Courtney Kocak

New Behind the Bastards 🔍 How The FBI Botched the 2001 Anthrax Scare (Part 1) @iwriteok.bsky.social @courtneykocak.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/how-the-fbi-botched-the-2001-anthrax-scare-part-1-298115523

New Behind the Bastards 🔍

How The FBI Botched the 2001 Anthrax Scare (Part 1)

@iwriteok.bsky.social @courtneykocak.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

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New Behind the Bastards 🔍

Robert begins our series of episodes about two of the most infamous fuck ups in US law enforcement history, starting with the Atlanta Olympic Park Bombing.

@iwriteok.bsky.social @courtneykocak.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

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Opinion: Lloyd Doggett: Pass the Torch to a New Generation A divisive primary is not how this extraordinary public servant should cap his career

OPINION: Local politicians ask Lloyd Doggett to pass the torch of public service to a new generation.

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An important point. If CA wants to redraw, we would need a special election because of our state constitution. We should be organizing that now.

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

This baby flamingo is so adorable… 🥰
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Alert from WaPo: DC’s best sandwiches, according to the experts.

The Washington Post wants us to know about the best sandwiches in town, but not about the Bove confirmation walkout.

Emil Bove is up for a lifetime appointment. This is not a time to rush through the process, violate the rules, and end debate. But that’s what Republicans on the Judiciary Committee just did. I was the next to speak and they barred us from debating. So we walked out.

California farmworker dies after chaotic federal immigration raid, family says Jaime Alanis Garcia died days after falling some 30 feet during a chaotic raid on Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California, according to his family.

Breaking:

A cannabis farmworker who was critically injured during a chaotic immigration raid by federal authorities in California has died.

Jaime Alanis Garcia's death came days after he fell roughly 30 feet during a raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

My pleasure! ✨💖

Thank you, @courtneykocak.bsky.social, for sending me this awesome mug commemorating the Publisher’s Marketplace announcement for Girl Gone Wild!! 🎉💜💛

This boy’s father was killed so that Trump friend and ally Benjamin Netanyahu could avoid prison for his many felony fraud offenses.

That’s what it comes down to.

Netanyahu is committing genocide just to protect himself from accountability for his own crimes.

Among the most evil men alive today.

Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump’s Judicial Nominees Off the Hook Trump's nominees gave some eye-popping answers in their written questionnaires. Why didn't Senate Democrats ask these questions in person?

I think it should be a bigger story that the Senate is preparing to confirm five Trump judicial nominees whose answers to questions about the 2020 election are exactly what you would say if you were a “Trump only lost because of voter fraud” conspiracy theorist

YouTube video by Courtney Kocak Courtney Kocak - Stand Up Comedy - The Ice House, Pasadena

🚨 NEW STANDUP 🚨

I had a blast with this set, but it's NSFW, not family-friendly, and members of my own family should watch at their own risk!

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Tonight, I introduced legislation to stop Trump from from leading us into an illegal war with Iran.

Another war in the Middle East could cost countless lives, waste trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement.

☎️ Stop the Crypto Bill. Flood their phones. Why are the Sellout Sixteen bowing to the crypto kleptocrats? No legislation should pass now. Trump has federal troops occupying LA, is rolling tanks through DC in three days, and THIS is your priority?!

Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

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Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14 Take action with ACLU People Power!

TONIGHT: at 7 PM ET: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS training for the upcoming NO KINGS events this Saturday: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...

Amazing. Respect the lede.

If “build your platform” gives you hives, I get it.

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Just a reminder that there is still an ongoing coup against the Constitution, in case you were wondering...and it's broadly succeeding.

Here's what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been tasked with overhauling the federal agency that manages vast tracts of public lands.

Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec:

"... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands

"...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest"

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Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner

This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.

And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.

And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

If you haven’t heard Courtney’s @canadaland.com’s podcast episode about her stint as a GGW merch girl, it is, well, pretty wild. (Proud to say she scored the gig through Pandemic University’s PitchFest) www.canadaland.com/podcast/1160...

BIG EFFING NEWS, Y’ALL!!! 📣📚

My debut memoir GIRL GONE WILD drops in March 2026 with @triohousepress.org‬!!! 🎉

Can’t wait for y’all to read my dirty lil secrets. 😂

This book has been a labor of love for years. Working with a Minnesota press and @krisbigalk.bsky.social‬ feels fated. 🧩💫

More soon!

Yay!! 🙌💖

@triohousepress.org is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Girl Gone Wild: The Hollywood Misadventures of a Small-Town Girl by @courtneykocak.bsky.social!