Kathy Salmanson
@ksalmanson.bsky.social
79 and still on this side of the ground. Proud Blue Dot, voting rights attorney, Mom and Grandma.
Population control.
Every year, as many as 2.6m Chinese die early from smoking-related illnesses. They account for 23% of all annual deaths
Why do so many Chinese still smoke?
One reason: China’s tobacco industry has massive clout
econ.st
December 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Population control.
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“How many United States military veterans have you deported?” Magaziner asked Noem.
“Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”
Little did she know there was one staring right at her.
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“Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”
Little did she know there was one staring right at her.
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Noem Gets Most Awkward Fact-Check of Her Life on Deported Veterans
Homeland Security Kristi Noem had a tough time selling her lies to Congress.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“How many United States military veterans have you deported?” Magaziner asked Noem.
“Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”
Little did she know there was one staring right at her.
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“Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”
Little did she know there was one staring right at her.
trib.al/hcQdCND
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“In 2019, researchers estimated that CBP officers are 5 times more likely to be arrested than local and state law enforcement personnel. CBP personel have been arrested for corruption, sexual assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, and sex crimes against children.”
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“In 2019, researchers estimated that CBP officers are 5 times more likely to be arrested than local and state law enforcement personnel. CBP personel have been arrested for corruption, sexual assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, and sex crimes against children.”
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ICYMI -- We looked at the Trump admin's Supreme Court filing arguing for the legality of deploying the National Guard to Chicago.
Turns out it has a bunch of factual errors...
w/ Devon Lum, Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Turns out it has a bunch of factual errors...
w/ Devon Lum, Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
ICYMI -- We looked at the Trump admin's Supreme Court filing arguing for the legality of deploying the National Guard to Chicago.
Turns out it has a bunch of factual errors...
w/ Devon Lum, Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Turns out it has a bunch of factual errors...
w/ Devon Lum, Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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So, uh, the Jed Rubenfeld referenced here was disciplined by Yale Law for sexually harassing students. He's married to Amy Chua who among other things took to the pages of the NYT to defend Kavanaugh when he was under fire for sexually harassment. Ken Starr, well we know. This is just incredible.
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
So, uh, the Jed Rubenfeld referenced here was disciplined by Yale Law for sexually harassing students. He's married to Amy Chua who among other things took to the pages of the NYT to defend Kavanaugh when he was under fire for sexually harassment. Ken Starr, well we know. This is just incredible.
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I love the smell of complete and utter Republican humiliation in the morning.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I love the smell of complete and utter Republican humiliation in the morning.
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[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]
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All I want is one single reporter to ask him if he thinks people seeking asylum = means from insane asylums
O'DONNELL: Are we going to war against Venezuela?
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
All I want is one single reporter to ask him if he thinks people seeking asylum = means from insane asylums
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Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts. n.pr/4ombzk8
They were promised a lifeline to 'graduate' from poverty. Then it was taken away
Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts.
n.pr
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts. n.pr/4ombzk8
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A New York judge has dismissed a legal challenge from Texas seeking to enforce a civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman.
NY judge dismisses legal challenge from Texas in early test of abortion shield law
A New York judge has dismissed a legal challenge from Texas seeking to enforce a civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A New York judge has dismissed a legal challenge from Texas seeking to enforce a civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman.
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Corporate job losses mount amid tightening economy and AI growth ft.trib.al/ljXdgva
Corporate job losses mount amid tightening economy and AI growth
Recent cuts mark end of job security for high-earning knowledge workers whose ranks grew since pandemic
ft.trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Corporate job losses mount amid tightening economy and AI growth ft.trib.al/ljXdgva
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I wrote a lot about this in my first book — the rallying cry of “freedom of association”
It came through in the fight for segregated schools too. Here’s a chapter I wrote for an edited collection
It came through in the fight for segregated schools too. Here’s a chapter I wrote for an edited collection
The Fight for “Freedom of Association”: Segregationist Rights and Resistance in Atlanta
Abstract. This chapter reveals how white parents used the rationale of “freedom of association” to protect their children from attending school with Africa
academic.oup.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I wrote a lot about this in my first book — the rallying cry of “freedom of association”
It came through in the fight for segregated schools too. Here’s a chapter I wrote for an edited collection
It came through in the fight for segregated schools too. Here’s a chapter I wrote for an edited collection
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This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
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Sleepy Joe never provided for his son the way Donald Trump has smh
NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sleepy Joe never provided for his son the way Donald Trump has smh
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Donald Trump is telling his DOJ to prosecute people involved in defeating him in 2020. He will claim the 2025 California referendum was fraudulent. He is going to try to impose voter ID and ban mail-in and early voting for 2026.
I will do everything I can in the courtroom and in public to stop him.
I will do everything I can in the courtroom and in public to stop him.
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Donald Trump is telling his DOJ to prosecute people involved in defeating him in 2020. He will claim the 2025 California referendum was fraudulent. He is going to try to impose voter ID and ban mail-in and early voting for 2026.
I will do everything I can in the courtroom and in public to stop him.
I will do everything I can in the courtroom and in public to stop him.
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In another filing tonight in the case before Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago, plaintiffs' attorneys say depositions are set to begin Wednesday (Greg Bovino is among those to be deposed).
But the feds are seeking an order that would make those depos "inaccessible to the public," they say.
But the feds are seeking an order that would make those depos "inaccessible to the public," they say.
October 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
In another filing tonight in the case before Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago, plaintiffs' attorneys say depositions are set to begin Wednesday (Greg Bovino is among those to be deposed).
But the feds are seeking an order that would make those depos "inaccessible to the public," they say.
But the feds are seeking an order that would make those depos "inaccessible to the public," they say.
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CNN host Abby Phillip fact-checked Scott Jennings live on air, prompting the panel to burst out laughing at the MAGA commentator after he claimed that Trump’s approval rating was on the rise.
CNN Panel Laughs at MAGA Pundit’s Take on Trump’s Popularity
Scott Jennings clings to one number amid a deluge of bad news.
trib.al
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
CNN host Abby Phillip fact-checked Scott Jennings live on air, prompting the panel to burst out laughing at the MAGA commentator after he claimed that Trump’s approval rating was on the rise.
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Just a short sweet SHOUTOUT TO
ALL GRANDMOTHERS, GRANDMAS, NANAS, GRANNIES, ÀBUELAS, NOONAS, and MOMS
You are marching in full force today for our GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN
For their FUTURE
IN AMERICA WE DON'T HAVE KINGS
ME AND MY SIS
You pissed off Grandma
#NoKings
ALL GRANDMOTHERS, GRANDMAS, NANAS, GRANNIES, ÀBUELAS, NOONAS, and MOMS
You are marching in full force today for our GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN
For their FUTURE
IN AMERICA WE DON'T HAVE KINGS
ME AND MY SIS
You pissed off Grandma
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just a short sweet SHOUTOUT TO
ALL GRANDMOTHERS, GRANDMAS, NANAS, GRANNIES, ÀBUELAS, NOONAS, and MOMS
You are marching in full force today for our GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN
For their FUTURE
IN AMERICA WE DON'T HAVE KINGS
ME AND MY SIS
You pissed off Grandma
#NoKings
ALL GRANDMOTHERS, GRANDMAS, NANAS, GRANNIES, ÀBUELAS, NOONAS, and MOMS
You are marching in full force today for our GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN
For their FUTURE
IN AMERICA WE DON'T HAVE KINGS
ME AND MY SIS
You pissed off Grandma
#NoKings
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Commentary: Where is the line between “democracy” and “fascism”? Since President Donald Trump’s return to power nine months ago, that question has been posed again and again.
Jamie Kalven: The president is using a civil rights-era tactic to suppress free speech
The federal government is using the threat of disorder in Chicago as a rationale for suppressing protests.
trib.al
October 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Commentary: Where is the line between “democracy” and “fascism”? Since President Donald Trump’s return to power nine months ago, that question has been posed again and again.
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Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
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Oh come on. On an official document?
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Oh come on. On an official document?
Her only qualification is her promise to do Trump’s bidding. Her reputation will be destroyed in court.
NEW: Trump appoints Lindsay Halligan, a lawyer with no prosecutorial experience, as temporary U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after Erik Seibert was forced out of the post last week amid pressure to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James.
With Appointment of Loyalist as Top Virginia Prosecutor, Trump’s Dangerous Revenge Campaign Hits ‘New Low’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Her only qualification is her promise to do Trump’s bidding. Her reputation will be destroyed in court.
The only qualification is doing Trump’s bidding. And then get shot down and get his reputation destroyed in court.
NEW: Trump appoints Lindsay Halligan, a lawyer with no prosecutorial experience, as temporary U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after Erik Seibert was forced out of the post last week amid pressure to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James.
With Appointment of Loyalist as Top Virginia Prosecutor, Trump’s Dangerous Revenge Campaign Hits ‘New Low’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The only qualification is doing Trump’s bidding. And then get shot down and get his reputation destroyed in court.
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These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.
September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.