Katherine R

Voter. Mother. Planet lover. 🌎 Stories in @pdxreview @thehkreview @MastersReview @The_NewGuard @StoneCanoe Bikes not guns. She/Her

[The Colorado Sun @ColoradoSun]

Next Wednesday: hear directly from the Democrats running for Colorado AG.

Hetal Doshi, Michael Dougherty & David Seligman answer questions live at The Sun's free candidate forum.

June 10 | 6 p.m. | U of Denver
→ https://t.co/SLRiUUU0OK

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

This is really bad and defacto ID verification for the internet. It will enable mass surveillance and censorship at a time when LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, activists, journalists and whistleblowers are under attack. Not to mention cutting kids off from crucial lifelines

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Follow the money on this one. It is rotten to the core.

The Pentagon just lent $620,000,000 to a tiny North Carolina startup called Vulcan Elements. The company is two years old.

It had fewer than 50 employees.

And three months before the deal was announced, Donald Trump Jr.’s venture firm quietly took a stake in it.

Here is the part the administration tried to bury.

Of the dozens of companies the Pentagon was weighing, Vulcan was the only deal initiated by a top White House aide. That aide was Peter Navarro, a close friend of Trump Jr. The order came down to move fast.

One official put it plainly: The call came from the White House. We have to get this done.

Staff worked late nights to push it through in weeks. Deals like this normally take many months of vetting. And when it closed, Vulcan’s valuation jumped from about 200 million dollars to roughly 2 billion.

A windfall for the investors, including the president’s son.

This is public money. Your money.

Routed through the Pentagon to enrich the president’s family and their friends. The Bush administration’s own chief ethics lawyer called it corruption we pay for.

And there is more coming.

A drone parts company Trump Jr. holds a stake in is also under Pentagon review.

This is not a one-off. It is a pattern. The president’s family is treating the federal Treasury like a private bank, and the bill lands on every taxpayer.

https://t.co/4kB1cZNmlE

[SFWP @SFWP]

Find out what happened that summer when you read "Summer of the Squirrels" by @Ottelia in Issue 33 of the #SFWPJournal! https://t.co/pFhEHz0XYH

[SFWP @SFWP]

It's better to read Sara Dudo's poem before Spring is over!

Read the rest of "Spring Day" in Issue 33 of the #SFWPJournal right here: https://t.co/JYTn8E4Njm

[SFWP @SFWP]

Check it out, Issue 33 of the #SFWPJournal is now live! https://t.co/kBKCJ4w5Yh

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@SMTermaat @shannonrwatts @MuellerSheWrote @SenatorBennet @SenatorHick Really looking at those two yes.

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@LaurenCDeutsch Is the exhibit still open? I thought it closed in September?

[Brecht De Poortere @brecht_dp]

Oh and I missed this one too! Still a couple of days left to submit...

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

You knew he had an anti green energy agenda & voted to confirm him anyway. What were you thinking?

[Michael Bennet @SenatorBennet]

In a brazen political act, @SecretaryWright cancelled over $600 million for Colorado energy projects.

I’m demanding answers on the reckless decision because Coloradans shouldn’t be forced to pay the price with higher energy costs and layoffs across our state.

[🇺🇸 Auriandra 🇺🇦 @Auriandra]

@ABC A Reagan-Era law, EMTALA, requires that hospitals treat ANYONE in dire distress, regardless of citizenship or insurance coverage.

Notably, Republicans are NOT proposing that this Law be changed.

”Illegals” are NOT covered by Medicaid, the ACA or Medicare ~ and never have been.

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@Aatif_Rashid Truly!

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@BianchiWeather Today, before the storm, from the Crater Lakes trail at the East Portal Trailhead above the Moffat Tunnel.

[Salamander @Salamander_Mag]

Always a thrill to share the results of our annual fiction contest: congratulations to winners @KListerCampbell and Ivan Suazo, chosen by contest judge Helen Phillips, and to all of the finalists! It's an honor to read and be trusted with all of your work.

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@KListerCampbell Congratulations!

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@Hickenlooper But you voted to confirm Chris Wright? https://t.co/0VbBCZvmxo

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@SenatorBennet And then you voted for Chris Wright?

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@SenatorBennet Thank you— Please convince your colleagues who are still voting yes to join you.

[Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @SenLBR]

I plan to oppose every cabinet level nominee that is considered on the Senate floor going forward.

The recklessness on display has already proven to be incredibly harmful and will only continue, unless we do something.

I will do everything in my power to stand up for Delaware.

[Katherine R @Ottelia]

@SenatorLBR Thank you