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
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Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
The antisemitism is screaming. The "Jewish Billionaire" trope has now come from the right (Fox) and the left (Occupy) and I've yet to see an apology from either.
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The previous record high of as during Covid…. Under 🍊💩
February 16, 2026 at 3:48 AM
The previous record high of as during Covid…. Under 🍊💩
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Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky: "There were 3 times that Bondi could have turned around in that room & just looked us in the eye. Just the sheer acknowledgment that we were human would have been enough. And she couldn't even do that. She reminded us we are nothing to her."
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky: "There were 3 times that Bondi could have turned around in that room & just looked us in the eye. Just the sheer acknowledgment that we were human would have been enough. And she couldn't even do that. She reminded us we are nothing to her."
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says she will be sending a letter this week to Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to demand they turn over evidence in the killing of Alex Pretti.
Hennepin County attorney to demand Alex Pretti killing evidence from feds
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says she will be sending a letter this week to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to demand they turn over evidence in the Jan. 24 killing of Alex Pretti by immigration officers in south Minneapolis.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says she will be sending a letter this week to Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to demand they turn over evidence in the killing of Alex Pretti.
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(6/11) Uber tracks battery life. Former exec Keith Chen noted in 2016 that users with low battery are statistically more likely to accept surge pricing. Uber says it doesn’t use that data to set prices, but the correlation remains a point of regulatory scrutiny. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
This Is Your Brain On Uber
This week we feature Keith Chen, a behavioral economist at UCLA and the head of economic research at Uber. Keith explains why surge pricing makes us nuts and discusses our weird economic choices.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(6/11) Uber tracks battery life. Former exec Keith Chen noted in 2016 that users with low battery are statistically more likely to accept surge pricing. Uber says it doesn’t use that data to set prices, but the correlation remains a point of regulatory scrutiny. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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(3/11) A December 2025 Consumer Reports investigation found that Instacart prices for identical items varied by as much as 23% between different users. Instacart characterizes these discrepancies as routine ‘A/B testing’. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(3/11) A December 2025 Consumer Reports investigation found that Instacart prices for identical items varied by as much as 23% between different users. Instacart characterizes these discrepancies as routine ‘A/B testing’. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
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All these Republicans had to do was open their damn eyes and overcome their knee-jerk reaction to follow the Trump cult and they would have seen what we've seen for a long time - the Epstein files are a big deal 👇
Read more here: https://bit.ly/40gsCte
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
Read more here: https://bit.ly/40gsCte
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
February 16, 2026 at 4:59 AM
All these Republicans had to do was open their damn eyes and overcome their knee-jerk reaction to follow the Trump cult and they would have seen what we've seen for a long time - the Epstein files are a big deal 👇
Read more here: https://bit.ly/40gsCte
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
Read more here: https://bit.ly/40gsCte
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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NGL Calla Walsh calling Iranian missiles “indigenously made” is one of my favorite bits.
This is why I will never trust tankies nor take them seriously.
February 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
NGL Calla Walsh calling Iranian missiles “indigenously made” is one of my favorite bits.
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Calla Walsh would absolutely have (pre-Operation-Barbarossa) posed in front of a bunch of Panzers and sung the praises of the Fatherland and its indigenous weapons.
February 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Calla Walsh would absolutely have (pre-Operation-Barbarossa) posed in front of a bunch of Panzers and sung the praises of the Fatherland and its indigenous weapons.
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Calla Walsh Chronicles
When someone said they’re
Anti Zionist, I assume this is who they are and who they support.
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When someone said they’re
Anti Zionist, I assume this is who they are and who they support.
🧲🙄
February 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Calla Walsh Chronicles
When someone said they’re
Anti Zionist, I assume this is who they are and who they support.
🧲🙄
When someone said they’re
Anti Zionist, I assume this is who they are and who they support.
🧲🙄
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If we are to take Bushra’s claims at face value, then why does she keep appearing in the exact same locations, repeating the exact same regime talking points as Calla Walsh who just so happens to be in the country at the exact same time as Bushra?
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February 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
If we are to take Bushra’s claims at face value, then why does she keep appearing in the exact same locations, repeating the exact same regime talking points as Calla Walsh who just so happens to be in the country at the exact same time as Bushra?
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Here’s Calla Walsh at an IRGC aerospace exhibition in Tehran, praising ‘indigenous drones’ - the same drones that russia uses to mass-murder Ukrainian civilians
February 16, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Here’s Calla Walsh at an IRGC aerospace exhibition in Tehran, praising ‘indigenous drones’ - the same drones that russia uses to mass-murder Ukrainian civilians
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For this special digital cover, British Vogue meets Gisèle Pelicot, the woman whose story ignited fury and empathy in women across the globe.
Via British Vogue
Via British Vogue
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 AM
For this special digital cover, British Vogue meets Gisèle Pelicot, the woman whose story ignited fury and empathy in women across the globe.
Via British Vogue
Via British Vogue
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The letter comes after Benioff joked at a company event on Monday that ICE was monitoring international employees in attendance, sparking immediate backlash.
Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE
The letter comes after Benioff joked at a company event on Monday that ICE was monitoring international employees in attendance, sparking immediate backlash.
wrd.cm
February 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The letter comes after Benioff joked at a company event on Monday that ICE was monitoring international employees in attendance, sparking immediate backlash.
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It has been proven that Putin killed his political rival Alexei Navalny with Ecuadorian dart frog poison.
February 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM
It has been proven that Putin killed his political rival Alexei Navalny with Ecuadorian dart frog poison.
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(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
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To protect the values we hold close, we need to take back control of the U.S. Senate.
I have what it takes to get to work for Maine people on day one.
I have what it takes to get to work for Maine people on day one.
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
To protect the values we hold close, we need to take back control of the U.S. Senate.
I have what it takes to get to work for Maine people on day one.
I have what it takes to get to work for Maine people on day one.
Oh Lord. she’s going full Jim Crow/red-lining erasure.
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 16, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Oh Lord. she’s going full Jim Crow/red-lining erasure.
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I’m confused…
How many non-⚪️ people have shown up in the Epstein files?
Hint: Not only was he a sick depraved rapist pedo…he was a flaming racist that promoted eugenics and racism.
Stop trying to ignore racism just because it’s an inconvenient truth for you.
www.ms.now/news/epstein...
How many non-⚪️ people have shown up in the Epstein files?
Hint: Not only was he a sick depraved rapist pedo…he was a flaming racist that promoted eugenics and racism.
Stop trying to ignore racism just because it’s an inconvenient truth for you.
www.ms.now/news/epstein...
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I’m confused…
How many non-⚪️ people have shown up in the Epstein files?
Hint: Not only was he a sick depraved rapist pedo…he was a flaming racist that promoted eugenics and racism.
Stop trying to ignore racism just because it’s an inconvenient truth for you.
www.ms.now/news/epstein...
How many non-⚪️ people have shown up in the Epstein files?
Hint: Not only was he a sick depraved rapist pedo…he was a flaming racist that promoted eugenics and racism.
Stop trying to ignore racism just because it’s an inconvenient truth for you.
www.ms.now/news/epstein...
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I remain unconvinced that he didn't know that that tattoo would be disqualifying in the Marines.
February 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I remain unconvinced that he didn't know that that tattoo would be disqualifying in the Marines.
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I have never been more motivated to vote.
And my 93 yo parents will crawl across glass to vote this November. I’ll be there to help them.
And my 93 yo parents will crawl across glass to vote this November. I’ll be there to help them.
February 16, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I have never been more motivated to vote.
And my 93 yo parents will crawl across glass to vote this November. I’ll be there to help them.
And my 93 yo parents will crawl across glass to vote this November. I’ll be there to help them.
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“Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, said the issue of Greenland had “distracted in ways that I don’t think that any of us could have anticipated.”
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
In Munich, Lawmakers Concede Scars Remain After Trump’s Greenland Threat www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
In Munich, Lawmakers Concede Scars Remain After Trump’s Greenland Threat
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
“Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, said the issue of Greenland had “distracted in ways that I don’t think that any of us could have anticipated.”
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
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Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application — The New Republic
The revelation could put her citizenship status at risk.
apple.news
February 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
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The US president is set to take control of affordable facilities and potentially remodel them into upmarket properties in line with his private golfing empire if he can survive a court challenge filed on Friday. ft.trib.al/y3ETuqW
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The US president is set to take control of affordable facilities and potentially remodel them into upmarket properties in line with his private golfing empire if he can survive a court challenge filed on Friday. ft.trib.al/y3ETuqW
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My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.