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Katherine Stewart

@katherinestewart.bsky.social

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Money, Lies, and God & other books
Katherinestewart.me, https://substack.com/@katherinestewartbooks
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@katherinestewart.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:41 AM

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@adamserwer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:45 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

BBrendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:37 PM

The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.

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@headquartersnews.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 8:30 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Leaked audio of Michigan Republican Sen. candidate Mike Rogers mocking Americans struggling with skyrocketing prices: "Oh my gosh, coffee went up. You know, horror!"

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:52 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Chat is it good when an Ambassadorial nominee writes "Stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous ... if you write an email or a text about, l’m gonna kill you cause I love you but you’re so out of control" to the man who paid her $300,000 to help resolve his tax issues with the IRS?

That same month, Guilfoyle sent a congratulatory note to Long after his confirmation as IRS commissioner. She attached a letter Deters had written outlining his tax dispute: “Don Jr. and I are very close with Eric Deters and his wife and I know he sent you a letter,” she wrote. “I am hoping I know how busy you are that you could give some time and attention to it.”

Two days later, Deters sent her a photo of a printed memo addressed to her: “I have paid you $300,000 over the years,” he wrote. “As of this memo, I have not received one favor. I am not naive or a sucker. I need results.”

In response, she told Deters to “stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous.” 

“Just call me on signal,” she wrote.

As for Long, she would call him the next day, she assured Deters. “I wrote him a very nice message. Told him how important it was that you’re close to me and to don.”

“Also very privately,” she continued, “if you write an email or a text about, l’m gonna kill you cause I love you but you’re so out of control.”

That afternoon she texted an update: Long had written her back. 

“BOOM,” she added.

A week later, on July 3, she placed two missed calls to Deters’ phone, and sent him instructions on how to wire money to an American Express account. 

“Your needing $100,000 urgent unfortunately is not going to work,” he wrote. “I can’t do this without getting a divorce.”

“I’ve been calling you for over a week straight,” she replied. “You could be here meeting with Billy Long.” 

Long is now the U.S. ambassador to Iceland. Embassy officials there referred reporters to a State Department media office that didn’t respond to a request for comment.
@katherinestewart.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:09 PM

Do all the Americas in the western hemisphere, including Central & South, count as “Western Civ”?

@atrupar.comOct 6, 2026, 11:55 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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@gavinyamey.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:45 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

The measles surge that RFK Jr happily drove has infected at least 50 pregnant women in PA

"Doctors in outbreak areas are making changes to how they care for pregnant patients & their babies, offering a glimpse of what may be in store across the nation as cases spread"

19thnews.org/2026/10/penn...

@leahfeiger.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 12:50 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time.

amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:

wired.comElon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It DailyTo follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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@hurwitz.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:05 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Got a weird one for you guys tonight www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

@bubbles9333.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:47 AMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Robert Morris, 64, who started Texas’s Gateway church and also once served as White House spiritual adviser during Donald Trump’s first presidency, pleaded guilty in early October in Osage county district court on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

@nytimes.comOct 6, 2026, 4:25 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

California leaders condemned President Trump's comments at a political rally, where he appeared suggest that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego if it develops a nuclear weapon. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Trump “deranged and dangerous.” nyti.ms/3TG9Rjw

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@robertdownen.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 4:23 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

In which Texas Republicans refer to Muslims as "infestations" and argue that "we basically have to make it so uncomfortable for them that they want to leave."

@propublica.orgOct 6, 2026, 11:30 AMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

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@katherinestewart.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:46 PM

They should do the same for presidents, cabinet officials, lawmakers, and their family members who engage in fraud and corruption at the public's expense

@talkingpointsmemo.comOct 5, 2026, 12:05 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Because of federal rules, children covered by Medicaid won't be able to access vaccines that are no longer recommended by the federal government, even as children with private insurance will.

talkingpointsmemo.comRFK Jr’s Relentless Anti-Vax Push Will Disproportionately Hurt Children on MedicaidRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has already demonstrated his Department of Health and...
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@gregsargent.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:50 AMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

New Fox poll shows Trump coalition collapsing in Texas. GOP is sinking money into Iowa and Kansas. The horrors of Late-Stage Trumpism are creating space for a new anti-corruption, anti-cruelty politics to emerge.

On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social is brilliant on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2161...

@katherinestewart.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:54 AM

Perhaps they would prefer to live in Afghanistan or Yemen

@katherinestewart.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:44 AM

Once you get past REN’s blather about globalism and the agricultural revolution, it's clear that his real beef is women’s equality. “Maybe men and women shouldn’t work together in the same spaces,” he says.

@bgrueskin.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 2:46 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

"A greater share of Latino voters hold negative views of the GOP than at any time since 2016.

"Two years ago, Latino voters gave Trump a 4-point edge over Kamala Harris on handling the economy. Today, they give Democrats a 21-point advantage on the question."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

@drewharwell.comOct 4, 2026, 12:37 PMReposted by @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Incredible piece: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/m...

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