Asheville Kathy La
@kathological.bsky.social
Retired public defender ⚖️, now making pottery 🏺and salads 🥗.
Best advice: Just don’t freak out. Get grounded and connected, remember who you are, what matters to you and what is good for you. Be courageous & informed but also joyful.
Best advice: Just don’t freak out. Get grounded and connected, remember who you are, what matters to you and what is good for you. Be courageous & informed but also joyful.
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"While individually, citizens may feel powerless, together they are powerful." Good post by Rory Truex on the importance of doing many small things. rorytruex.substack.com/p/what-do-i-...
What Do I Do in a Time Like This?
Towards a Democracy Defense Movement
rorytruex.substack.com
“I love that line, ‘citizens are not subjects.’ We are not here to be ruled. But nor are we a ‘hateful mob.’ We are ‘upright, fair, peaceful, and rational,’ even when our government fails to be.”
Is he doing this so that we’ll all say, “He can’t!” — just to protect his pardons from future challenge? Because we have principles?
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Is he doing this so that we’ll all say, “He can’t!” — just to protect his pardons from future challenge? Because we have principles?
The artist calls it something else but the lawyers at the studio call it, “Attempted Murder.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The artist calls it something else but the lawyers at the studio call it, “Attempted Murder.”
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The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
In other news, I’ve been having fun in the studio.
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In other news, I’ve been having fun in the studio.
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Thought experiment: what do you think would happen if your local police chief announced that henceforth, they would be shifting the majority of their resources to crack down on underage drinking. Three things would logically follow:
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thought experiment: what do you think would happen if your local police chief announced that henceforth, they would be shifting the majority of their resources to crack down on underage drinking. Three things would logically follow:
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Anyone have info on the apparently bad crash on 70 in Swannanoa today? 70 closed, lots of emergency vehicles. I don’t see anything on it. Near the rebuilt Whitson bridge. Check on your people.
November 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Anyone have info on the apparently bad crash on 70 in Swannanoa today? 70 closed, lots of emergency vehicles. I don’t see anything on it. Near the rebuilt Whitson bridge. Check on your people.
You love to see it.
Representing Freedom of Speech in Asheville, NC last night. Very energetic crowd.
October 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
You love to see it.
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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Today was a good day.
June 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Today was a good day.
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Don't do any of this.
June 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Don't do any of this.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
June 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
Maybe now he’ll cave again and declare that we need farm workers, hospitality workers AND soccer/football fans?
June 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Maybe now he’ll cave again and declare that we need farm workers, hospitality workers AND soccer/football fans?
These big cities turned out!!! ❤️ But so did gajillions of folks in small cities and small towns! ❤️ So many people!!! ❤️
Incredible turn out for #NoKingsDay. Thank you to everyone speaking up and taking action. Dissent is patriotic!
June 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
These big cities turned out!!! ❤️ But so did gajillions of folks in small cities and small towns! ❤️ So many people!!! ❤️
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i want you all to look at how it works when the Times *wants* a story at the forefront of the conversation.
then i want you to compare it to how they've addressed the destruction of the federal government and rising fascism.
then i want you to compare it to how they've addressed the destruction of the federal government and rising fascism.
Joe Biden's announcement that he has aggressive prostate cancer has derailed Democrats who are wrestling with a complicated mix of sympathy and unsettling new questions about his health.
Democrats Pause Their Anger at Biden Over 2024, but Have New Questions
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i want you all to look at how it works when the Times *wants* a story at the forefront of the conversation.
then i want you to compare it to how they've addressed the destruction of the federal government and rising fascism.
then i want you to compare it to how they've addressed the destruction of the federal government and rising fascism.
Finally!!!
🚨Jefferson Griffin has FINALLY conceded to Justice Allison Riggs following his defeat in federal court on Monday. Griffin spent six months attempting to overturn his 734-vote loss in November: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
Griffin concedes NC Supreme Court race, ending unprecedented effort to overturn election
Griffin’s concession puts to bed a contentious and chaotic saga in NC politics, one that has raised substantial questions about democracy and may impact the state’s elections for years to come.
www.newsobserver.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Finally!!!
Spending a lot of time these days with my 91.5 yo mom who has mostly stopped eating. I’ll take joy where I find it. Here’s a pic I took today from the back porch of the pottery studio. He was about 10-15 feet away.
May 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Spending a lot of time these days with my 91.5 yo mom who has mostly stopped eating. I’ll take joy where I find it. Here’s a pic I took today from the back porch of the pottery studio. He was about 10-15 feet away.
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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
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The AP says its journalists were barred from an Oval Office event featuring Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in defiance of a court injunction (Dominick Mastrangelo/The Hill)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The AP says its journalists were barred from an Oval Office event featuring Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in defiance of a court injunction (Dominick Mastrangelo/The Hill)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
This is terrifying but it does offer an explanation for some confusing behavior on the part of currently powerful people.
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is terrifying but it does offer an explanation for some confusing behavior on the part of currently powerful people.
Brilliant 4-essay series on economics and climate. Strongly recommend. She does a great job of making the case against economics built on unlimited growth.
I've started a three-part series of articles as preparation for an upcoming podcast series on how captured economics stole our climate - and what we can do about it.
As @vegardbeyer.bsky.social put it "working with the garage door open" 😅
Comments welcome.
P1 here: medium.com/@katyrshield...
As @vegardbeyer.bsky.social put it "working with the garage door open" 😅
Comments welcome.
P1 here: medium.com/@katyrshield...
How captured economics stole our climate — and what we can do about it
Part 1: What (almost) failing to become an economist taught me about economics
medium.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Brilliant 4-essay series on economics and climate. Strongly recommend. She does a great job of making the case against economics built on unlimited growth.
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Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections.
This particular decision was a fait accompli.
This particular decision was a fait accompli.
April 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections.
This particular decision was a fait accompli.
This particular decision was a fait accompli.