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When I pitch stories about legislative bills to MS Now and Xtra, my editors ask me these questions, and if I can't show a bill has momentum, they will not take the pitch. bsky.app/profile/kate...

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I am not suggesting you ignore all the bills, just realize that Republican state reps often intro bills designed to scare the fuck out of you that will not pass.

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Concentrate on the bills that actually have a chance if passing. Which ones have a lot of sponsors or sponsors from chamber leaders? Which ones have committee hearings? Which ones have a vote scheduled?

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That is not what i said at all.

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I never said to ignore it

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I don't think you're bad faith with me! I can tell usually.

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Fwiw this is also my approach to deciding on covering bills in the US Congress.

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Also all of these bills will have to be reintroduced next session. Keep an eye out for sponsors. If there's a lot of them, or they are senior leadership, those are most likely to be the bills that get hearings.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 9h

Ok concentrate on the ones with committee hearings first and keep an eye out for movement in the others. The "engrossed" status means it passed one chamber and they have finalized the language and sent it to the other chamber. The leg is out of session now, right? For elections?

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Which ones have a lot of sponsors or have committee hearings scheduled?

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 9h

Good. You deserve happy tears and money.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 9h

So 11% of all bills introduced actually become law. My position is we should not panic about the 89% and we should focus on the 11%.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10h

Let's help Stella. She's good people.

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I think you are not understanding all the nuances of this discussion.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10h

I cover the immediate threats. But there are a lot of not-immediate threats that scare the shit out of our community

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10h

That is not what she is saying

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 11h

Do we know who is answering the calls?

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I don't think that's a healthy way to live.

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Genuine question: why?

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Sure but you don't need to know about every little proposed bill to know that

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I don't believe that every trans person in America should immediately be made aware of every single evil bill introduced by some podunk state rep in a random red state they don't live in I don't think that's healthy. I have always needed to see a likelihood of advancement before I would write it up

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The List of Trans Allies Grows Thin

Putting him in this piece with this headline was really stupid of me. www.burnsnotice.com/the-list-of-...

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And it's only Wednesday...

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 16/09/2026

And losing a major war to a minor power and it's not even close

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Hey everyone. Things have been tough around here and they are about to get worse. I’ll probably need to make a bigger ask soon, but right now I’m asking for some help covering essentials. Next post has what I’m trying to cover. PP: @StellaSacco CA: $sacc No Venmo

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 13h

Let's help Stella. She's good people.

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Was really glad Katherine talked to me for this piece, and I think back on this interview often!

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Most of the time it has been me explaining how the thing people were panicking about were not actual immediate threats.

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Thank you for the shout out! I try very hard not to do the panic thing but i did get the Mamdani stuff very wrong in the moment.

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