@kathynotbates.bsky.social
Lifelong Democrat. Born a Hoosier but living my best life in Badger country. Social justice and science warrior. Ally for all BLM/LGBTQAI/ 🇵🇸/🇺🇦. Books, music, family.
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"omnidirectional incoherence" captures Trumpism perfectly
December 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"omnidirectional incoherence" captures Trumpism perfectly
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Trafficked children don’t care about politics. They care if someone comes for them. Around the world, justice is delayed while evidence is buried…and the man atop the United States helps keep the truth from daylight.
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Trafficked children don’t care about politics. They care if someone comes for them. Around the world, justice is delayed while evidence is buried…and the man atop the United States helps keep the truth from daylight.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Note the date. We knew a long time ago.
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Note the date. We knew a long time ago.
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Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.
December 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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So. 🤦♂️
I get it. Make a statement and count on people having zero critical thinking skills.
Because this? Is BS.
"The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light"
Yeah, next...
I get it. Make a statement and count on people having zero critical thinking skills.
Because this? Is BS.
"The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light"
Yeah, next...
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
So. 🤦♂️
I get it. Make a statement and count on people having zero critical thinking skills.
Because this? Is BS.
"The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light"
Yeah, next...
I get it. Make a statement and count on people having zero critical thinking skills.
Because this? Is BS.
"The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light"
Yeah, next...
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The shooter attacked a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach and shot more than 20 people...the man who took down the shooter is a Lebanese Muslim. Given how often Muslims are demonized, make note that he risked his life to save Jews.
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The shooter attacked a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach and shot more than 20 people...the man who took down the shooter is a Lebanese Muslim. Given how often Muslims are demonized, make note that he risked his life to save Jews.
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This x 1,000,000
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This x 1,000,000
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I started writing a book on lions.
It turned out to be quite tricky and, frankly, damn dangerous, so I went back to regular paper.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
It turned out to be quite tricky and, frankly, damn dangerous, so I went back to regular paper.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I started writing a book on lions.
It turned out to be quite tricky and, frankly, damn dangerous, so I went back to regular paper.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
It turned out to be quite tricky and, frankly, damn dangerous, so I went back to regular paper.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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So MAGA, You see these two? One of them is your dear leader, the other is a Prince in a country where CHRISTIANITY IS BANNED. Where you can be arrested for being a CHRISTIAN, for displaying CHRISTIAN symbols and even, for having a bible.
But go ahead, tell me how much fucking MONEY he's investing.
But go ahead, tell me how much fucking MONEY he's investing.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
So MAGA, You see these two? One of them is your dear leader, the other is a Prince in a country where CHRISTIANITY IS BANNED. Where you can be arrested for being a CHRISTIAN, for displaying CHRISTIAN symbols and even, for having a bible.
But go ahead, tell me how much fucking MONEY he's investing.
But go ahead, tell me how much fucking MONEY he's investing.
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tl;dr:
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
tl;dr:
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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Dear ICE: They don't let you wear a mask in your mug shot.
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Dear ICE: They don't let you wear a mask in your mug shot.
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Dementia J. Trump can’t even get through a sentence when all he has to do is read it. This is guy is sundowning pretty fast. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "Christians and more, think of this, more than twice as likely foster care they'll adopt the general population. They adopt to it so easily. When they get out, they adopt to it like it's become second nature. It's amazing."
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Dementia J. Trump can’t even get through a sentence when all he has to do is read it. This is guy is sundowning pretty fast. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Who knows. For years I thought, "*Now* will they finally say 'enough'?"
Is this finally the big—as some have so aptly put it—jailbreak?
Let us hope and pray that it is. But let's not hold our breath.
Is this finally the big—as some have so aptly put it—jailbreak?
Let us hope and pray that it is. But let's not hold our breath.
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Who knows. For years I thought, "*Now* will they finally say 'enough'?"
Is this finally the big—as some have so aptly put it—jailbreak?
Let us hope and pray that it is. But let's not hold our breath.
Is this finally the big—as some have so aptly put it—jailbreak?
Let us hope and pray that it is. But let's not hold our breath.
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.