Reposted by KatiaSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Some thoughts from May 2021 — and an article to go with it. This nightmare was preventable. They didn’t want to stop it. Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f... 25328147
Reposted by KatiaSol @solexposure.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s rent making week & I’ve got 6 days to sell at least 14 framed pieces (or the equivalent) to have it. I need to pause on saving for car work, as having a home is more important (especially w/o a car). LOTS of specials in the feed & new paintings! Thank you for looking/sharing! 076
Reposted by KatiaSenator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Something is deeply wrong when Trump’s net worth is skyrocketing but families across the country can’t afford gas, groceries, and health care. Donald Trump’s culture of open corruption is leaving Americans out to dry while he and his friends get rich. 1001317426
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've often shared @sarahkendzior.bsky.social essays but this one is a must to anyone who values The Fourth Estate ... such as it is. Because our democracy relies on it. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...sarahkendzior.substack.comGutting the Fourth EstateThe US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down. 001
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Paywalls are toll roads to a gated community, one that the average American cannot afford to enter in an era of inflated prices and deflated expectations. Democracy relies on an informed citizenry." 010
Reposted by KatiaKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This didn't happen. What actually happened is that Russia deliberately bombed several American businesses in Ukraine. The Bunge oilseed plant was hit right after Senator Blumenthal's visit in a twisted demonstration of power. 821678603
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026About the approval ratings for the diapered narcissist pedophile president. A 33% approval? Someone explain how that's even possible. Do that many people not watch news outlets other than Fox? Do they not drive? Or buy groceries? Or have medical bills? Or a moral compass?static.klipy.comDavid Rose's Iconic What and WhyALT: David Rose's Iconic What and Why 010
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This was an **exceptional** episode. For everything @karaswisher.bsky.social had to say and for this nugget of information: Mitch McConnell made $43,500 while absent from his job for 92 days. The average income of his constituents in KY is $35,821 a year. 010
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Nothing like starting "Why Brains Need Friends" by @dr-brein.bsky.social to illustrate how caregiving isolation wreaks havoc on your system. katialee.substack.com/p/summer-of-...katialee.substack.comSummer of Lost Time: Grief, Joy and GratitudeI never understood how my isolation from the pandemic and years of caregiving affected me until my losses released me back into the world. 000
Reposted by KatiaSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I love that the caption for that half a jet calls it “damaged.” As if we just need to bang out a few dents. 67877186
Reposted by KatiaSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The thing you want to do right before an election where your party is on the ropes is get into a knock down, drag out fight over getting your name on another guy’s memorial. Real kitchen table stuff there. 1333459
Reposted by KatiaSol @solexposure.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Nearing 2 weeks w/ 0 sales makes for 0 income for pet food, me food & no movement on saving for *much* needed car work (has to get done before bad weather). I’ve felt pretty sick about it today. There are many sweet specials in my feed, especially some weekend only ones. Honored if you had a look! 1129
Reposted by KatiaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I remain convinced that the most effective response to a politician or a pundit who's pushing transphobia is "I'm not sure why you're obsessed with other people's genitals but it's really creepy" 954240848
Reposted by KatiaDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The fact Donald Trump told his supporters last night to "Cheat like hell" in 2026 election BUT that isn't the headline nationwide shows you again how corporate media is complicit. 752141831
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In grief everything is difficult. I figured there was no sense in trying to do it all by myself... If you live in Columbia SC let me know if you have contacts that can help! Thank you! katialee.substack.com/p/this-is-me...katialee.substack.comThis is me asking...“If you never ask, the answer will always be ‘no’” 000
Reposted by KatiaSenator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 04/08/2026Todd Blanche told me privately that he “made a mistake” creating the MAGA slush fund. I asked him about it under oath. And he lied to Congress. His willingness to casually lie under oath shows how far he will go to avoid offending his only boss: Donald Trump. 26254119
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Had to work in Bradbury's story set on today's date, but serendipitously heard @doctorow.pluralistic.net On the Media interview. Today's essay is less an essay more a primer/resource guide to AI and the enshittification of it all. katialee.substack.com/p/the-future...katialee.substack.comThe Future Nightmare is Now.Can we wake up? 192
Reposted by KatiaOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Susan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children 602353857
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026#ProjectPanama www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...washingtonpost.comThe quest to ‘destructively scan’ all the world’s books - The Washington PostAI companies wanted to train their language models on books. But they didn’t want to pay. 000
Reposted by KatiaCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 30/07/2026Odyssey this. Odyssey that. We Odyssey ICE abolished. 362912548
Reposted by KatiaGod @thegodshow.com · 24/07/2026Mitch McConnell is dead. Apparently so is investigative journalism. 520165743606
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 30/07/2026This is a distraction. They want someone to blame, instead of taking responsibility. Trump's administration dismantled the safeguards the Obama administration left in place for covid-like viruses spreading. I'm so fucking tired of these morons creating villains to hide their own brutal incompetence. 010
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 11/07/2026For no reason but self promotion and anyone else dealing with loss. open.substack.com/pub/katialee...open.substack.comIntroductions. Again.Dearest Gentle Reader, 000
Reposted by KatiaThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/07/2026Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years.bit.lyA child can drown in seconds. Doctors want more families to be preparedDoctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years. Child drowning deaths rose from about 750 in 2019 to more than 860 in 2024, the most recent year for which complete data is available. 68632
Reposted by KatiaMother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/07/2026Curious as to why Trump has turned America's 250th anniversary into a spectacle-ridden vanity project? Lucky for you, we have an entire magazine issue dissecting why the president wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past. Check it out: tinyurl.com/amvd6ja4 1222687
Reposted by Katia50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The original No Kings day. Credit: chappatte.com 111399374
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Well holy shit. This is what I needed. You may as well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A87o...youtube.comGrand Opening Ceremony at the Obama Presidential CenterYouTube video by Obama Foundation 000
Reposted by KatiaFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Here is Elon Musk bragging about how he "accidentally" canceled all Ebola prevention efforts (DOGE never fully restored the canceled contracts) 771876934
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I thought I was on top of all the crimes, turns out I missed a few in between. We really need: Impeachment. Corruption hearings. Truth and Reconciliation hearings. Some fucking accountability! 000
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I really hope someone (@housedemocrats.bsky.social?) has been keeping track of the grifts, thievery, emoluments, so when we prosecute we can get it all back for the great unfuckening we'll need to do. 010
Reposted by KatiaACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A House subcommittee is meeting to redraw our Congressional map. New map could secure all 7 Congressional districts for Republicans while diluting the voting power of Black voters. Livestream: www.scstatehouse.gov/video/stream.p… 266
Reposted by Katiadriftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 12/05/2026In his 2nd Inaugural, Abraham Lincoln delivered what might be the most devastating rebuttal to the Both Sides lie in history. "Both parties deprecated war but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came." 91721390
Reposted by KatiaCREW @citizensforethics.org · 12/05/2026Several federal agencies have attempted to create national databases of Americans' private data, violating the law and the Constitution—all to consolidate power under President Trump. So you bet CREW is filing legal actions every chance we get.citizensforethics.orgThe Trump admin wants to put your private data in one place. That’s illegal. - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonThe Trump administration has attempted to create national databases of Americans' private data, violating the law and the Constitution. 217883
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Why no consequences if consequence shaped?static.klipy.comDavid Rose's WTF ReactionALT: David Rose's WTF Reaction 000
Reposted by Katia50501 South Carolina ❌️👑 📎 🐰🩵 @50501-sc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026You may be in a new congressional district, and you may be voting in primaries in June AND August,who tf knows at this point But we DO know we have to fight, and one of the ways we have to fight is to make sure we're all registered to vote! Deadline is TODAY so go do it now! 043
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I get James Clear's emails and this one hit home: "Sometimes we drag our feet. Sometimes we overextend ourselves. Either way, there are tradeoffs. What is the cost of your current pace?" 000
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Did he say "passed without objection?" Is he deaf, blind, a fucking moron or all of the above? 000
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026South Carolina— Check your voter registration, register kids who will be of age come November 3rd and fight for your vote. Because they're working hard to take it away. scvotes.gov/elections-st...scvotes.govUpcoming Elections - SC Votes - South Carolina Election CommissionSchedules of Elections by Year Download a complete list of elections by year. 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 000
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Every Senator who confirmed this wretched man needs to be held accountable for the damages done. 000
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I find it astonishing (because I'm so naive) and depressing that there isn't some rich person to create buy out an independent news source that would employ all good journalists & writers. Or some very determined, crafty folks to create it.static.klipy.comEdwin Jones: We Will Have To Build ItALT: Edwin Jones: We Will Have To Build It 100
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 05/05/2026When this big-shoed motherfucker runs for president, just edit this with footage of the ICE snuff films and abuse/murders/ police brutality against brown folk. "Paid for by Irony and Karma" 000
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 02/05/2026"If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law." Please listen to @hcrichardson.bsky.social historical analysis. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...open.substack.comWill We Choose the Rule of Law?A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. 835384
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Older article but worth the read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comOne Word Describes TrumpA century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world. 322
Katia @katialee.bsky.social · 30/04/2026So technically — if I have some extra dollars I should **totally** invest in the Stockmarket. Because the way I understand this is: the world will go to hell in a hand basket (and it will) but the stock market will really be just fine?media.tenor.coma woman in a black coat says " if that 's not cause for alcohol "ALT: a woman in a black coat says " if that 's not cause for alcohol " 010
Reposted by KatiaAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/04/2026Been sitting with how many Black Civil rights leaders bled and died to ge the voting rights act only for it to be struck down by this white supremacist supreme court. This is from bloody Sunday which catalyzed passage of the VRA. It's hard not to shed tears at what we've lost. 371842655
Reposted by KatiaKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The most infuriating thing about this is that his entire campaign was him saying “this time I’m going to be so much worse, you fuckers have no idea how shitty I’m gonna be” 1494577713
