Katie
@littlelistmaker.bsky.social
Writing about the narratives that shape US child care policy. Fighting for universal child care.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your roast walnut!
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your roast walnut!
PLEASE STOP INVENTING NEW DEMOCRATIC NAVY SUBMARINE PILOTS TO BEG FOR MY MONEY IN R+15 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
PLEASE STOP INVENTING NEW DEMOCRATIC NAVY SUBMARINE PILOTS TO BEG FOR MY MONEY IN R+15 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
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Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
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Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
I think I'm just gonna block the liberal politics knower posting for hours about how food deserts aren't real, who you all seem to think is worth arguing with even though he's probably like 23 years old.
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I think I'm just gonna block the liberal politics knower posting for hours about how food deserts aren't real, who you all seem to think is worth arguing with even though he's probably like 23 years old.
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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run a thousand progressive challengers and make moderate incumbents compete for their seat
Generic Ballot Polling:
🔵 Democrat: 46%
🔴 Republican: 36%
High Point / Nov 14, 2025
🔵 Democrat: 46%
🔴 Republican: 36%
High Point / Nov 14, 2025
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
run a thousand progressive challengers and make moderate incumbents compete for their seat
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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Trump’s plan for the Affordable Care Act makes some concessions to Democrats but still ultimately makes poor people pay more for worse insurance. @ddayen.bsky.social and Ryan Cooper report on the ruined health care system:
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Trump’s Obamacare Plan Is Still Not Great - The American Prospect
The Republican plan to more than double premiums is gone, but the insurance will get worse, and the poor will pay more.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump’s plan for the Affordable Care Act makes some concessions to Democrats but still ultimately makes poor people pay more for worse insurance. @ddayen.bsky.social and Ryan Cooper report on the ruined health care system:
trib.al/XT3SnjJ
trib.al/XT3SnjJ
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An affront to so many things, but fundamentally to the idea that human progress is in any way inevitable. Even the most obvious gains, even the most morally clear public goods, must be fought for and preserved.
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough (also known as pertussis) this year as the state faces its largest spike in cases since 2012. Cases are only expected to continue to rise, highlighting the importance of widespread immunization. Learn more: publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
An affront to so many things, but fundamentally to the idea that human progress is in any way inevitable. Even the most obvious gains, even the most morally clear public goods, must be fought for and preserved.
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this project is so intertwined with reestablishing male "dominion" thru subjugation of women and children, and hand in hand with the material prevention of transition as part of the violent policing of gender norms and "sex-based" roles.
from the time i’ve spent so far making @illconceivedpodcast.com, it’s very clear to me that the right sees immigration as a moral harm and that they intend to bring about economic conditions that will force “real” (white) americans to have more children. you can’t fight this vision piecemeal
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
this project is so intertwined with reestablishing male "dominion" thru subjugation of women and children, and hand in hand with the material prevention of transition as part of the violent policing of gender norms and "sex-based" roles.
Please do not trick yourself into mindlessly stanning Mark Kelly, who has never seen an anti-immigrant piece of legislation he hasn't jumped to vote for, just because Trump's currently targeting and he's talking tough on TV.
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Please do not trick yourself into mindlessly stanning Mark Kelly, who has never seen an anti-immigrant piece of legislation he hasn't jumped to vote for, just because Trump's currently targeting and he's talking tough on TV.
pleeeeeeeeease let this mean something.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
pleeeeeeeeease let this mean something.
tough talking means testing corporate dems are an extremely irritating 2025 trend
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
tough talking means testing corporate dems are an extremely irritating 2025 trend
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Part of the problem is that liberal media keeps pretending that the right has “intellectual standards” when the rights idea of intellectual standards is RFK “I Like Bathing In Sewage” Jr being in charge of all of America’s health.
The controversy over the Heritage Foundation illustrates the collapse of intellectual standards on the right—a profound problem that Donald Trump has exploited and exacerbated, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Part of the problem is that liberal media keeps pretending that the right has “intellectual standards” when the rights idea of intellectual standards is RFK “I Like Bathing In Sewage” Jr being in charge of all of America’s health.
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Some recent Republican responses to the marketplace premium tax credit issue would shift more people to bronze plans with Health Savings Accounts as an alternative to silver plans with PTC enhancements and cost sharing reductions. So how do these plans stack up in real terms?
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Some recent Republican responses to the marketplace premium tax credit issue would shift more people to bronze plans with Health Savings Accounts as an alternative to silver plans with PTC enhancements and cost sharing reductions. So how do these plans stack up in real terms?
just fyi that I am realizing there are no longer really benefits to having my full name tied to an account like there once were, so I've reverted back to a username I used like 12 years ago until I can think of a new one.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
just fyi that I am realizing there are no longer really benefits to having my full name tied to an account like there once were, so I've reverted back to a username I used like 12 years ago until I can think of a new one.
Carville talking about making universal child care a public good? well well well.
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Carville talking about making universal child care a public good? well well well.
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I can’t wait for “Reform ICE” to be the least-successful slogan of 2028
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I can’t wait for “Reform ICE” to be the least-successful slogan of 2028
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Of all the criminal horrors we've all seen them commit, eagerly, bragging about their illegality, their violence, their disdain for the constitution - the consensus of resistance they've managed to come to is: show us your faces while you.....continue to do all your crimes?
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Of all the criminal horrors we've all seen them commit, eagerly, bragging about their illegality, their violence, their disdain for the constitution - the consensus of resistance they've managed to come to is: show us your faces while you.....continue to do all your crimes?
they dont want to hold power, they want to endlessly critique power but sincerely for Republicans
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
they dont want to hold power, they want to endlessly critique power but sincerely for Republicans
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“Ladies, we know you aspired to full citizenship and equality in the public sphere and the home alike, but unfortunately men are feeling a little blue so it’s time for you to get back in the kitchen again.” -an article, white paper, or book that gets published like three times a week now.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Ladies, we know you aspired to full citizenship and equality in the public sphere and the home alike, but unfortunately men are feeling a little blue so it’s time for you to get back in the kitchen again.” -an article, white paper, or book that gets published like three times a week now.
Women should put their lives in danger repeatedly to birth more children to fix men's mental health. Got it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Women should put their lives in danger repeatedly to birth more children to fix men's mental health. Got it.
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“Men are in trouble. Unchallenged private sphere domination over women and children is a solution.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Men are in trouble. Unchallenged private sphere domination over women and children is a solution.”