Nicole M Butkovich Kraus
@drnicolekraus.bsky.social
Sociologist of xenophobia, forced migration, class/race/gender, rurality, and Russia. #FirstGen UW-Madison PhD 🦡 Personal account
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This. Plenty of people would prefer that women be our only social safety net.
Look, women no longer do shit for free is actually at the root of a lot of social disruption. The question is whether you think the solution is women going back to being unpaid and unprotected by their own labor.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This. Plenty of people would prefer that women be our only social safety net.
Scouts has given a lot of kids and adults great opportunities to appreciate nature, learn a wide variety of civic to very practical skills, empower them to feel confident, and help them understand team work and mutual support. This is shameful.
Perhaps this helps explain why, when my son’s den was writing letters to thank soldiers for their service (as they do every year), it was recommended that the messages begin “Dear Warrior.” www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Scouts has given a lot of kids and adults great opportunities to appreciate nature, learn a wide variety of civic to very practical skills, empower them to feel confident, and help them understand team work and mutual support. This is shameful.
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Here I cover in @forbes.com how many clinical trials have been disrupted by Trump administration NIH grant terminations and how many patients may have been affected
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
NIH Grant Cuts Have Disrupted 383 Clinical Trials With 74,311 Patients
A study found that Trump administration NIH grant cuts led to termination of 118 trials studying cancer, 97 studying infectious diseases and 140 testing new treatments.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here I cover in @forbes.com how many clinical trials have been disrupted by Trump administration NIH grant terminations and how many patients may have been affected
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
This looks genuinely awful. How terrible right before the holidays, too. Is there a sad Santa emoji?
Ooof - EWR:
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This looks genuinely awful. How terrible right before the holidays, too. Is there a sad Santa emoji?
I am so happy to see this reporter just doing what we are all thinking, despite the word salad reply. Give this reporter a position questioning more politicians! Release the Epstein files. Lock up the rapists!
Absolutely hilarious answer from Van Epps, calling Trump & Johnson’s Epstein files cover-up “a deliberative approach” 🤔
Matt clearly got Trump’s support in TN-7 because he will cover for pedophiles also. This was embarrassing👇🏽
( @aftynbehn.bsky.social is a vote to release the files)
Matt clearly got Trump’s support in TN-7 because he will cover for pedophiles also. This was embarrassing👇🏽
( @aftynbehn.bsky.social is a vote to release the files)
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I am so happy to see this reporter just doing what we are all thinking, despite the word salad reply. Give this reporter a position questioning more politicians! Release the Epstein files. Lock up the rapists!
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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Cuts to PBS funding are "completely shortsighted," Ken Burns says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Cuts to PBS funding are "completely shortsighted," Ken Burns says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
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If Prince Andrew used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If Prince Andrew used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
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What’s the point of being a political reporter if you accept a national politician pretending to not know about anything that’s happening, including things directly relevant to his job, and move on after you get that answer?
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What’s the point of being a political reporter if you accept a national politician pretending to not know about anything that’s happening, including things directly relevant to his job, and move on after you get that answer?
My favorite red head, little Rosita. Enjoy some free cuteness!
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My favorite red head, little Rosita. Enjoy some free cuteness!
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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if you’ve never seen Interview with the Vampire, it ends with the vampire being told he’s made it through to a second interview
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
if you’ve never seen Interview with the Vampire, it ends with the vampire being told he’s made it through to a second interview
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“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
Now might be a good time to learn about the HUAC (House Un-American activities Committee) if you don’t know much about it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_U...
House Un-American Activities Committee - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now might be a good time to learn about the HUAC (House Un-American activities Committee) if you don’t know much about it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_U...
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Useful outline. Whether u agree or not, it is common throughout history to use false provocations for an excuse/pretext to war.
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
October 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Useful outline. Whether u agree or not, it is common throughout history to use false provocations for an excuse/pretext to war.
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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This is the logical outcome of lawlessness and targeting. Shameful
Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.
SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is the logical outcome of lawlessness and targeting. Shameful