Marianne Cates
@marticates.bsky.social
Retired, living and loving life, dances in the rain.
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Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
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A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
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All Americans Should Be Outraged
By This….
By This….
December 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
All Americans Should Be Outraged
By This….
By This….
What a crazy nut job this imbecile is!! He is the most despicable and disgusting human being on Earth!
Donald Trump, basically acknowledging that so far at least he’s losing the fight over Epstein.
December 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What a crazy nut job this imbecile is!! He is the most despicable and disgusting human being on Earth!
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Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now
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I have a small federal pension, from which OPM deducts my share of the premium for my FEHBP (medical) benefits. I retired in 2000. My gross pension was $305/mo, net of FEHPB premium, $256. Twenty-five years of COLAs later, my gross is $486, net $229. Eventually my pension will be a negative number.
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I have a small federal pension, from which OPM deducts my share of the premium for my FEHBP (medical) benefits. I retired in 2000. My gross pension was $305/mo, net of FEHPB premium, $256. Twenty-five years of COLAs later, my gross is $486, net $229. Eventually my pension will be a negative number.
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Christmas Eve. Wishing you a quiet moment tonight...where the noise fades...the weight lifts...and you remember you’re not alone. Whatever this year took from you...may tonight give something back: warmth...grace...and the simple relief of hope.
December 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Christmas Eve. Wishing you a quiet moment tonight...where the noise fades...the weight lifts...and you remember you’re not alone. Whatever this year took from you...may tonight give something back: warmth...grace...and the simple relief of hope.
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I’m Looking Forward To Removing his Name From Everything…..
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’m Looking Forward To Removing his Name From Everything…..
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Wealth Goes Unpunished In Our Country! That Must Be Changed!
Big pharma caused the opioid crisis which caused the fentanyl crisis. It's fitting that the US is responding by bombing fishing boats instead of imprisoning pharma execs.
Big pharma caused the opioid crisis which caused the fentanyl crisis. It's fitting that the US is responding by bombing fishing boats instead of imprisoning pharma execs.
December 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wealth Goes Unpunished In Our Country! That Must Be Changed!
Big pharma caused the opioid crisis which caused the fentanyl crisis. It's fitting that the US is responding by bombing fishing boats instead of imprisoning pharma execs.
Big pharma caused the opioid crisis which caused the fentanyl crisis. It's fitting that the US is responding by bombing fishing boats instead of imprisoning pharma execs.
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Exactly….
Trump's attempt to rewrite his legacy is pitiful.
He will always be, the arrogant prick that insults woman & world leaders.
His legacy has been to undo all that was great about the USA.
Trump's attempt to rewrite his legacy is pitiful.
He will always be, the arrogant prick that insults woman & world leaders.
His legacy has been to undo all that was great about the USA.
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Exactly….
Trump's attempt to rewrite his legacy is pitiful.
He will always be, the arrogant prick that insults woman & world leaders.
His legacy has been to undo all that was great about the USA.
Trump's attempt to rewrite his legacy is pitiful.
He will always be, the arrogant prick that insults woman & world leaders.
His legacy has been to undo all that was great about the USA.
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Why Trump’s mass recall of ambassadors is even worse than it sounds
Trump is breaking precedent with his targeting of career diplomats.
Trump is breaking precedent with his targeting of career diplomats.
Opinion | Why Trump's mass recall of ambassadors is even worse than it sounds
Trump is breaking precedent in the way he's gutting institutional knowledge.
www.ms.now
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Why Trump’s mass recall of ambassadors is even worse than it sounds
Trump is breaking precedent with his targeting of career diplomats.
Trump is breaking precedent with his targeting of career diplomats.
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Is this one of the greatest scenes in movie history?
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
“It's a Wonderful Life” Tried to Warn Us
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Is this one of the greatest scenes in movie history?
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
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I read it as Epstein sending a warning to Trump. Of course Trump would see the letter.
A lot of his emails are worded in ways that warned Trump. They had a mutually assured destruction pact and Epstein wanted Trump to know that he was getting ready to launch. Trump had him killed instead.
A lot of his emails are worded in ways that warned Trump. They had a mutually assured destruction pact and Epstein wanted Trump to know that he was getting ready to launch. Trump had him killed instead.
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I read it as Epstein sending a warning to Trump. Of course Trump would see the letter.
A lot of his emails are worded in ways that warned Trump. They had a mutually assured destruction pact and Epstein wanted Trump to know that he was getting ready to launch. Trump had him killed instead.
A lot of his emails are worded in ways that warned Trump. They had a mutually assured destruction pact and Epstein wanted Trump to know that he was getting ready to launch. Trump had him killed instead.
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Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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He's a very sick man.
Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
He's a very sick man.
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This hasn't received much attention but with 2nd seizure of oil tanker of Venezuela it will.
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China says US seizure of ships 'serious violation' of international law
The U.S. intercepted a China-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast.
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This hasn't received much attention but with 2nd seizure of oil tanker of Venezuela it will.
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…
December 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…
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LMAO
New in PN: Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
"RIP to the Heritage Foundation, which functionally died this week, as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit.
The Suspect: Trump and his posse of online shitposters.
The weapon: Antisemitism.
The room: Phoenix Convention Center."
"RIP to the Heritage Foundation, which functionally died this week, as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit.
The Suspect: Trump and his posse of online shitposters.
The weapon: Antisemitism.
The room: Phoenix Convention Center."
Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
Antisemitism in the GOP? The devil you say!
www.publicnotice.co
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
LMAO
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The Trump administration recalled more than two dozen career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior posts worldwide as it seeks to enforce President Trump’s “America First” agenda, according to current and former U.S. officials.
Trump administration abruptly recalls scores of career ambassadors
A senior State Department official called it a bid to ensure adherence to the “America First” agenda while others called it a devastating blow to America’s diplomatic corps.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Trump administration recalled more than two dozen career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior posts worldwide as it seeks to enforce President Trump’s “America First” agenda, according to current and former U.S. officials.
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Failing A Polygraph Is Not That Big Of A Deal, But Firings
NEW: There's an internal REBELLION at DHS. Kristi Noem's top goon failed a lie detector test. But instead of Kristi firing him, they fired ALL the people who organized the lie detector test instead. DHS employees may soon QUIT in protest. 🍿
NEW: There's an internal REBELLION at DHS. Kristi Noem's top goon failed a lie detector test. But instead of Kristi firing him, they fired ALL the people who organized the lie detector test instead. DHS employees may soon QUIT in protest. 🍿
December 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Failing A Polygraph Is Not That Big Of A Deal, But Firings
NEW: There's an internal REBELLION at DHS. Kristi Noem's top goon failed a lie detector test. But instead of Kristi firing him, they fired ALL the people who organized the lie detector test instead. DHS employees may soon QUIT in protest. 🍿
NEW: There's an internal REBELLION at DHS. Kristi Noem's top goon failed a lie detector test. But instead of Kristi firing him, they fired ALL the people who organized the lie detector test instead. DHS employees may soon QUIT in protest. 🍿
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Nothing will inspire renewed confidence in American aviation like hastily making planes at the behest of the mad king
Trump: "We're also going to be talking about buybacks. They spend so much money on buybacks. They want to buy back their stock. I don't want them to buy back their stock. I want them to put the money in plant and equipment so they can build these planes fast, rapidly, like, immediately."
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Nothing will inspire renewed confidence in American aviation like hastily making planes at the behest of the mad king
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On Epstein, the DOJ is not just putting its thumb on the scale for Trump. It's his defense team. The top officials at the Justice Department are executing Trump's wishes. It's Trump’s cover-up. But it’s not going well for him.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
Bill Kristol: This Is Trump's Cover-Up
On the Epstein matter, the current DOJ is not just putting its thumb on the scale for Trump.
www.thebulwark.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
On Epstein, the DOJ is not just putting its thumb on the scale for Trump. It's his defense team. The top officials at the Justice Department are executing Trump's wishes. It's Trump’s cover-up. But it’s not going well for him.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...