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Original Cat Dude

@jon639.bsky.social
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#Resister ✊, IT, investigator, vegan 🦋, support Global Elephant Sanctuary, human/animal rights & fight animal abuse. 💙 cat dad 😸, Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 5h
Russia sharing jet-powered drone tech w/NKorea...meanwhile hegseth just FIRED all the ppl pushing for modernized military tech... kyivindependent.com/very-dangero...
kyivindependent.com
'Very dangerous moment' — Russia sharing jet-powered drone tech with North Korea, Zelensky says
The president's comments come a week after he warned that Moscow is preparing to recruit another 10,000 North Korean military personnel to fight alongside Russian troops against Ukraine.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 5h
ministry's assessment marks an increase from the 45% drop in Russian refining capacity... kyivindependent.com/ukraines-dee...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
🗣️Ex FTC Chair Lina Khan on A.I. Regulation: “The idea that just because we have new technological capabilities there’s some blanket exemption from the laws on the books is totally laughable.”
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 8h
This is a community note for the ages.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h
At Turman Elementary, in Colorado Springs, children told staff they were aggressively approached by masked men with weapons, who identified themselves as ICE agents. ICE claims the children were lying, and the children approached THEM, and accuses people speaking up of "creating a climate of fear."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h
UPDATE: Dems just added @justinjpearson.bsky.social’s TN-9 race to their target list. 👀 nypost.com/2026/10/05/u...
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 5h
Alabama legislature passed a bill in late March requiring all state and local entities to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America"... theintercept.com/2026/10/02/g...
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Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”
Rather than stand up for editorial independence, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his “Gulf of America.”
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 5h
theintercept.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 5h
This is the husband who's wife threatened to 'Tell All' about melania sleeping w/Epstein before Trump. Zampoli then threatened to take her/their child away... www2.thedailybeast.com/model-agent-...
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Melania and Trump’s Matchmaker Accused of Horrific Attack
Paolo Zampolli, 56, is accused of drugging and violently attacking a 33-year-old model.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 16h
Jack Smith wearing the 'NO KINGS" t-shirt at the People Power concert 🚀
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 16h
Wtach Trump blame china...
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 16h
WTF?? AI going rogue sounds like a product failure to me...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 18h
This was Special Counsel Jack Smith yesterday at the ‘Power to the People’ concert and wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt with people wanting to shake his hand. American hero. 💙👊
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17h
If Democrats think winning back congress this year and the presidency in 2028 is enough, they are sorely mistaken. We'll be right back where we're at in 2032 with an even more fascist and white supremacist Republican party. It's not enough to win power.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 17h
Every. Single. One. Of. Them. 😎✨
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
Alabama Republicans voted against funding the bridge. Biden got the money approved. The bridge got built. Now Trump wants his name on it, and Republicans have made that the priority. Vote against it. Take credit for it. Put your name on it.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm a biographer of Trump and Musk, and wrote 5 books—several bestsellers—in which Putin is a key figure. My assessment: it's a three-way tie between these men for Most Dangerous Person Alive. No one else comes close. Stunning, given that Thiel, Altman, Karp, Luckey, Hegseth, and Xi Jinping exist.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 21h
Russia has incredibly irresponsible during covid as well...
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 23h
This is all hands on deck! Pneumatic plague is airborne and nearly always fatal if untreated. Wiped out 150 million, half of Europe, way back when. Treatable with antibiotics, but we don't have enough antibiotics. Also from a lab in Russia, where they still have weaponized plague. Total nightmare.
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Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 21h
Our country is all a joke to Trump...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21h
"Some were there because even though they had not known the young man personally, they 'are dedicated to standing in solidarity with his family and all of the other Haitian families who have come to Springfield seeking a place of safety,' the pastor said..." www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
miamiherald.com
At Haitian student’s funeral, a community confronts painful immigration reality
The emotional ceremony held in English and Haitian Creole was attended by his parents and two younger brothers, local community advocates and elected officials including Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, Sta...
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putins boys... www2.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-rush...
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Kremlin Rushes to Defend Jared Kushner as Murky Deal Is Exposed
The president’s son-in-law is apparently engaging in more than just peace-making.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BEWARE: A company called VIDIZMO is advertising the capability to export footage from FlockOS to its own platforms that do facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds. www.404media.co/surveillance...
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Surveillance Finds a Way
CEO who wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras says it's "the way the world will have to be."
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Check to see if you've been tracked with FLOCK... haveibeenflocked.com?ref=404media...
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Have I Been Flocked? – Search Flock ALPR Audit Logs
Have police looked up your travel history? Search Flock Safety audit logs for your license plate.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is a massive surveilance of your everyday life captured by mail trucks... www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Proof no one can trust police to NOT succumb to their inner desire to break the law. There are currently more than a hundred thousand warrantless searches of the Flock system every month... www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/10/2026
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Remember...MAGA is a CULT. People don't just up and leave they vote for it until they break. Not enough republicans have broken yet. 👉 GET OUT AND VOTE, VOTE, VOTE to save our democracy, and our country. Tribal issues come later...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hear how Christie Noem went on a mega-wild luxury jet spending spree with our money... www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
nytimes.com
Video: Why Did D.H.S. Buy These Planes?
Our investigative reporter David A. Fahrenthold explains his investigation into 10 planes the Department of Homeland Security bought from a donor to former D.H.S. Secretary Kristi Noem.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I love this for Russian oligarchs...Putin refuses to use his own grifted billions. 👉 When Putin decided to takeover he established an unwritten pact requiring Russian oligarchs to give him 50% of their wealth to avoid imprisonment. 👉 Red Notice by Bill Browder kyivindependent.com/russian-bill...
kyivindependent.com
Russian billionaires 'volunteer' to fund state budget after closed-door meeting with Putin, Reuters reports
Wealthy Russians have already contributed a total of 471 billion rubles (over $5.6 billion) to the state budget in 2026, according to Reuters. The payments are listed as "voluntary receipts" in budget...
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CatMother1967 @catmother1967.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A blueberry recall announced in the summer has expanded to include more products. The FDA says frozen blueberries have been linked to at least 17 E. coli cases.
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Illinois impacted by expanded frozen blueberries recall linked to E. coli cases
A blueberry recall announced in the summer has expanded to include more products.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Its the GOLDEN AGE of riches for the Trumps-Kushners-Witkoffs!! GIFT ARTICLE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I love this for Russian oligarchs...Putin refuses to use his own grifted billions. 👉 When Putin decided to takeover he established an unwritten pact requiring Russian oligarchs to give him 50% of their wealth to avoid imprisonment. 👉 Red Notice by Bill Browder kyivindependent.com/russian-bill...
kyivindependent.com
Russian billionaires 'volunteer' to fund state budget after closed-door meeting with Putin, Reuters reports
Wealthy Russians have already contributed a total of 471 billion rubles (over $5.6 billion) to the state budget in 2026, according to Reuters. The payments are listed as "voluntary receipts" in budget...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation revealing Jared Kushner, tasked by Trump to negotiate peace in Gaza, owns a company with a major stake in a firm linked to Israel's military.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
yet another massive reason to GO VOTE and get rid of these goons...
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is one of the guys who bankrolled trump...
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❄️Winter Magic❄️ ❌ 👑🐀Rat Verified🐀 @wmrina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The purpose of data centers, ALPR cameras and AI technology is the ability to track political dissidents in real-time so they can be arrested or killed whenever their government pleases. Every other use is an afterthought at best. Thank you to everyone working to #PurgePalantir
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 02/10/2026
In 2024, Missouri voters approved a measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Republican lawmakers are now trying to make Missouri the only state in the country whose constitution explicitly ~bans~ abortion.
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A State That Enshrined Abortion Into Its Constitution Is Now at Risk of Losing It
This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
U.S. regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts #UPI
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U.S. regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts - UPI.com
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Texas businessman said there is nothing untoward about a $250,000 donation he made to Trump’s scandal-hit Senate candidate, even though he used a false name.
thedailybeast.com
‘Inside Joke’ Backfires on Trump’s Must-Win MAGA Candidate
A donor who paid into Ken Paxton’s expensive Texas Senate run mysteriously did not use his real identity.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026
"Sometimes it’s important to remind ourselves of the uncomfortable facts of life. Trump gave a lengthy interview to Time Magazine that was published yesterday. Let’s stare into the abyss together." Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-prep...
kyivindependent.com
Ukraine prepares sanctions on 20-plus Russian oligarchs in response to EU delistings
"We fought until the last moment, both publicly and privately, to prevent this from happening," Sybiha said. "You removed two oligarchs, and we will add twenty."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)
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Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
Coverage like this doesn't happen without support from our readers. Subscribe for free or become a member to back our work directly: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
Rep. Mike Collins, a GOP U.S. Senate candidate, recently said he was “fine” with the idea of Trump sending federal troops to voting sites. “It may be fine with you,” Marc Elias says, “but it’s not fine with federal law.” Keep watch on the people rewriting the rules: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
People don't realize TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN IN PRISON now if that 33% that sat at home would have just gone out and voted. 😡
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