Kathy Kastner
@kathykastner.bsky.social
Endlessly curious. I am wont to find humour (note Canadian spelling) everywhere. Author, Death Kills and other things I've learned on the internet. TED talk: Exit Laughing. Oh so glad to be here where the sky is blue and the tone is true.
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These stupid, fucking morons. Wow.
What the hell: The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” and triggered a standoff with armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map. 🧵 1/
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
These stupid, fucking morons. Wow.
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The day after a lawsuit claiming ICE detention facilities were rife with abusive and unhealthy living conditions, ICE conveniently lost 2weeks of video footage from that time period.
DHS claims they don’t have money to preserve footage.
Budget: $200 billion
#ProudBlue#Voices4V
#OneV1
apple.news
DHS claims they don’t have money to preserve footage.
Budget: $200 billion
#ProudBlue#Voices4V
#OneV1
apple.news
ICE Suddenly Loses Key Evidence One Day After Being Sued — The New Republic
ICE says the evidence disappeared in a “system crash.”
apple.news
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The day after a lawsuit claiming ICE detention facilities were rife with abusive and unhealthy living conditions, ICE conveniently lost 2weeks of video footage from that time period.
DHS claims they don’t have money to preserve footage.
Budget: $200 billion
#ProudBlue#Voices4V
#OneV1
apple.news
DHS claims they don’t have money to preserve footage.
Budget: $200 billion
#ProudBlue#Voices4V
#OneV1
apple.news
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He slapped the crap out of Don Jr. in college for intending to wear a baseball jersey to a baseball game!
www.miaminewtimes.com/uncategorize...
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Miami DJ Says He Watched Donald Trump Brutally Slap His Son in College
Scott Melker lived in the same freshman dorm at UPenn as Donald Trump Jr.
www.miaminewtimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
He slapped the crap out of Don Jr. in college for intending to wear a baseball jersey to a baseball game!
www.miaminewtimes.com/uncategorize...
www.miaminewtimes.com/uncategorize...
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Democrats saw the game he was trying to play and beat him at his own game.
If Trump wanted to launch a nationwide attack on fair maps, he should’ve been ready for the blowback.
Actions have consequences. He’s meeting his.
If Trump wanted to launch a nationwide attack on fair maps, he should’ve been ready for the blowback.
Actions have consequences. He’s meeting his.
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Democrats saw the game he was trying to play and beat him at his own game.
If Trump wanted to launch a nationwide attack on fair maps, he should’ve been ready for the blowback.
Actions have consequences. He’s meeting his.
If Trump wanted to launch a nationwide attack on fair maps, he should’ve been ready for the blowback.
Actions have consequences. He’s meeting his.
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Our memories are not a true depiction of what has actually happened to us, but they do form the story as we understand it.
Why most of your memories are probably not even real
www.bigissue.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Our memories are not a true depiction of what has actually happened to us, but they do form the story as we understand it.
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
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"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.”
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
'Maybe It's Time to Pick a Fucking Side,' Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers | Common Dreams
"Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don't like what your political opponents say, execute them," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not w...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.”
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
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#BLM OTD 1835 David Ruggles, a Black abolitionist living in New York City, founds the New York Committee of Vigilance, an interracial collective working to protect free Black New Yorkers and fugitive former slaves from kidnappers and police.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#BLM OTD 1835 David Ruggles, a Black abolitionist living in New York City, founds the New York Committee of Vigilance, an interracial collective working to protect free Black New Yorkers and fugitive former slaves from kidnappers and police.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
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BREAKING: Senator @ChrisMurphyCT on Trump's call for executions:
“The President of the United States just called for members of Congress to be executed. If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side!”
“The President of the United States just called for members of Congress to be executed. If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side!”
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
BREAKING: Senator @ChrisMurphyCT on Trump's call for executions:
“The President of the United States just called for members of Congress to be executed. If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side!”
“The President of the United States just called for members of Congress to be executed. If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side!”
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📽️ NEW VIDEO: As the Epstein files shake Trump’s presidency, @marcelias.bsky.social and @mollyjongfast.bsky.social uncover how decades of New York wealth, politics and media helped shield powerful men. They also analyze which Democrats could emerge as the frontrunners for 2028.
https://bit.ly/43EuGxy
https://bit.ly/43EuGxy
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
📽️ NEW VIDEO: As the Epstein files shake Trump’s presidency, @marcelias.bsky.social and @mollyjongfast.bsky.social uncover how decades of New York wealth, politics and media helped shield powerful men. They also analyze which Democrats could emerge as the frontrunners for 2028.
https://bit.ly/43EuGxy
https://bit.ly/43EuGxy
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To the Coast Guard leadership signing off on this: You are trading your honor for political favor. By bowing to an administration that flirts with neo-Nazis, you are destroying the integrity of the service. If you can't define a swastika as hate, you aren’t fit to command. Period.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
To the Coast Guard leadership signing off on this: You are trading your honor for political favor. By bowing to an administration that flirts with neo-Nazis, you are destroying the integrity of the service. If you can't define a swastika as hate, you aren’t fit to command. Period.
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“Clinicians describe RSV seasons that now feel completely different. Emergency departments report dramatically fewer infants with severe breathing problems. Hospitalizations that once overwhelmed pediatric units have declined sharply.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-...
CIDRAP Op-Ed: RSV prevention—a remarkable medical achievement finally realized
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“Clinicians describe RSV seasons that now feel completely different. Emergency departments report dramatically fewer infants with severe breathing problems. Hospitalizations that once overwhelmed pediatric units have declined sharply.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-...
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"I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder."
-Ansel Adams
-Ansel Adams
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder."
-Ansel Adams
-Ansel Adams
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“It’s now clear that potent opposition to the dictatorship requires concerted efforts by actors across the country, both in and out of government, all directed at bringing every abuse of the regime and its dictator to the attention of a public that is already alarmed.”
Yes. Everything everywhere
Yes. Everything everywhere
The GOP is stuck with a lame duck dictator. Republicans didn't just lose the shutdown, they are losing the American people, who are increasingly repulsed by Trump's War Within America, and by Trump himself, as I discuss in PN.
The lame duck dictatorship
Trump is fighting his "war within" on multiple fronts and losing them all.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“It’s now clear that potent opposition to the dictatorship requires concerted efforts by actors across the country, both in and out of government, all directed at bringing every abuse of the regime and its dictator to the attention of a public that is already alarmed.”
Yes. Everything everywhere
Yes. Everything everywhere
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Trump didn’t “criticize” Democrats.
He called for them to be prosecuted for sedition.
This is not politics.
This is regime behavior. F*CK THAT! 😡👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
He called for them to be prosecuted for sedition.
This is not politics.
This is regime behavior. F*CK THAT! 😡👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Charity gives $35M to 2 children's hospitals in Ontario to improve mental health care #Ontario
SickKids in Toronto and CHEO in Ottawa to use money for 'precision' medicine
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
SickKids in Toronto and CHEO in Ottawa to use money for 'precision' medicine
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Charity gives $35M to 2 children's hospitals in Ontario to improve mental health care | CBC News
A Canadian charitable foundation has given $35 million to two children's hospitals in Ontario with the aim of improving mental health care for children and youth.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Charity gives $35M to 2 children's hospitals in Ontario to improve mental health care #Ontario
SickKids in Toronto and CHEO in Ottawa to use money for 'precision' medicine
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
SickKids in Toronto and CHEO in Ottawa to use money for 'precision' medicine
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Swastikas, nooses and Confederate flags will be renamed from 'Hate symbols' to 'potentially divisive.'
Along with calling for the Democrats who are telling the armed forces to uphold the Constitution, not follow illegal orders from the shitheads up above.
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Along with calling for the Democrats who are telling the armed forces to uphold the Constitution, not follow illegal orders from the shitheads up above.
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Trump Official Cries Fake News Over 'Hate Symbol' Report
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer be identifying the swastika as a hate symbol under new guidelines set to take effect next month, according to a new report.
www.mediaite.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Swastikas, nooses and Confederate flags will be renamed from 'Hate symbols' to 'potentially divisive.'
Along with calling for the Democrats who are telling the armed forces to uphold the Constitution, not follow illegal orders from the shitheads up above.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/u...
Along with calling for the Democrats who are telling the armed forces to uphold the Constitution, not follow illegal orders from the shitheads up above.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/u...
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Same with the semiconductor plant in Arizona that Donnie Dumpass brags about.
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Same with the semiconductor plant in Arizona that Donnie Dumpass brags about.
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NOW HEAR THIS: Every service member has an OBLIGATION to NOT carry out “Blatantly” Unlawful orders:
1) COMMIT A CRIME OR WAR CRIME
2) VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION
3) VIOLATE TREATIES & INTL LAWS
4) VIOLATE THE UCMJ
5) ORDERS YOU TO ABUSE YOUR POSITION OR AUTHORITY OR SUPERIORS PERSONAL GAIN
1) COMMIT A CRIME OR WAR CRIME
2) VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION
3) VIOLATE TREATIES & INTL LAWS
4) VIOLATE THE UCMJ
5) ORDERS YOU TO ABUSE YOUR POSITION OR AUTHORITY OR SUPERIORS PERSONAL GAIN
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
NOW HEAR THIS: Every service member has an OBLIGATION to NOT carry out “Blatantly” Unlawful orders:
1) COMMIT A CRIME OR WAR CRIME
2) VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION
3) VIOLATE TREATIES & INTL LAWS
4) VIOLATE THE UCMJ
5) ORDERS YOU TO ABUSE YOUR POSITION OR AUTHORITY OR SUPERIORS PERSONAL GAIN
1) COMMIT A CRIME OR WAR CRIME
2) VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION
3) VIOLATE TREATIES & INTL LAWS
4) VIOLATE THE UCMJ
5) ORDERS YOU TO ABUSE YOUR POSITION OR AUTHORITY OR SUPERIORS PERSONAL GAIN