Meercat
@meercat.bsky.social
Information addict.
I promise you do not want to follow me. I will annoy you at 2am with my OCD information gathering.
I promise you do not want to follow me. I will annoy you at 2am with my OCD information gathering.
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Venezuela responds to the Trump-ordered seizure of an oil tanker by saying it is an act of piracy. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-...
USA News: Venezuela verurteilt Angriff auf Öltanker als „dreisten Raubüberfall“
Die Erstürmung des Schiffes sei ein "Akt internationaler Piraterie". Den USA gehe es vorrangig um Bodenschätze.
www.sueddeutsche.de
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Venezuela responds to the Trump-ordered seizure of an oil tanker by saying it is an act of piracy. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-...
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”Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him.”
Olga Lautman
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Olga Lautman
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January 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
”Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him.”
Olga Lautman
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Roy Cohn denied he was gay but died from AIDS. He was chief counsel for McCarthy in the 50's. Lavender Scare, Cohn and McCarthy alleged that Soviet intelligence services had blackmailed multiple Government employees into committing espionage in return for not exposing their closeted homosexuality.
July 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Roy Cohn denied he was gay but died from AIDS. He was chief counsel for McCarthy in the 50's. Lavender Scare, Cohn and McCarthy alleged that Soviet intelligence services had blackmailed multiple Government employees into committing espionage in return for not exposing their closeted homosexuality.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled on Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financier’s sexual abuse.
Justice Department can unseal records from Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case, judge says
U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman in New York reversed his earlier decision to keep the material under wraps, citing a new law that requires the government to open its files on Epstein and his lon...
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled on Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financier’s sexual abuse.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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FIRE is suing on behalf of Monica Meeks, a veteran and Tennessee state employee who was fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk on Facebook following his murder. Argues that "her termination was unlawful retaliation for her protected expression" and demands reinstatement.
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
FIRE is suing on behalf of Monica Meeks, a veteran and Tennessee state employee who was fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk on Facebook following his murder. Argues that "her termination was unlawful retaliation for her protected expression" and demands reinstatement.
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
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Primary them all
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Primary them all
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And THIS is why ICE has become dangerous. They don't actually CARE whether someone is an immigrant.
Pretty soon EVERYONE who is black or brown will be targeted (except for black/hispanic gangs because ICE "agents" are COWARDS).
And Noem may be fired because she isn't AGGRESSIVE enough!
Pretty soon EVERYONE who is black or brown will be targeted (except for black/hispanic gangs because ICE "agents" are COWARDS).
And Noem may be fired because she isn't AGGRESSIVE enough!
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And THIS is why ICE has become dangerous. They don't actually CARE whether someone is an immigrant.
Pretty soon EVERYONE who is black or brown will be targeted (except for black/hispanic gangs because ICE "agents" are COWARDS).
And Noem may be fired because she isn't AGGRESSIVE enough!
Pretty soon EVERYONE who is black or brown will be targeted (except for black/hispanic gangs because ICE "agents" are COWARDS).
And Noem may be fired because she isn't AGGRESSIVE enough!
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This happened late this afternoon
Please take a moment to listen
He is totally unfit
He is getting worse by the day
ENOUGH
HE was supposed to say "Fed Chair "
Please take a moment to listen
He is totally unfit
He is getting worse by the day
ENOUGH
HE was supposed to say "Fed Chair "
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This happened late this afternoon
Please take a moment to listen
He is totally unfit
He is getting worse by the day
ENOUGH
HE was supposed to say "Fed Chair "
Please take a moment to listen
He is totally unfit
He is getting worse by the day
ENOUGH
HE was supposed to say "Fed Chair "
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A reminder that before the Trump admin/RFK took over this year, the U.S. had officially declared measles eliminated in 2000.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A reminder that before the Trump admin/RFK took over this year, the U.S. had officially declared measles eliminated in 2000.
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People don’t like data centers. Why would they, when the companies behind them rarely pay taxes, raise electricity rates, and suck up water resources.
It’s great to see people across party lines are stepping up to demand better these companies and their elected officials.
https://bit.ly/4pH74kq
It’s great to see people across party lines are stepping up to demand better these companies and their elected officials.
https://bit.ly/4pH74kq
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
People don’t like data centers. Why would they, when the companies behind them rarely pay taxes, raise electricity rates, and suck up water resources.
It’s great to see people across party lines are stepping up to demand better these companies and their elected officials.
https://bit.ly/4pH74kq
It’s great to see people across party lines are stepping up to demand better these companies and their elected officials.
https://bit.ly/4pH74kq
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Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
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The so-called “war” with Venezuela was supposedly about stopping drugs… yet they’re out there seizing an oil tanker.
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The so-called “war” with Venezuela was supposedly about stopping drugs… yet they’re out there seizing an oil tanker.
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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“The United States, the NSS implies, should intervene in European politics to weaken transnational institutions and legitimize the far right.” www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
Sovereignty for Me, None for Thee
Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy reveals a radical blood-and-soil conception of national strategy based on maintaining white patriarchal Christian domination at home and abroad.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“The United States, the NSS implies, should intervene in European politics to weaken transnational institutions and legitimize the far right.” www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
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Coffee reduces mortality, and it’s actually a strong dose-dependent effect. Drinking more than six cups a day reduces all cause mortality by 10% in men and 15% in women. Personally I plan to drink sixty cups a day and live forever.
Moderate coffee consumption has been associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality, so fuck that for realsies.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Coffee reduces mortality, and it’s actually a strong dose-dependent effect. Drinking more than six cups a day reduces all cause mortality by 10% in men and 15% in women. Personally I plan to drink sixty cups a day and live forever.
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A whole clump of people who should be liberal allies have been taught that participating in politics is vulgar, and so "Weiss has built a career on reframing accommodation as courage." And because faux-sophistication is what gets big funders excited, we are inundated with it.
Bari Weiss and the Tyranny of False Balance
When “Why does the country think you’re biased?” becomes surrender dressed as sophistication
www.notesfromthecircus.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A whole clump of people who should be liberal allies have been taught that participating in politics is vulgar, and so "Weiss has built a career on reframing accommodation as courage." And because faux-sophistication is what gets big funders excited, we are inundated with it.
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Comments from me on the threat of US meddling in Canadian politics after the release of their NSS.
BLUF: If the Trump admin acts, I suspect it will be through their coalition of tech, Christian-nationalists & far-right media influencers bolstering political movements rather than official state tools
BLUF: If the Trump admin acts, I suspect it will be through their coalition of tech, Christian-nationalists & far-right media influencers bolstering political movements rather than official state tools
U.S. ambassador downplays fears of Trump administration meddling in Canadian politics | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns America's new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting political movements in Canada.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Comments from me on the threat of US meddling in Canadian politics after the release of their NSS.
BLUF: If the Trump admin acts, I suspect it will be through their coalition of tech, Christian-nationalists & far-right media influencers bolstering political movements rather than official state tools
BLUF: If the Trump admin acts, I suspect it will be through their coalition of tech, Christian-nationalists & far-right media influencers bolstering political movements rather than official state tools
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"If you live in a community, and your neighbors are being targeted, you just go out there".❤️
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"If you live in a community, and your neighbors are being targeted, you just go out there".❤️
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"If a territorial settlement is pushed through under these conditions — without Ukrainian consent, under duress, or by external pressure — it will not be a peace. It will be a blueprint for future invasions around the world."
December 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"If a territorial settlement is pushed through under these conditions — without Ukrainian consent, under duress, or by external pressure — it will not be a peace. It will be a blueprint for future invasions around the world."
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"Negotiating over territory while Russia is actively committing mass abduction, forced assimilation, and demographic engineering is not diplomacy. It is capitulation.
And any agreement that ignores these crimes — or worse, rewards them — would legitimize forced population transfers."
And any agreement that ignores these crimes — or worse, rewards them — would legitimize forced population transfers."
The most honest analysis I can give you. Pls read, pls share.
Ukraine Is Being Pushed Toward a Deal That Ignores the Core Issue: Russia’s Ongoing Aggression and the Erosion of International Law
www.onestnetwork.com/post/ukraine...
Ukraine Is Being Pushed Toward a Deal That Ignores the Core Issue: Russia’s Ongoing Aggression and the Erosion of International Law
www.onestnetwork.com/post/ukraine...
Ukraine Is Being Pushed Toward a Deal That Ignores the Core Issue: Russia’s Ongoing Aggression and the Erosion of International Law
Ukraine faces pressure to accept territorial concessions as unofficial U.S. envoys and financial interests shape peace talks, risking global norms and legitimizing Russian aggression.
www.onestnetwork.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Negotiating over territory while Russia is actively committing mass abduction, forced assimilation, and demographic engineering is not diplomacy. It is capitulation.
And any agreement that ignores these crimes — or worse, rewards them — would legitimize forced population transfers."
And any agreement that ignores these crimes — or worse, rewards them — would legitimize forced population transfers."
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Trump is reportedly terrified of being prosecuted for war crimes and is pressuring the ICC for immunity. Isn’t this what lawyers call “Consciousness Of Guilt”? He knows he’s committed serious crimes!!
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Trump is reportedly terrified of being prosecuted for war crimes and is pressuring the ICC for immunity. Isn’t this what lawyers call “Consciousness Of Guilt”? He knows he’s committed serious crimes!!
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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It is INSANE to me that the corporate media generally hasn’t called attention to the DOJ’s allegation that JOH used drug trafficking money to bribe officials to rig prior elections, including by allegedly shutting down the election computer system in Honduras.
“Protests in Honduras as president calls for election to be annulled amid further results delay” 12/10/25 (Meanwhile, Trump pardoned the former Honduran president who, per the DOJ, allegedly bribed election officials to rig prior elections, including by shutting down an election computer system) 1/
Protests in Honduras as president calls for election to be annulled amid further results delay
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 10 - Election results in Honduras had not been updated for over 24 hours on Wednesday as protests broke out in the capital after calls for the vote to be annulled by the president, al...
www.straitstimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It is INSANE to me that the corporate media generally hasn’t called attention to the DOJ’s allegation that JOH used drug trafficking money to bribe officials to rig prior elections, including by allegedly shutting down the election computer system in Honduras.
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The full weight of American fascism is starting to be exerted on Minneapolis
Trump's DOJ is accusing Minneapolis Public Schools of providing discriminatory protections to teachers of color in layoff and reassignment decisions.
Trump administration accuses Minneapolis schools of racism in protecting minority teachers
The Minneapolis Public Schools’ contract with educators in 2022 aimed to upend “last-in, first-out” layoff practices typically targeting young teachers.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The full weight of American fascism is starting to be exerted on Minneapolis