Kate Burak
@kburak.bsky.social
Writer. Teacher at Boston University.
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Pete Hegseth sure is proud of committing murder.
This is what the so-called "Secretary of War" is tweeting amid reports that his department ordered a second strike to make sure they killed survivors of a boat they attacked that they allege with no proof carries drugs (which doesn't justify bombing them even it were true)
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Pete Hegseth sure is proud of committing murder.
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Good morning and happy December 1st, Jaye! 🌞💙
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Good morning and happy December 1st, Jaye! 🌞💙
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Two brothers from Khmelnytskyi — Vasyl and Valentyn Basok — were killed in the war 💔.
They served together from the start of russia’s invasion, survived captivity, and returned to the front.
On 23 November 2025, both died during a combat mission.
Honor to the warriors and eternal memory 🇺🇦
They served together from the start of russia’s invasion, survived captivity, and returned to the front.
On 23 November 2025, both died during a combat mission.
Honor to the warriors and eternal memory 🇺🇦
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Two brothers from Khmelnytskyi — Vasyl and Valentyn Basok — were killed in the war 💔.
They served together from the start of russia’s invasion, survived captivity, and returned to the front.
On 23 November 2025, both died during a combat mission.
Honor to the warriors and eternal memory 🇺🇦
They served together from the start of russia’s invasion, survived captivity, and returned to the front.
On 23 November 2025, both died during a combat mission.
Honor to the warriors and eternal memory 🇺🇦
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We’re going to have to get used to this. 2026 and 2028 are likely to look very similar.
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, attempts to prevent US citizens from voting should be a red line for you.
We can’t allow terroristic threats to keep us from the polls.
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, attempts to prevent US citizens from voting should be a red line for you.
We can’t allow terroristic threats to keep us from the polls.
Breaking from NJ AG Platkin:
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We’re going to have to get used to this. 2026 and 2028 are likely to look very similar.
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, attempts to prevent US citizens from voting should be a red line for you.
We can’t allow terroristic threats to keep us from the polls.
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, attempts to prevent US citizens from voting should be a red line for you.
We can’t allow terroristic threats to keep us from the polls.
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"[Not using the funding already allocated to keep SNAP going] is a decision the president is making--on his own--to allow people to go hungry."
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"[Not using the funding already allocated to keep SNAP going] is a decision the president is making--on his own--to allow people to go hungry."
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While the Trump administration gives $40 billion to bail out Argentina, they are unlawfully suspending SNAP benefits for millions of hungry families and kids across America.
It is shameful.
It is shameful.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
While the Trump administration gives $40 billion to bail out Argentina, they are unlawfully suspending SNAP benefits for millions of hungry families and kids across America.
It is shameful.
It is shameful.
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Neguse: "Does anyone here not believe that with one phone call from Speaker Johnson -- one phone call to the president or the secretary of ag -- that those funds would be released tomorrow? And that families wouldn't go starving by the weekend?"
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Neguse: "Does anyone here not believe that with one phone call from Speaker Johnson -- one phone call to the president or the secretary of ag -- that those funds would be released tomorrow? And that families wouldn't go starving by the weekend?"
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Banana republic shit.
Breaking news: The DOJ placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they filed a document in court that referred to the Jan. 6. attack on the U.S. Capitol as a “riot” carried out by a “mob,” two people familiar with the matter said.
Two U.S. prosecutors suspended after describing Jan. 6 attack as ‘mob’
The suspensions come in the case of a 2021 Capitol rioter who faces sentencing for unrelated weapons charges.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Banana republic shit.
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My 3 year old is on a Sesame Street kick, and we've uncovered a treasure trove of Start To Read books done in the 80s and 90s with a wealth of stuff I want my kid to know about being a human in this world. I've found them for fairly cheap on used book sites.
Sesame Street Start-to-Read Books
See also Sesame Street Start-to-Read Video
muppet.fandom.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My 3 year old is on a Sesame Street kick, and we've uncovered a treasure trove of Start To Read books done in the 80s and 90s with a wealth of stuff I want my kid to know about being a human in this world. I've found them for fairly cheap on used book sites.
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Firing an entire federal arts commission to clear the path for your own triumphal arch? It’s a textbook indicator of authoritarian executive overreach — the exact trend we warned about in our assessment.
#authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment
#authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Firing an entire federal arts commission to clear the path for your own triumphal arch? It’s a textbook indicator of authoritarian executive overreach — the exact trend we warned about in our assessment.
#authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment
#authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment
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When a government withholds food to force obedience, democracy is already on life support. This urgent commentary exposes how hunger has become a political weapon in America, turning SNAP from a safety net into a tool of control. The question remains: What are we doing here, folks?
October 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
When a government withholds food to force obedience, democracy is already on life support. This urgent commentary exposes how hunger has become a political weapon in America, turning SNAP from a safety net into a tool of control. The question remains: What are we doing here, folks?
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On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️🌈
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️🌈
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How is it not news, according to the @nytimes.com, that an ICE agent in Chicago said "do something bitch" and deliberately SHOT a United States citizen? Can someone answer that question for me? @toddgregory.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social @risenc.bsky.social
It's not, like, some minor paperwork mistake. If this is correct, ICE rammed a woman's car, threatened her derisively, shot her, and then wrote up a report claiming she drove at them.
Someone prosecute someone for perjury someday please.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
Someone prosecute someone for perjury someday please.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
How is it not news, according to the @nytimes.com, that an ICE agent in Chicago said "do something bitch" and deliberately SHOT a United States citizen? Can someone answer that question for me? @toddgregory.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social @risenc.bsky.social
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Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?
October 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?
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October 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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I'm asking YOU:
What will a doubling of health care premiums mean for your family?
What it will mean if you're one of the 15 million being thrown off their health care?
Please comment below or submit a story here: tinyurl.com/3rbdfdmz
What will a doubling of health care premiums mean for your family?
What it will mean if you're one of the 15 million being thrown off their health care?
Please comment below or submit a story here: tinyurl.com/3rbdfdmz
Where We Are With the Government Shutdown | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I'm asking YOU:
What will a doubling of health care premiums mean for your family?
What it will mean if you're one of the 15 million being thrown off their health care?
Please comment below or submit a story here: tinyurl.com/3rbdfdmz
What will a doubling of health care premiums mean for your family?
What it will mean if you're one of the 15 million being thrown off their health care?
Please comment below or submit a story here: tinyurl.com/3rbdfdmz
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Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal
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We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.
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“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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The surprise is not that the US govt shutdown. The surprise will be if it ever opens again.
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The surprise is not that the US govt shutdown. The surprise will be if it ever opens again.
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
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We are here ⬇️ on the Totalitarian Mall Map.
October 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We are here ⬇️ on the Totalitarian Mall Map.