Kathy Collett
@kathy-erigeron.bsky.social
Activist, retired archivist, grandmother, Episcopalian, rewilding enthusiast, Wellesley alum, lover of renaissance polyphony and shapenote music, quondam medievalist
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history
The Trump regime’s campaign of whitewashing US history has reached the halls of the Smithsonian museums, with exhibits dealing with slavery, the civil rights movement, and other struggles against oppr...
act.indivisible.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...
The Icelandic Landscape Is Changing, and It’s Changing Us www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o...
Opinion | The Icelandic Landscape Is Changing, and It’s Changing Us
www.nytimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Icelandic Landscape Is Changing, and It’s Changing Us www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o...
Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause” act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...
May 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause” act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...
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In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.
Reposted by Kathy Collett
One of two Utica, NY Hands Off rallies. Crowds of 600+ at each.
#indivisible
#indivisible
April 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
One of two Utica, NY Hands Off rallies. Crowds of 600+ at each.
#indivisible
#indivisible
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As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
Reposted by Kathy Collett
HAPPENING WEDNESDAY: Representative Mannion hosts Mobile Office Hours in Oneida County.
Please join my constituent service team on Wednesday April 2nd from 10a-2p at the Utica Public Library for assistance with veterans' issues, the IRS, Social Security, Medicare, and other federal programs.
Please join my constituent service team on Wednesday April 2nd from 10a-2p at the Utica Public Library for assistance with veterans' issues, the IRS, Social Security, Medicare, and other federal programs.
March 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
HAPPENING WEDNESDAY: Representative Mannion hosts Mobile Office Hours in Oneida County.
Please join my constituent service team on Wednesday April 2nd from 10a-2p at the Utica Public Library for assistance with veterans' issues, the IRS, Social Security, Medicare, and other federal programs.
Please join my constituent service team on Wednesday April 2nd from 10a-2p at the Utica Public Library for assistance with veterans' issues, the IRS, Social Security, Medicare, and other federal programs.
Reposted by Kathy Collett
Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting this afternoon. The resistance is growing!
March 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting this afternoon. The resistance is growing!
Register to get the zoom link!
Plastic pollution is a growing problem. Learn how legislation in New York might help to fight this problem, with Alexis Goldsmith, National Organizing Director of Beyond Plastics.
Free, but please RSVP: bennington.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Free, but please RSVP: bennington.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#BeyondPlastics
February 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Everything is extremely chaotic but the best info we have so far suggests that Trump’s “stop funding” EO would cover:
Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE
Devastating beyond words.
Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE
Devastating beyond words.
January 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Everything is extremely chaotic but the best info we have so far suggests that Trump’s “stop funding” EO would cover:
Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE
Devastating beyond words.
Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE
Devastating beyond words.
Reposted by Kathy Collett
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
5 writers who have written 10+ books that I’ve read more than twice.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Diana Wynne Jones
Dorothy Sayers
Antonia Forest
C.S. Lewis
Aaaand ...
Terry Pratchett
Georgette Heyer
Okay, I'll stop before adding dozens more.
#Booksky
Lois McMaster Bujold
Diana Wynne Jones
Dorothy Sayers
Antonia Forest
C.S. Lewis
Aaaand ...
Terry Pratchett
Georgette Heyer
Okay, I'll stop before adding dozens more.
#Booksky
November 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
5 writers who have written 10+ books that I’ve read more than twice.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Diana Wynne Jones
Dorothy Sayers
Antonia Forest
C.S. Lewis
Aaaand ...
Terry Pratchett
Georgette Heyer
Okay, I'll stop before adding dozens more.
#Booksky
Lois McMaster Bujold
Diana Wynne Jones
Dorothy Sayers
Antonia Forest
C.S. Lewis
Aaaand ...
Terry Pratchett
Georgette Heyer
Okay, I'll stop before adding dozens more.
#Booksky
Fleabane (probably Philadelphia fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus), June, 2023
November 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Fleabane (probably Philadelphia fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus), June, 2023
Goldberry, asleep
November 14, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Goldberry, asleep