Katie Mitchell

Cutting “Foreign Waste” Sounds Good. Until You See the Cost From famine warnings to countering extremism, here’s what America is really losing by gutting USAID

If Trump wants more power, he’s giving up a lot of it by slashing USAID. Give this a read.

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Love, not hate, makes America great!❤️🇺🇸 #ThePeoplesMarch
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Reflections on the State of the Union on Ash Wednesday Plus, an invitation to our next LIVE conversation at The Convocation Unscripted

I don’t like using religion to make political arguments, but this particular litmus test was brought on by REPUBLICANS. So I’m just using their logic. Good grief, somebody please shut these people down!

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@deananall.bsky.social 🤣🤣🤣

Dear Nice White People What are you afraid of?

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Art imitates life. #StopTheCoup #Resist

Opinion | James Carville: The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment There’s nothing Democrats can legitimately do to stop Trump, so we need a tactical pause in our fight to plan for the future.

I think he might be onto something…

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We are watching in real time why Jesus said we can’t worship both God and money.

I loved this band! Still do!

Opinion | The Populist Cure Is Worse Than the Elite Disease The push-me-pull-you relationship between Trump and his movement has a long history.

Steve Bannon made me laugh.

We don't understand populism? Oh, we certainly do. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

Anybody else watching this show? @amitchell5.bsky.social and I just started watching it and we are addicted!

Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now The party is not helpless. In fact, Democrats have some effective tools at their disposal.

“The key now for Democrats is to fight back not with complaints (which project weakness) but with actions that reclaim the initiative, inspire confidence, and force Trump to play defense. Here are some suggestions…”

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How Does Elon Musk Have So Much Power? Early Monday morning, employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the agency in charge of conducting humanitarian efforts around the world, were told not to come to work.

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I love this album! Congratulations to Beyoncé for this historic win! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Excellent by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social "If you’re always consumed by the next outrage, you can’t look closely at the last one. The impression of Trump’s power remains; the fact that he keeps stepping on rakes is missed. The projection of strength obscures the reality of weakness. Don’t believe him."

I thought Congress had to approve stuff like this. Why is he able to get access?

Opinion | Trump Is Already Failing. That’s the Key to a Big Democratic Rebound.

This gives me some hope. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/o...

Constitutional Crisis? Did one just start with a two page memo?

Here’s some history regarding what Trump tried to do yesterday. Praying our judicial system upholds The Constitution these next few years, because it seems every day is going to be like yesterday with this awful man.

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Got the coolest thing yesterday from a donation pile! Jesus art (1962) made up smaller ones from His life. On the back: list of the drawing refs. It was too cool to leave in the pile! Let’s not discard the Love of Christ as we watch our current leader take His name in vain as he burns shit down.❤️

When I start practicing intake assessment skills, I’m calling you! ❤️

This chaos could very well cost my kids and I a college education. We’re all 4 in college, just trying to excel to better contribute to our community and to maybe make enough money to pay back our already-accumulated student loans. We can’t do that if we can’t finish! FIGHT!

Opinion | Us and Them Is All the Rage A German political theorist helps explain MAGA morality.

“Woe to us all.”

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Good for you! Good luck in your studies! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I hear ya! I’ll be learning that right alongside you! 🤪

I’m starting Semester 4 of grad school for Clinical Mental Health Counseling at UA Little Rock! Classes are starting to get real and I’m so excited! What are you excited about learning in 2025? 📚

The Social Media Sea Change What happens when the thing that structured so much of our lives loses its utility?

A big thank you to @marybethsp.bsky.social for sharing this with me! I’m deactivating Facebook and backing off of other platforms for awhile. They are not serving me well ❤️
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Ring them bells, Bishop Budde! ❤️👏🏼

In a world full of Donalds, be a Joan:

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Me, not caring about the Tik Tok ban.