Katherine McNamara
@mcnamarawriter.bsky.social
Author, Narrow Road to the Deep North, A Journey into the Interior of Alaska. Editor/publisher, archipelago.org and Artist’s Proof Editions. Learning to build puppets.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Proverbial "Why not both?" to public opinion scholars who debate which is more important. It's like the debate over voter persuasion vs, mobilization....why not both?
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Proverbial "Why not both?" to public opinion scholars who debate which is more important. It's like the debate over voter persuasion vs, mobilization....why not both?
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We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
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Exactly the sort of tyrannical behavior that the Constitution was written to prevent. See the Fourth Amendment in particular.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Exactly the sort of tyrannical behavior that the Constitution was written to prevent. See the Fourth Amendment in particular.
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Happy Bill of Rights Day!🇺🇸
On this day in 1791, the United States ratified the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. To read our entire Constitution, go to quigley.house.gov/about/united-states-constitution.
On this day in 1791, the United States ratified the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. To read our entire Constitution, go to quigley.house.gov/about/united-states-constitution.
The United States Constitution
The Constitution is the most sacred document in American history—it's our founding text and guidepost for our laws and society.
quigley.house.gov
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy Bill of Rights Day!🇺🇸
On this day in 1791, the United States ratified the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. To read our entire Constitution, go to quigley.house.gov/about/united-states-constitution.
On this day in 1791, the United States ratified the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. To read our entire Constitution, go to quigley.house.gov/about/united-states-constitution.
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Read the story by @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy with photos by Peter DeCampo.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Read the story by @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy with photos by Peter DeCampo.
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But he told ProPublica the administration never cared to differentiate between the “fluff” and vital humanitarian programs. “It was the most harebrained operation I’d seen in my 38 years with the U.S. government,” Nagy said, referring to the methods used this year. 8/x
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
But he told ProPublica the administration never cared to differentiate between the “fluff” and vital humanitarian programs. “It was the most harebrained operation I’d seen in my 38 years with the U.S. government,” Nagy said, referring to the methods used this year. 8/x
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Instead, a cast of Trump’s lesser-known political appointees and DOGE operatives cut programs in ways that guaranteed widespread harm and death in some of the world’s most desperate situations. 3/x
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Instead, a cast of Trump’s lesser-known political appointees and DOGE operatives cut programs in ways that guaranteed widespread harm and death in some of the world’s most desperate situations. 3/x
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Publicly, the administration tried to temper international backlash by promising to keep or restore critical lifesaving programs.
But that promise was not kept. 2/x
But that promise was not kept. 2/x
December 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Publicly, the administration tried to temper international backlash by promising to keep or restore critical lifesaving programs.
But that promise was not kept. 2/x
But that promise was not kept. 2/x
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By now the broad story of USAID’s ruin has been widely told: The decree handed down by President Donald Trump; Elon Musk and Russell Vought to scuttle the agency and undo decades of humanitarian work in the name of austerity. 1/x
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
By now the broad story of USAID’s ruin has been widely told: The decree handed down by President Donald Trump; Elon Musk and Russell Vought to scuttle the agency and undo decades of humanitarian work in the name of austerity. 1/x
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Satellite images show ongoing demolitions behind 'yellow line'; experts warn actions likely violate Geneva Convention https://aje.io/hnsnye
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Satellite images show ongoing demolitions behind 'yellow line'; experts warn actions likely violate Geneva Convention https://aje.io/hnsnye
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"Miller’s grander aims are best understood as an effort to destroy the entire architecture of immigration and humanitarian resettlement put in place in the post–World War II era."
long but essential reading for the times we live in from @gregsargent.bsky.social . ↘️
long but essential reading for the times we live in from @gregsargent.bsky.social . ↘️
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Miller’s grander aims are best understood as an effort to destroy the entire architecture of immigration and humanitarian resettlement put in place in the post–World War II era."
long but essential reading for the times we live in from @gregsargent.bsky.social . ↘️
long but essential reading for the times we live in from @gregsargent.bsky.social . ↘️
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It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan.
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the CFPB would eviscerate longstanding fair lending and consumer protections in three dangerous ways:
nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan.
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
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Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
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Global outrage: 50+ cities on 6 continents rallied 13-14 Dec for StopHumanSafari/SaveKherson
Russian drones hunt civilians—a pure "human safari" of terror, killing and wounding thousands.
Organizer Zarina Zabrisky: "We didn’t expect so many. This is just the beginning. We can stop this evil."
Russian drones hunt civilians—a pure "human safari" of terror, killing and wounding thousands.
Organizer Zarina Zabrisky: "We didn’t expect so many. This is just the beginning. We can stop this evil."
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Global outrage: 50+ cities on 6 continents rallied 13-14 Dec for StopHumanSafari/SaveKherson
Russian drones hunt civilians—a pure "human safari" of terror, killing and wounding thousands.
Organizer Zarina Zabrisky: "We didn’t expect so many. This is just the beginning. We can stop this evil."
Russian drones hunt civilians—a pure "human safari" of terror, killing and wounding thousands.
Organizer Zarina Zabrisky: "We didn’t expect so many. This is just the beginning. We can stop this evil."
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SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “We have to pray not only with our lips but with our actions… Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade, without doing all we can to stop it, is broken and in need of moral repair.”
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “We have to pray not only with our lips but with our actions… Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade, without doing all we can to stop it, is broken and in need of moral repair.”
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We're devastated about the tragic deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Rob's contributions to cinema, television and pop culture were legendary. Rob and Michele were fierce advocates for LGBTQ equality and acceptance, notably being in the fight against Proposition 8 in California.
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We're devastated about the tragic deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Rob's contributions to cinema, television and pop culture were legendary. Rob and Michele were fierce advocates for LGBTQ equality and acceptance, notably being in the fight against Proposition 8 in California.
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UPS cheated seasonal workers out of millions of dollars in holiday pay by forcing them to work off the clock, violating federal and state labor laws, a lawsuit alleges.
UPS stole holiday workers’ wages, N.Y. attorney general alleges in suit
New York Attorney General Letitia James sues UPS over allegations of wage theft from holiday workers.
wapo.st
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
UPS cheated seasonal workers out of millions of dollars in holiday pay by forcing them to work off the clock, violating federal and state labor laws, a lawsuit alleges.
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No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
Trump says Rob Reiner had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' in post on his death
Officials are investigating the death of the Hollywood director as a homicide.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
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Mifepristone is safe, the well-funded effort to persuade people otherwise is as antithetical to the factual record as “climate change is a hoax” — and if Brennan feels willing or obliged to bend the knee to her new corporate management, this seems like a telling sign of that.
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mifepristone is safe, the well-funded effort to persuade people otherwise is as antithetical to the factual record as “climate change is a hoax” — and if Brennan feels willing or obliged to bend the knee to her new corporate management, this seems like a telling sign of that.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Senate Armed Services Dems are calling the Pentagon investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly "an outright, brazen abuse of power" in a letter to the Navy Secretary.
They say the probe amounts "to a purely political exercise seeking to threaten legitimate and lawful actions by a duly elected Senator."
They say the probe amounts "to a purely political exercise seeking to threaten legitimate and lawful actions by a duly elected Senator."
Senate Democrats call Kelly investigation 'brazen abuse of power'
The letter says an investigation into Mark Kelly following a Nov. 18 video telling military members to refuse illegal orders is 'patently political.'
www.usatoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Senate Armed Services Dems are calling the Pentagon investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly "an outright, brazen abuse of power" in a letter to the Navy Secretary.
They say the probe amounts "to a purely political exercise seeking to threaten legitimate and lawful actions by a duly elected Senator."
They say the probe amounts "to a purely political exercise seeking to threaten legitimate and lawful actions by a duly elected Senator."