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Kathy in KY

@kathy-in-ky.bsky.social
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Likely to be found at an easel or a computer. Be good to each other, people.

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/10/2026
Exclusive: The blue coating of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool failed due to improper materials and a rush to complete the job, an inspection report found. The latest report documents far more damage than has been previously reported. wapo.st/4hZsxTk
Aerial view of a National Mall reflecting pool with marked areas labeled "blisters," "peeling," and "expansion joint failure." Text below reads: "Exclusive: Reflecting Pool liner failed in 85 places because of flawed renovation, inspection found.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
dude is a natural
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/10/2026
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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For Maine voters who are worried that Collins might still eek out a win, instead of lamenting, there's plenty of GOTV work for Maine voters. Here's a list of actions Maine voters can get involved in. shaystewartbouley.substack.com/p/gotv-maine...
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GOTV Maine- Do Something
A long time Maine reader and community member put this information together and I am sharing it for Maine folks looking to do something.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
James Talarico stops by Kacey Musgraves’ concert 🤩
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Kathy in KY @kathy-in-ky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Russia, Russia, Russia" keeps turning out to be true.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nailed it. 🔨
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One of the first things Trump did in Feb. 2017 was set up an office in DHS to *exclusively* publicize crimes committed by immigrants — just as the Nazis used Der Stürmer to publish a special section only highlighting “Jewish crimes.” See this article from 2017: www.thewrap.com/der-sturmer-...
& thewrap.com
But mass-slander-by-anecdote has a long tradition. As The Atlantic explains:
In The Nazi Conscience, Duke historian Claudia Koonz notes that the Nazi newspaper Der Sturmer ran a feature called "Letter Box," which published readers' accounts of Jewish crimes. When the Nazis took power, the German state began doing something similar.
Frustrated by the failure of most Germans to participate in a boycott of Jewish businesses in April 1933, Adolf Hitler's government began publicizing Jewish crime statistics as a way of stoking anti-Semitism.
Trump introduced a new government entity Tuesday that will similarly flag and highlight crimes by illegal immigrants - without, of course, providing any context about how many crimes they commit compared to U.S. citizens, or how illegal immigrants as a group might contribute positively to American society.
"The office is called VOICE - Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement," Trump explained. "We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests."
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It should be turned into a museum of political corruption.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Iran can't hit a damn thing that isn't nearby in the region. Calm down.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey, here's a random thought: maybe all of us who are Democrats and progressives should pause attacks on each other for the next three weeks and focus on beating Republicans. I promise our arguments will be so much more interesting in January after a blue tsunami.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Jason Woodrow @jasonwoodrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This morning's message from Indivisible
Your vote is not small to the people spending millions to make sure you never cast it. They know what happens when working people, young people, women, and every fed-up voter show up together. We flip Congress. They lose control. That’s the whole assignment.
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Medicare Part B premium is $2,435 this year, plus deductibles, coinsurance, and potential supplemental premiums. President Trump says he’s going to send $90 checks to Medicare beneficiaries.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
After Trump's pool guy screwed up the reflecting pool renovation, Trump tried to frame a Marylander, David Hearn. Yesterday, justice won & a judge barred the admin from bringing more baseless charges against him. Now the Trump admin should be held accountable.
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JD Vance’s double-down fell flat on South Floridians ears, and according to @jimdefede.bsky.social Florida Republicans are worried that @angieforfl.bsky.social is a very capable and sympathetic candidate and too close for comfort.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Relocated? Married? Switched your name? Your voter registration might be expired--and an outdated record is the same as none. Update it today. Takes 2 minutes. Do it now. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/VEPUQ6kB
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Kathy in KY @kathy-in-ky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thread.
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Angie Nixon is building something powerful in Florida, a grassroots U.S. Senate campaign powered by working people. She knows firsthand what families are up against, and she’s running to fight for them. Learn more about the campaign, volunteer, or find contribution information here: angienixon.com
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Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate | Change Can't Wait
Angie Nixon is a Florida State Representative, union organizer, and mother born and raised in Jacksonville who has spent her career fighting for hardworking Floridians. In the State House, she expande...
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Their definition of “open” is that the U.S. can escort limited groups of vessels out at great expense. That is very different from what “open” meant before they started this war.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 27/09/2026
🚨 37 DAYS TO GO! 📣 FLIPPING THE SENATE BLUE IS MORE URGENT THAN EVER. --No donations through this page go to me. --Opt out of sharing your email/phone w/campaigns Donate today. #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Eight--EIGHT--sailors on the USS Lincoln tried to commit suicide by jumping overboard among other methods: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Truly sorry that I didn't know about chili crisp much sooner than I did.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Lot of issues here but one part that sticks out in light of the almost-attacked-a-Chinese-ship story today: people with very important jobs where lives are at stake have bought the hype and outsourced their whole brains to AI. We're going to see more and more of this. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
In the past year, the Defense Department has rapidly made Maven a cornerstone of the US military apparatus. Several former senior US military officials now work for Palantir, including some with high-level security clearances in Centcom’s Tampa headquarters. Their role is to keep the software functioning inside secure military environments. Some Centcom personnel expected Maven to flag stale information or inconsistencies in the underlying intelligence assembled for potential targets, the officials said. It’s not clear why they had such expectations.
The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.

The US military swung into action with plans to intercept the vessel, according to four sources familiar with the episode. According to two of the sources, armed members of the US military were preparing to board the ship. Military planes were in the air, one of those sources and another source familiar with the incident said.

It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying. CNN was not able to learn what the misidentified cargo was.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
youtube.com
2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Kathy in KY @kathy-in-ky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here's the plan: vote early.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.
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Mark Hennessy-Barrett @markhb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/... Today's Fatal Food is.... <spins wheel> Pork! with.... <spins wheel> Lysteria!
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USDA recalls 1,500 pounds of pork products distributed to eight states - UPI.com
U.S. health officials have issued an urgent recall for more than 1,500 pounds of pre-packaged pork products distributed across eight states.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 08/09/2026
For over a year, millions of us have come together to declare that America has no kings. We made our voices heard in the streets, and we made history with the three largest protests in our country’s history.  Now, it’s time to take the next step.
NO KINGS No THRONES No CROWNS
VOTE EARLY
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Come on down! All this could be yours...except the price is WRONG because of Trump's tariffs.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I think there are fair questions when the POTUS spends his day posting Ai cringe 60 times. Like who is making all of these memes? Is he posting with Natalie or does she have full permission to post on his behalf without content approval? Is the White House ever asked anything about these episodes?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026
If I were emperor for a day, one change I'd make: In every political race, at every level, at least the *first* debate would be replaced by a simple test of knowledge. How do taxes work? What agency is responsible for what? Is your area growing or shrinking in population? Just basic stuff.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The first job of anyone serving in Congress isn’t affordability, it is defending the Constitution.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Pipes on this kid
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
VICTORY: a judge just SHUT DOWN Trump's illegal mail voting rule Seniors, veterans & military families keep their ballots. NO CHAOS before Nov 3 His order was illegal--The court's isn't @campaignlegal.org & @democracydefendersfund.org are proud to have filed a brief for LULAC in this win 👇 -TN
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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aRemedy @aremedy.org · 01/09/2026
Named by Senator Massie as probable co-conspirators in the Epstein Files: Jes Staley, Leon Black, Les Wexner, David Copperfield, Lapo Elkann, Tom Pritzker, Glenn Dubin, Frédéric Fekkai, Edoardo Teodorani, Jean-Luc Brunel, Daniel Siad, Ramsey Elkholy, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and Lesley Groff.
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