Katie Yo
@starrlyte13.bsky.social
Empty nester, dog mom, cat mom, political junkie, book lover, eternal student, GenX
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
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December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
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NEW: Comey has filed his motion to dismiss based on the unlawful appointment of Lindsay Halligan. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
NEW: Comey has filed his motion to dismiss based on the unlawful appointment of Lindsay Halligan. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Marco Rubio sold out people cooperating AGAINST the gang that Trump claims to be trying to defeat in order to gain access to Nayib Bukele's concentration camp.
Yeah, we know they suck. But this is just stunning.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Yeah, we know they suck. But this is just stunning.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Marco Rubio sold out people cooperating AGAINST the gang that Trump claims to be trying to defeat in order to gain access to Nayib Bukele's concentration camp.
Yeah, we know they suck. But this is just stunning.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Yeah, we know they suck. But this is just stunning.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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RE: Dutch spooks deciding they're less willing to share w/the US: Remember that the docs from SVR that were the focus of the (now declassified) Durham annex and HPSCI reports were from the Dutch. Basically Tulsi burned all that to smithereens for partisan gain.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
RE: Dutch spooks deciding they're less willing to share w/the US: Remember that the docs from SVR that were the focus of the (now declassified) Durham annex and HPSCI reports were from the Dutch. Basically Tulsi burned all that to smithereens for partisan gain.
nltimes.nl/2025/10/18/d...
nltimes.nl/2025/10/18/d...
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On top of detaining U.S. citizens, ICE is now fining legal residents for not carrying their papers.
It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.
It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a
www.chicagotribune.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
On top of detaining U.S. citizens, ICE is now fining legal residents for not carrying their papers.
It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.
It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.
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Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
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This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit.
1) Plaintiff is natural born.
2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants.
3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property.
4) He showed Real ID both times.
1) Plaintiff is natural born.
2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants.
3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property.
4) He showed Real ID both times.
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit.
1) Plaintiff is natural born.
2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants.
3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property.
4) He showed Real ID both times.
1) Plaintiff is natural born.
2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants.
3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property.
4) He showed Real ID both times.
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The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
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I am no Legal Scholar, but this feels like a terrorist threat to an American City
September 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am no Legal Scholar, but this feels like a terrorist threat to an American City
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Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
September 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
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Reupping: How John Durham Buried Evidence He Had Been Doing the Work of Russian Spies ... and then Tulsi Gabbard Buried More
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How John Durham Buried Evidence He Had Been Doing the Work of Russian Spies ... and then Tulsi Gabbard Buried More - emptywheel
There are a lot of pieces of evidence that Durham not only chased a Russian conspiracy theory to frame Hillary Clinton, but did so knowingly. Most telling is the way Durham obscured the timeline showi...
www.emptywheel.net
August 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reupping: How John Durham Buried Evidence He Had Been Doing the Work of Russian Spies ... and then Tulsi Gabbard Buried More
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/09/h...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/09/h...
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Todd Blanche: The sex trafficker said she didn't SEE Trump doing anything bad.
Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
August 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Todd Blanche: The sex trafficker said she didn't SEE Trump doing anything bad.
Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Ruh-roh.
July 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Ruh-roh.
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The extremely simple fact is that Jeff Epstein was the most notorious child sex trafficker in history, and the President of the US was his close personal friend for decades
Acting like this is complicated is absurd. The man knew what Epstein did, didn't care, and participated
Acting like this is complicated is absurd. The man knew what Epstein did, didn't care, and participated
July 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The extremely simple fact is that Jeff Epstein was the most notorious child sex trafficker in history, and the President of the US was his close personal friend for decades
Acting like this is complicated is absurd. The man knew what Epstein did, didn't care, and participated
Acting like this is complicated is absurd. The man knew what Epstein did, didn't care, and participated
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In The Handmaid’s Tale, the Commanders preach purity but sneak off to brothels. It’s not fiction, it’s a mirror.
The most repressed are often the most controlling. If they just let themselves enjoy life, maybe they wouldn’t burn the world trying to punish everyone else for enjoying it.
The most repressed are often the most controlling. If they just let themselves enjoy life, maybe they wouldn’t burn the world trying to punish everyone else for enjoying it.
Oklahoma authorities investigate reports of explicit images on state education chief's TV
Authorities in Oklahoma have opened an investigation after two members of the State Board of Education said they saw images of naked women on a television screen in the office of state School Superint...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In The Handmaid’s Tale, the Commanders preach purity but sneak off to brothels. It’s not fiction, it’s a mirror.
The most repressed are often the most controlling. If they just let themselves enjoy life, maybe they wouldn’t burn the world trying to punish everyone else for enjoying it.
The most repressed are often the most controlling. If they just let themselves enjoy life, maybe they wouldn’t burn the world trying to punish everyone else for enjoying it.
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Judge Richard Berman Had to Remind Todd Blanche to Think of Jeffrey Epstein's Victims
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Judge Richard Berman Had to Remind Todd Blanche to Think of Jeffrey Epstein's Victims - emptywheel
In his order telling Todd Blanche to actually meet Second Circuit guidelines for grand jury unsealing requests, Judge Richard Berman reminded Todd Blanche that DOJ is supposed to be concerned about Je...
www.emptywheel.net
July 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Judge Richard Berman Had to Remind Todd Blanche to Think of Jeffrey Epstein's Victims
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This just REEKS of corruption.
July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This just REEKS of corruption.
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Mike Pence has the courage!
"Release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein's investigation and prosecution. ... Anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny."
www.cbsnews.com/video/mike-p...
"Release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein's investigation and prosecution. ... Anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny."
www.cbsnews.com/video/mike-p...
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Mike Pence has the courage!
"Release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein's investigation and prosecution. ... Anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny."
www.cbsnews.com/video/mike-p...
"Release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein's investigation and prosecution. ... Anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny."
www.cbsnews.com/video/mike-p...
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BREAKING: The single solitary thing that is out of the President's control in the entire US government is whether the Epstein files come out.
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Q: "What is stopping the administration from just...putting out what is appropriate [on Epstein]?"
Leavitt: "Those are questions for the DOJ...That's out of the president's control."
Leavitt: "Those are questions for the DOJ...That's out of the president's control."
July 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
BREAKING: The single solitary thing that is out of the President's control in the entire US government is whether the Epstein files come out.
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In firing Maurene Comey, Pam Bondi fired someone who had cultivated the trust of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, she did so AFTER Trump started to go nuts abt Epstein, and Bondi did so invoking Donald Trump's personal authority.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/p...
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Pam Bondi Fired the Avenger of Sex Trafficking Victims on Donald Trump's Personal Authority - emptywheel
Pam Bondi fired Maurene Comey, one of the people who convinced Jeffrey Epstein's victims she would fight very powerful people to win them justice. And Bondi did so in Donald Trump's name.
www.emptywheel.net
July 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In firing Maurene Comey, Pam Bondi fired someone who had cultivated the trust of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, she did so AFTER Trump started to go nuts abt Epstein, and Bondi did so invoking Donald Trump's personal authority.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/p...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/p...
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Why didn’t Dems put Trump in jail over the Epstein stuff? Because Alex Acosta and Alan Dershowitz got Epstein a deal that came with a non-prosecution agreement for Epstein’s clients and coconspirators. Then trump rewarded Acosta with a job as Labor Secretary.
He’s got the chalkboard out. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
July 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Why didn’t Dems put Trump in jail over the Epstein stuff? Because Alex Acosta and Alan Dershowitz got Epstein a deal that came with a non-prosecution agreement for Epstein’s clients and coconspirators. Then trump rewarded Acosta with a job as Labor Secretary.
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I think people aren't describing the Emil Bove corruption adequately.
He blew off an order from a judge SO THAT he could send hundreds of mostly innocent men to a concentration camp, based on false claims of gang ties.
He blew off an order from a judge SO THAT he could send hundreds of mostly innocent men to a concentration camp, based on false claims of gang ties.
July 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I think people aren't describing the Emil Bove corruption adequately.
He blew off an order from a judge SO THAT he could send hundreds of mostly innocent men to a concentration camp, based on false claims of gang ties.
He blew off an order from a judge SO THAT he could send hundreds of mostly innocent men to a concentration camp, based on false claims of gang ties.