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Kat

@calle3915.bsky.social
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Volunteer, Lover of Music (especially Blues), Animals, and the Mountains

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UPDATE — TEXAS: Trump accepts @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s debate challenges on behalf of Ken Paxton 😬👀 (Is this Trump retaliating for Paxton getting caught blaming him for his bad numbers?)
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
❗️German Quantum Systems plans to supply Ukraine with tens of thousands of high-speed SPYS interceptor drones, designed in particular to counter the Geran-4 and Geran-5 jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. SPYS is a joint development by Quantum Systems and Ukrainian WIY Drones under
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/10/2026
Have you guys noticed that Republicans who were a rubber stamp for Trump for the last decade are now suddenly pretending to be defenders of democracy? Amazingly, Senator Thom Tillis is finding his courage right around the time his book tour is launched. How brave! Read my take at the link below ⬇️
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
2/that risks turning into sabotage against NATO countries and a wider regional conflict.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just a reminder it was exactly three months ago that Trump promised Ukraine its own license to build Patriot Interceptors and one month since the Lindsey Graham tariff bill was signed. How’s all that support for Ukraine going, Trump apologists?
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
❗️A Russian bomb struck two minibuses in Kramatorsk: according to President Zelenskyy, 30 people were killed and another 18 were wounded, with doctors fighting for their lives. The death toll may rise; because of the severity of the injuries,
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 05/10/2026
Shared by Ashley Biden on Instagram
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Wolfers: Imagine we had a female president who was so idiosyncratic and so moody and whose policy decisions were up and down like crazy... Could you just imagine the coverage? It’s utterly bizarre what we allow to happen.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This painting by Mykola Ivasiuk, completed in 1912, illustrates my favorite scene from my forthcoming book about Ukraine’s historical fate. Bohdan Khmelnytsky, leader of the Ukrainian Cossack uprising of 1648, makes a triumphant entry into Kyiv.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You know what’s sexy? Integrity
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump and Hegseth have killed 230+ people on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific with no proof they did anything wrong, no congressional approval, no nothing. Just 2 unhinged fascists ordering our military to commit murder. Vote against all Republicans for the sake of all that is decent.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The White House says its pro-Trump TV ads – run illegally at taxpayer expense – are “about reminding Americans to love their country.” How insulting. Instead they’re about reminding Americans to hate fascists who steal from them and trash their country.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Any Democrat running for President who wants to win the nomination and then the general election absolutely must commit to prosecuting Trump, Hegseth, Patel, and all corrupt members of Administration. They must be held accountable.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s deeply frustrating to me to be 10, 15 years into this and routinely have to remind some liberals that the New York Times is not your fucking friend and is not going to do the job of the Democratic Party for it.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 01/10/2026
The 60-year-old Farion was a prolific figure in Ukraine who devoted her life to popularizing and defending the Ukrainian language and culture. She was shot in the head near her home on July 19, 2024.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A professorial wet dream
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pathological liars just can’t stop lying. Trump: “I’m the only president that donated his salary. They pay me $550,000 a year.” The presidential salary is $400,000. JFK and Hoover donated their salaries and didn’t rob the country blind.
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 01/10/2026
Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE’s ‘Enforced Disappearances’ of Noncitizens | “Disappearing people into a network of remote detention sites, hiding their whereabouts, and cutting off their access to outside help is the definition of an enforced disappearance.”
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Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE's 'Enforced Disappearances' of Noncitizens - Bucks County Beacon
The practice involves withholding the whereabouts of thousands of detainees facing deportation from families and lawyers.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reconciliation is more a journey than a destination. Our job is to move together as far and as fast down this path as we can.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You know that scene in The Godfather where Michael goes to the trattoria bathroom, retrieves a pistol, and shoots those 2 guys in the head? This is 100X better. Maybe more.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece:
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Carolyn Urban @carolynurban.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
same - just going without health care that I can't provide for myself
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/09/2026
⚡️Ukraine, over 50 allies sign pledge on return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. Fifty countries and four other organizations signed a pledge on Sept. 29 calling for the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war, unlawfully detained civilians, and children abducted by Russia.
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Ukraine, over 50 allies sign pledge on return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia
"With the treatment of Ukrainian children, of POWs and detained civilians within the Russian Federation, there is actually a rather limited amount of coincidence involved. It is a systemic challenge,"...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026
“I am so devastated that Christians like Tim Tebow made me trust in something that has taken so much money from me. This is evil, especially because I’m disabled on a limited income.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Gospel of high yields: Inside Tim Tebow's favorite wealth seminar
Life Surge pairs Christian celebs with hard-sell pitches. Some attendees ended up deep in debt.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“.. this week felt different — like the political environment was disintegrating in real time ..” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/09/26/t...
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jake Tapper took this to a new low this morning. He’s already sucking up to Bari Weiss
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 27/09/2026
Accusing people who don't live in your little cultural bubble of feigning ignorance about a pop song is, amusingly, a spectacular display of actual ignorance of how big and varied the world is.
Excerpt from Rolling Stone:

At this point, though, if someone contends they've never even heard of "Choosin' Texas" or Langley, it may say more about the listener than the song. Or, for that matter, what they want to project to the world. With incessant news coverage alongside chart and playlist presence, it's pretty difficult to still claim total ignorance on this one. Perhaps there is a deeper reason why people say they haven't heard the song and feel the need to make it known: cultural cachet.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Going viral has shown me firsthand that we have become quick to vilify people from a brief clip, filling in everything we cannot see with assumptions.... "Some of you have told my husband to kill himself. To anyone who has done that: shame on you. "My husband is deeply loved."
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sheriff Chad Bianco ordered about 650,000 ballots seized over a gap the county put at 103 votes. The attorney general told him to stop. He took 426 more boxes. California just wrote a law for sheriffs like him. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you thought things couldn’t get any worse for legacy media, think again. The Ellisons are reportedly looking to bring other investors into the fold. And according to Semafor, Elon Musk is at the top of their list. newsletters.democracydocket.com/elon-musk-ca...
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Elon Musk can't buy Democracy Docket
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026
Do you or someone you know use DraftKings or FanDuel? You can help @propublica.org continue to report on these apps by sharing your data with us. In some states, you can request it. But we also built a browser extension to help download your own data! projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
November is coming so it's time we take back our Nation 💥
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 26/09/2026
This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the ever-tightening control of information imposed by the Kremlin.
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News from occupied Ukraine: Oleshky crisis continues, Europe's human rights chief calls for 'immediate local ceasefire'
This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the ever-tightening control of information imposed by the Kremlin...
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
❗️On the night of 25 September, drones struck the Perm oil refinery 🇷🇺LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez: the TIT-310 building was damaged, along with process racks near the AVT-5 unit (VDU) and other racks,
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Covid
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sept 12
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At *my* own peril? Young people will have to live with the consequences of not voting, not me.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/09/2026
Illinois was one of the first states to cover GLP-1s under its state employee health insurance plan for both diabetes and obesity. It's not only saving our state money in the long term, but it's also saving lives.
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