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TerpieCat

@terpiecat.bsky.social
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Proud pet parent to felines Ziggy & Marley, panda lover, nature photographer, attorney, political and legal news junkie, occasionally snarky and sarcastic.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 7h
Democrats in Congress say they want U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to address a report that she asked a Trump donor to pay off her $100,000 credit card bill.
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My 92-year-old Republican mother, upon being informed that the $90 Trump bribe has been direct deposited into her account ... I hate that stupid son-of-a-b*tch.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 8h
A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration's national security defense of its White House ban on three news outlets is undercut by the president's own words, according to Politico.
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Judge finds Trump's own statements contradict argument for White House press ban
A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration's national security defense of its White House ban on three news outlets is undercut by the president's own words, according to Politico."That's an uphill climb," U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said of the Justice Department's effort to ...
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John Wilson @nevertrumpet.bsky.social · 8h
This says it all ! l.smartnews.com/p-8E9HxHEc/1...
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Donor Whom Kimberly Guilfoyle Demanded Cash From Goes Nuclear (The Daily Beast)
A top MAGA donor whom Kimberly Guilfoyle begged for money is doing nothing to save her in the face of the scandal. Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, ...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 8h
LORD nypost.com/2026/10/08/h...
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Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise — and it’s morphing into a drug-resistant superbug
The infection is evolving into something that’s “close to untreatable,” one expert said.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
Hours later, Trump posts that the US has just had “productive talks” with Iran and announced the US will not attack Iran before the midterms.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge has ruled DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it removed Ahmed Soliman to Equatorial Guinea and must facilitate his return to the US. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...
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Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 15h
RFK Jr. reportedly sent nearly $800,000 in taxpayer money to a research project tied to the Russian plague lab.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Chalian: "Look at Donald Trump's approval rating in the Buckeye State. He is down to 36%, 28 points underwater."
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 16h
OMG ... she is so adorable!
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 17h
Even when she rolls in the grass, she looks so clean.
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 17h
Snacking on boo. #QingBao #GiantPandas #NationalZoo
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NPR @npr.org · 20h
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. n.pr/4hzvA5M
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Leaked audio of Michigan Republican Sen. candidate Mike Rogers mocking Americans struggling with skyrocketing prices: "Oh my gosh, coffee went up. You know, horror!"
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They’re all crooks. Some are just dumber than others.
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And not a good transformation. Mar-A-Lago face.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Republicans are flooding the electoral map with a deluge of advertising to defend their House and Senate majorities. But GOP campaign groups have begun to shift money away from races they no longer believe winnable and falling back to reinforce seats in solidly red states that no longer look safe.
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Republicans enter triage mode as their election hopes continue to dim
Top Republicans are giving up on races in purple territory and racing to save seats in deep-red states.
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Axios @axios.com · 07/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Ken Paxton privately lamented the impact of the Iran war and gas prices on his Texas Senate campaign in a meeting last month, telling a group of donors and lobbyists: "I don't make the decisions."
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Exclusive: Paxton privately blames campaign woes on Iran war, gas prices
The GOP Senate candidate told donors he doesn't "know what was behind some of the decisions."
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
QB: You know it!
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Beautiful panda princess. #QingBao #GiantPandas #NationalZoo
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives,” she said in a social media statement. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
Who is the government holding in its shelters for “unaccompanied” immigrant children? Turns out, a growing number of these kids were taken away from loving parents and other relatives.
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/10/2026
Trump says nobody knows who is running Iran reut.rs/4i7eo7P
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Trump says nobody knows who is running Iran
US President Donald Trump said ​on Tuesday that nobody knew who was running Iran during the ‌US-Israeli war with Iran,now in its eighth month.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Shocking: Trump officials are offering $2,500 or more to detained teens as young as 14 if they agree to leave the US. Kids also get a memo threatening long detention, and prosecution of noncitizen parents, if they press their legal case: “You will be detained for a prolonged period of time.”
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 06/10/2026
A former FBI supervisor has come forward to allege that President Donald Trump pushed the bureau to investigate anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles after agents found no evidence they had committed a crime.
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Whistleblower Alleges the FBI Carried Out an Illegal Probe of ICE Protesters
The disclosure also alleges that personnel were diverted from investigations involving violent crime, drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations.
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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 06/10/2026
Early voting turnout in Virginia is jaw dropping stuff among Latino voters. Across all other demographics, numbers are well ahead of 2022 at the same point but Hispanic/Latino turnout is 50% higher than it was in 2024-- a presidential election year!
Race, 2022 Count (Share), 2024 Count (Share), 2026 Count (Share)
Asian or Pacific Islander, 7,293 (3.61%), 19,832 (3.43%), 15,827 (4.59%)
Black, 27,395 (13.54%), 85,589 (14.82%), 56,985 (16.53%)
Hispanic or Latino, 4,260 (2.11%), 14,508 (2.51%), 21,577 (6.26%)
Native American, 71 (0.04%), 285 (0.05%), 509 (0.15%)
Uncoded, 818 (0.4%), 1,512 (0.26%), 87 (0.03%)
White, 161,779 (79.99%), 455,802 (78.9%), 249,021 (72.22%)
Unknown, 639 (0.32%), 169 (0.03%), 820 (0.24%)
Total, 202,255, 577,697, 344,826

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bao Li: This looks like a great place for a nap. #BaoLi #GiantPandas #NationalZoo
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The fact that he's having to campaign in Nebraska says it all.
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There's a line outside that's like 34 miles of people? LOL. Delusional.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/10/2026
A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. to.pbs.org/4yEEuoQ
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Laotian man deported by U.S. to Eswatini is released after more than a year in prison
Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to Eswatini — where he has no ties — in July 2025 in the early days of the Trump administration's secretive and highly contentious third-country dep...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/10/2026
In Chile, hundreds of pets receive blessings of good health for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
UPDATE: After deciding this weekend to block Politico from riding on Air Force One, White House staffers called numerous outlets to ask one to fill the primary print slot for the out-of-town pool rotation. Each of those outlets declined to step in. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacement
President Donald Trump will travel without a primary print pool reporter for the first time in recent memory.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026
U.S. citizens overseas are the latest voters targeted by the Trump administration. The Pentagon changed the form overseas voters use to register and request mail ballots, while removing online resources for checking voter eligibility. Don't miss out. Subscribe today: demdock.com/46JjoJp
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 05/10/2026
13 states have voter registration deadlines TODAY, and 4 others are beginning in-person early voting. Check out our interactive map to see important dates for your state: bit.ly/3UjBBrc
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 05/10/2026
Reports surfaced last year that FBI agents tasked with reviewing Epstein-related files ahead of their release were instructed to “flag” mentions of Trump’s name. Now, new DOJ details have emerged that give credence to allegations of a "cover-up" to protect President Trump.
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DOJ forced to detail secret Epstein videos at center of Trump 'cover-up' claims: report
The Justice Department was forced to release new details that gave further credence to allegations that the agency engaged in a “cover-up” to protect President Donald Trump while it prepared millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein for public release, legal commentator Allison Gill reported Sund...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026
NEW: Nearly 150,000 California mail ballots were thrown out in June's primary — most for arriving too late. Midterm voting starts TODAY. Don't let your ballot be next. Mail it by Oct. 27 or use a drop-off location. Here's what you need to know:
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California early voting starts today. Here’s what you need to know
Californians are voting amid an unusually turbulent fight over how ballots are cast, delivered, counted and protected.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ken Paxton wants to represent Texas, but his own campaign just leaked that it's being run out of Washington, D.C. Even his staff is turning on him. More than any Republican in years, this guy deserves to lose.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump's 2018 "zero tolerance" policy was denounced on both sides of the political aisle as inhumane, and a federal court ruled it illegal. Now the Trump administration is separating families again, only this time more quietly, and away from the border.
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Qing Bao’s new favorite napping spot. #QingBao #GiantPandas #NationalZoo
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 05/10/2026
A political analyst spotted a hole in President Donald Trump's base that Democrats could use to build a massive firewall after the midterms.
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Analyst spots hole in Trump's base for Dems to build a 'firewall': 'Could be his undoing'
A political analyst spotted a hole in President Donald Trump's base that Democrats could use to build a massive firewall after the midterms. Scott MacFarlane, chief Washington correspondent for the MeidasTouch Network, argued on a new episode of his podcast "Scott MacFarlane Reports" that Democrats ...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
De Niro: The Trump administration knows that their policies are unpopular. They’re not stupid. Well, okay. They are very fucking stupid. I mean, really stupid. They’re stupider than I ever thought. But they recognize what they’re doing is turning away people.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Does he even hear himself?
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Trump Just Tried To Boast About America's 'Poverty'—And It Went Instantly South
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
President Donald Trump took a break this weekend from his nonstop, baseless accusations about mail voting fraud to remind his own supporters to cast their mail ballots in this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump backtracks and begs Republicans to vote by mail as Democrats’ odds of taking Congress improve
Trump’s latest demand that Republicans vote – even by mail – comes as polls show Democrats’ odds of taking both the House and Senate are improving.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 04/10/2026
MS NOW's "The Weekend" made fun of President Donald Trump on Sunday.
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Trump ridiculed on nemesis network as montage of him sleeping plays: 'He is knocked out'
MS NOW's "The Weekend" made fun of President Donald Trump on Sunday. First the hosts mocked his newest explanation for the Iran war, then they played a montage of him apparently dozing off.The segment opened with a clip from one of Trump's recent speeches, in which he described the U.S. strikes on I...
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