Katie (she/her)
@smolkatie.bsky.social
Childless cat lady (to two angels over the rainbow bridge) | swiftie | Concert lover | ISTJ | Kpop multi-stan | 💙 | Recent FSU law grad
Newsflash: America has no king. The most un-American thing is to think America has a king.
February 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Newsflash: America has no king. The most un-American thing is to think America has a king.
DEI hire of the century leading us yet wants to end DEI. Hun. You and majority of your administration are beneficiaries of DEI hiring initiatives. (We love reb in this household❤️)
January 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
DEI hire of the century leading us yet wants to end DEI. Hun. You and majority of your administration are beneficiaries of DEI hiring initiatives. (We love reb in this household❤️)
Tell me you don’t know what DEI stands for and actually does without telling me you don’t know what DEI stands for and actually does. Vance and Hegseth you go first…🤦🏻♀️
J.D. Vance uses DEI to cover for a potentially white male pilot being at fault: "When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means, on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there."
Hesgeth and Vance use the Washington D.C. airliner-helicopter crash to make anti-diversity, equity and inclusion points, suggesting it was to blame for the collision.
The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
January 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tell me you don’t know what DEI stands for and actually does without telling me you don’t know what DEI stands for and actually does. Vance and Hegseth you go first…🤦🏻♀️
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The President is asking rhetorical questions about what federal government aircraft was doing, as if there's someone else who is supposed to have the answer. This is his responsibility. If he doesn't even know the answers, it's because he and his unqualified appointees are incompetent.
“Commander in Chief” jumps to throw military crew under the bus before any details are known. Coward.
We no longer have a leader in the White House but a conman who’s #1 goal is always to dodge responsibility.
Next time a R or D says “respect the office” remind them the President himself doesn’t.
We no longer have a leader in the White House but a conman who’s #1 goal is always to dodge responsibility.
Next time a R or D says “respect the office” remind them the President himself doesn’t.
January 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The President is asking rhetorical questions about what federal government aircraft was doing, as if there's someone else who is supposed to have the answer. This is his responsibility. If he doesn't even know the answers, it's because he and his unqualified appointees are incompetent.
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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It's not "politicizing a tragedy" to point out the top levels of the federal government aren't functional—the three key leaders here are drunk rapist TV show host at DoD, reality TV star at DoT, and nobody at FAA—and they're doing squat except spreading the same dysfunction down the ladder.
REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's not "politicizing a tragedy" to point out the top levels of the federal government aren't functional—the three key leaders here are drunk rapist TV show host at DoD, reality TV star at DoT, and nobody at FAA—and they're doing squat except spreading the same dysfunction down the ladder.
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Buttigieg’s response to Trump vis Twitter, on multiple levels:
January 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Buttigieg’s response to Trump vis Twitter, on multiple levels:
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Army Blackhawk helicopters are crashing into passenger planes at DCA while the Secretary of Defense is on Fox News ranting about DEI
January 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Army Blackhawk helicopters are crashing into passenger planes at DCA while the Secretary of Defense is on Fox News ranting about DEI
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No one gave us our identities and no one can take them away. www.teenvogue.com/story/dear-t...
Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist
Activist and journalist Raquel Willis offers crucial advice to trans and non-binary youth.
www.teenvogue.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No one gave us our identities and no one can take them away. www.teenvogue.com/story/dear-t...
I found a couple of whiskers from my cat I put down over a year ago and now I’m sad but also have a new prized possession. Cat picture to cleanse the feed and show the world my handsome boy
January 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I found a couple of whiskers from my cat I put down over a year ago and now I’m sad but also have a new prized possession. Cat picture to cleanse the feed and show the world my handsome boy
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"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
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ALT: a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
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January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
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Resources, but also who to follow, what to read, and what to watch to keep hope www.teenvogue.com/story/how-tr...
Trans Kids, Here's What You Need to Get Through the Trump Administration
From navigating anti-trans laws to protecting your joy.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Resources, but also who to follow, what to read, and what to watch to keep hope www.teenvogue.com/story/how-tr...
How’s that “America First” thing going for ya??
Took a beat to unpack a very big decision by Trump: to pull us out of the World Health Organization again.
Losing U.S. donations could blow a major hole in WHO operations, reshaping global health — and position China to further emerge as global leader as Trump retreats.
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Losing U.S. donations could blow a major hole in WHO operations, reshaping global health — and position China to further emerge as global leader as Trump retreats.
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Trump’s anger toward World Health Organization may reshape global health, politics
Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How’s that “America First” thing going for ya??
Imagine rawdogging sleep. Like. Just laying down in bed on your pillow and drifting off. Not needing a sound machine, lavender diffuser, the tv on a repeat show or movie, and melatonin and sometimes Benadryl. Seems fake if you ask me.
January 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Imagine rawdogging sleep. Like. Just laying down in bed on your pillow and drifting off. Not needing a sound machine, lavender diffuser, the tv on a repeat show or movie, and melatonin and sometimes Benadryl. Seems fake if you ask me.
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1. Per settled con law doctrine, state officials can’t be commandeered into enforcing federal law.
2. Noted liberal squish Antonin Scalia wrote one of the two major opinions setting out the commandeering doctrine.
3. The memo doesn’t mention this, because apparently federalism is for losers now.
NEW: Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove directed Justice Department attorneys to investigate and potentially prosecute local officials who refuse to enforce President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda.
Read the internal DOJ memo:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/just...
Read the internal DOJ memo:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/just...
Justice Dept Memo Calls for Investigations of State and Local Officials
The new policy directs department attorneys to investigate and potentially prosecute those officials who refuse to enforce Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement policies.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
1. Per settled con law doctrine, state officials can’t be commandeered into enforcing federal law.
2. Noted liberal squish Antonin Scalia wrote one of the two major opinions setting out the commandeering doctrine.
3. The memo doesn’t mention this, because apparently federalism is for losers now.
How. Tf. Is ANYONE okay with this??? If you are then get away from me.
President Trump on Wednesday revoked a 60-year-old executive order banning discrimination in hiring practices in the federal government, his latest action aimed at gutting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. nyti.ms/4hrnXeJ
January 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
How. Tf. Is ANYONE okay with this??? If you are then get away from me.
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So the Dems are aligned in using the Hegspeth allegations to oppose him. Dumb.
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.
And this is what the Dems focus on ?
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.
And this is what the Dems focus on ?
January 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So the Dems are aligned in using the Hegspeth allegations to oppose him. Dumb.
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.
And this is what the Dems focus on ?
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.
And this is what the Dems focus on ?
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So many have not learned them at all.
January 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So many have not learned them at all.
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The entire MAGA Playbook is to provoke a reaction and then claim the victims or too sensitive (snowflakes) or it was a joke. Rather than be outraged, don’t take the bait and simply laugh in their faces for being the stupid little bullies that they are. They can’t lead. They can only oppose.
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The entire MAGA Playbook is to provoke a reaction and then claim the victims or too sensitive (snowflakes) or it was a joke. Rather than be outraged, don’t take the bait and simply laugh in their faces for being the stupid little bullies that they are. They can’t lead. They can only oppose.
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Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
How does it keep. Getting. WORSE?!
Trump’s White House just withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization. This shameful embrace of science denial puts the entire world at greater risk of climate catastrophe and deadly pandemics.
January 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
How does it keep. Getting. WORSE?!