Catherine Prendergast🇺🇦🪬
@badtoss.bsky.social
Guggenheim Fellow, Prof Emerita and Author: The Gilded Edge (Dutton) and forthcoming, a book on America's home grown Soviet spy (37Ink). Oh, and tennis tweets. Expect them.
Lit rep: Mackenzie Brady Watson
Stacks at https://prendergastc.substack.com
Lit rep: Mackenzie Brady Watson
Stacks at https://prendergastc.substack.com
Pinned
American Songbirds for the Kremlin
On Calla Walsh's Trip to Tehran and its Foreboding Precedent
prendergastc.substack.com
I turned my previous thread on Calla Walsh, and why she is in deep, deep trouble, into a substack.
prendergastc.substack.com/p/american-s...
prendergastc.substack.com/p/american-s...
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Russia is waging a genocidal war on Ukraine. The world must do more to defeat the invaders and free the captives suffering under occupation.
Kherson father and daughter abducted, tortured and given huge sentences for trying to escape Russian occupation
khpg.org/en/1608815522
khpg.org/en/1608815522
Kherson father and daughter abducted, tortured and given huge sentences for trying to escape Russian occupation
The Russian invaders have yet again opted for easy victims - Oleksiy Demianenko and his very young daughter, Anzhelika, who only tried to leave occupied Kherson oblast
khpg.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Russia is waging a genocidal war on Ukraine. The world must do more to defeat the invaders and free the captives suffering under occupation.
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This really ought to be the bare minimum.
This is reprehensible coming from anyone, let alone a member of the United States Congress.
We remain disgusted by Congressman Fine’s persistent and rampant anti-Muslim racism. We call on all American Jewish leaders to speak out.
We remain disgusted by Congressman Fine’s persistent and rampant anti-Muslim racism. We call on all American Jewish leaders to speak out.
February 17, 2026 at 3:54 AM
This really ought to be the bare minimum.
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ICYMI they quit releasing files today as a gift to Trump for President’s Day…also WE LEAVE FOR TOUR IN TWO WEEKS! Pissing off a bigot in a city near you starting March 3rd✨ Chicago, New York, LA, and Denver, ticket link in bio! 🎥: @tomahawkjonez
🎟️: cureforparanoia.com
🎟️: cureforparanoia.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM
ICYMI they quit releasing files today as a gift to Trump for President’s Day…also WE LEAVE FOR TOUR IN TWO WEEKS! Pissing off a bigot in a city near you starting March 3rd✨ Chicago, New York, LA, and Denver, ticket link in bio! 🎥: @tomahawkjonez
🎟️: cureforparanoia.com
🎟️: cureforparanoia.com
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VOTER SUPPRESSION - UPDATE (Bookmarketh!!)
The DOJ has asked states to agree to sign a secret agreement “in connection w/ handing over their full voter files.” The agreement says that “the DOJ will ‘test, analyze, & assess states’ [voter rolls]’ & send each participating state a list of voters who must be removed within 45 days.” 2/5/26 …1/
“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data
At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.
www.brennancenter.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:52 AM
VOTER SUPPRESSION - UPDATE (Bookmarketh!!)
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All these pronouncements about loss could be correct this time! But they also sound like 15th century monks going batshit over Gutenberg
February 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM
All these pronouncements about loss could be correct this time! But they also sound like 15th century monks going batshit over Gutenberg
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“said to be” is the real stroke of genius here
February 17, 2026 at 3:06 AM
“said to be” is the real stroke of genius here
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Company in Hutchins, Texas will not sell warehouse to ICE. Protesting works! Do not let The Regime put a Concentration Camp in your town. Warehouses are not meant for humans!
www.dmagazine.com/micropost/br...
Company in Hutchins, Texas will not sell warehouse to ICE. Protesting works! Do not let The Regime put a Concentration Camp in your town. Warehouses are not meant for humans!
www.dmagazine.com/micropost/br...
BREAKING: Company will not sell Hutchins warehouse to ICE
After several weeks of concern over whether ICE was planning to keep upwards of 9,500 detainees in a warehouse in Hutchins, the owner of that building, Majestic Realty, says today that it is not selli...
www.dmagazine.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:25 AM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Company in Hutchins, Texas will not sell warehouse to ICE. Protesting works! Do not let The Regime put a Concentration Camp in your town. Warehouses are not meant for humans!
www.dmagazine.com/micropost/br...
Company in Hutchins, Texas will not sell warehouse to ICE. Protesting works! Do not let The Regime put a Concentration Camp in your town. Warehouses are not meant for humans!
www.dmagazine.com/micropost/br...
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A bill to strengthen punishment for child sex trafficking is moving through the Colorado legislature with strong bipartisan support... as a GOP state rep claims there are pedophile rings in the Colorado legislature
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
A bill to strengthen punishment for child sex trafficking is moving through the Colorado legislature with strong bipartisan support... as a GOP state rep claims there are pedophile rings in the Colorado legislature
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@governor.ny.gov If New Mexico can do it, so can New York.
New Mexico approves comprehensive probe of Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
The so-called truth commission seeks to identify ranch guests and state officials who may have known what was going on at the 7,600-acre property or taken part in alleged sexual abuse in its hacienda-...
www.reuters.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
@governor.ny.gov If New Mexico can do it, so can New York.
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"Age 10". Dwell on this.
February 17, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"Age 10". Dwell on this.
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Usually that’s up to the voters, but not when political parties become cults.
February 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Usually that’s up to the voters, but not when political parties become cults.
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Honestly, besides Stephen Miller, is there *anyone* in the Trump admin you'd be less surprised to find dissolving bodies in acid? (okay, maybe Kennedy, too)
The Epstein files include an order for 55-gallon drums of acid; Bannon abandoned a Florida rental where the Jacuzzi had been wrecked with acid www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
February 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Honestly, besides Stephen Miller, is there *anyone* in the Trump admin you'd be less surprised to find dissolving bodies in acid? (okay, maybe Kennedy, too)
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The DOJ is hiding Epstein files
So we @democracydefendersfund.org sued under FOIA & are moving for summary judgment
It's a democracy 2 step: Art. I Congress leans in while we step forward in Art. III courts
Explained on @ms.now 👇
So we @democracydefendersfund.org sued under FOIA & are moving for summary judgment
It's a democracy 2 step: Art. I Congress leans in while we step forward in Art. III courts
Explained on @ms.now 👇
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 AM
The DOJ is hiding Epstein files
So we @democracydefendersfund.org sued under FOIA & are moving for summary judgment
It's a democracy 2 step: Art. I Congress leans in while we step forward in Art. III courts
Explained on @ms.now 👇
So we @democracydefendersfund.org sued under FOIA & are moving for summary judgment
It's a democracy 2 step: Art. I Congress leans in while we step forward in Art. III courts
Explained on @ms.now 👇
Reposted by Catherine Prendergast🇺🇦🪬
Uhhh
The Epstein files include an order for 55-gallon drums of acid; Bannon abandoned a Florida rental where the Jacuzzi had been wrecked with acid www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
February 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Uhhh
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It’s 4:17 am in Kyiv. ~45 Russian drones still detected in Ukraine air space. Take off of Russian Tu bombers reported - could mean a missile attack in couple of hours. Explosions reported in Dnipro. In Odesa partial blackout after Russia attacked the city’s power station. Monday night in Ukraine
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
It’s 4:17 am in Kyiv. ~45 Russian drones still detected in Ukraine air space. Take off of Russian Tu bombers reported - could mean a missile attack in couple of hours. Explosions reported in Dnipro. In Odesa partial blackout after Russia attacked the city’s power station. Monday night in Ukraine
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This Is Definitely His Legacy….
February 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This Is Definitely His Legacy….
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Imagining a synchronous EU.
"After taking around 30% of the vote in European Parliament elections in June 2024, he has grown Tisza into the most formidable political force Orbán has faced during his 16 years at Hungary’s helm."
apnews.com/article/hung...
"After taking around 30% of the vote in European Parliament elections in June 2024, he has grown Tisza into the most formidable political force Orbán has faced during his 16 years at Hungary’s helm."
apnews.com/article/hung...
Hungarian opposition leader Magyar vows to pull Hungary back toward the West in campaign launch
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is launching his election campaign and says he can return Hungary to a stronger European path.
apnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Imagining a synchronous EU.
"After taking around 30% of the vote in European Parliament elections in June 2024, he has grown Tisza into the most formidable political force Orbán has faced during his 16 years at Hungary’s helm."
apnews.com/article/hung...
"After taking around 30% of the vote in European Parliament elections in June 2024, he has grown Tisza into the most formidable political force Orbán has faced during his 16 years at Hungary’s helm."
apnews.com/article/hung...
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"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
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Agreed. The rapid return to traditional roles was so disappointing. Look at women in the news. Dressing like they are at a cocktail party. It’s so reactionary.
February 17, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Agreed. The rapid return to traditional roles was so disappointing. Look at women in the news. Dressing like they are at a cocktail party. It’s so reactionary.
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Ahhhh hell, one more before the day is over to end Obama day. 🫡🇺🇸
February 17, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Ahhhh hell, one more before the day is over to end Obama day. 🫡🇺🇸
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From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe
Several men appear in photos on the nearly 10,000-acre Zorro ranch, which included a 26,700 sq ft mansion
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:25 AM
From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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MAGA candidate in Texas identified as owner of Jeffrey Epstein ranch www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
MAGA candidate in Texas identified as owner of Jeffrey Epstein ranch
Don Huffines, a self-described ’MAGA Trump Republican’ running for comptroller, revealed as owner of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous former Zorro Ranch in New Mexico
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM
MAGA candidate in Texas identified as owner of Jeffrey Epstein ranch www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Let's go.
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
February 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Let's go.
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Breaking:
Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump admin of a "cover-up" over its handling of the Epstein files.
"Get the files out. They are slow-walking it."
On her upcoming deposition before the Oversight Committee: "We have nothing to hide … We think sunlight is the best disinfectant."
Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump admin of a "cover-up" over its handling of the Epstein files.
"Get the files out. They are slow-walking it."
On her upcoming deposition before the Oversight Committee: "We have nothing to hide … We think sunlight is the best disinfectant."
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files cover-up in BBC interview
"Get the files out. They are slow-walking it," the former US secretary of state says. The White House says it has done "more for the victims than Democrats ever did".
www.bbc.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Breaking:
Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump admin of a "cover-up" over its handling of the Epstein files.
"Get the files out. They are slow-walking it."
On her upcoming deposition before the Oversight Committee: "We have nothing to hide … We think sunlight is the best disinfectant."
Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump admin of a "cover-up" over its handling of the Epstein files.
"Get the files out. They are slow-walking it."
On her upcoming deposition before the Oversight Committee: "We have nothing to hide … We think sunlight is the best disinfectant."
Tunisia is getting drawn into Russia's sphere of influence according to reporting from Le Monde last year.
www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-...
www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-...
Tunisia, the target of Moscow's growing attentions
Russian aircraft landings on the island of Djerba are just one sign of Russia's multi-faceted entry strategy on Tunisian territory.
www.lemonde.fr
February 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Tunisia is getting drawn into Russia's sphere of influence according to reporting from Le Monde last year.
www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-...
www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-...