Anne (with an “e”)
@akalkowski.bsky.social
Mom. Teacher. Librarian. KU Grad x 2. Jayhawks. Cubs. Chiefs. Bluejays. ✌️❤️🧡
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“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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WATCH: “In video captured by the Tennessee Holler…”
On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.
On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
WATCH: “In video captured by the Tennessee Holler…”
On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.
On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.
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PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
July 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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@raskin.house.gov: "They'd conscripted 1000 FBI agents to be working around the clock 24 hours going through 100,000 Epstein documents and told them to flag any mentions of Donald Trump... This might be one of the most massive cover-ups in the history of the United States unfolding before our eyes."
July 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@raskin.house.gov: "They'd conscripted 1000 FBI agents to be working around the clock 24 hours going through 100,000 Epstein documents and told them to flag any mentions of Donald Trump... This might be one of the most massive cover-ups in the history of the United States unfolding before our eyes."
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These corrupt, incompetent idiots are going to kill a lot of us wapo.st/4lWdVEE
EPA eliminates its scientific research arm
The move to dismantle the Office of Research and Development comes as Trump officials cut the agency’s total staff by 23 percent.
wapo.st
July 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
These corrupt, incompetent idiots are going to kill a lot of us wapo.st/4lWdVEE
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Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.
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NEW: The Justice Department has recently been contacting states demanding access to sensitive election and voting data. A former department attorney and voting rights advocate told Democracy Docket that these efforts “should concern all Americans.”
All the States Where DOJ is Demanding Voting Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
NEW: The Justice Department has recently been contacting states demanding access to sensitive election and voting data. A former department attorney and voting rights advocate told Democracy Docket that these efforts “should concern all Americans.”
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A 15 year old boy with no criminal history has been sent to Alligator Alcatraz
How much is too much?
amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
How much is too much?
amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Alligator Alcatraz isn’t meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway
“Immediate action was taken to separate and remove the detainee in accordance with federal protocols,” said Stephanie Hartman, a spokeswoman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which ove...
amp.miamiherald.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A 15 year old boy with no criminal history has been sent to Alligator Alcatraz
How much is too much?
amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
How much is too much?
amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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At $600 million per year for 5,000 detainees, the Everglades detention facility would cost a whopping $328.77 per bed per day.
ICE's 2025 budget request read: "Average adult bed cost per day is $187.48 for FY 2023."
reason.com/2025/07/09/l...
ICE's 2025 budget request read: "Average adult bed cost per day is $187.48 for FY 2023."
reason.com/2025/07/09/l...
July 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
At $600 million per year for 5,000 detainees, the Everglades detention facility would cost a whopping $328.77 per bed per day.
ICE's 2025 budget request read: "Average adult bed cost per day is $187.48 for FY 2023."
reason.com/2025/07/09/l...
ICE's 2025 budget request read: "Average adult bed cost per day is $187.48 for FY 2023."
reason.com/2025/07/09/l...
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🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car.
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
July 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car.
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
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Tell Congress: Protect Funding for NPR and PBS actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Protect Funding for NPR and PBS
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Tell Congress: Protect Funding for NPR and PBS actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Top Hurricane Scientists Sound the Alarm on Looming NOAA Cuts
Long-time head of NOAA’s premier hurricane lab in Miami says proposed cuts would reduce forecast accuracy by as much as 40 percent.
Long-time head of NOAA’s premier hurricane lab in Miami says proposed cuts would reduce forecast accuracy by as much as 40 percent.
Top Hurricane Scientists Sound the Alarm on Looming NOAA Cuts
Long-time head of NOAA’s premier hurricane lab in Miami says proposed cuts would reduce forecast accuracy by as much as 40 percent
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Top Hurricane Scientists Sound the Alarm on Looming NOAA Cuts
Long-time head of NOAA’s premier hurricane lab in Miami says proposed cuts would reduce forecast accuracy by as much as 40 percent.
Long-time head of NOAA’s premier hurricane lab in Miami says proposed cuts would reduce forecast accuracy by as much as 40 percent.
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Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) tells CNN that there are 100s of people who should still be behind bars for what they did on Jan 6
July 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) tells CNN that there are 100s of people who should still be behind bars for what they did on Jan 6
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REPORTER: Do you expect any of the countries here to face tariffs?
TRUMP: I haven't thought of it, but maybe, I don't know. Let's see, I like him, him, him, him, and him. No, I don't think so. These are friends of mine now.
TRUMP: I haven't thought of it, but maybe, I don't know. Let's see, I like him, him, him, him, and him. No, I don't think so. These are friends of mine now.
July 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
REPORTER: Do you expect any of the countries here to face tariffs?
TRUMP: I haven't thought of it, but maybe, I don't know. Let's see, I like him, him, him, him, and him. No, I don't think so. These are friends of mine now.
TRUMP: I haven't thought of it, but maybe, I don't know. Let's see, I like him, him, him, him, and him. No, I don't think so. These are friends of mine now.
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According to Yale experts, up to 35,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped and taken into russia and temporarily occupied territories, the Guardian article says.
These children are forced into places where their identities are erased and hatred towards their homeland is imposed.
These children are forced into places where their identities are erased and hatred towards their homeland is imposed.
July 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Yale experts, up to 35,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped and taken into russia and temporarily occupied territories, the Guardian article says.
These children are forced into places where their identities are erased and hatred towards their homeland is imposed.
These children are forced into places where their identities are erased and hatred towards their homeland is imposed.
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Chance that this guy—who onJan 6 told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, “Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!”—could get a security clearance in normal times:
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Chance that this guy—who onJan 6 told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, “Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!”—could get a security clearance in normal times:
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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Because Trump is on Putin’s side. Because Trump works for Putin.
Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too.
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Because Trump is on Putin’s side. Because Trump works for Putin.
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In a case that exposed the passions surrounding the US’s religious-secular divide, the court sided with parents in Maryland who protested that they were left with no means of shielding their children from the contents of six storybooks they found objectionable.
Read the full story ⬇️
Read the full story ⬇️
US supreme court rules schools must let kids opt out of LGBTQ+ book readings
Court sides with parents in Maryland who protested exposure to storybooks they found objectionable
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In a case that exposed the passions surrounding the US’s religious-secular divide, the court sided with parents in Maryland who protested that they were left with no means of shielding their children from the contents of six storybooks they found objectionable.
Read the full story ⬇️
Read the full story ⬇️
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Republicans pulled an all-nighter to:
-strip healthcare away from 17 million Americans
-take food assistance away from 3 million Americans
-eliminate school meal access for 18+ million kids
-send energy costs soaring
-add $3.3 trillion to national debt
-raise health care premiums for seniors
-strip healthcare away from 17 million Americans
-take food assistance away from 3 million Americans
-eliminate school meal access for 18+ million kids
-send energy costs soaring
-add $3.3 trillion to national debt
-raise health care premiums for seniors
July 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Republicans pulled an all-nighter to:
-strip healthcare away from 17 million Americans
-take food assistance away from 3 million Americans
-eliminate school meal access for 18+ million kids
-send energy costs soaring
-add $3.3 trillion to national debt
-raise health care premiums for seniors
-strip healthcare away from 17 million Americans
-take food assistance away from 3 million Americans
-eliminate school meal access for 18+ million kids
-send energy costs soaring
-add $3.3 trillion to national debt
-raise health care premiums for seniors
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Just horrible. Sickening. Evil.
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just horrible. Sickening. Evil.
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
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ICE raids have led to fear and anxiety for immigrants in Los Angeles. That fear extends even to those who are in the U.S. legally, keeping many away from public life.
This beloved Mexican market in LA is losing business amid immigration raids
ICE raids have led to fear and anxiety for immigrants in Los Angeles. That fear extends even to those who are in the U.S. legally, keeping many away from public life.
n.pr
June 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
ICE raids have led to fear and anxiety for immigrants in Los Angeles. That fear extends even to those who are in the U.S. legally, keeping many away from public life.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.
Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him
In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…
ktla.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.
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The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.
The GOP's massive bill would benefit the rich the most -- while hitting the poor
The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.
n.pr
June 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.