Katie
@katiek.bsky.social
NYC
she/her
CFP(r) working for a non profit
Proud member of a union ✊🏼
she/her
CFP(r) working for a non profit
Proud member of a union ✊🏼
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The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
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It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life
February 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life
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February 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
It’s 40* out which almost feels like spring
February 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
It’s 40* out which almost feels like spring
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stop getting boxed in on the microscopic issues that are most confusing (eg women's sports), and return to basic democratic values. a citizen of a free country should be able to pick their own gender, period
February 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM
stop getting boxed in on the microscopic issues that are most confusing (eg women's sports), and return to basic democratic values. a citizen of a free country should be able to pick their own gender, period
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funny that these people understand the importance of salience when it is an issue like immigration — "don't talk about it you don't want to raise the salience!" — but forget the word when it involves the rights of minorities. almost as if they are laundering their own views and prejudices as "data"
February 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
funny that these people understand the importance of salience when it is an issue like immigration — "don't talk about it you don't want to raise the salience!" — but forget the word when it involves the rights of minorities. almost as if they are laundering their own views and prejudices as "data"
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looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise
The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.
www.thecity.nyc
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
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Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.
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Jesse and Martin. 🕊️🖤✊🏾
February 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Jesse and Martin. 🕊️🖤✊🏾
He was a giant who will be missed (and damn we still need him). Rest in power, Jesse
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
He was a giant who will be missed (and damn we still need him). Rest in power, Jesse
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Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
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Again, all I'm asking is that any Democrat who wants my vote support 1. Reverting Trump's anti-trans policies, 2. Commit to fighting against the future erosion of trans rights, and 3. Support legislation codifying trans rights into law.
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Again, all I'm asking is that any Democrat who wants my vote support 1. Reverting Trump's anti-trans policies, 2. Commit to fighting against the future erosion of trans rights, and 3. Support legislation codifying trans rights into law.
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
This guy also thinks it’s ok 2 ICE assholes lied about the circumstances surrounding their illegal shooting of someone who isn’t a US citizen bec apparently we can murder non citizens indiscriminately now (pls see the murders the military is conducting in the Caribbean)
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This guy also thinks it’s ok 2 ICE assholes lied about the circumstances surrounding their illegal shooting of someone who isn’t a US citizen bec apparently we can murder non citizens indiscriminately now (pls see the murders the military is conducting in the Caribbean)
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So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
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The NYTimes often doesn't quote Trump at all, instead reframing his words with a summary falsely suggesting coherent thought, in contrast to the gibberish he actually said. They also don't mention how he routinely mumbles and slurs even prepared remarks, like here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zsd...
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The NYTimes often doesn't quote Trump at all, instead reframing his words with a summary falsely suggesting coherent thought, in contrast to the gibberish he actually said. They also don't mention how he routinely mumbles and slurs even prepared remarks, like here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zsd...
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My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
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Musk, meanwhile, is literally parroting Nazi propaganda about how multicultural, multiracial nations would be easy to beat.
February 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Musk, meanwhile, is literally parroting Nazi propaganda about how multicultural, multiracial nations would be easy to beat.
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I'm Asian American. Nazi shit and racist shit and misogynist shit freaks me out because I stand in solidarity with everyone else who's a target of bigotry in this country. So yes, Platner alarms the hell out of me. I wish he alarmed the hell out of the New Republic.
February 15, 2026 at 6:18 AM
I'm Asian American. Nazi shit and racist shit and misogynist shit freaks me out because I stand in solidarity with everyone else who's a target of bigotry in this country. So yes, Platner alarms the hell out of me. I wish he alarmed the hell out of the New Republic.
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Just gonna say there are plenty of insurgent, anti-establishment candidates WITHOUT Nazi tattoos that the New Republic could have featured instead of Platner.
You could ABSOLUTELY make the point that Ds are mad at the centrist leaders of the party WITHOUT helping rehabilitate this particular guy.
You could ABSOLUTELY make the point that Ds are mad at the centrist leaders of the party WITHOUT helping rehabilitate this particular guy.
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Just gonna say there are plenty of insurgent, anti-establishment candidates WITHOUT Nazi tattoos that the New Republic could have featured instead of Platner.
You could ABSOLUTELY make the point that Ds are mad at the centrist leaders of the party WITHOUT helping rehabilitate this particular guy.
You could ABSOLUTELY make the point that Ds are mad at the centrist leaders of the party WITHOUT helping rehabilitate this particular guy.
I have no idea where Will is getting 11% from but I work as a financial counselor in NYC & see several hundred clients/yr and I would say that it’s 11% if and only if you’re taking home >85k (gross $150k). For most ppl I see food is the single largest expense outside of housing and is closer to 20%
Most people spend about 11% of their income on food - hardly the major part of their expenses. Half of food spending is away from home - restaurants and delivery. The idea that most people's economic existence requires carefully monitoring the price of milk and eggs is literally absurd.
4% of a monthly budget is a bit more than a day's worth of food. You did not think about what you were saying. People notice when they are missing more meals.
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I have no idea where Will is getting 11% from but I work as a financial counselor in NYC & see several hundred clients/yr and I would say that it’s 11% if and only if you’re taking home >85k (gross $150k). For most ppl I see food is the single largest expense outside of housing and is closer to 20%
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This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
Need a new path in midlife? There's a school for that and a quiz to kickstart it
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.
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The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be
Net favorability of how Americans view
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
How Americans view key members of the Trump administration
A 58% majority say they have an unfavorable view of President Donald Trump, and 40% have a favorable view.
www.pewresearch.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be
Me watching women’s skeleton: do we talk enough about how the Winter Olympics feel like they’re life or death
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Me watching women’s skeleton: do we talk enough about how the Winter Olympics feel like they’re life or death
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I seriously have no idea why it’s legal for Trump to sue constituents as President
President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government.
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I seriously have no idea why it’s legal for Trump to sue constituents as President
Even less of an idea how it’s legal for him to sue the DOJ!
I seriously have no idea why it’s legal for Trump to sue constituents as President
President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government.
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Even less of an idea how it’s legal for him to sue the DOJ!