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shebobcat.bsky.social @shebobcat.bsky.social · Oct 25
View from my hotel room in beautiful Cuenca Ecuador.
shebobcat.bsky.social
Stein is a liar, carrying water to protect Musk. Before you believe lies learn to do your HW. Be educated not fools
December 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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aflcio.org
Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.

An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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justsayin-fromx.bsky.social
LEAVE OUR IMMIGRANTS ALONE!!!
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
shebobcat.bsky.social
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @newrepublic.com
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.

The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
👇🏽
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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bennorton.com
This says everything about politics in 2025:

Far-right, pro-US, anti-China candidate José Antonio Kast won Chile's presidential election.

Kast, a Trump ally, is a staunch defender of the Pinochet dictatorship, and the son of a German Nazi official.

He also is very pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian.
December 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
It happened to me
Cat getting adopted and then becoming ruler of the household
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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sleeplesscrone.bsky.social
For the love of God
DO NOT Give pets as Xmas gifts.
Too many of these “gifts” end up at the shelter .
A Dog/Cat is a gift we give ourselves and they come with many
sacrifices.
Time,money, and a certain amount of collateral damage in their puppyhood.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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atrupar.com
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing

BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?

GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now

THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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bkeithb.bsky.social
Max Blumenthal: Can the US fight the ‘war on drugs’ while the CIA and DEA are involved in it?

📌 Former high-ranking DEA official Paul Campo and veteran CIA operative Robert Sensi are currently investigated on drug trafficking and money laundering charges...

Via @geopolitics_prime (Telegram)
December 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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stanzman.bsky.social
Jfc he didnt "win" the totally made up fifa peace prize he was bribed with it..amazing how this asshole has managed to ruin everything even soccer an actual global sport..I hope the games in the US are plagued by protest and problems.. and im a fan
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
Marc Rowan is a right-wing billionaire hedge fund manager.

He has financial and political interests in stoking bad faith narratives about left-wing antisemitism.
bradlander.bsky.social Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25d
It is outrageous that Marc Rowan stood at the UJA Federation dinner (a memorial for Wesley LePatner) and said about Zohran: “He is our enemy.”

Who’s trying to make Jewish New Yorkers safer – and who’s fanning the flames of hatred? 🧵

ejewishphilanthropy.com/marc-rowan-d...
Marc Rowan declares Mamdani ‘our enemy’ at 50th UJA-Federation Wall Street Dinner
The event, which grossed a record-breaking $57 million in donations, also memorialized Wesley LePatner, the Blackstone executive who was killed in July
ejewishphilanthropy.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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michaeledward.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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dropsitenews.com
🔴 BREAKING: A Palestinian journalist detained in Israel’s Sde Teiman camp was raped & subjected to sexual torture — including assault carried out by a trained dog — according to new testimony released by the Palestinian Journalists Protection Center (PJPC). The Center calls it one of the most...
🔴 BREAKING: A Palestinian journalist detained in Israel’s Sde Teiman camp was raped and subjected to sexual torture — including assault carried out by a trained dog — according to new testimony released by the Palestinian Journalists Protection Center (PJPC). The Center calls it one of the most severe crimes documented against journalists in Israeli custody. “Whoever didn’t die inside came out broken forever,” the journalist told PJPC. ⸻ The Assault The journalist, identifying himself only as “Yahya” for his family’s safety, said soldiers dragged him and seven others to a secluded section of Sde Teiman. There, Israeli soldiers stood by as the group was subjected to collective sexual assault, with some soldiers filming the attack and mocking the victims. All detainees were restrained, blindfolded, and denied any legal or humanitarian protection. Doctors who reviewed Yahya’s case say the trauma caused a complete psychological collapse lasting more than two months. His symptoms are consistent with acute PTSD. ⸻ A Systematic Torture Regime Yahya spent 20 months in Israeli prisons — three months in Sde Teiman and one in Ofer — and insists the assault was not an isolated incident but part of a systematic torture policy. He described the use of dogs as deliberate, internationally prohibited torture aimed at inflicting total psychological destruction. He detailed interrogations that included: •Blindfolding and full restraints •Transfers in military trucks between sites •Physical and psychological beatings •Starvation and sleep deprivation •Denial of medical care •Religious insults •Electric shocks The torture intensified after soldiers learned he was a journalist. He was accused of spreading “misinformation” and told he could face life imprisonment for his media work. Conditions Inside Sde Teiman Yahya described extreme overcrowding, filthy cells with no hygiene, disease outbreaks, and constant shortages of food and water. Prayer was banned. He said he witnessed detainees — including doctors and academics — die under unexplained circumstances. “We spent autumn and winter in worn-out summer clothes, sleeping on the tiles,” he said. “We entered these detention centers alive, and came out with exhausted bodies and broken souls.” Israeli forces arrested him on March 18, 2024, during the storming of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, where he was reporting in full press gear. ⸻ A Crime Under International Law The PJPC says the assault constitutes: •Rape and sexual torture under the 1984 Convention Against Torture •A war crime under Article 8 of the Rome Statute •Potentially a crime against humanity under Article 7, if the systematic nature is confirmed •A grave violation of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions •A direct attack on journalists protected as civilians under international humanitarian law The use of dogs in sexualized torture, the Center said, is “one of the most extreme forms of prohibited abuse.” ⸻ Calls for Accountability The PJPC is demanding: •Immediate submission of the case to the International Criminal Court •An urgent, independent international investigation •Prosecution of those responsible under universal jurisdiction •Immediate medical and psychological treatment for survivors •Protection for witnesses and journalists at risk “These crimes carry no statute of limitations,” the Center concluded. Testimonies from Palestinian journalists now represent cumulative evidence of a deliberate, systematic torture regime inside Israeli prisons — one that demands international criminal accountability.
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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bigtentsocialist.bsky.social
It’s not about drugs. It’s not even about immigration. It’s about elevating right wing authoritarianism and reasserting US control of Latin America.
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
shebobcat.bsky.social
Losing my f'cking mind watching trump project in action to destroy Latin America. 🤬
#latinamerica
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
shebobcat.bsky.social
Every Presidential election now and future in South and Central America will be bought by Trump unless the people unite against the American Fascists
#Honduras
#Colombia
#Brasil #Brazil
#Venezuela
#Mexico
#Ecuador
#Panama
#SouthAmerica
#CentralAmerica
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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kohsj.bsky.social
One of Pope Francis' final wishes fulfilled:

"Pope Francis died on April 21 aged 88, and his final wish for Gaza's children was that the popemobile should become a mobile health unit, the official Vatican News portal said in May."

www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Popemobile transformed into Gaza mobile children's clinic
The popemobile used by the late pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem re-emerged on Tuesday as a mobile children's clinic to be deployed in Gaza.
www.france24.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social
Colombia is a functional democracy with a working court system. We just need to send Hegseth there as soon as Trump is out of office to stand trial for murdering their citizens.
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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naturecompass.bsky.social
Hokkaido 🍁
#Japan #hokkaido #snow
Hokkaido 🍁 #Japan #hokkaido #snow
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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dougcdogdad.bsky.social
This is a random photo from 2 years ago today on the shore at Magnuson Park. There's something prophetic about this shot. The cheap plastic Christmas ornament washed up with a tiny dead fish. It's disturbing.
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM