Kati
@katimz.bsky.social
Political scientist, lawyer, mother, nonprofiteer.
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Obama 2004: “There is no red America or blue America, there is just the United States of America.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Obama 2004: “There is no red America or blue America, there is just the United States of America.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
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Here's Trump arriving at the Great Gatsby-themed party at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, hours before a lapse in the nation’s largest program to feed the poor.
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Here's Trump arriving at the Great Gatsby-themed party at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, hours before a lapse in the nation’s largest program to feed the poor.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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The reason why getting rid of Franken mattered is that it differentiated Democrats in a moment when difference is everything. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE THE RIGHT SOME 'BOTH SIDES' SORE TO POINT TO WHEN THE NAZISM IS DRIPPING OFF THEM? I get that Mills rings all the wrong bells, but this is obvious.
“Let him among you who is without a Nazi tattoo cast the first stone.” -The Bible
October 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The reason why getting rid of Franken mattered is that it differentiated Democrats in a moment when difference is everything. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE THE RIGHT SOME 'BOTH SIDES' SORE TO POINT TO WHEN THE NAZISM IS DRIPPING OFF THEM? I get that Mills rings all the wrong bells, but this is obvious.
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I don't like the 79-year-old filibuster-lover either, but Jon and his pod bros are pushing a guy who carries the insignia of the Schutzstaffel on his chest and says that's not a big deal. He's either a Nazi or an idiot who is too proud to admit an enormous mistake. Give me a break about "perfect."
October 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I don't like the 79-year-old filibuster-lover either, but Jon and his pod bros are pushing a guy who carries the insignia of the Schutzstaffel on his chest and says that's not a big deal. He's either a Nazi or an idiot who is too proud to admit an enormous mistake. Give me a break about "perfect."
I am all in on generational change in a very big tent, but Platner is giving Fetterman vibes in all the worst ways.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I am all in on generational change in a very big tent, but Platner is giving Fetterman vibes in all the worst ways.
In a scenario unthinkable a few months ago, the coming Blue Wave may not be big enough to overcome mid-decade gerrymandering in the House, but…….
Quick preview of numbers being released tomorrow… special for my Bluesky peeps:
Alaska Survey Research
October 10-15, 2025
N=2,083 adults (1,957 RV, 1,708 LV)
2026 Alaska US Senate (LV)
Mary Peltola (D) 48%
Dan Sullivan (R) 46%
Undecided 6%
Sullivan’s negative hits 50% for the first time.
Alaska Survey Research
October 10-15, 2025
N=2,083 adults (1,957 RV, 1,708 LV)
2026 Alaska US Senate (LV)
Mary Peltola (D) 48%
Dan Sullivan (R) 46%
Undecided 6%
Sullivan’s negative hits 50% for the first time.
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
In a scenario unthinkable a few months ago, the coming Blue Wave may not be big enough to overcome mid-decade gerrymandering in the House, but…….
Crashing out in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
October 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Crashing out in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Lesson of the Day
Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
October 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Lesson of the Day
Protection for his development projects. Just the beginning.
BREAKING: The U.S. says it's sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor Gaza ceasefire deal.
US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza
The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private sector players, U.S. officials say.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Protection for his development projects. Just the beginning.
If journalists would only start with this obvious premise, they would cover these “negotiations” very differently. He’s shutting it down, because chaos is a great cover for malfeasance.
Folks, I hate to tell you that Trump wants to shut the government down so he can fire people. Even if Republicans controlled every seat in Congress they would still shut the government down so Trump can fire people
September 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If journalists would only start with this obvious premise, they would cover these “negotiations” very differently. He’s shutting it down, because chaos is a great cover for malfeasance.
🚨🚨“Violence against the truth.” 🚨🚨
The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic – is violence against the truth.
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🚨🚨“Violence against the truth.” 🚨🚨
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a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kenvue should sue everybody, all up and down the chain of this malpractice. Yes, I know that some limited immunity exists, but not for malfeasance.
September 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Kenvue should sue everybody, all up and down the chain of this malpractice. Yes, I know that some limited immunity exists, but not for malfeasance.
Get back up. It’s worth the fight.
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Get back up. It’s worth the fight.
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I really feel for Con Law profs. How are you supposed to teach anything based on principle? What exactly can you say about the Court ignoring 90-year old precedent with an opposite ruling on the shadow docket with no explanation? How can you do or teach any common law reasoning about Con Law now?
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I really feel for Con Law profs. How are you supposed to teach anything based on principle? What exactly can you say about the Court ignoring 90-year old precedent with an opposite ruling on the shadow docket with no explanation? How can you do or teach any common law reasoning about Con Law now?
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Kids: Study political science and history
September 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Kids: Study political science and history
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This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary
Lord save us:
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
The Bari Market
With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told.
puck.news
September 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary
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surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity
September 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity
This and Micah make it a banner week for Wisconsin! #GoPackGo
More retirement news: Conservative Wisconsin justice Rebecca Bradley will NOT seek reelection next spring.
Liberals (as you all know now) have a 4-3 majority on this high-stakes supreme court. This is their shot to go up 5-2, in April.
Liberals (as you all know now) have a 4-3 majority on this high-stakes supreme court. This is their shot to go up 5-2, in April.
August 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This and Micah make it a banner week for Wisconsin! #GoPackGo
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Looking forward to portraits of other military leaders who fought against the United States — Hideki Tojo, Ernst Rommel, all of Lee’s peers
Trump Pentagon installs picture of noted traitor www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Looking forward to portraits of other military leaders who fought against the United States — Hideki Tojo, Ernst Rommel, all of Lee’s peers
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I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do.
Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."
August 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do.
Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
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We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
August 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
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#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM