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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️

@kegill.bsky.social
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Writer/speaker/journalist/professor. @kegill almost everywhere. Deep south ex-pat, she/her. Fights #disinfo. #UX #Elections geek #BookLover #BreastCancer “facts maxer”

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 7h
Oh FFS. The fact that political ads can brazenly LIE is obscene. We are Rome.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h
How long until Trump hands Bibi Netanyahu the keys to the Oval Office?
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U.S. Sending Third Aircraft Carrier, Up to 10,000 More Troops, to Middle East
The deployments come as President Trump weighs resuming bombing Iran after the midterms.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h
This stupid attempt to rewrite history won't lower gas prices by a single cent.
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 7h
I confess. I do not remember the oil crash of 1986 but I do remember the 1980s and its double-digit mortgage rates. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/o...
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Opinion | If You Think Rising Oil Prices Are Bad, Just Wait for the Inevitable Crash (Gift Article)
An oil bust is on the horizon.
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 21h
Capital punishment is cruel and unusual punishment and has no place in a civilized nation. But even if you don’t object to it on moral grounds, the number of times we have botched convictions AND executions should be enough to convince you that it should be abolished.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 20h
Executing prisoners is not a legitimate power of government, despite its long and barbaric history, and we should put an end to it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Wyden Introduces Bill to Ban Data Centers on Public Lands *** Wyden bill follows public reporting that Trump administration is trying to transfer over 17,000 acres of public land in the West for data center development” 9/30/26 h/t @amptsuper.bsky.social 1/ www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Wyden Introduces Bill to Ban Data Centers on Public Lands | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Trump is refusing to spend nearly $1 billion in taxpayer dollars he signed into law HIMSELF—and Republicans are letting him. @merkley.senate.gov and I tried to pass a bill to stop Trump from stealing taxpayer dollars, and Republicans BLOCKED it.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here‘s your reminder that Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home early so they wouldn’t have to vote on Pete Hegseth’s impeachment before the midterms. Republicans were terrified that they’d have to face voters and explain why they were covering for a racist, sexist, war-losing piece of crap.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 23h
Taking government money to broadcast propaganda is being an accessory to a crime, not to mention an obscenity. Hard no.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Ossoff: "You played earlier the tape of Mike Collins, a sitting member of Congress and the Republican candidate for senate in Georgia, supporting the deployment of federal troops to polling places in Georgia this fall. Folks, this is a 5 alarm fire."
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22h
Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 30/09/2026
To put this in perspective, one hour of wages at the federal minimum buys you about one pound of ground beef. One hour of wages at the Seattle minimum buys you about *three* pounds. Same ratio for a gallon of diesel.
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OH FFS.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the NYT's third headline, the perjury scheme finally gets top billing: "Mr. Schmitt focused on the basketball game in the hopes that he could show Mr. Smith had perjured himself and was involved in a conspiracy with local Atlanta prosecutors to ensnare Mr. Trump." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falls Apart

A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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League of Women Voters of North Carolina @lwvnc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For some, the right to vote is a freedom they’ve always known. For others, it came much later. One of our members shares the story of her grandmother, who was in her 40s before she could vote... a reminder the history of voting rights isn’t so far removed. Donate today: my.lwv.org/north-carolina .
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 30/09/2026
Diesel prices have surged 74% in a year, driven by geopolitical conflict disrupting global oil production and refinery capacity. An export ban on diesel would lower prices in areas near refiners but likely lead to higher prices elsewhere. theconversation.com/trump-specul...
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 30/09/2026
Perhaps the only area of AI where China is ahead of the US, for now, is regulation. Beijing appears to be framing unregulated AI advancement not as a race with the US but as a common threat. theconversation.com/trump-frames...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Even America.gov agrees: Donald Trump drove up your gas prices.
In one Word, did Donald Trump's war in Iran drive up gas and diesel prices for Americans?

America.gov: yes
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW - Conservative orgs are filing records requests by the dozens at public universities, demanding documents from climate researchers. @lesleyclark.bsky.social @corbinhiar.bsky.social & I have uncovered more than 100 requests, a campaign targets/allies say is an effort to derail climate litigation
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
Trump's DOJ has ignored court orders before. It may do it again. A judge ordered the administration to give notice before releasing federal voter eligibility lists. DOJ lawyers pushed back hard. If it doesn't comply, voters could be purged during the midterms: demdock.com/4rBk0u6
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This circular relationship needs a LOT MORE VISIBILITY.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Trump is stealing nearly $1 billion from the American people, plain and simple. Republicans don't care. It seems like every time Trump says “stoop” The only response most Republicans can muster is: “How low?”
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In addition to shady dealings, National Design Studio writes crappy code according to W3C HTML checker (you have to copy&paste - the site blocks the tool). thedreydossier.substack.com/p/americagov...?
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America.gov is Changing How You Vote
At three in the morning a government website showed me a countdown clock with nine hours and twelve minutes remaining.
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Georgia and Texas governors have issued a state of emergency over diesel prices. In Rhode Island, diesel for buses is 2 1/2 times budget.
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Georgia and Texas governors have issued state of emergency over diesel prices. In Rhode Island, diesel for buses is 2 1/2 times budget.
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
lol. But what’s up with WA and OR?
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not unlike our inability to write laws that constrain every single bad thing someone like Trump might do. No conscience? Find a work around or lie. Character matters in people. There is no equivalent in code.
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WTF, Georgia.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 28/09/2026
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
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Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 28/09/2026
Once again the quiet Canadian has staked out the ethical high ground (via our sister site The Conversation UK) theconversation.com/mark-carney-....
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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william bourgeois @madcap.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
"The changes brought about by the so-called super El Niño will affect agriculture, energy and water security, ecosystems, supply chains, finance, travel and health. Governments, communities and businesses should assess their resilience to such disruptions and put resources and plans in place"
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Opinion | The Super El Niño Is About to Unleash Weather Chaos. Get Ready Now. (Gift Article)
There’s still time to prepare.
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nfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Will Bunch: “…media & politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for [Trump’s] downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy...A demagogue who hijacked American democracy, just as the nation’s founders feared…devolving into a mad king before our eyes.” GIFT
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 25/09/2026
Americans are suspicious that major institutions intentionally keep important news from the public. Three-quarters or more say the following institutions do this at least sometimes: 🏛️ U.S. government (83%) 📰 News organizations (79%) 📱Social media companies (76%) #PewKnightInitiative
Chart showing majority of Americans say the government extremely often or often intentionally keeps important news from reaching the public
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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"NCES, a federal statistical agency, has for decades collected critical data on the state of education in America...But nearly all of the statistical agency’s work was abruptly terminated and its headcount dropped from about 100 to four." (via @theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Bar chart from The Guardian showing a steep decline in the number of people employed by the National Center for Education Statistics.
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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"It is the lowest approval rating of any president heading into a midterm election in Journal polls dating to 1990." (via @wsj.com) www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Chart showing pre-midterm job approval ratings for each president going back to George H.W. Bush, based on Wall Street Journal surveys. Donald Trump's current approval in the poll is 37%, the lowest of any president since 1990.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NBC: “Eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise missile attacked the ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials…”
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U.S. Marines injured in recent Iranian attack
The previously unreported attack occurred Sept. 14 when Iran struck a ship U.S. forces were on in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say.
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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The past tells you a lot about the future: Larry Ellison and his nepo-mogul son have a long record of making promises they don't keep.
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The Ellisons Have Made This Movie Before
With Paramount, you don’t need a catalog of failed consent decrees to understand what is to come. You only need the record of the family making the promises.
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Paying for the privilege of being incarcerated is a new low, CT. ctmirror.org/2026/09/27/t...
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They served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.
Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison.
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Expedia, Motorola, Remax - FWIW
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#thread
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Meanwhile have you heard the horrible eviction stories from SF lately? Or the landlord that *killed their tenant* only to turn around and jack the rent to $8,000 a month and not disclose the murder? sfstandard.com/2026/09/09/s...
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SF landlord charged with murder is now renting out his victim’s home
A judge blocked the sale, but nothing stopped the family of an accused killer from trying to rent out the scene of the crime.
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Running live feeds of Trump lying is journalistic malpractice, WhiteHouse pool/networks. So are quotes without pointing out his lies. WAKE UP, MSM. (Aaron, OTOH, is doing a public service.)
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 27/09/2026
"It would be more accurate to say that what the U.S. is doing to Cuba is illegal, it is indefensible, and it is indecent." Joy Gordon explains how the Trump Administration's sanctions against Cuba are resulting in starvation and misery. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sieg...
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Siege Warfare by Other Means: The U.S. Economic Measures Against Cuba
How the Trump Administration is using starvation and misery to achieve regime change in Cuba.
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