@kateashenden.bsky.social
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For all you "stop going on about Russia's involvement" people out there:
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For all you "stop going on about Russia's involvement" people out there:
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The story is not what Kimmel said but what others won’t say now for fear of state retribution. Authoritarian countries thrive on self censorship.
September 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The story is not what Kimmel said but what others won’t say now for fear of state retribution. Authoritarian countries thrive on self censorship.
Why is no one calling for a boycott of ABC? Viewers, advertisers, everyone. If they censor their own and close down free speech, we should respond by closing down on watching and paying them. Money talks.
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Why is no one calling for a boycott of ABC? Viewers, advertisers, everyone. If they censor their own and close down free speech, we should respond by closing down on watching and paying them. Money talks.
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For instance:
Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries could hold a press conference right now and announce that they will not fund a government that is engaged in an organized and unconstitutional effort to silence any criticism.
September 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
For instance:
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We have a decades of scholarship on how pro-democracy forces win in competitive authoritarian systems: they form a united opposition that brings together people with otherwise profound political disagreements.
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We have a decades of scholarship on how pro-democracy forces win in competitive authoritarian systems: they form a united opposition that brings together people with otherwise profound political disagreements.
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“This Week in Democracy – Week 32: 'Maybe We Like a Dictator,' Says Wannabe Dictator Donald Trump”
Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, pressing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump's second term.
Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, pressing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump's second term.
This Week in Democracy – Week 32: 'Maybe We Like a Dictator,' Says Wannabe Dictator Donald Trump
Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, pressing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump's second term.
zeteo.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“This Week in Democracy – Week 32: 'Maybe We Like a Dictator,' Says Wannabe Dictator Donald Trump”
Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, pressing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump's second term.
Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, pressing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump's second term.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
Does this militarization of our political divide take us a step closer to a civil war?
Does this militarization of our political divide take us a step closer to a civil war?
3 Republican-Led States to Send National Guard Troops to D.C.
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
Does this militarization of our political divide take us a step closer to a civil war?
Does this militarization of our political divide take us a step closer to a civil war?
I’ve Seen How Russia Is Torturing Prisoners of War, and It’s Horrifying www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...
Opinion | I’ve Seen How Russia Is Torturing Prisoners of War, and It’s Horrifying
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’ve Seen How Russia Is Torturing Prisoners of War, and It’s Horrifying www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...
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Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
May 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
If only Amazon would list the tariff costs… I would feel better about buying from them.
April 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If only Amazon would list the tariff costs… I would feel better about buying from them.
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This is also known as disappearing people without due process
The Justice Dept. has authorized law enforcement officers to GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES WITHOUT SEARCH WARRANTS if they suspect that someone is an "alien enemy"
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
April 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is also known as disappearing people without due process
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"The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before," writes @mashagessen.bsky.social (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. (Gift Article)
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before," writes @mashagessen.bsky.social (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
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Extreme, misguided court rulings like Citizens United have flooded our elections with dark money and special interests that drown out the voices of citizens. Today, I’m introducing a Constitutional amendment to overturn the decision and return the power to the American people.
March 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Extreme, misguided court rulings like Citizens United have flooded our elections with dark money and special interests that drown out the voices of citizens. Today, I’m introducing a Constitutional amendment to overturn the decision and return the power to the American people.
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Everyone should listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast in general, and this interview with Fareed Zakaria in particular.
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB...
youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB...
youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...
The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Everyone should listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast in general, and this interview with Fareed Zakaria in particular.
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This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
March 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB...
youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB...
youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...
The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB...
youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB...
youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...
When he says he will “bring hell with him” he is characterizing himself as Satan. We don’t need Satan leading anything in this country.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Trump’s border czar vows to bring ‘hell’ to Boston over immigration policies
The White House border czar targeted Boston and its police commissioner in a fiery CPAC speech this weekend.
www.wgbh.org
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When he says he will “bring hell with him” he is characterizing himself as Satan. We don’t need Satan leading anything in this country.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...