Catherine Keyser
@profkeyser.bsky.social
Former prof. China specialist. Foster/adoptive Mom. Think globally, act locally, but do not forget to look up to the stars. It's where we came from.
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Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal, without a war. An interesting achievement."
- George Will
- George Will
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal, without a war. An interesting achievement."
- George Will
- George Will
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Reminder: Mike Johnson stalled the swearing-in of @repgrijalva.bsky.social for 50 DAYS — to protect billionaire pedophiles.
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Reminder: Mike Johnson stalled the swearing-in of @repgrijalva.bsky.social for 50 DAYS — to protect billionaire pedophiles.
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Free speech news
On Monday, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines over fears stemming from a July DOJ memo. The student journalists I spoke with yesterday told me that the decision was nonsensical and threatened their First Amendment rights.
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/03/u...
University of Alabama suspends two student magazines over DEI
The editors of the publications, which focus on women’s wellness and the Black student experience respectively, expressed shock at the decision.
www.alreporter.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Free speech news
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Just a reminder, this is what Pete Hegseth's mother wrote to him:
"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just a reminder, this is what Pete Hegseth's mother wrote to him:
"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
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Via a friend, the only time I can remember a President of Harvard as subject/hero of an editorial page cartoon.
(Context: Ongoing "Harvard about to cave" NYT coverage.)
(Context: Ongoing "Harvard about to cave" NYT coverage.)
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Via a friend, the only time I can remember a President of Harvard as subject/hero of an editorial page cartoon.
(Context: Ongoing "Harvard about to cave" NYT coverage.)
(Context: Ongoing "Harvard about to cave" NYT coverage.)
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New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during
www.nola.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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🚨 My first SCOOP for @ms.now: Mike Johnson has secretly been working to tank a provision to mandate IVF coverage for active duty service members from the Defense Reauthorization Bill—even as Trump has pledged to expand access.
Here's what to know 👇
Here's what to know 👇
Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
The speaker is working behind closed-doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.
www.ms.now
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🚨 My first SCOOP for @ms.now: Mike Johnson has secretly been working to tank a provision to mandate IVF coverage for active duty service members from the Defense Reauthorization Bill—even as Trump has pledged to expand access.
Here's what to know 👇
Here's what to know 👇
151 children have been arrested. This is a horrific stain on our nation.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
151 children have been arrested. This is a horrific stain on our nation.
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I agree with 2016 Pete Hegseth:
“There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
“There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
I agree with 2016 Pete Hegseth: “There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I agree with 2016 Pete Hegseth:
“There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
“There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
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91 UN member states have supported the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution “Return of Ukrainian Children,” initiated by Ukraine together with 46 co-sponsors.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
91 UN member states have supported the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution “Return of Ukrainian Children,” initiated by Ukraine together with 46 co-sponsors.
Why did corporations give to Trump, he asked?
1 PFAS regulations rolled back
2 CFPB gutted
3 ACA cut insurance make $
4 Roll back fuel efficiency
5 tease war w Venezuela for big oil
6 Roll back environmental protections for air and water
7 big corporate tax gift
Big money wins. Americans lose.
1 PFAS regulations rolled back
2 CFPB gutted
3 ACA cut insurance make $
4 Roll back fuel efficiency
5 tease war w Venezuela for big oil
6 Roll back environmental protections for air and water
7 big corporate tax gift
Big money wins. Americans lose.
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Why did corporations give to Trump, he asked?
1 PFAS regulations rolled back
2 CFPB gutted
3 ACA cut insurance make $
4 Roll back fuel efficiency
5 tease war w Venezuela for big oil
6 Roll back environmental protections for air and water
7 big corporate tax gift
Big money wins. Americans lose.
1 PFAS regulations rolled back
2 CFPB gutted
3 ACA cut insurance make $
4 Roll back fuel efficiency
5 tease war w Venezuela for big oil
6 Roll back environmental protections for air and water
7 big corporate tax gift
Big money wins. Americans lose.
Bingo! Excellent description.
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Bingo! Excellent description.
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WATCH: “Matt Van Epps is wallpaper.”
Kanew says boring new #TN7 Rep. Van Epps will go to Congress and quietly do the bidding of Trump and the billionaires, just like all the rest — and even a Republican Holler viewer agrees with his ex-wife’s “robot” 🤖 assessment.
Kanew says boring new #TN7 Rep. Van Epps will go to Congress and quietly do the bidding of Trump and the billionaires, just like all the rest — and even a Republican Holler viewer agrees with his ex-wife’s “robot” 🤖 assessment.
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
WATCH: “Matt Van Epps is wallpaper.”
Kanew says boring new #TN7 Rep. Van Epps will go to Congress and quietly do the bidding of Trump and the billionaires, just like all the rest — and even a Republican Holler viewer agrees with his ex-wife’s “robot” 🤖 assessment.
Kanew says boring new #TN7 Rep. Van Epps will go to Congress and quietly do the bidding of Trump and the billionaires, just like all the rest — and even a Republican Holler viewer agrees with his ex-wife’s “robot” 🤖 assessment.
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Today, UNL AAUP held a jazz funeral procession through the UNL campus to mourn the “deaths” of multiple program degrees & 120 faculty positions if UNL’s Board of Regents votes to cut $27.5 million from the budget on Friday.
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today, UNL AAUP held a jazz funeral procession through the UNL campus to mourn the “deaths” of multiple program degrees & 120 faculty positions if UNL’s Board of Regents votes to cut $27.5 million from the budget on Friday.
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
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Mike Johnson claims releasing the Epstein files could jeopardize future cases and even threaten national security. None of that survives contact with the facts. And the national security excuse only raises bigger questions about who Epstein really was.
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=717o...
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=717o...
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Mike Johnson claims releasing the Epstein files could jeopardize future cases and even threaten national security. None of that survives contact with the facts. And the national security excuse only raises bigger questions about who Epstein really was.
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=717o...
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=717o...
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Rep. Roger Williams defends members of Congress trading stocks: "I think we gotta be careful that we don't limit Congresspeople to where they can do nothing ... from a financial standpoint, it's not easy being up in Congress."
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Rep. Roger Williams defends members of Congress trading stocks: "I think we gotta be careful that we don't limit Congresspeople to where they can do nothing ... from a financial standpoint, it's not easy being up in Congress."
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this is literally what the nazis did. the nazis claimed that that 98 percent of prostitution worldwide was controlled by Jews.
Tom Emmer pushes racist lies on Fox: "80% of the crimes being committed in the Twin Cities and Minnesota are being committed by Somalis"
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
this is literally what the nazis did. the nazis claimed that that 98 percent of prostitution worldwide was controlled by Jews.
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In Madrid, Heritage’s Kevin Roberts rallied alongside CitizenGO, Vox, and ADF, pushing the same Christian nationalist agenda behind Project 2025. Roberts escalated his Opus Dei rhetoric and called to rebuild “Christendom” — a warning sign of how U.S. extremism is now embedding itself inside Europe.
Heritage’s European Offensive: Exporting America’s Christian Nationalist Project
Heritage president Kevin Roberts took his Project 2025 message to Madrid, joining a lineup of anti-LGBTQ and anti-woman figures from CitizenGO, Vox, ADF International, and beyond. He made no mention o...
globalextremism.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In Madrid, Heritage’s Kevin Roberts rallied alongside CitizenGO, Vox, and ADF, pushing the same Christian nationalist agenda behind Project 2025. Roberts escalated his Opus Dei rhetoric and called to rebuild “Christendom” — a warning sign of how U.S. extremism is now embedding itself inside Europe.
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As of Sept. 30, Ohio lawmakers eliminated a key legal tool used to rein in air pollution from power plants and industrial sites. Now, advocates are suing to restore that right. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/03/o...
Ohio scrapped a key tool to fight air pollution. Advocates want it back. • Ohio Capital Journal
As of Sept. 30, Ohio lawmakers eliminated a key legal tool used to rein in air pollution from power plants and industrial sites. Now, advocates are suing to restore that right.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As of Sept. 30, Ohio lawmakers eliminated a key legal tool used to rein in air pollution from power plants and industrial sites. Now, advocates are suing to restore that right. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/03/o...
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
It's called diagnostics. Just requires certified testing. It's not an isdue
My hot take is that I don't give a fuck if someone without disabilities gets an accommodation. They get a slightly better grade on a test? Tests are just part of a grade or portfolio and also, who FUCKING CARES. I care that a disabled person isn't *penalized* for needing more time.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's called diagnostics. Just requires certified testing. It's not an isdue
Amen
📌"The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself. As the Ukraine "peace plan" demonstrated.
Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement."
-George Will
Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement."
-George Will
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Amen
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Sadism is central to Trump-MAGA politics, and it's getting worse:
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
Trump Tirades at Media Darken as MAGA Bloodlust on Bombings Boils Over
As Trump and MAGA hit new levels of depravity on his boat bombings and anti-immigrant crackdown, the writer of a piece connecting these dots discusses the centrality of sadism to Trump-MAGA politics.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Sadism is central to Trump-MAGA politics, and it's getting worse:
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...