Kurt Batdorf
@kurtbat.bsky.social
Writer, editor, car guy, nature lover, unrepentant liberal
I'm guessing Dear Glorious Leader thought he was in a remake of the "Seinfeld" Festivus episode, what with the airing of grievances.
December 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I'm guessing Dear Glorious Leader thought he was in a remake of the "Seinfeld" Festivus episode, what with the airing of grievances.
Blue is such a beautiful color for democracy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Blue is such a beautiful color for democracy.
Sixteen years before this action, my newlywed mom was student teaching in Yelm, WA, to finish her state teaching certificate. She related that the principal fired her because "We can't have a pregnant home economics teacher." Oh, the rich irony of 1962. I was born just a few months later.
This Day in Labor History: October 31, 1978. President Jimmy Carter signed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Let's talk about this important piece of legislation that extended civil rights and worker rights!
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sixteen years before this action, my newlywed mom was student teaching in Yelm, WA, to finish her state teaching certificate. She related that the principal fired her because "We can't have a pregnant home economics teacher." Oh, the rich irony of 1962. I was born just a few months later.
Poor, poor Dear Glorious Leader didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize, but he's a shoo-in for any and all Ignoble Awards this year.
October 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Poor, poor Dear Glorious Leader didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize, but he's a shoo-in for any and all Ignoble Awards this year.
See the horrifying new comedy, "Double Indumnity," starring Donnie "I Love Epstein" Trump as Fat Man and Pete "The Kegerator" Hegseth as Little Boy.
October 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
See the horrifying new comedy, "Double Indumnity," starring Donnie "I Love Epstein" Trump as Fat Man and Pete "The Kegerator" Hegseth as Little Boy.
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When the Right lies about the Left, it's called "Free Speech" but
when the Left tells the truth about the Right, it's called "Inciting Violence."
when the Left tells the truth about the Right, it's called "Inciting Violence."
September 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When the Right lies about the Left, it's called "Free Speech" but
when the Left tells the truth about the Right, it's called "Inciting Violence."
when the Left tells the truth about the Right, it's called "Inciting Violence."
You can always trust medical advice from the stable genius who can't pronounce "acetaminophen" because he's in the Epstein Files.
September 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You can always trust medical advice from the stable genius who can't pronounce "acetaminophen" because he's in the Epstein Files.
What are we as Americans if we no longer have the First Amendment to protect our free speech?
September 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What are we as Americans if we no longer have the First Amendment to protect our free speech?
Just to be clear, Living While Brown is now more criminal than:
• Falsifying business records to pay a porn star
• Tax evasion
• Defrauding a charity
• Bilking "university" students
• Inciting Jan. 6 insurrectionists
• Bombing a boat in international waters
• Sexual assault
• Slander
• Pedophilia
• Falsifying business records to pay a porn star
• Tax evasion
• Defrauding a charity
• Bilking "university" students
• Inciting Jan. 6 insurrectionists
• Bombing a boat in international waters
• Sexual assault
• Slander
• Pedophilia
September 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Just to be clear, Living While Brown is now more criminal than:
• Falsifying business records to pay a porn star
• Tax evasion
• Defrauding a charity
• Bilking "university" students
• Inciting Jan. 6 insurrectionists
• Bombing a boat in international waters
• Sexual assault
• Slander
• Pedophilia
• Falsifying business records to pay a porn star
• Tax evasion
• Defrauding a charity
• Bilking "university" students
• Inciting Jan. 6 insurrectionists
• Bombing a boat in international waters
• Sexual assault
• Slander
• Pedophilia
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: · John Lewis Actions
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lie...
www.mobilize.us
July 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
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“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
Reposted by Kurt Batdorf
Reposted by Kurt Batdorf
RIP USA
Born July 4, 1776
Died June 23, 2025
Born July 4, 1776
Died June 23, 2025
The Supreme Court issued a stay, effectively ruling, for now, that the Constitution no longer applies, at least not to immigrants. Fast-track deportations with no opportunity for judicial review violate the fundamental principle of due process, especially for people already on U.S. soil.
June 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
RIP USA
Born July 4, 1776
Died June 23, 2025
Born July 4, 1776
Died June 23, 2025
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I just have to ask. Have you people figured out the Democrats were what kept our country normal and decent yet?
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I just have to ask. Have you people figured out the Democrats were what kept our country normal and decent yet?
At least a couple thousand peaceful protesters lined several blocks of the busiest street in Burlington, WA, this afternoon for #NoKings. Heartwarming to see so much progressive support in rural Skagit County.
June 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
At least a couple thousand peaceful protesters lined several blocks of the busiest street in Burlington, WA, this afternoon for #NoKings. Heartwarming to see so much progressive support in rural Skagit County.
Let's celebrate America's only true kings today: Rev. MLK and Elvis
June 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Let's celebrate America's only true kings today: Rev. MLK and Elvis
This is why I'm an unrepentant liberal.
May 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is why I'm an unrepentant liberal.
More grounds for impeachment!
April 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
More grounds for impeachment!
Disobey the Donstitution with all our might.
April 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Disobey the Donstitution with all our might.
Question to the Supreme Court: Now that Dear Leader and his AG have given you a big FU to your 9-0 order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S., you gonna order your marshals to get him back? Or, here's an idea, have them arrest Dear Leader for obstruction of justice?
April 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Question to the Supreme Court: Now that Dear Leader and his AG have given you a big FU to your 9-0 order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S., you gonna order your marshals to get him back? Or, here's an idea, have them arrest Dear Leader for obstruction of justice?
Impeachment now!
I agree.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
April 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Impeachment now!
#NationalPetDay Hugo tiptoes through the tulips at Tulip Town. He's a Lagotto Romagnolo, an Italian truffle hunter, but Hugo prefers empty yogurt containers.
April 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#NationalPetDay Hugo tiptoes through the tulips at Tulip Town. He's a Lagotto Romagnolo, an Italian truffle hunter, but Hugo prefers empty yogurt containers.
This feels like the opposite of MAGA, but I'm sure MAGAts believe it's Dear Leader's brilliance shining through the darkness.
U.S. stocks tumble on trade war fears over new tariffs
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
U.S. stocks tumble on trade war fears over new tariffs
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
U.S. stocks post deep losses on trade war fears over new tariffs
President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imported goods, which were higher and broader than many expected. The new import taxes are expected to raise prices and slow growth in the U.S., while pus...
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This feels like the opposite of MAGA, but I'm sure MAGAts believe it's Dear Leader's brilliance shining through the darkness.
U.S. stocks tumble on trade war fears over new tariffs
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
U.S. stocks tumble on trade war fears over new tariffs
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
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No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it
March 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it