Catherine Halaby
@cahalaby.bsky.social
Ex-TikTok head of entertainment. Opinions mostly about television and my dog.
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Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
www.wsj.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
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@genefortexas.bsky.social: "We're buying time for Texans to wake up... To not only deal with TX but deal w/ this in every other state. If ppl who lie, cheat, and steal are allowed to win the day, that is the end of our country... Get off your ass! This is our last shot at saving the American dream."
August 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@genefortexas.bsky.social: "We're buying time for Texans to wake up... To not only deal with TX but deal w/ this in every other state. If ppl who lie, cheat, and steal are allowed to win the day, that is the end of our country... Get off your ass! This is our last shot at saving the American dream."
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Gaza is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child, according to UNICEF.
Some were killed in their beds. Others while playing. Many were buried before they learned to walk.
Read a list of their names here: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
Some were killed in their beds. Others while playing. Many were buried before they learned to walk.
Read a list of their names here: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
wapo.st
July 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Gaza is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child, according to UNICEF.
Some were killed in their beds. Others while playing. Many were buried before they learned to walk.
Read a list of their names here: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
Some were killed in their beds. Others while playing. Many were buried before they learned to walk.
Read a list of their names here: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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This was already the least productive Congress in history—and now it’s shutting down entirely because Mike Johnson is terrified of Trump (and what might be in the Epstein files). The GOP’s contempt for the American people couldn’t be more obvious.
July 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This was already the least productive Congress in history—and now it’s shutting down entirely because Mike Johnson is terrified of Trump (and what might be in the Epstein files). The GOP’s contempt for the American people couldn’t be more obvious.
Completely unacceptable behavior from federal employees.
“Where is it? Where is the warrant?”
Watch NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander detained at an immigration court⬇️
Watch NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander detained at an immigration court⬇️
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Completely unacceptable behavior from federal employees.
Gross
Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Gross
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in the gop tax plan, the top 0.1% gets more than all the households in the bottom half of america combined
here's the same thing, but showing percentiles
it's a huge tax cut for the top 5% and way less for everyone else
it's a huge tax cut for the top 5% and way less for everyone else
May 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
in the gop tax plan, the top 0.1% gets more than all the households in the bottom half of america combined
Agree
There was a moment when movies (rather than novels) took over as the primary form of fiction in our culture.
At some point we’ll all need to admit that YouTube videos have taken the non-fiction mantle.
At some point we’ll all need to admit that YouTube videos have taken the non-fiction mantle.
May 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Agree
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“Serena Longley, Barnard’s general counsel, acknowledged in an email to the faculty members that Barnard had provided the [Trump EEOC] with the personal contact information of staff members”
Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“Serena Longley, Barnard’s general counsel, acknowledged in an email to the faculty members that Barnard had provided the [Trump EEOC] with the personal contact information of staff members”
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It is true that the government, which is bound by the Constitution's requirement that it provide due process, is expected to behave better than criminals.
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It is true that the government, which is bound by the Constitution's requirement that it provide due process, is expected to behave better than criminals.
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A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.
Count the Dead by the Millions
From HIV and tuberculosis infections to millions of dead children, the deadly impact of Rubio, Musk and Trump’s agenda has been quantified.
www.rollingstone.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.
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Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are letting people die.
NYT: “Like the other 11 children, Abdo starved to death in weeks after Trump froze all U.S. foreign assistance, said local aid workers & a doctor… 🇺🇸-funded soup kitchens in Sudan had been the only lifelines for tens of thousands besieged by fighting.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...
April 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are letting people die.
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They're here legally. They have SSNs, a driver's license, jobs cleaning hotels. They gave immigration officials their address. On Monday, federal agents took them from their home in handcuffs as their children screamed @teoarmus.bsky.social @mariasacchetti.bsky.social Steve Thompson
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Border patrol grabs Venezuelan parents in D.C., despite protected status
The arrest in D.C. of a Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status has sparked concerns that the Trump administration is again willing to separate parents from their children.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
They're here legally. They have SSNs, a driver's license, jobs cleaning hotels. They gave immigration officials their address. On Monday, federal agents took them from their home in handcuffs as their children screamed @teoarmus.bsky.social @mariasacchetti.bsky.social Steve Thompson
wapo.st/4hcBWof
wapo.st/4hcBWof
Just watched it, strong rec!
If you’re in the US, you can watch PBS for free using the app. There’s a series of documentaries called American Experience that’s really good—each is about a different event in history.
Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30.
It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.
Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30.
It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.
March 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just watched it, strong rec!
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There's been so much publicity about the now-Oscar-winning doc No Other Land being unable to find a U.S. distributor (which is appalling) that some people may not realize it's currently on 100 screens here. In Manhattan you can see it at Film Forum; in Brooklyn it's at Alamo Drafthouse.
March 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There's been so much publicity about the now-Oscar-winning doc No Other Land being unable to find a U.S. distributor (which is appalling) that some people may not realize it's currently on 100 screens here. In Manhattan you can see it at Film Forum; in Brooklyn it's at Alamo Drafthouse.
enraged
Hundreds of USAID workers who had been fired or placed on leave returned to their offices on Thursday to retrieve personal belongings. They were given just 15 minutes each to clear out their old desks.
Stunned U.S.A.I.D. Workers Return to Clean Out Their Desks
Democrats said a review mandated by executive order was “not a serious effort or attempt at reform.”
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
enraged
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Another brick in the fascist wall:
WSJ reports Linda Yaccarino (CEO, X) threatening IPG w/government (Musk) retribution unless they advertise on X platform.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
WSJ reports Linda Yaccarino (CEO, X) threatening IPG w/government (Musk) retribution unless they advertise on X platform.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | X Hinted at Possible Deal Trouble in Talks With Ad Giant to Increase Spending
Interpublic Group recently signed an advertising agreement with the social-media platform; other agencies are also in negotiations.
www.wsj.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Another brick in the fascist wall:
WSJ reports Linda Yaccarino (CEO, X) threatening IPG w/government (Musk) retribution unless they advertise on X platform.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
WSJ reports Linda Yaccarino (CEO, X) threatening IPG w/government (Musk) retribution unless they advertise on X platform.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:
February 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:
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“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”
The AP provides a model of effective press resistance
Credibility is more important than access.
www.publicnotice.co
February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”
Truly, perhaps the dumbest rulers of the modern age.
The dumbest people who have ever existed are running the country
February 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Truly, perhaps the dumbest rulers of the modern age.
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
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If Google is going to go along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico I think we need to rename them.
January 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If Google is going to go along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico I think we need to rename them.
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we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.