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Kerry Lee
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Writer / Mom / Marylander with midwestern roots
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me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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New: (gift) www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
Florida judge orders release of grand jury files from 2007 Epstein investigation
The ruling comes in the wake of a new law directing the U.S. Justice Department to release material from its investigations into Epstein.
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Absolutely stunned and honored to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on this list.

I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
The 10 Best Books of 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
kerrykds.bsky.social
Thank you to @lyz.bsky.social for this Dingus of the Week.

If you are not familiar with Kash Patel’s career as a children’s book author, I hope you laugh as hard reading about it as I did.

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Dingus of the week: Kash Patel | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
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November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.

Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Join the party fighting back join the working families party
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Marylanders waiting to get SNAP benefits on their EBT cards will start to see the state-funded 50% portion starting Tuesday, Nov. 11.

The Trump administration is still fighting in court over whether and how much it will pay for SNAP in November.

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
State-funded SNAP benefits to reach Marylanders starting next week
Marylanders who have been waiting for food assistance amid the government shutdown and legal fights will start to see state-funded benefits in their accounts starting Tuesday.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Every new report on the consequences of Trump’s dismantling of USAID is more horrifying than the last. One model estimates it's caused 600K deaths — two-thirds of them children.

We can’t give Trump a blank check to keep destroying life-saving programs.
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future
When you’ve spent your whole adult life working in and around book publishing you get used to hearing that people don’t read anymore and that the industry is on its last legs. There is always a cri…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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you guys have GOT to watch the whole thing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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My day job is working at a women's shelter in DC, and many of our clients are on SNAP. If you're local and can support these women so they can stay fed, the info is here: www.instagram.com/p/DQU7kh3CbKg/

We need grocery store gift cards and shelf-stable food donations!
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October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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We have raised $967.67 for food banks and mutual aid groups around the country in just one day - thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far!!

Let's keep it going - there's still almost two weeks to go!
tutusntinyhats.bsky.social Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · Oct 25
Want to help feed people during the SNAP shutdown and also enter to win a whole bunch of cool stuff?

Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner.

More details in 🧵:
The book Read This When Things Fall Apart edited by Kelly Hayes, lying on a beige couch, next to a set of zines by Cindy Milstein printed in a rainbow of colors, a bunch of postcards by JK Makes, a card, bookmarks, and jewelry
October 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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We went to No Kings looking for paid protestors. What we found will shock you.
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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On Friday I spoke with relatives of Americans on the Gaza aid flotilla who were being detained by Netanyahu’s government.

Ambassador Huckabee says his highest duty is to protect Americans abroad but has done virtually nothing to return them. He needs to do his job.
I met with relatives of Americans on Gaza aid flotilla who were detained by Netanyahu government
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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October 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.

(1/3)
mylordshesacactus Carpathia received Titanic's distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours. (Californian's exact position at the time is... controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic's distress rockets. It's uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.) Carpathia's Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic's aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it. All of Carpathia's lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her. He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once. I don't know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope. Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out. By this time, many of the passengers were awake-prepping a ship for disaster relief isn't quiet-and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets. And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support. Here's the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms-which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors. He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she'd done that, he asked her to go faster. I need you to understand that you simply can't push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless-it's difficult to maneuver-but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can't do it. It can't be done. Carpathia's absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can't-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half. No one would have asked this of them. It wasn't expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a responsibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.
September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Alaa's children are suffering horribly. They need food. I just got paid and will be making a donation. Please join me if you can. chuffed.org/project/help...
Two little girls crying on a dirt floor A hungry child with a discolored sunken eye
August 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Families in Gaza are starving to death. Meanwhile, Trump & Netanyahu are using US taxpayer dollars to replace international aid orgs in Gaza with mercenaries — leading to even more deaths.

ENOUGH.

I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
Senate Democrats urge U.S. to stop funding GHF, resume support for U.N. food distribution in Gaza as more starve
Senate Democrats told the secretary of state they have "grave concerns" about the U.S. role in financing GHF, the main group distributing aid in Gaza.
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July 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Happy World Porcupine Day! For those wondering what a baby porcupine is called, it’s a porcupette. For those wondering what a group of porcupines is called, it’s a prickle. And for those wondering what porcupines sound like, turn up your volume for this smol guy called Kemosabe nomming on a banana…
July 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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If you care about Medicaid, I need your help. These kids are the best chance we have of saving Medicaid.

Families are on the way to DC. We need to cover van rentals and hotel rooms. I will not, I will NOT, waste your money or time.

Can you help get this donation link in front of your people?
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We have @littlelobbyists.com families on the way to Washington DC right now, they'll be on the House-side of the Capitol tomorrow. We're going to make them see us before they vote to kill disabled children.

If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:

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Show your support with a contribution.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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The Trump administration’s order to dismantle key federal agencies threatens funding for libraries, museums, and small businesses. Today I joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general to sue and stop this unlawful attack on resources that Marylanders and communities nationwide rely on.
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.

☎️: (202) 224-3121

Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.

The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.

Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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CALL THEM NOW.
aoc.bsky.social Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 12
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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When I worked on The Office, Greg Daniels had a list of questions he asked of every story. Some were show-specific (eg “Are we saying something truthful if exaggerated about office life?”), but many are applicable to any script. Here’s a little thread on them…

🧵1/X
#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
March 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM