CalleyCat
@calleycat.bsky.social
I've seen enough.
"The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes". - Timothy Snyder
"The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes". - Timothy Snyder
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CalleyCat
@calleycat.bsky.social
· Oct 2
Something to make you smile. This is the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen. 😊
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Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday launched a full-throated attack on post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy, castigating former presidents and generals by name while declaring the age of American “utopian idealism” over.
Captain Chaos
Captain Chaos
Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' with new military strategy
The Defense secretary, speaking at the Reagan Defense Forum, outlined defense priorities that focus on the Western Hemisphere and reevaluate the U.S. relationship with Europe.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday launched a full-throated attack on post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy, castigating former presidents and generals by name while declaring the age of American “utopian idealism” over.
Captain Chaos
Captain Chaos
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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Primary Sources:
- newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-business...
- explorethearchive.com/business-plot
- bfwclassroom.com/2025/11/18/t...
- newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-business...
- explorethearchive.com/business-plot
- bfwclassroom.com/2025/11/18/t...
The Business Plot, or When J.P. Morgan’s Pals Tried To Overthrow FDR - New England Historical Society
It sounded crazy, but it wasn't: The Business Plot to make Smedley Butler, a highly decorated Marine, the U.S. dictator in 1934 after overthrowing FDR.
newenglandhistoricalsociety.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Standing Ovation in Ireland's Parliament for Zelenskyy.
FURIOUS Zelenskyy BLASTS Trump after ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Standing Ovation in Ireland's Parliament for Zelenskyy.
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"Without their ballots, Trump wouldn’t be president. And if they turn against him, his party will be out of power." Why is he attacking them? ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pkjMWj
Trump Bites the Hand That Voted for Him
He couldn’t have won in 2024 without naturalized Americans—yet now he’s threatening their citizenship status.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Without their ballots, Trump wouldn’t be president. And if they turn against him, his party will be out of power." Why is he attacking them? ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pkjMWj
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-Bust up monopolies
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
-Bust up monopolies
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
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An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump puts screws on Indiana Senators to greenlight a GOP-friendly voting map
The Supreme Court seems unlikely to halt a tsunami of partisan gerrymanders.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Petroleum Institute: “We continue to believe that climate policy belongs in Congress,” where we can stop it with dark-money influence.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
Homeowners Sue Oil Companies as Climate Damage Drives up Insurance Rates - Inside Climate News
The class-action lawsuit is the first of its kind to target Big Oil over rising home insurance costs.
insideclimatenews.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Petroleum Institute: “We continue to believe that climate policy belongs in Congress,” where we can stop it with dark-money influence.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
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Russia's Dmitriev reportedly authored many of the points of the “peace plan” himself — points that Trump, Witkoff and Kushner then foisted on Ukraine — and you suddenly have a damning picture of just how destructive this kind of transnational corruption can truly be.
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push Was Always a Naked Cash Grab - The Moscow Times
Opinion | When the Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan for the Ukraine war leaked last month, its evident pro-Russian bent was treated with a mixture of disdain and confusion in Kyiv and across...
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Russia's Dmitriev reportedly authored many of the points of the “peace plan” himself — points that Trump, Witkoff and Kushner then foisted on Ukraine — and you suddenly have a damning picture of just how destructive this kind of transnational corruption can truly be.
The EU on Wednesday laid out a plan to use frozen Russian assets to help fund Ukraine with 90 billion euros over the next two years, despite opposition from Belgium, where the bulk of the assets are held.
Russian Ambassador Slams EU Frozen Assets Plan for Ukraine - The Moscow Times
A European Union plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's fight against Russia would have “far-reaching consequences” for the EU, Moscow's ambassador to Germany warned on Friday.
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The EU on Wednesday laid out a plan to use frozen Russian assets to help fund Ukraine with 90 billion euros over the next two years, despite opposition from Belgium, where the bulk of the assets are held.
What were the features of corporate organization that led to knowing participation in these monstrous crimes by executives, leaders, and other operatives?
Corporations and the Nazi regime
It is apparent, 90 years after the beginnings of the Nazi period, that large corporations played an important and lamentable role in Nazi power and administration, and the implementation of the atr…
undsoc.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What were the features of corporate organization that led to knowing participation in these monstrous crimes by executives, leaders, and other operatives?
Same; nothing learned.
-Nazi power and admin., and the implementation of the atrocities of slave labor and mass murder. This is true for domestic German industries and it appears to be true for some multinational co.'s with subsidiaries in Germany, including the major automobile companies -
-Nazi power and admin., and the implementation of the atrocities of slave labor and mass murder. This is true for domestic German industries and it appears to be true for some multinational co.'s with subsidiaries in Germany, including the major automobile companies -
Corporations and the Nazi regime
It is apparent, 90 years after the beginnings of the Nazi period, that large corporations played an important and lamentable role in Nazi power and administration, and the implementation of the atr…
undsoc.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Same; nothing learned.
-Nazi power and admin., and the implementation of the atrocities of slave labor and mass murder. This is true for domestic German industries and it appears to be true for some multinational co.'s with subsidiaries in Germany, including the major automobile companies -
-Nazi power and admin., and the implementation of the atrocities of slave labor and mass murder. This is true for domestic German industries and it appears to be true for some multinational co.'s with subsidiaries in Germany, including the major automobile companies -
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
Took long enough.
Young people are turning on Trump, new poll shows
President Donald Trump’s support among people aged 18-29 appears to be in freefall, poll shows
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Took long enough.