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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I’m not pissed because I’m too stupid to get a passport.
I’m pissed because I shouldn’t have to shell out an additional $150 to exercise my right to vote.
I’m pissed because I shouldn’t have to shell out an additional $150 to exercise my right to vote.
the new Republican talking point is that it's insulting to complain about requiring women to show their birth certificate and passport in order to vote because they're smart enough to figure it out
February 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I’m not pissed because I’m too stupid to get a passport.
I’m pissed because I shouldn’t have to shell out an additional $150 to exercise my right to vote.
I’m pissed because I shouldn’t have to shell out an additional $150 to exercise my right to vote.
Republicans know that more Republican women change their name upon marriage and they're willing to do this anyway: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Younger women, women with a postgraduate degree and Democratic women are more likely to keep their last name after marriage
www.pewresearch.org
February 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Republicans know that more Republican women change their name upon marriage and they're willing to do this anyway: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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They KNOW what a hassle and expense it can be to attain your birth certificate.
They KNOW this is designed to suppress voters.
They KNOW that women are more likely to vote for democrats.
They KNOW this is designed to suppress voters.
They KNOW that women are more likely to vote for democrats.
February 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
They KNOW what a hassle and expense it can be to attain your birth certificate.
They KNOW this is designed to suppress voters.
They KNOW that women are more likely to vote for democrats.
They KNOW this is designed to suppress voters.
They KNOW that women are more likely to vote for democrats.
I remain astounded at how quickly taking a spouse's name rebounded to popularity after a steep post 70s decline. It never occurred to me to change my name. My name is my name.
I will say if you want to ensure no one EVER takes a spouse's name at marriage again, this would do it in under 2 years.
It causes credit problems, social security headaches, a ton of paperwork, it disenfranchises me? No, honey, I'm keeping my name. If you don't like it, we ain't getting married.
It causes credit problems, social security headaches, a ton of paperwork, it disenfranchises me? No, honey, I'm keeping my name. If you don't like it, we ain't getting married.
the new Republican talking point is that it's insulting to complain about requiring women to show their birth certificate and passport in order to vote because they're smart enough to figure it out
February 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I remain astounded at how quickly taking a spouse's name rebounded to popularity after a steep post 70s decline. It never occurred to me to change my name. My name is my name.
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“Scripture is full of kings brought low by their own arrogance”
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
“Scripture is full of kings brought low by their own arrogance”
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Yeah, so my feeling is NOPE, NO, NUH UH, NEVER
For one thing, IQ is bullshit. For another, there is a reason we DON’T want a streamlined way to identify “the most vulnerable”. Please see the United States for further details.
Lastly—who is this for?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
For one thing, IQ is bullshit. For another, there is a reason we DON’T want a streamlined way to identify “the most vulnerable”. Please see the United States for further details.
Lastly—who is this for?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is under consideration. Here’s what parents need to know
Category describes people who have little or no language, an IQ of less than 50 and require 24-hour supervision
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Yeah, so my feeling is NOPE, NO, NUH UH, NEVER
For one thing, IQ is bullshit. For another, there is a reason we DON’T want a streamlined way to identify “the most vulnerable”. Please see the United States for further details.
Lastly—who is this for?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
For one thing, IQ is bullshit. For another, there is a reason we DON’T want a streamlined way to identify “the most vulnerable”. Please see the United States for further details.
Lastly—who is this for?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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I've said this elsewhere, but Putin is single-handed sacrificing a successful Russian future for a successful Russian present—and he's going to end up with neither.
Already the greatest geopolitical failure we've seen in decades, and maybe the greatest we'll see in our lifetimes.
Already the greatest geopolitical failure we've seen in decades, and maybe the greatest we'll see in our lifetimes.
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I've said this elsewhere, but Putin is single-handed sacrificing a successful Russian future for a successful Russian present—and he's going to end up with neither.
Already the greatest geopolitical failure we've seen in decades, and maybe the greatest we'll see in our lifetimes.
Already the greatest geopolitical failure we've seen in decades, and maybe the greatest we'll see in our lifetimes.
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In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of Teddy Roosevelt oppose mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
Teddy Roosevelt’s family urges GOP to protect Boundary Waters
In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of the former president oppose mining near the Minnesota wilderness area.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of Teddy Roosevelt oppose mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
Did they seriously put Latino children behind him?
I’m imploring you. The GOP thinks schools are their issue.
If Democrats let the party that’s ripping families apart with masked raids, throwing families off health care, and doing nothing to solve soaring costs claim the “education” mantle, they’ve only themselves to blame.
If Democrats let the party that’s ripping families apart with masked raids, throwing families off health care, and doing nothing to solve soaring costs claim the “education” mantle, they’ve only themselves to blame.
February 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Did they seriously put Latino children behind him?
I'm panicking about the lack of morality, yes.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I'm panicking about the lack of morality, yes.
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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Temperatures across the 1,200-kilometer front line have plunged to their lowest of the entire four-year Russia-Ukraine war, complicating the use of the weapons.
Bitter cold complicates Ukraine's drone defense
ebx.sh
February 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Temperatures across the 1,200-kilometer front line have plunged to their lowest of the entire four-year Russia-Ukraine war, complicating the use of the weapons.
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This President’s Day, members of our Philly pod came to Independence Park where the MAGA regime recently tried to erase the history of enslavement, to make it loud and clear that The Dirty Business of Slavery Cannot Be Erased.
What we fail to repair, we repeat.
What we fail to repair, we repeat.
February 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
This President’s Day, members of our Philly pod came to Independence Park where the MAGA regime recently tried to erase the history of enslavement, to make it loud and clear that The Dirty Business of Slavery Cannot Be Erased.
What we fail to repair, we repeat.
What we fail to repair, we repeat.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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not to mention, ripping out these "immigration enforcement" systems is a matter of national survival
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/abolish-ice
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/abolish-ice
Abolishing ICE isn't enough. They must be held accountable.
What comes after the murder in Minneapolis.
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM
not to mention, ripping out these "immigration enforcement" systems is a matter of national survival
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/abolish-ice
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/abolish-ice
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Some personal news
Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails rev...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Some personal news
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IT IS SENATOR MY BOO’S BIRTHDAY!
Send birthday #BaeBucks to his campaign because he brought the cake to his own birthday 🥵
🎶 Is it your birthday boo cos you’re looking like a present 🎶
Chip in secure.actblue.com/donate/saves...
Drop your fave 🍑ssoff pics and videos in the replies
Send birthday #BaeBucks to his campaign because he brought the cake to his own birthday 🥵
🎶 Is it your birthday boo cos you’re looking like a present 🎶
Chip in secure.actblue.com/donate/saves...
Drop your fave 🍑ssoff pics and videos in the replies
February 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
IT IS SENATOR MY BOO’S BIRTHDAY!
Send birthday #BaeBucks to his campaign because he brought the cake to his own birthday 🥵
🎶 Is it your birthday boo cos you’re looking like a present 🎶
Chip in secure.actblue.com/donate/saves...
Drop your fave 🍑ssoff pics and videos in the replies
Send birthday #BaeBucks to his campaign because he brought the cake to his own birthday 🥵
🎶 Is it your birthday boo cos you’re looking like a present 🎶
Chip in secure.actblue.com/donate/saves...
Drop your fave 🍑ssoff pics and videos in the replies
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Man I don’t know, sometimes for me social media isn’t about trumpeting my own righteousness? Sometimes people do convince me of stuff? Sometimes discussing things with people helps me realize stuff and hone arguments?
February 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Man I don’t know, sometimes for me social media isn’t about trumpeting my own righteousness? Sometimes people do convince me of stuff? Sometimes discussing things with people helps me realize stuff and hone arguments?
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USA takes gold + bronze in Bobsled,,, congratz Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries on their medals. What incredible athletes + MOTHERS. We would be no one without our moms and they go outs there proving to be some of the best,!!
I can’t believe I gets to be a small part of something so big,!!
I can’t believe I gets to be a small part of something so big,!!
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
USA takes gold + bronze in Bobsled,,, congratz Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries on their medals. What incredible athletes + MOTHERS. We would be no one without our moms and they go outs there proving to be some of the best,!!
I can’t believe I gets to be a small part of something so big,!!
I can’t believe I gets to be a small part of something so big,!!
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Love me some Senator Lucas!
Video: “If you’ve ever worked with Senator Adam Ebbin on a bill, and especially on cannabis, you know what it’s like to be down in the weeds.” - @SenLouiseLucas bluevirginia.us/2026/02/vide...
February 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Love me some Senator Lucas!
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Upper Midwest farm incomes fell in late 2025, even as national crop production was strong.
Farm income is declining in the Upper Midwest
A survey of lenders said farm incomes were down in the fourth quarter of 2025 and will stay down into 2026.
www.mprnews.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Upper Midwest farm incomes fell in late 2025, even as national crop production was strong.
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The Ilsky oil refinery is on fire in russia 🔥
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
The Ilsky oil refinery is on fire in russia 🔥
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The successful effort to force Biden out signaled to elite media that they had a veto over Democratic Party primary voters. Whether they successfully exercise it or simply try to in 2028 is an open question but bet your sweet nippy they’re going to try.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The successful effort to force Biden out signaled to elite media that they had a veto over Democratic Party primary voters. Whether they successfully exercise it or simply try to in 2028 is an open question but bet your sweet nippy they’re going to try.
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All of your questions about the Canada-Sweden curling beef, answered: defector.com/the-big-cana...
The Big Canada-Sweden Curling Beef, Explained | Defector
As a sport most people pay intense attention to for two weeks every four years and then not at all the rest of the time, curling can be slightly impenetrable to the casual viewer; its intricacies and…
defector.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM
All of your questions about the Canada-Sweden curling beef, answered: defector.com/the-big-cana...