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Kate Cunningham

@katecunning.bsky.social
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Rational liberal, gregarious introvert, retired academic librarian. “A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” Saul Bellow

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 4h
"In Harris’s case, his strong embrace of Orbán may partially be explained by his roots in Hungary and revelations that his father, Zoltan, a physician, belonged to a pro-Nazi Hungarian paramilitary group toward the end of World War II"
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just saw Digger, and I kinda loved it. Maybe I didn’t mind that the satire is bombastic because I’m a satirist. But I found it to be fascinating and audacious, and exactly what the world needs to see.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h
This is Gilded Age-level squalor. trib.al/Qmif9HR
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Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.
Turns out, Elon Musk’s pimply minions didn’t actually want to cut government spending. They wanted to get a piece of it for themselves.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h
Upon further questioning, it turns out she tended bar at a Chinese restaurant
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"when the court develops an outsize sense of its own authority and when it uses that authority to impose its policy preferences and, increasingly, its partisan preferences on the rest of us, the arrangement becomes untenable. That has happened before, and it is manifestly the case now."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 13/10/2026
Monica De La Cruz took healthcare away from TX-15 constituents to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
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Photoonist @photoonist.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
Hegseth, Patel, Vought, Miller, Lutwick, Bessent, and Guilfoyle at the bar in the cantina on Tatooine from Star Wars
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Musk | Documentary | Official Trailer (Currently driving Elon crazy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFTf...
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
According to researchers in Ireland, male-presenting chatbots are rewarded more than their female-presenting counterparts www.jezebel.com/even-ai-gene...
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Even AI-Generated Women Are Paid Less Than Their Male Counterparts
According to researchers in Ireland, male-presenting chatbots are rewarded more than their female-presenting counterparts.
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Kate Cunningham @katecunning.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
DST is harmful to children/workers who must wake-up in the dark & leave the house & walk/drive in the dark.This is especially true in the Western regions of time zones.In SE Michigan in mid-December, sunrise isn’t until 7:59am,& that is still dark.In an all-year DST,it would be an 8:59am sunrise!
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
'Americans don't work very hard...' Trump explains why many Americans can’t buy a homes x.com/essenviews/s...
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'Americans don't work very hard...' Trump explains why many Americans can’t buy a homes
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The head of the Fraud Task Force unaware of corruption inside the Trump administration, despite it being widely covered in the media. All by design: The Public Integrity unit in DOJ was gutted and has been told to focus on welfare fraud in blue states. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
The unit is hiring again to focus on “how politicians and state officials facilitate the misuse of taxpayer dollars.” That sounds good — until you realize what this actually means is they plan to go after blue state officials for allegations of welfare fraud. Trump’s circle will remain safe. After all, his former defense lawyer runs the DOJ now.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pete Hegseth is at work stirring up ideological divisions in order to deflect from his failures in the Iran War. It's obvious, and we aren't falling for it.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sarah Wynn-Williams once again was forced to sit in silence. If you're thinking of seeing The Social Reckoning this weekend (& you should!), there's no starker reminder of its authoritarian power than what it's doing to Sarah Wynn-Williams. And kudos to Frances Haugen for pointing it out. 5/
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a stupid and intellectually dishonest answer by JD Vance. He defines socialism as anything that's icky. Under that definition, I think lima beans are socialist.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
here's Thursday's post: "We’ve endured ten long years of this shit. Lucky us." Preznit Fuckwit claims ‘he can do whatever he wants, if he wants.’ thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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We’ve endured ten long years of this shit. Lucky us.
Preznit Fuckwit claims ‘he can do whatever he wants, if he wants.’
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/10/2026
Ken Paxton fears Trump's war is costing him votes. It's costing Texans a lot more than that.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda
Trumpflation Tracker. Cumulative inflation since Dec. 2024: 5.2%, approximately $3,388 more for the average household. Real wage growth since start of Iran War: -0.7%. Wages aren’t keeping up with Trump’s inflation. 30-year mortgage rate up from 5.99% before the war to 7.6%, or $4,330 more per year for a typical household. Household debt, Q1 ’25 to Q2 ’26: +$56B. Families going into more debt just to get by. Total cost to American borrowers of Trump’s broken promise to cap credit card interest rates: $94.9B. Share of each extra dollar of income going to household debt: 52¢. Take-home income up $109/month since 2022; debt payments up $57. Cost of Living Basket Since Dec. 2024: Electricity +12.7%, approximately $222 more for the average household. Rent +5.1%, approximately $256 more. Gasoline +43.7%, approximately $758 more. Groceries +3.7%, approximately $211 more. Child Care +7.6%, approximately $852 more. Health Care +14.6%, approximately $929 more for average family coverage.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 07/10/2026
🚨 This isn't a good sign. "Trump Just Banned the Election Referees. Only Russia & Belarus ban OSCE election observers. Now the United States does too, 28 days before the midterms. “Refusing election observers is what countries in a position of weakness do.” deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Just Banned the Election Referees. Only Russia and Belarus Have Ever Done That.
Only Russia and Belarus ban OSCE election observers. Now the United States does too, 28 days before the midterms. “Refusing election observers is what countries in a position of weakness do.”
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Max Mitchell @troubledmax.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#inflation #nationaldebt #affordability #midterms
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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rowast says abolish ICE now @rowast.com · 30/09/2026
We get it Pete you're the sec of culture war in addition to being the sec who loses wars
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Kingsman @kingsman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Jeannette Mullins @jlsea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Isnt this more important?
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facts.over.feelings @bmc519.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They don’t care. They work with snippets on social media and the moment when Schmitt said he believes Smith has already perjured himself is five times around the 🌎 by now. The AfD works just like that in Germany. Capture a gotcha moment and create reels because the phonies who follow will eat it up.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Alex Witt Reports @alexwittreports.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
President Trump decided to skip the signing of a housing bill. Also, millions are forgoing enrolling in Obamacare as subsidies expire and prices jump, leaving them without healthcare. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) joins Alex Witt to share her thoughts. www.ms.now/alex-witt-re...
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If Trump vetoes bipartisan housing bill, it’s an ‘F U’ to the American public: Dem Rep.
President Trump decided to skip the signing of a major housing bill that received widespread support in Congress, dealing a blow to his fellow Republicans. Also, millions are forgoing enrolling in Oba...
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Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace @deadlinewh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nicolle asks @weissmann.substack.com about MS NOW, CNN, and Politico's lawsuit against Trump's White House ban. His answer? "You're going to win."
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Kate Cunningham @katecunning.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My favorite TV shows of the 21st Century The Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: You Decide www.nytimes.com/shared/v1/be...
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My Top Shows — the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century
Slings and Arrows, 30 Rock, Community and 7 more.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 468. Everything you need to know about what happened this weekend in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 468. 9/27/26
… US Ambassador to China David Perdue said on Fox that in their recent meeting Trump asked President Xi if China wanted to buy weapons systems from the US: “Trump continues say that we sell arms to ot...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Statement from the Radio Television Digital News Association:
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
was not prepared for karl rove's trump impersonation
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Mrs. Beaverhausen @ghostmom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 20/09/2026
CNN: US is preparing a large-scale military operation against Yemen's Houthis in retaliation for their strikes on Saudi Arabia, with the Camp David meeting held to review Yemen strike options, shortly before Trump left for the White House.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 18/09/2026
Our energy bills get higher while CEOs line their pockets.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“God bless the earnings call.” Lindsay Owens on how Groundwork Collaborative uses earnings calls to dig into business’s latest consumer exploitations. @lindsayowens.bsky.social
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billbramhall.bsky.social @billbramhall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cartoon
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billbramhall.bsky.social @billbramhall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cartoon
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Postmedia delenda est @olenargy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can’t replace a leader of the free world but if we try hard enough we might be able to reconstruct one in aggregate
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: In August, *every single one* of the 2,646 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o...
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Jake @djjakej.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
$40 Billion? 17 bases and equipment were damaged or Destroyed! $200 Billion easy! Will go to $1 Trillion!
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
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