Cathy McKitrick
LightNews LightNews
choosinglove.bsky.social
Cathy McKitrick
@choosinglove.bsky.social
37 followers 63 following 24 posts
Retired journalist, now free range. Proud mom and grandma. Life is better when we choose love.
Posts Replies Media Videos
choosinglove.bsky.social
Are you following Aaron Parnas on Substack? He’s out there every day compiling breaking political news, definitely one to watch!

open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
I'm Going to Make Sure Every American Knows What's in the Budget Bill — With Your Help
I’m going to be clear with you: I won’t let this budget bill get swept under the rug.
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Happening this Saturday across the nation, including Ogden Utah:

mobilize.us/s/NXOcqF
NO KINGS Ogden, UT · AFT
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
mobilize.us
June 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Out of the mouth of babes
webjournalist.bsky.social Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · May 6
Sesame Street had him pegged back in 1988.
May 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
choosinglove.bsky.social
This train car with its amazing graffiti sparked my imagination today as my dog and I roamed the Weber River Parkway. I wondered who Dustin and Julia are and why they decided to express their love this way.

My mind began to spin a fictional tale about the pair. Help me out with your ideas!
Dustin ❤️ Julia painted in BIG letters on the side of a train car
April 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
choosinglove.bsky.social
“It is time for you to leave the United States,” reads the email from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It ends with a promise: “The federal government will find you.”

utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/21/u...
Utah lawyer among citizens DHS directed to self deport  • Utah News Dispatch
Utah attorney Carlos Trujillo is one of several U.S. citizens who received what appears to be a mass email telling them to self deport.
utahnewsdispatch.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
He was a rare and powerful voice for the global common good

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The conscience of the world
Friends,
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
This feels like a hug:

open.substack.com/pub/joylynno...
How Not to Have a Breakdown While America Does
Why Your Self-Care is a Revolutionary Act
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
This, from David Moore’s substack:

substack.com/@imdjmoore/n...
David Moore on Substack
This was written by a local, small businessman. Ok. I’m shaking. This is my first thread. My small business that I’ve had for 20 years is probably dead as of now. Trump and his idiotic tariffs killed...
substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Meet my friend & colleague James Brown:

open.substack.com/pub/cathymck...
Aging with connection
I have a friend and colleague named James Brown, a Utah resident who at 80 years of age heads up a nonprofit and hosts a TV talk show about enjoying life as we age.
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
My latest substack: substack.com/@cathymckitr...
Viva the Veto!
Just as Senate Bill 197 passed in the final hours of the Utah Legislature, Gov.
substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Catch some of my work on Substack. Here’s my latest, posted today:

substack.com/@cathymckitr...
Cathy McKitrick on Substack
Sometimes a recent bill fresh off Capitol Hill swaggers in just begging for a governor’s veto. In Utah, SB 197 is one of those. Here’s a bit of its story: Although somewhat of a sleeper bill, the fou...
substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Interesting comments!
mcuban.bsky.social Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 23
Are there any Dems in Utah who can stand up for the good folks in Ogden ? Their town could soon face their own Great Recession
March 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Trump said it would make great TV

substack.com/@betoorourke...
Beto O'Rourke on Substack
JD/Trump are thugs. And this ambush of Zelensky at the White House will do deep damage to Ukraine, to our allies and to the U.S. Openly ridiculing and demeaning a man who has kept his country alive ...
substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Cathy McKitrick
aljazeera.com
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has offered to give up his position in exchange for peace and membership in NATO as his country was hit by what he called the largest Russian drone attack it has faced since the war began aje.io/oi3nnp
February 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Thom Hartmann scrutinizes the GOP’s assault on DEI:

open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
DEI Exposes the Myth of White Male Superiority — And That’s Why They Hate It
The right’s jihad against DEI isn’t about fairness; it’s about losing privilege and control…
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
substack.com/@cathymckitr...
Cathy McKitrick on Substack
As of 2023, Weber County’s largest employer was the U.S. Department of the Treasury, with upwards to 10,000 federal workers, many of them at Internal Revenue Service installations in Ogden. Under Pr...
substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Substacks help describe the ripple effect of hasty government cutbacks:

open.substack.com/pub/sharonmc...
The Government Promised to Pay -- Then it Didn't
Farmers are facing financial ruin after a funding freeze
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
A sobering read:

time.com/7213586/medi...
The Media Spawned McCarthyism. Now It's Happening Again
Some of today's most influential figures in politics won power the way McCarthy did: willingness to say things that capture attention.
time.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
I just published my first Substack post, this one about a couple of bills in the Utah Legislature:

substack.com/@cathymckitr...
Cathy McKitrick on Substack
SB 197 substack Circuit Breaker, a 40-year-old property tax relief program for low-income seniors in Utah, again finds itself in the crosshairs of some state lawmakers who hope to eliminate it by 203...
substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Former Utah AG Sean Reyes stonewalled legislative probe www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/former-utah-...
Utah AG hid activities from auditors, worked from barbershop
Legislative audit reveals Sean Reyes ran official business from private barbershop and concealed details about his activities from investigators
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
February 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Love and light overcome darkness. Mercy and grace are attributes of God’s love

open.substack.com/pub/newrepub...
The Price of Speaking Up in Trump’s America
A bishop asked the president to show mercy to immigrants and scared children. The response tells us everything about the next four years.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
Garrison Keillor helps put things in perspective

open.substack.com/pub/garrison...
Fifty candles on the cake, must be a mistake
The Column: 01.24.25
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
choosinglove.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM