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Cat F

@catikins9.bsky.social
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Resister. Against authoritarianism & tyranny. Rescue dog mama. Elections nerd. Former public servant.

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Resistor Sister @sistergf.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
“Vote GOP, we’re all going to DIE anyway”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/05/2025
Honolulu police say they are launching a review after attorneys accused officers of arresting sober drivers to meet quotas. The ACLU of Hawaii says it has identified at least 127 people arrested from 2022 through 2024 who had blood alcohol levels of 0.00.
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Honolulu police arrested sober drivers to hit DUI quotas, lawsuit alleges
Honolulu police say they are launching a review after civil rights attorneys accused officers of arresting scores of sober drivers to meet quotas.
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Dr Robert ~🎶~🎶~🎶~ @drrobert25.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
#Books #BookSky #READ
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Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · 31/05/2025
Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/06/2025
The FDA has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its most severe warning, saying there is a higher probability that potential salmonella contamination could lead to “serious adverse health consequences or death.”
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F.D.A. Updates Recall of Tomatoes, Warning of a High Risk of Illness or Death
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Blue In A Red State @bluenredstate.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Tough day for Putin lovers.
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
That’s what someone on ketamine would say
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NPR @npr.org · 03/05/2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he will ask Defense Department officials why an Army Black Hawk helicopter violated flight restrictions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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Army Black Hawk helicopter forces two jetliners to abort landings at DCA
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he will ask Defense Department officials why an Army Black Hawk helicopter violated flight restrictions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/05/2025
May the fourth be with you, Illinois.
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AlwaysACivilServant @drneuro.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again. Bravo
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
He stood there on Jan 20 and falsely mouthed the words to protect and defend our Constitution. Asked now on Meet the Press if he thinks he needs to uphold the Constitution, he says, “I don’t know.” Translation: No. Woe to America and the utter failure of putting this man back in our Oval Office.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/05/2025
A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.
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Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I served in the United States Navy, and I'm 100% positive that Trump must uphold the United States Constitution. I wasn't determined to stay out of the military; I was hell bent for leather that I was enlisting in the military.
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thecapt911.bsky.social @thecapt911.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
He’s not. It has nothing to do with us other than it’s our money he’s spending. Certainly not his money. That’s why he couldn’t care less as long as he is sated.
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a man in a suit and sunglasses is holding a bunch of money in his hands .
ALT: a man in a suit and sunglasses is holding a bunch of money in his hands .
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NPR @npr.org · 03/05/2025
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.
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After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/05/2025
An Ohio man drove his car into a sheriff’s deputy, killing him in what the authorities said appeared to be an intentional act that happened the day after the driver’s 18-year-old son had been shot and killed by the Cincinnati police.
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Father Whose Son Was Shot by Cincinnati Police Hits Deputy With Car, Killing Him
The man had viewed footage of the fatal shooting of his 18-year-old son in Cincinnati hours before deliberately crashing into a sheriff’s deputy in Hamilton County, Ohio, the authorities said.
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Louise @louiseplease.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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Keith White @keithwhite832.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
@npr.org @pbsnews.org keep US politicians and the toddler tot publicly accountable he doesn't like that.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
UPDATE on @TNHighwayPatrol & ICE raiding/terrorizing NASHVILLE immigrant communities last night (with reported MNPD involvement)— pulling over uber and door dash drivers, detaining pregnant women, etc…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 04/05/2025
The plots of disaster movies that portray the end of civilization often begin with high-level Government Officials ignoring the warnings of Scientists. One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour @Netflix Documentary — Don’t Look Up (2021).
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Temecula Rises @temecularises.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Our Dear Leader needs his 4 day vacations every week. "Victims of natural disasters can take care of themselves" (says every oligarch in this admin) 🤨
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Keith White @keithwhite832.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
What did Big Bird and Elmo do to y'all's president?
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PattiCakes ⚖️🔬♀️♿✊🏾🏳️‍🌈☮️🇺🇸🌎🌊 @warrior-patticakes.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
If the White Christian Nationalists were really Christians, they would be rebuking that demon!
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a man stands at a podium with the words " not today devil " behind him
ALT: a man stands at a podium with the words " not today devil " behind him
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/05/2025
Federal transportation safety officials were investigating on Friday after two commercial flights aborted landings because an Army helicopter had entered the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where helicopter traffic has been restricted since a fatal collision in January.
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2 Planes Abort Landings as Army Helicopter Flies Near D.C. Airport
The episode followed a fatal collision between a military helicopter and a commercial jet in January, and prompted concern and outrage among officials.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
WIth everything else you kind of forget that the president of the united states is a crypto scammer
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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This dangerous psychopath is laying the groundwork to try to ban all vaccines.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
So much for small government and states’ rights. The hypocrisy is dangerously absurd. Trump is now suing Colorado and Denver, accusing them of obstructing federal immigration actions the latest salvo in his push to force local governments to carry out deportations.
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Gränsfallet @brosen67.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I realized no one else is doing the work of speaking to mainly rural folks in the heartland. Call me the Temu AOC, but I think helping regular folks fight the oligarchy is worthwhile. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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Dispatch from a Red State
Radar's hometown
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A Constitutional crisis? They would have to believe in the Constitution in the first place…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2025
Mark Warner: "That cabinet meeting earlier this week where everyone went around and basically paid kudos to the great leader -- it was something that frankly I would've expected out of North Korea, not out of a cabinet meeting in America."
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 04/05/2025
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
During Abrego Garcia hearing right now, Judge Xinis asks the DOJ attorney (Drew Ensign) where is Mr. Abrego Garcia. Ensign: I don't have that info. My clients haven't given me that info as of today. Judge Xinis: Where is he? Ensign: I don't have that info.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is the University located in Northwest Missouri.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Casar: At the end of the day, this is about taking your hard-earned money and giving it to themselves—or funneling it to their friends. That’s all this is about.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11/04/2025
US hairdressers and aestheticians report clients are opting for less expensive services and canceling appointments—worrying signs that US consumers are retrenching
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The Beauty Salon Recession Indicator
Hairdressers and aestheticians report clients are opting for less expensive services and stretching out the time between appointments—signs that US consumers are retrenching.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 11/04/2025
Five more law firms have caved to Donald Trump's demands to avoid punishment.
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A Flurry Of Law Firms Strike Deals With Trump To Avoid Executive Orders
Five more law firms have caved to Donald Trump's demands to avoid punishment.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/04/2025
NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance. By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
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Claire McCaskill @clairecmc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Lots of Trump bros gonna be upset.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Ag groups on the tariffs "it is a shit show" agfundernews.com/food-ag-grou...
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Food & ag groups blast ‘destabilizing’ tariffs, seek exemptions: ‘We urge the White House to reconsider’
Trump's tariffs "risk destabilizing the economy and undermining the goals of bolstering domestic manufacturing and growth" says RILA.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary. I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
During a private speech to MAGA operatives, Brad Schimel suggested he would be part of a “support network” for Donald Trump if elected
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/04/2025
You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...
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How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans
The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Baby mama drama continues for the DOGE man.
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SE "Drag Me to" Beller 💀🎃✍️🌊 @sebeller.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I hear leavitt today proclaimed "white house has moved on from #signalgate." I BET 🙄 They'd love for it to just go away "like a miracle" and everyone forget this regime's ongoing incompetence, natsec crises & crime spree while they illegally erase records of it all. Bullshit. #resist
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LizaYuzda @lizay.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The $ spent on US elections is wack. Appx 5.5 Billion (billion!!!) in 2024 races. For comparison in Canada, last elxn each party had a $30mil limit. Only 4 reached around that. Total overall was circa 172 Million (22 parties ran campaigns).
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