Leatha Kendrick
@leathaky.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, and editor, mentor and poet, grandmother and gardener in Kentucky. Publishing articles, essays, and poems in journals and anthologies in the south, Appalachia, and elsewhere.
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“The host struck a delicate balancing act, directing his anger at politicians looking to pit Americans against each other, while emphasizing the beliefs that unite a majority of the public—especially free speech, which he embraced as a patriotic value.” Meredith Blake on Kimmel’s return.
Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech as 'One Thing We Can Agree On'
The comedian returned to ABC last night and struck a defiant yet patriotic tone
contrarian.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“The host struck a delicate balancing act, directing his anger at politicians looking to pit Americans against each other, while emphasizing the beliefs that unite a majority of the public—especially free speech, which he embraced as a patriotic value.” Meredith Blake on Kimmel’s return.
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NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030. An aerospace engineer with more than 30 years in the spaceflight community explains why saying goodbye to the ISS will be especially hard.
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NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
The International Space Station has hosted astronauts and spacefarers continually for 25 years.
theconversation.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030. An aerospace engineer with more than 30 years in the spaceflight community explains why saying goodbye to the ISS will be especially hard.
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A group of 100-plus former ABC News journalists has sent a letter to Disney CEO Bob Iger urging him to make “a concerted effort to defend free speech and press freedom against political intimidation.”
More than 100 ABC News veterans urge Disney CEO Bob Iger to stand firm against Trump attacks | CNN Business
The letter, obtained by CNN on Wednesday soon after it was delivered to Iger, was first drafted when ABC suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last week.
www.cnn.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A group of 100-plus former ABC News journalists has sent a letter to Disney CEO Bob Iger urging him to make “a concerted effort to defend free speech and press freedom against political intimidation.”
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"The Kentucky Hospital Association has warned the legislation would eliminate 33,000 jobs in the state as Medicaid underfunding forces hospitals to reduce services or even close."
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States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts • Kentucky Lantern
States scramble to shield hospitals after President Trump signs biggest health care spending cuts in U.S. history.
kentuckylantern.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"The Kentucky Hospital Association has warned the legislation would eliminate 33,000 jobs in the state as Medicaid underfunding forces hospitals to reduce services or even close."
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Rural hospitals face closures as Trump's spending package slashes Medicaid by $1 trillion over a decade. Maternity care is especially at risk, according to health policy experts. Currently more than half of rural hospitals no longer deliver babies. theconversation.com/rural-hospit...
Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package
Drastic cuts to Medicaid and other public health provisions in the new law will mean even less money to rural hospitals, many of which are already at risk of closing.
theconversation.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Rural hospitals face closures as Trump's spending package slashes Medicaid by $1 trillion over a decade. Maternity care is especially at risk, according to health policy experts. Currently more than half of rural hospitals no longer deliver babies. theconversation.com/rural-hospit...
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Warning: "Officials in the Trump administration are using immigration as a way to establish a police state. Indeed, they are using the concept that presidents have control of foreign affairs as a way to work around the laws in place to prevent a dictatorship."
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July 7, 2025
At about 10:30 this morning local time, heavily armed masked agents in trucks, armored vehicles, a helicopter, on foot, and on horseback, accompanied by a gun mounted on a truck raided the MacArthur P...
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Warning: "Officials in the Trump administration are using immigration as a way to establish a police state. Indeed, they are using the concept that presidents have control of foreign affairs as a way to work around the laws in place to prevent a dictatorship."
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The Proud Boys are suing the federal government for $100 million from taxpayers to spread more chaos, more violence, and more hate. Sign the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
NO Taxpayer money for Proud Boys
The Proud Boys are suing the federal government for $100 million from taxpayers to spread more chaos, more violence, and more hate. Sign the petition!
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July 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Proud Boys are suing the federal government for $100 million from taxpayers to spread more chaos, more violence, and more hate. Sign the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
Turns out, Medicaid was for us kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/30/t...
Turns out, Medicaid was for us • Kentucky Lantern
“Big, beautiful bill” to some is a cancer in the American soul to me. I don't think my father fought in World War II so the the super-rich call the shots.
kentuckylantern.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Turns out, Medicaid was for us kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/30/t...
In small-town Kentucky, finding ‘all the more reason to resist’ kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/02/i...
In small-town Kentucky, finding 'all the more reason to resist' • Kentucky Lantern
It was easy to imagine ways this thing could go off the rails. But if there was going to be an anti-Trump rally in Manchester, we were going to be there.
kentuckylantern.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In small-town Kentucky, finding ‘all the more reason to resist’ kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/02/i...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Congress: Stop Trump's Attack on Birthright Citizenship!
Trump's attack on birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, and it's just one part of MAGA's far-right playbook to scapegoat our immigrant neighbors, all while Trump makes life easier for his wealth...
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June 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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NEW REPORT: House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, now in the Senate, would shift major new costs to the state- & local-level, paving the way for harmful cuts to food assistance, health care, & other services like education. Here’s the 3 top things to know:🧵
June 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NEW REPORT: House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, now in the Senate, would shift major new costs to the state- & local-level, paving the way for harmful cuts to food assistance, health care, & other services like education. Here’s the 3 top things to know:🧵
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"Federal law enforcement officers on the scene declined to say what the purpose of the raid was...Some declined to identify which agency they were with. Most wore masks."
It's almost like the police are trying to be...secret.
It's almost like the police are trying to be...secret.
Federal law enforcement officials including ICE raided Las Cuatro Milpas, a taco restaurant in Minneapolis, on Tuesday as immigrant rights activists and neighbors protested. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/03/h...
Hundreds protest ICE, other federal law enforcement action in Minneapolis • Minnesota Reformer
Federal law enforcement officers raided a Minneapolis taco restaurant Tuesday morning, sparking protests from immigrant rights activists and neighbors. Officers wearing the uniforms of Immigration an...
minnesotareformer.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Federal law enforcement officers on the scene declined to say what the purpose of the raid was...Some declined to identify which agency they were with. Most wore masks."
It's almost like the police are trying to be...secret.
It's almost like the police are trying to be...secret.
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Last week I wrote that Trump is scapegoating Jews in a new way, using them as an excuse to deport students w/out due process for exercising their 1st Am rights. He certainly didn’t jump in to support American Jews after the horrific attack in Colorado www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
Trump Talks a Lot About Antisemitism, With a Notable Caveat
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June 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Last week I wrote that Trump is scapegoating Jews in a new way, using them as an excuse to deport students w/out due process for exercising their 1st Am rights. He certainly didn’t jump in to support American Jews after the horrific attack in Colorado www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
Protect the Rights and Privacy of Autistic Americans!
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition!
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May 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
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Elon Musk called empathy a “weakness” of Western civilization. But philosophers argue the opposite: empathy is a hard-won form of knowledge — and essential for understanding others and making informed decisions buff.ly/WTS28lC #PhilSky
Empathy can take a toll – but 2 philosophers explain why we should see it as a strength
Empathy affords us a more accurate understanding of others’ experiences and emotions. Just like pain, it can be hard to bear – but that’s also the source of its strength.
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May 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Elon Musk called empathy a “weakness” of Western civilization. But philosophers argue the opposite: empathy is a hard-won form of knowledge — and essential for understanding others and making informed decisions buff.ly/WTS28lC #PhilSky
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I believe in science
May 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I believe in science
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It's Saturday!
Post a cartoon TV series you love. 📺
Post a cartoon TV series you love. 📺
May 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It's Saturday!
Post a cartoon TV series you love. 📺
Post a cartoon TV series you love. 📺
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
Defend Public Broadcasting!
Public broadcasting provides Americans with access to local news, educational programming, and independent journalism without corporate and political influence. Public broadcasters like PBS and NPR ar...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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There’s no one way to communicate the message of the resistance. We need fire and brimstone and we need soft quiet voices.
April 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There’s no one way to communicate the message of the resistance. We need fire and brimstone and we need soft quiet voices.
For 150+ years, the 14th Amendment has protected children born on U.S. soil. Trump’s attack is a direct assault on democracy. Take action now. 👇 app.sosha.ai/s/7AFy4lpf
Stand up to Trump’s authoritarian overreach
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April 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For 150+ years, the 14th Amendment has protected children born on U.S. soil. Trump’s attack is a direct assault on democracy. Take action now. 👇 app.sosha.ai/s/7AFy4lpf
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...
Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Home
Kilmar is not alone. He is one of over 250 immigrants deported without due process, as part of Trump’s $6 million deal with Bukele’s government—a plan to funnel immigrants, often with no criminal reco...
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April 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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This Saturday April 5 is the nationwide Hands Off mobilization and we think these rallies, marches, & protests should have some "Hands Off Our Libraries!" signs. Find an action near you www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Hands Off! Join the National Mobilization to Fight Back · Hands Off on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Hands Off.
www.mobilize.us
March 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This Saturday April 5 is the nationwide Hands Off mobilization and we think these rallies, marches, & protests should have some "Hands Off Our Libraries!" signs. Find an action near you www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
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Economic uncertainty, shifting gender roles, and a crisis of purpose have left young men vulnerable to far-right "alpha-male" influencers. @oliviajulianna.bsky.social explores the new era of online extremism, how we got here & how to change course.
The masculinity crisis: How economic struggles and Andrew Tate are radicalizing young men
With housing out of reach, wages stagnant, and traditional career paths fading, young men are searching for a sense of purpose—and finding it in all the wrong places.
contrarian.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Economic uncertainty, shifting gender roles, and a crisis of purpose have left young men vulnerable to far-right "alpha-male" influencers. @oliviajulianna.bsky.social explores the new era of online extremism, how we got here & how to change course.