Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.social☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 25/02/2025fintwt: COSTCO REJECTS ANTI DEI PROPOSAL, DOUBLES DOWN. ANNOUNCES NEW FORCE FEM PILOT PROGRAM 1027528
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/04/2025There are 17 cats in the Quick Death strike drone company of the Kharkiv Border Detachment They’re the most sensitive sensors:as soon as the enemy launches a KAB bomb,the cats disappear into the dugouts with lightning speed.Their reaction is an unmistakable alarm signal.Cats also help relieve stress 512814614
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialBama Blue Dots @bamabluedots.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Keep it up guys. They want capitalism, lets give them more of it. The power of the purse is stronger than anything out there right now. Every dollar makes a difference. Dont let anyone tell you differently. Especially the bots and MAGAts on other social media platforms. 12410
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialEdward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The cynical cowardice of Donald Trump will live in infamy. Facing a case of a large nation having invaded a country four times smaller for no valid reason and inheriting a policy of limited assistance to the victim, he has cut support and is trying to extract money from the victim. 2499
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025This is so blatantly illegal. If Musk isn’t prosecuted for this, we might as well throw out democracy and turn it over to our billionaire lords and landed gentry. It’s over. 441761472
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Do you know who laid the foundation for the FDA? President Theodore Roosevelt. Do you know why? Because he read a great piece of literature that exposed the mistreatment of immigrant workers and the disgusting, unsanitary practices in meatpacking plants… The book is called “The Jungle.” 676227855222
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialEisenNears 🟧🟦 @eisennears.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Vandalize a Tesla, get 20 years. Vandalize the Capitol, get a pardon by the president. 952690
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 01/04/2025NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.wired.comThe CDC Has Been GuttedThousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die. 24652332576
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 01/04/2025BREAKING: As Cory Booker goes on to his 23rd hour straight, his livestream on TikTok has been “liked” over 175 million times. Yes 175 MILLION! 611346415682
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialBoston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025What if I told you that the reason the FDA came into being in its modern form was because unregulated drug companies killed people? 527595
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/04/2025DOGE’s transformation of the IRS is likely to lose the agency more money than it saves—and change the way Americans view the tax system, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.theatlantic.comThe DOGE Plan That Endangers U.S. RevenueRecent history provides clues about how IRS cuts may lose America money. 15374101
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Glad you've come to your senses. Not one single cabinet nominee deserved a yes vote. 319627
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Today is the day I cried. The destruction of HHS and the CDC; the failson in charge of it all; the overwhelming loss of so many brilliant, dedicated people; the cruelty and disrespect with which it was done. Tomorrow is the day this profound sorrow renews my motivation. 671881338
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 01/04/2025RFK, Jr has begun to destroy America's health apparatus As the first of 20,000 cuts to the CDC, NIH and FDA take effect "We’re going to have patients die,” says Jade Pagkas-Bather, an infectious disease doctor...who also specializes in HIV prevention. “Unnecessary, preventable death" 37643306
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 01/04/2025So let me say this very clearly: If you claim to care about the Jews, you’ll support the universities, cultural institutions, artistic centers, and more that we care about, from attack by these vandals. If you’re a vandal … well, we’ll know where you stand. 131614218
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The Department of Government Efficiency, for example 925399318318
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialScott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 01/04/2025We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador. 894343498068
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 01/04/2025NEW: Politico reports a long line at the Capitol Visitors Center trying to get a ticket for the Senate chamber. They want to witness a historic protest. Overheard from one: “We’re here for Cory.”🙌 1 million+ currently watching on X/TikTok/YouTube. @corybooker.com 15947211
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 01/04/2025Musk et al obviously think 1) that they can do this stuff and deal with fines etc later and 2) it’s brilliant and will work. They’re right about 1. I think they’re wrong about 2. 530949
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Just no words for this level of cruelty and enthusiasm for inflicting suffering on the poorest in our society 27363091861
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'" 13567443715439
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/04/2025what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it! 5098115010035
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.social5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 01/04/2025“We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated.” 13516
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Just drove past this plane flying over crucial Waukesha County: "VOTE TODAY! SUSAN CRAWFORD FOR SUPREME COURT!" 13837101
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/04/2025Lies have always been the engine of MAGA, but now we face the prospect that many government statistics, on which businesses, health professionals, and our whole society depends, will be manipulated. When reliable information no longer exists, where are we?thebulwark.comWhat Happens When the Government Starts Reporting ‘Alternative Facts’?The truth is the last weapon of the opposition. 2536497
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialBen Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 01/04/2025Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents. 739585907245
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025"Musk has engaged in the most openly brazen scheme to buy an election in modern American history" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comElon Musk is running the most brazen scheme to buy an election in modern US historyAfter years of falsely accusing Democrats of buying elections, Musk is actually trying to do it in Wisconsin. 10513146
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 01/04/2025🔥Sen. Tammy Duckworth came with fire: “Cadet Bone Spurs couldn’t define sacrifice if you handed him a dictionary open to the word.” Trump’s SecDef Hegseth leaked classified info, put Troops at risk, and it was called a “glitch.” It wasn’t a glitch. It was a damn disgrace.youtu.beTammy Duckworth Torches Hegseth: Leaking War Plans Isn’t a Glitch—It’s a National DisgraceYouTube video by VoteVets 121035298
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialJustice Susan Crawford @crawfordforwi.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Polls close in two hours! Get out and vote, Wisconsin. 18750183
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Polls are now closed in the 6th district of Florida, which is the one that has gotten more attention. Expect early voting results (which will be bluer than the final result) shortly. 623636
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialChristopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 01/04/2025Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits 185228145086
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I have signed the following letter with 103 of my colleagues from UCLA Law. It is modeled closely on the Harvard Law letter. Solidarity with all other faculty willing to speak out for the rule of law.sites.google.comHomeMarch 31, 2025 As members of the UCLA Law faculty, we are honored to teach and to study the principles of law and constitutional democracy. We are writing to you today in our individual capacities to ... 171057218
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialPhilosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 01/04/2025BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker calls out the Senate, God forbid, “that we do break things in this government that can never be fixed!” Know that what we are seeing here, is one of those truly great American character moments, that we have only read about in history. 101351185
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 01/04/2025The #1 topic for calls to my office today? Cory Booker’s floor speech. So yeah… I’d say people are listening to him. 151106741244
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing. Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...c-span.orgU.S. SenateThe Senate will vote to advance President Trump's nomination of Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He previously served as Acting Attorney General during the first Trump Administratio... 562162722495
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025If you are not watching @booker.senate.gov right now, drop everything and turn him on. History in the making. 2025985659
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/02/2025the fucking ego on these guys Shedletsky's claim to fame is working at Roblox, the game favored by pedophiles because of how easy it is for them to access kids that's the world he built 27581341674
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Perhaps if he had not spent so much time playing video games so that he could be the #1 video game player he would know that the answer to this question is "All of them." 581244032913
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialLeon Simons @leonsimons.com · 05/02/2025Global Warming Has Accelerated See my thread on the presentation of the new paper by James Hansen et al. here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/18867...threadreaderapp.comThread by @LeonSimons8 on Thread Reader App@LeonSimons8: Global Warming Has Accelerated Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? [No!] Notes from the presentation of this groundbreaking new paper by James Hansen (@DrJamesEHansen) e... 512334
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialJacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I can independently confirm Wired's reporting here, as I was working with @marisakabas.bsky.social to track down this engineer. Marisa heard that Nikhil Rajpal was given full access to the NOAA system with a NOAA email from sources today. Rajpal has DC roots. His X account is private: x.com/nikrdc 9720501142
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 05/02/2025There's so much bad foreign policy news. But I think the CIA story is the one that perfectly encapsulates how Trump is eviscerating U.S. national security. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-story-...danieldrezner.substack.comThe Story That Perfectly Encapsulates Trump 2.0's Foreign Policy CarnageThere has been a tsunami of awful foreign policy news. Here is the perfect story to symbolize the entirety of the shitstorm. 19363113
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/02/2025No more business as usual. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are imposing pain on millions of people. Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor. Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan. 936132732002
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/02/2025“President Trump is breaking the law. Here are some examples.” See? It’s not hard. 17055321032
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialKevin Kyle @kevswatching.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Are we living in a spy movie, where we are waiting for a hero to emerge but the writer didn’t write in a hero? This is way too bizarre for it to be true! 8455
Reposted by @mcat8.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/02/2025"Musk, with his arrogance and smug superiority, is the final boss of a culture that has for too long heralded STEM as a new vanguard of the intellectual elite while dismissing and trivializing the humanities as frivolous." Hannah Yoest:thebulwark.comWhy Elon Will Be Trump’s UndoingAnd a request to the DOGE Bros: Please read a f***ing book. 44730124
