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The Cathartic

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Midwest parent. My therapist said I should write down my feelings more often. So instead I'm going to shout them out on social media because that feels more cathartic. Be cathartic with me.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h
Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 2h
Wow. Just...wow.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 3h
I tend to mock crazy conspiracy theories that sound like the plot of a Netflix political drama. But it does beg the question, why DID the President shield Russia tonight from the very sanctions he signed into law just last month? And can he even legally do that?
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 3h
I tend to mock crazy conspiracy theories that sound like the plot of a Netflix political drama. But it does beg the question, why DID the President shield Russia tonight from the very sanctions he signed into law just last month? And can he even legally do that?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h
I mean, what are we even doing here
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 14h
Follow up question Mr President. What crimes have you committed that you feel deserve a pardon?
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 14h
This is some incredible gaslighting. Instead of owning up and firing hire, he puts the ball in her court and makes her make call to say she was a bad person for the job? What a dick move.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 14h
This is some incredible gaslighting. Instead of owning up and firing hire, he puts the ball in her court and makes her make call to say she was a bad person for the job? What a dick move.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 14h
This is some incredible gaslighting. Instead of owning up and firing hire, he puts the ball in her court and makes her make call to say she was a bad person for the job? What a dick move.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Scott, that's what people do when their toddler writes their name in crayon all over the house. It's pretty common to clean up messes.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It's hard to not assume that Elon Musk shut off Starlink in Ukraine as payback for Ukraine taking out Russian bot factories, and by extension, dismantling so much of what Musk has tried to build on X.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is what a collapsing political party looks like.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Let the free market decide!" sort of means nothing when the free market is in cahoots with an authoritarian government. Nothing truly free about that. Pretty fascist actually.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I hope he and his team remember to say thank you when given the gift of subpoenas in January.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It should be mandatory for RFK JR's leather-ass face to be printed on any and all signs of this nature going forward. It's the Trump way after all.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Having this raid follow a week after Republicans try to eviscerate Jack Smith for gaining lawful subpoenas for Congressional phone records is *chefs kiss.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
One of the more modern fronts in warfare in the 21st century. The world seems to be catching on, but in America we are still wildly naive to it.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Is it ironic that only the women in Trump's orbit seem to face accountability for their grifts? Never the men. NEVER the men.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
But a peaceful man must also know when to draw the line, or his peace belongs to whoever is most violent.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
But a peaceful man must also know when to draw the line, or his peace belongs to whoever is most violent.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No we don't. We just chose to draw the line somewhere on how much violence is really necessary. And we act ashamed of that and we shouldn't
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's a strategy. Tomorrow we will wake up to posts on other platforms from GOP accounts about how "Democrats freak out weeks before election about COOKIES. How does that help with the price of diesel?" Meanwhile we will all be sitting here going "huh?" and they will have succeeded in deflecting.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hey Alexa, play "My Hero" by the Foo Fighters
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Israeli government rejected the finding? Shocked! People who commit genocide are usually very forthcoming about their crimes against humanity.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Coming up tonight on Freeform's 12 Days of Christmas: 6:00pm - A Charlie Brown Christmas 7:00pm- Elf 8:30pm - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 10:00pm - The Execution of Nidal Malik Hasan-LIVE! Happy holidays, brought to you by Verizon!
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Martha Stewart went to federal prison for less insider trading than this.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think I prefer drag queens reading children's books in libraries over public livestreams of firing squad executions. And I'm excited to vote that way in November.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think I prefer drag queens reading children's books in libraries over public livestreams of firing squad executions. And I'm excited to vote that way in November.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is not who America is, nor who America can be allowed to become.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's time to start assuming the Trump and allies are using AI to influence election results in an illegal way.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gosh it's nice to be in the party that doesn't DEMAND loyalty to the party leader.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That doesn't sound evil at all. Totally normal. Totally presidential.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So the GOP are outraged when a special counsel seeks phone records from members of Congress around a fucking insurrection. But ICE, which has no election investigative role or power, can just dive in to hundreds of well intended non-profits? The chilling effect on voting is intense and purposeful.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
*cite. Dammit.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So when children are dying because of their parent's religious beliefs, the state can't step in and do anything. Yet when a mother wants/needs to end a pregnancy, the state can site religious beliefs to step in and make sure it doesn't happen? Doesn't sound like our 1st Amendment is working.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration is making sure that the checks and balances don't actually check and balance.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration is making sure that the checks and balances don't actually check and balance.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Impeach him. NOW. This is grossly insane. Every Republican should be asked if they support this, and then asked why they aren't impeaching over this.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yep. We should have stopped at MySpace and said "This is good, no need to take this any further."
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yep. We should have stopped at MySpace and said "This is good, no need to take this any further."
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ALT: Captain America: I Understood That Reference
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How much you wanna bet that she's getting a nice payout in the divorce settlement in exchange for a non-disparagement agreement?
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You missed an opportunity to send him a substantive text message telling him he is a bottlicker that is intellectually dishonest and history will remember him as merely one of many sycophants for a tyrant President.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Holy pre-emptive strike batman! He's trying to get out ahead of something.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don't see any way we avoid a fundamental legitimacy crisis before this Presidential term ends because there is no fucking way Trump is going accept that the Dems have authority over spending, even in the unlikely event he resigns himself to having a Dem Congress at all.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We've reached the point of his presidency where he shovels money into the streets to get what he wants. Sounds like a king to me. You know why? That's not his money. It's ours.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Are we honestly just gonna stand here and watch the President literally use our tax dollars to bribe people to vote for his party in the midterms?
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think this is the most disgusting quote ever attributed to a US President.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The word you're looking for is GRIFT.
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The Cathartic @thecathartic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Simple. You don't need to neutralize punches that aren't landing.
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