Texan... Engineer...
@txkathy.bsky.social
I am a career engineer... been at it for a long long time. I read Texas law for fun. 2022 Democratic Nominee for TX Senate. Please run for office! No DMs. No crypto. No porn.
Pinned
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Jesus Christ.
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Jesus Christ.
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⚡️ SCOTUS will NOT overturn marriage equality 🎉
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
⚡️ SCOTUS will NOT overturn marriage equality 🎉
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The Supreme Court rejects petition from Kim Davis to reconsider its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, effectively preserving Obergefell for a long time to come. Marriage equality is safe.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Supreme Court rejects petition from Kim Davis to reconsider its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, effectively preserving Obergefell for a long time to come. Marriage equality is safe.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
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Does he realize he's making an argument for universal healthcare?
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Does he realize he's making an argument for universal healthcare?
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In order to move forward and get final CR passage today
Thune will need unanimous consent from all 100 Senators
-Including the 37 Dems who are currently seething mad that 8 of them voted 'yes' on cloture
Definitely going to be interesting to see how Thune manages that
Thune will need unanimous consent from all 100 Senators
-Including the 37 Dems who are currently seething mad that 8 of them voted 'yes' on cloture
Definitely going to be interesting to see how Thune manages that
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In order to move forward and get final CR passage today
Thune will need unanimous consent from all 100 Senators
-Including the 37 Dems who are currently seething mad that 8 of them voted 'yes' on cloture
Definitely going to be interesting to see how Thune manages that
Thune will need unanimous consent from all 100 Senators
-Including the 37 Dems who are currently seething mad that 8 of them voted 'yes' on cloture
Definitely going to be interesting to see how Thune manages that
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“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Millions of Americans
Take to the streets for NO KINGS
YOU FIGHT SO HARD TO STOP THE HORRENDOUS TRUMP OLIGARCHY & THE COWARDICE of Republican Congressional Representation
But what do they do
They're unified for evil
DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP in the SENATE
CAVED WEAK
WE ARE DISGUSTED
ENOUGH
Take to the streets for NO KINGS
YOU FIGHT SO HARD TO STOP THE HORRENDOUS TRUMP OLIGARCHY & THE COWARDICE of Republican Congressional Representation
But what do they do
They're unified for evil
DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP in the SENATE
CAVED WEAK
WE ARE DISGUSTED
ENOUGH
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Millions of Americans
Take to the streets for NO KINGS
YOU FIGHT SO HARD TO STOP THE HORRENDOUS TRUMP OLIGARCHY & THE COWARDICE of Republican Congressional Representation
But what do they do
They're unified for evil
DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP in the SENATE
CAVED WEAK
WE ARE DISGUSTED
ENOUGH
Take to the streets for NO KINGS
YOU FIGHT SO HARD TO STOP THE HORRENDOUS TRUMP OLIGARCHY & THE COWARDICE of Republican Congressional Representation
But what do they do
They're unified for evil
DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP in the SENATE
CAVED WEAK
WE ARE DISGUSTED
ENOUGH
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We need to re-build the Democratic party so that it's filled with fighters, not folders!
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We need to re-build the Democratic party so that it's filled with fighters, not folders!
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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It’s not that we didn’t want the shutdown to end, it’s the fact that millions of people suffered throughout this shutdown and it was for nothing. That’s the most upsetting part.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It’s not that we didn’t want the shutdown to end, it’s the fact that millions of people suffered throughout this shutdown and it was for nothing. That’s the most upsetting part.
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One of two things is true:
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
One of two things is true:
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
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I assume Schumer knows this is the end of his political career?
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I assume Schumer knows this is the end of his political career?
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If you are one of the people who doesn’t bother to vote in Dem primaries,
consider checking yourself.
We get these soulless corporate Dems because the primary voting base favors this kind of corporate centrist Dem.
I ran for office three times. The first thing the party asks a candidate is
consider checking yourself.
We get these soulless corporate Dems because the primary voting base favors this kind of corporate centrist Dem.
I ran for office three times. The first thing the party asks a candidate is
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you are one of the people who doesn’t bother to vote in Dem primaries,
consider checking yourself.
We get these soulless corporate Dems because the primary voting base favors this kind of corporate centrist Dem.
I ran for office three times. The first thing the party asks a candidate is
consider checking yourself.
We get these soulless corporate Dems because the primary voting base favors this kind of corporate centrist Dem.
I ran for office three times. The first thing the party asks a candidate is
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DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared
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Our country took hundreds of young men from Venezuela, including many asylum seekers, and put them into a torture prison in El Salvador. Incredible reporting and portraits from the NYT on what they suffered (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our country took hundreds of young men from Venezuela, including many asylum seekers, and put them into a torture prison in El Salvador. Incredible reporting and portraits from the NYT on what they suffered (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Here's a list of traitors that have made our job as Democrats immeasurably harder and maybe impossible, still though the fight goes on.
Primary whoever on this list is running for reelection.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Chin up.
#Resist
Primary whoever on this list is running for reelection.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Chin up.
#Resist
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Here's a list of traitors that have made our job as Democrats immeasurably harder and maybe impossible, still though the fight goes on.
Primary whoever on this list is running for reelection.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Chin up.
#Resist
Primary whoever on this list is running for reelection.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Chin up.
#Resist
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Dear Senate Dems,
Republicans don’t keep their promises…
Republicans don’t keep their promises…
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Dear Senate Dems,
Republicans don’t keep their promises…
Republicans don’t keep their promises…
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Since Trump’s 2024 win...Democratic leadership...as a collective unit....has been playing Tiddlywinks. Never unified. Never fierce. Never using every tool with spit-flying intensity. Not. One. Fucking. Time.
You may "feel" like they have been...but...the facts do not support that feeling.
You may "feel" like they have been...but...the facts do not support that feeling.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Since Trump’s 2024 win...Democratic leadership...as a collective unit....has been playing Tiddlywinks. Never unified. Never fierce. Never using every tool with spit-flying intensity. Not. One. Fucking. Time.
You may "feel" like they have been...but...the facts do not support that feeling.
You may "feel" like they have been...but...the facts do not support that feeling.
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US Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown - #USpol www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump takes aim at Obamacare as historic federal shutdown hits 40th day
U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on Sunday on his push to gut Obamacare healthcare subsidies, which his Democratic opponents have insisted on preserving as a condition for ending the 40-day government shutdown.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
US Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown - #USpol www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
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This looks awfully intentional.
None can be primaried in the next cycle, Shaheen & Durbin retiring.
Hassan, Masto, Fetterman up for reelection in 2028.
Rosen, Kaine, King up for reelection in 2030.
Hassan, Masto, Fetterman up for reelection in 2028.
Rosen, Kaine, King up for reelection in 2030.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This looks awfully intentional.
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China just extended its lending facility to Tesla by $2.38 billion last quarter.
Now he disses them right after getting his $1 trillion pay package approved.
Tesla shareholders are stupider than followers of Jim Jones.
Now he disses them right after getting his $1 trillion pay package approved.
Tesla shareholders are stupider than followers of Jim Jones.
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
China just extended its lending facility to Tesla by $2.38 billion last quarter.
Now he disses them right after getting his $1 trillion pay package approved.
Tesla shareholders are stupider than followers of Jim Jones.
Now he disses them right after getting his $1 trillion pay package approved.
Tesla shareholders are stupider than followers of Jim Jones.