Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 3hWhoever at Apple who is responsible for getting movie and concert tickets into Apple Wallet needs a major raise/promotion! 010
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 3hI’m going to see the 4-hour documentary this weekend. An hour’s drive each way. It’s playing in a town quite south of Seattle. 020
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 3hThank you, CATO. I’ve been looking for something like that. 000
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4hThe good news: More people are waking up to the dishonesty and incompetence of the Trump regime. The bad news: Dictators become more dangerous when people wake up to their dishonesty and incompetence. My Stop the Presses newsletter assesses the outlook 3 weeks from the midterms.stopthepresses.newsBe optimistic about the midterms, but be unsurprised if Trump pulls a coupIt’s a dangerous time when a dictator feels threatened by rising public outrage 515655
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 3hOne person should not control this technology. This is evil. 100
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 4hSome events overshadow Chicago transportation issues: “Nearly five years into its fight for national survival, Ukraine has entered a moment of intense vulnerability, under growing pressure not only from Russia but also now from the United States.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...nytimes.comSudden Starlink Restrictions Deepen Ukraine’s Vulnerability as Russia Escalates (Gift Article)A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite program appeared to be curbed without warning. 0114
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 15hAnd water is wet. YOU VOTED FOR THIS, SUSAN. Over and over. Senate appointments. Pro forma "no" on OBBB ("yes" to come to the floor is enabling). 010
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 15hOMG. Just stop. I don't know which is worse, Trump on the campaign trail or Trump in the White House. Both are horrible. 010
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 16hI am routinely furious at our “leadership.” No kindness or human decency. substack.com/app-link/pos... 051
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 16hThis man holds the nuclear codes. 25th Amendment is an urgent need. 000
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Elton in suburbia 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 @eltoninatlanta.bsky.social · 23hTrump hates it when someone else gets in on the grift without his approval. See also Kristi Noem. Gift link wapo.st/4hWG8uHwapo.stKimberly Guilfoyle is asked to resign by White House, new press secretary saysGuilfoyle said serving as ambassador to Greece has been “the honor of a lifetime.” She has faced allegations she asked a political donor for $100,000 to pay her personal American Express bill. 001
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 23hLAST week, Trump said the propaganda ads would be paid for by his superPAC (he can’t legally direct the PAC). The next day: no reimbursement, though. THIS week, the story is the ads will NOW be paid for by outside groups. JUDGES: REVOKE DOJ AND DHS ATTORNEY LICENSES. wapo.st/4iiGcpVwapo.stTrump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style adsA coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward. 020
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Luba Howard @marynlm.bsky.social · 23hThe good guys know what to do. NATO Details Plan to Shield Ukraine’s European Allies From Russia www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/w...nytimes.comNATO Details Plan to Shield Ukraine’s European Allies From Russia (Gift Article)With the Russians intensifying sabotage, arson and cyberattacks against European nations supporting Ukraine, NATO divulged a blueprint, in case of war, to deter the Kremlin. 011
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Voters who live near data centres are swinging hard towards the Democrats, in our polling with YouGov www.economist.com/graphic-deta... 421782
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/10/2026Here's video of Paxton and his girlfriend watching fireworks at a party in Dubai with 2 fugitives from the U.S. who fled federal healthcare fraud charges. Anosh Ahmed, one of the fugitives, had donated $190,000 to Paxton. 18888234
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 12/10/2026LMAO!!! Couldn't happen to a more deserving candidate! 010
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Paxton "has said he’s on a God-given assignment to protect Texas from the political left, and his supporters see him as a true believer ... "But ... he has not said what church he attends, or if he attends one regularly." www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/ele...houstonchronicle.comAs Ken Paxton attacks James Talarico on faith, his church remains a mysteryThe GOP Senate nominee talks a lot about God and Christianity. But he hasn't said much recently about his own religious journey. 713032
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/20264chan in 2016 = DOJ in 2026 332561
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 12/10/2026No shit, Sherlock. OF COURSE THE INVADER WANTS A DEAL. 000
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“All Vladimir Putin has to do is tell his soldiers to stop fighting, and then the war is over. The Ukrainians cannot stop fighting because, if they do, their country will be conquered.” If our major news organizations understand that, they don’t care. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. 1123493
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Trump has just extended two wars in exchange for a meaningless appeal to his vanity from Putin. snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...snyder.substack.comWar Through WeaknessTrump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia 18736263
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 12/10/2026'Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve' www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/w...nytimes.comTrapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve (Gift Article)Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones. 022
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 12/10/2026What are the implications of the big four hyperscalers (Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft) wielding monopolistic control over cloud computing & other platforms? McDowell et al worry, along w @doctorow.pluralistic.net, that these platform owners will enshittify distributed clean energy resources.nature.comSmart energy must address enshittification risksNature Energy - Smart energy must address enshittification risks 175
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 12/10/2026Public confidence in Trump on several key issues has declined. 35% now say they are confident in Trump to make good decisions about economic and foreign policy. 41% of Americans now say they are confident in Trump to make good decisions about immigration. 2235
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 12/10/2026How do economic concerns differ between political parties? For most issues we surveyed on, Democrats express more concern than Republicans, as they did in July and at the start of Trump’s second term. 185
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12/10/2026"Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for RepublicansThe world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. 1145
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start. 593620741
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Extremists Links: Experts warn of threats to the midterm elections from ‘millions of ordinary Americans who now passively accept or actively endorse violence to achieve their political goals.’radicalreports.orgExtremists Links: Threat of Political Violence During Midterm ElectionsExperts warn of threats to the midterm elections from ‘millions of ordinary Americans who now passively accept or actively endorse violence to achieve their political goals.’ 1147
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There’s nothing in this thread that suggests there is any fallout from violating the judge’s order. She has knowingly given NOD/DOJ “benefit of the doubt” over and over, she says. Is she not aware of the shitshow in other courts. Throw. People. In. Jail. 000
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026We Now Know Just How Devastating the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Rulings Were talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/we-now-...talkingpointsmemo.comWe Now Know Just How Devastating the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Rulings WereThis book excerpt is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news... 513838
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"It’s not naive... to believe in our national sense of honor; and to expect our leaders to behave with dignity, integrity, civility, and humility." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comAdmiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and IgnobleA government livestream of Nidal Hasan’s killing would put America in extremely poor company. 491324444
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Read the cover story by @ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 18827
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026More than 1.5 million people have watched our video on how the Roberts court has ushered in a new era of Jim Crow. See why youtube.com/shorts/QVBHg...youtube.comJim Crow 2.0 is hereYouTube video by Mother Jones 8479187
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 12/10/2026FTS. End Citizens United. Remember, Musk was an illegal immigrant (just the White kind). 001
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...washingtonpost.comSixth person who had measles has died in Pennsylvania, local coroner saysThe state is experiencing the nation’s worst ongoing measles outbreak, the first in the U.S. to top more than 1,000 cases since 1991. 24821
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Seems relevant to me that the new White House press secretary, who supposed to convey accurate information, believes that elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood are sexually trafficking kids and eating people. 24 hours later, it hasn’t made it into mainstream coverage of Zacharia.popular.infoNew White House press secretary is a Pizzagate conspiracy theoristKatie Zacharia, who was appointed White House press secretary by President Trump on Friday, repeatedly promoted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy on social media, accusing elites from the Democratic P... 661107427
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026In an authoritarian regime, a tax authority becomes a means to target enemies, and protect corruption. Trump has already given himself and his family audit immunity from the IRS and discussed auditing his opponents. Compared to 2024, IRS employees no longer feel they can report abuses of power. 15117
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 12/10/2026This is the Social Security Election. Senators who get elected this fall will decide the future of Social Security. REMINDER: Top Republicans are calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” and a “scam.” 24360159
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026With all due respect, this is precisely what is wrong with the federal courts today. They should not be doing "everything humanly possible to give the government the benefit of the doubt." 1253176886
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Executing a search warrant while early voting is underway in Minnesota, on an old, moldy "crime" is all you need to know about the motivation here. Absolutely no reason not to wait until the second week of November. It's abundantly clear that this is about politics, not a legitimate prosecution. 722025583
Reposted by Kathy E. Gill 🏍️Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Over the past two years, at least 44 governors, 70 US senators and 185 members of the House and their staffs and families have been subject to threats of violence, according to @nytimes.com investigation. @nytnickc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...nytimes.comThreats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in FearA Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office. 3417277
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Worse than the McCarthy era ... that's Texas public universities today. Faculty are in court, but good luck with *those* judges. As goes Texas, so goes K-12 education due to its outsize influence buying books. Let's hope this infection doesn't also spread. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comAll the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In TexasThe state now controls what professors can teach. 010
Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In case you needed more evidence that modern evangelicals live in the Old Testament not the words of Jesus ... www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/a...dallasnews.comRobert Jeffress supports public execution announced by PentagonRobert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas, says he supports the Pentagon’s announcement to hold a public execution for the first time in modern American history. 021