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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 1d

I need to get off here because between the BREAKING posts with no link/proof and the “no one is covering it” posts when they demonstrably are, I’m going nuts. Everyone is getting worse at the internet and the internet is getting worse

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 1d

FWIW
I didn’t see this at DTW this morning. Just the usual RealID one

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

trib.al

Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 2d

a man with a mustache is looking at the camera and says i see what you did there

ALT: a man with a mustache is looking at the camera and says i see what you did there

media.tenor.com

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 2d

I giggle every time he misses

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 17d

This. Whole. Thread.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17d

There is no measured way to say what I am about to say.

If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.

I do not say this lightly.

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 22d

I believe it. I went to renew after the announcement today and the fee is now $26/month when we were paying $16 when I canceled earlier this week. Decided to hold off on THAT expense

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 22d

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 24d

This isn’t nothing in these days for a Hilton property

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 25d

Wish I was there!

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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 26d

When corporations surrender in the face of that pressure, they endanger not just themselves, but the right to free expression for everyone in this country.

The duty to defend the First Amendment does not rest with government, but with all of us.

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 26d

Bleak: Spokane to DTW, mid morning, half empty flight as covid was shutting down WA and I was texting home to stock up on supplies

Scary: DTW to ABQ midday emergency landing because of cockpit depressurization due to a hole in the windshield

Both sunny days with good visibility. Both Delta

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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 27d

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries could hold a press conference right now and announce that they will not fund a government that is engaged in an organized and unconstitutional effort to silence any criticism.

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 26d

I’ve turned it off multiple times and yet it’s still there, taking up screen space, making my system laggy, and driving ME NUTS

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28d

"Yes, Yes, to Ta-Nehisi Coates, you listen."

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · 29d

Oh Alan. I’m so sorry

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Washington Post now has no Black Opinion columnists - none - at a time when white nationalism is ascendant in our nation. I am grateful to Karen for the truth and fearlessness her work has always shown. Keep shining that light, my friend.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · Sep 13

Thank you, Jamelle

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is my position as well. You want my vote? You need to salt the earth this administration walked on

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · Sep 6

Seriously, I want to see a one-plank platform from the Dems in 2028: criminal prosecution of this whole administration.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Sep 7

So I'm grumpy that we seem to be once again creating a dynamic in our party where the people who got to the right answer sooner are marginalized for doing so, while people who were wrong get credit for changing their minds once it became obvious they were wrong. (See also NAFTA, Iraq War, Gaza.)

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · Sep 6

This isn’t the action I’m demanding. Not even close

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today I found out my parents had never seen Terriers. Watched the pilot with them, and I had forgotten how perfect it was. I loved that show Justice (and another season!!) for Terriers!!
@sepinwall.bsky.social

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hey hey RFK
How many kids have you killed today

The Sassiest Semite @littlemisslizz.bsky.social · Sep 4

10/10, no notes

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sigh/sob

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Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · Sep 2

Exactly

Kate Fort @katefort.bsky.social · Sep 2

brass TACKS. brass TACKS, she weeps into the void

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