Grumble Kitty
@grumblekitty.bsky.social
I ask a lot of ?s. I mean them sincerely.
Overarching goals: reduce premature death & human suffering.
Special interests: gardening, baking, human behavior, medicine, art, animals, politics, interesting objects, learning, film & television, justice
Overarching goals: reduce premature death & human suffering.
Special interests: gardening, baking, human behavior, medicine, art, animals, politics, interesting objects, learning, film & television, justice
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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 295
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 295
November 10, 2025
trumptyrannytracker.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 295
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
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Lawfare has a new landing page where you can find @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social's courtroom dispatches in the litigation surrounding actions from the Trump administration.
Check it out:
Check it out:
Trump Administration Trial Coverage
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lawfare has a new landing page where you can find @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social's courtroom dispatches in the litigation surrounding actions from the Trump administration.
Check it out:
Check it out:
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House Democrats will not give up the fight for affordable health care.
We will not rubber stamp Republicans' extreme premium hikes.
We will not help them fund billionaire tax cuts with your money.
We will not back down.
Not now. Not ever.
We will not rubber stamp Republicans' extreme premium hikes.
We will not help them fund billionaire tax cuts with your money.
We will not back down.
Not now. Not ever.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
House Democrats will not give up the fight for affordable health care.
We will not rubber stamp Republicans' extreme premium hikes.
We will not help them fund billionaire tax cuts with your money.
We will not back down.
Not now. Not ever.
We will not rubber stamp Republicans' extreme premium hikes.
We will not help them fund billionaire tax cuts with your money.
We will not back down.
Not now. Not ever.
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We’re rotting brains. Not even giving young people a reasonable start. Babies born looking into an iPhone instead of their mother’s face. Swiping and clicking instead of coloring. Hearing instead of reading. Watching instead of making. No struggle, no learning, no mastery over material things.
We already see literally this *exact* same claim from adults engaged in pseudoarchaeological content - that humans could not have [done whatever they're focusing on]. I worry about how difficult education on the past will become as kids who believe this begin to take notice of adults in popular
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We’re rotting brains. Not even giving young people a reasonable start. Babies born looking into an iPhone instead of their mother’s face. Swiping and clicking instead of coloring. Hearing instead of reading. Watching instead of making. No struggle, no learning, no mastery over material things.
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increasing distrust of knowledgeable experts, authority figures/institutions for all sorts of concerning reasons. Kids are bearing the consequences of that, their opportunities to learn how to learn and how to evaluate knowledge being taken from them by tech bros already divorced from reality.
5/5
5/5
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
increasing distrust of knowledgeable experts, authority figures/institutions for all sorts of concerning reasons. Kids are bearing the consequences of that, their opportunities to learn how to learn and how to evaluate knowledge being taken from them by tech bros already divorced from reality.
5/5
5/5
There was this weird white stuff on surfaces this morning. Like roofs and lawns.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There was this weird white stuff on surfaces this morning. Like roofs and lawns.
Must read.
Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Must read.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Zoom in to @indivisible.org today at 1:30 PM to hear me and other experts talk about medical misinformation.
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Zoom in to @indivisible.org today at 1:30 PM to hear me and other experts talk about medical misinformation.
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A reshare from Sabrina Guerra (Neuroclastic 2022)
When the rights of abled people take precedence over those of disabled people, our great shame is evident, and we must not consider ourselves a modern, progressive society.
neuroclastic.com/arresting-ab...
When the rights of abled people take precedence over those of disabled people, our great shame is evident, and we must not consider ourselves a modern, progressive society.
neuroclastic.com/arresting-ab...
Arresting Ableism; Insight and Experiences of a Nonspeaking Autistic
“People fail disabled folk when they refuse to accept all ways of being human. In a more perfect world agency would be respected, disability rights honored, and brave hearts exalted. I and others h…
neuroclastic.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A reshare from Sabrina Guerra (Neuroclastic 2022)
When the rights of abled people take precedence over those of disabled people, our great shame is evident, and we must not consider ourselves a modern, progressive society.
neuroclastic.com/arresting-ab...
When the rights of abled people take precedence over those of disabled people, our great shame is evident, and we must not consider ourselves a modern, progressive society.
neuroclastic.com/arresting-ab...
I absolutely love these.
My dad's back in the game, another batch of his wood carvings available in his shop tomorrow. Includes a driftwood phantom, I'm always drawn to the particularly cursed look of those...
👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com
👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I absolutely love these.
Heritage Foundation Pres Apologizes to Staff for Video Refusal to Cancel Tucker Carlson & Throws Shade at Former Chief of Staff
'I made a mistake & I let you down & I let down this institution. Period. Full Stop,' Kevin Roberts told employees at an all-staff meeting
freebeacon.com/politics/i-m...
'I made a mistake & I let you down & I let down this institution. Period. Full Stop,' Kevin Roberts told employees at an all-staff meeting
freebeacon.com/politics/i-m...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I Made A Mistake’: Heritage Foundation President Apologizes to Staff for Video Refusal to Cancel Tucker Carlson and Throws Shade at Former Chief of Staff
"I made a mistake and I let you down and I let down this institution. Period. Full Stop," Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts told the staff of the conservative think tank on Wednesday, a week...
freebeacon.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Heritage Foundation Pres Apologizes to Staff for Video Refusal to Cancel Tucker Carlson & Throws Shade at Former Chief of Staff
'I made a mistake & I let you down & I let down this institution. Period. Full Stop,' Kevin Roberts told employees at an all-staff meeting
freebeacon.com/politics/i-m...
'I made a mistake & I let you down & I let down this institution. Period. Full Stop,' Kevin Roberts told employees at an all-staff meeting
freebeacon.com/politics/i-m...
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Republican politicians' budget bill, the Big Ugly Law, gives tax breaks to private jet owners.
Yes, it makes private jets fully tax-deductible.
It’s clear who Republican politicians are working for… and it ain’t you.
Yes, it makes private jets fully tax-deductible.
It’s clear who Republican politicians are working for… and it ain’t you.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Republican politicians' budget bill, the Big Ugly Law, gives tax breaks to private jet owners.
Yes, it makes private jets fully tax-deductible.
It’s clear who Republican politicians are working for… and it ain’t you.
Yes, it makes private jets fully tax-deductible.
It’s clear who Republican politicians are working for… and it ain’t you.
Nicely done.
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Nicely done.
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Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.
To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.
www.msnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
No.
Getting a B is not good enough.
Getting a B is not good enough.
Hegseth: "Let me say that again. We need to increase acquisition risk in order to decrease operational risk ... An 85% solution in the hands of our armed forces today is infinitely better than an unachievable 100% solution endlessly undergoing testing."
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
No.
Getting a B is not good enough.
Getting a B is not good enough.
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🚨BREAKING: The North Carolina election board on Thursday announced a raft of new hires with backgrounds in Republican politics — the latest sign of the GOP’s partisan takeover of the board as it prepares for next year’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Adds More Partisan GOP Staffers to Election Board
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: The North Carolina election board on Thursday announced a raft of new hires with backgrounds in Republican politics — the latest sign of the GOP’s partisan takeover of the board as it prepares for next year’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
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Still waiting on a response, Secretary Rubio
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Still waiting on a response, Secretary Rubio
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Trump administration has been shutting down the government all year long — mass terminating civil servants, illegally dismantling programs, and more. The lawlessness must stop.
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Trump administration has been shutting down the government all year long — mass terminating civil servants, illegally dismantling programs, and more. The lawlessness must stop.
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This morning, #ICE abducted a preschool teacher without a warrant — in front of children.
I’m hosting a press conference RIGHT NOW with @durbin.senate.gov and @ramirez.house.gov. Tune in here.
I’m hosting a press conference RIGHT NOW with @durbin.senate.gov and @ramirez.house.gov. Tune in here.
ICE Abduction Inside Daycare: Press Conference
YouTube video by U.S. Representative Mike Quigley
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This morning, #ICE abducted a preschool teacher without a warrant — in front of children.
I’m hosting a press conference RIGHT NOW with @durbin.senate.gov and @ramirez.house.gov. Tune in here.
I’m hosting a press conference RIGHT NOW with @durbin.senate.gov and @ramirez.house.gov. Tune in here.