The Cathartic
@thecathartic.bsky.social
Things that are cathartic for me to write out. That may be cathartic for you to read. Be cathartic with me.
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The Cathartic
@thecathartic.bsky.social
· Sep 16
The message needs to be that Democrats need to reclaim their space on social media. We all retreated in the last few years as things grew toxic, but online spaces is where the ground game is won/lost in modern politics, and too many Dems are "just tired of the fighting online." Well, too bad.
I know some of you need to hear this...but that outrage you feel after reading this?
That's ok. That means you are human. That means you think compassion should be the default when someone is murdered.
Lean into that. Be outraged that our President shows no compassion and is a complete monster.
That's ok. That means you are human. That means you think compassion should be the default when someone is murdered.
Lean into that. Be outraged that our President shows no compassion and is a complete monster.
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I know some of you need to hear this...but that outrage you feel after reading this?
That's ok. That means you are human. That means you think compassion should be the default when someone is murdered.
Lean into that. Be outraged that our President shows no compassion and is a complete monster.
That's ok. That means you are human. That means you think compassion should be the default when someone is murdered.
Lean into that. Be outraged that our President shows no compassion and is a complete monster.
What?! Nobody told me there was a handbook.
December 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
What?! Nobody told me there was a handbook.
And Nate Silverism is when you are right one time, leading you to assume that everyone else is always wrong, for the rest of eternity.
Blueskyism is when people don't want to hear my opinions
Heather Cox Richarsonism is.... when people don't want to hear my opinions
Heather Cox Richarsonism is.... when people don't want to hear my opinions
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
And Nate Silverism is when you are right one time, leading you to assume that everyone else is always wrong, for the rest of eternity.
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What about the poor people who get stopped and questioned repeatedly for their papers based solely on their looks. That's not fair to them.
Oh, I've got an idea. Let's give them a patch to wear to identify them as citizens who might LOOK illegal but are ok to be here. Something like this?
Oh, I've got an idea. Let's give them a patch to wear to identify them as citizens who might LOOK illegal but are ok to be here. Something like this?
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What about the poor people who get stopped and questioned repeatedly for their papers based solely on their looks. That's not fair to them.
Oh, I've got an idea. Let's give them a patch to wear to identify them as citizens who might LOOK illegal but are ok to be here. Something like this?
Oh, I've got an idea. Let's give them a patch to wear to identify them as citizens who might LOOK illegal but are ok to be here. Something like this?
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Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
We all agree that if farmers weren't predominantly Republican voters, Donald Trump wouldn't be bailing them out, right?
December 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We all agree that if farmers weren't predominantly Republican voters, Donald Trump wouldn't be bailing them out, right?
Well I've identified a particularly concerning uptick in using the term "radicalized" to describe young people who simply don't like Donald Trump.
FBI official hints at new counterterrorism focus on young Americans online.
"FBI has identified a particularly concerning uptick in radicalization of young people. Radicalization of domestic terrorist most often occurs online."
"FBI has identified a particularly concerning uptick in radicalization of young people. Radicalization of domestic terrorist most often occurs online."
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Well I've identified a particularly concerning uptick in using the term "radicalized" to describe young people who simply don't like Donald Trump.
Low contact kerfuffles are my favorite brand of kerfuffle.
Grayson Allen knocks over Chet Holmgren on a screen and we have a low contact kerfuffle. Allen was assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Low contact kerfuffles are my favorite brand of kerfuffle.
Textbook "how to appear casual during a full body camera shot while sitting in a chair".
Nailed it guys. Way to hit your marks.
Nailed it guys. Way to hit your marks.
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Textbook "how to appear casual during a full body camera shot while sitting in a chair".
Nailed it guys. Way to hit your marks.
Nailed it guys. Way to hit your marks.
The President looks today like he ran face first through a HI-C Orange drink factory, and it's not news at all.
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The President looks today like he ran face first through a HI-C Orange drink factory, and it's not news at all.
Um..wrong?
Trump may be immune from federal criminal prosecution. Accountability he is NOT immune from:
Impeachment
Censure
Congressional Investigation
International Law
Public opinion
So let's cut it with the narrative that we can't hold this man accountable for being a murderer and a monster.
Trump may be immune from federal criminal prosecution. Accountability he is NOT immune from:
Impeachment
Censure
Congressional Investigation
International Law
Public opinion
So let's cut it with the narrative that we can't hold this man accountable for being a murderer and a monster.
Trump is immune from accountability for boat strikes. What about everyone under him? | CNN Politics
There is one person who can never face any accountability for the killing of people clinging to an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September.
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Um..wrong?
Trump may be immune from federal criminal prosecution. Accountability he is NOT immune from:
Impeachment
Censure
Congressional Investigation
International Law
Public opinion
So let's cut it with the narrative that we can't hold this man accountable for being a murderer and a monster.
Trump may be immune from federal criminal prosecution. Accountability he is NOT immune from:
Impeachment
Censure
Congressional Investigation
International Law
Public opinion
So let's cut it with the narrative that we can't hold this man accountable for being a murderer and a monster.
This can not be overstated.
We CAN NOT apply rules of war to what amounts to simple criminal activity.
If we drop bombs on suspected drug smugglers than we can fire rockets at suspected money launderers, use land mines against assumed illegal immigrants, etc...
We CAN NOT apply rules of war to what amounts to simple criminal activity.
If we drop bombs on suspected drug smugglers than we can fire rockets at suspected money launderers, use land mines against assumed illegal immigrants, etc...
Kudos to the NYT for not getting sucked into an obfuscatory second-order debate.
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This can not be overstated.
We CAN NOT apply rules of war to what amounts to simple criminal activity.
If we drop bombs on suspected drug smugglers than we can fire rockets at suspected money launderers, use land mines against assumed illegal immigrants, etc...
We CAN NOT apply rules of war to what amounts to simple criminal activity.
If we drop bombs on suspected drug smugglers than we can fire rockets at suspected money launderers, use land mines against assumed illegal immigrants, etc...
And today...the story is completely gone from their homepage all together.
I laugh just thinking how if this black man had told the FBI he was with Antifa as opposed to an election denier...this would be the top story for a week as opposed to sandwiched on CNN.com between a Williams Sonoma ad and a story on winners/losers of today's World Cup draw.
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And today...the story is completely gone from their homepage all together.
I laugh just thinking how if this black man had told the FBI he was with Antifa as opposed to an election denier...this would be the top story for a week as opposed to sandwiched on CNN.com between a Williams Sonoma ad and a story on winners/losers of today's World Cup draw.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I laugh just thinking how if this black man had told the FBI he was with Antifa as opposed to an election denier...this would be the top story for a week as opposed to sandwiched on CNN.com between a Williams Sonoma ad and a story on winners/losers of today's World Cup draw.
(spits out coffee)
What the fuck.
What the fuck.
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
(spits out coffee)
What the fuck.
What the fuck.
Let's take a moment and assess. Sabrina Carpenter, a US citizen, told the US government to not use her likeness or intellectual property to push their agenda.
And the US government basically just told her to go fuck herself. From the official White House account.
We live under fascist rule now.
And the US government basically just told her to go fuck herself. From the official White House account.
We live under fascist rule now.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Let's take a moment and assess. Sabrina Carpenter, a US citizen, told the US government to not use her likeness or intellectual property to push their agenda.
And the US government basically just told her to go fuck herself. From the official White House account.
We live under fascist rule now.
And the US government basically just told her to go fuck herself. From the official White House account.
We live under fascist rule now.
So what you're saying is that Stephen Miller got to Pantone.
pantone just named landlord white the color of the year 2026, WE NEED TO BUILD HOUSES
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So what you're saying is that Stephen Miller got to Pantone.
What I don't undertand is, how could the people of Germany stand by and let the Nazis commit all those atrocities in the Holocaust?
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What I don't undertand is, how could the people of Germany stand by and let the Nazis commit all those atrocities in the Holocaust?
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It appears that whatever memory illness that Speaker Mike Johnson suffers from is starting to infect other members of Congress as well.
Q: You outlined the dangers posed by drugs. So what explanation do you have for Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it
Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?
MARSHALL: I haven't researched it
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it
Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?
MARSHALL: I haven't researched it
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It appears that whatever memory illness that Speaker Mike Johnson suffers from is starting to infect other members of Congress as well.
Ah yes, the holy story of the virgin motherboard.
The rapid decline of organized religion continues to have all kinds of strange impacts on society
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ah yes, the holy story of the virgin motherboard.
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This is the "monkey throwing its own shit at the wall to see what sticks" phase of the Trump presidency.
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This is the "monkey throwing its own shit at the wall to see what sticks" phase of the Trump presidency.
Sort of shocked the wheels are coming off when you consider how many lug nuts are in charge in this administration.
Donald Trump is crumbling before us.
Pete Hegseth is under fire for war crimes, with congressional inquiries looming.
Kash Patel is getting publicly humiliated by his own FBI agents.
RFK Jr.'s freak flag is getting national attention thanks to the Lizza-Nuzzi insanity.
The wheels are coming off.
Pete Hegseth is under fire for war crimes, with congressional inquiries looming.
Kash Patel is getting publicly humiliated by his own FBI agents.
RFK Jr.'s freak flag is getting national attention thanks to the Lizza-Nuzzi insanity.
The wheels are coming off.
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Sort of shocked the wheels are coming off when you consider how many lug nuts are in charge in this administration.
The bloodlust among conservatives is starting to get out of hand.
We are Americans, not barbarians.
We are Americans, not barbarians.
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The bloodlust among conservatives is starting to get out of hand.
We are Americans, not barbarians.
We are Americans, not barbarians.
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders: