Kat Maybury
katmaybird.bsky.social
Kat Maybury
@katmaybird.bsky.social
Rural progressive. Leftist. Gardener. Dog-friendly. Co-founder and organizer, Indivisible Charlottesville.
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Bird-dogging is a powerful tactic for holding our elected representatives accountable. Come learn how to get answers on the record by asking EFFECTIVE questions, in-public, in-person, and on camera. Sunday, Nov 23, 2PM, Swanson Case Room, Central Library, 201 E Market St.
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Heard someone call their coffee “tariff juice” and 😂
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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We can win the midterms *AND* build a Democratic Party that fights as hard as we do: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don't care that this is done. The fact that this man opened his mouth to say heath care funding was "minor league" is still making me incandescently angry. Dude, *I'm* scared and I'm relatively comfortable. Imagine what the ACA premium increases are going to do to millions.
Tim Kaine voted to reopen the government in exchange for…NOTHING. Instead of the healthcare funding, all these Democrats got was a promise from Republicans to hold a vote…next month. And we know what Republican promises are worth. Tell our representatives how you feel about this failure!
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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One week from today! #TDOR We will NOT comply with fascist attempts to demonize trans people. We stand with and protect our trans community members with FIERCE LOVE!
Trans Day of Remembrance 2025 — Indivisible Charlottesville
At 6pm on the 20th, queer folks and allies are invited to gather on the Downtown Mall in front of The Beautiful Idea where we will light candles and read the names of our trans siblings who have been ...
www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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welcome back. if you're just joining us, nazis are defending pedophiles
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.

A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I think it's the "saving up for braces" part of this story that adds a whole new level of ick. Like... that's a kid, man
The 17 year old who had sex for money with Trump’s first nominee for Attorney General was in and out of a homeless shelter, working at McDonalds. and trying to save up for braces. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
oh hey, VA Democrats, for no particular reason:

Primaries are GOOD, actually.
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just reposting because I feel that everyone should see it. Also, the replies are hilarious.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Buckle up. The crowd that brought you "Fifteen is too young to transition" and "Fifteen is too young to terminate a rape baby" is about to bring you "Well, now, actually, fifteen year olds, historically, were married with children by now, so you know, it's not really pedophilia..."

(Some were 13.)
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Yes, everyone who is fighting fascism needs to be united in fighting fascism.

But the need to be united to fight fascism is the opposite of being united with people folding to fascism.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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After waiting 62 days to see if Rep. McGuire, who previously defended child marriage in Virginia, would cast the necessary final vote to release the Epstein files, we finally see why. John is more loyal to Washington elites than he is to protecting young victims of sex crimes.
New Epstein emails appear to reveal more Trump ties
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.

New piece laying this out:

newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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man fuck this guy and the Warner he rode in on
"Kaine dismissed the criticism Monday.

"I don't need to court anybody's approval, and I don't need to fear anybody's judgment. If people think I made the wrong call, then it's a free country," he said."
Kaine says protecting Virginia federal workers behind vote to end shutdown
"What I'm hearing from Virginians this morning is … 'thank God you did this.'"
www.vpm.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Instead of folding like cheap chairs, Democrats should have forced the GOP to end the shutdown by killing the filibuster. Holding onto the archaic, antidemocratic tradition doesn't help them stop fascism, it makes them complicit to it.
My latest in @thenation.com

www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Democrats Should Have Let Republicans Kill the Filibuster
Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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I'm taking this personally, @kaine.senate.gov .
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Turns out this was the right take.
If I lived in Virginia, the second that Spanberger is sworn in as governor, I'd be demanding @kaine.senate.gov's resignation so she could replace him with someone who's actually aware of what is going on.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
8 of us. Not millions who will be unable to afford health insurance because they got scammed.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM