Kristy Brehm
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West Coast Swing Dancer
Cat Mom
Reader
Writer
Social Justice
Stay Woke
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here's today's post: "we need to talk about how completely crazypants all this shit is" — none of it is normal.
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we need to talk about how completely crazypants all this shit is
none of it is normal
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December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
here's today's post: "we need to talk about how completely crazypants all this shit is" — none of it is normal.
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1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
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Senate Republicans voted to kill an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other industrial facilities.
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
May 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Senate Republicans voted to kill an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other industrial facilities.
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
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Attention: Musk’s staffers are now seeking access to a sensitive Medicare database as part of their crackdown on undocumented immigrants. DOGE was never about saving the U.S. money—it’s about building a government-run machine to weaponize personal data.
April 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Attention: Musk’s staffers are now seeking access to a sensitive Medicare database as part of their crackdown on undocumented immigrants. DOGE was never about saving the U.S. money—it’s about building a government-run machine to weaponize personal data.
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
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Math is hard for Elon www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress
Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Math is hard for Elon www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
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If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
April 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
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It's Small Business Saturday.
Time to stop by a Black-owned bookstore 📚📖
booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-...
#blackownedbusinesses #blackbookstores #blackauthors #diversereads #BIPOCowned #supportlocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #edusky #parentsky
Time to stop by a Black-owned bookstore 📚📖
booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-...
#blackownedbusinesses #blackbookstores #blackauthors #diversereads #BIPOCowned #supportlocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #edusky #parentsky
The Ultimate List of Black-Owned Bookstores: 300+ Shops in the United States and Worldwide | Books for Black Kids
The must-read list of Black-owned bookstores in the United States and worldwide.
booksforblackkids.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's Small Business Saturday.
Time to stop by a Black-owned bookstore 📚📖
booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-...
#blackownedbusinesses #blackbookstores #blackauthors #diversereads #BIPOCowned #supportlocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #edusky #parentsky
Time to stop by a Black-owned bookstore 📚📖
booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-...
#blackownedbusinesses #blackbookstores #blackauthors #diversereads #BIPOCowned #supportlocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #edusky #parentsky
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
April 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Not all “Hands Off” events were in-person. I attended two virtual events centering chronically ill and disabled people for @motherjones.com, who are terrified about attacks to Medicaid, Section 504, research funding, education and more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For some disabled protestors, “Hands Off” went virtual
"We know we have to teach everyone how to include us."
www.motherjones.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Not all “Hands Off” events were in-person. I attended two virtual events centering chronically ill and disabled people for @motherjones.com, who are terrified about attacks to Medicaid, Section 504, research funding, education and more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trump admin is dismantling Freedom of Information Act offices. Then the offices send out emails like, “Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” The lengths this admin will go to ensure zero transparency with the American people is astounding.
April 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Trump admin is dismantling Freedom of Information Act offices. Then the offices send out emails like, “Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” The lengths this admin will go to ensure zero transparency with the American people is astounding.
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Sign of the day…Chicago
April 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sign of the day…Chicago
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Attention White House:
Thou shalt not joke about how you sent an innocent father of 3 to a gulag while his autistic son smells his shirts to remember him.
Thou shalt not joke about how you sent an innocent father of 3 to a gulag while his autistic son smells his shirts to remember him.
April 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Attention White House:
Thou shalt not joke about how you sent an innocent father of 3 to a gulag while his autistic son smells his shirts to remember him.
Thou shalt not joke about how you sent an innocent father of 3 to a gulag while his autistic son smells his shirts to remember him.
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The past week has been another horror show, and I share your anxiety and sleeplessness. But the past week also reveals the utter incompetence of Trump and his regime. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought
March 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The past week has been another horror show, and I share your anxiety and sleeplessness. But the past week also reveals the utter incompetence of Trump and his regime. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought
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from today's post about the Space Nazi's
whiny woe-is-me pity party —
thanks for reading!
link to the whole enchilada is here: bit.ly/4jaDOiI
(longer excerpt in the alt text)
whiny woe-is-me pity party —
thanks for reading!
link to the whole enchilada is here: bit.ly/4jaDOiI
(longer excerpt in the alt text)
March 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
from today's post about the Space Nazi's
whiny woe-is-me pity party —
thanks for reading!
link to the whole enchilada is here: bit.ly/4jaDOiI
(longer excerpt in the alt text)
whiny woe-is-me pity party —
thanks for reading!
link to the whole enchilada is here: bit.ly/4jaDOiI
(longer excerpt in the alt text)
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How Colleges Are Cracking Down on Students Now www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...
How Colleges Are Surveilling Students Now
Colleges are using surveillance videos and search warrants to investigate students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Experts say it’s a new frontier in campus security that could threaten civil li...
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
How Colleges Are Cracking Down on Students Now www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
FAFO
I’ve been suggesting on TV and podcasts—without actual evidence(!)—that it may turn out that DOJ will wind up not having enough lawyers to defend all the lawsuits challenging this administration’s illegal conduct.
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
March 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
FAFO
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It didn't take long for our new Director of National Intelligence to start spouting Russian propaganda. What a shameful lie.
March 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It didn't take long for our new Director of National Intelligence to start spouting Russian propaganda. What a shameful lie.
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Spoiler: kids started dying
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine skepticism
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Spoiler: kids started dying
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I’ve been suggesting on TV and podcasts—without actual evidence(!)—that it may turn out that DOJ will wind up not having enough lawyers to defend all the lawsuits challenging this administration’s illegal conduct.
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
March 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’ve been suggesting on TV and podcasts—without actual evidence(!)—that it may turn out that DOJ will wind up not having enough lawyers to defend all the lawsuits challenging this administration’s illegal conduct.
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
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Russia and China, have ramped up recruitment efforts targeting US federal employees—particularly those recently fired or at risk of termination. These efforts are unfolding aggressively on LinkedIn, where adversaries are reaching out under the guise of job opportunities, networking, and consulting.
March 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Russia and China, have ramped up recruitment efforts targeting US federal employees—particularly those recently fired or at risk of termination. These efforts are unfolding aggressively on LinkedIn, where adversaries are reaching out under the guise of job opportunities, networking, and consulting.