Just a french cat
@justafrenchcat.bsky.social
Mostly, international, French, US politics. History & humour also.
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect"
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect"
Pinned
C'est du Sartre, ce n'est pas tout jeune, mais je trouve que cet extrait reste pertinent, surtout en cette période de "noyer la zone sous la merde" comme le stratégise Steve Bannon.
(L'extrait est de"Réflexions sur la question juive, 1946)
(L'extrait est de"Réflexions sur la question juive, 1946)
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On a donc auj l’extrême droite qui crache à la gueule des victimes de terrorisme et relaie des théories conspis sur le Bataclan, et le principal mvt de gauche qui investit aux municipales un pote de Nabe et Dieudonné, complotiste antivax, pro Poutine et pro Assad. Pourquoi ça finirait bien ?
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
On a donc auj l’extrême droite qui crache à la gueule des victimes de terrorisme et relaie des théories conspis sur le Bataclan, et le principal mvt de gauche qui investit aux municipales un pote de Nabe et Dieudonné, complotiste antivax, pro Poutine et pro Assad. Pourquoi ça finirait bien ?
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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
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Qu’est-ce qu’on est trop connes quand même, de pas choisir les métiers les plus lucratifs hein ! À croire qu’on le fait exprès ! Vraiment les bobonnes pensons à brancher nos neurones deux secondes, un petit effort, sinon comment on va réduire les inégalités salariales qu’on provoque bêtement ?
Dis que tu es un misogyne sans dire que tu es un misogyne (et un abruti)
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«Si les femmes s’orientaient vers des secteurs plus lucratifs, elles gagneraient davantage.»
#FrédéricTaddéï.
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«Si les femmes s’orientaient vers des secteurs plus lucratifs, elles gagneraient davantage.»
#FrédéricTaddéï.
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Qu’est-ce qu’on est trop connes quand même, de pas choisir les métiers les plus lucratifs hein ! À croire qu’on le fait exprès ! Vraiment les bobonnes pensons à brancher nos neurones deux secondes, un petit effort, sinon comment on va réduire les inégalités salariales qu’on provoque bêtement ?
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It's certainly a compelling theory.
AOC Reveals Why She Thinks MTG Is Actually On A 'Revenge Tour' Against Her Fellow Republicans
www.comicsands.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It's certainly a compelling theory.
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
FACT CHECK: TRUE
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Side note. Jim Comey says that DOJ accessed material seized from Dan Richman that was not scoped for the prior investigation, 2 different 4A violations. As part of his 2nd bid to get the grand jury transcript, he said if Bondi relied on 4A violations to ratify THE FIRST TIME, it's 4A violation.
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Side note. Jim Comey says that DOJ accessed material seized from Dan Richman that was not scoped for the prior investigation, 2 different 4A violations. As part of his 2nd bid to get the grand jury transcript, he said if Bondi relied on 4A violations to ratify THE FIRST TIME, it's 4A violation.
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The govt and Hannah Dugan (judge arrested in Milwaukee for disrupting an immigration arrest in what seems an aeon ago) have exchanged their limine motions. DOJ's are competently dickish in a way we used to see.
DOJ is going to arg by deferring hearing Dugan violated victim's rights.
DOJ is going to arg by deferring hearing Dugan violated victim's rights.
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The govt and Hannah Dugan (judge arrested in Milwaukee for disrupting an immigration arrest in what seems an aeon ago) have exchanged their limine motions. DOJ's are competently dickish in a way we used to see.
DOJ is going to arg by deferring hearing Dugan violated victim's rights.
DOJ is going to arg by deferring hearing Dugan violated victim's rights.
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Shit.
Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman.
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Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Shit.
Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman.
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Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman.
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Ils se sont plaints de ne pas être invités. CQFD.
Je rappelle que les seules victimes que l’extrême droite respecte sont celles qui lui permettent de nourrir son islamophobie.
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Je rappelle que les seules victimes que l’extrême droite respecte sont celles qui lui permettent de nourrir son islamophobie.
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Le Rassemblement national tourne en dérision la commémoration des dix ans du 13-Novembre
Plusieurs élus du parti d’extrême droite ont moqué la cérémonie d’inauguration du jardin du 13-Novembre-2015, à Paris. Leurs quolibets ont plus particulièrement visé un chant entonné par une chorale f...
www.lemonde.fr
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Ils se sont plaints de ne pas être invités. CQFD.
Je rappelle que les seules victimes que l’extrême droite respecte sont celles qui lui permettent de nourrir son islamophobie.
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Je rappelle que les seules victimes que l’extrême droite respecte sont celles qui lui permettent de nourrir son islamophobie.
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
#IA et réseaux sociaux 🙄🤬
Bien sûr qu'ils auraient menti ou diffusé de fausses informations sans. Mais l'outil rend la chose beaucoup plus facile. De même que l'absence de modération (ou une modération partiale) sur les RS, à commencer par le marigot nazi de Musk.
Bien sûr qu'ils auraient menti ou diffusé de fausses informations sans. Mais l'outil rend la chose beaucoup plus facile. De même que l'absence de modération (ou une modération partiale) sur les RS, à commencer par le marigot nazi de Musk.
Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#IA et réseaux sociaux 🙄🤬
Bien sûr qu'ils auraient menti ou diffusé de fausses informations sans. Mais l'outil rend la chose beaucoup plus facile. De même que l'absence de modération (ou une modération partiale) sur les RS, à commencer par le marigot nazi de Musk.
Bien sûr qu'ils auraient menti ou diffusé de fausses informations sans. Mais l'outil rend la chose beaucoup plus facile. De même que l'absence de modération (ou une modération partiale) sur les RS, à commencer par le marigot nazi de Musk.
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It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Darken as Secret Memo Reveals Holes in Legal Case
A new White House memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the White House says so!
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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And while you're all avoiding the deGrayded Lady, check out two great Propublica stories on corruption.
First, about Kristi Noem's propaganda slush fund.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
First, about Kristi Noem's propaganda slush fund.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And while you're all avoiding the deGrayded Lady, check out two great Propublica stories on corruption.
First, about Kristi Noem's propaganda slush fund.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
First, about Kristi Noem's propaganda slush fund.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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This, from @pbump.com, is a superb description of what pollsters are showing: Trump's support is growing soft, starting w/Epstein.
But the other thing Epstein does--is perfectly designed to do (bc his trolls have ALWAYS been pedo-conspiracy adjacent) is they make it REALLY hard to command attention
But the other thing Epstein does--is perfectly designed to do (bc his trolls have ALWAYS been pedo-conspiracy adjacent) is they make it REALLY hard to command attention
Donald Trump’s presidency hinges on loyalty, which depends on the perception of power. As a lame duck, that perception is already eroding — and the Epstein scandal is now accelerating it.
Opinion | The Epstein divisions among Republicans are hastening Trump's lame-duck status
These polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than the president wants to admit.
www.msnbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This, from @pbump.com, is a superb description of what pollsters are showing: Trump's support is growing soft, starting w/Epstein.
But the other thing Epstein does--is perfectly designed to do (bc his trolls have ALWAYS been pedo-conspiracy adjacent) is they make it REALLY hard to command attention
But the other thing Epstein does--is perfectly designed to do (bc his trolls have ALWAYS been pedo-conspiracy adjacent) is they make it REALLY hard to command attention
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Remember when it was a weeks-long scandal that Obama gave the Queen an iPod full of music, bc it threatened the Special Relationship?
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Remember when it was a weeks-long scandal that Obama gave the Queen an iPod full of music, bc it threatened the Special Relationship?
Very good indicator, and good job 👍🏻
"In the year since Trump won reelection, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local or state office through @runforsomething.net "
"For context, about 67,000 people signed up with the group in Trump’s first term ― over the entirety of those four years."
"In the year since Trump won reelection, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local or state office through @runforsomething.net "
"For context, about 67,000 people signed up with the group in Trump’s first term ― over the entirety of those four years."
The Trump Backlash That's Flying Under The Radar
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Very good indicator, and good job 👍🏻
"In the year since Trump won reelection, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local or state office through @runforsomething.net "
"For context, about 67,000 people signed up with the group in Trump’s first term ― over the entirety of those four years."
"In the year since Trump won reelection, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local or state office through @runforsomething.net "
"For context, about 67,000 people signed up with the group in Trump’s first term ― over the entirety of those four years."
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The Fox Bubble is still a huge problem but Fox News is not what it used to be.
Unless Fox News is willing to break down the Epstein emails, their audience will never see any reason to believe that Trump was anything except friendly with Epstein.
Much like the Russia investigation, they won’t accept it.
Much like the Russia investigation, they won’t accept it.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Fox Bubble is still a huge problem but Fox News is not what it used to be.
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As folks are reading Jim Ryan's letter about how Harmeet Dhillon, among others, ousted him as UVA President, worth reviewing how Eagle Ed MARTIN tried to scare Letitia James into resigning. [corrected]
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November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As folks are reading Jim Ryan's letter about how Harmeet Dhillon, among others, ousted him as UVA President, worth reviewing how Eagle Ed MARTIN tried to scare Letitia James into resigning. [corrected]
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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for the record, this is how the @nytimes.com covered Bloomberg, a man elected to the same office as Katie Wilson with the exact same amount of experience in public office as Katie Wilson, but whom the paper did not view with obvious contempt www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/n...
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
for the record, this is how the @nytimes.com covered Bloomberg, a man elected to the same office as Katie Wilson with the exact same amount of experience in public office as Katie Wilson, but whom the paper did not view with obvious contempt www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/n...
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Je me sens moins seul à expliquer qu'il n'y a pas droitisation par en bas. Cet article rejoint sur le Royaume Uni rejoint les conclusions que j'ai établi sur la France
🚨 New paper with Maria Grasso on generational shifts in political values. Despite talk of rising age polarisation, we show that gaps in attitudes are stable or even narrowing. Economic attitudes move in cycles, while social values have become more liberal – mainly due to generational replacement.
Political Socialisation in the UK: Describing Generational Changes of Values - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
A growing bulk of research examines intergenerational shifts in attitudes and the extent to which they are attributable to new cohorts of voters being socialised under different socioeconomic and cult...
link.springer.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Je me sens moins seul à expliquer qu'il n'y a pas droitisation par en bas. Cet article rejoint sur le Royaume Uni rejoint les conclusions que j'ai établi sur la France
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"to the second Trump Administration"
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In new statement, attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell:
"Maxwell has not requested a commutation - or made a Pardon – application to the second Trump Administration. Prior to any such application a prisoner needs to demonstrate that all possible avenues of appeal have been exhausted"
"Maxwell has not requested a commutation - or made a Pardon – application to the second Trump Administration. Prior to any such application a prisoner needs to demonstrate that all possible avenues of appeal have been exhausted"
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"to the second Trump Administration"
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It's certainly a distraction but also, if Dems were involved, lock them up too! The difference is we want everyone involved, including Dems and Trump to have consequences.
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's certainly a distraction but also, if Dems were involved, lock them up too! The difference is we want everyone involved, including Dems and Trump to have consequences.