BattleCat
@mereycat.bsky.social
Twitter runaway, introvert, odd thinker🛸🔮🔬, & random crafter🧶🪡✂️ 🧵🎨🖌️✒️
Currently making a cool Victorian dress for no good reason🫠
Hooman servant to angora buns, banty chooks, & 3 boys
Resist hate and fear 🇺🇦🇺🇲
Be the change you want to see💙
Currently making a cool Victorian dress for no good reason🫠
Hooman servant to angora buns, banty chooks, & 3 boys
Resist hate and fear 🇺🇦🇺🇲
Be the change you want to see💙
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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The FDA's top drug regulator claims retaliation:
George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned after officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct."
Tidmarsh claimed a "toxic environment" at the FDA and said the review was retaliation for warnings about politics trumping science.
George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned after officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct."
Tidmarsh claimed a "toxic environment" at the FDA and said the review was retaliation for warnings about politics trumping science.
F.D.A. Drug Unit Chief Resigns, and Is Sued by Drug Company
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The FDA's top drug regulator claims retaliation:
George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned after officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct."
Tidmarsh claimed a "toxic environment" at the FDA and said the review was retaliation for warnings about politics trumping science.
George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned after officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct."
Tidmarsh claimed a "toxic environment" at the FDA and said the review was retaliation for warnings about politics trumping science.
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Feeding America can turn $1 into roughly 10 meals…
Giving canned goods to food banks is also great! But these organizations are able to stretch cash A LOT farther.”
Giving canned goods to food banks is also great! But these organizations are able to stretch cash A LOT farther.”
The TOP 7 Ways to Help Struggling SNAP Recipients
Please read!
Even if you don't read it, please share it, so your followers can. Let's come together in these dark times!
Please read!
Even if you don't read it, please share it, so your followers can. Let's come together in these dark times!
The Top 7 Ways to Help Struggling SNAP Recipients
By popular demand, here are some key ways to support food-insecure Americans while Republicans turn their backs.
www.tealandorangereport.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Feeding America can turn $1 into roughly 10 meals…
Giving canned goods to food banks is also great! But these organizations are able to stretch cash A LOT farther.”
Giving canned goods to food banks is also great! But these organizations are able to stretch cash A LOT farther.”
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GIVE ME MY FUCKING TACO TRUCK!!
From Mission Impossible to Mister Mayor
If Zohran Mamdani governs as he campaigned, he will prove that the people have the power to shape their own future.
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
GIVE ME MY FUCKING TACO TRUCK!!
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NEW: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and a state assemblymember, will become New York City’s next mayor, The Associated Press reports.
He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor and, at age 34, ties the record for the youngest person to hold the office. https://to.pbs.org/4ovh28q
He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor and, at age 34, ties the record for the youngest person to hold the office. https://to.pbs.org/4ovh28q
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
NEW: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and a state assemblymember, will become New York City’s next mayor, The Associated Press reports.
He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor and, at age 34, ties the record for the youngest person to hold the office. https://to.pbs.org/4ovh28q
He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor and, at age 34, ties the record for the youngest person to hold the office. https://to.pbs.org/4ovh28q
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Hot new event venue just dropped
The Epstein Ballroom for Global Connections
epsteinsballroom.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hot new event venue just dropped
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirms 3 fatalities and 11 injured, some very significant, in Louisville UPS cargo plane crash. "That number is going to get larger."
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirms 3 fatalities and 11 injured, some very significant, in Louisville UPS cargo plane crash. "That number is going to get larger."
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it’s nine PM on the east coast and polls have closed
bring me the head of andrew cuomo
bring me the head of andrew cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
it’s nine PM on the east coast and polls have closed
bring me the head of andrew cuomo
bring me the head of andrew cuomo
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As a reminder:
Nov. 4, 2024
Russia was responsible for sending two incendiary devices to DHL logistics hubs in Germany and the United Kingdom in July as part of a wider sabotage campaign to possibly start fires aboard aircraft bound for North America
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Nov. 4, 2024
Russia was responsible for sending two incendiary devices to DHL logistics hubs in Germany and the United Kingdom in July as part of a wider sabotage campaign to possibly start fires aboard aircraft bound for North America
share.google/1jELzkS1Rniy...
Russia behind plot to plant bombs on cargo planes, Western official says
The case is the latest example of a wider Russian sabotage campaign to disrupt Western support for Ukraine, officials say.
share.google
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
As a reminder:
Nov. 4, 2024
Russia was responsible for sending two incendiary devices to DHL logistics hubs in Germany and the United Kingdom in July as part of a wider sabotage campaign to possibly start fires aboard aircraft bound for North America
share.google/1jELzkS1Rniy...
Nov. 4, 2024
Russia was responsible for sending two incendiary devices to DHL logistics hubs in Germany and the United Kingdom in July as part of a wider sabotage campaign to possibly start fires aboard aircraft bound for North America
share.google/1jELzkS1Rniy...
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We went door to door delivering educational flyers on the faces of fascism (see the end of video). They were very popular
w/neighbors, many of whom had "We Stand With Fed Workers" signs in their yard. A few we chatted with expressed interest in repeating the protest in the coming days. 👀
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w/neighbors, many of whom had "We Stand With Fed Workers" signs in their yard. A few we chatted with expressed interest in repeating the protest in the coming days. 👀
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October 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We went door to door delivering educational flyers on the faces of fascism (see the end of video). They were very popular
w/neighbors, many of whom had "We Stand With Fed Workers" signs in their yard. A few we chatted with expressed interest in repeating the protest in the coming days. 👀
CONT IN 🧵
w/neighbors, many of whom had "We Stand With Fed Workers" signs in their yard. A few we chatted with expressed interest in repeating the protest in the coming days. 👀
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ISP has fallen back and the feds have withdrawn for now.
The crowd chants “Let them go!”
The crowd chants “Let them go!”
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
ISP has fallen back and the feds have withdrawn for now.
The crowd chants “Let them go!”
The crowd chants “Let them go!”
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Cook County Sheriff’s van departs with arrested protesters. At least nine people arrested, including a medic and one of the musicians.
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Cook County Sheriff’s van departs with arrested protesters. At least nine people arrested, including a medic and one of the musicians.
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As ISP deals with zip tied protesters on the curb, masked feds and ICE agents with pepper ball guns at the ready look on outside the detention center.
October 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
As ISP deals with zip tied protesters on the curb, masked feds and ICE agents with pepper ball guns at the ready look on outside the detention center.
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Everything that just happened was both brutal and expected given how we've seen ISP behave these last few weeks.
Saw troopers striking people with batons, dragging protesters. They're currently cuffing someone marked as a medic. Approximately nine people we see in state custody now.
Saw troopers striking people with batons, dragging protesters. They're currently cuffing someone marked as a medic. Approximately nine people we see in state custody now.
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Everything that just happened was both brutal and expected given how we've seen ISP behave these last few weeks.
Saw troopers striking people with batons, dragging protesters. They're currently cuffing someone marked as a medic. Approximately nine people we see in state custody now.
Saw troopers striking people with batons, dragging protesters. They're currently cuffing someone marked as a medic. Approximately nine people we see in state custody now.
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State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
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Chief Mills told people they could go ahead and protest in the barricaded zone. Activists and press entered the street instead. Facing off with ISP and Broadview PD now.
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Chief Mills told people they could go ahead and protest in the barricaded zone. Activists and press entered the street instead. Facing off with ISP and Broadview PD now.
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Crowd here has grown, and people are fired up with chants. Broadview PD and ISP trying to push people out of the street/maintain the "protest zone." Someone plays the accordion.
October 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Crowd here has grown, and people are fired up with chants. Broadview PD and ISP trying to push people out of the street/maintain the "protest zone." Someone plays the accordion.
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Despite the restrictions, protest is still happening. Crowd is chanting, "CPD! KKK! ICE! They're all the same!"
October 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Despite the restrictions, protest is still happening. Crowd is chanting, "CPD! KKK! ICE! They're all the same!"
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This is what that looks like in practice—protesters are still here, they and press have been sequestered to these two corners where they are "not protesting."
October 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is what that looks like in practice—protesters are still here, they and press have been sequestered to these two corners where they are "not protesting."
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Note: the city of Broadview has imposed a curfew on protest here outside the detention center.
Free speech hours (even in the "allowed" area boxed in by cement barricades here) don't start until 9am.
Free speech hours (even in the "allowed" area boxed in by cement barricades here) don't start until 9am.
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Note: the city of Broadview has imposed a curfew on protest here outside the detention center.
Free speech hours (even in the "allowed" area boxed in by cement barricades here) don't start until 9am.
Free speech hours (even in the "allowed" area boxed in by cement barricades here) don't start until 9am.
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At the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this morning.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
At the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this morning.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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Yet again, the cruelty is the point.
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Yet again, the cruelty is the point.