Kristen Schweiloch
@kristenschweiloch.bsky.social
JRT Addict, Horse Girl, Choir Nerd, Flaming Liberal, Winnie-The-Pooh Disciple, Pollyanic Misanthrope, Queer AF
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Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
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July 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
May 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
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Tim Walz - ”If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.“
April 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Tim Walz - ”If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.“
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Pedro Pascal accuses J.K. Rowling of "heinous loser behavior" for her celebratory post following a U.K. court decision that did not recognize transgender women as women.
'The Last of Us' star Pedro Pascal calls J.K. Rowling's anti-trans social post 'heinous'
Rowling posted a photo of herself celebrating on X after the U.K. Supreme Court did not recognize transgender women as women under the country's Equality Act.
nbcnews.to
April 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pedro Pascal accuses J.K. Rowling of "heinous loser behavior" for her celebratory post following a U.K. court decision that did not recognize transgender women as women.
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What better day to launch a Bluesky account than our birthday? We turn 225 today! 🎂 🥳 Here's a brief summary of the Library's history, courtesy of Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress.
www.loc.gov/about/histor...
www.loc.gov/about/histor...
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What better day to launch a Bluesky account than our birthday? We turn 225 today! 🎂 🥳 Here's a brief summary of the Library's history, courtesy of Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress.
www.loc.gov/about/histor...
www.loc.gov/about/histor...
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I kind of want to go
April 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I kind of want to go
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They’re calling it the musk effect
April 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
They’re calling it the musk effect
WTActualF?!?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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California's Gavin Newsom says trans athletes in female sports 'deeply unfair'
Gavin Newsom faces a backlash from within his party as he agrees with a conservative activist on the cultural issue.
www.bbc.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
WTActualF?!?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🚨 We’re outside SpaceX in SC because federal workers won’t let billionaires privatize NASA for profit. We won’t let them gut Medicare for the insurance industry. Public services belong to all of us—not the ultra-rich.
Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices
Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices
February 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
🚨 We’re outside SpaceX in SC because federal workers won’t let billionaires privatize NASA for profit. We won’t let them gut Medicare for the insurance industry. Public services belong to all of us—not the ultra-rich.
Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices
Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices
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Imagine you have over $400 billion and you spend your time working to deny hungry children around the world meals to avoid starvation.
February 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Imagine you have over $400 billion and you spend your time working to deny hungry children around the world meals to avoid starvation.
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This is the courage required of people who serve at the Justice Dept. Sassoon resigns, at no small personal cost, to protest the unjust order from DC to dismiss the case against Mayor Adams. Without fear of favor. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped (Gift Article)
Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Justice Department told her to withdraw corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is the courage required of people who serve at the Justice Dept. Sassoon resigns, at no small personal cost, to protest the unjust order from DC to dismiss the case against Mayor Adams. Without fear of favor. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
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“Oh, did a sportsball happen?” I whisper smugly from my vantage point on a distant cliff, the sounds of celebration in the village far below just barely audible over the lonely wind whipping my tattered cloak
February 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
“Oh, did a sportsball happen?” I whisper smugly from my vantage point on a distant cliff, the sounds of celebration in the village far below just barely audible over the lonely wind whipping my tattered cloak
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Once upon a time a pseudo-hillbilly went to an Ivy League law school. Later in the story he pretended he didn't know any of the things they teach you there about the law, which had become inconvenient to his oligarchs and sordid ambitions.
February 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Once upon a time a pseudo-hillbilly went to an Ivy League law school. Later in the story he pretended he didn't know any of the things they teach you there about the law, which had become inconvenient to his oligarchs and sordid ambitions.
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Trump ending Kennedy Center board members' terms, naming himself chair in place of Rubenstein: President Trump on Friday said he would end the terms of multiple members of the Kennedy Center board and make himself chair of a new board, putting himself at the helm of the Washington, D.C., cultural…
Trump ending Kennedy Center board members' terms, naming himself chair in place of Rubenstein
President Trump on Friday said he would end the terms of multiple members of the Kennedy Center board and make himself chair of a new board, putting himself at the helm of the Washington, D.C., cultural institution. “I have decided to immediately…
thehill.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Trump ending Kennedy Center board members' terms, naming himself chair in place of Rubenstein: President Trump on Friday said he would end the terms of multiple members of the Kennedy Center board and make himself chair of a new board, putting himself at the helm of the Washington, D.C., cultural…
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This is how the world views the US.
Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."
Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."
February 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is how the world views the US.
Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."
Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."
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As the forces of hatred are on the march, my promise is this:
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
February 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As the forces of hatred are on the march, my promise is this:
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
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So this is how this DOJ will operate. Actions and beliefs are deemed CRIMINAL if they are not in line with this Administration’s beliefs and platform.There is no criminal penalty for supporting or even continuing to apply DEIA principles.This is a muscle job. Corporations must stiffen their spines.
February 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
So this is how this DOJ will operate. Actions and beliefs are deemed CRIMINAL if they are not in line with this Administration’s beliefs and platform.There is no criminal penalty for supporting or even continuing to apply DEIA principles.This is a muscle job. Corporations must stiffen their spines.
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3 hours to leave her house. This is how they treat a 4-star Admiral and Commandant of the Coast Guard.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
3 hours to leave her house. This is how they treat a 4-star Admiral and Commandant of the Coast Guard.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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'Sickening': Scathing column slams Trump's 'callous' war on world's poorest children: President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is not just illegal and counterproductive, but deeply cruel, wrote New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in a scathing…
'Sickening': Scathing column slams Trump's 'callous' war on world's poorest children
President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is not just illegal and counterproductive, but deeply cruel, wrote New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in a scathing analysis published on Wednesday.
In…
www.rawstory.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
'Sickening': Scathing column slams Trump's 'callous' war on world's poorest children: President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is not just illegal and counterproductive, but deeply cruel, wrote New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in a scathing…
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Happening live: Donald Trump is expected to sign a far reaching executive order banning trans people from sports, which can range from disc golf to darts and even dancing and chess, in mere moments.
I'll be covering it live. Watch along with me:
www.youtube.com/live/vbZH0eZ...
I'll be covering it live. Watch along with me:
www.youtube.com/live/vbZH0eZ...
LIVE: Trump signs executive order banning trans women from women’s sports | NBC News
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February 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Happening live: Donald Trump is expected to sign a far reaching executive order banning trans people from sports, which can range from disc golf to darts and even dancing and chess, in mere moments.
I'll be covering it live. Watch along with me:
www.youtube.com/live/vbZH0eZ...
I'll be covering it live. Watch along with me:
www.youtube.com/live/vbZH0eZ...
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Many people are asking me if Elon Musk is stealing tax-payer money or using our private information to enrich himself?
I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.
I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.
February 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Many people are asking me if Elon Musk is stealing tax-payer money or using our private information to enrich himself?
I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.
I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.
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We're in the midst of a constitutional crisis.
The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup.
At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues.
Nothing should be "business as usual."
The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup.
At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues.
Nothing should be "business as usual."
February 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're in the midst of a constitutional crisis.
The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup.
At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues.
Nothing should be "business as usual."
The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup.
At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues.
Nothing should be "business as usual."