Kathleen Geier
@kathygee.bsky.social
Feminist. Socialist. Chicagoan. Lover of film, theater, books, music, travel, dogs. Words @ Baffler, Nation, In These Times. She/her. kathleenageier@gmail.com
OMFG! Just under the wire, we have a late breaking entry for the Worst Political Take of 2025. It's a highly competitive field this year but even so this one stands out. It even rivals "Charlie Kirk did politics right" by his brother-in-arms Ezra Klein.
The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
OMFG! Just under the wire, we have a late breaking entry for the Worst Political Take of 2025. It's a highly competitive field this year but even so this one stands out. It even rivals "Charlie Kirk did politics right" by his brother-in-arms Ezra Klein.
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Elisha Cook Jr born Dec 26, in 1903 - Over 215 roles including Shane, The Big Sleep, House on Haunted Hill, Born to Kill, The Killing, Don't Bother to Knock, Rosemary's Baby, lots of TV after 1950 - & of course The Maltese Falcon!
#botd
http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/elisha-cook-jr/
#botd
http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/elisha-cook-jr/
December 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Elisha Cook Jr born Dec 26, in 1903 - Over 215 roles including Shane, The Big Sleep, House on Haunted Hill, Born to Kill, The Killing, Don't Bother to Knock, Rosemary's Baby, lots of TV after 1950 - & of course The Maltese Falcon!
#botd
http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/elisha-cook-jr/
#botd
http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/elisha-cook-jr/
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goddammit the post is just doing this to get my money (and it works)
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
goddammit the post is just doing this to get my money (and it works)
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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good morning
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
good morning
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A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
December 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
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These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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Hey, just curious. What "business" was Jeffrey Epstein a "leader" of in 2011?
Statement from the NYT, which is useful context, but still feel like you gotta mention it in the column!
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hey, just curious. What "business" was Jeffrey Epstein a "leader" of in 2011?
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Truly North Korea territory
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Truly North Korea territory
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🚨 NYT DROP: "Don's Best Friend" exposé re: Trump & Epstein.
"The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents & interviews reveal an intense & complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency."
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
"The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents & interviews reveal an intense & complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency."
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🚨 NYT DROP: "Don's Best Friend" exposé re: Trump & Epstein.
"The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents & interviews reveal an intense & complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency."
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
"The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents & interviews reveal an intense & complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency."
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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LMFAO. OFC David Brooks is in the Epstein files. Ahahahahaha
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
LMFAO. OFC David Brooks is in the Epstein files. Ahahahahaha
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House Dems have released more photos provided to the oversight committee from Jeffrey Epstein's estate.
More images of Woody Allen, Noam Chomsky, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates in this batch.
New to this batch: David Brooks and David Blaine.
More images of Woody Allen, Noam Chomsky, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates in this batch.
New to this batch: David Brooks and David Blaine.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
House Dems have released more photos provided to the oversight committee from Jeffrey Epstein's estate.
More images of Woody Allen, Noam Chomsky, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates in this batch.
New to this batch: David Brooks and David Blaine.
More images of Woody Allen, Noam Chomsky, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates in this batch.
New to this batch: David Brooks and David Blaine.
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In addition to guffawing at the @nytimes.com desperate spin, I am also deeply amused that the guy who's been scolding Dems for our elitist sandwiches and ivory tower attitudes is just partying with billionaires at invite-only events. What a fucking fraudulent clown (this is not news, of course)
To all marveling at photos of NYT columnist David Brooks dining with Jeffrey Epstein, 2 years after Epstein finished his sentence for procuring a child for prostitution, here's what it was: the 2011 "Edge Billionaire's Dinner". Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were there too. 1/
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In addition to guffawing at the @nytimes.com desperate spin, I am also deeply amused that the guy who's been scolding Dems for our elitist sandwiches and ivory tower attitudes is just partying with billionaires at invite-only events. What a fucking fraudulent clown (this is not news, of course)
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I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
Just heard about this and I feel sick. What a horrible and gruesome end to a horrible and gruesome year.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Live Updates: Hollywood Director Rob Reiner and His Wife Are Found Dead
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Just heard about this and I feel sick. What a horrible and gruesome end to a horrible and gruesome year.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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Blondie performing Femme Fatale at CBGB, New York, 1975.
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Blondie performing Femme Fatale at CBGB, New York, 1975.
Late to this, but I strongly recommend this beautiful piece by the great @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social about the transgender legend, Harlow.
www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
www.inquirer.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Late to this, but I strongly recommend this beautiful piece by the great @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social about the transgender legend, Harlow.
www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
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27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure denied dialysis until he signed a voluntary deportation order. Abolish DHS completely. Arrest most of its leaders.
Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after 'Charlotte's Web' sweep
Relatives of a 27-year-old Honduran man say he was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during "Operation Charlotte's Web." ICE denies the alle...
www.wfdd.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure denied dialysis until he signed a voluntary deportation order. Abolish DHS completely. Arrest most of its leaders.
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VA Democrats are on top of it.
Sounds like Mikie Sherrill and NJ Dems are thinking about it. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
MD, NY, and IL and all other blue states not named CA should be moving heaven and earth to make this happen to save our democracy.
Sounds like Mikie Sherrill and NJ Dems are thinking about it. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
MD, NY, and IL and all other blue states not named CA should be moving heaven and earth to make this happen to save our democracy.
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
VA Democrats are on top of it.
Sounds like Mikie Sherrill and NJ Dems are thinking about it. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
MD, NY, and IL and all other blue states not named CA should be moving heaven and earth to make this happen to save our democracy.
Sounds like Mikie Sherrill and NJ Dems are thinking about it. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
MD, NY, and IL and all other blue states not named CA should be moving heaven and earth to make this happen to save our democracy.
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I am humbly requesting that lawmakers in every Democratic-controlled state spend every waking hour between now and Christmas cooking up new congressional district maps that draw Republicans out of electoral existence
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I am humbly requesting that lawmakers in every Democratic-controlled state spend every waking hour between now and Christmas cooking up new congressional district maps that draw Republicans out of electoral existence
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41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...