Kathleen Cooper
@kcooper.bsky.social
Storyteller in love with the South Puget Sound. Proud to live, work and raise my children here. Allergic to pollen and false equivalencies. Trying desperately to leave Elon’s Twitter.
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Kathleen Cooper
@kcooper.bsky.social
· Dec 23
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Annual report: See how our Office provided accountability and transparency of public funds in 2024 | Office of the Washington State Auditor
The State Auditor’s Office invites you to scroll through an interactive report of our activities during fiscal year 2024.
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Washington, give SAO a follow! I work there, so obv I'm biased, but ... did you know you have a whole government agency devoted to auditing every other government in our state to ensure protection of public resources? We audit so you don't have to. Give the website a spin and tell me what you think!
FORCE FOR WHAT
WHAT ARE WE DOING? I just cannot stand how this is being accepted like “ok we may go to war in Venezuela”
WHAT ARE WE DOING? I just cannot stand how this is being accepted like “ok we may go to war in Venezuela”
Update: The country's largest aircraft carrier joined thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force.
USS Gerald Ford enters Caribbean Sea as threat of U.S. action against Venezuela rises
The country's largest aircraft carrier joined thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
FORCE FOR WHAT
WHAT ARE WE DOING? I just cannot stand how this is being accepted like “ok we may go to war in Venezuela”
WHAT ARE WE DOING? I just cannot stand how this is being accepted like “ok we may go to war in Venezuela”
Reposted by Kathleen Cooper
I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
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LOUDER
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
LOUDER
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oh, and don’t EVER say we shouldn’t demand more of elected democrats. a whole lot of them need to be replaced because they’re still too scared to do the right thing. don’t fucking settle. expect more.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Reposted by Kathleen Cooper
not having a succession plan is a hallmark of poor leadership skills
We use language like "brace" when we have done a poor job of equipping, preparing, and passing the baton~
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats brace for Nancy Pelosi's possible retirement
The former House speaker is expected to make an announcement about her political future after Tuesday's elections.
www.nbcnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
not having a succession plan is a hallmark of poor leadership skills
Only reason there is debate is capitalism has fried our brains. Standard time is better, full stop.
Love it or hate it, many will turn their clocks back on Sunday. The debate — whether or not to make daylight saving time permanent — continues. n.pr/4okDSzv
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Here's what to know
Love it or hate it, many will turn their clocks back on Sunday. The debate — whether or not to make daylight saving time permanent — continues.
n.pr
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Only reason there is debate is capitalism has fried our brains. Standard time is better, full stop.
Reposted by Kathleen Cooper
"The goal of these programs is to move families into real work," the Republicans say during the Republican shutdown, as the Republican-run House enters its sixth week of getting paid for not working and the Republican president blows millions on his god-awful Epstein Ballroom.
Q: SNAP has never out of funding in its history. Why were past administration able to find funding to keep it afloat during a shutdown & you can't?
ROLLINS: Under Joe Biden, you see an almost 30% increase in the cost of the SNAP program. The goal of these program is to move families into real work
ROLLINS: Under Joe Biden, you see an almost 30% increase in the cost of the SNAP program. The goal of these program is to move families into real work
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"The goal of these programs is to move families into real work," the Republicans say during the Republican shutdown, as the Republican-run House enters its sixth week of getting paid for not working and the Republican president blows millions on his god-awful Epstein Ballroom.
Saying something over and over again doesn’t make it true. The House is not in session because the Speaker won’t put it in session. This is Republicans’ responsibility. Full stop.
Mike Johnson: "President Trump has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that if there is any way to fund these programs that are drying up, he will do it. If there was any way to fund SNAP during the Democratic shutdown, you can be assured that your commander in chief would do it."
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Saying something over and over again doesn’t make it true. The House is not in session because the Speaker won’t put it in session. This is Republicans’ responsibility. Full stop.
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I'm really glad to see all the folks stepping up to try to resource the loss of SNAP but also billionaires could just pay taxes.
October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm really glad to see all the folks stepping up to try to resource the loss of SNAP but also billionaires could just pay taxes.
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It's not even 11am yet, and federal agents have gassed the northwest side of Chicago twice this morning.
Just before 10, NWSRR reports they detained two people in Irving Park, one of them known to be a US citizen: www.instagram.com/p/DQPKhmDEd4W/
Just before 10, NWSRR reports they detained two people in Irving Park, one of them known to be a US citizen: www.instagram.com/p/DQPKhmDEd4W/
October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's not even 11am yet, and federal agents have gassed the northwest side of Chicago twice this morning.
Just before 10, NWSRR reports they detained two people in Irving Park, one of them known to be a US citizen: www.instagram.com/p/DQPKhmDEd4W/
Just before 10, NWSRR reports they detained two people in Irving Park, one of them known to be a US citizen: www.instagram.com/p/DQPKhmDEd4W/
Be informed, stand up for what’s right, do the next right thing, do it loudly. So proud of these regular Americans putting their foot down.
Ah, locals mention the federal court order here, which also requires agents to wear some identification.
Also, quite an image in here: masked, fully-geared-out DHS agents getting screamed at in a residential neighborhood by some dude who is barefoot and in pajama pants.
Also, quite an image in here: masked, fully-geared-out DHS agents getting screamed at in a residential neighborhood by some dude who is barefoot and in pajama pants.
More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Be informed, stand up for what’s right, do the next right thing, do it loudly. So proud of these regular Americans putting their foot down.
Objective. Reality. Exists. 🙌🙌🙌 Yes.
"Depends on who you ask" framing is one of the most grating tics in modern political journalism. Objective reality exists and your job is to describe it.
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
October 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Objective. Reality. Exists. 🙌🙌🙌 Yes.
WTAF is he going on about these folks are bananas
RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."
October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
WTAF is he going on about these folks are bananas
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If republicans think it’s crucial to keep the government open, they can keep it open without a single democrat. They can change the filibuster rules with a simple majority in the senate. It’s all up to them.
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If republicans think it’s crucial to keep the government open, they can keep it open without a single democrat. They can change the filibuster rules with a simple majority in the senate. It’s all up to them.
Guys wtf
Trump: "I think it has -- I think it's very bad. They're pumping, it looks like they're pumping into a horse. You have a little child, a little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess. 80 different blends. And they pump it in. So ideally, a woman won't take Tylenol."
September 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Guys wtf
Reposted by Kathleen Cooper
Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
Reposted by Kathleen Cooper
The media environment in the US has degraded so quickly. While Dowd's remarks weren't laudatory, they weren't crass or cheap. Compare this with the Fox News anchor suggesting *this morning* that we should murder ("involuntary lethal injection; just kill 'em") people experiencing mental health crises
Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of Charlie Kirk, Variety reports
Matthew Dowd Fired From MSNBC For Charlie Kirk Comments
Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
variety.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The media environment in the US has degraded so quickly. While Dowd's remarks weren't laudatory, they weren't crass or cheap. Compare this with the Fox News anchor suggesting *this morning* that we should murder ("involuntary lethal injection; just kill 'em") people experiencing mental health crises
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Stephen Miller pulling FBI agents away from investigating crimes so he can see more immigrant children cry.
📽️ Kenneth Santizo captured ICE and FBI officers stopping a family on their way to church in the Boston suburbs.
Agents broke the window and slammed Daniel Flores-Martinez to the ground while his wife and children sobbed: https://propub.li/3IbPftA
Agents broke the window and slammed Daniel Flores-Martinez to the ground while his wife and children sobbed: https://propub.li/3IbPftA
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Stephen Miller pulling FBI agents away from investigating crimes so he can see more immigrant children cry.
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"the president is claiming the power to deploy the military against any US city he feels like" is a high salience topic that impacts a lot of people on which the Democrats have an issue advantage
There it is folks. The brilliant Dem strategy, according to the genius pundits with the ear of Dem leadership, is to let Trump keep doing everything he's doing but only if we can also help Republicans avoid paying a political price for hurting people long enough to hold the House and Senate in 2026
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"the president is claiming the power to deploy the military against any US city he feels like" is a high salience topic that impacts a lot of people on which the Democrats have an issue advantage
My god.
They don’t care if you have papers or not. What they care about is whether you look like an immigrant from south of the border.
August 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
My god.
Reposted by Kathleen Cooper
They waited *more than an hour* to enter the Hortman home after watching Mark Hortman get shot in the doorway
Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking
And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking
And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
New details about police activity after lawmaker shootings raise questions about response
The Minnesota Star Tribune found that Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home and that several law enforcement agencies were unaware of the situation for hours.
www.startribune.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
They waited *more than an hour* to enter the Hortman home after watching Mark Hortman get shot in the doorway
Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking
And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking
And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
This is also NAZI LANGUAGE
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is also NAZI LANGUAGE
Reposted by Kathleen Cooper
Important to remember she's not just a moron on Twitter. She's a moron who the president treats as a top advisor. She makes a lot of staffing decisions for him.
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Important to remember she's not just a moron on Twitter. She's a moron who the president treats as a top advisor. She makes a lot of staffing decisions for him.
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the interesting thing about the Diddy verdict is that House Republicans are about to vote to take away healthcare from tens of millions of Americas
July 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
the interesting thing about the Diddy verdict is that House Republicans are about to vote to take away healthcare from tens of millions of Americas