Chris Catemis
@ccattvill.bsky.social
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Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
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When are people going to accept the hard truth that this is by design?
President Donald Trump’s shake-up of the global trading system is hurting US assets more than those in many of the big economies he has just slapped with additional tariffs
US Emerges as Biggest Loser in Markets From Trump’s Tariffs
President Donald Trump’s shake-up of the global trading system is hurting US assets more than those in many of the big economies he has just slapped with additional tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When are people going to accept the hard truth that this is by design?
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It’s as if he’s a Russian asset, trying to destroy America from within.
April 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It’s as if he’s a Russian asset, trying to destroy America from within.
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It is hard to express, without resorting to expletives, how utterly stupid it is to suggest that the United States, world's richest economy with a population of 334 million, should have a bilateral trade balance of zero (no trade surplus, no trade deficit) with every country in the world.
I want to note again how completely insane you have to be for your goal to be a “bilateral trade balance of zero” with every country. Just nutso.
April 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It is hard to express, without resorting to expletives, how utterly stupid it is to suggest that the United States, world's richest economy with a population of 334 million, should have a bilateral trade balance of zero (no trade surplus, no trade deficit) with every country in the world.
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A relief to hear this said. Trump operates from the same untested, blustering ideas he had in the 80s. They weren’t good then and even less so now.
It would be great if BUSINESS LEADERS were prepared to say what they clearly know - that Trump only knows how to run a muscle racket. And here we are.
It would be great if BUSINESS LEADERS were prepared to say what they clearly know - that Trump only knows how to run a muscle racket. And here we are.
Walz: "It's like Trump is stuck in the '80s. His music, his clothing, his thinking. He's been on this tariffs thing forever and every economist will tell you they just don't work ... I think the biggest myth perpetuated on this country is that Trump understands anything about business."
April 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A relief to hear this said. Trump operates from the same untested, blustering ideas he had in the 80s. They weren’t good then and even less so now.
It would be great if BUSINESS LEADERS were prepared to say what they clearly know - that Trump only knows how to run a muscle racket. And here we are.
It would be great if BUSINESS LEADERS were prepared to say what they clearly know - that Trump only knows how to run a muscle racket. And here we are.
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My hometown paper ☕️💅🏽
April 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My hometown paper ☕️💅🏽
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Are you tired of winning yet?
April 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Are you tired of winning yet?
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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A federal judge did not stop DOGE from gifting itself a $500 million building because it turned out DOGE had already done it on Saturday. www.wired.com/story/judge-...
Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free
It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A federal judge did not stop DOGE from gifting itself a $500 million building because it turned out DOGE had already done it on Saturday. www.wired.com/story/judge-...
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“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
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Trump has already damaged the economy with his abysmal foreign policy and loyalty to special interests, but the worst is yet to come. Trump’s “Day of Liberation” will be remembered like Black Tuesday. He will own the destruction that follows.
April 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump has already damaged the economy with his abysmal foreign policy and loyalty to special interests, but the worst is yet to come. Trump’s “Day of Liberation” will be remembered like Black Tuesday. He will own the destruction that follows.
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Stock markets close worst month in more than two years as Trump tariff policies stir uncertainty and fear of economic troubles. @danielledkaye.bsky.social Joe Rennison www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/b...
Stocks Mark Worst Month in Years as Trump’s Tariffs Loom
Markets around the world have wavered as fear and uncertainty over tariffs and trade wars rattle investors. The S&P 500 just recorded its worst month since 2022, shedding 5.8 percent in March.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Stock markets close worst month in more than two years as Trump tariff policies stir uncertainty and fear of economic troubles. @danielledkaye.bsky.social Joe Rennison www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/b...
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Don't let anyone tell you tax cuts for the rich cost nothing.
The less revenue we collect, the more the deficit runs up.
The more deficit we run up, the more Republicans will threaten Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Tax cuts for the rich are the real Ponzi scheme.
The less revenue we collect, the more the deficit runs up.
The more deficit we run up, the more Republicans will threaten Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Tax cuts for the rich are the real Ponzi scheme.
April 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Don't let anyone tell you tax cuts for the rich cost nothing.
The less revenue we collect, the more the deficit runs up.
The more deficit we run up, the more Republicans will threaten Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Tax cuts for the rich are the real Ponzi scheme.
The less revenue we collect, the more the deficit runs up.
The more deficit we run up, the more Republicans will threaten Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Tax cuts for the rich are the real Ponzi scheme.
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Facebook is deleting Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s daily newsletters…
April 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Facebook is deleting Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s daily newsletters…
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Elon Musk went to Wisconsin where he said the "destiny of humanity" rested on the election. Tonight the voters agreed and rejected his and Trump's undemocratic vision for the country.
April 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Elon Musk went to Wisconsin where he said the "destiny of humanity" rested on the election. Tonight the voters agreed and rejected his and Trump's undemocratic vision for the country.
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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If Trump & Musk have suffered an unprecedented number of judicial injunctions, it is because they have committed an unprecedented number of illegal actions. We don’t have rogue district judges, we have a rogue president violating the Constitution & breaking the law every day. Watch my statement:
Ranking Member Jamie Raskin delivers his opening statement during today’s hearing on how MAGA Republicans want to change how the judicial system works because Trump keeps losing in court.
Ranking Member Jamie Raskin delivers opening remarks
YouTube video by House Committee on the Judiciary
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If Trump & Musk have suffered an unprecedented number of judicial injunctions, it is because they have committed an unprecedented number of illegal actions. We don’t have rogue district judges, we have a rogue president violating the Constitution & breaking the law every day. Watch my statement:
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That asshole blew $24 Million dollars and won't learn a thing.
April 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
That asshole blew $24 Million dollars and won't learn a thing.
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So Speaker Johnson threw a tantrum today & canceled votes for the rest of the week because he couldn’t wrangle enough support to block new parents from voting in Congress. I guess when you don’t get your way, you just shut it down and send everyone home? The American people didn’t elect us to pout.
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So Speaker Johnson threw a tantrum today & canceled votes for the rest of the week because he couldn’t wrangle enough support to block new parents from voting in Congress. I guess when you don’t get your way, you just shut it down and send everyone home? The American people didn’t elect us to pout.
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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One statistic for you:
→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.
That is not a typo.
→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.
That is not a typo.
Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do.
As the president’s “Liberation Day” nears, it’s time to liberate ourselves from the vicious cycle of Democrats having to clean up the GOP’s messes.
newrepublic.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One statistic for you:
→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.
That is not a typo.
→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.
That is not a typo.
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“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said.
“If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
“If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Judge releases detained Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status
The judge said the detention of the couple was baseless and unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said.
“If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
“If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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If you don’t think this administration is so incompetent or callous as not to do this, you haven’t been paying attention.
March 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you don’t think this administration is so incompetent or callous as not to do this, you haven’t been paying attention.
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Prices are soaring, your 401k is in the tank, Social Security phone lines are hours long.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
March 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Prices are soaring, your 401k is in the tank, Social Security phone lines are hours long.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.