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Catherine Prendergast

@badtoss.bsky.social
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Guggenheim Fellow, Prof Emerita. Author, The Gilded Edge. Working on a book on America's home grown Soviet spy (37Ink). Oh, and tennis tweets. Expect them. Lit rep: Mackenzie Brady Watson Stacks at prendergastc.substack.com

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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 6h
Kushner’s private equity firm is backed by BILLIONS from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, at the same time that he’s the Saudi point man. He has contractual responsibilities to deliver for his donors in the Middle East, but he’s responsible for U.S. diplomacy there?
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 1h
God wants Mike Johnson to dedicate his life to lawn care. Who are you to thwart God’s will, America? #Vote
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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia828.blacksky.app · 1h
Spread bs in my friends’ timelines and see what happens.
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Keeping an eye out @yanshuf09.bsky.social · 1h
Is there a more perfect pairing of terms horrifically misused, because the speaker only can articulate irrational hatred, Than calling someone a "lib" "zio"?
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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 1h
I'm assuming people who want to see Israel destroyed because of Netanyahu are good with seeing America destroyed because of Trump and [insert country of your choice] destroyed because of [any of their numerous bad heads of state].
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 1h
I’ll check it out!
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 3h
I hope Mamdani is taking a good hard look into his Cheerios this morning. Let him find yesterday’s events….educational.
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 3h
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 3h
"NPR spoke to an official at a government contractor .... He spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the government. 'No one that we spoke to at DHS was for this idea whatsoever. ... Everybody knew warehouses are horrible places to put people.'"
npr.org
ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
"Because his two terms were non-consecutive and he remained in the political spotlight throughout Biden’s term, Trump has polluted the national discourse for *more than 11 years*. His act is profoundly old." — @schaller67.bsky.social
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Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet
His political capital is gone and the repo man is on the way.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 5h
SPECIAL REPORT: Ukrainian forces have defeated the 2026 Russian campaign to seize Donetsk Oblast. 🧵(1/6) Read more: isw.pub/UkraineDisru...
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The Bear Jieux @thebearjieux.bsky.social · 6h
Germans do not celebrate the Holocaust. The Japanese do not take to the streets to celebrate the Pearl Harbor attack. Americans do not commemorate the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 3h
Ah!
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I'm Suzi Poppins, y'all! @soozlemcdoozle.bsky.social · 4h
What a fucking waste of resources. For no reason!!!! edition.cnn.com/2026/10/08/m...
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US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says | CNN
That’s almost double the 42 aircraft the non-partisan agency counted in a report released six months ago.
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Nordique Bonqeur Fella 🇸🇪🇦🇽🇫🇮🇩🇰🇧🇻🇮🇸 @nordicfella.bsky.social · 5h
There is no such thing as a "hybrid attac", there is though a thing as a coercive attack, which is designed to make you yield, make your population risk avert, and made to be deniable (because the deniability is also a way to humiliate you).
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Wendy the Woke @nomorex61.bsky.social · 4h
As Russia continues to wage war against and to murder the people of a sovereign nation, Trump and his lap dogs work to get an oil deal with the evil empire. It’s shameful and will have lasting consequences for US influence in the world. Disgusting. #Sheshed www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Russian attack on bus kills at least 30 people near Ukraine frontline
Zelenskyy says Kremlin deliberately targeted ‘ordinary public transport stop’ in Kramatorsk, with 18 wounded
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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 4h
I simply CANNOT believe he actually said those words out loud … And yet … I can.
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ballerina X @ballerinax.bsky.social · 4h
Food insecurity is spreading fast as families must stretch incomes. www.ksl.com/article/5163...
ksl.com
Ogden School District sees student lunch debt skyrocket, turns to community for help
The Ogden School District is facing a dramatic rise in student lunch debt, reporting a 500% increase in unpaid meal balances over the past year.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 07/10/2026
Well, actual sea surface temperatures have now passed 30°C (86°F) in the key Niño 3.4 monitoring region for the first time in this data record... 😱 Sign up for next week's state of the climate briefing: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... Bring your questions, like on this historic El Niño!
Line graph time series of daily Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures from 1982 to 2026. This year is currently a record high for this time of year through October 5, 2026. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1, and the graphic is created by Climate Central at https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-briefings.
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Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 4h
This pillsbury clown is never going to be president. No matter how much he tries not to be a smarmy nerd he will always be one. The beard won't fix this complete lack of juice. Peter Thiel's money can't fix the problem either. + no, socialism has nothing to do with trans people or "foreign workers".
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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 4h
I know we mention Hegseth, Miller, Musk, Noem & Patel in regards to who needs comeuppance, but I think we REALLY sleep on the fact that Jared Kushner also needs to have his ass thrown in prison.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 5h
nine iranian strikes on hormuz tankers in october so far, already over half the september total (13) iran looking to regain lost leverage as mideast oil flows rebound (and its own exports remain blockaded)
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 5h
This is true. Just look at the all the cetaceans.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5h
Russian bomb attack kills dozens at Ukraine bus stop ft.trib.al/N5TpMpw
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Russian bomb attack kills dozens at Ukraine bus stop
At least 30 die after aerial strike hits two passenger buses in frontline city of Kramatorsk
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Chalian: "Look at Donald Trump's approval rating in the Buckeye State. He is down to 36%, 28 points underwater."
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✊🏾 Progressive J @jerrelxl.bsky.social · 7h
You know what I find most telling is that Marxist MAGA had zero problems with Mamdani’s very public bromance with white nationalist facist Trump but him condemning terrorists attacks is a bridge too far.. 🤦🏾‍♂️
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Bernie Mac Shaking Head (SMH)
ALT: Bernie Mac Shaking Head (SMH)
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 4h
Impeach already
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Do we have any more feet to shoot ourselves in?
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 4h
All that groveling to fascism by Stanford and they're still on the hit list. Universities don't bring in foreigners to undercut US wages; they do it for the same reason NBA teams do - to beat their competition. Should the Spurs send Victor Wembanyama home too, to make a spot for an American?
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Morbidly Curious Book Club® @morbidlycuriousbc.bsky.social · 5h
Can’t believe I’m saying this….COME HANG OUT WITH ME AND DR. LINDSEY FITZHARRIS !! ✨📖 @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social 🕵🏻‍♀️ We are chatting at the Mooresville, NC Barnes & Noble, November 7th at 6pm! 🎟️ Reserve a seat: events.ticketleap.com/tickets/barn... SEE YA THERE, SLEUTHS 🤎
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 5h
YOLO! That’s me in Boston!
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h
If the Kennedy Center is 'dangerous,' why is the Symphony rehearsing there? The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?
The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 5h
President Zelenskyy announced that the Ukrainian delegation will visit the United States for talks on Friday and Saturday.
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 5h
Come see me and Dr. Fitzharris in Boston discussing her new book about the doctor who inspired Sherlock Holmes!
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 15h
Holy crap. Get them!
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16h
This guy might want to move out of NY. Maybe Tristan da Cunha — the most remote inhabited place on Earth.
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Yankees fan escorted out after interfering with Anthony Volpe's game-tying HR
turned RBI double.
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Lisa Mikolajczyk 🇺🇸🇺🇦✡️ @lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social · 16h
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4130ead...
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The agonising last messages from inside the Oct 7 dumpster
They hid from Hamas for three hours. These texts reveal every minute of their battle for survival
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 20h
The DSA/“pro-Pali” crowd has now decided that both Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani, the two highest-profile Muslim, anti-Israel politicians in the U.S., are guilty of genocide. Because they both dared to say “antisemitism’s bad, m’kay?” Ok, then. bsky.app/profile/c-so...
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Sarah Marian Seltzer @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social · 17h
context: it was a group of Israelis who have been protesting the genocide in union square EVERY week for three years.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 17h
Welp.
#NY10 

Protesters shout “fuck Brad Lander” at October 7 vigil
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Yinlock @yinlock.bsky.social · 16h
The anti-mamdani protest had people carrying pictures of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders and waving a Hezbollah flag, which kinda gave away the game
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 16h
Gee why do Palestinians mistrust Hamas?🫠
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 16h
textiles!!!
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20h
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 18h
Pro Palestine Colonizers boo'd Zohran because he wasted 49 words for the Remembrance of the Oct 7th massacre.
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Gumdrop Menace @gumdropmenace.bsky.social · 19h
this is why i don't generally argue w/them. i screenshot their dumb posts, block them, & then explain why their posts are antisemitic & dumb. bc these people keep using the same dumb rhetoric they've been fed by systemic antisemitism, it's critical we call it out WHILE dodging their dogpiling
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 17h
idiots
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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 17h
1950s: "Damn Yankees" 2020s: "Damn Yankees fans"
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SIMCHA CHAI @jewskychai.bsky.social · 20h
The only man with moral clarity to honor our people on this day of mourning for the Jewish community on the 3rd Anniversary of the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. Thank you @jbpritzker.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov
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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 17h
Yankees have 6 outs left in their season.
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