Kathy Raines
@kathyraines.bsky.social
Balloon artist, gardener, news junkie. She/her.
He doesn't have the authority to order Texas to redistrict either.
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
He doesn't have the authority to order Texas to redistrict either.
He's just making shit up to have an 'excuse' to get rid of her.
August 26, 2025 at 4:42 AM
He's just making shit up to have an 'excuse' to get rid of her.
But without publicly funded vouchers, please and thank you.
April 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
But without publicly funded vouchers, please and thank you.
Mitchell "Norms" McConnell.
April 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Mitchell "Norms" McConnell.
Isn't everything out of the current administration a scam, though?
April 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Isn't everything out of the current administration a scam, though?
When did Trump think rationally? kthxbai
April 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When did Trump think rationally? kthxbai
"Move fast and break stuff" is the new M.O.
April 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Move fast and break stuff" is the new M.O.
wait, I thought Congress determined the budget?
That was then, this is now.
That was then, this is now.
April 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
wait, I thought Congress determined the budget?
That was then, this is now.
That was then, this is now.
Not to mention rural hospitals.
April 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Not to mention rural hospitals.
We know he's lying when his lips are moving.
April 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
We know he's lying when his lips are moving.
I've bee depressed since Nov. 5.
March 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I've bee depressed since Nov. 5.
You think any MAGA people would care what Clinton, Obama, Bush, and Biden would have to say?
March 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You think any MAGA people would care what Clinton, Obama, Bush, and Biden would have to say?
Crashing the economy will produce lots of young people who need money, with the military one of the few options available.
March 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Crashing the economy will produce lots of young people who need money, with the military one of the few options available.
Trump fired everyone who would get in his way.
March 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump fired everyone who would get in his way.
He has concepts of a plan! The greatest concepts of the greatest plan! Yeah!
March 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
He has concepts of a plan! The greatest concepts of the greatest plan! Yeah!
by the primary voters, the party that nominated a felon, and then those who voted in the general election. Most of all: Sen. McConnell who refused to let an insurrectionist be impeached. 2/2
February 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
by the primary voters, the party that nominated a felon, and then those who voted in the general election. Most of all: Sen. McConnell who refused to let an insurrectionist be impeached. 2/2
Exactly. I think the framers would have never expected that a would-be king would be elected president. Wasn't one of the purposes of the Electoral College to have people of good judgment choose wisely the incoming president?
A whole lot of terrible judgment got us to where we are: 1/
A whole lot of terrible judgment got us to where we are: 1/
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Exactly. I think the framers would have never expected that a would-be king would be elected president. Wasn't one of the purposes of the Electoral College to have people of good judgment choose wisely the incoming president?
A whole lot of terrible judgment got us to where we are: 1/
A whole lot of terrible judgment got us to where we are: 1/
Sure, in 2025. But I think the framers of the Constitution expected members of Congress to be men (back then, all men) of good conscience, and to act accordingly for the good of the young nation.
February 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Sure, in 2025. But I think the framers of the Constitution expected members of Congress to be men (back then, all men) of good conscience, and to act accordingly for the good of the young nation.
I realize that takes vertebra which the Rs in Congress do not have, but there are safeguards - unfortunately, they depend on people of good conscience to uphold them.
February 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I realize that takes vertebra which the Rs in Congress do not have, but there are safeguards - unfortunately, they depend on people of good conscience to uphold them.
"With all due respect. Mr. President, you do not have the authority to issue an executive order that defies this specific act of Congress and this specific part of the Constitution. So let's just run that EO through the shredder and start again." Rinse, wash, rinse, repeat.
February 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
"With all due respect. Mr. President, you do not have the authority to issue an executive order that defies this specific act of Congress and this specific part of the Constitution. So let's just run that EO through the shredder and start again." Rinse, wash, rinse, repeat.
Safeguards: Congress passes laws and the federal agencies work to enact those laws. Congresspeople should have said, on day one,
February 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Safeguards: Congress passes laws and the federal agencies work to enact those laws. Congresspeople should have said, on day one,
Safeguards: The senate has to confirm cabinet nominations. They should have turned down every one of TCF's fricking nominees until he came up with qualified people.
February 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Safeguards: The senate has to confirm cabinet nominations. They should have turned down every one of TCF's fricking nominees until he came up with qualified people.
What makes you think she didn't mean it?
February 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
What makes you think she didn't mean it?
I haven't doomscrolled much today, so my last "OMG!" was over the $5 million Gold Coin for citizenship...
February 26, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I haven't doomscrolled much today, so my last "OMG!" was over the $5 million Gold Coin for citizenship...
Every day there's something new that makes me feel ill. There's no bottom to this...he keeps digging deeper.
February 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Every day there's something new that makes me feel ill. There's no bottom to this...he keeps digging deeper.