kathryn

Mom, Nana, blue star Mom, retired civil servant, independent voter, poll worker, pro-choice, Ω

[Jon Ossoff @ossoff]

Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate Mike Collins is a notorious bigot, antisemite, and extremist currently under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars. Collins, who is only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman, voted to double health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians, for the Iran War, and for the Trump tariffs.

[Jeff Timmer @jefftimmer]

I could not love this more.

Note to far too many Democrats - this is how you win. So write and talk like this.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Can you imagine how fucking psychotic this would look?

[Katie @KazooKatherine]

Wow! Raskin just sent Kash Patel this letter. It’s umm… interesting. Read it twice. 👀

The House Judiciary minority says Patel has handed out more than $1 million in “bonus” payments to agents on his Director’s Advisory Team and his security detail. The letter calls it a personal slush fund.

Here’s the mechanism. Federal pay is capped by statute. The letter alleges Patel routed money around that cap. Nearly $8,000 per agent, every two-week pay period. Some collected five in a row. Roughly $40,000 each.

Then the accounts ran dry. Raskin says some of the payments bounced.

Who got paid? The letter points to the unit NOTUS reported as the “Payback Squad.” And it ties the cash to silence, alleging agents were polygraphed over whether they helped cover up Patel’s drinking.

Now the other column. The agents he fired include an FBI Medal of Valor recipient, the official who led the Jan 6 law enforcement response, a Marine combat veteran cut weeks after his wife died of cancer, and a counterintelligence unit that tracked Iranian threats.

Reward the loyal. Purge the rest.

Raskin wants every bonus, every authorization, and every legal memo on whether this broke federal law. Deadline June 29.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Michelle Obama: “Let’s be very clear. Strong men don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful.”
The same goes for leadership, you lead by example. Being an asshole to someone only makes them hate you.

[Governor Newsom Press Office (parody) @AwesomeNewsom]

Who is the audience for Hunter Biden?

Anyone who was born with a heart and spine.
Anyone who doesn't live in gold towers.
Anyone who has suffered and won.
Anyone who is suffering and needs help.
Anyone who isn't afraid of the Epstein class.
Anyone who remembers us before Trump.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby — a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist — to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

how it feels to be a cutie patootie on twitter

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

On the chance this tweet takes off, I think you should adopt a cat or dog from your local animal shelter. They will be your best friend and a soft comfort on hard days. You can also dress them up in cute outfits.

https://t.co/ky3ZXix199

[Acyn @Acyn]

De Niro: I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser.

I can’t love a country that starts stupid and inhumane wars, killing thousands of innocents and indirectly causing the deaths and suffering of millions more.

I can’t love a country that takes healthcare away from millions of people and uses that money to enrich their pals in the Trump-Epstein class.

I can’t love a country that sends out masked militias to shoot citizens in the streets, torture our neighbors, and separate families.

I can’t love a country that’s led by a racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant.

And let me just say it: I can’t love a country that’s led by Donald Trump and his sycophant Congress.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Exactly

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

#TakeBackTheFlag

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

It’s not their flag - it’s ours. It’s a proud American symbol, and it doesn’t belong to Trump or MAGA. This weekend, take back our flag and share with us how you’re displaying your patriotism #TakeBackTheFlag

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

James Talarico: “We were not founded as a Christian nation. We were founded as a nation where you are free to be a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim or a Sikh or Buddhist or an Atheist. That’s the promise of America that we are this multicultural melting pot”

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

There is so much wrong here.
First, that “intelligence” is the last 3000 years of written human history, including every webpage. It’s not his to drip out to the poors on a meter.
Second, they used it all up. There’s no more data to steal.
Third, fuck this grimy little conman.

[Dan 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @Danenski]

@Acyn

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

Murkowski and Tillis and two more GOP Senators who recognize Trump's power-drunk, autocratic bent, and the harm he is doing, should declare themselves Independents, say they're prepared to caucus with Dems so as to flip the Senate now, then issue demands. Four GOP Senators WOULD have that power. Yes, it would take enormous courage. But this is the time for it, and it shouldn't be as inconceivable as it has somehow become - and I say that because, after all, ordinary unelected people exhibit that level of courage every day.

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

Donald Trump ran for office for three reasons:

1) stay out of jail
2) exact revenge on his enemies
3) line his pockets

Everything else he says is bullshit.