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Cat Warren

@cat-warren.bsky.social
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North Carolina politics and organizing, science writing, good journalism -- and all dogs good and bad. Author of NYT bestseller What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World and its young readers' version

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/09/2026
Now banned in California. I'd like to see the rest of the country follow.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
federal immigration agents beat up a US citizen in Evanston on Sunday morning and left him lying in the street or as Kavanaugh would put it, he experienced as "brief investigative stop" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Signs of Fascism" originated in my town. (Sequim, WA) I filmed it. I remember getting a call, "hey your video got 5,000 views." By the end of the day it had 60K. Over 100K in a few days from just one platform. Then my DM blew up! Everyone wanted to replicate the signs. Nice to see the signs today.
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ScotlandYardCSI @scotlandyardcsi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Please share. Thanks! #UnsolvedMurder #UnsolvedCrimes #ColdCases
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
“New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies focusing on Africans and the African diaspora, Mexican Americans and Latinos, or women and gender.” Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.
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Majors related to race, gender cut at University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026
This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit. Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need. Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.” Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.” Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15/09/2026
Bad day for anyone whose election strategy begins with “What if fewer people voted?”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Of course Alito and Thomas dissent like the whiny pains in the ass they are.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
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Cat Warren @cat-warren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Trump Announces $500 Rebates for Some Obamacare Customers,Weeks Before the Election (Gift Article)
The White House plans to send the money to people in 30 states who have higher incomes and are insured under the Affordable Care Act.
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Cat Warren @cat-warren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dear lord:
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McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years - Poynter
At least 13 papers — including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star — lost reporters
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good lord www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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Applegate. The Miami Herald, which had 20 layoffs and eliminated 10 vacant positions, lost its city of Miami and city of Miami Beach beats, said deputy investigations editor Carol Marbin Miller.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026
Pritzker: "He is suffering from dementia. I think we can all see that."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against."
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EJD @firewxguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
LOL! YOU LITERALLY VOTED YES TO CONFIRM RFK JR. !!!!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a trade war with Canada: "There's no possible way it can really affect US well-being"
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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
He works for us, but, I mean, which of us hasn't gone in to our boss's office and said, "I prefer not to give you any details, but I'm doing amazing work."
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump’s attacks on Canada serve no purpose but to feed his malignant ego. He is a sick person, unable to discharge the duties of his office. He should be removed
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A year ago, just 42% of Americans opposed a data center being built in their community. Today, a staggering 75% do. Are data centers really that bad? Let’s take a look.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/08/2026
yep, i will note that the fugitive slave act was used to try to kidnap free blacks and sell them into slavery
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I read an article this morning that said “we are mourning in future tense” and that hit hard. Watching everything happen around us in real time is hard enough, but knowing that it’s going to be a long road to hopefully put it all back together is even harder.
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Jon Adcock @jonadcock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#booksky
Can't believe we're at the stage of dystopia where we're destroying old books because Tim from corporate can't write his own emails.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/08/2026
Ossoff says that Trump doesn’t want to do his job but wants to “travel with Natalie”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The 60 largest planned data centers could produce the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as 27 coal plants. Big Tech CEOs are polluting our planet and selling out our future to line their own pockets. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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Cat Warren @cat-warren.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ummm. So glad you’re working on the midterm elections and voter suppression in N.C.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Zohran Mamdani is backing a bill to hold Amazon accountable for exploiting delivery drivers. Now Amazon is launching a $5M lobbying blitz — led by Chuck Schumer's daughter — to crush it. Instead of spending millions on lobbying, Amazon should pay and treat its drivers fairly.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026
LMAO -- Cassidy wants credit for "almost" voting no on Blanche
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Lauren French @laurennfrench.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Energy not the same as before? Need that pick me up? Introducing Endless War from Mike Rogers.
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Zazie Todd PhD @zazietodd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I'm delighted to share the news that beloved authors Patricia McConnell PhD and @cat-warren.bsky.social will be joining us at Bark! Fest on Sep 15 to talk about writing dogs and fiction. Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #AwayToMe #WhatTheDogKnows
The flyer has a blue outline. The text along the top reads Bark! Fest the book festival for animal lovers, with a dark blue paw print. Below are photos of Patricia McConnell and Cat Warren. Patricia is in the doorway of a barn with her border collie Skip looking up at her. Cat Warren is in the woods with her German Shepherd dog Solo. The covers of both books are below. Away To Me has a landscape in shades of orange and green with a tiny figure of a woman and her dog by a farmhouse. What the Dog Knows has a dark cover with half of a brown dog's face, nose to the reader. Below, the event details: Patricia B McConnell & Cat Warren, september 15, 1 pm Pacific / 4 pm Eastern / 9 pm UK time.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It's important to have traditions
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Masks!
Senator Rand Paul seen yelling, with a raised finger.
“You told us to wear masks! Masks! You bastard!”
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The “Why would a woman I’ve made worry that I will hurt her if she displeases me cook to placate me?” question is only asked by the least self-aware domestic abusers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This post is for those who despair of ever finding their proper place in the world. It can and does happen. Don't stop believing.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Enjoyed this conversation with the great @gregsargent.bsky.social about why that as bad as things are now for Trump and the Rs - and they are bad - they are likely to get worse between now and Election Day.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
No ICE agents have been killed or seriously injured by vehicles, yet we have multiple videos of ICE agents using their cars as weapons against protesters. ICE can weaponize their vehicles whenever they want, but if someone else even drives *near them* they'll use it as pretext for summary execution.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Todd Blanche named in lawsuit filed on behalf of kids in ICE Dilley detention center run by for-profit prison company CoreCivic. Trump’s DHS is imprisoning hundreds of immigrant kids at the facility for well over the legal limit of 20 days. #DIVEST from CoreCivic $CXW prospect.org/2026/07/20/t...
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Trump Administration Routinely Violating Immigrant Children’s Rights - The American Prospect
The 1997 Flores ruling requires immigrant children be released from detention after 20 days. Trump is keeping some for as long as 323 days, new filings in a lawsuit state.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 09/07/2026
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
Three kittens in a cage. Two are orange and one is black. Three kittens. Two are orange, one is black. They are laying on a stuffed teddy bear. The black kitten in a scarf.The two orange kittens in a scarf.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is the voter fraud they warned us about
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/07/2026
NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📌Decades and decades of exploration, vaccines, social progress, and righteous wars against genocide and hate, and after 250 years we end up with a lying, orange bigot who hates science and reading, and is losing a war with algae. It’s very disheartening, it really is …
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding at the Great American State Fair bc he knows no one is there.
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