The Barking Cat
@daveooo.bsky.social
Retired Info Tech project manager in the Sonoran Desert. Animal shelter volunteer and art museum docent. Previously from Detroit and the Pacific Northwest. Dilettante reader of political theory and history and admirer of weird cars.
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This is who Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are caving to—a president who gets loudly booed at Washington Commanders game.
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is who Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are caving to—a president who gets loudly booed at Washington Commanders game.
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Chuck Schumer and friends. #DoNotCave Red alert. Call these Senators.
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Chuck Schumer and friends. #DoNotCave Red alert. Call these Senators.
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Chuck Schumer is not made for this moment.
I’m not sure what moment he is made for, but it’s sure as shit not this one.
I’m not sure what moment he is made for, but it’s sure as shit not this one.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Chuck Schumer is not made for this moment.
I’m not sure what moment he is made for, but it’s sure as shit not this one.
I’m not sure what moment he is made for, but it’s sure as shit not this one.
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Americans are finally starting to receive their SNAP benefits.
Trump is rushing to the Supreme Court to try to ensure those people starve.
Trump is rushing to the Supreme Court to try to ensure those people starve.
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Americans are finally starting to receive their SNAP benefits.
Trump is rushing to the Supreme Court to try to ensure those people starve.
Trump is rushing to the Supreme Court to try to ensure those people starve.
Hmmm, wonder how the media is going to cover this one.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Hmmm, wonder how the media is going to cover this one.
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He finally admits to what his true agenda is while he reveals how to bankrupt a country.
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
He finally admits to what his true agenda is while he reveals how to bankrupt a country.
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50% of workers can't afford healthcare.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
50% of workers can't afford healthcare.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
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Look closely, and you can see RFK Jr mouthing, "Beat it! The fuzz is here!" has he slinks away, stage left.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Look closely, and you can see RFK Jr mouthing, "Beat it! The fuzz is here!" has he slinks away, stage left.
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Seems that Donald's "irrefutable fact" was refutable after all . . .
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Seems that Donald's "irrefutable fact" was refutable after all . . .
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Text from a friend:
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Text from a friend:
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I wrote a lot about Ken Griffin at my job because he is a prominent art collector and art patron but since I was laid off I can point out he doesn't even live in NYC; he moved his hedge fund's headquarters from Chicago to Palm Beach in 2022.
Citadel CEO Griffin says the people of NYC deserve better than Mamdani's talking points reut.rs/4p0JaA9
Citadel CEO Griffin says the people of NYC deserve better than Mamdani's talking points
Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, said on Wednesday he prays the policies that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani uses to lead New York City are different from his talking points.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I wrote a lot about Ken Griffin at my job because he is a prominent art collector and art patron but since I was laid off I can point out he doesn't even live in NYC; he moved his hedge fund's headquarters from Chicago to Palm Beach in 2022.
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"If Republicans want a return to political influence in America's dynamic economic and cultural powerhouses, they're going to have to learn how to appeal to the complex folkways of urban dwellers"
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"If Republicans want a return to political influence in America's dynamic economic and cultural powerhouses, they're going to have to learn how to appeal to the complex folkways of urban dwellers"
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- Republicans in Congress have not proposed a health care plan to replace Obamacare because they do not believe in government health care.
- Opposition to “socialized medicine” has been a plank of the GOP for at least 40 years. They want everything to be run by private industry.
- Opposition to “socialized medicine” has been a plank of the GOP for at least 40 years. They want everything to be run by private industry.
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
- Republicans in Congress have not proposed a health care plan to replace Obamacare because they do not believe in government health care.
- Opposition to “socialized medicine” has been a plank of the GOP for at least 40 years. They want everything to be run by private industry.
- Opposition to “socialized medicine” has been a plank of the GOP for at least 40 years. They want everything to be run by private industry.
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Live your life in such a way that you don't become so universally loathed that you need a $10,000/day security detail
Exclusive | Bari Weiss’ security detail costs CBS $10,000 a day as network undergoes layoffs
Page Six hears that as staffers watch their colleagues pack up their desks, they’re also learning that the security detail for new CBSNews boss Bari Weiss costs the company five figures every day.…
pagesix.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Live your life in such a way that you don't become so universally loathed that you need a $10,000/day security detail
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Before Detroit built cars, it built stoves. This week’s video is on the Art Stove Company, a smaller but profitable corporation that operated a massive factory, which was later destroyed by I-75. Check it out: youtu.be/q2Edj5lqAG4
Before Cars, What Did Detroit Make?
YouTube video by This Building Matters
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October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Before Detroit built cars, it built stoves. This week’s video is on the Art Stove Company, a smaller but profitable corporation that operated a massive factory, which was later destroyed by I-75. Check it out: youtu.be/q2Edj5lqAG4
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The essence of tech-bro-ness is that you invent one sort of new thing (or invest in it) and then you think every idea you have for the rest of your life is completely original.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The essence of tech-bro-ness is that you invent one sort of new thing (or invest in it) and then you think every idea you have for the rest of your life is completely original.
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Ready for trick-or-treaters tomorrow? Make sure to buy union-made candy when you’re doing your shopping! And check out the full list at aflcio.org/halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ready for trick-or-treaters tomorrow? Make sure to buy union-made candy when you’re doing your shopping! And check out the full list at aflcio.org/halloween.
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The White House has fired all members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal commission established to advise the president “on matters of design and aesthetics, as they affect the federal interest and preserve the dignity of the nation’s capital.”
Trump Fires Entire Arts Oversight Committee
The termination of all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts follows the president's questionable razing of the historic East Wing.
hyperallergic.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The White House has fired all members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal commission established to advise the president “on matters of design and aesthetics, as they affect the federal interest and preserve the dignity of the nation’s capital.”
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Can Donald Trump run again? No. But, as @elienyc.bsky.social writes, he and his ghoulish sidekicks have every reason for wanting us to think he will find a way to run in 2028. Here’s why we can’t fall for it.
Here’s Why Trump Has Been Flirting With a Third Term
Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Can Donald Trump run again? No. But, as @elienyc.bsky.social writes, he and his ghoulish sidekicks have every reason for wanting us to think he will find a way to run in 2028. Here’s why we can’t fall for it.
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For those of you interested in politics, e.g. most of you (or at least the most prolific of you), I recommend reading this. All of it.
It may possibly be the one thing you should read today. Not because it gives the future of the U.S. + our lives, but because it looks at how to LOOK at the future.
It may possibly be the one thing you should read today. Not because it gives the future of the U.S. + our lives, but because it looks at how to LOOK at the future.
Scenarios for the Future of the United States of America
This will not be what you expect.
cassidysteeledale.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
For those of you interested in politics, e.g. most of you (or at least the most prolific of you), I recommend reading this. All of it.
It may possibly be the one thing you should read today. Not because it gives the future of the U.S. + our lives, but because it looks at how to LOOK at the future.
It may possibly be the one thing you should read today. Not because it gives the future of the U.S. + our lives, but because it looks at how to LOOK at the future.