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Catherine McGuire

@cathymcgfeline.bsky.social
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Poetry & fiction author, artist, handicrafter, loves Nature & the simple life; total introvert who pushes past my limits to foster justice & democracy. Have a decent voice, numerous cats, four hens, big garden. NO DMs! (Avatar is sweet Toffee, RIP)

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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 4h
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 8h
BREAKING: a court cleared the name of our client Mary Comans Musk & Noem falsely told millions the FEMA CFO blew money on "luxury hotels" The court called this "coordinated" smear "outrageous govt conduct" The Trump regime is destructive, but @democracydefendersfund.org & partners fight back -TN
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 5h
JUST IN: As Trump & allies suggested, 11th Circuit delays Nov. 2 arguments on release of Mar-a-Lago volume of special counsel Jack Smith's final report. Appeals court doesn't specify a new date. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Court Order Filed – #135, Att. #2 in United States v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ. (11th Cir., 25-14507) – CourtListener.com
ORDER: Motion to continue oral argument filed by Appellee Donald J. Trump is GRANTED in PART. The Court will schedule oral argument at a time convenient to the panel and the attorneys. [132] in 25-145...
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 4h
And getting a genius type visa!
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 4h
She's mad because she was conned - so she's mad at herself, and she should be. 😒
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
300,000 tons isn’t even a day of diesel, lol.
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 4h
Now he'll be able to sell the position to another rich swine.
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Very, very sick...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 5h
BREAKING: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint over the outrageous raid on Ilhan Omar's home Officials can't use criminal power to affect an election. This is the textbook case @democracydefendersfund.org & @rwpusa.bsky.social👇
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
Wow. We can’t believe this 🥹. Barnes & Noble just put WTF America?! on their Most Anticipated Nonfiction list. We wrote this for this community, and you're the reason it's having this moment before it's even out. Thank you, truly. If you haven't preordered, the link's here 👉 bit.ly/wtf-america-...
Square graphic featuring the Barnes & Noble logo above the headline “Our Most Anticipated Nonfiction.” The cover of WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy by Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas is prominently displayed in the center, highlighting the book’s inclusion in Barnes & Noble’s most anticipated nonfiction selections.
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Gaslighting - the ONLY thing besides grifting and intimidation that this regime is good at.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
The administration that continues to cover up for pedophiles simply cannot be trusted with the care of hundreds of unaccompanied children with no oversight and no transparency
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Presidents use blind trusts so nobody has to wonder if the guy setting economic policy is trading on it Trump skipped that part —- Thousands of stock trades, nearly $2B in his pocket later Nothing like it in American history More on @cnn.com 👇 -TN
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Banned Books Week is almost over! The Trump administration had at least 596 books removed from schools serving military families. Don’t forget to get out there and read some of the books they tried to keep off the shelves. Happy Banned Books Week!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump says the Kennedy Center is too dangerous to walk into Unless you play in the National Symphony, which rehearses there most weekdays @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are still in court w/ @repbeatty.bsky.social. Say one thing, do another, as we told @nytimes.com👇 -TN
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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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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He didnt' get in ENOUGH trouble...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump's Revenge Tour Continues...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine: "Troy Jackson is running to be your next senator and I'm proud to be on board" Obama cites Jackson’s record on wages, drug prices, school meals, and abortion rights as Democrats target Susan Collins' seat.
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can we call AI "Asshole Intelligence" - because that's who's in charge of training and running it?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An IRS investigator is suing the agency — claiming officials illegally leaked his confidential personnel records to federal prosecutors to punish him for years of whistleblowing on the agency's failure to tackle tax dodging.
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Whistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in Retaliation
Brian J. Visalli, a veteran investigator of tax fraud, said in a lawsuit that the agency had sent his personal and tax information to federal prosecutors.
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
who says they're not? 🤬 He'll grift in any way he can.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration broke federal law by withholding more than $78 million Congress had approved for healthcare research, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The watchdog found that HHS violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
9/26/2026- SCOTUS www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/se...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
12-16 miles per day, interfaith pilgrimage www.lasacredresistance.org/adelanto-to-...
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But will they have to PAY anything - including the lawyers who made this possible?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: The Supreme Court revived the Trump administration's flawed citizenship database that's been used to erroneously kick eligible voters off the rolls ahead of the midterms. A total of 27 states voluntarily use the modified SAVE system — this is what it could mean for voters👇
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The Supreme Court is letting Trump use a faulty database for purges. What it could mean for voters
The Trump administration said states made “some 60 million voter-verification queries" to its flawed SAVE system between January 2025 and April 2026.
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Your birthday too?? 🤩😀
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Could we finish bumblefucking our way through the war in Iran before we start one with Cuba? Thanks
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Finally below 30%! I just can't imagine who those cultists are and how they haven't been damaged by this past year's destruction.
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Except I'm not sure I trust any of the lawyers who are left in Rump's swamp
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
BOUTROUS: POTUS can attack the press all he wants, but he can't use his power to punish reporters for what they report. We're at war. World leaders are coming to DC. The pool is important - CNN was pulled. It's urgent we get a TRO today. 37/
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Catherine McGuire @cathymcgfeline.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
DOJ says it's a "privilege" to get info about what the WH is doing - with our money, our infrastructure, our LIVES!🤬
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
HAPPENING NOW: CNN/MSNOW/Politico TRO hearing before Judge Kelly in the DC District Court. The judge has allotted 15 to 20 minutes max for each side with a brief rebuttal. 1/
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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blondie013.bsky.social @blondie013.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fosters are desperately needed to save NYCACC dogs and puppies. Fostering is All Expenses Covered. If interested in adopting or fostering please check out: @notthesameone2.bsky.social @morgfairsdogs.bsky.social @princesskim.bsky.social You can DM them for info and applications. PLEASE REPOST
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In sworn testimony, the Treasury Department says it hasn't seen the money from Venezuela, and doesn't know where it's gone. Time to figure out who's pocketing it. In an overall kleptocracy, this may well be the most brazen act of embezzlement so far. www.ft.com/content/0588...
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US state department under pressure to disclose Venezuelan oil takings
Trump administration holds back from revealing how much money it has collected and how much it has sent back to Caracas
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Scalise is deliberately lying about a standard process. There is routine turnover in the White House press corps. For example, I still have a hard pass. I have no idea if it still works or if it has been canceled because I live hundreds of miles away and am not actively trying to enter the complex.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ohio’s only national forest is being opened back up to fracking. The federal government just leased oil and gas rights beneath nearly 2,800 acres of Wayne National Forest for about $11 million, the first competitive lease sale there since 2017.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It simply never ends. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik issued new guidance interpreting the Endangered Species Act’s prohibition on “taking” endangered wildlife much more narrowly. Under the new interpretation, an action generally has to be intentionally
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
Welcome to the Golden Age (via Biblical Activism/IG)
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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