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Kathie McDonald-McClure

@kathiemcmcclure.bsky.social
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U.S. Lawyer in Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Healthcare. Gardener 🌱 Cat whisperer 🐈 Bird watcher🐦‍⬛ Mom, Wife, Nana. Lover of Democracy 💙 (I block accounts with no profile, or without posts, or with spam/bot vibes)

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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Now that the first phase of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's wonderful "250 to 250" project has wrapped, I'll share all the videos (one per day) for which I wrote scripts. Some were recorded nearly word for word; others underwent much-needed editing for clarity & brevity. Today: the Pujo Committee.
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Pujo Committee, Narrated by Representative Joe Morelle
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We need your help getting a fake TikTok page taken down. This page is directing people to private chat apps and asking people for money on Heather’s behalf. This is not her, and she will never do that. If you're on TikTok, could you please report the handle "@HeatherCoxRichardson" for impersonation.
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Kathie McDonald-McClure @kathiemcmcclure.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? Flair pens that are all dried up.
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Kathie McDonald-McClure @kathiemcmcclure.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This⬇️ I recently decided I would try several keys in my junk drawer in every lock I could find in the house. None of them fit anything. So I put them back in the junk drawer. I must have kept them for a reason right? 😆
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psb4361.bsky.social @psb4361.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Has anyone thought to find the person(s) taking both pictures of Mitch McConnell to verify his status? Does that person even exist?
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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump's big document release tonight, supposedly meant to prove China stole the 2020 election, includes this classified intel graphic making clear that Russia was the only country trying to meddle in American voting systems.
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Kathie McDonald-McClure @kathiemcmcclure.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is so alarming. What Miller is saying is that anyone who disagrees with the T Admin policies is a “left wing political terrorist” who should be prosecuted. The aim is to chill our ability to speak out against unconstitutional & unlawful actions of our govt, a 1st Amendment Right.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Lindsey Graham’s grotesque loyalty to Felon Trump has resulted in Americans suffering from a parade of countless horribles. He’s been in office since 1992 & it’s time for a change. That breath of fresh air is @drannieandrews.com who is now poised to unseat Graham. youtu.be/hMGMN1etqyE?...
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Trump PANICS as Voters REJECT HIM and GO BLUE…In South Carolina!!
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
@katiephang.bsky.social, Nostradamus of our times.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
People have a First Amendment right to criticize the government. This is meant to intimidate people into censoring themselves.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Trump appeared at the Libertarian National Convention in 2024 in front of a sign that said this, it was the convention's theme
Trump at the Libertarian Convention in 2024
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Kathie McDonald-McClure @kathiemcmcclure.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Two cats happy that I am home after being away on vacation. Both cats were snuggling close to me at the same time. #Caturday
Blond tabby cat laying on back of couch directly behind me with outstretched paw on my shoulder. Tortoise shell color cat with green eye who has propped her upper body with her paws curled up on my leg while I am laying on the couch.
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Monica Land is a journalist, producer, and niece of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer. Land remembers the inspiring life of the Mississippi voting rights activist who asked “Is this America?” #WeAreAmerica250
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Congressional Equality Caucus @equality.house.gov · 20/05/2026
Republicans just passed a Don't Say Trans bill that would also require schools to out trans students in certain situations, even if doing so would put them in physical danger. Every student deserves to feel safe in school & see themselves reflected in school curricula.
Equality Caucus rips passage of Republicans' Don't Say Trans & Forced Outing Bill. IMAGE: U.S. Capitol.“Republicans claim to be the party of small government, but they have no problem bringing the full force of the federal government down against children. The GOP thinks they can legislate transgender people out of existence with this inhumane Don’t Say Trans bill, but all they’re doing is making life worse for a small minority of already-vulnerable children. I spent 24 years as an educator where I worked with hundreds of high school students and their parents. Most children go to their parents when they need help or are struggling—including transgender children—but not all parents are accepting. The forced outing provision of this bill puts teachers in an impossible situation by requiring them to out trans kids to their parents in certain situations—even if the teacher knows the student will likely face physical abuse. Students like these are who Republicans want to put in immediate physical danger with this bill.” Rep. Mark Takano, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I am not at all surprised by this. Please make sure you have two factor authentication on here. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...
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Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2026
Raskin: "The whole administration now just just corruption -- highway robbery every day"
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Train like you fight: Why cyber operations teams need no-notice drills www.csoonline.com/article/4167...
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Train like you fight: Why cyber operations teams need no-notice drills
Tabletop exercises are just paperwork; you need surprise drills to train your brain to stay calm and effective when a real incident actually hits the fan.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
They own this. Whatever disasters continue to unfold belong not to the president and his Cabinet alone, but to the entire Republican Party.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is NUTS www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...
Disappointed, though not surprised, I began to describe various life- saving components of USAID’s global health portfolio, highlighting how we prepare for and respond to emerging pandemic threats; support the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV; and immunize millions of children from the deadliest childhood diseases. I spoke for about five minutes, focusing primarily on our infectious diseases work and hoping to keep the attention of people who seemed to have no experience—or interest—in global health.

When I finished, the room was silent, the political appointees looking at one another in what appeared to be disbelief. The silence was broken by Ken Jackson, who chuckled softly and shook his head. “Wow, there really is so much that USAID does that we never knew,” he said. “This is the story that needs to get out there.”

Joel, also smiling, chimed in next, echoing Jackson’s amazement. “I had no idea you did all this,” he said. “As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.”
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(Don’t) Nuke Them From Orbit 💥🌎 @danfellars.com · 10/04/2026
Here’s a call script: I’m calling to insist Rep (name) work with minority leader Jeffries on articles of impeachment, as a privileged resolution, to be voted on immediately. The president recently posted a video of a woman being murdered and is not mentally or morally fit to hold office.
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Brutal.
A WHOLE CIVILIZATION
WILL DIE TONIGHT
My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools.
Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's
"keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's
"we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight."
It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before.
"It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time.
A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead.
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Mukad A QuBoy
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Traffic violation scams switch to QR codes in new phishing texts www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
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Traffic violation scams switch to QR codes in new phishing texts
Scammers are sending fake "Notice of Default" traffic violation text messages impersonating state courts across the U.S., pressuring recipients to scan a QR code that leads to a phishing site…
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Absolute gutter racism and nonstop lies. This is a thousand times worse than Ronald Reagan’s “welfare queen” lies. Any other modern president would have had to resign if they said these things on camera.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 13/03/2026
“One parent told us that their 5-year-old asked, ‘Are we bad people? Are they going to kill us here? That’s what these children are feeling as time goes on.”
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'This place broke something in us': Kids languish in ICE detention long past 20-day court limit
The Trump administration has detained more than 900 children — including a boy with severe autism — for longer than allowed under a decades-old legal settlement.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Was AI used for the targeting that likely resulted in the bombing of the girls school? We must have answers to that question and there is ZERO reason for delay because the Pentagon damn well already knows the answer.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Congrats to these 4 strong law firms that refused to knuckle under. And to Princeton, Harvard, Wesleyan etc who've used their fame and resources to set that example in education. And governors and mayors. And district court and circuit-court judges. AND AMERICANS BY THE MILLIONS, across the country.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/02/2026
if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Kathie McDonald-McClure @kathiemcmcclure.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Alright now!
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Help save baby Juan Nicolas’s life! Please call Dilley Detention Center at 830-378-6500 (as soon as you hear the recorded greeting press zero and you’ll get a receptionist.) Then call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is what he was referring to. bsky.app/profile/iwil...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
People are waking up.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
UPDATE: He was just released. This shows that just indiscriminately took someone because they were Latino. Their illegal tactics continue so we still need neighbors to patrol, observe, and support our immigrant community.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Judge Roy Ferguson @judgefergusontx.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
You know Stephen Miller is losing his fucking mind right now. 🤣
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
After watching Bad Bunny’s halftime show I’m so proud to be an American. Puerto Rico represents! Beautiful Spanish language, people of color filling my TV screen. This is what makes America great and it’s what I will always fight for. #BadBunny
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 06/02/2026
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year. She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again. Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
Photo shows a young girl with her cat
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/02/2026
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
They're throwing Bovino out of the moving vehicle in the hopes that we'll abandon the pursuit. Keep the foot on the gas.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Hochul, Ro Khanna, Pat Ryan calling on impeachment of Kristi Noem. MAKE Trump fire her ... and then demand he fire Stephen Miller who dreamed this whole thing up
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