@KathyLK@universeodon.com cover
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

KathyLK

@KathyLK@universeodon.com

Chicago, qualitative researcher, grant-writer, dog lover

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. For a complete list of posts, browse on the original instance.

Nonilex , to random
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

seek to repeal rule, fearing crackdown

Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal that abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, worried that a future Trump admin could invoke the to crack down on or effectively the procedure altogether.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/20/comstock-abortion-repeal-tina-smith-senate/

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@Nonilex

And again, I would like to remind everyone that the Comstock Law was dreamed up by a 19th century misogynist pervert. Just like the current members of GOP the GOP and Trump are, in fact.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/is-reinstating-a-misogynist-1864-law-bad-for-our-brand

PallasRiot , to random
@PallasRiot@kolektiva.social avatar

Disney has resumed making political donations to Republicans in Florida who support the Don't Say Gay law

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@PallasRiot

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-again-donating-republicans-ending-feud-desantis-2024-6

rbreich , to random
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

The Supreme Court just overturned a federal ban on bump stocks, the device that let the Las Vegas shooter injure more than 500 people and kill 60 within minutes.

80% of Americans supported the ban — even Trump!

SCOTUS has once again defied the will of the people.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@rbreich

Here's the text of the 2nd Amendment:

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

There is NOTHING in that amendment that says what KINDS of "Arms" people can "keep and bear." Congress and SCOTUS could regulate the KINDS of "arms" IF both weren't in the pockets of the gun manufacturers.

Not to mention the fact that the "WELL REGULATED" part of this unholy amendment is always ignored.

I'm not a lawyer, but if I was, I'd be challenging this ruling and every other ruling that gives testosterone-laden jerks the ability to purchase armories which they use to take away my right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Finally, how does SCOTUS justify having an armed, potentially violent public when the Preamble says the government was formed to "insure domestic tranquility?"

Strandjunker , to random
@Strandjunker@mstdn.social avatar

When a uterus is more heavily regulated than a gun, that’s when you know it’s a war on women.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@Strandjunker

The 2nd Amendment says NOTHING about the kinds of "arms" that "people" can "bear." That says to me that Congress, or even the states, have the right to regulate the kinds of arms allowed in their jurisdictions.

luckytran , to random
@luckytran@med-mastodon.com avatar

COVID is not over. Scientists are worried about bird flu. We need to be ready for the next pandemic. Right now we need to depoliticize and normalize mask-wearing. North Carolina’s anti-mask bill recklessly does the exact opposite.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@luckytran

I wonder how many Americans will fly off into the great beyond if mismanages a bird flu pandemic like he did the pandemic? Will he tell us that eating bird seed will prevent it? Or maybe we should be injecting sugar water while humming about how great Trump is?

KathyLK , to random
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

“''The crackdown on women,' Dias and Graham reported, 'is, on its face, about biblical interpretation.'"

And who do you think wrote the Bible? I can guarantee it wasn't women.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/opinion/genz-women-organized-religion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zE0.zsrP.tAkvGA48oOfv&smid=url-share

flexghost , to random
@flexghost@mastodon.social avatar
  1. Set up most of Texas as useless sprawl forcing car usage
  2. Make sure public transport is non existent
  3. Make regulations a joke because freedom
  4. Go big on big oil
  5. Make your car’s AC more reliable than the grid
  6. Tell people not to use their cars because—oops—pollution

Texas: the one star state.

Headline Texas Asks People to Avoid Using Their Cars An F350 super duty isn’t a car jokes on you!

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@flexghost

Regulations are NOT a joke! Texas regulates women, because "freedom" of White men to do whatever they want, to whomever they want, whenever they want.

Nonilex , to random
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Democratic members of the select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic defended Dr. Anthony ahead of Monday's hearing about the ’ response, policies & transparency.

The representatives blasted ’ claims of Fauci’s involvement in starting [for real they had to say this] or covering up the pandemic as a “dangerous” & “cartoonish” narrative.


https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/anthony-fauci-covid-origins-hearing-06-03-24/index.html

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@trainman @Nonilex

And the lunatics don't want anyone to remember that the reason so many Americans died was because Trump criminally mismanaged the pandemic. So, they're trying to deflect blame onto Dr. Fauci instead.

randahl , to random
@randahl@mastodon.social avatar

I do not know who these two New York women are, but they are my heroes. ♥️

video/mp4

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@randahl

One of them looks distinctly boomer-like. But I thought all boomers voted for Trump? That is, according to the polls and pundits. 🙄

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@JMinSD @randahl

I know! It depends on the demographics. A boomer in Florida is probably more likely to vote for Trump than a boomer in northern Illinois.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@randahl @JMinSD

I agree with you. I don't think social media are the only ones to exploit the term "boomer" as almost a derogatory one meaning "conservative old people," though. I've seen it over the years just in plain old "mainstream media," too.

randahl , to random
@randahl@mastodon.social avatar

“It is time for this war to end”, says Biden and presents a proposed peace deal between Israel and Hamas, which involves the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, a ceasefire, substantial humanitarian aid, and the beginning of a reconstruction of Gaza.

I applaud Biden for trying, and at the same time I question why Hamas is being negotiated with. The terror organisation has no future. The Palestinians deserve a free democracy.

https://www.youtube.com/live/dAwMakqV9i8?si=htDHYd-hWEBl76bM

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@randahl

Hamas has been in charge of the Gaza strip since 2017, That's why negotiations have to be made with Hamas.

rbreich , to random
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

The convicted felon https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-convicted-felon?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@rbreich

#DonTheCon is now officially #DonTheCONvicted.

mondoweiss , to palestine group
@mondoweiss@social.mondoweiss.net avatar

Indiana University's "Liberation Commencement" was a celebration of the students' brave commitment to fighting powerful institutions and their involvement in challenging Zionism and the Palestinian genocide.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/a-tale-of-two-commencements-how-gaza-solidarity-encampments-are-changing-the-way-we-see-university-education/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@mondoweiss @palestine
@israel

Are they saying that there should not be a Jewish state in the Middle East? Even though there are Muslim states?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@nabz123 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

If someone is against "Zionism," then they're basically saying they're against a Jewish state in what many believe are their "ancestral" lands. Maybe people don't understand what Zionism actually refers to.

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/20/18080010/zionism-israel-palestine

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@nabz123 @LALegault @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

Did you even read the article I linked?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@FloydyStu @nabz123 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

So, what was wrong with creating a homeland for Jews in Palestine? I agree that Israel should never have come about because of the meddling of Europeans and Americans, all of whom probably felt guilty at their failure to accept Jewish refugees from Europe. But now that there is an Israel, are you saying it should be dissolved?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@FloydyStu @nabz123 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

So Israel should be dissolved because you don't like the fact that the Jews have a homeland? Europeans colonized the Americas and murdered or drove out or killed by disease and subjugated millions of Native Americans. Native Americans are still on reservations. Maybe we should just give the U.S. back to the Native Americans? Actually, that would be fine with me, since they'd probably do a much better job of governing than the GOP would.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@somekindahate3 @nabz123 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

Did you never hear of any terrorist attacks on Israel in the past 80 years? If you were continually attacked, would you roll over and say, "OK, we'll all leave now and you can have our land back?" If there had been no terrorist attacks on the state of Israel as it was drawn in 1948, do you think the Israelis would have been fighting in Gaza now?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@nabz123 @FloydyStu @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

I absolutely do NOT think America and Europe, Canada and Australia should "look good." Genocide has been committed by "Christian white people" for centuries.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@somekindahate3 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

If Israel had never been subject to terrorist attacks in the years since Partition, do you think they would have invaded the land beyond Israel's original borders?

I'd really like an answer to that question. I'm curious. If Israel had been left alone and never suffered ANY terrorist attacks from Hamas or Hezbollah or anyone else, would Israel have attacked, invaded, committed genocide in Gaza and elsewhere?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@somekindahate3 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

Ah, now the personal attacks begin. I don't agree with you, or I question you, so suddenly I have a "reading disability." Try reading my responses again, and then tell me that. Not ONCE have I supported or even indicated, any support for Israel's genocide in Gaza. I don't defend it--it's indefensible. But that's not what this discussion has been about.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@skippy442 @somekindahate3 @mondoweiss @palestine @actuallyautistic

Why do you think that? Do you have any reason beyond a dislike of Jews to think that?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@nabz123 @FloydyStu @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

You think I don't know? My question stands: IF ISRAEL HAD NEVER BEEN SUBJECTED TO TERRORIST ATTACKS SINCE PARTITION IN 1948, WOULD ISRAEL HAVE "ACQUIRED" THE TERRITORY IN WHICH SETTLERS WERE ATTACKED ON OCTOBER 7, 2023?

Or would Israel still have the same borders it had right after Partition?

NO, I AM NOT DEFENDING ISRAEL'S ACTIONS IN GAZA. NETANYAHU AND THE RIGHT WING IN THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT NEED TO GO. NETANYAHU NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED AND REMOVED FROM POWER. THE U.S. SHOULD STOP ALL MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL UNTIL THERE IS A CEASE FIRE AND ISRAEL WITHDRAWS FROM GAZA. THE HOSTAGES SHOULD BE RETURNED, NOW.

What on earth does Hamas gain by keeping the remaining hostages?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@chiraag @nicholas_saunders @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

Jews were living there, too. It was a "logical" place to put more Jews and to alleviate guilt over the Holocaust by giving the European Jews their own state. The creation of Israel was driven by Europeans, and while its creation was unfortunate, it happened. So, given that, why the terrorism over the years? I don't approve of any kind of "state" that has a "state" religion, be it Christian, Jewish, or Muslim. But since there already are Christian and Muslim countries with those as state religions, why not Israel for the Jews? After all, the only reason they ended up all over the place (the Diaspora) was because they were kicked out of their homeland to begin with.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Diaspora-Judaism

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@retrohondajunki @somekindahate3 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

I'm not arguing with that. OTOH, the root of the problem is that there were NO "agreed upon borders," since Israel was forced upon Palestinians by Europeans. Therefore, even if Israel was shrunken back to its "original" Partition borders, there will still be terrorism against Israel because according to Muslims, there should NOT BE an Israel at all.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@chiraag @nicholas_saunders @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

Having lived on the Navajo Reservation for a brief time, I can tell you that there were quite a few Whites that the Navajos would have happily kicked off the reservation. I suspect that's also true in Canada. Are there reservations for Native Americans in Mexico? I didn't think so. How about the Maori?

Wouldn't it be possible to consider Israel a "reservation" for Jews? Jews are obviously not safe anyplace else.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@retrohondajunki @somekindahate3 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

The 1948 Arab-Israel war wasn't started by Israel, as such. It was started by Arabs in reaction to the formation of Israel.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@nus @nicholas_saunders @chiraag @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

Are you Jewish? If not, how do you know whether or not Jews ARE safe here, or whether they FEEL safe here?

I'm sure the Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue didn't feel so safe after 11 of them were gunned down.

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/antisemitic-incidents-hamas-israel-attack-2023-adl

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@nus @nicholas_saunders @chiraag @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

You are talking about protesters against the war. AGAIN, NO ONE is defending Netanyahu or his cronies in the government. AGAIN, are you an American Jew?

rbreich , to random
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

The Truth About Trumponomics | Robert Reich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2b5iWsNyY&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@rbreich

He probably hasn't done his MAGA supporters' bank accounts any favors so far.

wdlindsy , to random
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

"If Donald Trump were in office today—presiding over full employment at a time when Americans enjoyed more purchasing power than ever before, and inflation was hovering steadily around three percent—he and Republican officeholders across the country would claim credit for building the greatest economy in history. In fact, if Trump defeats Joe Biden in November, they’ll all sing from that hymnal by early 2025."

~ Brian Beutler

#Biden #economy
/1

https://www.offmessage.net/p/biden-beat-trumpflation-and-the-trump-crime-wave

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@wdlindsy

Except for the inconvenient fact that

https://www.epi.org/press/new-report-finds-that-the-economy-performs-better-under-democratic-presidential-administrations/

Nonilex , to random
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Tues 28 May 2024 🧵 #ClosingArguments to Begin in #TrumpTrial

#Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection w/a #HushMoney payment made to a porn star to influence the 2016 election. The case could be in the jury’s hands as early as Wed.

#law #ElectionInterference
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/28/nyregion/trump-trial-closing-arguments?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@Nonilex

Given Trump's ties to, and reliance on Russia, we should refer to Trump as an "American" president.

DemocracyMattersALot , to random
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has seen the largest decline in popularity among the nine governors elected in 2022. However, despite a 13-point decline in her net approval rating, 56% of Arkansas voters approve of Sanders’ job performance, compared with 35% who disapprove. #SarahSanders #Arkansas #GOPLoser #NeverVP

Sarah Huckabee Sanders loses her shine in Arkansas https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/governor-approval-ratings-april-2024

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@DemocracyMattersALot

35% of Arkansas voters disapprove of their children being forced to work for minimum wage in horrific conditions. People who vote for her are simply happy to get paid by letting someone else take care of their kids for them.

futurebird , (edited ) to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

Trump has said FOUR times that he will withhold federal funding from schools that require vaccines. Not just COVID. ALL.

This is most schools. This is hitting me where I work. This will lead to children dead from measles. It's obvious, inevitable.

Someone on here said they just couldn't bear to vote for Biden to keep Trump from office since at least under Trump there were better masking rules.

I hope that person sees this.

Worse is worse.

edit: because I don't know measles from smallpox

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@futurebird

I don't recall any "masking rules" under Trump. He left it up to the states, so if you lived in a red, "let 'em die" state, you didn't have to mask. If you lived in a Blue state where Dems didn't want you or anyone else to die, there were masking rules.

KathyLK , to random
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

Is there some reason why Alito (and Thomas) is not recusing himself from any cases having to do with , the , or ?
And has the gall to whine about how is so disrespected.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html

DemocracyMattersALot , to random
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar

“Donald Trump has a long history of playing games with debates: complaining about the rules, breaking those rules, pulling out at the last minute, or not showing up at all – which he’s done repeatedly in all three cycles he’s run for president. No more games. No more chaos, no more debate about debates. We’ll see Donald Trump on June 27th in Atlanta – if he shows up.”

-- Biden-Harris 2024 Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@DemocracyMattersALot

If #Trump doesn't show up, that's an hour of free airtime for #Biden to make his pitch for reelection--and to remind voters how truly awful life was under the first #Trump regime.

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-covid-response-revisited

DemocracyMattersALot , to random
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar

The difference between Project 2025 and Trump’s usual authoritarian ravings is that Project 2025 isn’t an empty threat, it’s a concrete plan that will roll back your rights and put the government in your life. We’ve been warned.

video/mp4

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@DemocracyMattersALot

And forget the environment. Trump and the GOP care more about money and power for themselves than they care about a healthy planet for their children.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/trump-oil-industry-campaign-money/

rbreich , to random
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

Donald Trump has violated the gag order placed on him during his NY trial ten times so far. If he keeps violating it, what should Judge Juan Merchan do?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@rbreich

Judge Merchan doesn't want to "embarrass" Trump by throwing Trump's ass in jail. After all, as Merchan said, Trump might be the next president, DESPITE THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO THE 14TH AMENDMENT, SECTION 3, TRUMP ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION OR REBELLION. We all saw him do it, we all heard him and have been hearing him incite violence and promote the Big Lie. I would hope that if by some unholy chance that Trump DID win, people with influence, like Mr. Reich @breich, would initiate a class action suit on behalf of Democratic voters, to enforce 14(3).

That said, Merchan will keep on fining Trump. Anything more would "embarrass" Trump.

randahl , to random
@randahl@mastodon.social avatar

While the judge is reviewing, if Trump has violated the gag order, Trump writes on Truth Social, that the judge is leading a kangaroo court.

This man is really not helping himself.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@randahl

If any judge should be recusing himself from hearing cases involving Trump, it's . Since after all, he's basically a corrupt insurrectionist.

chrisgeidner , to random
@chrisgeidner@journa.host avatar

"Chief Justice John Roberts displayed a alarming lack of humanity throughout the arguments on Monday, strongly fighting the idea that being homeless could ever be a status because a person can get a home at any point." https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-grants-pass-homelessness-arguments

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@Npars01 @chrisgeidner

Every #GOP partisan hack on SCOTUS is out of touch with the lives of real Americans. Like other members of the GOP, all they care about is themselves and their patrons.

wdlindsy , to random
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

"I believe that to minimize mass shootings, we must move the question of the gender of the shooter from the periphery to the center of a long overdue national conversation."

"Change how we talk about the issue. That means refusing to speak out against generic 'gun violence.' Until we’re willing to say, men’s gun violence, we’ll continue to miss the mark, falling short of any campaign to prevent mass shootings."

~ Rob Okun

#MassShooting #guns #men

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/columbine-mass-shootings-men

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@wdlindsy

Yes, because men are physically stronger and more aggressive, which is why men are accorded power. Men are not "incapacitated" by being pregnant for 9 months, and then forced to feed and nurture children. Biologically, women ARE at a disadvantage, EXCEPT that culturally, they've often become the ones who've had to be negotiators and "peacemakers" within the family unit, however large that is. In some matrilineal societies, such as the Navajo, women decide everything having to do with the family. Property and "children" are passed down through the female line. Men typically deal with "outsiders." But in terms of status, I'd say that women and men in Navajo culture have equal status.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@wdlindsy

But why? Why should males be accorded unmerited power and privilege? What makes males so special if women have the biological "advantages" you mention?

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@wdlindsy

Except in many of the world's religions, female gods are as important as male gods. Why are men the ones most likely to commit spousal abuse and to commit murder? How often do women shoot someone in a moment of rage or simply because they're pissed off? Haven't you ever heard the saying, "might makes right?"

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@wdlindsy

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@wdlindsy

"Might makes right" codified into law by men. Exactly what I've been saying.

breadandcircuses , to random
@breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social avatar

All along they've told us it would be so easy... just recycle some of your trash, or ride a bike once in a while, and everything will be fine.

There's no need to even think about system change. 🙄

#Pollution #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #Greenwashing #Environment #Climate #Degrowth

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@RhinosWorryMe @mediocratese @breadandcircuses

"And for you girls, tell me what you would have liked to be if males hadn't doomed you to live under an unreachable glass ceiling."

CelloMomOnCars , to random
@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social avatar

This paper says we underestimate how much other people want climate action

"Our findings reveal widespread support for #ClimateAction. Notably, 69% of the global population expresses a willingness to contribute 1% of their personal income, 86% endorse pro-climate social norms and 89% demand intensified political action.

[But] individuals around the globe systematically underestimate the willingness of their fellow citizens to act."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01925-3
#PluralisticIgnorance

1/

KathyLK ,
@KathyLK@universeodon.com avatar

@CelloMomOnCars

The U.S. could take steps to reduce climate change by voting out Republicans who are against steps to reduce climate change. Duh.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • random
  • test
  • worldmews
  • mews
  • All magazines
    •