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
A Century of Russian Disinformation: Part Two
Shakne Epstein, Schlemiel Turned GRU Spy
prendergastc.substack.com
I wrote about one of the first Soviet illegals who had at six names that he published or travelled under. They were experts at hiding their movements.
prendergastc.substack.com/p/a-century-...
prendergastc.substack.com/p/a-century-...
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Hellll nawl! They must have forgot the legacy of Aggie Pride because my school won’t let that shit ride until the decision is reversed!
This is why we need to get the pedoamerican party outta here! Being a purple state is not good enough.
This is why we need to get the pedoamerican party outta here! Being a purple state is not good enough.
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ...
TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance
www.tiktok.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Hellll nawl! They must have forgot the legacy of Aggie Pride because my school won’t let that shit ride until the decision is reversed!
This is why we need to get the pedoamerican party outta here! Being a purple state is not good enough.
This is why we need to get the pedoamerican party outta here! Being a purple state is not good enough.
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"first they came for my property value"
new from me: it's interesting that one of the biggest roadblocks we're seeing to ICE buying up warehouses to convert into modern day concentration camps for detained immigrants is conservative NIMBYs (non-derogatory, for once) saying "not here, thanks"
Opinion | ICE’s warehouse detention centers run up against NIMBYism
A surprising number of Republican communities are coming out against the idea of ICE deportation facilities in their backyards.
www.ms.now
February 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
"first they came for my property value"
I feel like this is an admission that he's in the Epstein files somewhere.
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I feel like this is an admission that he's in the Epstein files somewhere.
So much for woke Pope.
The Winter Olympics condom supply ran out in 3 days. Athletes have thoughts www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
The Winter Olympics condom supply ran out in 3 days. Athletes have thoughts
According to Italian newspaper La Stampa, free condoms at the Winter Olympics ran out in just three days.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
So much for woke Pope.
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The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
There is not a moment in his life that Rubio believed Russians were serious about ending any war.
Rubio on Russia: "We don’t know whether the Russians are serious about ending the war.
They say they are."
Russians say many things. For example, they said they were not going to invade Ukraine—right before invading Ukraine. It’s actions that matter.
They say they are."
Russians say many things. For example, they said they were not going to invade Ukraine—right before invading Ukraine. It’s actions that matter.
February 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
There is not a moment in his life that Rubio believed Russians were serious about ending any war.
"Almost all of the experts that got 2022 wrong were trained as specialists on the Russian Army. There were almost no real experts on Ukraine or the Ukrainian military."
This is a must read.
This is a must read.
February 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
"Almost all of the experts that got 2022 wrong were trained as specialists on the Russian Army. There were almost no real experts on Ukraine or the Ukrainian military."
This is a must read.
This is a must read.
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Save act needs 60 votes to pass Senate. Thune said they don't have the votes but he will put it up anyway.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Save act needs 60 votes to pass Senate. Thune said they don't have the votes but he will put it up anyway.
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The GOP’s “Save America Act” (previously just “SAVE”) requires that states implement voter purge programs using programs such as the “SAVE” system, which had an error rate of at least 14% in one of the counties that used it, per the Texas Tribune & ProPublica. 14%! #NoOnSAVE 1/
February 14, 2026 at 6:09 AM
The GOP’s “Save America Act” (previously just “SAVE”) requires that states implement voter purge programs using programs such as the “SAVE” system, which had an error rate of at least 14% in one of the counties that used it, per the Texas Tribune & ProPublica. 14%! #NoOnSAVE 1/
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: Remembrance is not a violation.
I met with Ukrainian skeleton racer and member of Ukraine’s National Olympic Team, Vladyslav Heraskevych, and his father, coach of Ukraine’s skeleton team, Mykhailo Heraskevych. I presented Vladyslav with the Order of Freedom.
I met with Ukrainian skeleton racer and member of Ukraine’s National Olympic Team, Vladyslav Heraskevych, and his father, coach of Ukraine’s skeleton team, Mykhailo Heraskevych. I presented Vladyslav with the Order of Freedom.
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
🇺🇦 Zelensky: Remembrance is not a violation.
I met with Ukrainian skeleton racer and member of Ukraine’s National Olympic Team, Vladyslav Heraskevych, and his father, coach of Ukraine’s skeleton team, Mykhailo Heraskevych. I presented Vladyslav with the Order of Freedom.
I met with Ukrainian skeleton racer and member of Ukraine’s National Olympic Team, Vladyslav Heraskevych, and his father, coach of Ukraine’s skeleton team, Mykhailo Heraskevych. I presented Vladyslav with the Order of Freedom.
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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Has Left Los Angeles, ICE Carries On Taking Around 25 People This Week
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:28 AM
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Has Left Los Angeles, ICE Carries On Taking Around 25 People This Week
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
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For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 14, 2026 at 5:59 AM
For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
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by Michael de Adder
Olympic games
The Trump podium
Olympic games
The Trump podium
February 14, 2026 at 4:11 AM
by Michael de Adder
Olympic games
The Trump podium
Olympic games
The Trump podium
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It’s a little blackpilling to me that people have totally retconned the 2016 primary after 8 years of endless relitigation. HRC, say what you will about her, was widely derided in the press for her focus on “identity politics” and Bernie told Vox that “open borders is a Koch bros. proposal”
you know I was re-watching some old Hillary Clinton stuff (people fucked up big time) and I'm struck by how "woke" it is, how much stress she puts not just on women, but Black Americans, Hispanic, Gay, she had a gay couple getting married and a Spanish speaking new business in her launch video
February 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
It’s a little blackpilling to me that people have totally retconned the 2016 primary after 8 years of endless relitigation. HRC, say what you will about her, was widely derided in the press for her focus on “identity politics” and Bernie told Vox that “open borders is a Koch bros. proposal”
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"Electability" has become a weapon used against candidates who don't fit a certain mold. @colinallredtx.bsky.social and I are unpacking this issue and why Texas—and America—deserves better. Don't miss this important conversation.
Tune in here: https://youtu.be/QmuI4BKAC54
Tune in here: https://youtu.be/QmuI4BKAC54
February 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
"Electability" has become a weapon used against candidates who don't fit a certain mold. @colinallredtx.bsky.social and I are unpacking this issue and why Texas—and America—deserves better. Don't miss this important conversation.
Tune in here: https://youtu.be/QmuI4BKAC54
Tune in here: https://youtu.be/QmuI4BKAC54
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Several times today I got in a happy mood, then was reminded of this. As @ajaxsinger.bsky.social pointed out earlier, the Nazis did this. Literally. We have concentration camps committing atrocities committed by the Nazis.
Someone I know posted this when they read about this Thanksgiving sadism
Someone I know posted this when they read about this Thanksgiving sadism
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Several times today I got in a happy mood, then was reminded of this. As @ajaxsinger.bsky.social pointed out earlier, the Nazis did this. Literally. We have concentration camps committing atrocities committed by the Nazis.
Someone I know posted this when they read about this Thanksgiving sadism
Someone I know posted this when they read about this Thanksgiving sadism
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Meanwhile, many libraries that used to offer passport services were recently told by the Federal government they can’t do that anymore. Probably a coincidence!
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Meanwhile, many libraries that used to offer passport services were recently told by the Federal government they can’t do that anymore. Probably a coincidence!
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I believe in elite business circles this move is known as “taking the money and running”
Wait, Casey Wasserman is putting his *entire* agency up for sale so he can... focus on LA28?
"I have begun the process of selling the company, an effort that is already underway" to "devote my full attention to delivering Los Angeles an Olympic Games in 2028 that is worthy of this outstanding city"
"I have begun the process of selling the company, an effort that is already underway" to "devote my full attention to delivering Los Angeles an Olympic Games in 2028 that is worthy of this outstanding city"
Wasserman For Sale! LA28 Boss Selling Agency To Focus On Olympics Amidst Epstein Fallout; “I Believe That I Have Become A Distraction”
Casey Wasserman is putting his entire agency on the auction block as the fallout from revelations of his relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell continues
deadline.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I believe in elite business circles this move is known as “taking the money and running”
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US military says it struck a vessel in Caribbean, killing three reut.rs/4auNge2
US military says it struck a vessel in Caribbean, killing three
The U.S. military said in a social media post that it had struck a vessel in the Caribbean on Friday, killing three people, the latest such incident in recent months.
reut.rs
February 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM
US military says it struck a vessel in Caribbean, killing three reut.rs/4auNge2
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A thing that can make trauma recovery hard is, it often feels "natural" or "right" to kick the sh*t out of ourselves-- because that's what we know. It's what we were conditioned-- brainwashed-- into believing "should" happen. To stop feels "wrong," like an "undeserved" "cop out."
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
A thing that can make trauma recovery hard is, it often feels "natural" or "right" to kick the sh*t out of ourselves-- because that's what we know. It's what we were conditioned-- brainwashed-- into believing "should" happen. To stop feels "wrong," like an "undeserved" "cop out."
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Minneapolis estimates 76,200 residents are now experiencing food insecurity because of the federal immigration operation.
The city also estimates a negative economic impact of at least $203 million.
The city also estimates a negative economic impact of at least $203 million.
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Minneapolis estimates 76,200 residents are now experiencing food insecurity because of the federal immigration operation.
The city also estimates a negative economic impact of at least $203 million.
The city also estimates a negative economic impact of at least $203 million.
Five out of five readers rated my 2025 NEH proposal as "excellent"--the highest grade. I was denied.
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Five out of five readers rated my 2025 NEH proposal as "excellent"--the highest grade. I was denied.
THIS
To anyone that needs clarification, "your best" is what you can accomplish without damage to your physical, mental and emotional health, not what you can accomplish by destroying them
February 14, 2026 at 4:46 AM
THIS