Cat Specter
@catspecter.bsky.social
Newspaper columnist for a decade and they paid me the big bucks. By me I mean someone else. Author, editor, dog lover. Maxwell School and American University alum.
…. because World War II, the Civil War, and slavery and lynchings were peaceful endeavors.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
…. because World War II, the Civil War, and slavery and lynchings were peaceful endeavors.
This is literally the premise of The Meg.
This summer scientists drilled deep below the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northeastern US and tapped into a huge, mysterious reservoir of freshwater — what they discovered could have big implications for a world grappling with an increasingly severe water crisis: https://cnn.it/4pqYNSf
September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is literally the premise of The Meg.
This post should have specified “a veteran” instead of simply “a man.”
A man set fire to a U.S. flag across the street from the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s anti-flag-burning executive order.
Man burns U.S. flag near White House to protest Trump order
A flag was burned across from the White House Monday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order that appeared to outlaw flag burning.
wapo.st
August 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This post should have specified “a veteran” instead of simply “a man.”
Poor Bella. My dog is napping dreaming about the pizza crust she DID eat off the sidewalk this morning.
This is Bella. She's thinking about this morning when she could have eaten the pizza crust on the sidewalk but didn't. Was a good girl, but good for who? 13/10 (IG: buddy_bella_birdie)
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Poor Bella. My dog is napping dreaming about the pizza crust she DID eat off the sidewalk this morning.
I can’t hit like hard enough 😂🐾💛
This is Sirius. He wanted to show off all of his best unconventional tricks. 14/10 what an absolute pro
June 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I can’t hit like hard enough 😂🐾💛
This is going to be a very very very long four years.
Sen. Michael Bennet: "Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were, as director of the CIA, participating in this thread, were you aware of that? Are you? Are you aware of that today?"
Ratcliffe: "I'm not aware of that."
Ratcliffe: "I'm not aware of that."
March 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is going to be a very very very long four years.
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By attacking science:
We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care.
We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit.
We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care.
We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit.
We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
March 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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He came into office five minutes ago and he’s already on vacation. But sure, continue firing thousands of federal employees because *they* are wasting tax dollars.
As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
After claiming remote workers are actually golfing, Trump again hits the links in Florida | CNN Politics
As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home here at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
He came into office five minutes ago and he’s already on vacation. But sure, continue firing thousands of federal employees because *they* are wasting tax dollars.
“Key talks that excluded Kyiv”🧐
The US and Russia will appoint high-level teams to negotiate the end of the war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the end of key talks that excluded Kyiv.
US and Russia to appoint teams to negotiate end of Ukraine war in talks that excluded Kyiv | CNN
The United States and Russia will appoint high-level teams to negotiate the end of the war in Ukraine and are working to reestablish diplomatic channels, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the ...
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“Key talks that excluded Kyiv”🧐
And he did it twice.
Yes, Elon just did a Nazi salute - no matter how much the media will try to gaslight us by calling it something else...It was absolutely a Nazi salute.
January 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And he did it twice.
Holy f*ck
January 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Holy f*ck
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This is Lady. She is on a very important phone call right now, if you don't mind. 13/10
January 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Sadly perfect Jan 6th commemoration.
January 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sadly perfect Jan 6th commemoration.
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🚨 BREAKING: President Biden has awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State, Senator, and First Lady Hillary Clinton.
A well-deserved honor—and she looks fantastic!
A well-deserved honor—and she looks fantastic!
January 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Good political analysts are invaluable to a campaign. You might be surprised at how poorly so many candidates understand the rhythms and mechanisms of electoral politics. Many just say what they’re told to say, shake a lot of hands, kiss party leaders’ asses, and hope for the best.
January 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good political analysts are invaluable to a campaign. You might be surprised at how poorly so many candidates understand the rhythms and mechanisms of electoral politics. Many just say what they’re told to say, shake a lot of hands, kiss party leaders’ asses, and hope for the best.
Right??? Curious how the election wasn’t about the price of eggs after all.
Weird how gas and egg prices are no longer a problem.
December 30, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Right??? Curious how the election wasn’t about the price of eggs after all.
….who believes a worm crawled inside his brain and died there. Which makes you wonder if it’s still in there? Did he try to have it surgically removed? So many questions.
There's a bizarre and ongoing mainstream effort to launder RFK Jr into someone who just wants to get Americans eating nutritious food and exercising again but that is not evidenced anywhere in his public statements or career in public life.
He is a liar and conspiracist.
He is a liar and conspiracist.
December 13, 2024 at 7:29 PM
….who believes a worm crawled inside his brain and died there. Which makes you wonder if it’s still in there? Did he try to have it surgically removed? So many questions.
Yep, it wasn’t about the price of eggs after all.
I keep thinking about those paycheck to paycheck “price of eggs” Trump voters who picked a billionaire to appoint other billionaires who are going to make their food less safe & more costly, their medication harder to get, their overtime nonexistent and their healthcare coverage a thing of the past.
December 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Yep, it wasn’t about the price of eggs after all.
Of all the calls you could get on your birthday, this spam call takes the cake…
November 28, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Of all the calls you could get on your birthday, this spam call takes the cake…
They’re not anti-science. They want *us* to be anti-science.
One of the things I still don’t understand is how these tech bros can be pro-technology and anti science.
November 25, 2024 at 4:31 PM
They’re not anti-science. They want *us* to be anti-science.
Misogyny. There, do I win a prize?
Some of the same people who want to ban library books and drag shows seem perfectly fine with sexual predators serving in the cabinet. Make that make sense.
November 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Misogyny. There, do I win a prize?
Now that the election is done, turns out it wasn’t about the price of eggs.
November 6, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Now that the election is done, turns out it wasn’t about the price of eggs.
This is a wonderful article🍃👍
Your vibrant green lawn may look lush, but it’s actually an ecological wasteland.
Here's an interactive step-by-step look at what happens when you let your lawn grow: flowering weeds bloom, feeding birds and bees.
Here's an interactive step-by-step look at what happens when you let your lawn grow: flowering weeds bloom, feeding birds and bees.
What actually happens within your lawn when you don’t mow it
An interactive step-by-step look at what happens when you let your lawn grow: flowering weeds bloom, feeding birds and bees.
wapo.st
May 10, 2024 at 7:11 PM
This is a wonderful article🍃👍
I get the legal argument, and I am not one to tell others what to spend their money on. But imagine caring this much about a friggin purse that has cheap dupes everywhere.
Two California residents on Tuesday filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Hermès, accusing the company of holding back the coveted Birkin bag for all but the highest-spending customers. The practice, the plaintiffs argue, violates antitrust law.
They Failed in Their Quests to Buy Birkin Bags. So They Sued.
But fans of the famed Hermès accessory say that the exclusivity is the whole point.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2024 at 4:32 PM
I get the legal argument, and I am not one to tell others what to spend their money on. But imagine caring this much about a friggin purse that has cheap dupes everywhere.