Kriste Kline
@kristekline.bsky.social
Retired commercial driver (dump trucks, trash/recycle, school buses), Michigan transplant to Ga, history lover, cat lady, Mom to Meg & Erin.
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We need a 4-day, 32-hour work week with livable wages.
There is no reason that people need to be working this much.
People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.
There is no reason that people need to be working this much.
People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We need a 4-day, 32-hour work week with livable wages.
There is no reason that people need to be working this much.
People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.
There is no reason that people need to be working this much.
People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.
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In the early 1980s, I was exposed to Hepatitis B during a chaotic emergency department birth… the Hep B positive mother was seated in a wheelchair, being frantically pushed into the ED by her husband, when I caught the rapidly appearing baby in my ungloved hands.
The Hepatitis B vaccine saved me.
The Hepatitis B vaccine saved me.
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In the early 1980s, I was exposed to Hepatitis B during a chaotic emergency department birth… the Hep B positive mother was seated in a wheelchair, being frantically pushed into the ED by her husband, when I caught the rapidly appearing baby in my ungloved hands.
The Hepatitis B vaccine saved me.
The Hepatitis B vaccine saved me.
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Trumpiggy admitted he wanted a political payoff after a pardon of a Texas Democrat. That's a felony quid pro quo whether he actually received it or not. He should be impeached for it.
GOP cowards say: courage is for Democrats.
GOP cowards say: courage is for Democrats.
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trumpiggy admitted he wanted a political payoff after a pardon of a Texas Democrat. That's a felony quid pro quo whether he actually received it or not. He should be impeached for it.
GOP cowards say: courage is for Democrats.
GOP cowards say: courage is for Democrats.
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A country run by banks will always be in debt
Healthcare run by Big Pharma will never cure disease
A state run by war will never know peace
A nation run by media will never know the truth
Healthcare run by Big Pharma will never cure disease
A state run by war will never know peace
A nation run by media will never know the truth
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A country run by banks will always be in debt
Healthcare run by Big Pharma will never cure disease
A state run by war will never know peace
A nation run by media will never know the truth
Healthcare run by Big Pharma will never cure disease
A state run by war will never know peace
A nation run by media will never know the truth
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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So a former member of Farage's campaign team in Clacton (who was expelled from the party) says they lied about how much was spent on Farage's campaign in 2024, and submitted fraudulent election returns. This could be interesting, especially since the story has broken in the Telegraph.
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So a former member of Farage's campaign team in Clacton (who was expelled from the party) says they lied about how much was spent on Farage's campaign in 2024, and submitted fraudulent election returns. This could be interesting, especially since the story has broken in the Telegraph.
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Exactly. Newsom translated is “we need to treat a lot of you as abnormal and we need you to be a lot less judgmental about it.”
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Exactly. Newsom translated is “we need to treat a lot of you as abnormal and we need you to be a lot less judgmental about it.”
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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I loved this Reframe by @juliusgoat.bsky.social
..dig into the foundations of the argument until you find the place where you can say "I do not accept that we have to sacrifice other human beings in order to achieve the good things you say you want to achieve."
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
..dig into the foundations of the argument until you find the place where you can say "I do not accept that we have to sacrifice other human beings in order to achieve the good things you say you want to achieve."
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
There Is No Trolley Problem
We actually aren't constrained into atrocious premises by thought exercises. Obstacles are a reason to fight, not an excuse to quit. Our friends and neighbors aren't distractions..
www.the-reframe.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I loved this Reframe by @juliusgoat.bsky.social
..dig into the foundations of the argument until you find the place where you can say "I do not accept that we have to sacrifice other human beings in order to achieve the good things you say you want to achieve."
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
..dig into the foundations of the argument until you find the place where you can say "I do not accept that we have to sacrifice other human beings in order to achieve the good things you say you want to achieve."
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Women don’t “choose” bad men.
Men hide their true selves until it’s too late.
There’s a video going viral of a groom dangling his bride over a swimming pool & saying “don’t you trust me?”
Then he pushes her in
If she filed for divorce men would say she’s ‘overreacting’.
Or ‘can’t take a joke’.
Men hide their true selves until it’s too late.
There’s a video going viral of a groom dangling his bride over a swimming pool & saying “don’t you trust me?”
Then he pushes her in
If she filed for divorce men would say she’s ‘overreacting’.
Or ‘can’t take a joke’.
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Women don’t “choose” bad men.
Men hide their true selves until it’s too late.
There’s a video going viral of a groom dangling his bride over a swimming pool & saying “don’t you trust me?”
Then he pushes her in
If she filed for divorce men would say she’s ‘overreacting’.
Or ‘can’t take a joke’.
Men hide their true selves until it’s too late.
There’s a video going viral of a groom dangling his bride over a swimming pool & saying “don’t you trust me?”
Then he pushes her in
If she filed for divorce men would say she’s ‘overreacting’.
Or ‘can’t take a joke’.
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I ended my evening yesterday texting with my friend’s cat. At first I thought they were messing with me and then I remembered she said one of them did that. So what did the cat have to say?
S
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🍬💥
🍕
Now fascinating conversation no idea what they were trying to convey.
S
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🍬💥
🍕
Now fascinating conversation no idea what they were trying to convey.
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I ended my evening yesterday texting with my friend’s cat. At first I thought they were messing with me and then I remembered she said one of them did that. So what did the cat have to say?
S
,
🍬💥
🍕
Now fascinating conversation no idea what they were trying to convey.
S
,
🍬💥
🍕
Now fascinating conversation no idea what they were trying to convey.
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Why does the founder of Palantir have such a boner for killing people?
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Why does the founder of Palantir have such a boner for killing people?
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Andy likes his new kitty hamster wheel!
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Andy likes his new kitty hamster wheel!
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Release the Epstein Files…or begin Impeachment proceedings against Trump, Bondi, Patel, et al.
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Release the Epstein Files…or begin Impeachment proceedings against Trump, Bondi, Patel, et al.
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PANTHEON MACRO: “.. September’s data foreshadow a very weak Q4.
“.. Real after-tax income rose at a mere 0.4% rate in Q3—the slowest pace since Q2 2022—and likely will be broadly flat again in Q4, as more tariff-related price rises trickle through and payrolls take a big hit ..”
“.. Real after-tax income rose at a mere 0.4% rate in Q3—the slowest pace since Q2 2022—and likely will be broadly flat again in Q4, as more tariff-related price rises trickle through and payrolls take a big hit ..”
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
PANTHEON MACRO: “.. September’s data foreshadow a very weak Q4.
“.. Real after-tax income rose at a mere 0.4% rate in Q3—the slowest pace since Q2 2022—and likely will be broadly flat again in Q4, as more tariff-related price rises trickle through and payrolls take a big hit ..”
“.. Real after-tax income rose at a mere 0.4% rate in Q3—the slowest pace since Q2 2022—and likely will be broadly flat again in Q4, as more tariff-related price rises trickle through and payrolls take a big hit ..”
His "plan" is, let's take an already way too complicated mess of "healthcare" & make it more complicated, less useful, more expensive & provide less actual **care** for people. Heck of a plan, Bill. I bet it works out about as well as having an unqualified nutter in charge of HHS.
December 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
His "plan" is, let's take an already way too complicated mess of "healthcare" & make it more complicated, less useful, more expensive & provide less actual **care** for people. Heck of a plan, Bill. I bet it works out about as well as having an unqualified nutter in charge of HHS.
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the ten-million deportation fantasy was never achievable. Not with #ICE on overtime, not with Stephen Miller hunched over a whiteboard like a villain mapping out his final act, not with every bus, train, and box truck in America commandeered for the effort. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
STARVE THEM OUT
Unable to deliver ten million deportations, Trump discovered a quicker fix: cut off food, squeeze blue states, and let hunger succeed where policy never could.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
the ten-million deportation fantasy was never achievable. Not with #ICE on overtime, not with Stephen Miller hunched over a whiteboard like a villain mapping out his final act, not with every bus, train, and box truck in America commandeered for the effort. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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The top 2 reasons the US government is trying to stop and delay naturalizations are naturalization is a shield from deportation and that naturalization grants voting rights (both because they overwhelmingly voted Democrat in most elections -- 2024 was an outlier -- and the symbolism of voting).
December 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The top 2 reasons the US government is trying to stop and delay naturalizations are naturalization is a shield from deportation and that naturalization grants voting rights (both because they overwhelmingly voted Democrat in most elections -- 2024 was an outlier -- and the symbolism of voting).