Kathleen Ashby Atkins
@kathleea1.bsky.social
Photographer, editor, writer. Reading novels again because I need worlds to inhabit other than American politics.
Hummingbird and honeysuckle
May 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hummingbird and honeysuckle
"...Trump apparently decied he had been thinking too small. In his first term, he made improper millions. In his second term, he is reaching for billions..."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist
He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.
www.theatlantic.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"...Trump apparently decied he had been thinking too small. In his first term, he made improper millions. In his second term, he is reaching for billions..."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Heron on the rocks
May 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Heron on the rocks
All-American duck
May 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
All-American duck
Very good question:
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Why End Energy Star?
Many of the Trump Administration’s proposed rollbacks of climate policies run counter to its own goals.
www.newyorker.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Very good question:
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Future blueberries
May 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Future blueberries
Tulip straight up
May 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Tulip straight up
Something. The whole thread.
“A blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with ‘our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capable…” - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/
May 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Something. The whole thread.
Portrait of a comfortable cat
May 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Portrait of a comfortable cat
Iris in sunlight
May 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Iris in sunlight
Reposted by Kathleen Ashby Atkins
NEW: Excerpts from our (me, @michaelscherer.bsky.social, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social) interview with President Trump: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
www.theatlantic.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
NEW: Excerpts from our (me, @michaelscherer.bsky.social, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social) interview with President Trump: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Forget-me-not among the lady's mantle
April 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Forget-me-not among the lady's mantle
Jamelle Bouie factchecks JD Vance. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Opinion | This Is How Far Vance Will Go to Sell a Lie (Gift Article)
Unfortunately for his argument, the Constitution is the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Jamelle Bouie factchecks JD Vance. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Tile at Virginia Inn
April 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tile at Virginia Inn
The horrifying is happening now: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | The Emergency Is Here (Gift Article)
Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The horrifying is happening now: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Crow on the table
April 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Crow on the table
Reposted by Kathleen Ashby Atkins
Trump told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.
Holy shit. Video posted by President Bukele’s team on X shows the moments before his press conference with Trump in which Trump tells him: “We want to do homegrown criminals next. You gotta build about five more places.”
(h/t @titonka.bsky.social @michelekelemen.bsky.social)
(h/t @titonka.bsky.social @michelekelemen.bsky.social)
April 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Trump told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.
Neighborhood watch:
April 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Neighborhood watch: