CatK
@kaufmac.bsky.social
Health policy wonk, Portlander. Mom of 2 young adult dudes. Jersey shore native. Love the Boss, Medicaid, great literature and dumb comedy.
Is it weird to serve @lastweektonight.com wine with @colbertlateshow.bsky.social Beef Wellington for Thanksgiving dinner? Or will it look like I’m just a normal, not insane, late night fan? I should serve appetizers with Negronis in honor of @latenightseth.bsky.social. Happy Thanksgiving, jackals!
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Is it weird to serve @lastweektonight.com wine with @colbertlateshow.bsky.social Beef Wellington for Thanksgiving dinner? Or will it look like I’m just a normal, not insane, late night fan? I should serve appetizers with Negronis in honor of @latenightseth.bsky.social. Happy Thanksgiving, jackals!
@mcsweeneys.net Wow - only thing missing is a page of Lisa Frank stickers.
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
@mcsweeneys.net Wow - only thing missing is a page of Lisa Frank stickers.
NOBODY who ain't a jackal better even TRY to come after our guy (or his writers)...unless maybe the FCC is also mad about how long it's been since we've seen a popsicle shtick? #LNSM
FCC Chairman backs Donald Trump call for NBC to 'immediately' fire Seth Meyers — Entertainment Weekly
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November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
NOBODY who ain't a jackal better even TRY to come after our guy (or his writers)...unless maybe the FCC is also mad about how long it's been since we've seen a popsicle shtick? #LNSM
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Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
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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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democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
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There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
I follow @womensartbluesky.bsky.social here and on insta and no account brings me more joy. Look at this visual stunner, for example.
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I follow @womensartbluesky.bsky.social here and on insta and no account brings me more joy. Look at this visual stunner, for example.
@propublica.org gets it right (per their usual)
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What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
@propublica.org gets it right (per their usual)
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One more example of the current corporate grift of American taxpayers
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‘A Big Positive’: How One Company Plans to Profit From Medicaid Cuts
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One more example of the current corporate grift of American taxpayers
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
Great news
🚨BREAKING: 2 fed courts have issued orders blocking Trump’s attempt to defund SNAP. Congrats to @democracyforward.org, its co counsel and clients, and Dem State AGs.
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Great news
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October 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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On Saturday, health insurance premiums are projected to double for millions of Americans and 42 million working families will lose the benefits that keep them fed.
This weekend, join the No Kings Alliance and millions of us who will come together to provide mutual aid and care for our communities.
This weekend, join the No Kings Alliance and millions of us who will come together to provide mutual aid and care for our communities.
No Kings Alliance — No Kings
Authoritarianism thrives on silence. The No Kings Alliance exists to make capitulation impossible—and resistance unstoppable.
www.nokings.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
On Saturday, health insurance premiums are projected to double for millions of Americans and 42 million working families will lose the benefits that keep them fed.
This weekend, join the No Kings Alliance and millions of us who will come together to provide mutual aid and care for our communities.
This weekend, join the No Kings Alliance and millions of us who will come together to provide mutual aid and care for our communities.
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An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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SNAP makes America stronger. Support @fedworkersunited.bsky.social: bit.ly/PeoplesPantr...
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
SNAP makes America stronger. Support @fedworkersunited.bsky.social: bit.ly/PeoplesPantr...
This piece in @rollingstone.com does a good job of explaining the hunger and health care crisis hitting America thanks to President Trump's budget cuts.
“People think Medicaid is poor, lazy people skirting the system. But it’s teachers, firefighters, police officers, neighbors. It’s people that are part of the community.”
'An Unprecedented Hunger and Health Crisis': How the Big Beautiful Bill Could Devastate Vermont
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This piece in @rollingstone.com does a good job of explaining the hunger and health care crisis hitting America thanks to President Trump's budget cuts.
We should prioritize affordable healthcare for hardworking Americans and small businesses over bailing out Argentina and building a big, gold ballroom.
If Congress fails to extend the enhanced premium tax credits, marketplace enrollment will fall, putting upward pressure on future premium rates, and about 4 million more people will be uninsured by 2034. https://ampr.gs/4o5F9tW
Congress’ Failure To Extend Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Will Greatly Increase Health Insurance Costs for Small-Business People
4.4 million small-business people face an average $1,500 increase in premium costs for 2026 if enhanced tax credits expire.
ampr.gs
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We should prioritize affordable healthcare for hardworking Americans and small businesses over bailing out Argentina and building a big, gold ballroom.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
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Really tired of the incessant noise of military helicopters flying over my NW PDX neighborhood all day/night. What’s the taxpayer cost and WHY?!? You can see the protestor in the duck costume or the woman serving high tea in front of ICE detention building at street level. #portland
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Really tired of the incessant noise of military helicopters flying over my NW PDX neighborhood all day/night. What’s the taxpayer cost and WHY?!? You can see the protestor in the duck costume or the woman serving high tea in front of ICE detention building at street level. #portland
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BREAKING: Today in #Portland, on barely any notice, a massive crowd gathered downtown & heard from Oregon Governor Tina Kotek.
After the rally, the crowd marched through Portland, Kotek and Mayor Wilson at the front, chanting “Show Trump what Portland looks like! This is what Portland looks like!”
After the rally, the crowd marched through Portland, Kotek and Mayor Wilson at the front, chanting “Show Trump what Portland looks like! This is what Portland looks like!”
September 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
BREAKING: Today in #Portland, on barely any notice, a massive crowd gathered downtown & heard from Oregon Governor Tina Kotek.
After the rally, the crowd marched through Portland, Kotek and Mayor Wilson at the front, chanting “Show Trump what Portland looks like! This is what Portland looks like!”
After the rally, the crowd marched through Portland, Kotek and Mayor Wilson at the front, chanting “Show Trump what Portland looks like! This is what Portland looks like!”