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Kathy Fredrick

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Reader, dreamer, walker, art-lover, traveler, theater-goer. Blissfully retired to full-time life.

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/10/2026
Trump's minions already looked for ammunition against Omar in 2019. They found nothing. That pre-dawn raid was 100% unjustified and punitive.
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This is such a scoop. For many reasons, including: Trump had made a couple of comments about Omar in the first term, but neither she nor Somali Americans were a Trump obsession at that time. (But Somalis _were_ a Miller obsession.) www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.
The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Wisconsin Election Officials Forced to Issue Guidance About How to Deal With Fed Agents at Polls talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Wisconsin Election Officials Forced to Issue Guidance About How to Deal With Fed Agents at Polls
Of Course a 2020 Fake Elector Is Involved in This Saga As...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/10/2026
This is the result of 7+ years of Trump's attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social, Somali-Americans, & the Muslim community. Everyone, regardless of party, must speak out against this fascistic abuse of power. If they can do this to a sitting Congresswoman, they can & will do it to anyone.
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Remarkable outcome in Fox News' latest poll: 88% of U.S. voters say they are extremely or very concerned about corruption in government, beating every other issue including inflation www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Fox News Poll chart with title: "HOW CONCERNED ARE VOTERS ABOUT KEY ISSUES." Corruption in government leads with 88% extremely/very concerned.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026
SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:
autonomynews.co
Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion Ties
Millions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ...
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🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
An old report, but one I’m thinking of a lot this week. She says in the article that she got more threats against her than any other politician during trumps first presidency, when Biden took over, threats went down to zero. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
‘An unhealthy and creepy obsession’: Ilhan Omar on Trump’s attacks
The Zen-like US representative from Minnesota has had the highest level of death threats of any congressperson because of the president’s attacks
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CNN @cnn.com · 14/10/2026
"The Trump administration was never going to solve the inflation problem in the month leading up to the midterms," writes David Goldman. "But its last-ditch effort for some positive news on prices has run face-first into a brick wall this week." | Analysis cnn.it/4hJexyi
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Siri how does insurance work
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report says. From @sophiesherry.bsky.social and Rosemary Sobol, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...
chicago.suntimes.com
Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report says
The 21-year-old woman told police the assault happened during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, according to the report. Her account was backed up by two friends, who stated they intervened by ba...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13/10/2026
I hope non-journalists can appreciate how embarrassing this is.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
So here's my best understanding of the Katie Zacharia thing. She got a law degree but never passed and probably never took the bar exam in the US. She moved with her husband to China right after graduating. He was working with a private equity firm. She claims to have and presumably did work ...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Note, the reason this matters (and I second the kudos to @juddlegum.bsky.social) is bc AFTER SHE CAME BACK she may have represented herself as a real lawyer.
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Greenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/10/2026
This Eastern ICE flight has now landed in Ghana. Not all ICE flights that land in Ghana are third-country removals, but because of the charter carrier and the route pattern here, I suspect this one is. Migrants onboard have been shackled for at least 17 hours.
An FR24 map showing N700KW going from Freetown to Accra.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 13/10/2026
“Republican Lie About Cause for Talarico’s Absence From the Campaign Trail” — not that hard, is it?
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I’m proud to stand up for hardworking Ohioans, and I’m honored to have @barackobama.bsky.social support our fight to help working people get ahead.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: November will decide the super important officials in charge of running elections. These are the people who'll oversee the next presidential race. This is true in *35* states, so we at Bolts broke down each state one by one. Notably: election deniers running to take over swing states, again.
boltsmag.org
These 35 States Are Deciding Who’ll Run Their Elections - Bolts
Upon retaking the White House, Donald Trump demanded that states share sensitive voter data with federal agencies—a key step in his broader project of controlling and manipulating election administrat...
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Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The giant power of tiny parks Over the past decade, scientists have found that when tiny green spaces are scattered across cities, their cumulative effects are greater than the sum of their parts. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
motherjones.com
The giant power of tiny parks
The feds think bigger green spaces are better, but mini ones make a big difference.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work on historic DC golf course until Oct. 26, pending court action.
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
FOLKS. The @votebeat.org Expert Desk is up and running. It is already connecting journalists to highly specific election sources and those reporters are publishing stories. It is free to join: www.electionexpertdesk.com Let me tell you about three reporters who are using it right now:
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Election Expert Desk - Votebeat Election Expert Desk
Election stories move fast. Election law is technical. Local procedures vary widely. And the loudest voices about voting systems are not always the people who understand them. Votebeat’s Expert Desk i...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13/10/2026
Hungarian lawmakers vote to remove anti-LGBTQ provisions in a 2021 "child protection" law adopted under nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orban. u.afp.com/SCMm
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Man, look at this. Trump is a titanic f-ck up.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/10/2026
The second of these ICE removal flights has now left Harlingen, TX, and is likely headed for Senegal. This one is operated by Journey Aviation.
An FR24 map showing N62FF leaving Harlingen and heading NE.
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
incredibly fucking juvenile/weird and you have to wonder if he'll regret it when, in the coming years, he has 0 political future because all the MAGA groypers he's trying to appeal to will be calling *him* fat, gay, and calling his family racial slurs
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Taulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The livestream is propaganda for MAGAs and violent white supremacists so, yes, that is its explicit purpose.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Former “free speech” crusaders have ushered in an unprecedented campaign of censorship in Texas universities, resulting in pulitzer winning books being banned, medical and scientific facts being suppressed, and entire fields of study deemed “woke” being eliminated www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Over the past decade, some conservatives have invoked principles of academic freedom and free speech in order to subvert both. These conservatives mocked “snowflakes” and “trigger warnings,” and then passed legislation making it illegal to hurt white students’ feelings by discussing historical or contemporary events. They invoked academic freedom and then began erasing fields of study they found politically inconvenient. They railed against “indoctrination,” and then argued that the state is entitled to control everything said in the classroom.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Democratic Party has abolished the death penalty de facto or de jure in every state where it has the power to do so. Zero federal executions have happened under Democratic administrations since it was reinstated in 1976. A Dem median vote on the Supreme Court would rule it unconstitutional
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"If these people take over Congress, they're going to use its powers exactly how the Founders intended! Can you imagine that? Congress doing its job?! Heaven forfend!"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Mike Johnson threatens us with a good time: "If this group took over, they would turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body. They'd spend every day investigating the president, the first family, the cabinet, donors to the party, leaders of business ... "
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Authoritarians want despondency and an air of inevitability. Don’t hand it to them.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 12/10/2026
Common Cause just told a federal judge that Trump's taxpayer funded propaganda ads ran hundreds of times after a TRO ordered an immediate halt to them. The two-page notice buff.ly/u2GESdN
1. On October 12, at 1:31 p.m. Eastern, the Washington Post reported that two ads continued airing after the Court issued the Order and into the early hours of
Monday, October 12, on multiple programs, including “60 Minutes,” “ABC World News Tonight,” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Ex. A.
2. According to AdImpact data retrieved at 2:45 p.m. Eastern today, Defendants’ ads ran in nearly 400 spots on programs that began airing at 7 p.m. Eastern last
night—that is, after this Court’s order was in effect. Ex. B.
3. Specifically, “Final Battle” ran in 193 spots during “60 Minutes,” which aired on CBS starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. Ex. B.
4. And “Maduro” ran in 198 spots during “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” which aired on ABC starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. Ex. B.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I said this in a thread last night and in a thousand threads before it, but you really are doing the work of those who would destroy democracy and the rule of law when you are a doomer. You can be aware of — and vigorously oppose — the lawlessness of this administration without insisting on doom.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yes, absolutely. For example, if in the next few weeks, Trump sends ICE officers to polls, you know what you do? You go anyway, you throw them a middle finger, and you walk into the ballot box and don't let them intimidate you. What you don't do is despair and stay home.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).
There's a trap on your ballot in California. Here's how to get past it.
1. Prop 40: 250 billionaires pay with they owe so hospitals, schools, and food assistant survive the federal cuts. Vote yes.
2. Props 41 and 42: paid for by billionaires to cancel prop 40. Vote no.
3. Tell one person, because the confusion is the plan.
Yes I'm 40. No on 41 and 42.
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CNN @cnn.com · 12/10/2026
Elon Musk has poured at least $276 million into the midterms since the summer, re-emerging as the top known donor to the Republican Party. cnn.it/4zufJLW
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hmmmm, wonder why Katie Miller deleted this tweet?
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12/10/2026
Yes. Yes he does. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It’s not complicated. Trump is Putin’s bitch. Always has been. Always will be.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I wrote about the one-man disinformation vector that we need to worry about between now and November: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If you’re trying to find a way to deal with election anxiety, the best antidote to doomerism is getting informed. And this @boltsmag.org guide is still the best information out there:
boltsmag.org
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
they never learn bsky.app/profile/oluf...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
these people are so fucking stupid that it’s embarrassing to inhabit the same planet
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/10/2026
Haaaaahahaha I told you the best was yet to come!
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
ALERT: Federal judge in New York issues order temporarily halting further taxpayer-funded Trump TV ads
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop DHS's pro-Trump propaganda ads immediately, including ordering the canceling of ads set to run as soon as this evening. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-does-n...
Based on the materials provided, the Court does not require the additional conference on
October 13, 2026 and such conference is adjourned. The Court finds that (1) the present motion
is not moot, (2) there is standing to proceed, and (3) the moving Plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits, will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, the balance of the equities tips in their favor, and an injunction serves the public interest. A full opinion shall follow shortly. Therefore, the Court GRANTS the moving Plaintiffs' motion, and IT IS HEREBY:
ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the purchase order entered into on or about September 20, 2026 between Customs Border Protection ("CBP") and Lepugh, Inc., doing business as LMD Agency, Inc., ("LMD") ("September 20, 2026 purchase order") is stayed, including all future payments made thereunder; it is further
ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the Office of Management and Budget's ("OMB") apportionment of $20 million to fund the development, creation, and/or airing of theadvertisements covered by the September 20, 2026 purchase order, including but not limited to The Country He Loves, Celebrating the Enduring Spirit, Final Battle, To the Great Proud People of Iran, and Maduro (collectively "the challenged advertisements") is stayed; it is further
ORDERED that Defendants are enjoined from using, disbursing, or transferring funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") to develop, create, disseminate, place, distribute, publish, or air the challenged advertisements; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants shall cancel or cause to be cancelled any slot, placement, reservation, or arrangement for the airing or dissemination of the challenged advertisements,
including those placements for the evening of October 11, 2026;
ORDERED that Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged
advertisements; and it is furtherORDERED that the foregoing instructions bind Defendants' officers, agents, employees, contractors, and anyone acting in concert with them. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)(2).
ORDERED that Defendants shall immediately provide a copy of this order to LMD,
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2)(C), and that LMD, as a contractor that is in active concert and participation with Defendants, is enjoined from continuing to run or place the
challenged advertisements; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants will file a status report within 24 hours of the entry of this temporary restraining order and Section 705 stay, confirming compliance with this Order; and it
is further
ORDERED that this Order shall remain in effect until 14 days from today, subject to an extension of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that, in the Court's discretion, Plaintiffs shall not be required to post a bond.Case 1:26-cv-08882-JLR Document 41 Filed 10/11/26 Page 4 of 4
This Order shall be effective as of 6:45 p.m. on October 11, 2026 and the Clerk of Court
is respectfully requested to close the motion at Dkt. 25. The Court will reschedule the October
13, 2026 conference to discuss next steps in this matter.
Dated: October 11, 2026
New York, New York
SO ORDERED.
Kanifer Rockon
JENNIFER L. ROCHON
United States District Judge
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This "Talarico was at a mental health institution" just took off, based on nothing. Here is the former US Ambassador to Germany, and acting Director of National Intelligence, talking about something he knows nothing about: shame. They will admit no error, b/c they keep being rewarded for lying.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This also means the GOP could tie the board if it wins both seats. Michigan is one of the five state where I’m watching board of education races. Learn more! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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