Kate Burak

Pete Hegseth sure is proud of committing murder.

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Good morning and happy December 1st, Jaye! 🌞💙

Two brothers from Khmelnytskyi — Vasyl and Valentyn Basok — were killed in the war 💔.

They served together from the start of russia’s invasion, survived captivity, and returned to the front.

On 23 November 2025, both died during a combat mission.
Honor to the warriors and eternal memory 🇺🇦

We’re going to have to get used to this. 2026 and 2028 are likely to look very similar.

No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, attempts to prevent US citizens from voting should be a red line for you.

We can’t allow terroristic threats to keep us from the polls.

"[Not using the funding already allocated to keep SNAP going] is a decision the president is making--on his own--to allow people to go hungry."

While the Trump administration gives $40 billion to bail out Argentina, they are unlawfully suspending SNAP benefits for millions of hungry families and kids across America.

It is shameful.

Neguse: "Does anyone here not believe that with one phone call from Speaker Johnson -- one phone call to the president or the secretary of ag -- that those funds would be released tomorrow? And that families wouldn't go starving by the weekend?"

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Banana republic shit.

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My 3 year old is on a Sesame Street kick, and we've uncovered a treasure trove of Start To Read books done in the 80s and 90s with a wealth of stuff I want my kid to know about being a human in this world. I've found them for fairly cheap on used book sites.

Firing an entire federal arts commission to clear the path for your own triumphal arch? It’s a textbook indicator of authoritarian executive overreach — the exact trend we warned about in our assessment.

#authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment

Seems necessary. To whom?

When a government withholds food to force obedience, democracy is already on life support. This urgent commentary exposes how hunger has become a political weapon in America, turning SNAP from a safety net into a tool of control. The question remains: What are we doing here, folks?

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

How is it not news, according to the @nytimes.com, that an ICE agent in Chicago said "do something bitch" and deliberately SHOT a United States citizen? Can someone answer that question for me? @toddgregory.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social @risenc.bsky.social

Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?

Today, when I mention to former colleagues that I am writing this essay, they tell me I am brave. And there lies the problem. We are not Russia yet, thankfully. It’s not actually courageous to write this. The risk is in not speaking out, because silence enables future cycles of censorship and fear. However, it’s increasingly clear to me that the assets accumulated in the tech boom have silenced many of us. Affluence and courage have become negatively correlated; the wealthy have too much to lose. Thus, their fortune makes them less, not more, secure. Rather than speak up, a lot of Silicon Valley denizens are instead looking for a safer harbor. People with enough money are buying citizenship in New Zealand or Portugal.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

Yes!

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders Where We Are With the Government Shutdown | Sen. Bernie Sanders

I'm asking YOU:

What will a doubling of health care premiums mean for your family?

What it will mean if you're one of the 15 million being thrown off their health care?

Please comment below or submit a story here: tinyurl.com/3rbdfdmz

Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal

We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.

bangs. "They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'" Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building. "They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

The surprise is not that the US govt shutdown. The surprise will be if it ever opens again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

We are here ⬇️ on the Totalitarian Mall Map.

YouTube video by MSNBC ‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

Just try to imagine the public outcry and wall-to-wall media coverage if President Biden had cancelled $8 billion in funding to red states.

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