Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD
Cat-obsessed doctrix of medieval history working in arts & humanities communications; public humanities & alt-ac/post-ac advocate; cute critters, nature, baking, crafts, art, nerdom.
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDIt's official. I filed a Senate Resolution of Disapproval. RFK is CLEARLY in violation of his constitutional oath. He must resign.
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDLibrarians are so sick of platitudes and vocational awe. We need protection to be able to do our basic jobs. We want action.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDThis is bleak reading
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDDonald Trump's "big, beautiful" bill would kick hundreds of thousands in Illinois off Medicaid. This isn't just belt-tightening, it's a death sentence for everyday Americans — all in the name of tax breaks for his friends at Mar-a-Lago.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDIt's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDRFK’s attempts to set up an autism data base hits a roadblock after Pritzker signs an executive order prohibiting state agencies from sharing private autism data outside the state without the consent of the individual or parents. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory apple.news/AEtpl2Lf_R4W...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDNew blog from me at @motherjones.com: 25 people were arrested today during a Congressional hearing while protesting Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDthis would be the kind of scandal that demands resignation if these people had any commitment to public service!
- WTH man? Real World bro also serving as Transportation Sec Sean Duffy reportedly changed his wife's flight to avoid Newark and then went on TV to broadcast it's safe to fly in and out of Newark. @paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDi like how roberts even looks a bit like tim robinson in the hot dog sketch www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDHHS Secretary RFK Jr. posted photos of himself swimming in a sewage-filled creek. A fitting metaphor for his entire approach to public health. www.mediaite.com/politics/rfk...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDIf Donold doesn’t think it’s his job to uphold the Constitution, maybe someone else should have the job.
- I called Rep. McGuire's office today to ask what his official stance is on protecting habeas corpus. His staffer said they hadn't discussed that and he didn't know. Because our MAGA Congressman clearly doesn't prioritize defending protections explicitly granted in the U.S. Constitution... 😒
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDNEW! The Trump administration has been ordered to stop dismantling the IMLS and has been ordered to restore the agency to its pre-Executive Order functions and staffing. bookriot.com/massive-vict...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDUn-American for thine, graduation for mine.
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDThe corporate media is so easily manipulated. The Medicaid cuts are less "drastic" cause ONLY 14 m lose insurance. Tariffs were slashed because they are only 30 percent. Were they always this easily manipulated? is the stenography laziness or fear?
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDRead the whole thing. You won’t be surprised, but you should be outraged.
- "For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDholy SHIT you need to watch this video notice what happens about 14 seconds in (trust me, you'll see it) www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDHappy Mother's Day! The US has no federally mandated parental leave, which means we're the only nation among 40 of the world's richest countries that doesn't mandate paid leave for new mothers. Our nation runs on the backs of working class mothers and we owe them a colossal debt.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDFor everyone who was like “Google search is getting worse,” we were absolutely right.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDDemocrats should advertise their articles of impeachment against Trump, force his "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors", into the spotlight. Three clean ones: $10+ billion in corruption, defying courts on deportations, usurping congress with taxation & spending.
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDNobel Prize winning science.
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDMA folks: Call your mayor, your city council, your state rep, your congresspeople, and Governor Healey and ask them what their plan is to keep Mass residents safe. This threatens *everyone's* civil rights. Find all their #s at reps.fyi.
- “ICE can't claim to be protecting the privacy of immigrants while kicking down doors and smashing car windows,” she said. “And ICE is quick to reveal personal data when it suits their interest.” www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDAnd more things you can do to speak out here. bsky.app/profile/v1g1...
- If you're infuriated by what ICE & Worcester Police did to a Brazilian woman, her teenage daughter, and the school nurse they arrested for trying to protect them, there's a list of ways to speak out in this thread www.nbcboston.com/news/local/h...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDI was wondering who’s responsible for the ongoing demolition of NSF. Aside from Chief Management Officer Cheatham, whose resignation the staff union seeks, it appears to be 3 DOGE agents: Farritor (23), Terrell (25), and Riley (33). None appear to have any familiarity with scientific research.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDWhy is this story not in an American paper Let’s tell more stories of how responsible governance can benefit more people and give them increased opportunities, instead of the supposed inevitably of the oligarchs having everything there is www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDTHIS is the most devastating constitutional crisis.
- 🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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- Matthew Paris re: 1248: "The king was also blamed... for taking by force whatever he needed... Thus trade, which mutually assists & enriches different nations, has been brought to a standstill; & thus we are defamed & impoverished because they receive nothing but exactions & trifles from the king."
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDIt’s really striking how irregular the bands of mostly men conducting federal immigration enforcement are. They seem to have no particular uniform, they wear a variety of different agency initials on their tactical vests, or none at all, they’re inconsistent about displaying a badge…
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New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-... - Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDNext week, House Republicans will quietly meet to decide how many families and senior citizens they’ll kick off SNAP food assistance — all to fund tax breaks that make billionaires even richer. If you’re represented by a Republican, they need to hear from you on this betrayal of their constituents.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDThe US has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year. It’s only the second time the US has hit this dangerous milestone in the past 30 years and it’s only May. This is the Make America Sick Again agenda.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDnot a badge in sight, these assholes could be rando citizen's militia cosplayers for all anyone knows
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDGirls can only have 2 dolls but boys can lose 4 F-18s in the Red Sea
- These creatures.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDHoly shiitake! Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the US Copyrights Office apparently because she refused to let Elon Musk raid the place to steal author’s intellectual property rights democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDReally appreciate @motherjones.com getting this story i did for hell world in front of more people! Thank you! @lukeoneil47.bsky.social We’re gunna need as many eyes as possible on Worcester rn... police unions are playing victim and the rhetoric is getting feral
- @billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDThe cost of the 4 F-18 planes lost in the Red Sea ($240 million) is now greater than the 2025 NEH Budget ($200 million)
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDhow every dem elected official isn’t losing their damn mind right now is beyond me. they want to arrest all of you!!!!
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD"The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter and her office earlier this week issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology."
- The latest FAA disaster
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDYour daily reminder that the U.S. Postal SERVICE is a service that is designed to benefit taxpayers and not a business that should be expected to turn a profit.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDI remember when people cared about conflicts of interest.
- Reposted by Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhDAnd why was Baraka there in the first place? Turns out the private prison facility is violating the law, but also unwilling to be served with legal process apple.news/AV9JgWB8fQq6...
- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey pix11.com/news/local-n...
