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Kate McCool

@pragmaticlib.bsky.social

Democracy lover. Proud Gen X progressive. Vegetarian. Animal advocate. Nature lover and bird watcher. Big fan of chickens 🐓🐔🐥 Husband, two teen daughters, three cats, two dogs, 12 hens and a passel of fish live with me. Nazi/MAGA punks, fuck off! #Resist

created November 14, 2024

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Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Detail isn't their strong suit...

1/9/2025, 4:53:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

🥰💯

1/9/2025, 4:51:43 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Right?

1/9/2025, 4:49:44 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

YA THINK?!

1/9/2025, 4:49:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep. Mental illness occurs everywhere. SSRI antidepressants are taken the world over (including by yourself truly). These shootings ONLY happen with regularity in the U.S. GOSH, I WONDER WHY...

29/8/2025, 11:52:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

WORD. The man is a freaking lunatic.

29/8/2025, 11:47:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

Trump declared a fake emergency in D.C. and sent in the military. Congress can end this abuse of power—join @standupamerica.com & demand action now: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...

25/8/2025, 9:35:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

This is what "real" America looks like! Well done, people!

21/8/2025, 2:30:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep. We are all paying the price for these dudes' unresolved trauma and daddy issues.

21/8/2025, 2:29:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

"SIR! SIR!"

20/8/2025, 6:02:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

GO, CALIFORNIA! We're behind you!

15/8/2025, 4:03:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

EXACTLY. He's never accepted no for an answer.

15/8/2025, 4:00:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) reposted

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12/8/2025, 2:09:07 AM | 177 73 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Damn right! We must be relentless!

12/8/2025, 2:10:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rebecca Schoenkopf (@wonkette.bsky.social) reposted

remember when "Kamala bought a French pan with her own money"

7/8/2025, 12:37:48 AM | 269 74 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, sir! Go get 'em! Rooting for you from Wisconsin!

29/7/2025, 1:44:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted

Thanks, GOP! Thanks, Trump! "Next year, the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium... plans which serve people who can't get health insurance through their jobs and who don't qualify for Medicaid or Medicare..." www.npr.org/sections/sho...

21/7/2025, 4:54:25 PM | 3218 1589 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ray 鄺羡華 (@raykwong.bsky.social) reposted

Good morning and happy Friday to everyone. We’re going to need a bigger ankle monitor.

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18/7/2025, 10:58:07 AM | 507 152 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Damn. Et tu, Etsy? WHY?!

18/7/2025, 1:51:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social) reposted

The exhaustion you feel right now? The heavy sadness that you can’t seem to shake? The sense of dread that hovers over you like a drone? The scalding rage bubbling just beneath the surface? This is all by design. This is these f*ckers’ master plan… johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-fcke...

17/7/2025, 2:49:32 PM | 2342 846 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

He goes all Sgt. Schultz when he's guilty AF!

18/7/2025, 1:40:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

Join the nationwide movement to protect freedom, equality, and democracy. weholdtruths.com/privacy

6/7/2025, 11:29:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Unreal. VOTE HIM OUT!

6/7/2025, 4:55:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

Tell your Republican Senator(s) You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

29/6/2025, 7:03:21 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Take a seat, Pete.

26/6/2025, 11:30:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

They're, like, totally talking about him 😆.

17/6/2025, 7:22:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't think he can go out in the daytime, can he? 😆

16/6/2025, 2:35:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

WTF does "transgender for everyone" mean?!

16/6/2025, 2:27:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Whoever chose that song is slinging serious shade and deserves a medal.

15/6/2025, 4:07:35 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

Madison, WI. At least 15,000 people.

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15/6/2025, 3:02:23 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Good point! I had several friends/relatives who had things like funerals to attend or sick friends to help. Otherwise, they would've been there.

15/6/2025, 3:01:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Madison WI - Indivisible & Partners” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

13/6/2025, 4:31:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Outspoken™️ (@out5p0ken.bsky.social) reposted

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487

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8/6/2025, 1:46:02 AM | 15740 9145 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

THIS is what "We, the people" looks like!

4/6/2025, 12:36:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

June 14 we have a simple message: No thrones. No crowns. No kings. social.demcast.com/s/A59hpAnK

3/6/2025, 6:21:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

That sums up this entire administration: Revenge of the EVIL Nerds.

3/6/2025, 1:30:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Waaaaaaaah!

30/5/2025, 3:40:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

"The EU called up with tears in their eyes, saying, 'Sir! Sir!'" 😂😂😂😂

29/5/2025, 3:51:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, this warms my cold, necrotic heart.

29/5/2025, 3:24:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

It's all about revenge with this prick. I'm glad Harvard is fighting back! Because F**K this guy!

23/5/2025, 5:26:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Tell 'em!

23/5/2025, 5:23:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted

Large crowd of protesters chanting “shame shame” outside Trump National Golf Club ahead of his corrupt Memecoin dinner tonight.

23/5/2025, 6:20:34 AM | 92 18 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Madison WI - Indivisible & Partners” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

19/5/2025, 3:05:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, Eric can take seat. Unbelievable.

12/5/2025, 5:26:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

You get paid to spin this drivel?

12/5/2025, 5:24:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted

A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles to demonstrate against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. Organizers of the march say their protest seeks to show solidarity with migrants and other groups that are being targeted by the administration.

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Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

This shows that Tillis and the GOP senators CAN rein in Trump...if they choose to.

8/5/2025, 5:48:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rep. Lauren Underwood (@underwood.house.gov) reposted

My message to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem today: We expect the President to follow the constitution and the law. America is a democracy, not a dictatorship.

6/5/2025, 6:46:20 PM | 582 175 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

This was a joy to watch. Keep up the excellent work! Illinois is lucky to have you!

7/5/2025, 7:55:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Excuse me while I scrub my eyeballs with steel wool...

4/5/2025, 4:23:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Pete is scary smart! I hope he runs for president someday.

4/5/2025, 4:29:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Nosferatu without the charm.

2/5/2025, 4:20:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Love him!!

1/5/2025, 8:12:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

I will never forgive the millions who refused to vote for her. Never.

1/5/2025, 8:11:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🦋💙🏳️‍🌈 Goldie (aka Kh’ymm) 🏳️‍🌈💙🦋 (@thegoldfishmind.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Yes!!!! Good morning Foxy & friends! Drove around the country yesterday. There are FAR fewer flags & signs. Let’s keep at it!!!

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28/4/2025, 11:54:28 AM | 49 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

That is some Orwellian-level delusion.

28/4/2025, 2:16:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Another reason to go meatless.

28/4/2025, 2:15:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Francis was a good man who actually FOLLOWED Jesus's teachings, and I say that as a former Catholic. Rest in peace.

27/4/2025, 3:20:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

I laughed out loud. Thank you!

27/4/2025, 3:18:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

If the DOJ finds a pretext to somehow dismantle ActBlue, can its infrastructure be migrated to a new platform? I'm ignorant on this topic, but what are their/our options?

25/4/2025, 2:07:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

I fucking hate "Mynards"...

25/4/2025, 2:00:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture resist4harris.bsky.social (@resist4harris.bsky.social) reposted

@dpfrazier22.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social @sassysister27.bsky.social @blueresister.bsky.social @tonyhq1985.bsky.social @mysticalmadness.bsky.social @pittsburghlady.bsky.social @free2beme.bsky.social @liberalgigi.bsky.social @gwenie.bsky.social @resist4harris.bsky.social @qm-b.bsky.social

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Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

They need to go BOLD.

25/4/2025, 1:56:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Of course he does. He's a racist.

24/4/2025, 3:23:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Pure evil.

24/4/2025, 3:20:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

I'm attending MoveOn's event, “Stop the Abductions — Justice for Kilmar Madison!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...

23/4/2025, 2:51:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep.

21/4/2025, 6:00:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man — theonion.com/salvadoran-p...

20/4/2025, 2:22:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Good.

20/4/2025, 12:36:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

God, I adore Liz Warren. I wanted her to be president. Tell it, gurl!

19/4/2025, 3:31:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

He's just so, so repulsive.

18/4/2025, 10:41:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

You are a HERO! Maryland is lucky to have you, as are we all! Thank you for courageously putting yourself in harm's way to help this poor man!

18/4/2025, 3:27:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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events.pol-rev.com/events/34945...

17/4/2025, 4:12:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

@michaelfanone.bsky.social Thank you for continuing to courageously speak truth to power. History will remember as a heroic defender of democracy! We have your back!

11/4/2025, 2:39:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

10/4/2025, 12:43:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Proud liberal here.

10/4/2025, 12:41:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social)

Modern Ozymandias

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God bless whoever created this: trumpgolftrack.com?utm_source=s...

7/4/2025, 3:02:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now — theonion.com/parents-gent...

5/4/2025, 10:51:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

5/4/2025, 10:48:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Madison, WI, before everyone arrived!

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Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Saw several of these in Madison, WI!

5/4/2025, 10:24:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans need to find their spines FAST.

4/4/2025, 4:12:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Truth!

4/4/2025, 4:11:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Fascism 101: manufacture a "crisis" to justify extreme actions.

3/4/2025, 6:22:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

THANK YOU, Sen. Murphy! We need to scream this from the rooftops!

3/4/2025, 2:28:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Preach it!

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Profile picture Mike Luckovich (@mluckovich.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

Nope. We did not.

2/4/2025, 4:20:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

I agree, as do most teachers, I'm sure.

2/4/2025, 4:19:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

We did it! 🧀

2/4/2025, 4:18:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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WE DID IT IN WISCONSIN!

2/4/2025, 4:18:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We 'Sconnies can't be bought! 🧀

2/4/2025, 4:17:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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CRAWFORD WINS! WE DID IT, WISCONSIN!

2/4/2025, 2:28:43 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

F**k me dead.

1/4/2025, 2:10:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate McCool (@pragmaticlib.bsky.social) reply parent

TRUTH.

1/4/2025, 2:09:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Look at Trump's EYES! WTF?! 👀

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