Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹
@amazonatty.bsky.social
Legal Director, @pregnancyjust.bsky.social “Shorten the Darkness.” My thoughts are always mine.
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
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A much-anticipated report on reforms to FEMA that former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant helped draft "got nuked" by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's office as the administration pushes for drastic cuts instead, a former FEMA official said.
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FEMA Reforms Bryant Helped Draft ‘Got Nuked’ in Favor of Cuts
A much-anticipated report on reforms to FEMA that former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant helped draft has been whittled down in favor of drastic cuts.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A much-anticipated report on reforms to FEMA that former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant helped draft "got nuked" by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's office as the administration pushes for drastic cuts instead, a former FEMA official said.
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Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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DOD contractors “mistakenly” landed on a Mexican beach, declared it US property and planted “restricted area” DOD signs, triggering a tense confrontation with armed Mexican forces.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Pentagon Pete’s War Goons Accidentally Invade Mexico
U.S. “contractors” planted signs declaring that a Mexican beach was U.S. territory.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
DOD contractors “mistakenly” landed on a Mexican beach, declared it US property and planted “restricted area” DOD signs, triggering a tense confrontation with armed Mexican forces.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Reproductive justice isn’t just about abortion. It is also about the horrors carceral state, misogyny, and the ongoing failed harms of the “war on drugs.”
We fight for these women and their rights at @pregnancyjust.bsky.social every day.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
We fight for these women and their rights at @pregnancyjust.bsky.social every day.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reproductive justice isn’t just about abortion. It is also about the horrors carceral state, misogyny, and the ongoing failed harms of the “war on drugs.”
We fight for these women and their rights at @pregnancyjust.bsky.social every day.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
We fight for these women and their rights at @pregnancyjust.bsky.social every day.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
It’s never about the drugs.
Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.
—Andrea Richey
Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.
—Andrea Richey
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
It’s never about the drugs.
Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.
—Andrea Richey
Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.
—Andrea Richey
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Pauli Murray.
The great Pauli Murray.
Born 115 years ago today. She wrote the "Bible" of civil rights law. Coined "Jane Crow" before intersectionality existed. Architect of the Brown v Board arguments. Influenced Justice RBG. First Black woman Episcopal priest.
Songs in a Weary Throat
The great Pauli Murray.
Born 115 years ago today. She wrote the "Bible" of civil rights law. Coined "Jane Crow" before intersectionality existed. Architect of the Brown v Board arguments. Influenced Justice RBG. First Black woman Episcopal priest.
Songs in a Weary Throat
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Pauli Murray.
The great Pauli Murray.
Born 115 years ago today. She wrote the "Bible" of civil rights law. Coined "Jane Crow" before intersectionality existed. Architect of the Brown v Board arguments. Influenced Justice RBG. First Black woman Episcopal priest.
Songs in a Weary Throat
The great Pauli Murray.
Born 115 years ago today. She wrote the "Bible" of civil rights law. Coined "Jane Crow" before intersectionality existed. Architect of the Brown v Board arguments. Influenced Justice RBG. First Black woman Episcopal priest.
Songs in a Weary Throat
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
Huh.
Lindsey Graham: "I don't think I've ever been on a show more unnerving than tonight. You've got US senators and members of the House suggesting to our men and women in the military that they should be disobeying unlawful orders issued by President Trump and his military."
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Huh.
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🔴 Scolding a U.S. reporter for asking questions about MBS ordering a fellow journalist to be bonesawed to death signals to dictators everywhere that they can murder journalists with impunity.
Read our full statement below:
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November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🔴 Scolding a U.S. reporter for asking questions about MBS ordering a fellow journalist to be bonesawed to death signals to dictators everywhere that they can murder journalists with impunity.
Read our full statement below:
Read our full statement below:
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
A New Orleans man who had his murder conviction tossed wins election as city’s chief record keeper
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Israel Bars U.S. Physicians From Entering West Bank and Treating Palestinian Patients
Claiming HEAL Palestine 'operates to delegitimize Israel,'
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Claiming HEAL Palestine 'operates to delegitimize Israel,'
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel bars U.S. physicians from entering West Bank, treating Palestinian patients
Two Doctors Were Denied Entry Despite Receiving Permission From a Defense Ministry Unit to Enter the West Bank. According to Their Lawyer, the Diaspora Affairs Ministry Determined That the Nonprofit G...
www.haaretz.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Israel Bars U.S. Physicians From Entering West Bank and Treating Palestinian Patients
Claiming HEAL Palestine 'operates to delegitimize Israel,'
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Claiming HEAL Palestine 'operates to delegitimize Israel,'
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The audacity of pretending this has anything to do with drugs.
“Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.” Andrea Ritchey
“Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.” Andrea Ritchey
The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration’s drug enforcement intentions in South America. apnews.com/article/airc...
Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela
The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean Sea in a display of American military power. The presence of the USS Gerald R.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The audacity of pretending this has anything to do with drugs.
“Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.” Andrea Ritchey
“Criminalization is how fascism manufactures consent.” Andrea Ritchey
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"Winning is contagious. And if you’re like me, you’re done with politicians who’ve grown far too comfortable with losing. We don’t have the luxury to lose right now," writes @anabelforcongress.bsky.social, the 27-year-old running to serve Illinois’ 7th Congressional District.
Anabel Mendoza: Trump’s War Is Already on Our Streets — We’re Building Power to Stop It.
We can’t wait for justice to come to us. It’s time to claim it together.
couriernewsroom.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Winning is contagious. And if you’re like me, you’re done with politicians who’ve grown far too comfortable with losing. We don’t have the luxury to lose right now," writes @anabelforcongress.bsky.social, the 27-year-old running to serve Illinois’ 7th Congressional District.
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
Once again, mainlining @jamellebouie.net. You aren’t crazy. All this ::gesticulating wildly:: is.
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Once again, mainlining @jamellebouie.net. You aren’t crazy. All this ::gesticulating wildly:: is.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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$143 million in taxpayer money has gone to a mysterious company created just days before it got the money to create a Homeland Security ad campaign starring the deeply corrupt Kristi Noem. A firm with close ties to Noem is secretly cashing in on the deal, according to ProPublica.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
$143 million in taxpayer money has gone to a mysterious company created just days before it got the money to create a Homeland Security ad campaign starring the deeply corrupt Kristi Noem. A firm with close ties to Noem is secretly cashing in on the deal, according to ProPublica.
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.