Cathy Young
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social
Writer: Bulwark, Newsday, others. Former Soviet Jewish American gal. Otter afficionada. You know the drill.
Reposted by Cathy Young
Check out @eggerdc.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com's Morning Shots.
As Trump says, "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen." www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...
As Trump says, "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen." www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...
He’s Not a Doctor. But He Did Stay at the White House Last Night.
In retrospect, maybe the era of bleach-injection speculation wasn’t so bad.
www.thebulwark.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Check out @eggerdc.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com's Morning Shots.
As Trump says, "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen." www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...
As Trump says, "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen." www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...
ICYMI, new from me at @thebulwark.com: the 80th anniversary of #AnimalFarm. Also, the surprising story of its 1947 Ukrainian-language edition.
"Orwell, a democratic socialist, thus seems to be envisioning a scenario in which the Soviet regime evolves into a state capitalist oligarchy and drops its Communist trappings. That never came true—or did it?"
ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/animal-far...
ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/animal-far...
‘Animal Farm’ Never Gets Old
Orwell’s classic turns 80.
www.thebulwark.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
ICYMI, new from me at @thebulwark.com: the 80th anniversary of #AnimalFarm. Also, the surprising story of its 1947 Ukrainian-language edition.
Good stuff!
What do you think are the politics of the person who said the following?
When a person says something that a ton of people find offensive...and then that person is punished for it, that’s not cancel culture. That is consequences for your actions.
Click 👇
banished.substack.com/p/what-we-ke...
When a person says something that a ton of people find offensive...and then that person is punished for it, that’s not cancel culture. That is consequences for your actions.
Click 👇
banished.substack.com/p/what-we-ke...
What We Keep Getting Wrong about the Cancel Culture Debate
Amna & Jeff re-up, & reflect on, a deep-dive post on cancel culture from 2022
banished.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Good stuff!
Reposted by Cathy Young
On view at the Marie Antoinette exhibition in London, a famous Vigée Lebrun portrait of the queen.
September 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
On view at the Marie Antoinette exhibition in London, a famous Vigée Lebrun portrait of the queen.
Reposted by Cathy Young
'Concert Hall', Queen's Hall, Langham Place (1929) by Sybil Andrews
(Glenbow Museum)
(Glenbow Museum)
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
'Concert Hall', Queen's Hall, Langham Place (1929) by Sybil Andrews
(Glenbow Museum)
(Glenbow Museum)
Reposted by Cathy Young
It has been deeply heartening to see Ukraine, a nation fighting for its very survival, to turn to art and literature for solace. It has also raised the profile of other Eastern European writers and artists from the 20th century - operating under similar circumstances: platformraam.nl/artikelen/28...
The life of Ukrainian books and authors in wartime
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian literary scene has seen some dramatic changes. The Ukrainian author Andrei Kurkov reflects on...
platformraam.nl
September 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It has been deeply heartening to see Ukraine, a nation fighting for its very survival, to turn to art and literature for solace. It has also raised the profile of other Eastern European writers and artists from the 20th century - operating under similar circumstances: platformraam.nl/artikelen/28...
Reposted by Cathy Young
CBS/YouGov poll:
– 57% oppose deploying the National Guard to DC
– 58% oppose deployments to other cities
– Just 36% on independents support deployments
Pundits who are imagining a hypothetical voter should stop claiming that voter would support these deployments: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...
– 57% oppose deploying the National Guard to DC
– 58% oppose deployments to other cities
– Just 36% on independents support deployments
Pundits who are imagining a hypothetical voter should stop claiming that voter would support these deployments: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...
September 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
CBS/YouGov poll:
– 57% oppose deploying the National Guard to DC
– 58% oppose deployments to other cities
– Just 36% on independents support deployments
Pundits who are imagining a hypothetical voter should stop claiming that voter would support these deployments: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...
– 57% oppose deploying the National Guard to DC
– 58% oppose deployments to other cities
– Just 36% on independents support deployments
Pundits who are imagining a hypothetical voter should stop claiming that voter would support these deployments: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...
Reposted by Cathy Young
my colleagues in C18 literary and cultural studies didn't need David Bowie's endorsement to know that they are the coolest, sexiest group of scholars, and I'm sure they're all taking the news that he was planning "18th Century Musical" completely in stride
David Bowie's final project was a musical set in London
Shortly before his death, the star wrote dozens of notes for a musical set in 18th Century London.
www.bbc.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
my colleagues in C18 literary and cultural studies didn't need David Bowie's endorsement to know that they are the coolest, sexiest group of scholars, and I'm sure they're all taking the news that he was planning "18th Century Musical" completely in stride
Reposted by Cathy Young
The geopolitical ramifications of the United States becoming a dictatorship are *huge* and so I expect most foreign leaders to try to avoid reckoning with it for as long as possible.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social @cathyyoung63.bsky.social
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social @cathyyoung63.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The geopolitical ramifications of the United States becoming a dictatorship are *huge* and so I expect most foreign leaders to try to avoid reckoning with it for as long as possible.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social @cathyyoung63.bsky.social
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social @cathyyoung63.bsky.social
Reposted by Cathy Young
"It’s rare to pack so much culture-war toxicity into one short post over something that matters so little." But Chris Rufo can do it!
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Rufo's anti-woke authoritarianism: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-chris-...
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Rufo's anti-woke authoritarianism: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-chris-...
How Chris Rufo Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Cancel Culture
The anti-woke warrior’s authoritarian roots are showing
www.thebulwark.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"It’s rare to pack so much culture-war toxicity into one short post over something that matters so little." But Chris Rufo can do it!
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Rufo's anti-woke authoritarianism: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-chris-...
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Rufo's anti-woke authoritarianism: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-chris-...
ICYMI! Very proud of this piece.
Thorough takedown of "trollish, ill-informed pseudo-intellectual" Curtis Yarvin (who wrote for a while as "Mencius Moldbug") by @cathyyoung63.bsky.social.
The Blogger Who Hates America
Curtis Yarvin’s popularity keeps growing. His intellectual rigor, not so much.
www.persuasion.community
May 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
ICYMI! Very proud of this piece.
Reposted by Cathy Young
How has Trump’s actual record so far measured up to the dark scenarios anticipated by those of us who thought his victory would be a disaster? Let’s go through each of the biggest concerns of anti-Trumpers. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/100-days-o...
100 Days of Trump: The Fears Were Justified
Bad policies made worse by lawlessness, pettiness, and stupidity.
www.thebulwark.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How has Trump’s actual record so far measured up to the dark scenarios anticipated by those of us who thought his victory would be a disaster? Let’s go through each of the biggest concerns of anti-Trumpers. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/100-days-o...
Reposted by Cathy Young
"Oh, calm down, how bad can he be?" @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on exactly how well-founded Trump critics' forebodings turned out to be.
100 Days of Trump: The Fears Were Justified
Bad policies made worse by lawlessness, pettiness, and stupidity.
www.thebulwark.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Oh, calm down, how bad can he be?" @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on exactly how well-founded Trump critics' forebodings turned out to be.
Reposted by Cathy Young
There should be an elected Democrat on the ground in El Salvador every minute of every day until Abrego Garcia is brought home.
D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
Bring. Him. Home.
Our cause is here; our time is now.
www.thebulwark.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There should be an elected Democrat on the ground in El Salvador every minute of every day until Abrego Garcia is brought home.
D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
Reposted by Cathy Young
BRING HIM HOME.*
"Trump is in an impossible situation. He cannot allow Abrego Garcia to come home because (a) it would be capitulation to the Supreme Court, and (b) Abrego Garcia cannot be allowed to testify about what he saw and experienced at CECOT. So Democrats must make Trump pay."
"Trump is in an impossible situation. He cannot allow Abrego Garcia to come home because (a) it would be capitulation to the Supreme Court, and (b) Abrego Garcia cannot be allowed to testify about what he saw and experienced at CECOT. So Democrats must make Trump pay."
Bring. Him. Home.
Our cause is here; our time is now.
www.thebulwark.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
BRING HIM HOME.*
"Trump is in an impossible situation. He cannot allow Abrego Garcia to come home because (a) it would be capitulation to the Supreme Court, and (b) Abrego Garcia cannot be allowed to testify about what he saw and experienced at CECOT. So Democrats must make Trump pay."
"Trump is in an impossible situation. He cannot allow Abrego Garcia to come home because (a) it would be capitulation to the Supreme Court, and (b) Abrego Garcia cannot be allowed to testify about what he saw and experienced at CECOT. So Democrats must make Trump pay."
Who knew I was being held up as an example of rising tech hate
April 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Who knew I was being held up as an example of rising tech hate
Reposted by Cathy Young
Dawg it's so over for tech
April 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Dawg it's so over for tech
Reposted by Cathy Young
"It’s almost as if the Trump administration’s decision to put the screws on the universities isn’t actually about reining in antisemitism on campus at all."
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Trump's war against the universities: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Trump's war against the universities: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...
Trump’s War on the Universities
The administration’s power grab is no solution to the real problems on campus.
www.thebulwark.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"It’s almost as if the Trump administration’s decision to put the screws on the universities isn’t actually about reining in antisemitism on campus at all."
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Trump's war against the universities: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Trump's war against the universities: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...
Reposted by Cathy Young
There's a real point about left-wing illiberalism on college campuses, but Trump's broad power grab over universities proves that the narrower questions of antisemitism or illiberalism on speech are not his real motivation. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...
Trump’s War on the Universities
The administration’s power grab is no solution to the real problems on campus.
www.thebulwark.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There's a real point about left-wing illiberalism on college campuses, but Trump's broad power grab over universities proves that the narrower questions of antisemitism or illiberalism on speech are not his real motivation. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...
Reposted by Cathy Young
what a delightfully charming oopsie from the septuagenarian with the nuclear codes 👍👍
www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcm...
April 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
what a delightfully charming oopsie from the septuagenarian with the nuclear codes 👍👍
www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcm...
Reposted by Cathy Young
"When history takes note of the damage done by Trump and his henchpeople, let it also reflect that, from the very beginning, his reign of error was opposed by conscientious professionals within the federal government, often at great personal cost."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
It Takes Guts to Quit on Principle
In praise of those who stood up to the Trump administration.
www.thebulwark.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"When history takes note of the damage done by Trump and his henchpeople, let it also reflect that, from the very beginning, his reign of error was opposed by conscientious professionals within the federal government, often at great personal cost."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
Almost literally gulag porn.
Remember this insane video from two weeks ago? The one that got Noem dubbed the "ICE Barbie" and launched discourse about her Rolex?
Did you know—many people apparently did not—that the men behind her are not deportees from the USA? They're El Salvadoran prisoners ordered to stand there shirtless.
Did you know—many people apparently did not—that the men behind her are not deportees from the USA? They're El Salvadoran prisoners ordered to stand there shirtless.
April 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Almost literally gulag porn.
A little rebellion in MAGA media ranks?
“She’s not an agent!”
Megyn Kelly is slamming DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for “cosplaying” as an ICE Agent.
Kelly says that Noem looks ridiculous and is putting herself in the middle of stuff she has no being in the middle of.
She also slams her for being unprepared.
Megyn Kelly is slamming DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for “cosplaying” as an ICE Agent.
Kelly says that Noem looks ridiculous and is putting herself in the middle of stuff she has no being in the middle of.
She also slams her for being unprepared.
Megyn Kelly Slams Kristi Noem For Cosplaying As Ice Agent
On her show, Megyn Kelly slammed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for “cosplaying” as an ICE agent. Kelly went in on Noem for serving as a distraction during ICE raids and arrests, possibly putting her own life in danger, and trivializing the importance of such operations. She also criticized Noem for being unprepared during press events and for not being precise in her language usage.
bit.ly
April 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A little rebellion in MAGA media ranks?
Reposted by Cathy Young
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Paderewski—the prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in pivotal 1919—was also for a stretch probably the world's most famous pianist. Here he is in a 1937 recording playing Mozart's Rondo in A minor (K. 511). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk_t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk_t...
Paderewski plays Mozart Rondo A minor K 511
YouTube video by gullivior
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Paderewski—the prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in pivotal 1919—was also for a stretch probably the world's most famous pianist. Here he is in a 1937 recording playing Mozart's Rondo in A minor (K. 511). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk_t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk_t...
Reposted by Cathy Young
