Marycat 2024
@marycat2022.bsky.social
Retired teacher/clerical worker, traveler, animal lover, cat lady, feminist, bibliophile, cook, and leftist.
2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage
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2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage
The US attack on Venezuela highlights a shifting American foreign policy that dismisses a rules-based global order and focuses on economic interests and military might.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage
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Stop Funding Censorship and Support Diverse Artists
This is about who gets to exist in public spaces and whose stories get to be told on America's stage.
Drag performers have been attacked directly, resulting in bomb threats, armed protests, and...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Inside the Secret Network Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants Amid Trump’s ICE Onslaught talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...
Inside the Secret Network Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants Amid Trump’s ICE Onslaught
They call them the “forgotten migrants.” Of the approximately 11 million undocumented...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Inside the Secret Network Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants Amid Trump’s ICE Onslaught talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...
Rights Groups Demand Stronger Congressional Action Over Trump 'Murder' on High Seas www.commondreams.org/news/boat-bo...
Rights Groups Demand Stronger Congressional Action Over Trump 'Murder' on High Seas | Common Dreams
Human rights groups demand US Congress intervene to stop Trump's boat-bombing spree. Amnesty International and HRW condemn the administration's actions.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Rights Groups Demand Stronger Congressional Action Over Trump 'Murder' on High Seas www.commondreams.org/news/boat-bo...
'Vile and Un-American': Tuberville Blasted for Demanding Mass Expulsion of Muslims www.commondreams.org/news/tommy-t...
'Vile and Un-American': Tuberville Blasted for Demanding Mass Expulsion of Muslims | Common Dreams
Republican senator faces backlash for bigoted anti-Muslim rant, calling Islam a "cult" and advocating for deportation.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
'Vile and Un-American': Tuberville Blasted for Demanding Mass Expulsion of Muslims www.commondreams.org/news/tommy-t...
'A Monstrosity': Trump Blames Killing of Rob Reiner and Wife on Director's Anti-Trump Views www.commondreams.org/news/trump-r...
'A Monstrosity': Trump Blames Killing of Rob Reiner and Wife on Director's Anti-Trump Views | Common Dreams
One critic called Trump's social media post following the murders "the most disturbing, deranged, and demented post you'll ever see from a US president."
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December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
'A Monstrosity': Trump Blames Killing of Rob Reiner and Wife on Director's Anti-Trump Views www.commondreams.org/news/trump-r...
Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again www.commondreams.org/opinion/demo...
Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again | Common Dreams
Without a full and honest accounting of the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party’s myriad failures, there can be little realistic hope of defeating Trumpist authoritarianism in the future.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again www.commondreams.org/opinion/demo...
Black History Holidays Cut From Free National Park Days as Black WWII Memorial Panels Are Removed Overseas
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Black History Holidays Cut From Free National Park Days as Black WWII Memorial Panels Are Removed Overseas
The Trump administration has dropped MLK Day and Juneteenth from free national-park days and added June 14, the president’s birthday, according to Interior Department listings.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Black History Holidays Cut From Free National Park Days as Black WWII Memorial Panels Are Removed Overseas
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November 28, 2025
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November 28, 2025
As Trump’s popularity continues to drop, the MAGA coalition shows signs of cracking, and Trump’s mental acuity slips, there is a frantic feel to the administration, as if Trump’s people are trying to ...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
November 28, 2025
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Justice Dept Quietly Removes Indigenous Violence Report Under Trump Order, Triggering Nationwide Alarm
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Justice Dept Quietly Removes Indigenous Violence Report Under Trump Order, Triggering Nationwide Alarm
Officials say compliance with a new gender-definition executive order required taking down a federally mandated report on missing and murdered Indigenous people.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Justice Dept Quietly Removes Indigenous Violence Report Under Trump Order, Triggering Nationwide Alarm
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DHS's pack of liars
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DHS's pack of liars
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
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November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
DHS's pack of liars
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The Latest Animal Research News:
—CDC to end all monkey research
—More Americans saying no to animal testing
—China ramps up animal experiments
—Charles River gets all-clear in monkey smuggling probe
—And more: riseforanimals.org/news/news-no... via @riseforanimals.bsky.social
—CDC to end all monkey research
—More Americans saying no to animal testing
—China ramps up animal experiments
—Charles River gets all-clear in monkey smuggling probe
—And more: riseforanimals.org/news/news-no... via @riseforanimals.bsky.social
Animal Research News Roundup: November 21, 2025
This week in animal research news: Polling shows more Americans are saying no to animal testing; China ramps up animal experiments in biotech race; Charles River gets all-clear in monkey smuggling pro...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Latest Animal Research News:
—CDC to end all monkey research
—More Americans saying no to animal testing
—China ramps up animal experiments
—Charles River gets all-clear in monkey smuggling probe
—And more: riseforanimals.org/news/news-no... via @riseforanimals.bsky.social
—CDC to end all monkey research
—More Americans saying no to animal testing
—China ramps up animal experiments
—Charles River gets all-clear in monkey smuggling probe
—And more: riseforanimals.org/news/news-no... via @riseforanimals.bsky.social
Does time really pass or is it all in our heads?
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Does time pass or is it all in our heads?
Is time real, or an illusion? The best answer may be neither: Both physics and philosophy suggest that time is a projection of the mind onto a timeless reality.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Does time really pass or is it all in our heads?
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How Many People Were Charged After DHS Claimed Chicago Building Was Filled With 'Terrorists'? Zero. www.commondreams.org/news/no-terr...
If these people were such dangerous criminals, why weren't they already in jail, and where does DHS get their "evidence" from?
If these people were such dangerous criminals, why weren't they already in jail, and where does DHS get their "evidence" from?
How Many People Were Charged After DHS Claimed Chicago Building Was Filled With 'Terrorists'? Zero. | Common Dreams
When agents ransacked a Chicago apartment building in late September, breaking down doors and dragging out US citizens and children, DHS claimed the building was full of Tren de Aragua "terrorists." B...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
How Many People Were Charged After DHS Claimed Chicago Building Was Filled With 'Terrorists'? Zero. www.commondreams.org/news/no-terr...
If these people were such dangerous criminals, why weren't they already in jail, and where does DHS get their "evidence" from?
If these people were such dangerous criminals, why weren't they already in jail, and where does DHS get their "evidence" from?
Series of Reports Ignored by Media Show Jeffrey Epstein's Extensive Work With Israeli Intelligence www.commondreams.org/news/epstein...
Series of Reports Ignored by Media Show Jeffrey Epstein's Extensive Work With Israeli Intelligence | Common Dreams
"It looked like Mossad was working for Epstein instead of Epstein working for Mossad,” said Drop Site News reporter Murtaza Hussain.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Series of Reports Ignored by Media Show Jeffrey Epstein's Extensive Work With Israeli Intelligence www.commondreams.org/news/epstein...
Here’s the Name of Every Senate Democrat Who Caved to GOP on Shutdown newrepublic.com/post/202930/... via @newrepublic.com
Here’s the Name of Every Senate Democrat Who Caved to GOP on Shutdown
Eight senators capitulated to Republicans. Here’s when they’re up for reelection (if they’re not retiring).
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November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here’s the Name of Every Senate Democrat Who Caved to GOP on Shutdown newrepublic.com/post/202930/... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Wages Legal Fight to Block Food Aid as Americans Go Hungry
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FOOD BANK AND FOOD PANTRY SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
It has been an amazing, yet heartbreaking week. It started Sunday. 21 hours at a bank getting trucks packed for distribution to food pantrie...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Trump Wages Legal Fight to Block Food Aid as Americans Go Hungry
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Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections www.commondreams.org/news/jb-prit...
Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections | Common Dreams
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns of Trump's plan to militarize US cities and control elections. Pritzker remains defiant against threats of imprisonment.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections www.commondreams.org/news/jb-prit...
Louisiana Is the Place America Sends Immigrants to Disappear
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Louisiana Is the Place America Sends Immigrants to Disappear
More detention centers. More disappearances. More silence. Louisiana didn’t become the deportation capital by accident.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Louisiana Is the Place America Sends Immigrants to Disappear
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What MAGA Really Believes, Part 5: I Watched Them Justify a Killing and Call It Patriotism
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What MAGA Really Believes, Part 5 - The Righteous Kill: How a Movement Justified Murder at Sea
How ordinary citizens learned to sanctify murder, quote the law, and call it virtue.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What MAGA Really Believes, Part 5: I Watched Them Justify a Killing and Call It Patriotism
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2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinct off Florida, study finds – we witnessed the reef’s bleaching and devastation
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2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinct off Florida, study finds – we witnessed the reef’s bleaching and devastation
The crucial reef-building corals were decimated by a marine heat wave in the Florida Keys. Can advances in restoration help them recover?
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October 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinct off Florida, study finds – we witnessed the reef’s bleaching and devastation
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Reposted by Marycat 2024
Rather than it being a “hate-America” rally, Saturday’s No Kings rally is an opportunity for all of us who love America to express our determination that our nation’s ideals not be crushed by the Trump regime. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/theyre-calling-it-a-hate-america
October 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rather than it being a “hate-America” rally, Saturday’s No Kings rally is an opportunity for all of us who love America to express our determination that our nation’s ideals not be crushed by the Trump regime. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/theyre-calling-it-a-hate-america
Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement
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Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement
Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.”
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October 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement
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Remnants of Typhoon Halong bring widespread damage to Western Alaska alaskapublic.org/news/public-...
Remnants of Typhoon Halong bring widespread damage to Western Alaska
Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Remnants of Typhoon Halong bring widespread damage to Western Alaska alaskapublic.org/news/public-...