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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Jun 14

Having recently fled an adjacent town in deep red southeast NH, all the flowers 💐 to stalwart NH progressives. Your voices mean so much. I couldn't hack New England, but I'm so glad you all are there and showing up. 💜 Thank you!

Tim @darthtim0718.bsky.social · Jun 14

#Nokings

50 and counting in tiny, conservative Kingston, NH

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Apr 11

I’m proud to be a boomerang Oaklander, casting my first vote back in The Town for Barbara Lee as our next mayor

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Apr 11

LFG Oakland!

#BarbaraLeeSpeaksForMe

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Mar 30

I'm officially back in CA after 2 1/2 years in NH. I just wasn't cut out to be a New Englander, but I leave there with a better understanding of how to use the word "wicked", a greater appreciation for all things maple, a deep love of autumn leaves, and a renewed love/hate relationship with snow.

Selfie of smiling, middle-aged woman with silver/gray long hair and her smiling Golden Retriever, with Mohave Desert hills in the background

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Mar 8

Whaaat? I’m in a starter pack. How did that happen?

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · Mar 7

go.bsky.app/5mjRdLJ Please - Like - Share - Follow

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Mar 8

💙

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 26

Republican women keep voting for this. Their complicity will not save them from their own husbands and fathers.
#Republicanregime
#MAGAfascists

"A woman is like a child": MAGA turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power

Conservative women believe complicity will save them, but an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights

www.salon.com

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 25

👏🏻our👏🏻country 👏🏻is👏🏻not👏🏻a👏🏻business 👏🏻

Adam Griffin @adamgriffin.bsky.social · Feb 25

Well Trump has 6 bankruptcies and 34 felony convictions from running his real estate “empire,” Musk’s cars and rockets blow up with no explanation, Twitter lost 80% of its value since he bought it, and Tesla’s stock cratered 25% just in the last month. Some very smart business men you have there!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 25

Alina Habba: This is what we're about. We're running this county like President Trump runs the Trump Organization. Like Elon Musk running X. That's what we're doing.

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 25

Just say no to the swasticar and the wankpanzer

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Feb 24

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 24

Right? 😆 Or maybe..... it's real!

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 24

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Feb 24

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 23

It’s a country, not a business.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Feb 21

Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 23

“You must ask yourself: Who and what will he target next, and what will he do,” she said. “Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your religion? Will it be because you look different or think differently? Where does it end?”
(Because in this country, we don’t bother unless it impacts us)

What to Know About Maine Gov. Janet Mills Amid Clash With Trump

The state’s first female governor and first female district attorney, the longtime Democratic politician has a history of supporting law enforcement.

www.nytimes.com

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 22

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 22

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 22

F*#k this f*#@ing asswipe. Just try coming for my flu and Covid vaccines, my anti-depressant, and my semaglutide. You will have to pry them out of my cold, dead hands.

(I figure that expression works for the gun nuts, why not me?)

Kennedy says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told agency employees that a commission formed by President Donald Trump will investigate the childhood vaccine schedule.

apnews.com

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 20

I’m probably going to read this every day for a while to keep me going

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 20

ALL of this
(I 💜Amanda Marcotte, the things she writes just click in my brain and heart)

So stay weird, stay woke, keep infuriating the MAGA fascists

We got this, we have to 🫶🏻

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · Feb 20

"The election was supposed to bring about their cultural ascendance.

Instead, it's just increased the eye-rolling from the left and the realization the fun girls will never think they're cool.

"So they're freaking out. Good."

www.salon.com/2025/02/20/s...

Stay strong, cat ladies! After Trump's first month, personal defiance matters more than ever

MAGA didn't vote for DOGE, but to bring liberals to heel — fight back by not giving them the satisfaction

www.salon.com

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 19

Speaking of government waste… They are going to throw away perfectly good tests??

Make sure to claim yours ASAP

Claim Your Free COVID-19 Tests Now in Case the USPS Program Gets Shut Down

The US government may destroy more than 160 million COVID-19 tests. Here's how to claim your free at-home kits before they're gone.

www.cnet.com

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 18

This story is so crazy. When hatred runs amok, this is what we get.

Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

Victims reportedly posted ‘death to Arabs’ on social media after shooting while suspect held on attempted murder charges

www.theguardian.com

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Reposted by Kathleen Matz

Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.com · Feb 4

Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.

Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.

Making this my pinned post.

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 16

Well this is terrifying and horrifying

It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.

www.npr.org

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 16

This is how it’s done!
💪🏻⭐️

Sheryl Crow says goodbye to her Tesla and donates to NPR: 'You have to decide who you are willing to align with'

Sheryl Crow waved goodbye to her black Tesla in a video shared to Instagram on Friday. She also said she donated to NPR.

www.businessinsider.com

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Reposted by Kathleen Matz

Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · Feb 14

Redoing this 🧵 Looks like Bluesky broke it.

ICE is contracting for an online monitor. The hire will scan for past online activity, explicitly including social media, that speaks about ICE "negatively", then look for "signs of violence" including pictures of weapons, threatening language or
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · Feb 11

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Kathleen Matz @hopekat.bsky.social · Feb 11

“The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law.”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Feb 11

“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

The ABA supports the rule of law

It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...

www.americanbar.org

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