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Katchat

@katchat52.bsky.social
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Hanging on and hanging out! I'm retired; live in the country outside a small town. I love my grandkids (well all kids) animals, trees, mowing grass, and my garden. Oh and I love softball, music, reading, the lake; a bit of a news junkie, but dislike 47!

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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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One of Ours Is Down in Iran. Here’s What That Really Means.
As a former Air Force pilot, I can tell you: we trained for this exact moment. And right now, America is doing what it does better than anyone on earth.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We love to pay for drinking water open.substack.com/pub/lylemull...
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We love to pay for drinking water
Bottled water fills a niche but also is an alternative to poor drinking water quality in parts of Iowa
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A President Who Cheers a Veteran’s Death Is Unfit for Office, and EVIL open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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A President Who Cheers a Veteran’s Death Is Unfit for Office, and EVIL
Robert Mueller was a wounded Marine, a decorated veteran, and a public servant who spent his life defending the rule of law. The President of the United States responded to his death with glee.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Why Attack Iran? open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Why Attack Iran?
Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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Trump Faces 1,000+ “Workers Over Billionaires” Protests
Trump will hate this post, and I’m good with that.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The White House Wages War On Truth www.meidasplus.com/p/the-white-...
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The White House Wages War On Truth
The administration’s attack on the Smithsonian isn’t about patriotism. It’s about control. Rewrite the past, distort the present, and steal America’s future truth by truth.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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#NoKings! (@hansonda)
Let's work to ensure that although Virginia Guiffre is gone, that her voice may not be silenced! Virginia Guiffre's statement to Ghislane Maxwell, read by Guiffre's attorney in court the day Maxwell ...
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The truth about the University Breaking News. Ethical reporting is getting hard to find. Dave Busiek is one of the best! open.substack.com/pub/davebusi...
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Undercover and over the line – a sloppy video sparks an Iowa witch hunt
Bad edits and worse ethics
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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Who's watching city hall? Nobody - and that should scare you
Where are the journalists?
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
📢 The Power of the People Is Alive and Unbreakable www.newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/the-power-...
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📢 The Power of the People Is Alive and Unbreakable
Across the country, millions came together for NO KINGS Day of Action—to rise up, peacefully and powerfully, in defense of our democracy.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Beware Trump’s Reichstag Moment open.substack.com/pub/davebusi...
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Beware Trump’s Reichstag Moment
When Leaders Exploit Chaos: A Warning from 1933
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
It's going to be a rough day, lol.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It's been 57 years now and I can still seeing that gun come up and end the life of a man that I admired greatly and still do. He would have changed the world; he did at times. RIP Bobby Kennedy; always one of my greatest heroes and mentors. Your words still inspire me to seek a better world for all.
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Robert Kennedy was killed 55 years ago. How should he be remembered?
On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in a hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, a presidential hopeful who was memorialized as a liberal icon, was complicated and contradictory.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
youtu.be/-0bTfARvod8?... " When Joe Pesci schools Harvard on the Constitution" It's great!
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"Joe Pesci discuss with Professor in Harvard classroom" : With Honors(1994) Joe Pesci Brendan Fraser
YouTube video by peakscene movies
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
An old speech but an important and may help people to stop and think what direction we want our country to head. This speech probably headed off a wave of tretaliation and hate, but sadly we lost Bobby to that same hatred. I will always love and miss you Bobby Kennedy. youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
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Indianapolis, 1968: Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King and a historic call for peace
YouTube video by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
The Death of Empathy in American Governance www.meidasplus.com/p/the-death-...
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The Death of Empathy in American Governance
When a U.S. Senator mocks the fear of dying without Medicaid, it’s not just politics; it’s a warning siren for American democracy’s moral collapse.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I AM NOT ON EARTH JUST SO I CAN BE YOUR INCUBATOR‼️ ADRIANA SMITH SAY HER NAME‼️
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Our little-known Civil War valor open.substack.com/pub/chuckoff... Great story for a rainy Memorial weekend Sunday!
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Our little-known Civil War valor
In Greene County, Iowa, today’s high school students help us recall & honor 32 schoolboy soldiers & two teachers enlisting from the town Old Rippey. Ten died.
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Storms leave more than two dozen dead, with damage still being assessed www.axios.com/2025/05/17/midwest-st… www.axios.com/2025/05/17/midwest-st…
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🦋 B34RS GYRL 💙 @b34rsgirl.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
And Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam! 😍
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Lil A 🐴💙 @lilatheofficial.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
- Trump’s personal control over economic policy, strengthening his power to direct tariffs, pressure private companies, and dictate pricing with little resistance treating the U.S. economy like his own business
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
- Sharp cuts in regulatory enforcement, with agencies like the EPA, CFPB, and Labor and Transportation Departments halting enforcement of key safety, environmental, and anti-discrimination rules
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
- Creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), placing White House–aligned teams inside every federal agency with access to internal systems and influence over hiring and daily operations
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
- Expanded executive control over agency budgets, letting White House to move federal funds internally without explicit congressional approval - Restoration of impoundment powers, giving Trump the ability to block or delay spending already passed by Congress reviving powers stripped after Watergate
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
- REINS Act-style regulation repeal, where major federal rules expire unless Congress re-approves them every 5 years allowing Trump to quietly erase protections without rewriting laws
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
- Pension changes for federal workers hired before 2014, cutting take-home pay by raising required contributions, reducing future payouts, and eliminating early retirement supplements
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
- Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, ending U.S. participation in global climate efforts - Executive Order 14215, forcing independent federal agencies to follow White House legal interpretations and centralizing authority under the presidency
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
- Rollbacks on clean energy incentives, cutting tax credits for EVs and renewables, gutting key climate provisions - More public lands opened up for drilling, mining, and logging, with royalty breaks for fossil fuel companies
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t just about tax cuts it quietly guts federal protections and reshapes entire agencies. Here’s what’s buried inside:
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Redirecting...
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Katchat @katchat52.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Last Class open.substack.com/pub/maryswan...
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Last Class
This is the last day for Bunny.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
So much for law and order: Trump kills anti-crime task force www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/5/232…
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So much for law and order: Trump kills anti-crime task force
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is reportedly moving to dismantle the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces—a decision that could grind thousands of criminal investigations to ...
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