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
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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When will Republicans, veterans organizations, & retired military officers speak up about this? No president in the history of the Republic has done this. Yet Trump, Vance, & Hegseth do it constantly. It betrays the most important core value of our military-no partisan politics.
February 14, 2026 at 11:59 AM
When will Republicans, veterans organizations, & retired military officers speak up about this? No president in the history of the Republic has done this. Yet Trump, Vance, & Hegseth do it constantly. It betrays the most important core value of our military-no partisan politics.
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PM Tusk:
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
February 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
PM Tusk:
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
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Rubio and his wife are the children of immigrants from Cuba and Colombia respectively. Vance wife is the child of immigrants. Trump's 2 of 3 wives were immigrants as was Trump's mother. How do they support these anti immigrant positions?
February 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Rubio and his wife are the children of immigrants from Cuba and Colombia respectively. Vance wife is the child of immigrants. Trump's 2 of 3 wives were immigrants as was Trump's mother. How do they support these anti immigrant positions?
About time they scooped up Woody.
French prosecutors are reviewing the Epstein files and ties to French nationals to determine any criminal wrongdoing.
Epstein Files Prompt New Investigation By France Authorities
French prosecutors are reviewing the Epstein files and ties to French nationals to determine any criminal wrongdoing.
www.forbes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
About time they scooped up Woody.
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Cleaning up the shit - Finland leads the way.
In Finland, they want to seize property from Russians. The country's authorities are exploring the possibility of cancelling real estate transactions previously concluded with Russians.
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In Finland, they want to seize property from Russians. The country's authorities are exploring the possibility of cancelling real estate transactions previously concluded with Russians.
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February 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Cleaning up the shit - Finland leads the way.
In Finland, they want to seize property from Russians. The country's authorities are exploring the possibility of cancelling real estate transactions previously concluded with Russians.
1/2
In Finland, they want to seize property from Russians. The country's authorities are exploring the possibility of cancelling real estate transactions previously concluded with Russians.
1/2
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Trump also shut down the 2020 census early. The people who will discover the truth about the 2020 census haven't been born yet.
February 15, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Trump also shut down the 2020 census early. The people who will discover the truth about the 2020 census haven't been born yet.
This!!!
France correctly approaching the exposure of an international pedophile ring as a prosecutorial problem; not taking the American route of doing damage control for the elite.
French prosecutors are reviewing the Epstein files and ties to French nationals to determine any criminal wrongdoing.
February 15, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This!!!
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One hundred years ago, in the 1920's, a rising German far-right movement was looking to the US as a model of juridical technologies of racial oppression. Today, in the 2020's...
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the party supported by JD Vance and Elon Musk, are now looking to ICE in the US for inspiration and saying Germany needs an ICE of its own. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
European far-right parties push for ICE-style police
Fringe figures want to follow the Trump playbook for tackling unauthorized migration.
www.politico.eu
February 15, 2026 at 4:05 AM
One hundred years ago, in the 1920's, a rising German far-right movement was looking to the US as a model of juridical technologies of racial oppression. Today, in the 2020's...
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I really need Christofascist Jesus to come reap his children.
I..is..tired..of..them..
I..is..tired..of..them..
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
I really need Christofascist Jesus to come reap his children.
I..is..tired..of..them..
I..is..tired..of..them..
They just sub white supremacy for Western Civilization and call it a day.
It feels very odd to give a speech like this precisely at the time when the administration he serves in is cutting ties to Europe and explicitly rejecting the idea of being bound to Western civilization (read: western Europe) through a long-standing strategic defense alliance.
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 4:06 AM
They just sub white supremacy for Western Civilization and call it a day.
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In our new documentary, the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit uncovers the torture of Ukrainian civilians held by Russian forces and traces the roots of these practices through Russian history.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ei...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ei...
Inside Russia’s system of torture | Documentary
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
In our new documentary, the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit uncovers the torture of Ukrainian civilians held by Russian forces and traces the roots of these practices through Russian history.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ei...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ei...
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Once again: All of the screaming about how Kamala/Dems had “bad messaging” was bullshit. How the fuck are you supposed to “message” against this type of mindset?
I just don’t understand why people have to personally experience harm before they recognize the vitriolic hatred they so easily position others to receive.
February 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Once again: All of the screaming about how Kamala/Dems had “bad messaging” was bullshit. How the fuck are you supposed to “message” against this type of mindset?
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In fact, we always assume it WILL happen to us, it’s just a question of when.
One of the under-appreciated side effects of being raised Jewish is we never think it can’t happen to us.
WHY???? WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULDN’T HAPPEN TO YOU??????
February 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
In fact, we always assume it WILL happen to us, it’s just a question of when.
One of the under-appreciated side effects of being raised Jewish is we never think it can’t happen to us.
WHY???? WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULDN’T HAPPEN TO YOU??????
The headline if you search for news on this is literally “We never thought this would happen to us!”
February 15, 2026 at 3:56 AM
One of the under-appreciated side effects of being raised Jewish is we never think it can’t happen to us.
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Notice how those who wanted to overthrow the government for being asked to carry proof of their covid vaccination, claiming it’s an infringement on their freedoms, are suddenly all in favor of needing multiple proofs of identity just so they can exercise their constitutional right to vote.
February 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Notice how those who wanted to overthrow the government for being asked to carry proof of their covid vaccination, claiming it’s an infringement on their freedoms, are suddenly all in favor of needing multiple proofs of identity just so they can exercise their constitutional right to vote.
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Well, this headline and framing rather buries the lede. It's not that two Latvians in the stands held up the flag of Greenland at a US vs Denmark match, in an arena full of US flags. It's that security told them to quit it for "safety reasons, because there could be American aggressive people."
Fans who raised Greenland's flag at US-Denmark Olympic hockey game say it was a pro-European gesture
Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark.
apnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Well, this headline and framing rather buries the lede. It's not that two Latvians in the stands held up the flag of Greenland at a US vs Denmark match, in an arena full of US flags. It's that security told them to quit it for "safety reasons, because there could be American aggressive people."
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Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
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Every day America gets closer to a 1980s dystopian SciFi movie.
Since #BeyondtheGates is focusing on blood plasma now, here's a useful article about the booming blood plasma industry and the cash-strapped people donating 10% of their blood volume twice a week for around $400 a month:
Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet
Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.
www.nbcnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Every day America gets closer to a 1980s dystopian SciFi movie.
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As a former public defender who represented thousands of people, I can’t stop thinking about the contrast the Epstein files raise.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
As a former public defender who represented thousands of people, I can’t stop thinking about the contrast the Epstein files raise.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
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Also, insidiously, among the dozen or so European historical references, there isn't a single Eastern European one! He subtly suggests EEurope does not belong to the "Western civilization" that the US purportedly wants to survive. Finally, for all his emphasis on how European nations should...
February 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Also, insidiously, among the dozen or so European historical references, there isn't a single Eastern European one! He subtly suggests EEurope does not belong to the "Western civilization" that the US purportedly wants to survive. Finally, for all his emphasis on how European nations should...
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Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
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Black pain is so normalised people don't care
When I taught at LSU, I got some gasps when I said plantation weddings were like getting married at a Nazi concentration camp, and I got nods from a lot of other students who understood it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Plantation weddings and pre-civil war fashion: the film that critiques the historical fantasy of Natchez
A documentary about Mississippi examines competing forces: the nostalgic celebration of the old south and the refusal to sanitize the brutal history of enslavement
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Black pain is so normalised people don't care
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"Chicago teen whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer dies" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
Chicago teen whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer dies
The Torres family story came to public attention after the teen’s father was detained at a Home Depot in Niles.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"Chicago teen whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer dies" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...