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Cajsa

@cajsa.bsky.social
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Pseudonymous Second Life Avatar. RL: Retired from progressive grassroots leadership. I started a list of GOP predators during Kavanaugh hearings and am surprised at how long it is. linktr.ee/cajsalilliehook GOP Predator list: tinyurl.com/yc86m6x4

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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 1h
Well just to prove fact check was totally wrong, Trump clarified that he was talking about missiles hitting the cities.
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 23h
Shame on Fact Check dot org for sanewashing Trump's eliminationist offering of two California cities. This is not like 86 which often means fire or jettison. Taking out is killing. Shame on FactCheck for trying to imply it's about the price of gas.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mishandling appropriated funds in this manner is a felony.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No one has ever been this high on their own supply
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NYT: Anthropic Nearly Walked Out on Pope Leo XIV’s AI Encyclical — Then Lobbied His Advisers
Chris Olah saw an advance copy of Magnifica Humanitas days before the Vatican launch and proposed withdrawing over its stance on machine consciousness. The pope held his ground.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
“You could call it deception, misrepresentation, but frankly it’s fraud. What [Boulder is] saying is, the companies lied about what they knew about the dangers of climate change. Fraud is the heart of it.”
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
This is obscene behavior in a world where millions of people are needlessly dying partially because of a lack of resources these guys are hoovering up.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Friend of Putin oligarch Konstantin Sokolov makes a nice fat donation to Trump's ballroom project, and gets relief from Treasury Department sanctions in exchange. This is known as a quid pro quo transaction. It's a felony. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am sick of this shit Popular frozen pasta sold nationwide at Walmart recalled. Here’s why www.wlox.com/2026/10/02/p...
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Popular frozen pasta sold nationwide at Walmart recalled. Here’s why
More frozen pasta sold at Walmart stores nationwide is being recalled over listeria concerns, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bombshell report reveals Trump's personal role in taxpayer-funded ads lauding himself #RawStory
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Bombshell report reveals Trump's personal role in taxpayer-funded ads lauding himself
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find
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Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find (Gift Article)
Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This poll was taken before disclosure of Ken Paxton's role in protecting three other Republican men from criminal charges involving pedophilia and sexual assault.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Watching @projectrunway.bsky.social I can only think that Christian chose to save Brian because they're choosing drama rather than skill. He keeps doing these satiny dresses and sowing them full of wrinkles because he's bad at it and calling it hoke couture. Delusional. And then he's just an ass
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
By destroying Voting Rights Act and gutting 14th & 15th amendments the Roberts Court is recycling legal arguments once used by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction Please read my deep dive w/ @pemalevy.bsky.social in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
look it's easy to say Bret Stephens' latest column sucks but if *you* were Bret Stephens I bet you would be pretty heavily invested in spreading the narrative that writing awards are devalued when they go to someone other than a white male mediocrity, too
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This U.S. family was surrounded by Border Patrol agents after accidentally hitting a patrol car. Once free and proven innocent in court, they had the front door of their home blown off its hinges in retaliation. Border Patrol doesn't just target immigrants, it torments American citizens too.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
7/ But then, Kao got caught. The FBI had seen through his shell company ruse, and in 2022 a grand jury indicted him for making illegal campaign contributions. No one working for Collins was charged.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
4/ To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sends an initial $150K to the pro-Collins super PAC (1820 PAC) using a shell company. Reed knows Kao is behind the donation. “Very smart,” he says in an email viewed by ProPublica.
Emails Between Martin Kao and Scott Reed, Discussing Contributions to the Susan Collins Super PAC, 1820 PAC

“Hi Scott: Had a chance to discuss 1820 with my CFO and attorney last night. They are suggesting setting up a separate new LLC to make the donations. Name of new LLC: Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers.

In my personal real estate investments, we often use LLCs that can be set up to "facilitate" transactions. They are super vague and very difficult to get any background info on. Totally legal and typically used in real estate transactions to conceal the identity of buyer/seller. Wanted to get your thoughts/concerns.”
— email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019

“Very smart and glad your counsel understands. Thanks for doing this.”
— email from Scott Reed to Martin Kao, Nov. 22, 2019

“Great! We will proceed on getting this set up ASAP. Have a nice weekend.”
— email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It appears that Trump’s claim last week that he negotiated a deal between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure was just another lie to manipulate markets. Every hour of every day, Trump lies about everything.
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If only it were so.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@danboriscreates.bsky.social
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I feel grateful that Congress has not been in session very much and that Trump has been off golfing as much as he can because the less work they do the less harm they make.
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The FTC. Supposed to police corporate power. Now has to coordinate legal positions with Trump's own Attorney General before it can act
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And for Pete's sake, let's ease up on the bringing "democracy" anywhere at all, particularly when we are strangling it at home.
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Perhaps we could ease up. Remember the people who were lost and the valor of the first responders, but let's loosen up the surveillance, the STASI-like ICE, the antipathy to any religion that isn't evangelical.
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I dislike it when we use "Never Forget" about 9/11. I have always associated it with the Holocaust. 9/11 was horrific, but not on that scale. The repercussions of 9/11 are a surveillance state, curtailed civil liberties, increased ethnic and religious bigotry & intolerance, and stupid wars.
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh, the FNA is for thyroid cancer. I am having a lumpectomy as it was caught very early.
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Duolingo gets it
A Duolingo listening question. The answer is in Swedish. He is a threat to democracy.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Toilet time in my house.
The cat Is standing on her litter box directly across from the toilet while picking at my dress with a foot on my thigh
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It really is to make sure you're okay because for cats they're very vulnerable when they eliminate and assume you are too. So they're there to guard you
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And Giuliani, who we now know lied about the poisonous environmental danger from 9/11—adding to the death count—should be banned from attending the 9/11 memorial.
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
People say cats aren't affectionate but they will literally wake themselves up to follow you to the bathroom to make sure you're okay.
Jinx the green eyed tabby bobtail cat looking directly at the camera from her perch in the window.
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Ima Cygnenoir @ima-cygnenoir52.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
remember the *GOP* death panels accusations? Well here they are
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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This headline seems to suppose it would be okay if they had the people they had attacked had been migrants, not that a violent attack motivated by racism would be wrong no matter who was attacked.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Reads like a Citizens' Council newsletter bragging about how they got a black school principal fired.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's a scandal that the president of the United States is out of his damn mind. It's also a scandal that major news media aren't telling you that, loudly and often.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
For the past two years I've been tracking every bill proposed in state legislatures across the country to figure out what Republican plans for the future are. The answer, based on these 1,182 bills, is that they want to repeal the 20th Century heartlandsignal.com/2026/09/09/b...
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Proof from the states: the right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century – Heartland Signal
Republicans are in Dallas this week making the case that the other side is the extreme one. We read the legislation they introduced in all 50 states and built a searchable record of what we found: 1,1...
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm a white-knuckle hater of the "both parties are the same/uniparty" blackpill, which really crumbles if you compare GOP state trifectas and Dem trifectas for 10 seconds.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We need to normalize union organizing in every sector of American life.
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No One of Consequence @sundodger97.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I want to add that I am certainly not glad these horrible things happen. I think about the girls school in Iran often. It's heart breaking. However, the blatant stupidity is getting even very apathetic people to notice and activate. It's also getting some less committed cultists to check out.
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