katie walsh
@khwalsh.bsky.social
I refuse to die until things are better and that is a threat. • technically both a journalist and a teacher • she/they 🏳️🌈🩼
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senator schumer, do trans people not count as americans? this is ripping healthcare away from americans RIGHT NOW. it is not a distraction.
fix your heart.
fix your heart.
June 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
senator schumer, do trans people not count as americans? this is ripping healthcare away from americans RIGHT NOW. it is not a distraction.
fix your heart.
fix your heart.
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It's not a distraction FROM removing healthcare, it's a genocidal policy that ALSO lays the groundwork for broader healthcare restrictions.
The eradication of trans people is a goal in and of itself, and it is also part of a broader effort to shrink what (& who) is acceptable in society.
The eradication of trans people is a goal in and of itself, and it is also part of a broader effort to shrink what (& who) is acceptable in society.
June 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's not a distraction FROM removing healthcare, it's a genocidal policy that ALSO lays the groundwork for broader healthcare restrictions.
The eradication of trans people is a goal in and of itself, and it is also part of a broader effort to shrink what (& who) is acceptable in society.
The eradication of trans people is a goal in and of itself, and it is also part of a broader effort to shrink what (& who) is acceptable in society.
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I wrote an article adapting some of my archival research on trans care for Teen Vogue! With the US v. Skrmetti decision coming out today, the publication of this piece hits a lot harder than I expected. Trans youth: you deserve so much better.
new @teenvogue.com in our Overlooked History series:
in 1995 Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin bought a house together in Park Slope, inspired by the 1970s S.T.A.R. House.
Transy House became a shelter for trans people for 13 years. Sylvia Rivera lived there at the time of her death in 2002.
in 1995 Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin bought a house together in Park Slope, inspired by the 1970s S.T.A.R. House.
Transy House became a shelter for trans people for 13 years. Sylvia Rivera lived there at the time of her death in 2002.
This Trans Couple Bought a House in the '90s. It Became a Home for Unhoused Youth
Sylvia Rivera was living in Brooklyn's Transy House when she died in 2002.
www.teenvogue.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I wrote an article adapting some of my archival research on trans care for Teen Vogue! With the US v. Skrmetti decision coming out today, the publication of this piece hits a lot harder than I expected. Trans youth: you deserve so much better.
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Not all “Hands Off” events were in-person. I attended two virtual events centering chronically ill and disabled people for @motherjones.com, who are terrified about attacks to Medicaid, Section 504, research funding, education and more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For some disabled protestors, “Hands Off” went virtual
"We know we have to teach everyone how to include us."
www.motherjones.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Not all “Hands Off” events were in-person. I attended two virtual events centering chronically ill and disabled people for @motherjones.com, who are terrified about attacks to Medicaid, Section 504, research funding, education and more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Please blur faces and use alt text! Signal has a built-in face blurring tool.
Anyone and everyone out protesting today, please share photos of your activism wherever you are in this🧵 please! Resistance 2.0 is much more distributed than last time around, so sharing images from across the US will be invaluable for showing the strength and density of the movement!
April 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Please blur faces and use alt text! Signal has a built-in face blurring tool.
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Some self-proclaimed champions of campus speech have called out the Trump administration for disappearing students who express unfavored opinions.
But few have matched the volume and urgency they used for cancel culture anecdotes, let alone exceeded it as these much worse speech violations deserve.
But few have matched the volume and urgency they used for cancel culture anecdotes, let alone exceeded it as these much worse speech violations deserve.
I wrote something about the secret police kidnapping and disappearing students over their op-eds, and wondering what happened to all those people screaming about the "free speech crisis on campus."
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/t...
Trump’s Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds
For years, we’ve been hearing breathless warnings about a “campus free speech crisis” from self-proclaimed free speech warriors. Their evidence? College students doing what colleg…
www.techdirt.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some self-proclaimed champions of campus speech have called out the Trump administration for disappearing students who express unfavored opinions.
But few have matched the volume and urgency they used for cancel culture anecdotes, let alone exceeded it as these much worse speech violations deserve.
But few have matched the volume and urgency they used for cancel culture anecdotes, let alone exceeded it as these much worse speech violations deserve.
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3 Kentucky teenagers paid $1500 to get their dad released after he was arrested for a failure to appear in court charge received after a minor traffic violation. Only after paying were they told that "he’s on an ICE hold." "Walker said that on top of a lack of finances, they’re running out of time."
Ky. teens struggle to make ends meet as dad faces deportation
19-year-old Kadence Walker, 18-year-old Brendy Garcia, and 17-year-old Isaiah Garcia face being completely on their own after their dad, Adrian Garcia-Zaragoza was detained by U.S. Immigration and Cus...
www.wkyt.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
3 Kentucky teenagers paid $1500 to get their dad released after he was arrested for a failure to appear in court charge received after a minor traffic violation. Only after paying were they told that "he’s on an ICE hold." "Walker said that on top of a lack of finances, they’re running out of time."
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this is a Fulbright Scholar, invited to this country to help improve intercultural relations and understanding, instead abducted off the streets by unidentified agents. this is a nightmare.
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
this is a Fulbright Scholar, invited to this country to help improve intercultural relations and understanding, instead abducted off the streets by unidentified agents. this is a nightmare.
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Wow. Judge Howell is worried that if she orders DOGE to leave the USIP building it could turn into an “armed standoff” over unwillingness to vacate, and points out law enforcement has shown willingness to help DOGE. Asks if we’ll need foreign mediators to come in.
March 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Wow. Judge Howell is worried that if she orders DOGE to leave the USIP building it could turn into an “armed standoff” over unwillingness to vacate, and points out law enforcement has shown willingness to help DOGE. Asks if we’ll need foreign mediators to come in.
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Someone is going to need to be the first judge to try to put these folks in jail, and it does not seem like anyone is eager to be first.
Judge Howell asks for schedule for expedited briefing by 2pm Thursday. Hearing adjourned. Jesus christ.
March 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Someone is going to need to be the first judge to try to put these folks in jail, and it does not seem like anyone is eager to be first.
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there's no guarantee that i will have a job lined up when i move; especially considering how chaotic the job market is. i need help, which is why i'm trying to raise enough money for me to live off of for a few months while i try to find work
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nat-e...
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Donate to Help Nat Escape Texas for a Better Future in Chicago, organized by Nat R
My name is Nat, and I'm a 22 year old transfem who has spent my entire life… Nat R needs your support for Help Nat Escape Texas for a Better Future in Chicago
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March 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
there's no guarantee that i will have a job lined up when i move; especially considering how chaotic the job market is. i need help, which is why i'm trying to raise enough money for me to live off of for a few months while i try to find work
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nat-e...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nat-e...
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Hi all! It's a terrible day! Amongst terrible days, I suppose.
Just a heads up that if you're a person who can get pregnant, this is a good time to consider getting a solid contraception plan if needed. Did you know you can also get abortion pills in advance?
Just a heads up that if you're a person who can get pregnant, this is a good time to consider getting a solid contraception plan if needed. Did you know you can also get abortion pills in advance?
Plan C | Get Pills in Advance
Learn how to get abortion pills by mail in advance, to have on hand just in case.
www.plancpills.org
March 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hi all! It's a terrible day! Amongst terrible days, I suppose.
Just a heads up that if you're a person who can get pregnant, this is a good time to consider getting a solid contraception plan if needed. Did you know you can also get abortion pills in advance?
Just a heads up that if you're a person who can get pregnant, this is a good time to consider getting a solid contraception plan if needed. Did you know you can also get abortion pills in advance?
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i can’t say exactly what kind of world we should be building, but it’s def one where people take responsibility for each others well-being directly instead of calling representatives every 2 weeks and begging them to vote “No” on the Maim & Kill Everyone Act of 2037
March 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
i can’t say exactly what kind of world we should be building, but it’s def one where people take responsibility for each others well-being directly instead of calling representatives every 2 weeks and begging them to vote “No” on the Maim & Kill Everyone Act of 2037
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when more and more people are asking "yeah but can fascism *really* happen here?" that feels like a sign it already has.
When asked if the Administration will comply with court orders on fired federal workers, WH Press Secretary Leavitt says the orders are unconstitutional: You cannot have a low level district court judge filing an injunction to usurp the executive authority of the President…
March 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
when more and more people are asking "yeah but can fascism *really* happen here?" that feels like a sign it already has.
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I want to push back on some discourse I've been seeing suggesting that universities cannot use endowment funds to make up gaps in research funding. For example, at Columbia, about one-third of our $15b endowment was unrestricted as of June 2024. Be careful not to preemptively justify austerity
Against Austerity: Why we must fight against Columbia cutting Ph.D. cohorts based on lies
The Student Workers of Columbia union recently learned that Columbia administrators quietly told faculty in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to cut incoming Ph.D. cohorts by up to 65 percent. ...
www.columbiaspectator.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I want to push back on some discourse I've been seeing suggesting that universities cannot use endowment funds to make up gaps in research funding. For example, at Columbia, about one-third of our $15b endowment was unrestricted as of June 2024. Be careful not to preemptively justify austerity
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Been doing reporting on a group of student workers organizing & pivoting strategies in response to the Trump admin—it's happening on a unique campus that adds layers of implications to student workers fighting for better conditions. If any editors are interested, I'd love to send you the pitch!
March 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Been doing reporting on a group of student workers organizing & pivoting strategies in response to the Trump admin—it's happening on a unique campus that adds layers of implications to student workers fighting for better conditions. If any editors are interested, I'd love to send you the pitch!
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
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There’s no reason to have a Democratic Party if it won’t go to the mat to save the Department of Education. It’s a fundamental belief that children in America deserve better futures. It’s tremendously simple. You cannot continue funding a government that would close this.
The Department of Education will begin sweeping layoffs tonight with about half of its 4,400 employees expected to be let go, sources tell CNN.
Read more: cnn.it/41IhB4h
Read more: cnn.it/41IhB4h
March 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There’s no reason to have a Democratic Party if it won’t go to the mat to save the Department of Education. It’s a fundamental belief that children in America deserve better futures. It’s tremendously simple. You cannot continue funding a government that would close this.
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Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
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This is much more worrisome than the attack on Columbia because public universities, especially in poor states, do not have an endowment to help keep the institution running.
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is much more worrisome than the attack on Columbia because public universities, especially in poor states, do not have an endowment to help keep the institution running.
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March 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Department of Education employees received an email (reviewed by me) a little while ago letting them know all dept. buildings will be closed tomorrow.
It’s unclear if it’s related to the DeTrans event, or possibly the release of the rumored executive order seeking to abolish the department.
It’s unclear if it’s related to the DeTrans event, or possibly the release of the rumored executive order seeking to abolish the department.
SCOOP: The US Dept. of Education and GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw will each recognize "DeTrans Awareness Day" tomorrow with events featuring anti-trans activists.
In lieu of a press release, I’m told the Dept. event will be covered exclusively by a reporter from The Federalist.
In lieu of a press release, I’m told the Dept. event will be covered exclusively by a reporter from The Federalist.
GOP will observe “DeTrans Awareness Day” with multiple events Wednesday
Rep. Dan Crenshaw and the Dept. of Education are leading the charge.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Department of Education employees received an email (reviewed by me) a little while ago letting them know all dept. buildings will be closed tomorrow.
It’s unclear if it’s related to the DeTrans event, or possibly the release of the rumored executive order seeking to abolish the department.
It’s unclear if it’s related to the DeTrans event, or possibly the release of the rumored executive order seeking to abolish the department.