Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Because they see children (and women) as possessions
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Because they see children (and women) as possessions
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Totally normal
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Right? I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were positively OUTRAGED that Obama invested in a solar power company. How DARE he put a thumb on the scale to disadvantage oil and gas companies
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s like the crime journalist moonlighting at Zillow
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Overflowing with empathy 🙄
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
The institutional knowledge and continuity that comes with experienced civil servants is an incredibly powerful asset of these agencies, which is exactly why they’re working so hard to destroy the civil service
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
So proud of them all. People who choose to work in public health are some of the most committed folks I’ve ever met. I always wanted to work for CDC and am heartbroken to see all of this
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
He sucked then and still sucks now. I really dgaf what he thinks dems should do
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah absolutely not. WTF
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe if those motherfuckers had identified themselves it wouldn’t have played out like this
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Scientists like facts 🤷♀️
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
True but it’s unclear to me whether sanctions carry much weight in the current environment either
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
In that sense, Israel is very much the abusive partner saying “See what you made me do” as though they had no choice.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
The people making the distinction seem to believe that civilian deaths aren’t concerning as long as Israel claims they HAD to bomb that hospital or refugee camp because Hamas is using those people as human shields. The idea that Israel has a choice in the matter is downplayed.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
There should be! At least in my non-lawyer opinion. Or they can keep getting their asses handed to them by grand juries, I guess.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Tim Alberta has done some of the best reporting and analysis about how Christian Nationalism isn’t really very Christian at all.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Strange times when I agree with that guy
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Overreach. They know it’s going too far but they also HAVE to charge the felony or the mad king will be unhappy. (Maybe Judge Wino doesn’t know but the prosecutor assigned the case sure does)
Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social) reposted
I hope Musk throttles the Twitter account of the DC sandwich guy so that he can start a podcast entitled "They Tried to Shadow Banh Mi!"
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Gen Xer here who went back to school for public health in the 2010s. I was a little surprised to realize I had to explain what AIDS meant before highly active anti-retrovirals became available in 1996. The kids I was in school with had not known HIV/AIDS as a death sentence.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet they say it’s not a genocide. But I don’t know what else to call it when you kill kids to make sure they don’t grow up to be the enemy.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
People are safer without military occupation. They aren’t there to protect and serve, they are there to prey on and intimidate.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
“For a minute there, I thought you were saying it was ok to kill children if we don’t like their parents…” “That is what I’m saying”
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
fuck that focus group bullshit
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
And then SCOTUS treats them like dogshit and allows the administration to do whatever they want
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t forget to add “Created presidential immunity out of thin air” with a big arrow straight at Roberts, the mfer
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
“Unfortunate” sounds like something that just happened, which is not remotely accurate. The examples cited earlier in the footnote look like a strategy to me.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Be Best: AI version
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh no I hope the eventual skin graft goes well for the officer. Thoughts & prayers. (Seriously good on the DC grand jury for rejecting the bullshit felony for the lil boo-boo suffered while roughing up citizens)
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Compared to Stephen Milker and Emil Bove, my 54 years are looking pretty decent on me. Of course, I’m not a fascist.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely no one, least of all the Europeans, call him the president of Europe. Why why why did we re elect him I will never understand.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
WTF does that have to do with maturity?
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I think that wins you a presidential commendation so long as the coup is MAGA
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
JD knows this, of course. Their calculation is that no one cares
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I like your list better
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
We confused misogyny and rape culture for humor. Or romance (looking at you, Say Anything and Pretty Woman)
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
My god why did they think that would be a good marketing tool lmfao
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I was also guessing that he’s getting IVs in his hand. Too much handshaking doesn’t cause bruising like that but needles sure do.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
If only he could give folks his energy and charisma…
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this anything other than announcing that they are planning to violate court orders? Can DOJ play dumb yet again, “Golly gee whiz, I don’t know who made that decision, I don’t even know what a decision is”. They sure believe in their criminal case against him don’t they?
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Because they plan those things way far in advance, long before masked thugs were kidnapping people off the streets
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
So now he cares about classified documents?
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I live in Colorado Springs and this is how the local paper is covering his death. Their editorial decisions are, generally speaking, garbage so this is not surprising.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
😍 they are both gorgeous! Congratulations!
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
She crushed him in that debate and it made no difference whatsoever.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
This was my big takeaway as well. JD just said straight up that if he needs to tell heinous lies about legal residents of his state for political gain, he will do so without hesitation. Not even the decency to show remorse for the lie.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh I’m so jealous I can’t seem to figure out increases and decreases in brioche
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Pictures please!
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
They have cameramen with them!
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Call me crazy but it’s not a show of force when 15 masked agents in full combat gear are required to arrest Sandwich Guy, who offered to come in on his own. It’s a show of the incredible waste of resources now deployed to DC.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Not to mention that their entire agenda re unhoused people is to rid them from sight. Beyond that I think they dgaf. Certainly not providing services.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Which case?
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Congrats on the new gig
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
You’d think they would have gotten into shape in prison. Maybe they’ve been pounding beers and fast food since the pardons?
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Complaining that they treat slavery like it was a bad thing… but hey this is exactly what MAGA wants from him, they like him because he “tells it like it is” which is to say that he doesn’t hide the racism like the other politicians did
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone who would tweet like that has to be an unserious person 🙄
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Lake Michigan is the deadliest Great Lake
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Seriously I was looking at $10 for a pound today and thought maybe not.
Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted
two things are true: 1. making it so you have to crawl over broken glass to vote may backfire for the side whose voting coalition is now low info, because it’s the other side that’s actually willing to crawl over broken glass 2. nobody should have to crawl over broken glass to vote
Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) (@jontayler.bsky.social) reposted
"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s super disheartening. Definitely not why I became an epidemiologist in my 40s.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t know your story, but as a person who has experienced an extended period of limited mobility, hell yeah you should celebrate this moment! Especially the without agonizing pain part, it’s incredibly hard to do anything through constant pain.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
RFK Jr is a liar, plain and simple.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I dunno I mean I don’t really disagree except I don’t think that’s what is driving demand for raw milk. It’s all the propaganda imho. I think it would be better if people believed it was deadly bacteria and not a magic elixir that “they” don’t want you to know about.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Spot on. Gavin tweeting like Trump is pretty fucking hilarious if only because it forces the point that Trump is absurd
Lord Guardian of Gastown (@darkdementus.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Newsom is showing that the savvy deployment of parody and mockery is uniquely effective It highlights the absurdity of Trump, is different from the standard critiques and, critically, garners attention Would love to see more of this from the subset of Dems who can credibly pull this off
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe they should sue RFK Jr and the MAHA podcasters instead of the dairy
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
While pregnant. JFC these people love to give safety and public health the finger right up until they want to blame someone else for their bad decisions.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t love Gavin but he’s meeting the moment better than most.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
“I will not name them in a box, I will not name them with a fox.”
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
What a dick. We all know there were no concessions but he’s performing for the mad king
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Would love to know how many of them are joining ICE now that they have no standards except a willingness to harass brown people
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Same thought. Why don’t we just all mind our own business when it comes to other people’s genitals and the fabric covering them?
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Second breakfast is the (second?) most important meal of the day
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
The Wronged Man is their whole brand
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
100% Jeffries may get a footnote in history. If he’s really lucky, it won’t focus on his fecklessness.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Such tough guys
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Hope those tough guys felt safe in their body armor… do they have no self respect? Two guys could’ve walked in there and arrested him without assault weapons—bringing the whole heavily armed crew makes everyone involved less safe.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Which sandwich chain has the hardest bread?
Shawn Patrick Farrell (@shawnfarrell.bsky.social) reposted
Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Those fuckin guys.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
So glad they are addressing serious crimes 🙄
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Clueless, Dazed & Confused, Goodfellas. Honorable mention to Groundhog Day
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
And unhoused people. Of course they don’t want to improve conditions on the ground so much as they’d like to just whisk away anyone they find unpleasant so the snowflake white people don’t feel uncomfortable.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
And let’s be honest, the subways were never so clean. Glad they will receive the compensation they deserve.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Wonder how many proud boys and oath keepers have been hired so far? I bet a J6 pardon is an asset for them
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s so hard not to be mad all the time
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you have something special planned for your green bean?
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
whew
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh holy crap, I’d be in a murderous rage 24/7 if I didn’t have knitting and printmaking. I also force myself to read fiction sometimes for a break. We’re only halfway through the first year, can’t afford to burn out
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
This
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Who are these wimps? What kind of tough guy MAGA he-man is afraid of cities? If they need to step aside for fear of their safety, we can put some grown ups in charge.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Good luck to you and your cute lil ear tufts, kitten.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it like a rule that Fox hosts have to fuck their producers?
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
And he is actively hostile to actual science because it’s been very lucrative for him and elevated him to a position of power.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I wish we had Lowly in charge! He liked to help people.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
I wish I could just dismiss him as a fucking moron but he’s causing too much harm to dismiss. I hope there’s a special extra hot place in hell for all these wealthy idiots who have taken a functioning country and broken it for their own gain. Fuck them all.
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
And she’s become a conehead, apparently
Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent
By this logic, nothing at all.