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@kbethany.bsky.social
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Love scenic vistas, strong coffee, fluffy dogs and trash novels. She/Her

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 5h
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a great point - the American model often funds research with grants but the companies get the patents & only seek out answers that might be profitable. It’s corporate welfare designed not to heal people but to treat our illnesses as revenue streams subsidized with our tax dollars.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Killian @greenmtgirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm so glad I lived past age 6. Thank you, Lt. Col. Petrov.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a small example of Trump created stupidity. Trump’s idiotic tariff wars mean that Canada has to sell potash overseas (increasing cost and carbon footprint) AND USA has to buy from intl mkt (with same increased costs/carbon footprint) and we ALL pay the price 🤬
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
9/26/2026- SCOTUS www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/se...
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Karmic chickens come home to roost
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If I lived in NYC I would be so excited! 70,000 tickets is a LOT and while I’ve been to the Opera, I’ve never been to the Met!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"The agency waived a Congressionally mandated 25% cap on foreign broadcast ownership to allow a trio of Middle East sovereign wealth funds, from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, to own 49.5% of the merged company."
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
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Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Almost 30 years ago and it’s only gotten worse since…
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Briefly detained” = beat half to death
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Mike Quigley @quigley.house.gov · 21/09/2026
Wishing a contemplative Yom Kippur and a meaningful fast to all those who observe the holiday. G’mar Chatima Tova. Yom Kippur 5787
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Massachusetts froze and forgave $52M of debt from predatory collections agencies. (This doesn’t fix consumers’ credit, it just stops the harassment from continuing.) This should be happening nationally; owing money is not a blanket pass to steal from and harass those who owe.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We should all be disgusted of the White House Press Corp. No one walked out No one told Trumpy to go fuck himself. No one said mean things to Trumpy after he chopped down another pillar of American Democracy. No one asked for proof any of them published 'fake news'. No one did anything. Sad.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've spent a lot of years studying a lot of collapses, and the truth of the matter is that they're always mundane: mild climatic shifts that reduce crop yields, a dumbass in power who makes some terrible decisions, neglecting things that obviously matter but the will to fix them can't be summoned.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every single member of the WH Correspondents Association who doesn’t walk out in protest is an active enabler of fascism. Full stop.
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Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House
In an insult-laden post on Truth Social, President Trump said he was instituting the ban because of reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.”
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 18/09/2026
“If you’re a US citizen you have no reason to fear” – Markwayne Mullin, responding to a video of a teenage US citizen being repeatedly punched in the face by ICE.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have to watch multiple times every time it comes up on my feed - it’s the law - and it makes me smile every damn time!
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cartoonist: Mike Smith
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die.
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Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If Biden or Obama had started a war that led to attacks like these on American bases—and then covered it up for months—the political backlash would eclipse Benghazi. One service member: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026
btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@nytimes.com - there’s a mistake in your piece. The article says “18 square feet of floor space” but it’s clearly 3 sq ft of floor space and 18 cubic feet of total area which is not close to the same thing. Do you not have even basic fact checking anymore????
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Um guys??? I think this is very bad….
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The Miami Herald will no longer have a Miami beat” is the state of local journalism in a nutshell. Really, really bad.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
To be clear: By releasing the files, Mamdani has done more for those who lived in the aftermath of 9/11 than any other NYC mayor and DEFINITELY more than lying, cover-up Giuliani. Anyone who thinks Mamdani doesn’t belong at the memorial can get bent.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'd even settle for a threshold. If they make more than a certain amount, they have to pay taxes on it. We've got mega pastors out there living in mansions and owning private jets.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The rise in the amount of income above the cap due to inequality has cost the Social Security Trust Fund reserve more than $1.4 trillion since 1983. The solution is obvious: scrap the cap and make the rich pay more in Social Security taxes.
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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This fact also completely defangs any argument about “job creators.” Job creation means nothing when the jobs being created don’t lead to any reasonable standard of living.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I HATE that I’ve become conspiracy brained but Trump did *really stupid things* in March of both 25 and 26 that caused huge dips in the market… just as corp bigwigs got their annual bonuses and were looking to put a bunch of new money into the market…
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Buy It Trading Places
Alt: Trading Places scene where they start buying when everyone else is selling…
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
To be clear: Bartiromo got fired because she screenshotted an internal Fox News communique directing staff not to push the latest WH election conspiracy theory (remember the 1st one cost them $800M) and sent it *to the White House* to explain why it was ignored. Sometimes they’re all the bad guys.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
jesus fucking christ
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
When they tell you we can’t afford Universal Healthcare, SNAP, Social Security… remember that fully staffing the SSA and making rich people pay what they owe under CURRENT rules (not to mention making rules more fair) is cheaper and better for economic health/growth than letting rich people cheat.
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Spaldy @spaldy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
They give them more and more money, and less and less accountability, so it was only a matter of time before they threw the ability to mess with voting rights at them.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There’s no legitimate purpose for ICE to have this information. There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is true but incomplete. I went to a college in an area *more conservative* than where I grew up. I was exposed to *right wing* ideas in college that expanded my understanding of conservative people/ideas. Conservatives pretend it all goes one way even as they shout into their bullhorns.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old.
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Cher Horowitz Says Ugh, As If
Alt: Cher Horowitz Says Ugh, As If in Clueless
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am absolutely sick about this. Sick.
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail… and secretly rushing to effect up mail in voting which was like 1/3 of votes cast in 2022. Pick up your ballot in person, drop it off in designated drop boxes. Check your registration!
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Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Canada just developed a wearable patch that detects early signs of postoperative infection through continuous temperature and inflammatory marker tracking, based on a Montreal hospital study." - from Neil Degrasse Tyson
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kbethany.bsky.social @kbethany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My mortgage co got bought out and the new one started to make harassment level calls this weekend (calling like 6x in 2 days). I finally picked up and it was selling home equity loans. Does this ever work? Like why would anyone want to do more business w the harassment company?
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If Dems win a trifecta in 2028 and don't push forum-shopping reform (and related judicial reforms) as their first bill, they'll doom everything else they try to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/u...
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How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas (Gift Article)
For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Latest example of "You Can Just Do Stuff" governing taken to the extreme. The judge can't physically enforce his or her own ruling, the White House controls law enforcement and Congress won't impeach.
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