Kiki Kaschock
@kikikasch.bsky.social
Poet and novelist. I contradict myself, but am possibly hollow as a chocolate bunny. Or maybe I'm just late. So much time, so little to count on.
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Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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there aren't any words for how much I hate the people doing this. I wish every harm upon them, it is right and just to pray for such harm
April 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
there aren't any words for how much I hate the people doing this. I wish every harm upon them, it is right and just to pray for such harm
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Things Democratic Senators could do that would be useful:
- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored
- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored
- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored
- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored
- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
April 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Things Democratic Senators could do that would be useful:
- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored
- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored
- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored
- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored
- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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@booker.senate.gov is STILL speaking 17+ hours in! We are SO proud of you!
#CoryBooker #RESIST #SenatorBooker #StandUp #SpeakOut #RESIST #DoSomething #Obstruct #Disrupt #IDA-CO #Indivisible #Resistor #SenCoryBooker #Filibuster #ImpeachTrump #DeportMusk
#CoryBooker #RESIST #SenatorBooker #StandUp #SpeakOut #RESIST #DoSomething #Obstruct #Disrupt #IDA-CO #Indivisible #Resistor #SenCoryBooker #Filibuster #ImpeachTrump #DeportMusk
April 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@booker.senate.gov is STILL speaking 17+ hours in! We are SO proud of you!
#CoryBooker #RESIST #SenatorBooker #StandUp #SpeakOut #RESIST #DoSomething #Obstruct #Disrupt #IDA-CO #Indivisible #Resistor #SenCoryBooker #Filibuster #ImpeachTrump #DeportMusk
#CoryBooker #RESIST #SenatorBooker #StandUp #SpeakOut #RESIST #DoSomething #Obstruct #Disrupt #IDA-CO #Indivisible #Resistor #SenCoryBooker #Filibuster #ImpeachTrump #DeportMusk
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Tens of thousands of employees across the federal government have left their jobs, been put on leave or been fired as a part of the government-gutting initiative of the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk. We confirmed the number of cuts here. nyti.ms/4lckQdp
April 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Tens of thousands of employees across the federal government have left their jobs, been put on leave or been fired as a part of the government-gutting initiative of the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk. We confirmed the number of cuts here. nyti.ms/4lckQdp
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Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
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Same with Trump. Neither of these "wealthy" "men" have contributed anything of substance towards the common good. They take but they do not give.
There’s no Musk Library
There’s no Musk Hospital
There’s no Musk University
There’s no Musk Art Museum
There’s no Musk Concert Hall
There’s no Musk Cancer Center
There’s a Musk Foundation — and it’s in trouble with the IRS because it almost never donates any funds
There’s no Musk Hospital
There’s no Musk University
There’s no Musk Art Museum
There’s no Musk Concert Hall
There’s no Musk Cancer Center
There’s a Musk Foundation — and it’s in trouble with the IRS because it almost never donates any funds
March 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Same with Trump. Neither of these "wealthy" "men" have contributed anything of substance towards the common good. They take but they do not give.
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I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
February 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
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I bet some of us could do a pretty kick ass lecture on modern propaganda methods
February 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I bet some of us could do a pretty kick ass lecture on modern propaganda methods
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Democracy, itself, is the inefficiency that DOGE intends to shut down.
They're dismantling institutions one-by-one, to replace it with AI and tech autocracy.
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
They're dismantling institutions one-by-one, to replace it with AI and tech autocracy.
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
February 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Democracy, itself, is the inefficiency that DOGE intends to shut down.
They're dismantling institutions one-by-one, to replace it with AI and tech autocracy.
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
They're dismantling institutions one-by-one, to replace it with AI and tech autocracy.
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled that President Donald Trump's administration must immediately restore public health webpages that were abruptly deleted after the new president took office.
www.rawstory.com/trump-public...
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled that President Donald Trump's administration must immediately restore public health webpages that were abruptly deleted after the new president took office.
www.rawstory.com/trump-public...
Judge orders Trump to reinstate websites abruptly scrubbed after he took office
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled that President Donald Trump's administration must immediately restore public health webpages that were abruptly deleted after the new president took office.In a...
www.rawstory.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled that President Donald Trump's administration must immediately restore public health webpages that were abruptly deleted after the new president took office.
www.rawstory.com/trump-public...
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled that President Donald Trump's administration must immediately restore public health webpages that were abruptly deleted after the new president took office.
www.rawstory.com/trump-public...
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The biggest problem—and Elonald's greatest advantage—is that almost no one knows this Constitutional Coup is happening now, let alone how illegal it is. That alone won't change anything, but it is the first step to taking this on.
Musk got to coup Twitter. He doesn't get to coup America.
The press is treating a 14-alarm fire like a controlled burn, and Democrats must change that.
If you’re reading this, you probably know that Elon Musk is now engaged in a coup inside the US governmen...
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February 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The biggest problem—and Elonald's greatest advantage—is that almost no one knows this Constitutional Coup is happening now, let alone how illegal it is. That alone won't change anything, but it is the first step to taking this on.
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The President of Colombia Gustavo Petro has branded Trump a fascist in a TV interview: “This attitude of criminalizing population groups for profit is exactly what Hitler did with regard to the Jews.”
Need more of this de-normalisation as the US media isn’t doing it.
Need more of this de-normalisation as the US media isn’t doing it.
February 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The President of Colombia Gustavo Petro has branded Trump a fascist in a TV interview: “This attitude of criminalizing population groups for profit is exactly what Hitler did with regard to the Jews.”
Need more of this de-normalisation as the US media isn’t doing it.
Need more of this de-normalisation as the US media isn’t doing it.
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I think it's so important that everyone knows that Web Archive web.archive.org backs up and mirrors many US government websites.
Wayback MachineHamburger iconInternet Archive logoWeb iconTexts iconVideo iconAudio iconSoftware iconImages iconDonate iconEllipses iconDonate iconUser iconUpload iconSearch iconSearch iconSearch icon...
web.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I think it's so important that everyone knows that Web Archive web.archive.org backs up and mirrors many US government websites.
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SOS researchers: download what you can from publicly available health datasets now.
January 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
SOS researchers: download what you can from publicly available health datasets now.
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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Control of the entire federal purse is being stolen in the middle of the night by a Nazi. There has never been anything like this.
this is theft on an unimaginable scale
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Control of the entire federal purse is being stolen in the middle of the night by a Nazi. There has never been anything like this.
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Democrats need to learn how to treat real scandals with the same intensity and seriousness that Republicans use on bullshit like Hillary's emails and Hunter's laptop. Non-stop circus. Run shifts outside treasury, someone there 24/7. Make them prove they're not breaking the law.
Warren is the ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee. Wyden is the same on the Senate Finance Committee. They need to go to the Treasury building with crews from CNN and NBC and demand to be let in. As soon as they're not, hold a press conference right there and explain what DOGE is doing.
February 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Democrats need to learn how to treat real scandals with the same intensity and seriousness that Republicans use on bullshit like Hillary's emails and Hunter's laptop. Non-stop circus. Run shifts outside treasury, someone there 24/7. Make them prove they're not breaking the law.
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National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible
This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...
www.mobilize.us
February 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...