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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 01:30:20 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #trump #iran #FOXNews #Netanyahu #Israel #Influence #TV #Entertainment #alt #parade
Heather Cox Richardson 6/23/25
“WALL TO WALL” PRAISE OF ISRAELI MILITARY MIGHT INFLUENCED TRUMP TO BOMB IRAN
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1. Heather Cox Richardson 6/23/25 “"WALL TO WALL" PRAISE OF ISRAELI MILITARY MIGHT INFLUENCED TRUMP TO BOMB IRAN Mark Mazzetti, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Eric Schmitt, and Helene Cooper reported yesterday in the New York Times that Trump had warned Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu against striking Iran but changed his mind after seeing how Israel’s military action was “playing” on television. The reporters write: “The president was closely monitoring Fox News, which was airing wall-to-wall praise of Israel’s military operation and featuring guests urging Mr. Trump to get more involved.” Trump began to hint he had been part of the operation, and military advisors began to draw up plans for a strike. According to the reporters, by June 17—three days after his military parade had fizzled and more than 5 million Americans had turned out to protest his administration—Trump had decided to bomb Iran.
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jun-2025 01:53:30 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #trump #iran #military #bombing #war #alt #results
Heather Cox Richardson 6/22/25
Mushroom Clouds and Republicans Cost of War
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1. Heather Cox Richardson 6/22/25 Mushroom Clouds and Republicans Cost of War On ABC's This Week, Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said: “It's way too early to tell what the actual effect on the nuclear program is, and of course, it's way too early to tell how this plays out, right? | mean, we've seen this movie before. Every conflict in the Middle East has its Senator Tom Cottons who promise us mushroom clouds. In the Iraq war it was Condoleezza Rice promising us a mushroom cloud. And initially—and this is true of every one of these wars in Libya, in Iraq, and Afghanistan—initially, things looked pretty good. Saddam Hussein is gone. Muammar Qaddafi is gone. The Afghan Taliban are gone. And then, over time, we start to learn what the cost is. Four thousand, four hundred Americans dead in Iraq. The Taliban back in power. So bottom line, the president has taken a massive, massive gamble here.” There are already questions about why Trump felt obliged to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites right now. In March, Trump’s director of national intelligence, who oversees all U.S. intelligence, told Congress that the intelligence community assessed that Iran was not building a nuclear weadpon.
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jun-2025 00:26:23 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #trump #iran #military #bombing #war #alt #results #obama #reckless
Heather Cox Richardson 6/22/25
Obama Agreement was Working
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1. Heather Cox Richardson 6/22/25 Obama Agreement was Working After Trump announced the strikes, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted: "l was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.” He added: “We know—for certain—there is a diplomatic path to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. The Obama agreement was working. And as late as a week ago, Iran was back at the table again. Which makes this attack—with all its enormous risks—so reckless.”
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Jun-2025 00:57:07 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #trump #army #billionairs #oligarchs #privilage #alt #hegseth #corruption #taxdollars
Thom Hartman 6/21/2025
BILLIONAIRES BUY ARMY RANK AND GET SALUTED BY THOSE WHO NAVE EARNED THEIR RANK THROUGH SERVICE TO COUNTRY
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1. — Astonishing: Give Trump a million dollars and you get to become an Army officer, complete with uniform and everybody must salute you! You, too, can play warrior if you're a large enough Trump donor! Hegseth's Army just rolled out a new program called “Detachment 201: The Army's Executive Innovation Corps” that says its goal is to “fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation.” That bullshit-speak for "we're going to give tech billionaire Trump donors an officer’s commission and a uniform.” So far four tech moguls have jumped at the opportunity to strut around in uniform with Lieutenant Colonel’s silver oak leaves on their shoulders, forcing enlisted and inferior officers to snap to attention and salute them, and every one of their companies have shoveled at least a million into one of Trump’s slush funds. This is Kristi Noem-level corruption and cosplaying, funded with your tax dollars.
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Jun-2025 09:27:27 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #bernie #berniesanders #FOXnews #corruption #billionairs #video
GO BERNIE!
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2025 23:58:53 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #trump #organizedcrine #crime #oligarchs #mueller #warning #globilization #nationalsecurity #india #mukeshambani #oligarchs #alt
Heather Cox Richardson 6/17/2025
Trump and Global Organized Crime Oligarchs
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1. Eliot Brown of WSJ reported that Mukesh Ambani, the richest manin India, is now one of the many wealthy foreign real estate developers “pouring money” into the Trump Organization. Trump family is aggressively developing its businesses reaching past real estate into cryptocurrency and other sectors.The growing power of international oligarchs to use the resources of the govern’t for their own benefit recalls a speech Robert Mueller i2011. .he explained globalization & modern technology had changed the nature of organized crime. No longer regional networks with a clear structure, organized crime had become international, fluid, & sophisticated, with multibillion-dollar stakes. Its operators were cross-pollinating across countries, religions, & political affiliations, sharing only their greed. They did not care about ideology; they cared about money. They would do anything for a price.These criminals “may be former members of nation-state governments, security services, or the military,” he said. “They are capitalists and entrepreneurs. But they dare also master criminals.. These criminal enterprises were working to corner the market on oil, gas, & precious metals. And to do so they “may infiltrate our businesses. They may provide logistical support to hostile foreign powers, try to manipulate those at the highest levels of government. Indeed, these so-called 'iron triangles' of organized criminals, corrupt government officials, and business leaders pose a significant national
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jun-2025 00:40:24 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #trump #ego #failure #parade
Heather Cox Richardson 5/14/2025
The rejection Trump faced yesterday, podcaster Jack Hopkins noted, “was a big tub of rock salt poured on his wounds of lifelong insecurity.” That profound injury to Trump’s sense of self braced observers for a lashing out of epic proportions as he tries to demonstrate that he is, in fact, powerful.

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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jun-2025 00:12:04 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #assassination #assassin #maga #republicans #denial #spin #alt #boelter #fascism #extremism
Heather Cox Richardson 5/14/2025
Republicans Desperate to Spin Assassins Boelter as Extreme Left
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1. Heather Cox Richardson 5/14/2025 Republicans Desperate to Spin Assassins Boelter as Extreme Left MAGA Republicans are working hard to identify Boelter with what Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) called “Marxism” and Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) called “the extreme left,” but as investigative journalist Phil Williams of NewsChannel 5 Nashville notes, public databases show Boelter was in the past a registered Republican. His evangelical religion and his anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion stances reflect MAGA positions. Boelter's roommate told reporters that Boelter was a “strong” supporter of President Trump.
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jun-2025 23:59:45 JST Catherine Schmidt

#nokings #protest #alaska #trump #resist #resistance #alt
Anchorage Alaska No Kings
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1. Photo of downtown Anchorage, beautiful day. Protest if around 5,000
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jun-2025 06:18:28 JST Catherine Schmidt

#nokings #la #protests #resist #resistance #alt #California
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jun-2025 03:19:44 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #assissination #trump #maga #targeted #political #alt #fascism #melissahortman #manafesto #TimWaltz
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1. Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky... - 12m' My god. This is on the for-profit MAGA entertainment complex and the petty tyrant who commands it. @ Aaron Rupar @atrupa... - 20m Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jun-2025 00:51:51 JST Catherine Schmidt

#protests #resist #resistance #alt #flag #patriots #fascism #nokingsday #nokings #Boost
Spread the Word Please
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1. All persons protesting should be carrying the US flag, all the time. Make the cops and military attack the flag. The footage of them desecrating the flag if they attack it would be devastating.
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jun-2025 23:49:54 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #protests #fascism #parade #nationalguard #arrests #alt #trump
Aaron Parnas 5/14/2025
Arrests
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1. ® Around 60 veterans and military family members were arrested outside the U.S. Capitol after breaching a police barrier during a planned sit-in protest against Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles and a scheduled military parade. Capitol Police reported that the group had initially demonstrated peacefully at the Supreme Court before approaching the Capitol steps, prompting officers to set up a perimeter. Aaron Parnas 6/14/2025
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jun-2025 23:31:00 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #trump #border #
Aaron Parnas 6/14/2025
No Fentanyl Interdiction
California Governor Gavin Newsom accused the Trump administration of pulling National Guard troop from fentanyl interdiction efforts at the US-Mexico border. In a post on X, Newsom said the troops he had stationed to stop smuggling are now "twiddling their thumbs in LA."

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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 23:03:21 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #alt #trump #coup #jan6 #military #fascism #militarisation #missouri #texas #nationalguard
Heather Cox Richardson 5/12/25
Militarization is the Plan
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1. Heather Cox Richardson 5/12/25 Militarization is the qun| Earlier this week, Texas announced plans to deploy 5,000 troops, and Dionne Sedrcey of the New York Times reported today that Missouri's Republican governor, Mike Kehoe, activated the Missouri National Guard as well. “While other states may wait for chaos to ensue, the State of Missouri is taking a proactive approach in the event that assistance is needed to support local law enforcement in protecting our citizens and communities,” Kehoe said in a press release.
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 23:29:38 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #alt #trump #science #suppression #scientists #retaliation #resist #resistance #covid #hhs #publichealth #grants
Heather Cox Richardson 5/11/2025
National Institute of Health Pushes Back on Politicization of Health and Human Services Scientists Fear Retaliation
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1. Heather Cox Richardson 5/11/2025 National Institute of Health Pushes Back on Politicization of Health and Human Services Scientists Fear Retaliation The administration’s policies continue to gather opposition. More than 90 scientists at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, signed & another 250 supported anonymously a letter sent to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. & NIH leader Jay Bhattacharya titled the Bethesda Declaration. The scientists used as a model Bhattacharya's own October 2020 Great Barrington Declaration, which echoed the political plan of the first Trump White House and called for ending any attempt to control Covid-19 instead letting it spread.The Bethesda Declaration said: "[W]e dissent to Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, harm the health of Americans & people across the globe." ...the leaders of NIH and members of Congress who oversee it are prioritizing “political momentum over human safety & faithful stewardship of public resources.” They called out the politicization of research by stopping high-quality, peer reviewed grants & contracts, thus throwing away “years of hard work and millions of dollars,” risking the health of participants in studies, and damaging public trust.They noted that some of the signers felt they had to remain anonymous while others, “due to a culture of fear and suppression created by this Administration[,] chose not to sign their names for fear of retaliation.”
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 06:15:34 JST Catherine Schmidt

#Cat #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfPixelfed #catstodon #CatsOMastodon #catsoffediverse #alt #caturday #humor
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1. Photo of vegetable garden rows. Covered in plastic to keep moister in, holes for the plants. Sticking out of one hole is a cat’s head. Probably nice and warm under there.
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 01:49:05 JST Catherine Schmidt

#science #carlsagan #criticalthinking #fascism #ignorance #alt #technology #trap
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1. @ David Ho @davidho.bsky.so... - 1mo | think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews. "WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 00:30:38 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #fascism #protests #proudboys #alt
Warning: Far-Right Militias May Infiltrate June 14 “No Kings” Protests
Sahrad Swaney
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1. Warning: Far-Right May Infiltrate June 14 “No Kings” Protests Shared Swaney Lev Parnas relayed an urgent message. According to Parnas, extremist elements tied to the Proud Boys, Ill Percenters, and other far-right militia networks are planning to insert themselves into the protests—not to support the cause, but to deliberately cause chaos and undermine the movement’s credibility. “What I'm being told is that Trump allies—including elements connected to Proud Boys, Ill Percenters, and other far-right militia networks—are planning to infiltrate the June 14th protests. Not to support them. To sabotage them.” This warning underscores the critical need for all demonstrators to remain disciplined, nonviolent, and unified. Organizers stress that the success and safety of the June 14 protests depends entirely on participants maintaining peaceful resistance—no matter the provocation.
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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jun-2025 00:11:39 JST Catherine Schmidt

#politics #trump #alt #authoritarism #protests #justice #rights #davidheureta #unions #brownshirts #illegal #dentention
Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025
Congressmen Denied Access to Detention Centers David Heureta Attack on Community
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1. Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025 Congressmen Denied Access to Detention Centers ... members of Congress have legal authority to enter ICE detention facilities.., Jesus Jiménez, Chelsia Rose Marcius, & Nate Schweber NY Times reported that over the weekend, five members said officials barred them from doing so. New York Democratic representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Veldzquez say they were prevented from checking on the well-being of those detained in New York. In California, Democratic representatives Maxine Waters, Jimmy Gomez, and Norma Torres were turned away from the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. Waters said she was trying to see David Huerta, the popular president of the Service Employees International Union California, who was injured when officers threw him to the ground and arrested him on Friday. Huerta's arrest has mobilized union workers to protest the immigration sweeps, and today the Department of Justice announced it was charging him with felony conspiracy to impede an officer, which carries a maximum penalty of six years in federal prison. Crowds gathered in Washington, D.C., as well as in L.A. to call for Huerta's release, and this evening he was released from custody on a $50,000 bond. In a statement following his arrest, Huerta said: "What happened to me is not about me. This is about something much bigger. This is about how we as a community stand together and resist the injustice that's happening.
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introduction Married Gardener walks archaeology history mystery books mountains wildlife nature liberal, raised in Alaska now in Texas where there are some grounded people, working towards a higher level of consciousness, mom to two cats: Tiger Lilly and Rowan the tiramisu terror. I do political posts along with my cats and beautiful pictures. Political because my country is in trouble and we need facts. USNews #Journalism #Wildlife #Landscapes #Politics #WorldNews #Humor #nobridge

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