Kat Koppett
@kkoppett.bsky.social
Author, improviser, CEO of Koppett and Co-director of The Mopco Improv Theater
The power of metaphor. Let's get better at understanding and communicating these moves. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Current Policy Baseline: The Budget Trick That Could Make Tax Cuts Look Free
A maneuver so wonky that it might be best explained with sports cars and anime streaming.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The power of metaphor. Let's get better at understanding and communicating these moves. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ANOTHER COOL JOB ALERT: Are you a good writer? Come help Indivisible build an opposition movement in this country. We're trying activate, educate, and empower. If you want to use your words to help us do that, please apply! jobs.lever.co/indivisible/...
Indivisible - Digital Campaigns Manager/Senior Manager
Reporting to the Digital Campaigns Director, the Digital Campaigns Manager/Senior Manager is responsible for pitching, drafting, and implementing content (primarily email, sms and landing page copy) f...
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March 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ANOTHER COOL JOB ALERT: Are you a good writer? Come help Indivisible build an opposition movement in this country. We're trying activate, educate, and empower. If you want to use your words to help us do that, please apply! jobs.lever.co/indivisible/...
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
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the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water
February 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water
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The goal is terror and exhaustion. Expend a lot of resources playing whack a mole. Resilience targeting. It sucks. flip.it/s8TWzo
As ICE Arrests Hit California, Families Broken Up, Working People Detained | KQED
Interviews suggest some people swept up in Trump’s immigration crackdown are dedicated to their families and communities — not hardened criminals.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The goal is terror and exhaustion. Expend a lot of resources playing whack a mole. Resilience targeting. It sucks. flip.it/s8TWzo
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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What have Democrats done for you today?
February 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
What have Democrats done for you today?
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
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Silencing Science Tracker | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
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January 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This project tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education, or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information. Read more about the tracker and related... Or contribute to the database.
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A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
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Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY
The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.
Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’
In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.
Looking forward to continuing to build this community. Wishing everyone safety and comfort during whatever current crisis you may be affected by.
January 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Looking forward to continuing to build this community. Wishing everyone safety and comfort during whatever current crisis you may be affected by.