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CatK

@kaufmac.bsky.social
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Health policy wonk, Portlander. Mom of 2 young adult dudes. Jersey shore native. Love the Boss, Medicaid, great literature and dumb comedy.

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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Gorgeous
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Also, feels like this ad is genuinely questioning nothing.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Awesome, I’m finally fashion forward.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We use rank choice voting in Portland for city/county elections, AND my husband and two sons (so 4 people with strong, varying opinions on any given topic) used it to decide which two kittens to adopt (out of the dozens and dozens available @thepixieproject). It worked great!!
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It’s all so intentionally stupid
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
*all so
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I do not now, nor will I — nor any other human on this or any other continent — EVER, need to know the intricacies of whaling to the 9th degree.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
You guys, how can everyone be so wrong about their choices when the only answer is Moby Dick because EVEN AMERICAN “CLASSICS” NEED AN EDITOR
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🙌
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What the actual hell kind of dystopian nightmare is this?
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The opposition party is currently being led by People Magazine’s headline writers. people.com/trump-ramble...
people.com
Trump Rambles About Biden and Autopens to Table of Children at White House Easter Egg Roll
President Donald Trump went on a rant about former President Joe Biden, accusing him again of using an autopen, to children during the White House Easter Egg Roll.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Last night’s show was one of the absolute best. The Boss really is the boss. Portland friends, get ready for Friday night! So glad I’ll get to see this pointed, powerful, spectacular performance again in a couple of days. #springsteen #nokings
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🤩
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#nokings
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
What if I experience this is email is scam fraud? Also, maybe humans should still have these jobs, #AARP
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏🔥👏🙌🙌
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CEO of Beckett Mariner @kariizumi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Pope Leo is the first Pope to have ever experienced the US healthcare system, so there's that
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Wow, I love this. Klimt-y but somehow better.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Big enough to use as a discus would be ok
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I am seriously considering a secret mini freezer for pistachio ice cream just so I could literally even have one spoonful left for myself within 6 hours of purchase.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
So deserving. You guys are so badass Bruce Springsteen is coming to you first…a JFK Profile in Courage is great and all, but first stop by the Boss is really how you know you’ve done good. Thank you, thank you, thank you all for being the best of what America is supposed to be about.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Basically feminism for the past 250 years has been a struggle to establish that women are people endowed with certain inalienable rights, and among those rights are life, liberty, and bodily autonomy.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
word
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
So dark. Kushner raises billions for his fund while the family of a soldier killed in Truml’s war gets help on Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/major-alex...
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is so right on
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This is disgusting
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 02/03/2026
Seems like a thing more people should be mad about
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 27/02/2026
What a great report by the Norwegian Consumer Council on how digital products and services are getting worse (enshittification)! Lots of good explanations and examples, but also very actionable with policy recommendations.
forbrukerradet.no
Digital products and services are getting worse – but the trend can be reversed
A new report from the Norwegian Consumer Council shows how enshittification affects both consumers and society at large. Luckily, it‘s possible to turn the tide.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I love this ad (and the accompanying report) very, very much.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A lot of obvious stuff in this poll (people want Dems to act with more conviction and stop tearing their ACLs trying to reach across the aisle), but the thing I learned is that Republicans are viewed as the elitist ones now! Run with that! Usain Bolt with that shit!
A poll showing the Democrats are viewed as elitist by 43% of people while Republicans are viewed as elitist by 60%. It also shows that only 31% of people view Dems as tough, and 56% view Republicans as tough. 60% of people view Republicans as extreme and only 42% view Dems as extreme.
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National Health Law Program @nhelp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"When the federal gov't withholds funding/freezes parts of [Medicaid], it creates instability that hurts people. Families miss appointments. Providers question whether they can continue services. Communities lose trusted sources of care” Sarah Somers @nhelp.bsky.social healthlaw.org/news/nhelp-c...
healthlaw.org
NHeLP Condemns Administration’s Politicized Freeze of Medicare and Medicaid Funds - National Health Law Program
Washington, DC — The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) strongly condemns the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ decision to cut off $259 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota and freeze en...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Read this. It was a system wide failure that led to Nurul Amin's death. Just infuriating. A blind Black man lost his way home, police called on him, and he was beaten, then caught in a system that eventually released him to die on the street. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/24/b...
investigativepost.org
Border Patrol dumped a blind man at a Buffalo donut shop
A nearly blind Burmese refugee has been missing since Thursday after Border Patrol dropped him off at a Buffalo Tim Hortons.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The intentional cruelty is really hard to comprehend
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Insanity
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Greatest scandal in American history: bsky.app/profile/cnn....
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"Is it asking too much of journalism to rise up and meet this moment? It surely shouldn’t be." margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-a-mis...
margaretsullivan.substack.com
What a mission-driven press must do in this time of crisis
We need the opposite of media capitulation. Here are some concrete ideas.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I have never seen a show (or any piece of entertainment) address the issues in Medicaid that patients and providers face the way The Pitt does -- they get it and the do it truthfully, faithfully and beautifully.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
👏👏👏
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Will it tell me who assaulted young girls and boys in Hawaii’s Pitt hospital? Or should I wait on real journalism?
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This should be written into marriage vows
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Hey Minneapolis - I was lucky enough to get a GA pit seat for myself at your @springsteen show. Gonna be in your beautiful city for 48 hours. What can I do to help/support/volunteer for while I’m there? I fly in the day before, fly out the day after, but I’m all yours while there.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I do like you takes
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Don’t let them suck you in with their stupid awe and wonderment of the natural world.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Happy to see this. I’m no longer a practicing Catholic, but grew up as one. Genuine care for people in need of help or born with less was a true value I was taught. It’s good to see church leadership go back to focusing on what I thought our faith was supposed to be about.
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Uhm what no, not until this moment
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
What if textile art is my favorite medium? Please send any and all my way. #quiltcon2026 just sealed the deal, but I gotta thank @womensartbluesky.bsky.social for the introduction
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
There’s no better show than a @brucespringsteen.net show. Man, am I happy that I got tickets for 2 of his shows this tour! And Portland, I’ll see you in the pit!!
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
WAIT A DAMN MINUTE
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
RIP Ruben Ray Martinez www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...
nytimes.com
A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing
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CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Indeed, what dark turn of fate IS this?
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