Cat_In_Virginia
@catinvirginia.bsky.social
Yellow Dog Democrat in Virginia
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And to think there are media organizations that still refuse to call Trump a pathological liar.
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
And to think there are media organizations that still refuse to call Trump a pathological liar.
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Sign seen in Cleveland yesterday
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Sign seen in Cleveland yesterday
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When DOJ's public integrity section used to teach seminars on identifying/ combating corruption, they had examples just like this from Africa and Latin America. Now we are the laughing stock, the case studies for corruption and cronyism.
When DOJ's public integrity section used to teach seminars on identifying/ combating corruption, they had examples just like this from Africa and Latin America. Now we are the laughing stock, the case studies for corruption and cronyism.
The fix is in. Ellison brought Kushner aboard.
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
bsky.app/profile/matt...
When DOJ's public integrity section used to teach seminars on identifying/ combating corruption, they had examples just like this from Africa and Latin America. Now we are the laughing stock, the case studies for corruption and cronyism.
When DOJ's public integrity section used to teach seminars on identifying/ combating corruption, they had examples just like this from Africa and Latin America. Now we are the laughing stock, the case studies for corruption and cronyism.
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“The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.”
Stephen Miller’s rhetoric “reminds me” of “Nazis,” says Rep. Ilhan Omar
During a Sunday interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation," the Minnesota congresswoman critiqued the top White House adviser’s “white supremist” comments.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.”
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EU and African Union officials urged the wider international community to reach agreement on the funding on an anti-Al Shabaab military mission in Somalia that is otherwise due to run out of cash this month, at a meeting in Doha.
EU-backed anti Al-Shabaab mission faces crunch over financing
EU and African Union officials urged the wider international community to reach agreement on the funding on an anti-Al Shabaab military mission in Somalia that is otherwise due to run out of cash this month, at a meeting in Doha.
euobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
EU and African Union officials urged the wider international community to reach agreement on the funding on an anti-Al Shabaab military mission in Somalia that is otherwise due to run out of cash this month, at a meeting in Doha.
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Of course Jared Kushner (Trump) is leading Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. to challenge Netflix.
So do we say case closed Paramount wins and Netflix loses? 🤔
I'm pretty sure we all know the answer to that question. 🙄
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
So do we say case closed Paramount wins and Netflix loses? 🤔
I'm pretty sure we all know the answer to that question. 🙄
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Of course Jared Kushner (Trump) is leading Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. to challenge Netflix.
So do we say case closed Paramount wins and Netflix loses? 🤔
I'm pretty sure we all know the answer to that question. 🙄
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
So do we say case closed Paramount wins and Netflix loses? 🤔
I'm pretty sure we all know the answer to that question. 🙄
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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“There’s a race to get an astronomical amount of money out the door [in DHS] before Democrats take over the House. They’re hiring ICE agents, juicing contracts for the social media snuff films they’re doing, building private prisons."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump Weighs Moving on From Noem
The DHS secretary has overseen the president’s most controversial domestic initiative. But her future is increasingly in doubt.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“There’s a race to get an astronomical amount of money out the door [in DHS] before Democrats take over the House. They’re hiring ICE agents, juicing contracts for the social media snuff films they’re doing, building private prisons."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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If Democrats were smart, they'd find ways to give ICE the USAID treatment while putting CBP under the jurisdiction of DOJ instead of DHS since it technically is law enforcement. Also, potentially spinning of ICE-HSI versus ICE-ERO.
This actually means effectively defunding ICE but funding the ever loving hell out of CBP and putting a hard-nosed chingón from the RGV in charge of it.
This is the big thing. One of the fascinating trends with Latino voters is they typically do not prioritize immigration (they tend to care about the economy, health care and education) UNLESS they feel uniquely targeted. This happened with Prop 187 and SB 1070
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
If Democrats were smart, they'd find ways to give ICE the USAID treatment while putting CBP under the jurisdiction of DOJ instead of DHS since it technically is law enforcement. Also, potentially spinning of ICE-HSI versus ICE-ERO.
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Thought I recognized that pose.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thought I recognized that pose.
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The NDAA doesn't include a provision for IVF coverage for servicemembers that passed in both the House and the Senate. @oriana.bsky.social reported on Duckworth trying to get Trump to stop Johnson from stripping the provisions. www.notus.org/congress/tam...
Democratic Senator Urges Trump to Defend IVF Coverage in the Defense Bill
“WARNING: Speaker Johnson wants you to become the DEADBEAT DAD OF IVF,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth wrote in a letter to Donald Trump.
www.notus.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The NDAA doesn't include a provision for IVF coverage for servicemembers that passed in both the House and the Senate. @oriana.bsky.social reported on Duckworth trying to get Trump to stop Johnson from stripping the provisions. www.notus.org/congress/tam...
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This guy understands the moment.
“If ICE agents use unlawful force in this city, my officers must intervene. And if they don’t, they could lose their jobs.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara
“If ICE agents use unlawful force in this city, my officers must intervene. And if they don’t, they could lose their jobs.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This guy understands the moment.
“If ICE agents use unlawful force in this city, my officers must intervene. And if they don’t, they could lose their jobs.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara
“If ICE agents use unlawful force in this city, my officers must intervene. And if they don’t, they could lose their jobs.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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"The National Security Strategy published late last week...marks a sharp break with the direction of U.S. national security strategy since 1941...With 27 instances of Trump’s name in a mere 29 pages of text, it is a strategy document worthy of North Korea."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump’s National Security Strategy: Atlas Shrugs
Hopefully the policy document won’t have much to do with the administration’s actions.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The National Security Strategy published late last week...marks a sharp break with the direction of U.S. national security strategy since 1941...With 27 instances of Trump’s name in a mere 29 pages of text, it is a strategy document worthy of North Korea."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Previously: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
also by @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
also by @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Previously: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
also by @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
also by @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
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New: “Donald Trump Jr’s Fortune Jumped Six-Fold In A Year” 📈
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (who you should follow) for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (who you should follow) for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Donald Trump Jr. Is Worth
The president’s oldest son once shunned his father to loaf as a vagabond in Colorado. He eventually came home, joined the family business and is amassing the kind of fortune that would make his father...
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New: “Donald Trump Jr’s Fortune Jumped Six-Fold In A Year” 📈
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (who you should follow) for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (who you should follow) for @forbes.com
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Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
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📽️ WATCH: Photographer @annie-flanagan.bsky.social went to Clairton, PA, where residents live in the shadow of the country’s largest coke plant. Coke is a product used to manufacture steel.
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
📽️ WATCH: Photographer @annie-flanagan.bsky.social went to Clairton, PA, where residents live in the shadow of the country’s largest coke plant. Coke is a product used to manufacture steel.
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
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Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these…
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
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One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew.
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew.
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
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“This is not how a civilized nation should act, just murdering people on the high seas without proof, without trial.”
“Alejandro Was Murdered”: Colombian Fisherman’s Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike
The U.S. military said Thursday that it blew up another boat of suspected drug smugglers, this time killing four people in the eastern Pacific. The U.S. has now killed at least 87 people in 22 strikes...
www.democracynow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“This is not how a civilized nation should act, just murdering people on the high seas without proof, without trial.”