huge, very respectable overperformance from Aftyn Behn that speaks volumes about the stiff, angry winds Republicans face the coming midterms. #TN7
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It's done for the time being. But this should terrify Republicans. This is in the deep-red parts of Tennessee. This puts New York seats in place and some Republicans in North Carolina should be worried.
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There are no moral victories, but tonight's overperformance in TN-07 confirms my belief that we should cast the widest possible net to challenge Republicans in 2026.
A similar swing tonight would put Senate seats in Iowa, Alaska, Texas, and a lot of House districts in play. Leave no doubt.
A similar swing tonight would put Senate seats in Iowa, Alaska, Texas, and a lot of House districts in play. Leave no doubt.
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are no moral victories, but tonight's overperformance in TN-07 confirms my belief that we should cast the widest possible net to challenge Republicans in 2026.
A similar swing tonight would put Senate seats in Iowa, Alaska, Texas, and a lot of House districts in play. Leave no doubt.
A similar swing tonight would put Senate seats in Iowa, Alaska, Texas, and a lot of House districts in play. Leave no doubt.
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
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Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
The 19th reports: blockclubchi.co/4ivSrxP
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
The 19th reports: blockclubchi.co/4ivSrxP
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
The 19th reports: blockclubchi.co/4ivSrxP
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
The 19th reports: blockclubchi.co/4ivSrxP
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Gift link!
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war.
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war.
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Gift link!
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war.
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war.
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She seems nice
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Worth keeping in mind this #GivingTuesday: Support Wikipedia and make Elon Musk angry.
I donate to Wikipedia and the Internet Archive every December. In addition to the public-spirited reasons, I have a self-interested reason: They are indispensable tools for my work as an editor.
Now, knowing Elon Musk dislikes Wikipedia, I'll make this year's donations a bit bigger.
Now, knowing Elon Musk dislikes Wikipedia, I'll make this year's donations a bit bigger.
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Worth keeping in mind this #GivingTuesday: Support Wikipedia and make Elon Musk angry.
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Another shining example at ICE making our communities safer…
If you still think this is about law and order, it’s because you’re complicit
If you still think this is about law and order, it’s because you’re complicit
ICE pepper spray disabled woman using a cane—directly at her face from point blank range.
Agents then shove her down hard to the ground—after she was already incapacitated and stumbling backwards.
This is second incident of excessive force in St. Paul, Minnesota this past week.
St. Paul,Minnesota
Agents then shove her down hard to the ground—after she was already incapacitated and stumbling backwards.
This is second incident of excessive force in St. Paul, Minnesota this past week.
St. Paul,Minnesota
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Another shining example at ICE making our communities safer…
If you still think this is about law and order, it’s because you’re complicit
If you still think this is about law and order, it’s because you’re complicit
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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