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Cave Felem

@notoriouscrk.bsky.social
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🐈‍⬛ catmom to 2 large, adult sons 🐈 Oxford comma lobbyist 📝 public health enthusiast 🦠 rule of law enjoyer ⚖️ she/her Pet peeves: autocracy, theocracy, corporatocracy, kleptocracy, & kakistocracy.

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 14h
The people who can't even keep lettuce and eggs safe are 'actively monitoring' the plague outbreak in Russia.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1h
“Snap back to reality, oops, there goes gravity” Supreme Court term about to start
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 14h
Just to be clear, this isn't much different from what he wrote in Dobbs. To which Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan aptly responded: "This is to ignore as judges what we know as men and women. The interests women have in Roe and Casey are perfectly, viscerally concrete." [2]
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 1h
Hassert was kind of a case in point for @joestieb.bsky.social’s argument. There’s more continuity with the pre-Trump GOP than people may be comfortable acknowledging. Pedocon theory was already true
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good time to remind folks that one of Trump’s nominees to the Supreme Court (Kavanaugh) said U.S. v. Nixon was wrongly decided.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 03/10/2026
“(Frank) Strada oversaw three executions in Arizona,” she wrote. “All three were marked by prolonged and problematic attempts to establish IV access — eerily similar to the botched attempted execution of Tony Carruthers in Tennessee. From our colleagues at @azmirror.com.
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How a Tennessee execution gone wrong connects to Arizona's capital punishment troubles
The official who oversaw Arizona's 2022 execution troubles now runs Tennessee's prison department, where a woman's execution was botched Wednesday
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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Barbara Fantechi @barbarafantechi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I would find it much more interesting to name all the women who won Nobel prizes for men. I can start with Franklin and Meitner, anyone wants to go on?
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Cave Felem @notoriouscrk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Did somebody say…grilled halloumi?!?
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We are now, without a doubt, the greatest kleptocracy the world has ever known. By virtue of Donald Trump and the Republican Party promising to hate and abuse those people a nation of angry rubes wants to hate and abuse, they have lifted the national wallet and handed it back to the rubes, empty.
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Michael C. Dorf @dorfonlaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Jane Doe case has led to calls to amend the NY law making voluntary intoxication of a conscious victim generally irrelevant to consent. I explain why that's not necessarily relevant to the case, which includes allegations that could support convictions regardless. Many other observations too. 👇
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New York's Law Regarding Intoxication and Consent Needs Reform, But That's not the Core Issue in the Jane Doe Case
A number of readers and others have asked for my view of the lawsuit filed by Jane Doe and the ensuing controversy over her treatment by th...
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illumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/10/2026
the Saudi government now enjoys a 15.1% equity stake in the new, bigger Paramount Warner Brothers
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
America holds the absurd distinction of using partisan elections to decide which party runs its elections—in most democracies, independent professional agencies fill this role. But until Congress or states pass reforms to change that, Dems winning these offices is key to preserving free elections
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fun facts: Chris Rufo’s grandmother was an Italian immigrant who, I’ve heard from a reliable source, never learned to speak English fluently. Rufo’s wife meanwhile is an immigrant from Thailand. And the director of the Manhattan Institute who employs him? The son of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026
Checking in on how things are going over at the Chronicle Against Higher Education:
Screenshot of Chronicle of Higher Education website showing featured articles: "Anthropology Has a Truth Problem"; "The Social Sciences Have a Politics Problem"; "Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?"; "Colleges Should Take Linda McMahon's Call to Action Seriously."
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wage growth just keeps slowing. And yes, wages are rising slower than prices, and no, that's not how economic growth is meant to work.
Line chart titled "Nominal wage growth is slowing" showing year-over-year growth in average hourly earnings of private-sector workers. Wage growth has declined steadily from a peak of 5.9% in early 2022 to 3.0% in September 2026, the slowest rate in the series. This nearly 3 percentage point drop over four and a half years indicates significantly cooler labor market conditions, with the deceleration accelerating in recent months as growth fell from the 3.7-3.9% range in 2025 to the low 3% range currently.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the foremost scholars of polarization in the world is telling us that polarization is the wrong concept to apply to the contemporary United States...so maybe don't do that
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice used to preside over a Supreme Court whose members were afforded more privacy and freedom than many other public officials. Once, years ago, Mr. Lipson and the chief justice found themselves up the peninsula from Port Clyde without a car, Mr. Lipson recalled in an interview. So he stuck out his thumb by the side of the road and a pickup truck pulled over. He and the nation’s top jurist hopped in the back and hitchhiked back to town.

Now, Mr. Lipson said, he is cautious about introducing his friend to strangers. This year, on an outing to nearby Monhegan Island, people recognized the chief justice as he walked by a brewery and started to chant: You should be ashamed.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also, Trevor Lee of Utah, you are the Median Republican Elected Official Of The Week
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 01/10/2026
we should normalize the social shaming of bad people. sorry you don't think your Maine summers are as idyllic as they used to be, John Roberts. but you sold democracy to the highest bidders among your friends you don't get to summer without sometimes seeing a kayaker with a poster that says you suck
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Shoot this into my veins.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cornell is 💯 going to end up paying through the nose for this. I hope Jane Doe burns the institution to the ground. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The other thing that Gov. Cox “expanded” is the Utah Supreme Court, adding two seats after his political party lost a big redistricting case.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I got back home a bit ago from Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike. We sat in the witness room for nearly 2 and a half hours as she received two rounds of pentobarbital. She was taken away in an ambulance shortly after that and I can't say for sure if she is dead or alive at this moment.
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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Screenshot: Out of ten men, one makes a sexual joke at a woman, two laugh, three fake a chuckle to fit in, and four stay silent.

None of them speak up. Later, nine of them still believe they're the "good guys." But from the woman's perspective, the laughter, the silence, the looking away, it all creates the same environment. So when women say "most men are the same." this is what they mean: not that every man harasses women, but that most men help protect the system that does.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A CT scan of Trump's brain probably looks like a QR code by now.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
They are shutting this down by the end of the day.
Can the president build a giant triumphal arch in Washington
DC without congressional authorization?

No. Not on federal park or public grounds in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress. I
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.
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Conor Lamb @conorlambpa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Devastating story showing Fetterman's latest pathetic turn is as the subject of a MAGA grift. He sends emails bashing Democrats, MAGA groups keep 75%. Pennsylvanians get nothing. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Right-Wing Groups Are Making Money Off John Fetterman
After losing his Democratic fundraisers, the Pennsylvania senator found a new firm with MAGA-world ties.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If “irreparable harm” means anything, it means being sent to a country you’ve never seen, where you may well be imprisoned, tortured, or killed, under a policy that (the cert grant implicitly acknowledges!) may well be illegal
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social keeps talking about bringing back shame. I think "criminal corporate behavior must not be something you can simply price in and keep doing" is one structural equivalent that we seriously need
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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
lmao
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🖼️
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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just love the idea of dinosaurs with four wings. My latest for @livescience.com: A newly discovered feathered dinosaur named Norellraptor barsboldi had four wings, and adds evidence to the idea that flight evolved several times in different dinosaur groups. 🧪 www.livescience.com/animals/dino...
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Remarkably preserved feathered dinosaur discovered in China reveals new secrets of flying predator evolution
A newly discovered feathered dinosaur named Norellraptor barsboldi had sharply curved teeth and claws, as well as four wings, and it adds evidence to the idea that flight evolved several times in diff...
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith’s live testimony before Senate Judiciary Committee
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WATCH LIVE: Jack Smith testifies before Senate Judiciary as GOP targets past Trump probes
This week's Senate Judiciary hearing comes after a key Republican lawmaker said in July he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have lied to Congress while testifying about his investigation o...
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I mean, the pretense of thinking that a "hearing" is some sort of legit legal practice when it forces a two year to argue his or her own case is just preposterous. As is calling at-will employees of the executive "judges," tho that's more Orwell than Kafka. Just speed-running dystopias here.
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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Texas Tribune, one of the most reliable news outlets in Texas, just named the ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Gregory Feathers www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/h...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.
A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.
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