Cathy Smith
@cathysmith1158.bsky.social
🐝🥥🏃♀️Life long NJ resident. Bloody Mary’s anytime. Long time 4 season outdoor runner. Progressive boomer. Pete Buttigieg for everything #TeamPete
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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This is a classic form of voter intimidation—making people feel like it’s not safe to go to the polls. It moments like this where we need to summon our courage & vote anyhow. Vote in the tradition of the people who marched in Selma to secure the right to vote.
Breaking from NJ AG Platkin:
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is a classic form of voter intimidation—making people feel like it’s not safe to go to the polls. It moments like this where we need to summon our courage & vote anyhow. Vote in the tradition of the people who marched in Selma to secure the right to vote.
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In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
OMFG. How completely humiliating. This is awful. How is it possible for one human being to be this gullible?
Trump: "Vladimir Putin said something- one of the most interesting things. He said 'your election was rigged because you have mail in voting. It's impossible to have mail in voting & have honest elections.' He said that to me because we talked about 2020. He said, 'you won that election by so much'"
August 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
OMFG. How completely humiliating. This is awful. How is it possible for one human being to be this gullible?
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Anyone who is still out there is scoffing at World War III?
Another great Putin success: Austria is reconsidering its long-standing neutrality and discussing joining NATO.
Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said neutrality no longer guarantees Austria's security.
Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said neutrality no longer guarantees Austria's security.
Austria signals possible NATO membership amid changing security landscape
Read more
newsukraine.rbc.ua
July 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Anyone who is still out there is scoffing at World War III?
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Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
June 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year
And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor
And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor
And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
June 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year
And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor
And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor
And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
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#AbolishICE
Public safety alert: If you are family with a detained loved one, do not go to 300 N Los Angeles if ICE says they will let you see your loved one. It is a set up and they are detaining families.
Public safety alert: If you are family with a detained loved one, do not go to 300 N Los Angeles if ICE says they will let you see your loved one. It is a set up and they are detaining families.
June 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
#AbolishICE
Public safety alert: If you are family with a detained loved one, do not go to 300 N Los Angeles if ICE says they will let you see your loved one. It is a set up and they are detaining families.
Public safety alert: If you are family with a detained loved one, do not go to 300 N Los Angeles if ICE says they will let you see your loved one. It is a set up and they are detaining families.
WTF?
"7 of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all."
NOTUS: Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes is listed in the MAHA report as author of a study on anxiety in adolescents (and) was surprised to hear of the citation.
“The paper cited isn't a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with."
NOTUS: Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes is listed in the MAHA report as author of a study on anxiety in adolescents (and) was surprised to hear of the citation.
“The paper cited isn't a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with."
Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
May 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
WTF?
Was he wearing that hat at the West Point commencement?????????
In the middle of his almost hour-long commencement speech to graduates at West Point, Donald Trump went off on a rambling discussion of "trophy wives" to a mostly silent crowd.
Watch: Trump rambles about 'trophy wives' during West Point commencement speech
In the middle of his almost hour-long commencement speech to graduates at West Point, Donald Trump went off on a rambling discussion of "trophy wives" to a mostly silent crowd.Wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat, the president decided to discuss pioneering real-estate developer William Levi...
bit.ly
May 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Was he wearing that hat at the West Point commencement?????????
Not an ounce of grace.
Why this remotely relevant ESPECIALLY for Vance? They won. They're the President. Biden is old. He was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer. Why on earth are they choosing to litigate this beyond the siren song of flawed personality character?
JD Vance's reaction to Biden's cancer diagnosis: "Whether the right time to have this conversation is now or some time in the future, we really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job."
May 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Not an ounce of grace.
How fitting 👑
“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands
May 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
How fitting 👑
Who the F didn’t see this coming?????????
Senate Republicans promised to keep the filibuster after winning back the chamber in November.
Now they’re rapidly moving to kill it—shattering a precedent they defended vociferously for four years under Biden. And once they’ve crossed the Rubicon, there’s no going back. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Now they’re rapidly moving to kill it—shattering a precedent they defended vociferously for four years under Biden. And once they’ve crossed the Rubicon, there’s no going back. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Senate Republicans Are Poised to Deal a Shattering Blow to the Filibuster
Throughout the 2024 campaign, GOP senators shouted from the rooftops that they would preserve the tactic if they won back the chamber. Whoops.
slate.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Who the F didn’t see this coming?????????
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Last night's town hall with @votevets.org reminded me why conversations like this matter - and why a better future is still possible, but it's up to each of us to make it a reality.
May 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Last night's town hall with @votevets.org reminded me why conversations like this matter - and why a better future is still possible, but it's up to each of us to make it a reality.
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Remember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal.
Then she fired that lawyer.
Then she fired that lawyer.
May 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Remember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal.
Then she fired that lawyer.
Then she fired that lawyer.
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Looking forward to talking with @anandwrites.bsky.social on Substack Live today at 12pm ET.
May 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Looking forward to talking with @anandwrites.bsky.social on Substack Live today at 12pm ET.
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Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
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The speed and intensity are picking up rapidly. So is the grift.
May 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The speed and intensity are picking up rapidly. So is the grift.
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This Rümeysa Öztürk hearing is radicalizing.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
May 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This Rümeysa Öztürk hearing is radicalizing.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
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San Francisco attorney John Keker, a Democrat, is helping organize a nationwide effort to fight back against President Trump’s targeting of law firms. More than 500 firms, large and small, have signed court briefs supporting the four firms that are suing the administration.
May 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
San Francisco attorney John Keker, a Democrat, is helping organize a nationwide effort to fight back against President Trump’s targeting of law firms. More than 500 firms, large and small, have signed court briefs supporting the four firms that are suing the administration.
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DOJ policy expressly prohibits prosecutors from making these kind of statements, following an indictment because everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and this sort of statement is prejudicial. But in the Trump administration, prosecutors can apparently get away with violating the law.
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
DOJ policy expressly prohibits prosecutors from making these kind of statements, following an indictment because everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and this sort of statement is prejudicial. But in the Trump administration, prosecutors can apparently get away with violating the law.
WTF???
New- Chris Krebs’ “membership in Global Entry has been revoked. Krebs, who has repeatedly attested to the security of the 2020 election, told CNN he finds it hard to believe this isn’t another act of retribution…”
@jaketapper.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/p...
@jaketapper.bsky.social
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Chris Krebs kicked off CBP’s Global Entry program | CNN Politics
Chris Krebs’, President Donald Trump’s former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, membership in Global Entry has been revoked. Krebs, who has repeatedly attested to the s...
www.cnn.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
WTF???
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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I have a dummy YouTube account that’s pretty heavily trained on Joe Rogan and other dude podcast content. All week, the feed has basically been non-stop clips of Buttigieg on Flagrant. Sometimes you just gotta feed the beast.
April 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have a dummy YouTube account that’s pretty heavily trained on Joe Rogan and other dude podcast content. All week, the feed has basically been non-stop clips of Buttigieg on Flagrant. Sometimes you just gotta feed the beast.