Kathy Gomez
@kg1961.bsky.social
Retired educator. Grandmother to 4 adorable little people. Passionate about schools being nurturing and caring places for all kids. Concerned about our country’s current trajectory with the new administration.
Someone help me with this. Two posts; 10 minutes apart. Seemingly contradictory assertions.
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Someone help me with this. Two posts; 10 minutes apart. Seemingly contradictory assertions.
You might ask why I've been so relentlessly negative about the Trump tariffs. It’s not personal—unless you count my deep, personal hatred of bad economics, incoherent policy, and self-inflicted economic wounds which also undermine our foreign policy goals.
April 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“The first one to speak in a negotiation loses.” Classic negotiation adage. Surprised that the author of The Art of the Deal doesn’t seem to be aware of this. He has tipped his hand, given up his (our) power, and our leadership position in the world economically, strategically, and politically.
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“The first one to speak in a negotiation loses.” Classic negotiation adage. Surprised that the author of The Art of the Deal doesn’t seem to be aware of this. He has tipped his hand, given up his (our) power, and our leadership position in the world economically, strategically, and politically.
Wouldn’t you think that Musk, who built a highly successful electric car business, who runs SpaceX, and who is actively growing his AI platform, would be able to oversee the implementation of a secure on-line system to allow the SSA to continue operating in the interests of its recipients?
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wouldn’t you think that Musk, who built a highly successful electric car business, who runs SpaceX, and who is actively growing his AI platform, would be able to oversee the implementation of a secure on-line system to allow the SSA to continue operating in the interests of its recipients?
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SSA is in complete chaos. Buried in this article is a service worker noting that "the phone never stops ringing" and **retirement claims aren't being processed**. Hard to overstate the significance of that. End goal is to privatize the agency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
SSA is in complete chaos. Buried in this article is a service worker noting that "the phone never stops ringing" and **retirement claims aren't being processed**. Hard to overstate the significance of that. End goal is to privatize the agency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Let’s call it what it was… Trump failed at his negotiation with Zelensky and he doesn’t like not succeeding in a negotiation. No one does but here’s the other thing…don’t negotiate in public.
March 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Let’s call it what it was… Trump failed at his negotiation with Zelensky and he doesn’t like not succeeding in a negotiation. No one does but here’s the other thing…don’t negotiate in public.
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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
Yes! My representative has been AWOL…part of the 95% m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
February 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yes! My representative has been AWOL…part of the 95% m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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One thing I'd add to that segment: we tracked GOP town halls all over the country last week. We counted only 8! So 95% of GOP members are hiding from their constituents. If we're going to pressure them publicly, local groups are going to have to get creative.
Stay tuned for more on that front soon!
Stay tuned for more on that front soon!
Hey folks! I'm joining @maddow.msnbc.com in a few minutes to talk about the impact of all those town halls last week and what comes next. Please tune in!
No green room pic tonight because I'm solo on the kids today, so they kindly let me take it from home!
No green room pic tonight because I'm solo on the kids today, so they kindly let me take it from home!
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
One thing I'd add to that segment: we tracked GOP town halls all over the country last week. We counted only 8! So 95% of GOP members are hiding from their constituents. If we're going to pressure them publicly, local groups are going to have to get creative.
Stay tuned for more on that front soon!
Stay tuned for more on that front soon!
If this doesn’t raise the level of concern for Trump supporters, I don’t know if anything will.
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force.
Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership | CNN Politics
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and...
www.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
If this doesn’t raise the level of concern for Trump supporters, I don’t know if anything will.
Wow. The Teamsters are even bending the knee.
why have a union at all then bsky.app/profile/atru...
Teamsters President Sean O'Brien downplays Trump's reckless firings of federal workers: "We don't want to see anybody losing their jobs, but he thinks he's within his right."
February 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Wow. The Teamsters are even bending the knee.
Ready, fire, aim. To state the obvious, this policy is dangerous. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration trying to rehire USDA bird flu officials it fired
The cuts come as the virus is wreaking havoc on poultry farms and raising egg prices in the US.
www.bbc.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ready, fire, aim. To state the obvious, this policy is dangerous. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Encouraging everyone with every fiber of my being to read this entire substack by @hcrichardson.bsky.social — it is, written in fact without doubt to be read in horror by those of us who believe in the principles and values of the United States of America. 1 of 2
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 16, 2025
The sixty-first Munich Security Conference, the world’s leading forum for talking about international security policy, took place from February 14 to February 16 this year.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Encouraging everyone with every fiber of my being to read this entire substack by @hcrichardson.bsky.social — it is, written in fact without doubt to be read in horror by those of us who believe in the principles and values of the United States of America. 1 of 2
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Sarah Longwell and I discuss the awful speech by JD Vance in Munich—a humiliation for the U.S., and a confirmation that this administration isn't on the side of the democracies.
And a coda on the contrasting admirable behavior by several attorneys at DOJ & SDNY.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-h...
And a coda on the contrasting admirable behavior by several attorneys at DOJ & SDNY.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-h...
JD Vance Humiliates America at Munich Security Conference
Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell discuss JD Vance’s Munich meltdown—where he attacked U.S.
www.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sarah Longwell and I discuss the awful speech by JD Vance in Munich—a humiliation for the U.S., and a confirmation that this administration isn't on the side of the democracies.
And a coda on the contrasting admirable behavior by several attorneys at DOJ & SDNY.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-h...
And a coda on the contrasting admirable behavior by several attorneys at DOJ & SDNY.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-h...
February 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
February 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
This is the suit I’ve been waiting for! Musk’s authority at DOGE is unconstitutional www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
14 states file a lawsuit arguing Elon Musk's authority at DOGE is unconstitutional
The lawsuit is one of several accusing President Donald Trump of skirting the Constitution and Musk of operating with unchecked power.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is the suit I’ve been waiting for! Musk’s authority at DOGE is unconstitutional www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/
Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
February 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/
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"[Musk is] already very clearly operating here as an independent actor whose actions the President blesses after he’s found out what’s happened. This is a parallel overlaying of authority over the entire structure of the US government.
We’re in dystopian quasi-science fiction territory here."
We’re in dystopian quasi-science fiction territory here."
Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/not-h...
Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government
These are wild times at TPM because they’re wild times in the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"[Musk is] already very clearly operating here as an independent actor whose actions the President blesses after he’s found out what’s happened. This is a parallel overlaying of authority over the entire structure of the US government.
We’re in dystopian quasi-science fiction territory here."
We’re in dystopian quasi-science fiction territory here."
Wow.
Top tip. Don’t have insomnia in the middle of a coup.
An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments.
It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model
An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments.
It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model
February 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Wow.
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This was issued three hours ago. It gives Musk control of EVERYTHING.
The "Workforce Optimization Initiative" even the name sounds Stalinist.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The "Workforce Optimization Initiative" even the name sounds Stalinist.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Implementing The President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization Initiative
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This was issued three hours ago. It gives Musk control of EVERYTHING.
The "Workforce Optimization Initiative" even the name sounds Stalinist.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The "Workforce Optimization Initiative" even the name sounds Stalinist.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.