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Kathy Downs

@kathykatd.bsky.social
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Writer, Trekkie, pro-Democracy, anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, 💙 all the way. Peace and love. #michiganwomenfordemocracy

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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We actually executed the Rosenbergs for crimes less egregious than the crimes Trümp and this administration have perpetrated. Just sayin'.
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Cid Gunston-Parks, PhD @dawque.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Thank you for recognizing a Giving profession!!
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I keep reading that Israel violated the cease-fire, but here's the thing: I never once read that Israel had agreed to a cease-fire. If terms are as suggested, did the US finally part ways with Israel, or are we just going to give Israel more money and weapons? Have we gone fully proxy here?
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Scene from The Road captioned "Yes, but her emails."
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Same as Michigan!
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Dakyres @dakyres.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Hey hey! Donald j How many folks Will you kill today?
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
It's official--the government thinks we're all worthless. fortune.com/2026/04/01/e...
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The EPA just valued a human life at $0. That's not just a moral crisis — it's a market crisis | Fortune
When the government quietly removes human life from its cost-benefit ledger, it isn't environmental policy. It's a fundamental repricing of the economy.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 02/04/2026
This is who they’re side-eyeing with those assumptions and racism. Victor Glover. Highly trained. Proven. Trusted with missions most people can’t even imagine. An American hero. #SheShed
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I do have latent Challenger trauma indeed.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Gorsuch to Trump's lawyer: your historical sources are "Roman law resources." You flew to SCOTUS to argue Roman law to a man YOU appointed. That happened.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We wanted to understand why Sen. Lindsey Graham is so enthusiastic about sending 50,000 troops into ground combat in Iran. So we caught up with him on his vacation at Walt Disney World.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This is bad. Very, very bad. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Supreme Court strikes down conversion therapy ban
The justices ruled, 8-1, that the First Amendment prohibits states from using their licensing power to prevent therapists and other professionals from sharing particular views with patients.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Can't make this stuff up. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This is frightening. A UN diplomat resigned in order to leak that the US is considering a nuclear option in Iran. www.threads.com/@leftofthepr...
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Evan (@leftoftheprojectorpod) on Threads
This is frightening. A UN diplomat resigned in order to leak that the US is considering a nuclear option in Iran.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
If the war continues we starve, plain and simple. People need to start to learn about where their food comes from. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘It’s not sustainable’: US farmers reeling as Iran war pushes fertilizer costs up
Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jump
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Yep!! www.instagram.com/reel/DWfEzlI...
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Benjamin Herzberg on Instagram: "Perks #fyp #viral #explorepage✨ #theretrokid_ben #funny"
10K likes, 293 comments - theretrokid_ben on March 29, 2026: "Perks #fyp #viral #explorepage✨ #theretrokid_ben #funny".
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Trump wants Iran's oil. Markets priced it at $116/barrel instantly. Somewhere a family is about to get a flag. Somewhere else...someone is having a very good quarter. These are related events. Let the name TRUMP stick to ALL of it.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It was a short slide compared to the old school metal slides at the First Street Beach in Manistee, Michigan, but it was definitely my last slide ride.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Ol' Andy livin' in a trailer! www.gbnews.com/royal/andrew...
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor goes from Grade II mansion to two-bed caravan as static unit arrives at Marsh Farm
The second-hand unit is being used by the former royal himself
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
My daughter accepts commissions for portraits and other work. You can follow her with this link. www.instagram.com/p/COwxOkOh2H...
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rilexhtx on Instagram: "Women #inkdrawing #indiaink #figuredrawings #houstonart"
8 likes, 0 comments - rilexhtx_art on May 11, 2021: "Women #inkdrawing #indiaink #figuredrawings #houstonart".
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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Periodically, I go through this thread and follow back people who reposted. If you’re willing to help spread it, I’m willing to hear what you have to say. And thank you. Updates are under way.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Yippee, we're all gonna die...unless TFG is imprisoned ASAP.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Iran is definitely winning the propaganda war.
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47has34Felonies @xnavychief.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
This is orange shitler's 56th visit to his golf course in West Palm Beach and 110th golf day in just over 14 months in office. Today he surpassed $100 million which puts him on track to spend $300 million on golf.
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✨𝕊𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 - Teh-REDACT-all✨📎 @samiamnurnot.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
😉
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Christine Villaverde @villaverde4nc.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The Senate passed TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA funding 100-0. Johnson buried it. When unanimous bipartisan votes die in the House, that's not gridlock — that's a GOP policy choice. Chaos is the Trump governing strategy, not the failure of it.
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Kelly @calidreamer810.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Tomi is such a pernicious little bitch. 💁🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
It's a beautiful day, so I walked with a neighbor and her granddaughter to the town playground. The merry-go-round was so fun, and I was headed for the swings, but decided to try the slide first. I sailed down, landed on my butt, slid a few feet, and then my head fell on the end of the slide. 1/2
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DVLvaIp...
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Irene Paglia on Instagram: "Do you agree with the meaning behind it? 🇮🇹🇺🇸 According to the artist’s vision, this float portrays Atlas, the powerful Titan of Greek mythology, brought to his knees not b...
41K likes, 1,400 comments - ireneinsicily on February 25, 2026: "Do you agree with the meaning behind it? 🇮🇹🇺🇸 According to the artist’s vision, this float portrays Atlas, the powerful Titan of Greek ...
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A guy asked me if I wanted to pet his Cocker Spaniel.  Feel kinda weird about it now.  I should have chosen the Spaniel.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"(Jesus) does not ‌listen to the prayers of those ‌who wage war, but rejects them, saying: 'Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood'," [Pope Leo XIV] said, citing a Bible ‌passage.
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Cid Gunston-Parks, PhD @dawque.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
We Are the Best of Us!!!!
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
It's worth noting that people of countries with actual kings marched in solidarity with us, because their nations have already learned that kings do not have God-given rights to rule unchecked. The US has regressed to a point before the execution of England's King Charles I, almost 500 years ago.
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✨𝕊𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 - Teh-REDACT-all✨📎 @samiamnurnot.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Oh shit- I'm sorry y'all, but *I* had to see it, so... 🫣🤣🐘 Sound up helps! 🔊🤣
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Stick with The Joy Of Cooking or go old school with Betty Crocker. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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A Reporter Tried Cooking Actual AI-Generated Recipes and the Results Are Stomach-Churning
AI-generated recipes are drowning social media, and they're likely to cause any chef to claw their eyeballs out.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Same, girl. Same.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
An unpopular opinion: reparations are bad. Think of the Irish. Think of those enslaved, and their decedents. Nothing happening there at all. But Israel? Israel was created as reparation for the Holocaust. So now Israel exists, and whaddya know? Not working out so well. They are the perpetrators now.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
An excellent idea!
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Of course.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This. And this again.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I don't usually brag about extravagant trips but I just got home from the gas station. Very exclusive. Very pricey.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This is so fascinating. www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
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Chernobyl Fungus Seems to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
My father's legacy was systematically erased and I don't know how to restore it.
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📎 Otto Von Danger @ottovondanger.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This place should be packed, filled to the rim with cheering Nazis, as all their dreams are coming true...turns out Nazism sucks in real life or everyone...haha LOSERS.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Should have added more detail to my book post... The Second Life Of Mirielle West, by Amanda Skenandore is the story of a wealthy woman diagnosed with Hansen's Disease in 1926. Mandatory quarantine was imposed on sufferers of the disease in the US until 1969. It was also grounds for divorce.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I just finished reading The Second Life Of Mirielle West, by Amanda Skenandore. It made me cry, it cheered me up, it taught me, and inspired me. 10/10 must read.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Russian Dumas are being welcomed and guided on tours through D.C.
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Kathy Downs @kathykatd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Oh, this is very good news!
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