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Katie Cooper

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Producer at The Bulwark. Priors: the late, great "To the Point" & "Which Way, L.A.?" on KCRW, plus⁦ http://apple.co/3rkXZ5d, LA Times, lawyer, Cal, ‘70s Malibu. Still Dogtown and still הנני

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Katie Cooper @thekatiecoop.bsky.social · Dec 10

My early-morning, daily podcasting schedule has also impacted my husband’s art practice. He’s shifted from epic, architectural-scale projects to gel pen drawings on Bounty paper napkins. It’s opened up whole new avenues of creativity and opportunity.

BILL KLEIMAN
“Number 85,” 2023
6 x 6 inches

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Los Angeles suffered tremendously because of the wildfires. The president of the United States has wanted to make the immigrants who make the city suffer and declared war on the city. But all throughout it, L.A. makes it work daily. It’s a place where people go to make it. LA deserves this.

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 14d

The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.

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Daiva Venckus 🇱🇹🇺🇸🇺🇦 @daivavenckus.bsky.social · 16d

Rob Reiner at the No Kings protest in Santa Monica after an agitator demanding violence confronted him and the police took him away. Part 3
#nokings

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 16d

The signs currently on the L.A. freeways on No Kings Day.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 19d

The name of the staffer who had the swastika behind him:

Angelo Elia

Graduated from a masters program at George Washington University this year and began working in Congress in January

Politico @politico.com · 20d

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Katie Cooper @thekatiecoop.bsky.social · Sep 22

Not to split hairs, but hummus doesn’t seem likely to have been a food option at the time of Jesus, since its origin is tied to 13th century Syria.

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Katie Cooper @thekatiecoop.bsky.social · Sep 22

RFK linking Tylenol to autism is doing a solid for the man crowd who think they’ll live until 150 making babies. While the science has focused on paternal age or chemical changes in sperm, RFK wants to blame women for taking the only med available to them to alleviate intense hip pain before birth.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · Sep 22

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

Sarah Despres @sarahdespres
X.com
I see @SecKennedy was able to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial. It's unfortunate the Secretary of HHS was not able to attend the funeral of Officer David Rose who was killed in the senseless attack on the CDC, one of the agencies within @hhs.
6:56 PM • 9/21/25 • 808 Views

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Sep 16

NEW: Two men were found hanging from trees in Mississippi on Tuesday—a Black student at Delta State University in Cleveland and a homeless white man in Vicksburg.

Police say the deaths aren't connected, but speculation has spread on social media like wildfire.

Man Found Hanging in Tree in Vicksburg, Hours After DSU Hanging

The body of 35-year-old Cory Zukatis, a homeless man, was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 12

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show reut.rs/4mTXedU

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · Sep 11

Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Aug employment report shows the strain from growth negative policies--restrictive immigration means construction job losses, trade war means mfg job losses, budget cuts mean state & local govts and health care sputter as job engines. The economy is v close to a tipping point

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Jed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social · Sep 5

Job growth has been essentially zero since January in industries that rely more on immigrants.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · Sep 4

Nine grafs deep into the article and we find out:

"Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters."

Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels

www.nytimes.com

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Sep 2

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️

"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Sep 2

I don’t know how this is possible. Texas cannot control guard sent to Illinois without violating Illinois sovereignty. It must be federally controlled units, otherwise instead of a Posee Comitatus problem, we have a major constitutional crisis.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · Sep 2

this is almost certainly under Title 32 authorities (meaning the TX guard will be nominally under TX state control but on a federal mission), meaning the posse comitatus issues that came up in California will not apply. that said, it raises a whole lot of other legal problems

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · Sep 2

BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago.
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 1

Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Aug 30

Talk to Putin, then fire your Russia expert.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit

Days after the Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump ordered the security clearance revocation of a top CIA official and Russia expert.

www.washingtonpost.com

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · Aug 28

The techbro takeover of the US continues: while CDC employees "clap out" their principled leaders who resigned, Trump swears in a 2-decade Peter Thiel advisor to lead CDC. Thiel's Palantir already has all your data. He controls your Vice President. Now he controls your public health too. 1/

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · Aug 28

AP livestream

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...

LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings

YouTube video by Associated Press

www.youtube.com

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Steve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · Aug 26

Statement from Fed Gov Lisa Cook:

“President Trump purported to fire me “for cause” when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.”

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Katie Cooper @thekatiecoop.bsky.social · Aug 25

For the record, we had armed troops in LA in June, car windows were smashed and people pulled from their vehicles, and Americans were thrown on the ground and arrested for complaining, and now Trump is trying to get SCOTUS to say it’s ok to grab all Spanish-speaking manual laborers in So California.

Armed troops in June on the heavily trafficked thoroughfare, Wilshire Boulevard, across the street from the veterans cemetery.

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Katie Cooper @thekatiecoop.bsky.social · Aug 22

No $1,500 for these bounty hunters

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Lisa Mikolajczyk ✡️ 🟦🏴‍☠️ @lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social · Aug 17

There are trolls on this site encouraging people to get violent which is exactly what Trump & Stephen Miller want people to do. The use of the National Guard and ICE is to provoke people to get violent so they have an excuse to invoke martial law.
Don’t fall for it.

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