Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
@kegill.bsky.social
Writer/speaker/journalist/professor. @kegill almost everywhere. Deep south ex-pat, she/her. Fights #disinfo. #UX #Elections geek #BookLover #BreastCancer “facts maxer”
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
@kegill.bsky.social
· Aug 16
Dear @support.bsky.team
When I block an account, I’d rather not see their replies in other people’s threads as well, please.
When I block an account, I’d rather not see their replies in other people’s threads as well, please.
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“the funding bill that would give millions of taxpayer dollars “to a handful of Republican senators who helped Trump try to overthrow the government.”
As soon as you’re fed up with handing over millions of our $$$ to the Grifters, go vote them out !
SNAP, anyone?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
As soon as you’re fed up with handing over millions of our $$$ to the Grifters, go vote them out !
SNAP, anyone?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
“the funding bill that would give millions of taxpayer dollars “to a handful of Republican senators who helped Trump try to overthrow the government.”
As soon as you’re fed up with handing over millions of our $$$ to the Grifters, go vote them out !
SNAP, anyone?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
As soon as you’re fed up with handing over millions of our $$$ to the Grifters, go vote them out !
SNAP, anyone?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
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UPDATE: No written order issued as of now in the multistate SNAP benefits case, and I was holding off on writing something at Law Dork until I saw the order, so this will be put off for Tuesday.
Also: In the other SNAP case, plaintiffs supplemental response is due at SCOTUS by 8a Tuesday.
Also: In the other SNAP case, plaintiffs supplemental response is due at SCOTUS by 8a Tuesday.
WHAT HAPPENED?
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
UPDATE: No written order issued as of now in the multistate SNAP benefits case, and I was holding off on writing something at Law Dork until I saw the order, so this will be put off for Tuesday.
Also: In the other SNAP case, plaintiffs supplemental response is due at SCOTUS by 8a Tuesday.
Also: In the other SNAP case, plaintiffs supplemental response is due at SCOTUS by 8a Tuesday.
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Wow — Casada wasn’t the only Tennessee Republican getting a Trump pardon. @RepHarshbarger got him to pardon her health care fraud husband too.
Kelsey, Casada, Harshbarger… Tennessee Republicans working those pardons hard.
The law no longer applies to them in the Trump era.
Kelsey, Casada, Harshbarger… Tennessee Republicans working those pardons hard.
The law no longer applies to them in the Trump era.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Wow — Casada wasn’t the only Tennessee Republican getting a Trump pardon. @RepHarshbarger got him to pardon her health care fraud husband too.
Kelsey, Casada, Harshbarger… Tennessee Republicans working those pardons hard.
The law no longer applies to them in the Trump era.
Kelsey, Casada, Harshbarger… Tennessee Republicans working those pardons hard.
The law no longer applies to them in the Trump era.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
The CFPB was created. The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate it, despite the fact that Congress has passed no law enabling it to do so.
US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds reut.rs/4p5bX6x
US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds
The top U.S. consumer watchdog said on Monday it was legally prohibited from drawing cash from the Federal Reserve to support continuing operations, but that its current funding should last through the end of this year "at least."
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The CFPB was created. The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate it, despite the fact that Congress has passed no law enabling it to do so.
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Trump-brokered peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia breaks down after border landmine blast
Trump-brokered peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia breaks down after border landmine blast
Thailand’s military chief suspended the peace agreement with neighbouring Cambodia after a landmine blast injured two Thai soldiers near the border
Thailand has suspended the implementation of a peace agreement with neighbouring Cambodia after a landmine blast injured two Thai soldiers near the border, escalating tensions between the neighbours who clashed in July.
US president Donald Trump helped broker a peace deal between the two southeast Asian nations, after a five-day border conflict. Both sides signed an expanded truce in Malaysia in October but on Monday Thailand’s armed forces chief said that had been halted. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Trump-brokered peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia breaks down after border landmine blast
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A former pardon attorney at the Department of Justice said during a podcast interview on Monday that she is stunned by President Donald Trump's use of the presidential pardon power.
'Absolutely stunning': Ex-DOJ pardon attorney blown away by Trump's latest moves
A former pardon attorney at the Department of Justice said during a podcast interview on Monday that she is stunned by President Donald Trump's use of the presidential pardon power. Liz Oyer, the first former public defender to become a DOJ pardon attorney, discussed Trump's recent pardons on a new ...
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A former pardon attorney at the Department of Justice said during a podcast interview on Monday that she is stunned by President Donald Trump's use of the presidential pardon power.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
A Berwyn family was driving with their 1-year-old child Saturday when they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, a video taken by the family shows. The action appears to violate a judge’s restriction on use of force.
1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A Berwyn family was driving with their 1-year-old child Saturday when they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, a video taken by the family shows. The action appears to violate a judge’s restriction on use of force.
Journalistic malpractice, @axios.com You highlighted the lie but didn’t SAY it’s a lie. You had enough characters left.
President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a Fox News interview tonight, saying people "get it automatically now so the number is many times what it should be, it's disgraceful."
Trump says "we can reform" SNAP
"SNAP is supposed to be if you are down and out," Trump said on Fox News this evening.
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Journalistic malpractice, @axios.com You highlighted the lie but didn’t SAY it’s a lie. You had enough characters left.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
Jonathan Braun, Felon Freed by Trump, to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in luxury cars.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
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To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 19 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing more than 75 people.
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
All the U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats
The U.S. military has killed dozens of people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 19 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing more than 75 people.
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
In one of his last letters to Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders as the firm’s chief executive, Warren E. Buffett said Monday that he would speed up his plans to give away much of his $150 billion personal fortune to his children’s philanthropic foundations.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Farewell: ‘I’m Going Quiet’
In one of his final missives as the company’s leader, Mr. Buffett said he would accelerate his plans to disburse his fortune to his children’s foundations.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
In one of his last letters to Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders as the firm’s chief executive, Warren E. Buffett said Monday that he would speed up his plans to give away much of his $150 billion personal fortune to his children’s philanthropic foundations.
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A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans.
https://to.pbs.org/3XksAz5
https://to.pbs.org/3XksAz5
The shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. What happens to them now?
A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made privat...
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans.
https://to.pbs.org/3XksAz5
https://to.pbs.org/3XksAz5
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Voters truly hate Trump right now—for failing to lower prices, for terrorizing communities with his masked gestapo, and so much more. trib.al/i7pWtN8
His disapproval rating in a CNN poll this week hit a record 62%—one point higher than the same poll taken right after the January 6 insurrection.
His disapproval rating in a CNN poll this week hit a record 62%—one point higher than the same poll taken right after the January 6 insurrection.
Trump Has One Mission: To Make Your Life Hell
Tuesday’s elections should have been a wake-up call for Republicans. Instead, the administration is responding in the only way it knows how: causing more misery for millions of Americans.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Voters truly hate Trump right now—for failing to lower prices, for terrorizing communities with his masked gestapo, and so much more. trib.al/i7pWtN8
His disapproval rating in a CNN poll this week hit a record 62%—one point higher than the same poll taken right after the January 6 insurrection.
His disapproval rating in a CNN poll this week hit a record 62%—one point higher than the same poll taken right after the January 6 insurrection.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James moved to dismiss the felony charges against her, calling the prosecution "flagrantly unconstitutional" and vindictive. The charges came after Trump ordered the DOJ to pursue James more aggressively earlier this year. https://bit.ly/487Ympi
‘Flagrantly Unconstitutional’: Letitia James Slams DOJ’s Political Prosecution, Asks Judge to Toss Charges
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New York Attorney General Letitia James moved to dismiss the felony charges against her, calling the prosecution "flagrantly unconstitutional" and vindictive. The charges came after Trump ordered the DOJ to pursue James more aggressively earlier this year. https://bit.ly/487Ympi
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“This is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm."
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“This is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm."
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The president can't pardon cronies facing state charges. He's trying anyway.
Trump issues fake pardons for fake electors
The president can't pardon cronies facing state charges. He's trying anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The president can't pardon cronies facing state charges. He's trying anyway.
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️
One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
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U.S. President Donald Trump says that his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted. Those claims have been widely rejected.
https://to.pbs.org/4nPnWEf
https://to.pbs.org/4nPnWEf
How Trump's support for white South Africans led to a U.S. boycott of the G20 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump says his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump says that his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted. Those claims have been widely rejected.
https://to.pbs.org/4nPnWEf
https://to.pbs.org/4nPnWEf
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WIN: A Wisconsin judge vacates his previous order requiring mass citizenship checks for voter registration, after both parties agreed to its withdrawal. The ruling means there will not be a new citizenship verification requirement ahead of the 2026 elections.
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
WIN: A Wisconsin judge vacates his previous order requiring mass citizenship checks for voter registration, after both parties agreed to its withdrawal. The ruling means there will not be a new citizenship verification requirement ahead of the 2026 elections.
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In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, a pair of Democratic senators said the DOJ’s efforts to seize voter data from states “appear to be driven by blind allegiance to the President’s unlawful” sweeping anti-voting order and pose serious privacy risks.
https://bit.ly/3WKpqVf
https://bit.ly/3WKpqVf
DOJ Efforts to Seize Voter Data ‘Pose Serious Risks’ to Privacy and National Security, Senators Warn
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, a pair of Democratic senators said the DOJ’s efforts to seize voter data from states “appear to be driven by blind allegiance to the President’s unlawful” sweeping anti-voting order and pose serious privacy risks.
https://bit.ly/3WKpqVf
https://bit.ly/3WKpqVf
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Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
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Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM