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@cattales.bsky.social
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Stained glass, hiking, camping, horse riding, gardening, cooking, sourdough, crochet, reading. Agricultural Economist. Lutheran. Retired, and developing passions.

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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I nominate Nancy Pelosi- real Italian American. Bonus- it'd explode GOP and MAGA heads.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
And he brought his Freedom Caucus BS to the MD state legislature.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Perhaps the media could ask Darline about her brother's legacy being trashed so quickly by the Prez?
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
👀 That AmEx headline is quite something with WSJ's Guilfoyle article.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reverse Costanza- take way the chair.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I mean, it's not great to bankrupt your financiers.🤷‍♀️
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tbh, I wonder how the Gulf States are doing financially/economically? The war is ⬆️ oil prices, but you don't get paid if you can't ship the product.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Segue into the other Bluesky thread about the post 2024 election m meaning. Decent chance 2026 is "throw the bums out, especially GOP", but that sentiment could also take out a few Dems.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In March 2024, Ricketts voted w 74 other Senators to overturn USDA's decision to allow fresh meat from Paraguay. Biden was President, where's his bill to prevent the mystery meat?
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wait until Canada adopts EU food requirements... that'll add to farmers woes.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Might be easier to process if the House was in session.🤷‍♀️
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Trump takes Xmas? Total insanity as our top 10 trade deficits for goods are with China, Mexico, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ireland, Thailand, Japan, India, South Korea, and Germany. Surprised Canada wasn't included.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Several requirements on beef imported into tge USA- 1) animal health- USDA APHIS 2) public health- USDA FSIS, & 3) tariffs and/or quotas at USTR. Changes to any of those normally require rulemaking....🤷‍♀️
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The better questions are 1) what meetings is she attending, esp w world leaders or classified briefings? and 2) if she is in those meetings, what's her clearance level?
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Try a kettle scale collector. It's a mesh coil that collects the calcium from the water. You'll still need to scrub your kettle, but less often.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ah, reminiscent of Rudy "9/11" Giuliani, it's the Trump "Joe Biden" administration.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Why retire when 5 of your colleagues keep ruling alongside you to remove precedents that you hate? Roe, Chevron, VRA, etc...
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🤦‍♀️Those international programs served a few purposes-- saving lives, making life better where people were (reducing migration), and reducing surplus US agricultural production-- at $40 per year per taxpayer vs. ICE at $100-200 per year per taxpayer.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Pulte Homes to redevelop Olney Golf Park into 235 townhomes - Washington Business Journal share.google/i5pUSFsPjabX...
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Pulte puts Olney Golf Park under contract, plans 235 townhomes - Washington Business Journal
Olney Golf Park, just off Georgia Avenue, has served its Montgomery County community for 30 years. There's a new plan for the 22-acre site, and it doesn't include a driving range.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Especially TX, which has nearly 20K wind turbines. Anyone that's driven I-40 across the state has seen them.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sigh. The point of USAID and other foreign aid is to make life BETTER where the poor are, so that they don't need to migrate. <and dispose of surplus agricultural products> Killing USAID makes desperate migration more likely, as well as deaths.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Definitely a large part of it.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
He's confident that he can kill minorities and the poor so that he doesn't have to support them via taxes or humane policies. Failing that, he'll take like-minded whites on his spaceships to a new world.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
When you don't realize that you're the target of eugenics and why GOP needs to rig elections.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Not Xi, MBS.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Dates are also good fiber source, not slimy like prunes. Great chopped and added to oatmeal with walnuts.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Them and Elon's settlers.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If they are white South African farmers fleeing violence, are they planning to farm in the US? How will they get land? And equipment? It's not easy to start farming...
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Why retire when you have 5 colleagues that are helping you dismantle the "liberal" state?
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
And trash- there's tons of fireworks' casing debris.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The "250 for 250" slogan makes sense because MAGA think 100 mil are illegal and need to be deported.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
@capitalweather.com how will these temps affect the animals at the Great American Fair? Is there adequate cooling and water available? Also for the animals' caretakers? Or will they be sent home?
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Countdown until the scaffolding goes up to shield it from public view.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Thank you. We learn so little about labor history in schools, even though it's an important part of our country.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My sewing is not county fair worthy and I don't care. I'm having fun.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Nope, but @indivisible.org could hold alternative 250 concerts across the country on Jun 24...
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"I'm sorry, Chairman. I can't share w you how my department that Congress funded is spending taxpayer dollars because I signed a NDA", every Trump Secretary.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Paxton sooooo damaged by Cornyn that he eked out nearly 64%. 🤷‍♀️
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Seriously, he could have waited until December...
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
They wanted the George Floyd events canceled by the Feds. When that didn't happen, the right morphed it into "the Feds approved the marches while closing your kid's school".
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Who shorted the markets?
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
TY. Beautifully written and poignant. Similar situation before my mom died of dementia. May you be blessed with true peace.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
He missed the Revolutionary War, it was a bit more than 7 years or 350+ weeks. Since we're celebrating USA 250 this year. 🤷‍♀️
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
TY for the lawsuit! I used to run and bike in that area, as well as attend my former agency's annual picnic at the GC few years ago. Everything the orange one touches dies.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
@sarahtaber.bsky.social Why did he have the cow chained overnight? I grew up on a farm w dairy farming neighbors and that just sounded strange.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Another common practice was for the wife to work off farm, while the grandparents or other relatives watched the kids. Yesterday's NYT article was interesting because the wife was only photoed twice and fr the back. No quotes on her thoughts about ceasing dairy farming.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Ivies accept 4-5 % of applicants. Also, Harvard has about 1000 freshmen and there are around 2K perfect SAT scores annually.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The Baltimore Banner has an excellent article on why redistricting efforts are failing in MD. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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As court ruling prompts states to redistrict, Maryland remains on the sidelines
Blue and red states alike are contemplating special legislative sessions to adopt new maps, seeing an opening for political gerrymandering.
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cattales.bsky.social @cattales.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Not prediction, it's gambling. We need to call it by its real name.
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