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KathCLeSage
KathCLeSage
@kcl71.bsky.social
Non-fiction editor/proofreader. Late-'80s-#GeneralHospital fan. Mom of 2 college-agers and 2 doggos. Merry golf widow. Angry Dem. She/Her.
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“I do not need you to mansplain to me what sexual assault and domestic violence against women is and the appropriate response. Don’t start. Sit over there.”
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The small handful of Democrats running anti-trans ads should be embarrassed now and will be embarrassed in time. I've been saying it and still think it — www.lawdork.com/p/dangerous-... — and people who compromise in this way will change or won't be leaders, even if they are in office.
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this remains, to me, the single most baffling thing that happens regularly I know it’s a power thing, but how the fuck are SO MANY dudes apparently sending unsolicited dick pictures 24/7 what is wrong with men
So hard to pick a favorite part of this article. Pretending that sending unsolicited dick pics at 53 was a “youthful indiscretion” is good, but don’t sleep on the argument that his wife forgave him for subjecting other women to unwanted nude photos so everyone else should too
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relying on LLMs to make major life decisions is like playing Russian roulette with someone you think is your best friend whispering in your ear “Don’t worry, I’m positive there isn’t a bullet in the chamber”…but it’s really just some sociopathic rando you just met. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...
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Replying to @juddlegum.bsky.social
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Yeah this onion piece from 2012 essentially predicted Trump theonion.com/after-obama-...
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A judge has sided with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa, ordering that Gov. Greg Abbott's office let her inspect unredacted communications with billionaire Elon Musk. Abbott has appealed. Read More👉 ebx.sh/S0oWTJ
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So hard to pick a favorite part of this article. Pretending that sending unsolicited dick pics at 53 was a “youthful indiscretion” is good, but don’t sleep on the argument that his wife forgave him for subjecting other women to unwanted nude photos so everyone else should too
Republican congressional candidate Brent Taylor asks voters to forgive past sexual advances as "youthful indiscretions."
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Young ‘uns: this stuff happened once a week during Obama’s presidency. Dijon mustard. Moving a bust of Churchill. Inviting a rapper to the White House. Putting his feet up on his desk. They’d scream and cry for days about how effete and snobby and Black he was and how misinderstood they were.
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This is why humanities expertise matters. This is why we need public humanities. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho.... @folger.edu
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Neil Young sued the Trump 47 Committee on October 26 for copyright infringement, saying his song 'Rockin' in the Free World' was played without a license before President Trump took the stage at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, in support of Republican midterm election candidates reut.rs/4BtK2UC
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There are credible allegations of rape against the president, and evidence his administration has taken steps to cover up his relationship with the world's most notorious pedophile. This story is being covered more aggressively by People Magazine than the NY Times, Wash Post, or Wall St Journal.
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🚨BREAKING: Democrats asked a federal judge Monday night for a restraining order and temporary injunction to halt President Donald Trump and his administration from interfering in the upcoming midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Replying to @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social
There's a terrible cycle going on in which everyone knows that Trump and many GOPers would do basically anything to undermine the rule of law, so Dems and other supporters of the Constitution have to prepare for the worst, which makes the worst seem more plausible, which erodes democracy further...
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This WAS the second chance. Trump was already president once, from 2017-2020. Too many Americans were gullible enough to believe that he’d fix intractable problems “on day one” if they re-elected him. Republicans get no more years.
JD Vance's closing message: "Give us another chance. Give us another couple of years"
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NEW: A federal judge expedited Democrats’ effort to dismiss the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) preemptive legal challenge to Alaska’s Senate election results. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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One, this is an effective way to show the physical impact of Trump’s arch. Smart stuff. Two, Dems should not only be highlighting this impact but they should also be talking about how they’re going to *fix* it once they’re in power.
President Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch. If completed, it will cast shadows on many graves and monuments in nearby Arlington National Cemetery, the @washingtonpost.com's 3-D analysis found. On some days, Trump's arch would even shade the grave and eternal flame of JFK.
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The Paxtons’ blind trust invested $600K in a convicted fraudster’s new company. Experts say the trust wasn’t truly blind as the Paxtons reported losses from it on their taxes. Angela Paxton also sat on an affiliate’s advisory board for several years. with @texastribune.org
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At least 18 early voting centers in rural Alaska have not opened as of Friday, state Sen. Bill Wielechowski says. The commonality? All the affected areas have at least a 60% Alaska Native population — with nearly a dozen having Alaska Native populations upwards of 90%: https://demdock.com/4yTW5Ze
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We aren’t legacy media but we led the morning with this from @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/donald-tru...
i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.
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Probably not enough to actually flip Florida given it’s basically Subtropical Missouri at this point but it bodes extremely well for the rest of the country. Republicans are straight up not voting!
Florida early voting update: Early in-person turnout among Republicans has fallen off a cliff. At R+0.4, the total early vote in the state is about as blue as 2018, 5 points higher than this point in 2022, and 10 points higher than in 2024. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-early...
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I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM
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New: At least 80% of Stacy Garrity's recent fundraising haul came from the operators and distributors of skill games, including $2 million from an Pittsburgh man accused by a grand jury of running an illegal gambling ring with his father. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/10...