Kate Sills
@katelynsills.com
Farm kid, Berkeley grad, software engineer, writer, and internationally-recognized speaker living in Sonora, CA.
Democratic Candidate for U.S. House, CA‑05
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Democratic Candidate for U.S. House, CA‑05
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Kate Sills for Congress (CA-05)
www.katesills.com
My name is Kate Sills, and I'm running for Congress for my brother.
He's in the Navy & our military is being asked to kill civilians.
These are unlawful orders.
Now Trump has called for people like me, who are standing up for our military, to be hanged.
Can you help me?
www.katesills.com
He's in the Navy & our military is being asked to kill civilians.
These are unlawful orders.
Now Trump has called for people like me, who are standing up for our military, to be hanged.
Can you help me?
www.katesills.com
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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A running theme of Trump II is cautious, level-headed, mainstream, career professional experts sounding existential alarms about how we aren't panicking nearly enough.
I know you already know, but for other folks who don't, Goldsmith was previously head of OLC, is a genuinely brilliant mind on executive authority and separation of powers, and is usually very cautious about making claims this unqualified and direct. That he is saying it so starkly is v significant
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A running theme of Trump II is cautious, level-headed, mainstream, career professional experts sounding existential alarms about how we aren't panicking nearly enough.
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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Everyone in politics, everyone in media knows what’s happening here: the White House is controlled by a repellant white supremacist who waits with bated breath for any opportunity to run nonwhite people out of America. They know who it is, what he’s doing. But they won’t SAY it.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Everyone in politics, everyone in media knows what’s happening here: the White House is controlled by a repellant white supremacist who waits with bated breath for any opportunity to run nonwhite people out of America. They know who it is, what he’s doing. But they won’t SAY it.
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"How Tariffs Will Make Toy Shopping Harder to Navigate This Year"
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
"Parents getting around to do toy shopping this Black Friday week should expect a far thinner selection of toys than last year"
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
"Parents getting around to do toy shopping this Black Friday week should expect a far thinner selection of toys than last year"
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"How Tariffs Will Make Toy Shopping Harder to Navigate This Year"
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
"Parents getting around to do toy shopping this Black Friday week should expect a far thinner selection of toys than last year"
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
"Parents getting around to do toy shopping this Black Friday week should expect a far thinner selection of toys than last year"
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I’d walk thru a field of fire with gasoline pants on to vote for Kate Sills.
Impeccable character, smart, and she never backs down. McClintock has basically let Trump rep #CA05 and the district is dying because of it. She’s even in a country band, and despite that, I’ll still support her. 😁
Impeccable character, smart, and she never backs down. McClintock has basically let Trump rep #CA05 and the district is dying because of it. She’s even in a country band, and despite that, I’ll still support her. 😁
My name is Kate Sills, and I'm running for Congress for my brother.
He's in the Navy & our military is being asked to kill civilians.
These are unlawful orders.
Now Trump has called for people like me, who are standing up for our military, to be hanged.
Can you help me?
www.katesills.com
He's in the Navy & our military is being asked to kill civilians.
These are unlawful orders.
Now Trump has called for people like me, who are standing up for our military, to be hanged.
Can you help me?
www.katesills.com
Kate Sills for Congress (CA-05)
www.katesills.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I’d walk thru a field of fire with gasoline pants on to vote for Kate Sills.
Impeccable character, smart, and she never backs down. McClintock has basically let Trump rep #CA05 and the district is dying because of it. She’s even in a country band, and despite that, I’ll still support her. 😁
Impeccable character, smart, and she never backs down. McClintock has basically let Trump rep #CA05 and the district is dying because of it. She’s even in a country band, and despite that, I’ll still support her. 😁
My district has three national parks: Yosemite, Death Valley, and Kings Canyon.
These self-destructive policies harm local tourism. My communities rely on tourism, and now Washington bureaucrats are changing our lives for the worse without consulting us.
We need a new representative in Congress.
These self-destructive policies harm local tourism. My communities rely on tourism, and now Washington bureaucrats are changing our lives for the worse without consulting us.
We need a new representative in Congress.
The new $100+ price hike will affect 11 popular parks, including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. https://cnn.it/44vIB9m
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My district has three national parks: Yosemite, Death Valley, and Kings Canyon.
These self-destructive policies harm local tourism. My communities rely on tourism, and now Washington bureaucrats are changing our lives for the worse without consulting us.
We need a new representative in Congress.
These self-destructive policies harm local tourism. My communities rely on tourism, and now Washington bureaucrats are changing our lives for the worse without consulting us.
We need a new representative in Congress.
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
Our military has been ordered to bomb civilian fishing boats. According to the Guardian as of yesterday, at least 21 vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific have been hit, killing 83 people. 1/
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Deadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the Caribbean
US has used claims of a ‘war on drugs’ to justify its attacks, which have resulted in 83 deaths that the UN has called extrajudicial executions
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our military has been ordered to bomb civilian fishing boats. According to the Guardian as of yesterday, at least 21 vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific have been hit, killing 83 people. 1/
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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Once again: the House GOP has not passed a full appropriations package since Kevin McCarthy became speaker (and Biden was POTUS). Their failure to fulfill the basic functions of Congress didn't start with Trump. He just weaponized their inherent meekness.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Once again: the House GOP has not passed a full appropriations package since Kevin McCarthy became speaker (and Biden was POTUS). Their failure to fulfill the basic functions of Congress didn't start with Trump. He just weaponized their inherent meekness.
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Lisa McClain refuses to unequivocally condemn threats of violence against Democratic members of Congress who Trump said should be put to death, and says, "there are consequences. You can have freedom of speech, but freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences."
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lisa McClain refuses to unequivocally condemn threats of violence against Democratic members of Congress who Trump said should be put to death, and says, "there are consequences. You can have freedom of speech, but freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences."
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👀 NEW CBS poll: Seven in 10 Americans (including over half of Republicans!) say they would oppose the US taking military action inside Venezuela.
These numbers couldn’t be more emphatic against Trump and Rubio’a dumb and dangerous adventure around Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
These numbers couldn’t be more emphatic against Trump and Rubio’a dumb and dangerous adventure around Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
👀 NEW CBS poll: Seven in 10 Americans (including over half of Republicans!) say they would oppose the US taking military action inside Venezuela.
These numbers couldn’t be more emphatic against Trump and Rubio’a dumb and dangerous adventure around Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
These numbers couldn’t be more emphatic against Trump and Rubio’a dumb and dangerous adventure around Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
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I’m a big fan of Liberal Currents, whose work I’ve found particularly invigorating over this last year.
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I’m a big fan of Liberal Currents, whose work I’ve found particularly invigorating over this last year.
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sick of bitching about the atlantic? put your money where your poast is:
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
www.gofundme.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
sick of bitching about the atlantic? put your money where your poast is:
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Milling around awkwardly on a sidewalk somewhere, which is mostly what we've seen, isn't so manifestly unlawful it can't be left to the courts and lawyers to sort out. An unlawful order to use force, to injure or kill people, is the core case where immediate on-the-spot refusal is your legal duty.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Milling around awkwardly on a sidewalk somewhere, which is mostly what we've seen, isn't so manifestly unlawful it can't be left to the courts and lawyers to sort out. An unlawful order to use force, to injure or kill people, is the core case where immediate on-the-spot refusal is your legal duty.
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She has it exactly backwards. The domestic deployments to date are a much weaker case for being so manifestly illegal as to justify refusal; that's a high bar. The boat strikes are outright unambiguous murder, everyone in that chain down to the one pulling the trigger has had a clear duty to refuse.
Sen. Slotkin said today—to my surprise—that she's unaware of any illegal orders *so far*.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wee...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She has it exactly backwards. The domestic deployments to date are a much weaker case for being so manifestly illegal as to justify refusal; that's a high bar. The boat strikes are outright unambiguous murder, everyone in that chain down to the one pulling the trigger has had a clear duty to refuse.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
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President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.