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Kathryn Henkens

@kmhm15.bsky.social
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Anything about Russia, the Magellan strait, polar exploration, birds, Napoleonic naval warfare, MS research, trans rights...I can go on.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
💙💛💯🇺🇦
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
President Zelenskyy’s comment on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks that the war in Ukraine is at a "strategic stalemate" and that there are now "no prospects for a negotiated settlement": "You cannot negotiate future economic projects with Russians on the one hand and, on the other,
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So glad he never apologized!
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 09/09/2026
As Elon Musk takes steps to buy the midterm elections for Republicans, it’s worth asking: Will GOP officials and candidates ever condemn his bigotry? Will they even be asked to condemn his bigotry? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Elon Musk is ready to buy the midterms. That leads to questions Republicans need to answer.
Elon Musk is investing at least $100 billion to buy election victories for GOP candidates. Is the party ever going to comment on his bigotry?
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Britain is having its hottest summer on record, but one place has remained green. Brits in Holnicote have put rivers back onto their floodplains, restored wetlands, and released beavers that now build ponds and maintain the wetlands themselves. Countryfile buff.ly/CchGxpW #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Drought has ravaged the UK but this one nature site has been left untouched – this is how | Countryfile.com
Allowing nature to do its own thing could be the simplest solution to the UK's drought problem.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Do this…
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Overboard! Whiskey Pete Hegseth Tries to Fire His Way Out of Being a Loser emptywheel.net/2026/08/28/o...
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Overboard! Whiskey Pete Hegseth Tries to Fire His Way Out of Being a Loser - emptywheel
The Secretary of Defense who brings his wife everywhere because his own mental health is so shoddy he can't cope without her presence is disciplining a 19-year old who jumped overboard after more than...
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Alex Aronson @alexaronson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“The same jurisprudence has cratered democracy itself.” 🔥🔥 www.thebulwark.com/p/a-blisteri...
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A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 24/08/2026
We did it
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Jake Lang getting his Nazi ass beaten by Spider-Man in Minneapolis today is the ray of sunshine I needed.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
For all the GOPs who actually think Dems are saying Harp & Trump are fucking, they're not. We can clear that up. They're saying she's his emotional support blanket. He's a praise & sycophancy junkie on his last legs. And he needs the heroin of fangirls 24/7. And that's Natalie.
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Corporations are not “capitulating to facism” and we need to stop saying that. It lets them off the hook. They are complicit in enabling facism, as they know it moves the Overton window, giving them greater power over the state apparatus, even in future liberal governments.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Talk like a king till the warning came through."
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Adul El-Sayed, Michigan candidate for U.S. Senate He was born in the U.S., educated at Bloomfield Hills Andover, where he was captain of the football team; studied at Univ of Mich; Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; Columbia, where he earned an MD. Debate his views, not whether he’s a “real” American.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
probably no surprise here, but on the question of "how has the USA spaffed so much of its weapon supply", the answer is mostly Iran, not Ukraine
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 09/08/2026
The Question About Transgender Youth That Adults Struggle to Answer
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The Question About Transgender Youth That Adults Struggle to Answer
A transgender teen, relentlessly bullied for her gender expression, asked me tearfully whom she was harming. I've yet to hear an adult answer it well.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Important to remember this, from a 2013 report on CBP. For YEARS now, there have been concerns that DHS agents INTENTIONALLY place themselves in harms way IN ORDER TO justify the shooting. We saw this w Renee Good as well: Ross put himself in front of her car.
Shooting at Vehicles
Fifteen cases were reviewed where shots were fired at or into vehicles by CBP agents.
Observations:
Based on a review of the submitted cases, it appears that CBP practice allows shooting at
the driver of any suspect vehicle that comes in the direction of agents. It is suspected that
in many vehicle shooting cases, the subject driver was attempting to flee from the agents
who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing
themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force. In most
of these cases, the agents have stated that they were shooting at the driver of a vehicle
that was coming at them and posing an imminent threat to their life. In some cases,
passengers were struck by agents’ gunfire. Little focus has been placed on defensive
tactics that could have been used by shooting agents such as getting out of the way. It
should be recognized that a ½ ounce (200 grain) bullet is unlikely to stop a 4,000 pound
moving vehicle, and if the driver of the approaching vehicle is disabled by a bullet, the
vehicle will become a totally unguided threat. Obviously, shooting at a moving vehicle
can pose a risk to bystanders including other agents.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Donald Trump is so monumentally stupid, when he heard that the CHIPS Act helps companies making transistors, he thought it was all about trans people. And when he heard refugees were in need of asylum, he thought they had all been freed from insane asylums. #StupidestPresidentEver
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16/07/2026
Canadian firefighters hauled ass to get down here when half of Los Angeles was on fire last year. What a characteristically classy way to repay that favor.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Kathryn Henkens @kmhm15.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
He said we'd get tired of it, and he was right. I'm tired of the sinning.
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Breaking: An active service member, Major Watson of the U.S. Air Force, was just arrested on the steps of the Capitol building after calling for the impeachment of corrupt Trump administration officials.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/06/2026
He used our tax dollars to pay for it. He ruined it. Now we’re being treated like trespassers.
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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
3 for 3.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A fifth of Leave voters have died.
Graph showing the movement of Leave and Remain voters since 2016
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Ernesto @ernest33141.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"Aussie boys are on a BENDAH!!! #DonaldTrump is a SEX OFFENDAH!!! #WorldCup2026 Video by @m-uscle.bsky.social @southfloridamedia.bsky.social @tonyhq1985.bsky.social @resist4harris.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @dpsl.bsky.social @coolsprings.bsky.social @bluthrunthru.bsky.social #Resist
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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Please Use AI
PLEASE USE AI
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Be sure to use Al when making your next, I don't know, meal plan, for example. Definitely do not call your friend who loves to cook and ask her for her favorite recipes or tips or ways to save time making meals, because you will end
up talking for longer than you had hoped, hearing, perhaps, about her father's cancer diagnosis or how lonely she's been or even what she's planted in her spring garden and then lost with the early frost.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 22/05/2026
For my Friday Sick Burns post, I wrote down some angry thoughts about the UK bathroom ban announced this week by the allegedly left wing Labour Party. www.burnsnotice.com/there-has-ne...
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There Has Never Been an All Powerful Trans Lobby
And anyone claiming there is was lying to you
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Maggie 🌹 🏳️‍⚧️🚴‍♀️ @maggierosebikes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This cannot be said loudly enough ffs.
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Kathryn Henkens @kmhm15.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I think, given your level of thoughtful analysis on DWP1, you are about to be disappointed.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
ACLU Expert Explains Your Right to Record ICE Interactions
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Right?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Democrats are treating Rep. Eric Swalwell like a person who has been credibly accused of sexual misconduct, including rape. It doesn’t matter that he’s a Democrat — they’re appalled and not in denial. That’s the difference between the two parties.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!
A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 07/04/2026
Reposting this for obvious reasons. I have much more in common with any Iranian than I do with the American and Israeli pieces of shit trying to annihilate them. Any single Iranian life lost is an entire universe gone; more, a tragedy at a level I cannot personally fathom. This is all I can do.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
🇺🇸🇮🇱
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ACTIVIST CHECKLIST
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Travel & Flight Security | Digital Security Checklists for Activists
Checklist for both domestic and international flights. Also applies to land/sea border crossings.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Credit to the European Parliament re #Canada 🍁🇨🇦
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Sorry not sorry @thinshadeez.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Kathryn Henkens @kmhm15.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Informative, comprehensive, careful. A must-read.
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Kathryn Henkens @kmhm15.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Hey, happy new year! I'm just wondering, like, though I love my substack subscriptions and my podcasts and god knows my underdog political candidates in states I kind of forgot about - is there a chance that flipping to 2026 will mean I get fewer fundraising texts? Maybe at least for Dry January?
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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Justadutchguy | Convoy Goblin for Ukraine | NAFO @justadutchguy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
If you are "surprised" by Elon or US foreign policy interfering in EU politics to divide us now...Remember October '22
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
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