Cat Herder
@catherderz.bsky.social
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After 10+ years of people fighting against it, this government is pushing through this dystopian CETA legislation.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After 10+ years of people fighting against it, this government is pushing through this dystopian CETA legislation.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
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BREAKING: We're joining a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from accessing Rhode Island’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.
This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
BREAKING: We're joining a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from accessing Rhode Island’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.
This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.
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“The most corrupt Supreme Court in American history.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“The most corrupt Supreme Court in American history.”
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New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
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Letting AI decide whether or not you can get the treatment your real-life doctor thinks you need? Nobody is asking for this. It's an irresponsible dangerous gamble by the Trump Administration.
A new Medicare pilot program is about to launch that will let private companies use AI to review requests for certain medical care — and reward companies when they deny claims.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers • Stateline
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
stateline.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Letting AI decide whether or not you can get the treatment your real-life doctor thinks you need? Nobody is asking for this. It's an irresponsible dangerous gamble by the Trump Administration.
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Or they can just wait for SCOTUS to rule that citizen initiatives unconstitutionally infringe on the rights of governors to decide what citizens really think.
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Or they can just wait for SCOTUS to rule that citizen initiatives unconstitutionally infringe on the rights of governors to decide what citizens really think.
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Indiana Republicans are under significant pressure to do something they know is wrong: rig the maps and silence voters.
Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.
Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Indiana Republicans are under significant pressure to do something they know is wrong: rig the maps and silence voters.
Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.
Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.
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Private equity’s latest victim? Your grandma’s nursing home.
Private equity’s latest victim? Your grandma’s nursing home.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Private equity’s latest victim? Your grandma’s nursing home.
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As ICE agents are targeting the Somali community in Minnesota, DHS intends to move forward with plans to open a new ICE detention center in Appleton, MN.
CoreCivic owns the city's long-shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility, the only privately owned prison in the state.
CoreCivic owns the city's long-shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility, the only privately owned prison in the state.
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As ICE agents are targeting the Somali community in Minnesota, DHS intends to move forward with plans to open a new ICE detention center in Appleton, MN.
CoreCivic owns the city's long-shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility, the only privately owned prison in the state.
CoreCivic owns the city's long-shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility, the only privately owned prison in the state.
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“Affordability? Who’s That?”
By @knecessary.bsky.social
Link here for more: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
By @knecessary.bsky.social
Link here for more: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Affordability? Who’s That?”
By @knecessary.bsky.social
Link here for more: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
By @knecessary.bsky.social
Link here for more: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
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Expect this to be the one humanitarian asylum case Trump approves this year (for someone who isn’t a white South African farmer).
How ‘bout that war on drugs…
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/a...
How ‘bout that war on drugs…
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/a...
Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernández recently pardoned by Trump | CNN
Honduras’s attorney general said he has issued an arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was freed from US federal prison last week after being pardoned by President Donald Tr...
www.cnn.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Expect this to be the one humanitarian asylum case Trump approves this year (for someone who isn’t a white South African farmer).
How ‘bout that war on drugs…
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/a...
How ‘bout that war on drugs…
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/a...
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NI leaving the UK brings an end to the UK Act of Union 1801 - an end to the UK. And makes it very difficult for London to deny self determination for Scots.
Losing NI is one thing but the english can't afford to lose Scotland.
NI (57%), Gibraltar(97%) and Scotland(62%) all voted remain in 2016.
Losing NI is one thing but the english can't afford to lose Scotland.
NI (57%), Gibraltar(97%) and Scotland(62%) all voted remain in 2016.
December 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
NI leaving the UK brings an end to the UK Act of Union 1801 - an end to the UK. And makes it very difficult for London to deny self determination for Scots.
Losing NI is one thing but the english can't afford to lose Scotland.
NI (57%), Gibraltar(97%) and Scotland(62%) all voted remain in 2016.
Losing NI is one thing but the english can't afford to lose Scotland.
NI (57%), Gibraltar(97%) and Scotland(62%) all voted remain in 2016.
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The monarchy is unsustainable without Scottish wealth. They'll need to buy water off us so they'll have choices to make! The best thing to happen for these isles is the UK to break up and we can all go out on our own paths. England has fascisty issues of its own to deal with
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The monarchy is unsustainable without Scottish wealth. They'll need to buy water off us so they'll have choices to make! The best thing to happen for these isles is the UK to break up and we can all go out on our own paths. England has fascisty issues of its own to deal with
As expected!
Every right-wing oligarch, podcaster, hack, Russian apologist, paid influencer, and bot has been activated in a coordinated manner to attack Europe after the EU fined Musk.
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As expected!
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Thant’s a very good question!!
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thant’s a very good question!!
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
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Despite the frigid temperatures, people have been out this weekend at 11+ Citizens Bank branch locations in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to call on Citizens to stop financing inhumane ICE detention facilities.
Interested in organizing a protest? See if there's a branch near you:
Interested in organizing a protest? See if there's a branch near you:
#BoycottCitizens - Google My Maps
NOTE: Please verify hours and locations. Citizens Bank has closed several of its branches recently, and not all closures are reflected here. Some locations are in supermarkets and office buildings.
www.google.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Despite the frigid temperatures, people have been out this weekend at 11+ Citizens Bank branch locations in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to call on Citizens to stop financing inhumane ICE detention facilities.
Interested in organizing a protest? See if there's a branch near you:
Interested in organizing a protest? See if there's a branch near you:
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Again: Steering public dollars to private religious schools has always been the #1 goal of @GovBillLee and his fellow privatizers.
(His pal Betsy Devos, who has funded much of the war on public schools, called it “Advancing God’s Kingdom”)
www.wfae.org/education/20...
(His pal Betsy Devos, who has funded much of the war on public schools, called it “Advancing God’s Kingdom”)
www.wfae.org/education/20...
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Again: Steering public dollars to private religious schools has always been the #1 goal of @GovBillLee and his fellow privatizers.
(His pal Betsy Devos, who has funded much of the war on public schools, called it “Advancing God’s Kingdom”)
www.wfae.org/education/20...
(His pal Betsy Devos, who has funded much of the war on public schools, called it “Advancing God’s Kingdom”)
www.wfae.org/education/20...
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They’re desperately trying to separate the pipe bomber from MAGA, Trump, and 1/6. It’s why there’s a 22-day gap in the arrest affidavit. I’ll be covering this on the @meidastouch.com channel tomorrow at noon PT.
Please call the guy the January 6th pipe bomber.
Fox is calling him the "January 5th bomber" because he planted the bombs the night before but really because they don't want to mention 1/6 as a bad day.
Fox is calling him the "January 5th bomber" because he planted the bombs the night before but really because they don't want to mention 1/6 as a bad day.
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
They’re desperately trying to separate the pipe bomber from MAGA, Trump, and 1/6. It’s why there’s a 22-day gap in the arrest affidavit. I’ll be covering this on the @meidastouch.com channel tomorrow at noon PT.
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At this point, anybody acting as law enforcement or "authority", without identifying themselves or providing a signed warrant, is just a criminal abuser, & a kidnapper.
December 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
At this point, anybody acting as law enforcement or "authority", without identifying themselves or providing a signed warrant, is just a criminal abuser, & a kidnapper.
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Somali American U.S. citizen grabbed & detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 24 hours, “sexually assaulted her and said what could you be hiding under your hijab?”
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Somali American U.S. citizen grabbed & detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 24 hours, “sexually assaulted her and said what could you be hiding under your hijab?”
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It took dozens of special agents the best part of a decade to bring Juan Orlando Hernández to justice for flooding US cities with cocaine. Then, in a single social media post last week, Donald Trump set the former Honduran president free.
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on.ft.com/4oA2Km0
December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It took dozens of special agents the best part of a decade to bring Juan Orlando Hernández to justice for flooding US cities with cocaine. Then, in a single social media post last week, Donald Trump set the former Honduran president free.
on.ft.com/4oA2Km0
on.ft.com/4oA2Km0
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Thousands of companies, law enforcement agencies, and politicians are enabling the inhumane anti-immigrant agenda. Every single one of them deserves our loud, public protest.
*View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info.
*View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info.
Who's Profiting from ICE? - Google My Maps
ICE depends on a web of private companies, local law enforcement, and elected officials around the country to support its work.
This map includes:
• Organizations receiving funding from ICE from FY...
www.google.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thousands of companies, law enforcement agencies, and politicians are enabling the inhumane anti-immigrant agenda. Every single one of them deserves our loud, public protest.
*View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info.
*View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info.
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Mike Johnson: "we've had one of the most productive Congresses in the history of the institution."
(House GOP recently caused the longest government shutdown in US history and took a paid vacation for 54 days on your dime)
(House GOP recently caused the longest government shutdown in US history and took a paid vacation for 54 days on your dime)
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Mike Johnson: "we've had one of the most productive Congresses in the history of the institution."
(House GOP recently caused the longest government shutdown in US history and took a paid vacation for 54 days on your dime)
(House GOP recently caused the longest government shutdown in US history and took a paid vacation for 54 days on your dime)