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Catherine Schmidt

@lillyfinch.bsky.social
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Crone raised in Alaska proud liberal because I care about something other than money and myself. Lover of nature and with respect for all life. Married 41 years. Love books, archaeology, history, gardening and walking, liberty for all, resistance.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Booker eviscerates Patel: "He's like an 18 year old kid who wants to join a fraternity that he could never be a member of, doing keg stands and chugging with friends. He's an embarrassment. He is a disgrace. This is a mockery and a sham. What's bad are the people enabling him."
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Jay Garmon @jaygarmon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
El Nino has traditionally shifted some hurricane activity from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This year, a supercharged El Nino has moved *all* the tropical cyclones west, with Hawaii getting a generational storm and the Atlantic getting zero hurricanes (so far). www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w...
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Where Are All the Atlantic Hurricanes? Why This Year Is So Quiet. (Gift Article)
There hasn’t been a single one yet.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"The DOJ doesn't PUNISH, btw..." Just a little throwaway line from Blanche who weaponizes the DOJ to punish Trump's perceived enemies.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 15/09/2026
The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to immediately close the bulk of the iconic institution for the next two years.
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Kennedy Center board votes to close immediately for renovations
The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to immediately close the bulk of the iconic institution for the next two years.
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Exactly as I predicted…the SCOTUS rejects mail in ballot restrictions and, yes, at least one justice, Kavanagh, left the door open for a different ruling before 2028. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It’s not just America and also it’s establishment Democrats…in Australia the Labor government is atrocious. dingo.news/voice/the-ri...
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The rise and rise of Australian authoritarianism – Brian Toohey | Dingo News
Authoritarianism: Despite bipartisan talk about how we must never “surrender our values”, authoritarian values continue to multiply in Australia’s security laws
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Dingo Dave @thedingodave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And don't forget your neighbors, some of whom may be disabled, or not have a way to get to the dropboxes! Offer them a ride, or just collect them and drop them all off together!
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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#Healthcare #Health #Yale ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Dingo Dave @thedingodave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
DID Netanyahu help funnel funds to Hamas through Qatar prior to and AFTER Oct 7th? thedingodave.substack.com/p/did-netany...
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Did NetanYahu support and/or fund Hamas through Qatar? The truth revealed!
If this is true, then SatanYahoo setup AND funded ALL the Hamas attacks before and since!
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Dingo Dave @thedingodave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NetanYahu was WARNED about the Oct 7th attacks, and DID NOTHING! Was this JUST because HE wanted another excuse to hurt a MidEast country in the way of capitulating to the "Greater Israel" agenda? thedingodave.substack.com/p/netanyahu-...
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Netanyahu was warned by UAE president of major Hamas attack 10 days before Oct. 7: Haaretz
This means NetanYahu either 1) was incompetent as a leader for ignoring the warning, or 2) WANTED the conflict so the Zionists could lay claim to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
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Dingo Dave @thedingodave.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At a 1948 campaign stop in Bremerton WA, a supporter yelled "Give 'em Hell, Harry!" while Truman attacked Republicans. Harry replied "I don't give 'em Hell-I just tell the truth about them & they think it's Hell" The line became a permanent slogan and it SHOULD BE OUR slogan TODAY!! #AntifaLIVES
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Blocked again for now. Next stop Scotus after appeal. apnews.com/article/elec...
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Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms
A federal judge is extending a legal block on President Donald Trump’s plan to regulate mail ballots during the midterm elections. The order Friday from U.S.
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Trump calls his billion dollar super PAC his money…republicans won’t get a look in for the midterms because he will screw them too. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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Trump Says His Super PAC Has 'Close to' $1 Billion
The president this week has increasingly discussed his midterm spending strategy to address growing Republican concerns.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 04/09/2026
Amanda Jones Tollison took her oath as a Mississippi Supreme Court Justice on Tuesday, putting three women on the court at the same time for the first time in state history and becoming only the seventh woman to serve on the Mississippi Supreme Court in its 208-year-long history. buff.ly/JvSYUb5
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Amanda Tollison Takes Mississippi Supreme Court Oath, Bringing Total Women Justices to 3
The Mississippi Supreme Court gained a new member on Monday, with Amanda Jones Tollison’s oath of office bringing the number of women on the court to a historical high.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026
NEW: The federal prosecutor who charged ICE agent Christian Castro for lying about shooting Sosa-Celia has now been FIRED. He objected to the DoJ stopping him from charging a civil rights violation. And now he’s fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...
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Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/09/2026
The month of Elul invites us to pause, look inward and set our intentions for the year ahead. Yesterday, I joined Jewish New Yorkers in Boro Park ahead of the High Holidays.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
😅😅🔥🇨🇦 #Canada #LakeOntario
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/08/2026
Broken swing sets? Missing basketball nets? Have no fear, Renew Crew is here. Neighborhood parks are meant for recreation — not frustration. If it’s broken, this crew will fix it. If it’s run-down, they’ll renew it. Renew Crew: Coming soon to a park near you.
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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#News #Voting #Texas #VoterSuppression #Midterms #Video More than 1.2 million TX Voters are on a States Suspension List whether they know it or not. Aaron will instruct how to find out if you're on it . youtube.com/watch?v=Enq0...
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🚨 Texas Launches MASSIVE Voters SUPPRESSION Effort as Trump ERUPTS at Canada
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh oh, what is the horse doing….
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Way better.
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The surveillance net courtesy of Labor. #auspol theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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PM and Premiers endorse the fascist digital dystopia - The Shot
The NSW Minns government has introduced legislation (more of it) expanding police powers, this time to extract data from mobile...
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trumps mail in ballot executive order is blocked again. This time on the grounds states have not enough time to implement the unconstitutional order before the midterms. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed
A federal judge is once again blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to limit mail voting in the midterm elections. U.S.
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Soccer ball (L)
Cat butt (R)
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/08/2026
Proud to announce that New York City has registered a record 4,200 New Yorkers in our doula care program.  Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing moments. No one should be forced to navigate them alone.
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Mayor Mamdani Expands Access to Doula Care Across NYC as Citywide Initiative Surpasses 4,000 People Served
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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#Satire #Humor #stephenmiller #cruelty #shockgloves #alt BOROWITZ REPORT 8/25/26 SATIRE Stephen Miller Rushed to Hospital After Accidentally Stunning Himself with ICE Shock Gloves
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Years ago, in his first term, I said he was selling pardons. Of course he is. Here’s the proof. Pay to play has always been his modus operandi. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
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New Judiciary Democrats Report Exposes MAGA’s Cash-for-Clemency Racket Which Gives Unrepentant Criminals a New Lease on Life and Leaves Victims in the Dust
Washington, D.C. (August 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a new Committee staff report, “Pardons, Inc.: How Trump and His Clemency-for-Cash...
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The Gulf countries, Turkey, the EU and others are demanding a halt to Israel’s expansion into the West Bank. About time and a sign of the shifting times. www.mofa.gov.ae/en/mediahub/...
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Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the UAE, KSA, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, and Egypt
The Foreign Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Re...
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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You’ll get no argument from me.🤷‍♀️
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
HUGE crowd in the Rio Grande Valley for James Talarico 🔥 Something is happening in Texas.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/08/2026
We're done kicking the can down the road. Here's how we're fixing the city-owned section of the BQE.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️
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Dingo Dave @thedingodave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Reportedly, upto 10% of Republicans ARE voting BLUE in the mid-terms. NOT a sure thing, but it gives hope for the REAL Republicans, NOT the MAGA@ go.bsky.app/Th46uZ6
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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#Cat #Cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfPixelfed #catstodon #catsoffediverse #catlovers #Humor #alt
Rowan, Siamese tabby mix curled on top of a pile of fresh laundry.  Looking at camera eyes partially closed.  On a bed with a dark coral bedspread, dark headboard.  “ Thanks, I am good”. Happy CATURDAY”
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Mike Luckovich
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump will trade Cohen's silence on Epstein for a full pardon that Biden didn't give him The only true Never Trumpers were ALWAYS Never Trumpers @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Who did this? 😂
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/08/2026
Obama’s real sin was interrupting America’s cherished tradition of turning every foreign-policy problem into a 20-year war.
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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#News #Emergency #Indiana #Electricity #Video AARON PARNAS TENS OF THOUSANDS IN INDIANA WITHOUT POWER FOR NINE DAYS youtube.com/shorts/if1Jb...
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This is urgent.
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#Satire #Humor #Tuberville #Contraception #alt BOROWITZ REPORT 8/20/26 SATIRE Tommy Tuberville Opposes Contraception and All Other Polysyllabic Words
BOROWITZ REPORT 8/20/26 SATIRE
Tommy Tuberville Opposes Contraception
and All Other Polysyllabic Words
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—
Explaining his opposition to birth control,
Senator Tommy Tuberville said on Tuesday that
he opposes contraception and all other words
with more than one syllable.
"I see the word ‘contraception’ and that's a
quick ‘no’ for me,” the Alabama lawmaker said.
"Don't know what that means. Won't look it up.”
Proud of his consistent opposition to
polysyllabic words, Tuberville said,
“Immigration. Education. Vaccination. No, no,
no."
The senator said, however, that he would
continue supporting one-syllable words such
as guns and oil, adding, “Short words good.
Long words bad.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If they thought they could have secured a conviction, the case wouldn’t have been dropped in the first place. This is really getting pathetic.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
There’s this really weird thing happening on the right where they’re pretending like Karoline Leavitt was actually a good Press Secretary. They’re all saying the same thing, so I’m assuming they don’t know what a Press Secretary is supposed to do… or they were given a script.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 13/08/2026
#EpsteinFiles Judge: If you are telling me that this is all you can provide then the court must assume you cannot give any further details. DOJ: Huh?
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"The public has a right to know what the hell is going on with this case. The victims deserve to know" HELL YES. #EpsteinFiles
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 13/08/2026
#EpsteinFiles Judge: SO when will the foreign language docs be completed becuase the law is the law, when will it be done DOJ: IDK JUdge: You knew this was going to be discussed today, why are you not prepared
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 13/08/2026
#EpsteinFiles Judge: How do you plan on handling the foreign language component. DOJ: Our position has not changed JUDGE: so you are not going to comply with that section?
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 13/08/2026
#EpsteinFiles Judge: I must ensure compliance. so you are saying we do not have the authority to order this? DOJ: That order is not a final order becuase of show cause contingencies. We need a final order to either comply with or appeal.
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