Kate Bixler
@kbixler.bsky.social
Chair, Madison County Democratic Party, Madison County, Kentucky
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
Fundraising off of calls for one's death isn't the flex that some think it is.
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Fundraising off of calls for one's death isn't the flex that some think it is.
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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Texts from my mom
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Texts from my mom
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Imagine being a Medicaid patient in recovery who needs pain treatment, but your insurance makes opioids easier to get than safer options.
Senator Gerald Neal’s bill would end this dangerous practice and could saves lives.
Senator Gerald Neal’s bill would end this dangerous practice and could saves lives.
Neal will reintroduce bill seeking equal access to non-opioid pain relief for medicaid recipients
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – State Senate Minority Leader Gerald Neal, D-Louisville, plans to introduce legislation in the 2026 session ensuring that Medicaid patients have equitable access to non-opioid pre...
www.kentuckytoday.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Imagine being a Medicaid patient in recovery who needs pain treatment, but your insurance makes opioids easier to get than safer options.
Senator Gerald Neal’s bill would end this dangerous practice and could saves lives.
Senator Gerald Neal’s bill would end this dangerous practice and could saves lives.
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Regarding Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plans to run for the Democratic presidential nomination on a platform of Americans who still support Donald Trump matter more than everyone else and must be catered to:
an elderly man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .
ALT: an elderly man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Regarding Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plans to run for the Democratic presidential nomination on a platform of Americans who still support Donald Trump matter more than everyone else and must be catered to:
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some days you just have to laugh at how unbelievably stupid everything is
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
some days you just have to laugh at how unbelievably stupid everything is
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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There is only one month left to switch your party registration for the 2026 primary. Kentucky's closed primary system means only registered Democrats can vote for Democratic candidates.
Update your registration now at govote.ky.gov
Update your registration now at govote.ky.gov
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There is only one month left to switch your party registration for the 2026 primary. Kentucky's closed primary system means only registered Democrats can vote for Democratic candidates.
Update your registration now at govote.ky.gov
Update your registration now at govote.ky.gov
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New piece I've been dying to write for eons now. JD and Usha Vance seem to hate each other, and barely bother to conceal it.
This is no way to live your life. But JD Vance wants this misery for everyone.
www.salon.com/2025/08/11/d...
This is no way to live your life. But JD Vance wants this misery for everyone.
www.salon.com/2025/08/11/d...
Divorce him already, Usha
JD Vance and his wife really seem to loathe each other
www.salon.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New piece I've been dying to write for eons now. JD and Usha Vance seem to hate each other, and barely bother to conceal it.
This is no way to live your life. But JD Vance wants this misery for everyone.
www.salon.com/2025/08/11/d...
This is no way to live your life. But JD Vance wants this misery for everyone.
www.salon.com/2025/08/11/d...
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I continue to repeat this: Vance is your real problem.
"State capitalism" -- seems more like splitting the difference between fascism and socialism.
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
August 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I continue to repeat this: Vance is your real problem.
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Two things can be true:
1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &
2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &
2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
August 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Two things can be true:
1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &
2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &
2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
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The Beshear Administration has joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit claiming the Trump Administration unlawfully froze unemployment funds already appropriated by Congress.
Beshear joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump Administration over unemployment funds
The Beshear Administration has joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit claiming the Trump Administration unlawfully froze unemployment funds already appropriated by Congress.
www.weku.org
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Beshear Administration has joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit claiming the Trump Administration unlawfully froze unemployment funds already appropriated by Congress.
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Right-wing censorship has claimed another victim.
An interlibrary loan network in Idaho that connected small town libraries to larger collections has dissolved over concerns over compliance with the state's censorship policy regarding LGTBQ+ and other "materials harmful to minors."
An interlibrary loan network in Idaho that connected small town libraries to larger collections has dissolved over concerns over compliance with the state's censorship policy regarding LGTBQ+ and other "materials harmful to minors."
In response to moves by Post Falls library, consortium for interlibrary loans in North Idaho dissolves
Members of North Idaho’s interlibrary loan consortium on Wednesday officially dissolved the Cooperat...
www.bellinghamherald.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Right-wing censorship has claimed another victim.
An interlibrary loan network in Idaho that connected small town libraries to larger collections has dissolved over concerns over compliance with the state's censorship policy regarding LGTBQ+ and other "materials harmful to minors."
An interlibrary loan network in Idaho that connected small town libraries to larger collections has dissolved over concerns over compliance with the state's censorship policy regarding LGTBQ+ and other "materials harmful to minors."
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‘Difficult process’: KET, public radio stations slammed by end of federal funding kentuckylantern.com/briefs/diffi...
‘Difficult process’: KET, public radio stations slammed by end of federal funding • Kentucky Lantern
Cuts to public broadcasting that cleared Congress will cost KET funding for most of its original programming and a fourth of its workforce.
kentuckylantern.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
‘Difficult process’: KET, public radio stations slammed by end of federal funding kentuckylantern.com/briefs/diffi...
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Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has joined nine other Republican senators asking President Donald Trump’s administration to release more than $6.8 billion in frozen federal education funding.
www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article310921640.html#storylink=cpy
www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article310921640.html#storylink=cpy
McConnell joins GOP senators demanding release of frozen education funds
The letter by 10 GOP senators comes after a lawsuit has been filed by 24 states, including Kentucky, demanding the release of the federal funds
www.kentucky.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has joined nine other Republican senators asking President Donald Trump’s administration to release more than $6.8 billion in frozen federal education funding.
www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article310921640.html#storylink=cpy
www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article310921640.html#storylink=cpy
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He already got what he wanted?
July 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
He already got what he wanted?
This is not the way. Getting big money out of our politics is.
🟡 NEW: Rep. Ro Khanna is working to pull Elon Musk toward Democrats and talked with one of Musk’s “senior confidants” on Thursday about whether he might want to help the Democratic Party in the midterms.
Khanna steps up his work to pull Musk toward Democrats
The California Democratic congressman has known the former Donald Trump ally for more than a decade.
www.semafor.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is not the way. Getting big money out of our politics is.
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If you want to astound a younger American today, tell them that thirty years ago there was actually a years-long investigation into a president's personal business dealings and, even better, it centered on a real estate venture where he *lost* money.
June 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you want to astound a younger American today, tell them that thirty years ago there was actually a years-long investigation into a president's personal business dealings and, even better, it centered on a real estate venture where he *lost* money.
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We no longer have a warning system or the infatrructure to deal with disease outbreaks, let alone a pandemic
RFK has dismantled the CDC to the point that it is now ineffective
www.kqed.org/news/1204141...
RFK has dismantled the CDC to the point that it is now ineffective
www.kqed.org/news/1204141...
Diseases Are Spreading. The CDC Isn't Warning the Public Like It Was Months Ago | KQED
Health emergencies have not paused since January as cases of measles, salmonella, listeria and hepatitis A and C have spread throughout the country.
www.kqed.org
May 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We no longer have a warning system or the infatrructure to deal with disease outbreaks, let alone a pandemic
RFK has dismantled the CDC to the point that it is now ineffective
www.kqed.org/news/1204141...
RFK has dismantled the CDC to the point that it is now ineffective
www.kqed.org/news/1204141...
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It should not need to be said, and it should not be controversial to say it, but: Starving children is wrong.
I wrote for @theatlantic.com about the horror of the Palestinian people needlessly starving while food is within reach:
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
I wrote for @theatlantic.com about the horror of the Palestinian people needlessly starving while food is within reach:
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
It Should Not Be Controversial to Plead for Gaza’s Children
Israel’s limits on aid have put the region at “critical risk of famine.” Help is within reach. But it’s not enough—and it’s arriving too slowly.
www.theatlantic.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It should not need to be said, and it should not be controversial to say it, but: Starving children is wrong.
I wrote for @theatlantic.com about the horror of the Palestinian people needlessly starving while food is within reach:
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
I wrote for @theatlantic.com about the horror of the Palestinian people needlessly starving while food is within reach:
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
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SCOOP— FEMA essential functions are at "high risk" of not functioning properly just days before hurricane season because of staffing shortages, per a recent internal memo obtained by The Handbasket.
These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery."
Full story here:
These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery."
Full story here:
FEMA at 'high risk' of disrupting 'life-saving' disaster relief, per internal memo
The agency in charge of mitigating disasters is in the midst of its own.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
SCOOP— FEMA essential functions are at "high risk" of not functioning properly just days before hurricane season because of staffing shortages, per a recent internal memo obtained by The Handbasket.
These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery."
Full story here:
These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery."
Full story here: