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Kat W (she/her)

@katwilliamz.bsky.social

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Politics, guitar, trans issues, democracy, freedom, and human rights. DMs get you blocked if I don't know you personally.

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Kat W (she/her) @katwilliamz.bsky.social · Aug 16

We were warned, the Trump Republican christian nationalist have always wanted this. Everything else they claimed to believe was a lie. They have always wanted a religious state that enforced their religious laws with authoritarian power.

Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · Aug 16

Attorneys for a Texas woman wrongfully charged with murder after having an abortion say that state officials are abusing their power by pushing to have the lawsuit against them dismissed under qualified immunity.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 8h

For every fascist authoritarian, there was a Chamberlain who tried appeasement, or a Schumer who opted for stern letters over dogged resistance.

Fascism thrives in the face of timid opposition.

This is why voters are desperate for candidates who will truly challenge Trump and the oligarchs.

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Kat W (she/her) @katwilliamz.bsky.social · 3h

Erecting the wall of separation between church and state’s

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7h

That's more like it.

Screenshot of a tweet from an account called “Political Polls” showing results of a new Maine Senate poll. Initial results list “Mills 41%” and “Platner 36%.” A second set of results titled “After knowing about Platner’s tattoo” shows “Mills 59%” and “Platner 29%.” The tweet includes a date and hashtags, and below is a photo of a smiling, light-skinned woman with blonde hair wearing a light coat, standing behind a podium on a stage with blue curtains. Icons at the bottom show engagement numbers.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Seems like Trump having to blatantly lie about Reagan’s policies is a pretty good sign it’s the Republican Party that has shifted drastically to the extreme.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

So weird how this keeps happening

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Kat W (she/her) @katwilliamz.bsky.social · 3h

This is fucked up.

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 5h

SHOCKING VIDEO: Anyone know who this ICE agent is who violently throws this woman to the ground in Chicago?

This is why they wear masks.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?

Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.

They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

👇🏽

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10h

If the Blue Jays win the World Series, the tariffs go up another 40%.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

You can literally watch Reagan’s words side-by-side with Canada’s ad.

They didn’t misrepresent anything.

Trump is lying. Again. As usual.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 9h

An embarrassingly obvious point, but...

This. Is. Illegal.

If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.

In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...

Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business

President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...

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Kat W (she/her) @katwilliamz.bsky.social · 9h

WTAF 🤦‍♀️

D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 9h

📌The New York Times just out-New York Timed itself ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs

Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement on Ronald Reagan’s Speech on Tariffs. The Reagan Foundation said that they, “created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,” and “did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter.” The sole purpose of this FRAUD was Canada’s hope that the United States Supreme Court will come to their “rescue” on Tariffs that they have used for years to hurt the United States. Now the United States is able to defend itself against high and overbearing Canadian Tariffs (and those from the rest of the World as well!). Ronald Reagan LOVED Tariffs for purposes of National Security and the Economy, but Canada said he didn’t! Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD. Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Kat W (she/her) @katwilliamz.bsky.social · 11h

"Samantha" from the "tax review unit" sure is persistent, and she seems to have an infinite number of phone lines available to her.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 11h

It’s pretty fucking hard to make sense of us giving $40 billion to Argentina’s federal government when our federal workers are standing in fucking breadlines here at home.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...

“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 17h

"If Obama demolished an entire wing of the White House, sent federal forces to terrorize Americans, pardoned his crooked business partners, and sexually assaulted children, would you even care?" - MAGA Republicans, who think everyone is in a cult just because they are

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Kat W (she/her) @katwilliamz.bsky.social · 17h

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 17h

Nailed it! Shitting Bullshit it is.

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Kat W (she/her) @katwilliamz.bsky.social · 17h

Very accurate.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

It’s amazing how so many Trump supporters who have never left the United States know so much about the day to day life and culture of people in countries all over the world.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Of course, that’s not what he was saying. He was pointing out what was obviously true to anyone alive then - there was a big backlash against Muslim-Americans and anyone with an Arab-sounding name right after 9/11. But Vance has to be an asshole 24/7 for his MAGA troll fans.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 17h

Total Government Shutdown Days Under U.S. Presidents

Jimmy Carter: 1 day
Ronald Reagan: 6 days
George H.W. Bush: 4 days
Bill Clinton: 27 days
Barack Obama: 16 days
Donald Trump: 63 days

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