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@catpaladin.bsky.social
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Do politics and VOTE! I believe in healthy Democracy including the Rule of Law and the Constitution! I support Medicare for all! Self Determination! Moral integrity! Get big money out of politics! Remove corrupt SCOTUS and politicians!

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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 27m
l.smartnews.com/p-8C8kIKZ2/P... “The well-documented evidence incriminating Nixon on the central issues surrounding the Watergate break-in was overwhelming, was based on Nixon’s own words and involved Nixon trying to use deep-state actors to cover up his crimes."
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Watergate prosecutor sounds alarm on Trump's 'extremely dangerous' new plan (AlterNet)
President Donald Trump's administration has a new plan in motion to potentially rewrite history on one of the GOP's biggest ever scandals, with one former Wa...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 34m
l.smartnews.com/p-8CaDYbsc/z... “Popova’s presence in Irkutsk meant it is a ‘terrible, critical situation’, he said, adding that a cover-up was underway and ‘we will not be told what really happened’.”
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Lab worker dies and nearly 200 people in quarantine after Russia ‘plague’ outbreak (Metro)
Vladimir Putin’sregime has been accused of covering up an outbreak of...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 3h
l.smartnews.com/p-8C7pEzi8/6... Thanks Alabama!
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Alabama newspaper shatters Trump’s lies with vicious factcheck (AlterNet)
On Friday night, President Donald Trump was lapping up the love from MAGA supporters from the deep-red shelterof an Alabama venue. But even Trump’s Universit...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 13h
l.smartnews.com/p-8BRWJviw/s... “President Donald Trump has expressed sympathy for the seven men who have been accused of drugging and gang-raping a classmate at Cornell University.”
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Trump Expresses Sympathy for Accused Cornell Seven Rapists (The Daily Beast)
President Donald Trump has expressed sympathy for the seven men who have been accused of drugging and gang-raping a classmate at Cornell University. New York...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 14h
youtu.be/-N3yW1qIK7c?... “Is Trump refusing to comment on the growing Cornell University sex abuse scandal or devote Federal resources to it because he’s so callous about sex abuse, given his own past conduct, that he can’t see clearly how to help?”
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Trump Just MADE the Cornell Story MUCH WORSE…
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 14h
youtu.be/P3TAGzAN_MI?... “striking interaction during a rally in which Trump bites his lower lip, repeatedly strokes another man's arm, and displays an unusual tongue movement. Dr. G breaks down these moments from a behavioral and neurological perspective, discussing concepts such as involuntary…”
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Trump’s DECLINE Appears to Be Getting WORSE: Psychology & Body Language
YouTube video by Dr. G Explains
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 14h
l.smartnews.com/p-8BQNYSFW/I... “Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn’t un-American; it’s what working people deserve,” Nixon said, adding that she is “not going any damn place.”
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JD Vance Tells Florida Democratic Senate Nominee Angie Nixon She ‘Doesn’t Belong In America’ – Nixon Responds, ‘I’m Not Going Any Damn Place!’ (uPolitics - Feed)
Vice President JD Vance told a Florida rally crowd on Thursday that Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Angie Nixon“doesn’t belong in America,” prompting a swift ...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 15h
youtu.be/YSw9hGBGbp4?... “USDS Host Iago Lashua breaks down Pope Leo and Zohran Mamdani double up on a shared anti-AI message!”
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Zohran Mamdani And Pope Leo Team Up!?
YouTube video by U.S. Democratic Socialists
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 18h
l.smartnews.com/p-8BQvYFmE/s... “Toxins were found in all types of cat food - wet, dry and air- or freeze-dried - even in products labeled as natural and nutritionally superior, according to the analysis released Friday.”
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Cat food investigation finds heavy metals, pesticides and plastic chemicals (CNN)
Nearly all tested cat foods contain tox...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 21h
l.smartnews.com/p-8BPuYLhS/s... Corruption and theft of our tax dollars. Of course. Waste, fraud, and abuse coming from the Trump regime.
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Trump DHS scrambles to salvage billion-dollar deal after contractor departs in scandal (Raw Story)
The Department of Homeland Securityhas replaced the contractor running its flagship self-deportation program following a prolonged corruption scandal, shifti...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 21h
l.smartnews.com/p-8BOnDo52/e... “A “de-accession” memo revealed the changes “may include disposal via the following means: return to country of origin, transfer or exchange with another institution, public sale or destruction.””
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‘My God’: Trump’s Kennedy Center Mess Takes Another Jaw-Dropping Turn as a Sell-Off Begins Behind the Scenes — What’s Being Hauled Away Raises Eyebrows (Atlanta Black Star)
Donald Trump began leaving his mark on the Kennedy Center before his name ever graced the building’s exterior facade. His sweeping changes to Washington, D.C...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BKxKpdT/p... “The right in Latin America is heavily bound up in drug trafficking and Cerimedo’s arrest was/is threatening to expose it all. Don Trump Jr cameo extremely unsurprising.””
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Trump Jr. makes cameo with suspected drug trafficker accused of ordering hit on mistress (Raw Story)
Explosive new reporting on Fernando Cerimedo — the far-right operative dubbed “MAGA’s Man” in Latin America who was jailed for allegedly ordering the murder ...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.youtube.com/live/tkiDHy-... “The U.S. Dollar surges. The strengthening dollar will ease inflation in the United States, but why the dollar is surging will make that welcome news short lived.”
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Coffee With Texas Paul! Dollar Surges As Trump's Iran War Turns Global Economy Into Dumpster Fire!
YouTube video by Texas Paul
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BKnXJ4c/b... “GOP Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) spoke at the Nixon Foundation’s annual Grand Strategy Summit this week in Washington, D.C., and said of the former President: “Richard Nixon was absolutely couped out of office and was framed. All of this was fake.””
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GOP Congressman Says Richard Nixon Was Framed, “All of This Was Fake” (2paragraphs)
GOP Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) spoke at the Nixon Foundation’s annual Grand Strategy Summit this week in Washington, D.C., and said of the former President: “Ri...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/Fgqw_2OC6hI?... “Trump and his Commerce Secretary are linked back to a crypto currency scheme used by the Iranian government to fund its operations, its war response to kill Americans; and to fund terrorism around the world.”
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Trump WHITE KNUCKLES It as Senate Probes His Admin PROFITING from Iran Crypto Used to Fund Terrorism
YouTube video by Legal AF
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?... “The money for President Trump's campaign-style ads were meant to be used for border security and slain officers' funerals.“
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/jU0CX6RtvKY?... “Iran’s reported strikes on two more ships in the Strait of Hormuz as the conflict escalates, and Donald Trump’s preparations to deploy troops to the Rio Grande area after alleging that cartel members fired on the U.S. Coast Guard.”
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🚨Iran JUST DID IT AGAIN…
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BL7Q1jy/7... “The Honors ceremony has traditionally been held in the Kennedy Center’s 2,300-seat Opera House. Capital One Arena can accommodate roughly 20,000 people.”
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Kennedy Center Honors Timeline as Gala Moves Amid Trump Threats (Newsweek)
The Kennedy Center Honors are moving off-site for the first time in the history of the annual celebration. The December 7 ceremony will be held at Capital On...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/PwoRFy-Ram4?... “Weeks before the midterms, election deniers on Georgia's election board quietly asked Trump's DOJ to intervene.”
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Trump's Takeover of Georgia's Vote Count Has Quietly Begun
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
knewz.com/trump-has-al... “… win enough of these cases that we are able to protect democracy, and Democrats sweep the House and the Senate in such convincing fashion that it sort of demoralizes the post-election election subversion efforts.” Show up! VOTE!
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Trump faces election law scrutiny ahead of 2026 midterm
Marc Elias warns the 2026 midterms could face escalating legal and voting disputes, while Trump leaves open the possibility of emergency powers.
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BG8sKYg/s... “Wiles warned that an aggressive approach would draw unwanted attention and could alienate voters, the official said. "No one wants us taking any real action before the midterms," the official told the outlet.”
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White House secretly told DOJ to hold off on one hot-button issue until after vote: report (Raw Story)
The White House has told the Justice Department to slow-walk abortion-related actions until after November's midterm elections, according to a new report. Se...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.youtube.com/live/QqQj8zk... The Mop Up
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White House Told to Lawyer Up | Ken Paxton Says Trump Is Dragging Him Down | 690,000 Already Voted
YouTube video by David Feldman
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BwgUUCY/w... “US state department informed Congress of its intent to redirect more than $52m (£39m) of military assistance, some of which was also intended for Middle Eastern nations, to Right-wing governments in Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.”
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Trump ‘diverts Ukraine aid for Nato countries to Latin American allies’ (The Telegraph)
Donald Trumpreportedly diverted money earmarked for countrie...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/34V3l_0oYuc?... “Rank Christian Nationalism will outlast Trump.”
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Christian Nationalists Are Losing Their Minds | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/qotp8kkLmJM?... “The Conditions: Documented medical neglect, severe overcrowding, and structural similarities to historical internment camps.” And much more. Recommend watching. 9 minutes
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Inside Trump's Billion-Dollar Immigration Detention Machine | Supreme Court Case Explained
YouTube video by FIVE MINUTE NEWS
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/mqGlezbADgU?... “TX changing trucking regulations, fuel rules and transportation restrictions in an effort to keep diesel moving where it's needed.”
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America's Diesel Crisis Just Got Real!
YouTube video by The Enemy From Within
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8Byr7Kj6/I... “Now, we should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Senator [Chris] Coons [D-DE], but he pulled out a day after that hearing.””
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News Anchor Says Republican Ditched Show After Embarrassing Viral Gaffe: ‘Senator Schmitt Was Supposed To Appear on This Program’ (Mediaite)
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) apparently backed out of a planned C-SPAN appearance after his attempted “gotcha” of former special counsel Jack Smith spectacularly...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BugGhyw/0... “government sources now tell NBC News that Trump did not even alert administrators that their budgets would be footing the bill.”
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Revealed: Officials didn't know Trump raided their budgets to fund his ads (AlterNet)
President Donald Trump’s national ad buy featuring himself immediately drew critics over laws against using taxpayer money to fund political advertising. But...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
fortune.com/2026/10/01/t... “TSA is treating this matter like it is a privilege—it is not; it is basic safety and common decency for the workforce.””
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Trump removes chairs for TSA agents, saying they ‘must meet fitness for duty requirements’ | Fortune
The White House has given the Office of Personnel Management more power to hire and fire federal workers on the basis of fitness.
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BlLgzpS/y... “The Ruias' quest has faced many obstacles, including multiple bankruptcy filings, accusations of broken contracts, missed deadlines and stiffed contractors.” Right in Trump’s wheelhouse
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Company behind Iowa steel plant praised by Trump has history of trouble (USA Today)
President Donald Trump's announcement of a steel plant coming to southeast Iowa could transform the economy of a rural community. Hailed by the president on ...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BhIjXnq/B... “The Trump administration has excluded several major NATO allies, including the UK, France and the Baltic states, from an October meeting in Poland intended to discuss the alliance’s future.”
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Trump Leaves Key US Allies Out of NATO Group Meeting (Kyiv Post)
(L/R) US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8Bkalrfr/q... “When parents are crazy, my sympathetic voice kind of goes away,” Myers is heard saying with a laugh.” Texas Vote!
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‘I Just Wanted My Daughter to Feel Safe’: Texas Principal Caught Laughing on Voicemail After Parents Report Their Daughter Was Inappropriately Touched (Atlanta Black Star)
A Texas family says it has lost confidence in Tomball Independent School District after raising concerns about how school administrators in the Houston subur...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8BmdRn7W/K... “At the end of last week, they announced it would be closed for another week. Now it's clear that, behind the scenes, the Kennedy Center is telling vendors the building is shuttered.”
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos (AlterNet)
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week, and British music journalist N...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8Bm2JPwI/p... For anyone thinking that Americans are doing nothing. This is but one example where we are doing something. There is much not being broadcasted.
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Chief Justice's Island Escape Turns Into a Nightmare (The Daily Beast)
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' hopes for peaceful getaways on an island off the coast of Maine are frequently interr...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
youtu.be/BRaR9uQYx44?... “During recent Oval Office meetings, Trump appears to rely heavily on his left hand while his right hand is sometimes kept unusually still or out of view. Dr. G also examines the viral moment following Trump’s recent handshake with Ukrainian President Volodymyr …”
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Trump’s RIGHT SIDE Appears WEAK: What’s Going On? Psychology & Body Language
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
youtu.be/7EcNb1uo0WI?...
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Attorneys file emergency motion for stay after Christa Pike still alive from lethal injection
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
youtu.be/ZpmsUO5CUEs?... Just because it’s too good to miss.
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Lawrence: ‘Stupidest Senator of the Day’ Schmitt falsely accused Jack Smith of perjury
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8B7gGCly/c... “According to Aviation Week, an industry publication, two former test engineers were made official job offers. Here’s the thing: those two engineers are not just retired. They’re in their seventies.”
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NASA Has Made Job Offers to 2 Retired Engineers in Their Seventies to Help Restart an SR-71 Blackbird. The Aircraft Last Flew on October 9, 1999, and Nobody Has Turned Its Engines Since. (19FortyFive)
It’s happening. After nearly 27 years, the United States government is looking for engineers to help restore a former NASA-operated Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8AJF5Kus/C... “There is no way to make health care costs affordable if what's driving at least 75 percent of it is chronic illness. And so if you look at other countries and what they pay/person on health care, we're at least twice as expensive because we're twice as fat,” Oz said”
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Russell Brand and Dr. Oz joke about hugging female Trump secretary as rape-accused comic joins MAHA panel (The Independent)
British comedian and actor Russell Brand, who has been repeatedly accused of rape, and Dr. Mehmet Oz joked about hugging a female member of Donald Trump’s Ca...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8B926qmA/v... Gotta push those Christian values on all of us. /s
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Prominent Christian authors in North Texas arrested in child abuse investigation (Dallas Morning News)
A best-selling Christian author and podcast host and her husband are accused in a case involving the abuse and sexual assault of a child. Heather Thompson Da...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8ATDlSO4/v... “NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy also rejected Homeland Security’s use of Dawkins as anti-immigration propaganda. McCarthy told Forbes, “We requested DHS take down the video.”
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‘Take It Down’: Trump’s DHS Sparks Fury After NFL Demands Removal of Video — And a Former Eagles Player Gets Wrapped Up in Something Bigger (Atlanta Black Star)
Kristi Noem is gone. But President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is still under fire months after her exit. This time, DHS has stirred the p...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8ATQw0Lu/f... Wow! I was this old when I learned this. Nature is amazing.
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“To survive it consumes a large portion of its internal organs, including its kidneys, liver, gizzard and intestine” (Focusing on Wildlife)
It takes guts to migrate long distances – literally, if you’re a bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica baueri. This crow-sized shorebird burns not just flab, bu...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8AYLg6wp/v... The main reason to remove flock cameras! Vote!
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Trump Uses Decades-Old Law to Collect Flock Data Nationwide (The New Republic)
Thanks to a 1980s anti–drug trafficking program, cities across the U.S. are being forced to turn over their license plate reader data to the Trump administra...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8B6VqvJK/u... “Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is demanding answers from Hegseth after F-35 components that were shipped from Australia to the United States were diverted to Hong Kong — and reportedly taken into the possession of the Chinese government.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth Given Strict Deadline to Explain How F-35 Parts Ended Up in China — as Congressman Raises Possibility of 'Intentional Act' (RadarOnline)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethhas been slapped with a strict deadline to explain how comp...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8B0HNbXi/y... “Pentagon inspector general’s report obtained by CNN and dated Sept. 14 details how Iranian attacks have damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures in U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan during the conflict.”
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The US Navy Just Got Handed a Brutal Assessment of Bahrain: Its Own Acting Secretary Says the Iranians Blew the Hell Out of It (National Security Journal)
The Pentagon is debating its military presence in the Middle East after months of Iranian missile and drone attacks revealing the vulnerability of some of it...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8B3lwmml/Y... Wait until the first Ai strikes our troops instead of the “enemy”.
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Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military (The New Republic)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced onetime trillionaire Elon Musk, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and right-wing entrepreneur Palmer Luckey...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8B1EedTr/j... “Right-wing groups have been working with Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania behind the scenes to get Trump-sympathetic voters' attention, according to reporting from The Atlantic and The Intercept.”
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Fetterman's Secret MAGA Cash Grab Exposed in Leaked Message (The Daily Beast)
MAGA's favorite Democrat has secretly been fundraising with Republicans, leaked text messages reveal. Right-wing groups have been working with Sen. John Fett...
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.youtube.com/live/pA0V9qZ... “Republicans have always been incompetent. Senator Eric Smith, his fellow Republicans and staff just elevated their level of incompetence to its Zenith! Republican's October surprise isn't a surprise. It's a tired old ploy. Weaponized immigration in the form … “
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Coffee With Texas Paul!! Senator Eric Smith Beclowns Himself In Jack Smith Hearing!
YouTube video by Texas Paul
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.youtube.com/live/pnId27S... “Jack Smith told the Senate Judiciary Committee Trump caused the violence on Jan. 6., it was foreseeable, and he sought to exploit it. Axios had Senator Schmitt on JD Vance’s 2028 VP shortlist, then Schmitt humiliated himself. Schmitt then went on Turning Point USA…”
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GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt Is Now The World's Biggest Imbecile| Jack Smith Proves It| Noem's Divorce
YouTube video by David Feldman
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Shelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
l.smartnews.com/p-8ADRyl4A/i... Only the best and the brightest join the Republican Party. /s
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MAGA candidate hit with 'jaw-dropping' revelations from 'dark past' (AlterNet)
A prominent and controversial Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate has been rocked by "jaw-dropping" allegations, per a new report from The Daily Beast, addi...
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