Katie R

Katie R

@katieryall.bsky.social

First and foremost, I am not amused… Coffee then kayaking. Ready to eat way across world. Law adjacent 29 years. USMC once upon a time. Still getting my funk on. Suffers no fools.

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The return of wildlife to America’s streets and cities during COVID and nature cleansing itself of man made pollution during that time.

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

bloomberg.comCFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil TradesChairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.

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Just a reminder this statement was said by a sitting Congressman to the public, Trump and his DOJ offered not one pushback, denial or lawsuit.. it’s still just sitting out there

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Replying to @nadinebh.bsky.social

The internet doesn’t do "endings," it only does "seasons." We’ve traded the dignity of a graceful exit for the dopamine hit of a digital coliseum. Turns out, the "blood sport" is the only thing the algorithm actually knows how to scale.

This is just more dispersing of chaff. Theft. Corruption. Election coup. Focus on these Don’t fall for the bullshit

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump says he is going to increase tariffs on Canada due to the wildfires

Saw Santana and Doobie Brothers perform at Woodstock/Bethel Wood last Saturday night. Was blessed last night to see Paul Simon sing at Forest Hills. Not at a concert tonight but just watched Carol King’s 2016 live performance re Tapestry album. This is how I’m finding the light during this muck

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🇫🇷 Sen. Claude Malhuret: "I compared the Trump presidency to Nero's court. I was wrong. It's a court of miracles. An anti-vax ex heroin addict as Health Sec; a climate skeptic as Econ Sec; an alcoholic TV host as Def Sec; an ex Qatari agent as Attorney Gen; a Putin groupie as Homeland Security Sec."

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Essential reporting: “In its filings with the California attorney general, DIAG identifies four individuals as past and present officers. Among them is Jennifer Poyer, who has a close affiliation with Genspect, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified as an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group.”

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org

NEW: They're an extremist anti-trans group. They're supported by right-wing stalwarts like FIRE and the National Review. And they claim to be Democrats. Who are they really? @billiejsweeney.bsky.social investgates Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

JFC. This puts me into the fetal position.

Lavonne@loveon9.bsky.social

🚨 Jan 30: "DOJ deleted this file after posting it. Save it while you can." 🧵 4/ As far as I know, all the breaking news articles above saying three of the four interviews have been redacted in the release are found here. @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/love...

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Vermont US Representative Becca Balint being interviewed by Drop Site News shortly after reviewing more, unreleased Epstein files saying "They're all a bunch of sick fucks"

Every day, every place, for the rest of their miserable lives. No quarter given. Abolish ICE

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

ICE goons tried to go incognito for Mexican food in Minneapolis; local protesters made sure they left hungry and humiliated.

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The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.

Excuse me as I’m a bit slow to catch on to many things of late but who precisely is this instruction directed to, @markey.senate.gov ? You’re on a social media site. Is this performative for we masses? May I suggest you address this with your colleagues in the Senate? FOH

Senator Ed Markey@markey.senate.gov

Invoke the 25th Amendment.

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GOV. WALZ CALLS UP MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO "PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY" “We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...

Consent of the governed. I do not fucking consent to any administration, political party, or ragtag group of treasonous shitbags unilaterally deciding to destroy our system of governance so they can replace it with ANYTHING ELSE. This is a hostile takeover and treasonous coup. I do not consent

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It’ll be dangerously cold this weekend in the Twin Cities. Windchills will reach -20°. With how violently ICE is grabbing people, they might not be dressed for the weather, especially if ICE keeps dumping people miles from their home or car without their phone. Frostbite hits quickly at these temps.

Derek Johnson@derekjjohnson.bsky.social

Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats

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Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

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it’d be bad enough for the offer to happen when all the paperwork was missing - the made-up dates ICE listed for her medical and background checks being completed makes it even worse. They’re faking employment data to shield themselves from oversight & accountability

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

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"I moved on her like a b––," major American metropolis edition.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

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Replying to @resistrebelrevolt.net

Vance believed this video would exonerate Ross for the same reason he would show a rape victim in a short skirt to exonerate the rapist. Republicans believe that women are the original sin & are responsible for the errors of men. Ross committed murder - but it’s a woman’s taunt that caused it. 👇🧵

This!!

Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸@resistrebelrevolt.net

Renee’s last words were: ‘That’s okay dude, I’m not mad at you.’ Which shows a woman who is emotionally under control of herself & knows it. While her wife’s last words to him were: “You want to come at us? I say you get yourself some lunch, big boy.” Which shows that she views him as weak. 👇🧵