K.B. Owen
@kbowenwriter.bsky.social
Former lit adjunct turned author of mysteries set in 19thc U.S. featuring women who can't mind their own business and have the scars to prove it. Book banning makes me crazy. I love cats, container gardening, yarn crafts, and democracy.
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Watching Trump’s highly trained, fully armored and masked ICE goons being totally played by a delivery guy on a bike. They usually require an indoor hallway and an unarmed immigrant leaving a legal hearing to really show their stuff.
September 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Watching Trump’s highly trained, fully armored and masked ICE goons being totally played by a delivery guy on a bike. They usually require an indoor hallway and an unarmed immigrant leaving a legal hearing to really show their stuff.
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I was just on a press call with TX Rep. Nicole Collier, @corybooker.com, and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
Rep. Collier joined us from the TX Capitol. She was ordered to leave the call, and threatened with a felony charge if she didn’t comply.
This is an outrageous violation of her freedom of speech.
Rep. Collier joined us from the TX Capitol. She was ordered to leave the call, and threatened with a felony charge if she didn’t comply.
This is an outrageous violation of her freedom of speech.
August 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I was just on a press call with TX Rep. Nicole Collier, @corybooker.com, and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
Rep. Collier joined us from the TX Capitol. She was ordered to leave the call, and threatened with a felony charge if she didn’t comply.
This is an outrageous violation of her freedom of speech.
Rep. Collier joined us from the TX Capitol. She was ordered to leave the call, and threatened with a felony charge if she didn’t comply.
This is an outrageous violation of her freedom of speech.
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Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
NEW:
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
August 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
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Can he scream "I'm Pooty's bitch" any louder?
FOX: What was the reaction among European leaders when you decided to call Putin during your meeting?
TRUMP: I didn't do it in front of them. I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin.
TRUMP: I didn't do it in front of them. I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin.
August 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Can he scream "I'm Pooty's bitch" any louder?
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Every news broadcast should run the facts split-screen in real time while Trump spews his lies.
Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
August 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Every news broadcast should run the facts split-screen in real time while Trump spews his lies.
Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
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🚨 #SocialSecurity is on the chopping block. Thanks to Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” retirees are now staring down $18,000-a-year benefit cut in just seven years. Seniors who paid in their whole lives are left holding the bag.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.
A new analysis projects a 24% cut to Social Security benefits by late 2032.
Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will cause sharp cuts to Social Security by late 2032, a new analysis says.
www.axios.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🚨 #SocialSecurity is on the chopping block. Thanks to Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” retirees are now staring down $18,000-a-year benefit cut in just seven years. Seniors who paid in their whole lives are left holding the bag.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.
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With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
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To vote for this bill is to vote to starve and kill Americans, and to saddle those who survive with a mountain of debt and a hotter globe. That is a policy choice. And everyone who votes yes owns that choice.
July 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
To vote for this bill is to vote to starve and kill Americans, and to saddle those who survive with a mountain of debt and a hotter globe. That is a policy choice. And everyone who votes yes owns that choice.
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I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
June 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
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Please share this. Our government has failed in its most basic duty of keeping its citizens safe. Instead, it has cut and run — by closing the American embassy, by telling Americans they are on their own, by abandoning them in a war zone. Where is the wall-to-wall coverage of this betrayal?
Trump Cuts and Runs
American media silent about Trump's betrayal
open.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Please share this. Our government has failed in its most basic duty of keeping its citizens safe. Instead, it has cut and run — by closing the American embassy, by telling Americans they are on their own, by abandoning them in a war zone. Where is the wall-to-wall coverage of this betrayal?
Something weird is going on over at @threads @meta today...duplicate threads everywhere, under all different user names! I usually only read/comment on other posts over there, but I checked my posts (most recent was 3wks ago), and they're duplicated, too. Anyone here know what might be going on? Tx!
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Something weird is going on over at @threads @meta today...duplicate threads everywhere, under all different user names! I usually only read/comment on other posts over there, but I checked my posts (most recent was 3wks ago), and they're duplicated, too. Anyone here know what might be going on? Tx!
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They've arrested, detained, or assaulted a judge, a Mayor, a Congresswoman, a labor leader—and now a U.S. Senator. Imagine what they'll do to you.
They are counting on our fear, which is why we must be courageous. If we don't fight back, they will come for all of us.
They are counting on our fear, which is why we must be courageous. If we don't fight back, they will come for all of us.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
They've arrested, detained, or assaulted a judge, a Mayor, a Congresswoman, a labor leader—and now a U.S. Senator. Imagine what they'll do to you.
They are counting on our fear, which is why we must be courageous. If we don't fight back, they will come for all of us.
They are counting on our fear, which is why we must be courageous. If we don't fight back, they will come for all of us.
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Trump makes wearing a face covering in public a criminal offense. Law enacted by Truth Social Edict from his country club.
June 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Trump makes wearing a face covering in public a criminal offense. Law enacted by Truth Social Edict from his country club.
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The great American educator Neil Postman wrote in “The Soft Revolution” that students should “adopt the symbols of American values rather than attack them,” emphasizing that the real revolution is in demonstrating what those values - liberty, justice & equality - mean in practice.
June 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The great American educator Neil Postman wrote in “The Soft Revolution” that students should “adopt the symbols of American values rather than attack them,” emphasizing that the real revolution is in demonstrating what those values - liberty, justice & equality - mean in practice.
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In 2017, to pass their first round of tax cuts, Republican negotiated in secret, wrote a bill behind closed doors, ignored every analysis, and moved it through the committee process in a matter of days without a single hearing about the impact of their legislation.
In 2025, they’re doing it again.
In 2025, they’re doing it again.
In overnight vote, Republicans move closer to pushing Trump agenda bill through House
GOP officials are scrambling to advance massive tax breaks and dramatic Medicaid cuts, and it's worth appreciating why they're in such a rush.
www.msnbc.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In 2017, to pass their first round of tax cuts, Republican negotiated in secret, wrote a bill behind closed doors, ignored every analysis, and moved it through the committee process in a matter of days without a single hearing about the impact of their legislation.
In 2025, they’re doing it again.
In 2025, they’re doing it again.
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How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
May 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
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Thye're trying to kill us.
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thye're trying to kill us.
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USPS workers sound alarm over Trump efforts to dismantle service: ‘The hounds are at the door.’
The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatization.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatization.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
USPS workers sound alarm over Trump efforts to dismantle service: ‘The hounds are at the door
The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatization
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
USPS workers sound alarm over Trump efforts to dismantle service: ‘The hounds are at the door.’
The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatization.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatization.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
@contrarian thanks for your solid reporting. However, please hire a copy editor. "Freedom of conscious" is a freshman writing mistake that makes this former prof's eye start twitching.
April 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@contrarian thanks for your solid reporting. However, please hire a copy editor. "Freedom of conscious" is a freshman writing mistake that makes this former prof's eye start twitching.
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Like, soooo efficient. 🙄
April 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Like, soooo efficient. 🙄
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Our leaders have failed Stephanie Horowitz and other Parkland survivors by making them endure the unthinkable not once, but twice.
There are no words, only actions.
#FSU #FloridaState #Parkland #Enough
There are no words, only actions.
#FSU #FloridaState #Parkland #Enough
This moment is powerful.
The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz.
She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018
She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday
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The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz.
She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018
She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday
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April 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Our leaders have failed Stephanie Horowitz and other Parkland survivors by making them endure the unthinkable not once, but twice.
There are no words, only actions.
#FSU #FloridaState #Parkland #Enough
There are no words, only actions.
#FSU #FloridaState #Parkland #Enough
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It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
April 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
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Once again sharing this info.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
April 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Once again sharing this info.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.