Kat Casale (she/her)
@katisaliquid.bsky.social
Rabble rouser, nerd, gardener, sometime hunter, mom, product designer, unashamed feminist.
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Today is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
I’m ashamed to admit that I did not know this.
www.kpax.com/news/mmip/fa...
I’m ashamed to admit that I did not know this.
www.kpax.com/news/mmip/fa...
Family fights for justice for daughter killed on Blackfeet Reservation
It's a reality for families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women who find themselves in a constant cycle of silence and grief.
www.kpax.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Today is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
I’m ashamed to admit that I did not know this.
www.kpax.com/news/mmip/fa...
I’m ashamed to admit that I did not know this.
www.kpax.com/news/mmip/fa...
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Maine is small but this is some real serious Trvmp vendetta bulls*** that you should all know about. People are going to die. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/25/s...
Coast Guard proposes removing navigation buoys from Maine waters
The measure aims to cut costs based on the assumption that boaters already have electronic navigation systems, or could.
www.bangordailynews.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Maine is small but this is some real serious Trvmp vendetta bulls*** that you should all know about. People are going to die. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/25/s...
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Hundreds of Maine lawyers signed a declaration urging others in the profession to reject attempts to intimidate or penalize those working in the legal system for representing interests that do not align with the views of the Trump administration. mainemorningstar.com/2025/05/01/m...
Hundreds of Maine lawyers sign declaration to reject intimidation by Trump administration • Maine Morning Star
While “Law Day” occurs every year, 100 Maine law firms and 633 Maine lawyers used the occasion on Thursday to publicly renew their commitment to the Constitution.
mainemorningstar.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hundreds of Maine lawyers signed a declaration urging others in the profession to reject attempts to intimidate or penalize those working in the legal system for representing interests that do not align with the views of the Trump administration. mainemorningstar.com/2025/05/01/m...
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NEW: Former employees of a Nike clothing factory in Cambodia said they sometimes saw two or three people taken to an onsite clinic in a day. One described how he carried workers who were too weak to walk.
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
Decades After Nike Promised Sweatshop Reforms, Workers in This Factory Were Still Fainting
Workers have been fainting for years in Cambodia’s garment factories, where more than 57,000 people now produce Nike goods. A former medical worker at one of the company’s suppliers blamed overtime…
www.propublica.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: Former employees of a Nike clothing factory in Cambodia said they sometimes saw two or three people taken to an onsite clinic in a day. One described how he carried workers who were too weak to walk.
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
April 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
The cognitive dissonance of daily life in the US right now.
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The cognitive dissonance of daily life in the US right now.
This Hawaiian island's 'freakosystems' are a warning from the future.
April 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This Hawaiian island's 'freakosystems' are a warning from the future.
Do your job Senator Collins! 🤦🏻♀️
Hundreds of millions (billions?) of dollars have been yanked from Maine at this point.
Meanwhile Susan Collins has been in charge of her beloved Senate Appropriations Cmtee since Jan and still hasn't scheduled even one oversight hearing.
GOP-run House Approps has already held nine. #MEpolitics
Meanwhile Susan Collins has been in charge of her beloved Senate Appropriations Cmtee since Jan and still hasn't scheduled even one oversight hearing.
GOP-run House Approps has already held nine. #MEpolitics
April 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Do your job Senator Collins! 🤦🏻♀️
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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
You ever just want to scream at every ad for a loan and say “I cannot afford this; stop trying to trap me in even more debt!”
April 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
You ever just want to scream at every ad for a loan and say “I cannot afford this; stop trying to trap me in even more debt!”
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NPR can fuck off with this cutesy framing
April 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NPR can fuck off with this cutesy framing
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Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
Yes, you do have to accept the no. youtube.com/shorts/oU-zz...
The Sad Sad Alpha Man #folkmusic#folksong
YouTube video by Vinny Marchi
youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Yes, you do have to accept the no. youtube.com/shorts/oU-zz...
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NEW: The committee Susan Collins runs -- supposedly in charge of federal spending -- has posted its first hearing since she took over.
Not on Musk/DOGE. Not on Trump's illegal cancellation of grants. Or his unconstitutional revenge campaign against Maine. Or his tariffs.
It's on this. #MEpolitics
Not on Musk/DOGE. Not on Trump's illegal cancellation of grants. Or his unconstitutional revenge campaign against Maine. Or his tariffs.
It's on this. #MEpolitics
April 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
NEW: The committee Susan Collins runs -- supposedly in charge of federal spending -- has posted its first hearing since she took over.
Not on Musk/DOGE. Not on Trump's illegal cancellation of grants. Or his unconstitutional revenge campaign against Maine. Or his tariffs.
It's on this. #MEpolitics
Not on Musk/DOGE. Not on Trump's illegal cancellation of grants. Or his unconstitutional revenge campaign against Maine. Or his tariffs.
It's on this. #MEpolitics
Let’s be perfectly clear - misogynoir got us here. The United States needs to reckon with its history.
April 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Let’s be perfectly clear - misogynoir got us here. The United States needs to reckon with its history.
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Susan Collins is part of the critical mass behind the largest tax hike in American history.
How do we know this? Because she's not using her power to stop it -- e.g. by withholding her votes from Trump nominees; or holding hearings; or objecting to unanimous consent requests. Etc etc. #MEpolitics
How do we know this? Because she's not using her power to stop it -- e.g. by withholding her votes from Trump nominees; or holding hearings; or objecting to unanimous consent requests. Etc etc. #MEpolitics
The tariffs are hardly a one-man operation: Remember that Congress — not the president — has ultimate power over this issue, including the ability to revoke the tariffs if it wants to. Trump's plan is proceeding because a critical mass of his party supports (or accepts) it.
April 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Susan Collins is part of the critical mass behind the largest tax hike in American history.
How do we know this? Because she's not using her power to stop it -- e.g. by withholding her votes from Trump nominees; or holding hearings; or objecting to unanimous consent requests. Etc etc. #MEpolitics
How do we know this? Because she's not using her power to stop it -- e.g. by withholding her votes from Trump nominees; or holding hearings; or objecting to unanimous consent requests. Etc etc. #MEpolitics
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Advocates say the proposal to move special education services to HHS “further pathologizes disability and is treating 15% of all the children in our public school buildings like they’re medical issues — they’re not.”
'Really scared': Parents of kids with disabilities confront Education Department chaos • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump takes drastic steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, disability advocates are worried about whether the agency can carry out its responsibilities…
mainemorningstar.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Advocates say the proposal to move special education services to HHS “further pathologizes disability and is treating 15% of all the children in our public school buildings like they’re medical issues — they’re not.”
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Via @jennifershutt.bsky.social : The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released an analysis showing the GOP budget resolution would allow Congress to add up to $5.8 trillion to the deficit during the next decade.
GOP budget would add an 'unprecedented' $5.8 trillion to the deficit, analysis finds • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released an analysis Friday showing the budget resolution Republicans plan to adopt later this month would allow Congress to…
mainemorningstar.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Via @jennifershutt.bsky.social : The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released an analysis showing the GOP budget resolution would allow Congress to add up to $5.8 trillion to the deficit during the next decade.
I wonder where all the federal tax money is going amidst the indiscriminate cutting and firings? This makes me so angry!
April 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I wonder where all the federal tax money is going amidst the indiscriminate cutting and firings? This makes me so angry!
