Kathy L Weiss
@middlechildtake.bsky.social
Middle child of seven, grew up in the '60s and have paid attention ever since. Writer/editor, granny to five, runner, humanitarian who knows we are more alike than we are different. I have a ❤️ for anyone touched by #ALS. Slava Ukraine! No DMs!
Some #GOP aren't willing to pay $25,000 to attend Trump's rally in Texas. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
As Trump Throws a Midterm Party, Some Vulnerable Republicans Send Regrets (Gift Article)
Many members of Congress in the most competitive re-election races are skipping the chance to share a pep rally stage with President Trump.
nytimes.com
Trumpers don't seem to understand that #Haitians are caring for U.S. #Elderly and #Disabled: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Families lose 'lifeline' after Haitian caregivers let go as TPS status ends
Haitian immigrants make up a large portion of the already overburdened home-care workforce.
bbc.com
#Palestinians in #Gaza bury remains of 100 people recovered from rubble The remains of thousands more people are believed to be buried in buildings destroyed and damaged in Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza, authorities say. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
Palestinians in Gaza bury remains of 100 people recovered from rubble
The remains of thousands more people are believed to be buried under destroyed and damaged buildings in Gaza.
aljazeera.com
Uh-huh. Who caused the ceiling at the #KennedyCenter to collapse? www.9news.com/article/news...
9news.com
#Wordle in 3! Enjoy a diversion today! It's good for the soul. Wordle 1,905 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
#VOTE: Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents Using Funds for Working Ones The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for VP JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones (Gift Article)
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.
nytimes.com
Why are Trump's son-in-law #Kushner and his real estate pal #Witkoff supposedly negotiating peace? It's pure #Midterms propaganda to make you believe Trump is serving our country. In reality, he has fired our diplomats, which @nbcnews.com reported in May: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Diplomacy in decline
Roughly 2,000 U.S. diplomats have been laid off or forced to retire, taking with them decades of institutional knowledge, crisis response experience and highly specialized language skills.
nbcnews.com
Events of Friday, September 4, showed the Trump administration in a nutshell: Illegal, unconstitutional and un-American! heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
September 5, 2026
Events of Friday, September 4, showed the Trump administration in a nutshell.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
For the cameras...and the #Midterms: Putin Meets Witkoff & Kushner in Moscow to Discuss War Putin ordered a pause in strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, ahead of the meeting with President Trump’s envoys: his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the businessman Steve Witkoff. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/w...
Putin Meets Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow to Discuss Ukraine War (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a pause in strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, ahead of the meeting with President Trump’s envoys: his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the businessman Steve Witkoff.
nytimes.com
If only we still had real diplomats rather than profit-hunting propagandists: www.nbcnews.com/world/russia...
U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner visit Moscow in a new push for peace, Putin pauses strikes on Kyiv
Washington’s push to end the fighting, now in its fifth year, had stalled in recent months as U.S. attention has been focused on its war with Iran.
nbcnews.com
This should be illegal: Musk has started spending money to help Ken Paxton. Will it help change the course of the Texas Senate race? www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/p...
Musk has started spending money to help Ken Paxton. Will it help change the course of the Texas Senate race? | CNN Politics
For months, Texas Republicans have anxiously awaited the arrival of national resources to help boost Ken Paxton, one of the GOP’s most vulnerable Senate candidates.
cnn.com
Trump's arch may break ground without final approval. Veterans are trying to stop it www.npr.org/2026/09/04/n...
Trump's arch may break ground without final approval. Veterans are trying to stop it
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then.
npr.org
#OlympianDavidHearn returns to court over dismissed Reflecting Pool vandalism charges He asked a judge to end the criminal case permanently and to block the Trump administration from filing the same claim again. www.9news.com/article/news...
9news.com
What the Third Reich Can Teach Us About America Today In “53 Days,” the historian Timothy W. Ryback shows how the Nazis used democratic means to destroy German democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/b...
What the Third Reich Can Teach Us About America Today (Gift Article)
In “53 Days,” the historian Timothy W. Ryback shows how the Nazis used democratic means to destroy German democracy.
nytimes.com
Trump is afraid: In Major #LeakHunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members (Gift Article)
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.
nytimes.com
Is this the work of a #GOPCrimeSyndicate? Inside the DoJ's Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists As Dr. #AnthonyFauci faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the DoJ pursued a quieter, more expansive effort against researchers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/h...
Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists (Gift Article)
As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.
nytimes.com
Infuriating: This is how the #GOP is cheating in my area: www.douglascountynewspress.com/news/local-g...
DougCo sets ballot language, adds option for 3-to-5 measure
Douglas County voters will see a third option on the November ballot regarding the potential expansion of the Board of County Commissioners, leaving the community divided on whether it provides
douglascountynewspress.com
Never mind vaccines — Trump's America can’t even track dangerous diseases thehill.com/opinion/heal...
Never mind vaccines — America can’t even track dangerous diseases
A country that needed 2,900 cases and two deaths to register a disease it eliminated a generation ago is not prepared.
thehill.com
Guess who doesn't worry about gas prices: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/04/b...
The wealth of the world's billionaires reached $15.1 trillion last year, per a new report
The global billionaire count hit a record of 3,795 people last year, with the biggest wealth gains for the richest of the rich, per a recent Altrata report.
cnbc.com
A #DesperateTrump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions www.kcrg.com/2026/09/04/t...
Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions
The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to let it move ahead with restrictions on mail ballots before the midterm elections in November.
kcrg.com
Note: #AdolfHitler also wanted to build a giant triumphal arch (Triumphbogen) as part of his vision for a new global capital called Welthauptstadt Germania...but he couldn't get there. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval (Gift Article)
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
nytimes.com
#AmericaLast: “For the first time, patients in the United States will no longer be among the first to benefit from the latest biomedical discoveries.” Dr. Hong of #MDAnderson told me. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...
Opinion | The Search for New Cures Is Broken (Gift Article)
It is too hard for medical researchers to launch clinical trials.
nytimes.com
Show Trump how much you care about what he is doing: #Vote! Election analyst Charlie Cook told #Republicans today to “brace themselves” for the #Midterms. “The three most plausible outcomes are that it will be bad, really bad, or truly horrible.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
September 3, 2026
Election analyst Charlie Cook told Republicans today to “brace themselves” for the midterms.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Another two weeks off? Your reps are coming home; be sure to ask them what's going on. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
House GOP cuts 2 weeks from its schedule
House Republican leaders announced Thursday that the final two weeks of their September session are canceled, cutting the legislative calendar short ahead of the November midterm elections. Lawmake…
thehill.com
#Colorado Republican head of the Colorado County Clerks Assn.: www.cpr.org/2026/09/02/c...
Colorado election official says state expects secure election despite federal uncertainty
The head of the Colorado County Clerks Association says he’s confident the state will have safe and secure elections despite federal “chaos.”
cpr.org
Yes, #GOP! Do that and see how far it gets you! Trump urges Republicans in tight races to run on his record thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump urges Republicans in tight races to run on his record
President Trump on Wednesday urged Republicans facing tight races in the November midterm elections to run on his record, pledging to join them on the campaign trail. Trump told Republican lawmaker…
thehill.com
Another U.S. safety commission is compromised: thehill.com/regulation/c...
Mine safety commissioner fired by Trump gives up legal fight, citing Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s expansion of President Trump’s firing power is sweeping into mine safety. Moshe Marvit, whom Trump sacked from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), mo…
thehill.com
Trump's #LyingBrigade is at it again: thehill.com/policy/energ...
Lutnick claims that data centers, known for water consumption, ‘don’t use water’
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed Wednesday that data centers “don’t use water” despite the facilities’ significant water usage raising concerns for communities that may host them. In…
thehill.com
Are we winning yet? #Belittlement is Trump's only strategy for #Iran, #Canada, #Greenland, and for you and me: www.kcrg.com/2026/09/02/t...
Trump Strait? Here’s the president’s latest map change suggestion
President Donald Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait” as tensions continue between the U.S. and Iran.
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