A. Catherine Conner
@kittyconner.bsky.social
Indianapolis | Suburban Chicago
Midwest is best. I'm sure your hometown is super nice though.
Swimming Pools
& Ginger Ale
& Novels
Midwest is best. I'm sure your hometown is super nice though.
Swimming Pools
& Ginger Ale
& Novels
Reposted by A. Catherine Conner
Americans have learned a lot in the past decade. One of the most boring but consequential:
Bureaucracy shouldn't be this easily dismantled. Entire systems are being erased. Decades of work and data.
Nobody knows what happens when the destruction stops -- but it should not happen again.
Bureaucracy shouldn't be this easily dismantled. Entire systems are being erased. Decades of work and data.
Nobody knows what happens when the destruction stops -- but it should not happen again.
America is being remade in the image of a racist pedophile con man.
The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data collection and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities bit.ly/3Y4QGP2
December 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Americans have learned a lot in the past decade. One of the most boring but consequential:
Bureaucracy shouldn't be this easily dismantled. Entire systems are being erased. Decades of work and data.
Nobody knows what happens when the destruction stops -- but it should not happen again.
Bureaucracy shouldn't be this easily dismantled. Entire systems are being erased. Decades of work and data.
Nobody knows what happens when the destruction stops -- but it should not happen again.
AKA The Year of the Title: Featuring Semicolon
Could go either way. Though if other notable mentions in the top 10 have bearing? Yep, fucked.
Could go either way. Though if other notable mentions in the top 10 have bearing? Yep, fucked.
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
AKA The Year of the Title: Featuring Semicolon
Could go either way. Though if other notable mentions in the top 10 have bearing? Yep, fucked.
Could go either way. Though if other notable mentions in the top 10 have bearing? Yep, fucked.
WTF, I think I'm agreeing with Thomas Massie again. Twice in one week! Am I okay? Is the nation okay? [No]
Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
December 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
WTF, I think I'm agreeing with Thomas Massie again. Twice in one week! Am I okay? Is the nation okay? [No]
Chuck Schumer is so bad at his job.
December 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Chuck Schumer is so bad at his job.
This is NOT the NYT's scoop or reporting. This link is to the article ABOUT the article.
The actual work--the series of interviews, cultivation of the subject, the written words--came from Vanity Fair! Specifically Chris Whipple.
If everyone can stop throwing Baker and NYT the quick credits?!
The actual work--the series of interviews, cultivation of the subject, the written words--came from Vanity Fair! Specifically Chris Whipple.
If everyone can stop throwing Baker and NYT the quick credits?!
There’s a lot of evidence in this Susie Wiles interview that she knows she’s been the handmaiden for some awful, possibly criminal, policies, and she’s trying to assemble her own defense in advance of any future investigations.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
1/
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is NOT the NYT's scoop or reporting. This link is to the article ABOUT the article.
The actual work--the series of interviews, cultivation of the subject, the written words--came from Vanity Fair! Specifically Chris Whipple.
If everyone can stop throwing Baker and NYT the quick credits?!
The actual work--the series of interviews, cultivation of the subject, the written words--came from Vanity Fair! Specifically Chris Whipple.
If everyone can stop throwing Baker and NYT the quick credits?!
This is NOT the NYT's scoop or reporting. This link is to the article ABOUT the article.
The actual work--the series of interviews, cultivation of the subject, the written words--came from Vanity Fair! Specifically Chris Whipple.
If everyone can stop throwing Baker and the NYT clicks and views?!
The actual work--the series of interviews, cultivation of the subject, the written words--came from Vanity Fair! Specifically Chris Whipple.
If everyone can stop throwing Baker and the NYT clicks and views?!
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is NOT the NYT's scoop or reporting. This link is to the article ABOUT the article.
The actual work--the series of interviews, cultivation of the subject, the written words--came from Vanity Fair! Specifically Chris Whipple.
If everyone can stop throwing Baker and the NYT clicks and views?!
The actual work--the series of interviews, cultivation of the subject, the written words--came from Vanity Fair! Specifically Chris Whipple.
If everyone can stop throwing Baker and the NYT clicks and views?!
No.
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
No.
We all gonna keep skeeting this shared Muppet Knives Out fever dream directly at @rianjohnson.bsky.social or nah?
The only way to restore the Knives Out franchise to its comedy equilibrium is muppets.
Wake Up Dead Man is more like one of Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot films than the previous Knives Out movies. It's perfectly fine as a straight murder mystery. But I miss the humor of the first two in the series.
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We all gonna keep skeeting this shared Muppet Knives Out fever dream directly at @rianjohnson.bsky.social or nah?
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Here's a draft I made! My 7 year old helped my with some suggestions of things she likes to do at the library. And I made a custom one for myself of things I want to do next year at the library.
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Here's a draft I made! My 7 year old helped my with some suggestions of things she likes to do at the library. And I made a custom one for myself of things I want to do next year at the library.
Reposted by A. Catherine Conner
Every elected Dem should do this. Absolute #FloodTheZone with mockery of Trump. The more folks do it, the more ludicrously it oh-so-rightly appears to be.
Governor Gavin Newsom's press office expertly trolling the bullshit "prizes" being given to President Piggy.
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Every elected Dem should do this. Absolute #FloodTheZone with mockery of Trump. The more folks do it, the more ludicrously it oh-so-rightly appears to be.
Ah yes, and here we observe the next phase in the Lifecycle of The FKA Mommyblogger: inevitable backlash.
As an enjoyer of schadenfreude, I was waiting for this moment!
We have moved on from Perfect Mom to the Mommy Wants Vodka stage.
"Be like me!" to "I'm like you!" in 3 easy backlashes!
As an enjoyer of schadenfreude, I was waiting for this moment!
We have moved on from Perfect Mom to the Mommy Wants Vodka stage.
"Be like me!" to "I'm like you!" in 3 easy backlashes!
Tradwife vs. Tradwife: Even Christians Have Had Enough of Ballerina Farm
A new wave of online personalities are pushing back against the unrealistic ideals pushed by the likes of Hannah Neeleman: “If you are a stay-at-home mom who makes the sourdough and only homeschools, ...
www.vanityfair.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ah yes, and here we observe the next phase in the Lifecycle of The FKA Mommyblogger: inevitable backlash.
As an enjoyer of schadenfreude, I was waiting for this moment!
We have moved on from Perfect Mom to the Mommy Wants Vodka stage.
"Be like me!" to "I'm like you!" in 3 easy backlashes!
As an enjoyer of schadenfreude, I was waiting for this moment!
We have moved on from Perfect Mom to the Mommy Wants Vodka stage.
"Be like me!" to "I'm like you!" in 3 easy backlashes!
Reposted by A. Catherine Conner
bill kristol is scoring off of the democratic house minority leader from the left. and he's right.
I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
bill kristol is scoring off of the democratic house minority leader from the left. and he's right.
Confidential to this lady baccalaureate:
Why TF did you pay for 4 years of education, in cash and in your precious precious time, only to end up with this prematurely balding man, who had the gall to write in a major online publication that he MOVED you like some budget ass furniture.
Why TF did you pay for 4 years of education, in cash and in your precious precious time, only to end up with this prematurely balding man, who had the gall to write in a major online publication that he MOVED you like some budget ass furniture.
I moved my family to a tiny Wyoming town for 2 years to save money. Despite the drawbacks, our brief sacrifice paid off.
Our short-term sacrifice of living in a small, rural town far from family in Wyoming for two years helped us save enough to buy land in Washington.
www.businessinsider.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Confidential to this lady baccalaureate:
Why TF did you pay for 4 years of education, in cash and in your precious precious time, only to end up with this prematurely balding man, who had the gall to write in a major online publication that he MOVED you like some budget ass furniture.
Why TF did you pay for 4 years of education, in cash and in your precious precious time, only to end up with this prematurely balding man, who had the gall to write in a major online publication that he MOVED you like some budget ass furniture.
Actual poor people respond - "Excuse me?! Campbell's is for rich people and maybe when there's a sale. In this house, we're lucky to buy generic cream of mushroom. Asshole."
ground.news/article/whoa...
ground.news/article/whoa...
Campbell’s IT chief on leave after lawsuit claims he said company’s food is for ‘poor people’
Campbell’s condemned the alleged behavior while also defending its products after a lawsuit was filed by a former employee from Michigan.
ground.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Actual poor people respond - "Excuse me?! Campbell's is for rich people and maybe when there's a sale. In this house, we're lucky to buy generic cream of mushroom. Asshole."
ground.news/article/whoa...
ground.news/article/whoa...
Reposted by A. Catherine Conner
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Legacy media that did not immediately comb their OWN extensive archives? On this matter and any other? Committing serious journalistic malpractice. Especially when one party involved is DECEASED and has no new activity to investigate and get lost in.
It's ALL ARCHIVAL at this point, wtf
It's ALL ARCHIVAL at this point, wtf
Did the network “discover” it? Or did it have access to this archive ever since Trump came down the golden escalator and only now looked at it?
![Screenshot from CNN
[CNN exclusive]
CNN's KFile discovers video of Trump and Epstein at 1999 Victoria's ...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreieqxj3s2d2pe6za37fjep2vghyjxsrujix4auzk5it7njpgxmckxe@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Legacy media that did not immediately comb their OWN extensive archives? On this matter and any other? Committing serious journalistic malpractice. Especially when one party involved is DECEASED and has no new activity to investigate and get lost in.
It's ALL ARCHIVAL at this point, wtf
It's ALL ARCHIVAL at this point, wtf
Reposted by A. Catherine Conner
How stupid would you have to be to accept Trump's new position that he wants the House to vote for releasing the Epstein files but he still isn't releasing the Epstein files, which he could do without a vote?
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
How stupid would you have to be to accept Trump's new position that he wants the House to vote for releasing the Epstein files but he still isn't releasing the Epstein files, which he could do without a vote?
Reposted by A. Catherine Conner
brian stelter thinks that there are legitimate journalists at fox news and as a media reporter thats the biggest lie you could tell
Stelter is claiming that Ingraham is a real journalist.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
brian stelter thinks that there are legitimate journalists at fox news and as a media reporter thats the biggest lie you could tell
Reposted by A. Catherine Conner
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
@durbin.senate.gov
These are the folks to whom you + 7 others capitulated.
And for what? The slim hope Mr. Thune keeps a promise?
All of the sacrifices Americans made in the past few weeks were tendered for .... a GOP promise to allow a vote on some subsidies in December?
You've been swindled
These are the folks to whom you + 7 others capitulated.
And for what? The slim hope Mr. Thune keeps a promise?
All of the sacrifices Americans made in the past few weeks were tendered for .... a GOP promise to allow a vote on some subsidies in December?
You've been swindled
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@durbin.senate.gov
These are the folks to whom you + 7 others capitulated.
And for what? The slim hope Mr. Thune keeps a promise?
All of the sacrifices Americans made in the past few weeks were tendered for .... a GOP promise to allow a vote on some subsidies in December?
You've been swindled
These are the folks to whom you + 7 others capitulated.
And for what? The slim hope Mr. Thune keeps a promise?
All of the sacrifices Americans made in the past few weeks were tendered for .... a GOP promise to allow a vote on some subsidies in December?
You've been swindled
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telling someone who’s health insurance premiums are going up 2000% that the republicans are now on record opposing healthcare and they promised to vote on it later so it’s really for the best that the senator won’t be moderately inconvenienced flying home in two weeks
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
telling someone who’s health insurance premiums are going up 2000% that the republicans are now on record opposing healthcare and they promised to vote on it later so it’s really for the best that the senator won’t be moderately inconvenienced flying home in two weeks