@k-the-writer.bsky.social
Former journalist/photojournalist, attorney (animal welfare), activist, and now writer (WIP). Dog/cat mom, traveler (Italy), mysteries lover.
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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
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SHERO almost missed her flight to yell at Ted Cruz who was holding a press conference next to the security line at Houston airport. Nearly all TSA agent thanked her for calling him out on his BS. Republicans like him are responsible for the government shutdown and are why they aren’t getting paid
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
SHERO almost missed her flight to yell at Ted Cruz who was holding a press conference next to the security line at Houston airport. Nearly all TSA agent thanked her for calling him out on his BS. Republicans like him are responsible for the government shutdown and are why they aren’t getting paid
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Margaret Atwood 1990s interview, totally on point as always #handmaidstale #uspolitics #Portland #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
September 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Margaret Atwood 1990s interview, totally on point as always #handmaidstale #uspolitics #Portland #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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DC today
September 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
DC today
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Excellent and heart-breaking deep dive into the cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans - who entered the US legally and suddenly find themselves without legal status, hunted by ICE.
“You enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone else’s whim, you’re illegal. It doesn’t make sense.”
Trump is running the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Trump is running the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented
Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
www.motherjones.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excellent and heart-breaking deep dive into the cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans - who entered the US legally and suddenly find themselves without legal status, hunted by ICE.
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NEW: McCarthyism returns to immigration law, as @USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law and its definition is entirely up to the Trump admin.
August 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NEW: McCarthyism returns to immigration law, as @USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law and its definition is entirely up to the Trump admin.
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In 2022, after years of violations, the FDA imposed its toughest penalty on global drugmaker Sun Pharma: banning one of its factories from shipping drugs to the U.S.
But the agency undercut its own decision by quickly exempting more than a dozen drugs from the ban.
But the agency undercut its own decision by quickly exempting more than a dozen drugs from the ban.
A Giant Indian Drugmaker Failed to Fix Safety Breaches. The FDA Let It Off the Hook Again and Again.
Documents obtained by ProPublica offer a rare glimpse into discussions between the global drugmaker Sun Pharma and the FDA, exposing how the agency tolerated substandard manufacturing for years.
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In 2022, after years of violations, the FDA imposed its toughest penalty on global drugmaker Sun Pharma: banning one of its factories from shipping drugs to the U.S.
But the agency undercut its own decision by quickly exempting more than a dozen drugs from the ban.
But the agency undercut its own decision by quickly exempting more than a dozen drugs from the ban.
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This:⬇️⬇️⬇️
our press team asked if I wanted to be included in a media advisory about trump's national guard dictator behavior. No clue if they'll actually dare to use what I sent them, but I'm just going to say how it is
August 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This:⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
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Trump is openly musing about building a mass detention system under his direct and sole authority — and the rapid expansion of ICE is the start. Ansley Skipper analyzes the risks of prolonged detention and the creation of a parallel carceral system altogether.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/ice-may-be...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/ice-may-be...
July 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump is openly musing about building a mass detention system under his direct and sole authority — and the rapid expansion of ICE is the start. Ansley Skipper analyzes the risks of prolonged detention and the creation of a parallel carceral system altogether.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/ice-may-be...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/ice-may-be...
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This is a human rights violation.
Multiple detainees described a disturbing incident where dozens of men were forced to eat food they had been denied all day while shackled.
“We had to bend over and eat off the chairs with our mouths, like dogs,” — from a new Human Rights Watch report.
Multiple detainees described a disturbing incident where dozens of men were forced to eat food they had been denied all day while shackled.
“We had to bend over and eat off the chairs with our mouths, like dogs,” — from a new Human Rights Watch report.
July 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is a human rights violation.
Multiple detainees described a disturbing incident where dozens of men were forced to eat food they had been denied all day while shackled.
“We had to bend over and eat off the chairs with our mouths, like dogs,” — from a new Human Rights Watch report.
Multiple detainees described a disturbing incident where dozens of men were forced to eat food they had been denied all day while shackled.
“We had to bend over and eat off the chairs with our mouths, like dogs,” — from a new Human Rights Watch report.
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The list of crimes this regime has/is committing keeps growing...
#LawlessRegime #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CivilRights #HumanRights #UnconstitutionalActions
#LawlessRegime #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CivilRights #HumanRights #UnconstitutionalActions
July 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The list of crimes this regime has/is committing keeps growing...
#LawlessRegime #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CivilRights #HumanRights #UnconstitutionalActions
#LawlessRegime #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CivilRights #HumanRights #UnconstitutionalActions
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This is state media. Like RT or CCTV.
Trump’s FCC chair stooge says @cbsnews @60minutes will now have a “bias monitor that reports directly to Trump”🤔 as a condition of the Paramount/Skydance merger
Honestly why even bother at that point? Don’t we have enough regime propaganda networks already?
Honestly why even bother at that point? Don’t we have enough regime propaganda networks already?
July 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is state media. Like RT or CCTV.
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You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking.
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
July 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking.
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
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Read the whole thing
"It is very bad in America to be right too early."
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09...
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09...
July 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Read the whole thing
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In 2016 this guy went to a law office with the goal of killing his wife’s lawyer. He hacked a woman to death with a machete and bludgeoned two other people to death (including a man he falsely thought was that lawyer), then set fire to the building to cover his tracks.
Anyway, Trump just freed him.
Anyway, Trump just freed him.
The America First geniuses managed to send hairdressers and soccer players into a gulag and *import* a triple murderer into the US. Nice work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
Convicted Murderer Released by Trump From Venezuelan Prison Is Free in U.S.
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In 2016 this guy went to a law office with the goal of killing his wife’s lawyer. He hacked a woman to death with a machete and bludgeoned two other people to death (including a man he falsely thought was that lawyer), then set fire to the building to cover his tracks.
Anyway, Trump just freed him.
Anyway, Trump just freed him.
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#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
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What’s the next likely stage with a network of concentration camps? Forced slave labor. As historian Timothy Snyder urges, CEOs should pledge to not hire these laborers and each of us should pledge not to buy from or invest in companies that do.
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-we-to...
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-we-to...
www.americaamerica.news
July 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What’s the next likely stage with a network of concentration camps? Forced slave labor. As historian Timothy Snyder urges, CEOs should pledge to not hire these laborers and each of us should pledge not to buy from or invest in companies that do.
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-we-to...
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-we-to...
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Definitely watch this and share this.
WATCH: “The @nytimes.com was exposed for trying to manufacture a scandal about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social — while in the process revealing a scandal about The NYT.”
This is the correct take. Sadly it will likely only be folks on TikTok who point it out😕
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DLuj917...
This is the correct take. Sadly it will likely only be folks on TikTok who point it out😕
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DLuj917...
July 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Definitely watch this and share this.
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1/ Moira Donegan points out how important it is to distinguish what SCOTUS *says* they are doing, vs. the real impact of their ruling.
No pay wall.
No pay wall.
The US supreme court has dramatically expanded the powers of the president | Moira Donegan
Trump will now have the presumptive power to persecute you, and nullify your rights in defiance of the constitution, at his discretion
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
1/ Moira Donegan points out how important it is to distinguish what SCOTUS *says* they are doing, vs. the real impact of their ruling.
No pay wall.
No pay wall.
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Americans are taking to the streets by the tens of thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies. If you’re planning to protest, here’s what you need to know.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
wrd.cm
July 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Americans are taking to the streets by the tens of thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies. If you’re planning to protest, here’s what you need to know.
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CALL CALL CALL YOUR REPS!
THE VOTE HASN'T HAPPENED YET, PEOPLE
here's the number: (202) 224-3121
THE VOTE HASN'T HAPPENED YET, PEOPLE
here's the number: (202) 224-3121
If @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social keeps going to 1:23 pm ET, he will have set a new record.
In 2021, Kevin McCarthy logged a 8-1/2 hour speech to delay the Build Back Better vote.
In 2021, Kevin McCarthy logged a 8-1/2 hour speech to delay the Build Back Better vote.
July 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
CALL CALL CALL YOUR REPS!
THE VOTE HASN'T HAPPENED YET, PEOPLE
here's the number: (202) 224-3121
THE VOTE HASN'T HAPPENED YET, PEOPLE
here's the number: (202) 224-3121
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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"How does it feel to get arrested at 87 years old?
He said "I'm just beginning!"
He said "I'm just beginning!"
June 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"How does it feel to get arrested at 87 years old?
He said "I'm just beginning!"
He said "I'm just beginning!"