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Kate Putnam

@katemv.bsky.social

Startup ecosystem supporter, mentor and one who cares about democracy. Starting local and working up. Lover of beach, needlepoint, gardening and time to read.

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Also β€œpocket recissions” are illegal.

27.07.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œSide effects include brain damage and that thing that’s happening to Trump’s ankles.”

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Unease at F.B.I. Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials

β€œA succession of top agents, all women, were given an ultimatum: Take a different post or be asked to retire.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

01.06.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 884    πŸ” 433    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 46
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ICE is now posing as the electric company to get access to people’s houses. tucson.com/news/local/b...

01.06.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1986    πŸ” 1048    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 90
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The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

01.06.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Trump’s Tariff Spasms Became a Gold Rush in Congress Plus: Republicans can’t stop saying the quiet part loud.

www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trumps...

28.05.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Musk gets to pollute the beaches of TX with his debris. I would say his investment in time and money paid off big time. Only losers are investors in Tesla.

25.05.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone stopped to consider that Elon Musk didn’t fail at all? He snatched the Verizon contract and got billions more for Starlink. He got all our confidential information for his AI tool Grok. And he got more contracts for SpaceX.

25.05.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Family Turns Presidency Into Most Lucrative Venture Yet Since he launched his campaign, the family has put dealmaking in overdrive β€” with memecoins, guns and new hotels abroad.

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

22.05.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biden Covered Up Health Woes with Four Years of Booming Economy β€œHe thought he could hide his health issues by making the U.S. economy the envy of the world,” a leading conspiracy theorist said.

www.borowitzreport.com/p/biden-cove...

20.05.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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April 28, 2025 There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground with Republicans to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their ow...

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-28-2...
Yes is the answer.

29.04.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#MomSky

Keep Reposting

24.04.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8473    πŸ” 5762    πŸ’¬ 334    πŸ“Œ 373

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

24.04.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 66978    πŸ” 16201    πŸ’¬ 1551    πŸ“Œ 649
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Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.

We need each other to protect ourselves

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

25.04.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Make It Painful to Collaborate with Trump Action items for Democrats in Congress.

www.thebulwark.com/p/make-it-pa...

24.04.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's tattoos Trump shows a doctored photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trumps-tat...

22.04.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Words & Phrases We Could Do Without I’m β€œafraid” these lawmakers are cowardly careerists

contrarian.substack.com/p/words-and-...

22.04.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now we know why those three Pentagon guys were fired recently -- Hegseth felt they were the ones who leaked this story to the NY Times.

20.04.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1198    πŸ” 251    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 7
A lottery billboard is silhouetted against an orange sky. A headline reads: "How Texas Officials Helped Rig the State Lottery" Photo by Desiree Rios for The New York Times

A lottery billboard is silhouetted against an orange sky. A headline reads: "How Texas Officials Helped Rig the State Lottery" Photo by Desiree Rios for The New York Times

Texas lottery executives blessed a scheme that ensured one player would win a $95 million jackpot in 2023. In a state known for its aversion to government regulation, the successful manipulation has taken on deep meaning. nyti.ms/4jdtZ3X

20.04.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3330    πŸ” 1280    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 71
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Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.

BREAKING NYT:

Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

The info included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting Houthis. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

20.04.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7151    πŸ” 2283    πŸ’¬ 547    πŸ“Œ 562
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We did a long weekend in Provincetown with many stops at Cape Cod National Seashore sites. Thank you to the NPS staff keeping them clean and functional despite cuts and abuse. Federal employees working for the public good πŸ’ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸžοΈ

20.04.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3850    πŸ” 475    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 13

Bukele: I don't have the power to return him to the United States.

Trump: I don't have the power to remove him from El Salvador.

How conveniently powerless these strong-man-wanna-bes are...

14.04.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1737    πŸ” 221    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 11
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Trump’s Wager and the Avengers Initiative People and institutions are collaborating with Trump because they believe that a future Democratic president won’t punish them. That should change.

www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-wag...

18.04.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

18.04.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 28719    πŸ” 8121    πŸ’¬ 1300    πŸ“Œ 568
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."

17.04.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10949    πŸ” 3533    πŸ’¬ 3800    πŸ“Œ 2297
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Karoline Leavitt hates when asked about gender affirming surgeries.

DO NOT RETWEET THIS, The @PressSec is very sensitive about it.

16.04.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1667    πŸ” 906    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 53

Every day, it just gets worse. Now Elon’s staff is moving to hide their actions β€” by secretly using Starlink.

17.04.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4337    πŸ” 1175    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 73

Turns out, it was a Starlink transceiver β€” quietly connected to Musk’s private satellite network. The device and raised serious concerns. Why? Because this setup violates federal laws designed to protect public data.

17.04.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1525    πŸ” 290    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 9

Musk’s people are bypassing government systems entirely now β€” operating in the shadows, using his own infrastructure. This is not efficiency. This is a takeover.

17.04.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1741    πŸ” 371    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 15

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