catocz (she/her)
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Pro-democracy, pro-sanity, pro-people’s well-being. Anti-disinformation, anti-bigotry, anti-aggression.
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SCOTUS conservatives just blessed the Texas GOP's gerrymander. It'll be used next year.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
SCOTUS conservatives just blessed the Texas GOP's gerrymander. It'll be used next year.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
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Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line!
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line!
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
Activists are targeting the reputations of Home Depot, AT&T, and other businesses.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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This ridiculous sentence is written like a bothsides-ish balancing statement, but it isn’t one. When the mob is in charge, paying the protection money they extort from you is a cost of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This ridiculous sentence is written like a bothsides-ish balancing statement, but it isn’t one. When the mob is in charge, paying the protection money they extort from you is a cost of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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I don't think the president should pardon a man convicted in US court of conspiracy to traffic hundreds of tons of cocaine into the US. I think large-scale drug trafficking is bad, not good, and convicted traffickers do not deserve special treatment.
Sorry to get so partisan, but that's how I feel.
Sorry to get so partisan, but that's how I feel.
Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to grant a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a move that would erase a major US drug-trafficking conviction ...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don't think the president should pardon a man convicted in US court of conspiracy to traffic hundreds of tons of cocaine into the US. I think large-scale drug trafficking is bad, not good, and convicted traffickers do not deserve special treatment.
Sorry to get so partisan, but that's how I feel.
Sorry to get so partisan, but that's how I feel.
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
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ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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ALERT: A Boston University student, Zac Segal — president of the BU College Republicans — bragged about calling ICE to raid a local car wash because “immigrants are taking American jobs.”
Segal wasn’t born in America either — and he’s the one taking a university spot from an American student.
Segal wasn’t born in America either — and he’s the one taking a university spot from an American student.
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ALERT: A Boston University student, Zac Segal — president of the BU College Republicans — bragged about calling ICE to raid a local car wash because “immigrants are taking American jobs.”
Segal wasn’t born in America either — and he’s the one taking a university spot from an American student.
Segal wasn’t born in America either — and he’s the one taking a university spot from an American student.
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🔴 Explosions are rocking Kyiv again as the city faces another massive Russian strike.
Local authorities say air defenses are battling targets over the capital.
Local authorities say air defenses are battling targets over the capital.
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
🔴 Explosions are rocking Kyiv again as the city faces another massive Russian strike.
Local authorities say air defenses are battling targets over the capital.
Local authorities say air defenses are battling targets over the capital.
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Father of two, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, senselessly killed by ICE
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Father of two, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, senselessly killed by ICE
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
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THE RUSSIANS ARE LAUNCHING ANOTHER ROUND OF DISINFORMATION WARFARE
The Baltic states are the latest target as Russia tries to set Russian ethnic minorities against native speakers.
Another effort is to convince the western public that its NATO that is preparing for war & Russia is only defending.
The Baltic states are the latest target as Russia tries to set Russian ethnic minorities against native speakers.
Another effort is to convince the western public that its NATO that is preparing for war & Russia is only defending.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
THE RUSSIANS ARE LAUNCHING ANOTHER ROUND OF DISINFORMATION WARFARE
The Baltic states are the latest target as Russia tries to set Russian ethnic minorities against native speakers.
Another effort is to convince the western public that its NATO that is preparing for war & Russia is only defending.
The Baltic states are the latest target as Russia tries to set Russian ethnic minorities against native speakers.
Another effort is to convince the western public that its NATO that is preparing for war & Russia is only defending.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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As someone who has been following Russia's invasion of Ukraine closely for a decade, I promise you're we're only at the start of something horrible. This is the dress rehearsal. Fight like hell.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As someone who has been following Russia's invasion of Ukraine closely for a decade, I promise you're we're only at the start of something horrible. This is the dress rehearsal. Fight like hell.
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This is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.
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Regardless of gender, age, or race our veterans deserve to be recognized for their service, sacrifice, and dedication to our country.
The removal of memorials for Black WWII soldiers is not only disgusting, it's racist.
The removal of memorials for Black WWII soldiers is not only disgusting, it's racist.
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Regardless of gender, age, or race our veterans deserve to be recognized for their service, sacrifice, and dedication to our country.
The removal of memorials for Black WWII soldiers is not only disgusting, it's racist.
The removal of memorials for Black WWII soldiers is not only disgusting, it's racist.
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Trump has said that he asked Epstein to stop hiring girls from Mar-a-Lago, so I don’t think this email proves that he told Epstein to stop sex trafficking. Then there’s the other email (“that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump”), which looks bad for Trump. www.npr.org/2025/07/29/n...
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trump has said that he asked Epstein to stop hiring girls from Mar-a-Lago, so I don’t think this email proves that he told Epstein to stop sex trafficking. Then there’s the other email (“that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump”), which looks bad for Trump. www.npr.org/2025/07/29/n...
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A little bit of history worth knowing. If it’s history, they are trying to wipe it out, to make room for the absurd tales of eternal innocence that bring fascism and bloodshed closer.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A little bit of history worth knowing. If it’s history, they are trying to wipe it out, to make room for the absurd tales of eternal innocence that bring fascism and bloodshed closer.