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R.C. Katz

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Cat lady, traffic reporter and old buttrocker

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 10h
The CEO of a hate group has some thoughts.
Turning Point USA / TPUSA on X.com

Erika Kirk: "I have watched people respond to political disagreement with a level of hatred and dehumanization that I would have never even thought would have existed, and I never want it to become normal in our country."

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 12h
the AZ GOP being perpetually star struck by this unfunny fuck is more entertaining than anything he’s ever done tbh
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h
The Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/QewniBV
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 16h
Warning: You will lose brain cells by simply watching this. Three minutes later I no longer know how to properly use 'your' and 'you're.'
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h
My man looks like Poochie the Rockin' Tech Support
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Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal
Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Trump mumbles through an extremely low energy endorsement for Ken Paxton to little applause from the audience
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
washingtonpost.com
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20h
1. On Tuesday, Texas PAC — a super PAC created by Senate GOP leadership — launched an outlandish new attack ad against James Talarico. The ad falsely accusing Talarico of wanting to incarcerate parents “if they do not support surgically transitioning their children.” This is a real ad:
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h
J.D. Vance has been a breathless supporter of Neo-Nazis at home and abroad, promoting their fascist ideas and ideology to a jaw-dropping degree. But he has the fucking nerve to say someone tied to *socialists* doesn't belong in America. *You* are the un-American ideologue, you goose-stepping dork.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 20h
The data center industry has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Ken Paxton's campaign. He's corrupt and can't be trusted to put Texans first. #TXSen
washingtonsun.com
Ken Paxton’s Political Operation Rakes In Data Center Donations as Texans Turn Against Industry
The Republican Senate candidate has tried to avoid data center fights. His Democratic opponent, James Talarico, has called for more regulations.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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Sarah Mackie @lumi1984.bsky.social · 23h
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I mean… there’s nothing intelligent about that man to begin with. So, I am not surprised at all. 😂
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
meidasnews.com
EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In light of the news of Tennessee’s botched execution tonight, revisiting my colleague @laurengill.bsky.social’s piece on witnessing Alabama attempt to experiment with execution methods to kill a man. boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
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“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions - Bolts
Alabama said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Executions were paused in Arizona after the 2014 lethal injection of Joseph Wood, which resulted in him violently convulsing and gasping for air for 2 hours. When executions returned in 2022, the first two men killed by lethal injection also experienced complications with the IV...
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 01/10/2026
Video: Bruce Dickinson stepped onto the field before the Steelers-Seahawks game to perform an absolutely stonishing "The Star-Spangled Banner." The Iron Maiden frontman called singing the U.S. national anthem for the NFL a "huge honour." zurl.co/Xgcr2
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Video: Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson Belts U.S. National Anthem At Steelers-Seahawks Game - That Eric Alper
Bruce Dickinson traded heavy metal for “The Star-Spangled Banner” when the Iron Maiden frontman stepped up to sing the U.S. national anthem before an NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks. Dickinson delivered the anthem ahead of the September 14, 2025 matchup, bringing his unmistakable powerhouse voice to one of the most familiar […]
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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A small (14-seat) Talon jet that departed Mesa, AZ at about 8:30 pm local time is currently en route to Puerto Rico, where it will likely refuel before the next leg to Senegal. We are monitoring this flight for deportations in the African region.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine being a healthcare provider and a botched “death penalty” victim is brought into your ER. This is so depraved
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/09/2026
Jesus Christ Cornell
What use was it to bring the writer and activist Chanel Miller to campus in the spring just for fraternity brothers to scroll, bored, on their phones as she movingly shared her experience as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner? As I wrote at the time, I was floored and dismayed as I sat in the audience with one of my brilliant undergraduates; we heard Miller’s shattering account of being sexually assaulted by Turner behind a dumpster at Stanford University after a fraternity party. Her talk was riveting, and there was so much to learn from it. And yet many of the male students who hailed predominantly from fraternities — 15 percent of each chapter was required to be in attendance — were so tuned out that Miller commented ruefully: “You know, this has been my hardest gig, because they didn’t turn down the house lights. I’m not sure how you professors do it, because it’s so hard looking out at this sea of mildly disgruntled faces. I mean, I’m sure you’re all very moved, but …,” Miller smiled. The implication being, it didn’t seem like it, from her angle.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chuck Schumer's daughter accepted a lobbying position at Open Al.
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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is preposterous as it is monstrous Pike survived the execution procedure and now her lawyers, unable to reach the governor or state AG office, are rushing an emergency motion to the Tennessee Supreme Court in their *car* seeking an order to get her medical care
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Tom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've helpfully outlined the Pentagon's choice of experts to write a new report on the future of the U.S. military. The Future of War Is These Four Jerks, Apparently: gizmodo.com/the-future-o...
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Mykael Wyvern — 🔮🧙🏻‍♂️🐉 @wyvern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I legitimately thought this was a joke post
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We need to focus on the fact that Senators Kennedy and Grassley participated in this charade and soiled themselves badly in the process. They need to apologize to the witness, and to the American public for their serious misconduct. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Piss Drinkers
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 30/09/2026
Who benefits when the public must create the pressure that institutions should already feel?
msmagazine.com
'To Catch a Predator' at Cornell
A Cornell student’s lawsuit has sparked feminist outrage and raised questions about why survivors so need public pressure to make institutions act.
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"If Warren G. Harding had kept his hands off Teapot Dome, gas would be under two dollars a gallon."
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
> @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/h...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"First Draft: 📺 Trump’s White House Agrees His ‘Midterm Ads’ Are Illegal. They’re Doing It Anyway" Donald Trump is demanding the propagandistic TV ads, even as some of his aides fret they ‘obviously’ break federal law. Read/share/subscribe:
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First Draft: 📺 Trump’s White House Agrees His ‘Midterm Ads’ Are Illegal. They’re Doing It Anyway
Donald Trump is demanding the propagandistic TV ads, even as some of his aides fret they ‘obviously’ break federal law. Missouri MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt, meanwhile, makes a fool of himself.
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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Israeli authorities are examining a possible hijacking. Contact with the aircraft has reportedly been lost. According to Channel 12
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in the latest phase of Trump’s anti-immigration campaign An ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
theguardian.com
Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The DA should resign. Despite his attempts to hide it, this actually comes through even in his bullshit summary when you read it critically.
According to a transcript of the alleged victim's interview with campus
police, obtained by CBS New York's Mahsa Saeid from a source, Jane
Doe distinguished the initial sexual activity from what she says
happened later in the night.

She described drinking and using drugs the night of the alleged rape,
and said she had gaps in her memory, according to the transcript.

When asked whether she was OK with the initial encounter, she said,
"Yeah, as much as I can be because, again, I was super drunk when I
got there ... But I was pretty OK with all of this."

When describing what happened later in the night, the transcript says
Jane Doe said, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Data centers are gonna be very popular”🤔 Trump again makes it clear his loyalty is to the tech oligarchs (who enrich him and his family), not to regular Americans
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 30/09/2026
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to see how the Atlanta Hawkeyes do this year and whatnot.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 30/09/2026
You put your money in a savings account & get paid on average 0.37% interest, according to FDIC data. The bank can then put your cash at the Fed & get paid 4% interest. Bank lobbyists have blocked the bill to let you cut out the middle man & put your cash at the Fed. This is called "capitalism."
levernews.com
The Financial System Can’t Afford To Treat You Fairly
One of Wall Street’s biggest firms just acknowledged that giving you a better deal could destabilize American banking.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)
propublica.org
Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Again, gas prices spiked in 2022-23 because Russia invaded Ukraine which caused a major disruption in global supply. Then they came down. Biden didn’t cause it. Gas prices rose in 2026 due solely to the stupidity of Trump who started a war in the Middle East.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Super PACs aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have spent a combined $55.7 million and counting on the midterm elections. Almost none of their ads mention AI or data centers. Know their names and don't fall for their lies.
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Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez was shot by an ICE agent. Now the Justice Department is charging Pérez. trib.al/Mwnx0Kq
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Man Shot by ICE Agent Is Charged With Assault
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez was shot by an ICE agent. Now the Justice Department is charging Pérez.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Right wing media finding out their big Jack Smith story fell apart.
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Bill O'Reilly's On-Air Outburst
ALT: Bill O'Reilly's On-Air Outburst
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R.C. Katz @katzrc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this dumb bitch is still yapping? 360s huh
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