Katie Reichard, PhD
@katielr.bsky.social
Cargo bike mom and policy nerd. All things transit, housing, and behavioral/public health. Former AAAS S&T fellow. Current State Govt Nerd. Forever opioid pharmacologist. PNW based 🏔️ Views my own.
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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Folks, the reporting is that Trump is making PERSONAL CALLS to Mace, MTG and others about the discharge petition. Would you be doing this if you had nothing to hide? Let's please all be serious here.
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Folks, the reporting is that Trump is making PERSONAL CALLS to Mace, MTG and others about the discharge petition. Would you be doing this if you had nothing to hide? Let's please all be serious here.
The Oversight Dems timed this exquisitely - credit where credit is due.
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Oversight Dems timed this exquisitely - credit where credit is due.
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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BREAKING: Katie Wilson has overtaken Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
#seaelex
Today's (Monday) drop:
Katie Wilson
133,469
49.83%
Bruce Harrell
133,378
49.79%
#seaelex
Today's (Monday) drop:
Katie Wilson
133,469
49.83%
Bruce Harrell
133,378
49.79%
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
BREAKING: Katie Wilson has overtaken Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
#seaelex
Today's (Monday) drop:
Katie Wilson
133,469
49.83%
Bruce Harrell
133,378
49.79%
#seaelex
Today's (Monday) drop:
Katie Wilson
133,469
49.83%
Bruce Harrell
133,378
49.79%
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Stop patting senators on the head unless they are calling for schumer's removal. Everything else is just in the script
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Stop patting senators on the head unless they are calling for schumer's removal. Everything else is just in the script
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Can we all get behind a ban prop bets plank on all platforms. This form of gambling ruins sports & ruins lives
In an age of gambling scandals, this is just another. Prop bets are dangerous to all the sports you love.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Can we all get behind a ban prop bets plank on all platforms. This form of gambling ruins sports & ruins lives
On the one hand you have the Seahawks crushing. On the other, you have the potential for a shutdown ending “deal” that has no ACA save (a vote in December AFTER this years open enrollment ???!! So guess we’re calling senators while watching football.
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
On the one hand you have the Seahawks crushing. On the other, you have the potential for a shutdown ending “deal” that has no ACA save (a vote in December AFTER this years open enrollment ???!! So guess we’re calling senators while watching football.
Love having multiple sports teams not suck in the same year
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Love having multiple sports teams not suck in the same year
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
They're going to the Supreme Court to ask permission to overturn a court order so they can starve Americans. I am so sick of trying to understand the "political motivations" of a Death Cult.
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
They're going to the Supreme Court to ask permission to overturn a court order so they can starve Americans. I am so sick of trying to understand the "political motivations" of a Death Cult.
She's still in it folks!!!!!!!!
Friday drop from King County Elections is in.
Katie Wilson is now just 4,300 votes behind Bruce Harrell, and there are around 45,000+ ballots in Seattle still to count, according to our calculations. It's close... it will probably get closer.
Wilson won close to 54% of this fourth batch.
#sealex
Katie Wilson is now just 4,300 votes behind Bruce Harrell, and there are around 45,000+ ballots in Seattle still to count, according to our calculations. It's close... it will probably get closer.
Wilson won close to 54% of this fourth batch.
#sealex
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
She's still in it folks!!!!!!!!
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Good news: SNAP benefits should be fully available for Oregonians today. If you are expecting a SNAP balance and don’t see one, call the ONE Customer Service Center at 800-699-9075.
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Good news: SNAP benefits should be fully available for Oregonians today. If you are expecting a SNAP balance and don’t see one, call the ONE Customer Service Center at 800-699-9075.