Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 09/07/2026Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. (Pub. Dec. 2025 w/ @theassemblync.bsky.social)propublica.orgArduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After HeleneAn analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes. 19571238 571
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 19/06/2026youtu.beWATCH: Bruce Springsteen performs at Obama Presidential Center dedicationYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 9941311077 4.1K
suecatlady.bsky.social @suecatlady.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Pete Hegseth Murdered A Bunch Of People On Boats And All We Got Was ALLL THIS COCAINE open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...open.substack.comPete Hegseth Murdered A Bunch Of People On Boats And All We Got Was ALLL THIS COCAINEIt's almost as if the $4.7 billion murder campaign did nothing but kill nearly 200 people. 010 1
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/05/2026The China summit showed, yet again, that dictators can both intimidate and flatter President Trump into taking their side—even against U.S. interests, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:bit.lyWhy Does Donald Trump Refuse to Defend America?The president has long articulated a moral equivalence between the country’s interests and those of dictatorships. 1817757 177
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialSarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Surprise! Donald Trump is lying so he can give your tax money to J6ers. 19562148 562
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialEvan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 06/02/2026TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer. (I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did) 46940052072 4K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/02/2026The Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest allows the public to vote for their favorite images from this year’s competition. See some of the entries:bit.lyPeople’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Organizers of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest are inviting the public to vote for their favorite images from this year’s competition. 17120 71
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 05/02/2026I have much more to say, but also much more work to do tonight, so I'll stop there and just point out JVL's excellent piece one more time: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...thebulwark.comThe Washington Post Dies in DaylightCivic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper. 1278 27
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 29/01/2026Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Directed by Thom Zimny Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimnyyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 25264022475 6.4K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/01/2026"This represents a profound shift in protest music—and arguably in the nation itself. This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comBruce Springsteen and What Protest Songs Sound Like to SoldiersWhat the rock icon’s new song about Minneapolis asks of us. 1235587 355
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42559708240534 97.1K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/01/2026The guy genuinely gave a shit. And the empathy vampires murdered him for it. 6362041342 6.2K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026It’s CONGRESS that can stop ICE and CBP deployment to MN. The Dems (and any responsible Rs?) should introduce legislation and agitate for a vote: “No federal funds may be used for further activities of ICE or CBP in the state of Minnesota, except for their prompt withdrawal.” 561821495 1.8K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialLydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War 12739371616 3.9K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 13/01/2026This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed. 35189345005 8.9K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10/01/2026So @hcrichardson.bsky.social has a post reviewing WWII War Department pamphlets teaching troops about how to spot and resist fascism. They seem awfully relevant. Give it a read, but mind Heather doesn’t steal your wife. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9-...heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJanuary 9, 2026Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. 17666204 666
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialKelly Stuart @skyspider.bsky.social · 07/01/2026This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face. 28357352998 5.7K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 31/12/2025The Dogs of 2025 youtu.be/K_1tNbud-8g?...youtu.beThe Dogs of 2025YouTube video by WeRateDogs 792499710 2.5K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/10/2025After two tiaras, two brooches, two necklaces, and 1.5 pairs of earrings were stolen from the Louvre, France reacted with humiliation and apoplexy—but “how nice to read about a heist rather than a massacre,” Caity Weaver writes:bit.lyIn Praise of Jewel ThievesHow nice to read about a heist rather than a massacre 1627 62
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialCatherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 23/10/2025A family member in Portland Oregon died unexpectedly and left behind a 2 year old husky who is currently on a 5 day hold in a shelter while I try to figure out a way to get her to me here in Portland Maine so that I can adopt her...without it costing All the Money. Anyone have any ideas? 108568222 568
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Oh it’s not appropriate for your program to air the president wearing a crown and shitting on American citizens? You’ll talk about it in euphemisms? Maybe call it the “crown video” and ignore the shitting part? Because that’s appropriate? Tell me, was it appropriate for the president to do it? 602192354533 19.2K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialJimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 17/10/2025Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18 579119334969 11.9K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked. They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery. 32928441323 2.8K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 13/10/2025Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father. Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.inquirer.comHe was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia. 391135687 1.1K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10/10/2025But that’s no excuse for not showing up. Show up to a protest on the 18th. It’s a way to stand up and be counted for the proposition that what these people are doing to your country is not right, not acceptable. 15900150 900
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10/10/2025On the 18th we need to be vigilant for increased violence and provocation by both law enforcement and counter-protestors, both of which will be used to try to justify more violence and authoritarianism. 592494603 2.5K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Apparently the $20 billion for Argentina was just the beginning of the US bailout according to Bessent today, since so many American oligarchs have big investments there that they can’t afford to lose. 1801640720 1.6K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2025If this sounds alarmist, it's because the facts are alarming. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-... 16506174 506
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2025"The president of the United States is choosing to escalate a conflict between the federal government and the state of Illinois into, also, a state-on-state conflict." It isn't what it kind of sounds like, yet, but it's pointing in that direction. @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-... 24411129 411
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 11/09/2025This is Holly. She won't fall sleep until she's been given her stuffed cow. 13/10 sweet dreams Holly (TT: hollythebluestaffy__) 1898586865 8.6K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that. 14578851972 7.9K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialMichael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 63 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador. 190115093580 11.5K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialTris @trisresists.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Chuck Grassley gets called out at a town hall… " Stop the use of the word entitlement because it's insulting to all of us." 🔥 #HandsOffMySocialSecurity 606149304668 14.9K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/04/2025“Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America,” writes @adriennelaf.bsky.social. If you wait to speak out against autocrats, you have already lost:theatlantic.comA Ticking Clock on American FreedomIt’s later than you think, but it’s not too late. 20707257 707
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialBrian “Enemy of Civilization” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 21/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)When a private meeting goes unexpectedly. 0129 12
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return. 805212262525530 122.6K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialMattCT 🦋🇺🇳🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇲🇽🇵🇦🇺🇦🦋 @onelane.org · 12/04/2025If you start hearing about “unemployment benefits for people born in the future,” it’s another DOGEbag fact-bungle. Here’s the scoop. #MusksMinions #BagOfRocks FREE to read, please REPOST www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...nytimes.comMusk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems (Gift Article)His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason. 12212 22
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/04/2025This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous. 861571602 1.6K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialSarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 03/04/2025"When investigators in the field confronted a potentially life-threatening contamination that compromised drug sterility, Pohlhaus was the person they would call. He’s the one who helped them gather evidence that could halt dangerous manufacturing or shut down a pipeline of compromised products."vanityfair.comThe Expert Who Kept Eye Drops From Blinding You Was Fired YesterdayRobert F. Kennedy Jr. and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency terminated thousands of experienced public health professionals in an April Fools’ Day massacre. We’re all about to pay the ... 251817903 1.8K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/03/2025“Trump is a flimflam man who will promise anything to anybody and count on the suckers forgetting tomorrow what he said yesterday,” @davidfrum.bsky.social writes. “His Cabinet officers, however, are gradually revealing the true cost of the Eat Less scam”:theatlantic.comThe Trump-Tariff Advice: Eat LessThe policy’s real message is “Tax my voters; enrich my donors.” 13527147 527
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 06/08/2024The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943. Only one cat has ever received the award. This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25 7536671438 3.7K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/03/2025If you want to play Atlas Shrugged, Elon Musk isn't Dagny Taggart or John Galt. He's a moocher and a looter. ICYMI Paul Crider:thebulwark.comElon Musk Thinks He’s an Ayn Rand Hero. Nope: He’s One of Her Villains.Recent years have revealed the Silicon Valley venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs who worship Rand to be racists, fraudsters, and looters. 1530946 309
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Per @johnleguizamo.bsky.social: “Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!” 318124057106 12.4K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comUSDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banksStates have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms. 25131461665 3.1K
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/02/2025The Atlantic asked every GOP member of Congress two straightforward questions: Did Russia invade Ukraine? And is Putin a dictator? A few said yes; one responded with an interaction with a chatbot; most didn’t respond at all. theatln.tc/C9Sz9dk4theatln.tcDid Russia Invade Ukraine? Is Putin a Dictator? We Asked Every Republican Member of CongressTwo simple questions, few straight answers 82853258 853
Reposted by @suecatlady.bsky.socialThinking Munk @thinkingmunk.bsky.social · 25/02/2025The bit starting at 13:00 is worth the watch, and will bring joy to @mcuban.bsky.social among many others! Must watch! youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI?...youtu.beJon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 49948221 948
