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Cathy Lisa Schneider 🇺🇦

@cathylisa.bsky.social
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Author of www.pennpress.org/9780812223903/pol… and Shantytown Protest in Pinochet’s Chile. Human Rights Activist. Ice Dancer. Professor Emerita.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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J Blue @jd-14.bsky.social · 12h
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 12h
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h
I genuinely couldn't stifle a laugh at this list. Newt Gingrich is 83!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 11h
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 10h
This would come across a lot better if he hadn’t just lost a war.
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 10h
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10h
The Supreme Court enabled months of deportations to countries immigrants have no connection to, writes @gillianbrockell.com. But the most appalling thing in yesterday's order is the wildly unfair advantage it gives the Trump administration in a future ruling: prospect.org/2026/09/30/s...
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Supreme Court Allows ICE to Restart Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect
Two federal courts have said it’s obviously unlawful to expel immigrants to a place they’ve never been. And yet.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10h
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
relatedly: no amnesty bsky.app/profile/oluf...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
strongly agreed. fines and criminal penalties should not merely communicate a finger wag but actually change the strategic situation of a would-be white collar criminal
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can’t do student loan relief. Can’t mandate vaccines. Can’t help home owners. Can commit human rights abuses.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"
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Nathan @never-say-die.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bro, the Pope sent the White Sox letter, they’re going to the World Series.
Letter: 

To Jerry Reinsdorf
Chairman of the Chicago White Sox
was pleased to receive the kind letter that you sent following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February
2026).
In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster
bonds of friendship
and solidarity among
people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Pope Leo XIV
The Pope wearing a Chicago White Sox hat
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former Hialeah Mayor Raúl Martínez didn't vote for me at first. He didn't know me yet. Now he does, and we want the same things: more housing and better jobs. His math: a Republican who stays home offsets a vote. One who votes for me adds one. #AngieForFlorida
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
missed this earlier, but an enterprising staffer in Schmitt's office apparently added a picture of the Atlanta Hawks arena to the senator's posterboard
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Estonia concludes that the arson attack against Milrem Robotics, a defence company, was a "deliberate and pre-planned act commissioned by Russian security services". The suspects are now in custody.
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“There’s a feeling today that Britain only found out about the Holocaust at the end of the war. But in 1942 [...] you couldn’t really escape this information in Britain. It was in every newspaper. It was on the BBC," said historian Martin Winstone www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Someone should ask Trump, just as a lark, how far Iran is from closest point in the US—and what the range of their missiles is. He won't know the answer to either. (During Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK pointed out that Soviet missiles had range of 1,000+ miles, so from Cuba could hit DC etc)
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rufo literally offered a bounty to anyone who could produce a video of Haitians eating dogs. He got nothing. So he found a video of Congolese men grilling chicken and tried to claim they were cooking cats.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 27/09/2026
compare and contrast
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What Happens When Only President Obama Has an Umbrella?
YouTube video by ABC News
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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I agree with my friend Tom.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is a lot I could say about attacks on climate researchers, including what I personally faced over the past few years. Some of my thoughts made it into this excellent investigative report. Perhaps one day I'll put pen to paper and tell my whole story. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping at one point if he would to like to buy some American armaments, US Ambassador to China David Perdue says.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
President Trump opposes deal that would open the Strait of Hormuz immediately. Holding out for diesel at $10 a gallon.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026
We could reduce US fossil-fuel pollution (climate & local air/water) ~25% by cleaning up the grid, ~25% by electrifying ground transport, and ~25% by electrifying heat (for space/water/food/many industrial processes). The last ~25% - everything else - is important but no reason not to do the 75%.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't think the United States should invade Cuba. This, to me, sounds like a bad idea. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-gro...
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U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/09/2026
The entire US politics and news industries spend a large chunk of their waking hours on a platform designed to inflate the importance of that 18%. It's a big problem, and why you get stuff like Tammy Duckworth saying she's against impeachment because she wants to "find a compromise" on USAID $
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They need to report it like Trump does drug prices...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Enten: "President Trump has the highest strongly disapprove rating going into a midterm election on record. 50% of Americans now say that they strongly disapprove of the job he's doing. The previous record was Trump going into 2018 ... just 18% strongly approve of the job Trump is doing."
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Aliyya Swaby @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Across the country, states have shuttered their youth prisons in recent years as research shows they aren’t effective at helping kids stay out of trouble after release. Tennessee is building more. My latest with @paigepfleger.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/juve...
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Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.
Tennessee officials say they need more high-security facilities for kids who commit crimes. Experts say this approach flies in the face of crime data and research that shows youth prisons are not reha...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Penn’s endowment surged by a record $6.3B in fiscal year 2026, its strongest year-over-year gain in recent history... The endowment saw a staggering 27.4% return last year... In its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the University has continued to advocate for cost-reduction measures..."
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Penn endowment sees over $6 billion jump in largest single-year return on record
After years of steady growth, the endowment saw a staggering 27.4% return in fiscal year 2026.
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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICE cannot do what it’s doing without local law enforcement. They need their manpower and infrastructure. That means if you want to stop ICE you are going to have to confront police collaboration and police power. I’m sorry but progressive hopes of avoiding this conflict are a recipe for failure.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Continually amazed that there are lawyers willing to put their names on briefs like this.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Donald Trump is a sick person. You almost feel you can't hold him fully responsible for his deep psychological deformities. I have more contempt for his aides, who, in humoring him, feed his illness and encourage him to do both symbolic and real damage to the nation. www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not even a week later. Couldn't find a real Black woman I guess. stanforddaily.com/2026/09/23/u...
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University confirms use of AI-edited photo amid controversy
The incident has caused national controversy, stemming from a now-viral Fizz post.
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
if SD-09 delivers a double digit Talarico margin i will talk my wife into taking line dancing classes
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Eighth Circuit has ordered the district court to reinstate Missouri’s 2025 congressional map. But before folks freak out, it also ordered that court to pause such a ruling for long enough that the challengers can (and will) seek further review from #SCOTUS: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
To allow for appellate review, the district court should administratively stay its permanent injunction until September 28, 2026, at 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Without any stay, Secretary Hoskins and local election authorities would be required to immediately begin implementing the 2025 map before the Supreme Court receives or decides any appeal. And without a limit to the stay, PNP could wait to file its petition for a writ of certiorari until the December 21, 2026, due date, see
SUP. CT. R. 13.1, thus preventing the Supreme Court from considering the merits of this case until after Missouri has conducted the November 2026 general election. The mandate shall issue forthwith
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 21/09/2026
ICE just signed $7.3 billion in contracts to build detention space on land it owns, after its warehouse plan stalled. A $1.2 billion contract for a California site ICE left in 2014 went to a company tied to a developer facing more than a dozen lawsuits.
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ICE signs contracts worth up to $7.3B to expand detention in 5 states
With its warehouse plan stalled, ICE is building on land it already owns, and one of the companies it hired is tied to a developer who worked on its earlier property deals.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 21/09/2026
I can’t say for sure, but it sure does seem like DHS has switched to posting all its big contracts after hours on Friday night. See: ERO ONE or yesterday’s massive detention space injection. I’d like to imagine it’s because ICE thinks we’ll miss it. But joke’s on them! We don’t have lives.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Last week all my students hand-wrote their own pledges, according to their terms, to write in my courses without AI. Some of them were quite moving—their anger at AI’s attempt to steal their educations, their determination to learn & create anyway.
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