Kathy M. Newman
@unionmaidpgh.bsky.social
CMU English professor, media historian, artist, activist, parent, Pittsburgh booster, electric car owner (Nissan Leaf), almost-empty-nester. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
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"Weeks of watching Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan flail around like a toddler trying to teach calculus should serve as a warning about the perils of crowdsourcing legal research to literal randos on the internet. *But it won’t.*" — @lizdye.bsky.social
Bill Pulte and Ed Martin's shitposting legal strategy
It's backfired so spectacularly that now *they're* the ones being investigated.
www.publicnotice.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Weeks of watching Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan flail around like a toddler trying to teach calculus should serve as a warning about the perils of crowdsourcing legal research to literal randos on the internet. *But it won’t.*" — @lizdye.bsky.social
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Trump's responds to the NYT's detailed reporting about his aging and signs of fatigue with lazy ad hominems but admits "there will be a day when I run low on energy"
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump's responds to the NYT's detailed reporting about his aging and signs of fatigue with lazy ad hominems but admits "there will be a day when I run low on energy"
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REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
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Sad… The Trump administration keeps pushing antivax rhetoric.
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Sad… The Trump administration keeps pushing antivax rhetoric.
Boooooooooooooooooo!
The Trump administration announced that starting Jan. 1, the cost of an annual national park pass for non-U.S. residents will jump from $80 to $250 more than triple the current price.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Boooooooooooooooooo!
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Deaths in ICE custody raise serious questions, lawmakers say
Deaths in ICE custody raise serious questions, lawmakers say
Deaths of two immigrants who lived in Orange County have focused attention on the treatment of detainees at Adelanto, one of the largest federal immigration detention centers in California, and other ...
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Deaths in ICE custody raise serious questions, lawmakers say
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The Emerson College poll shows Republican Matt Van Epps up by two points over Democrat Aftyn Behn in a district DJT won by 22 points in November.
You can phone bank for Aftyn from anywhere in the country, or you can donate to her campaign.
The special election will be held Tuesday, December 2.
You can phone bank for Aftyn from anywhere in the country, or you can donate to her campaign.
The special election will be held Tuesday, December 2.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Emerson College poll shows Republican Matt Van Epps up by two points over Democrat Aftyn Behn in a district DJT won by 22 points in November.
You can phone bank for Aftyn from anywhere in the country, or you can donate to her campaign.
The special election will be held Tuesday, December 2.
You can phone bank for Aftyn from anywhere in the country, or you can donate to her campaign.
The special election will be held Tuesday, December 2.
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Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
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We’d like to end today with a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt:
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We’d like to end today with a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt:
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
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How Can We Hold the Criminal Trump Regime Accountable?
Donald Trump failed up again thanks to a judge throwing out his Georgia election interference case, but that doesn't mean there aren't other ways to hold him and corrupt MAGA Reeks accountable.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Donald Trump failed up again thanks to a judge throwing out his Georgia election interference case, but that doesn't mean there aren't other ways to hold him and corrupt MAGA Reeks accountable.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
How Can We Hold the Criminal Trump Regime Accountable?
Donald Trump failed up again thanks to a judge throwing out his Georgia election interference case, but that doesn't mean there aren't other ways to hold him and corrupt MAGA Reeks accountable.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Donald Trump failed up again thanks to a judge throwing out his Georgia election interference case, but that doesn't mean there aren't other ways to hold him and corrupt MAGA Reeks accountable.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Only under Trump have we ever been worried about the military being ordered to do something illegal. Rightfully so because this administration doesn’t care about the Constitution. They probably don’t even know what’s in the Constitution to begin with. 🔄
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Only under Trump have we ever been worried about the military being ordered to do something illegal. Rightfully so because this administration doesn’t care about the Constitution. They probably don’t even know what’s in the Constitution to begin with. 🔄
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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...since MTG is resigning, now would be a great time to assess the pensions of all former government representatives...what y'all think???
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
...since MTG is resigning, now would be a great time to assess the pensions of all former government representatives...what y'all think???
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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Absofuckinglutely 💯.......
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Absofuckinglutely 💯.......
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It’s one thing to relinquish his own balls, but Speaker Johnson handing the entire GOP congress to trump is disgraceful.
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s one thing to relinquish his own balls, but Speaker Johnson handing the entire GOP congress to trump is disgraceful.
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Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
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The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP is reporting.
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP sources say
Two National Guard soldiers have been shot near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to two law enforcement officials not authorized to discuss the matter publicly ...
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP is reporting.
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New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
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Hundreds walk out of Catawba high school to denounce immigration enforcement
Source: WSOC Charlotte
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Source: WSOC Charlotte
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Hundreds walk out of Catawba high school to denounce immigration enforcement - NewsBreak
Hundreds of students walked out of a high school in Catawba County to protest recent immigration enforcement in the Hickory area.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hundreds walk out of Catawba high school to denounce immigration enforcement
Source: WSOC Charlotte
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Source: WSOC Charlotte
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