Pfläger Katsumata
@mindonfire.bsky.social
Curious person.
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A NY University project is tracking lawsuits of low merit filed by the rich and powerful to punish citizens and the press for exercising their 1A rights. They’re called SLAPP claims – Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. This is a growing threat from Trump and other foes of free speech.
www.nyu.edu
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Why do journalists have no apparent solidarity whatsoever? This rancid POS jabs his finger in a woman reporter's face and calls her "piggy" and none of the other journalists there says a word?
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Why do journalists have no apparent solidarity whatsoever? This rancid POS jabs his finger in a woman reporter's face and calls her "piggy" and none of the other journalists there says a word?
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A short thread of observations using Max Andrew's tool to explore the network of relationships revealed in the Epstein estate email cache. @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A short thread of observations using Max Andrew's tool to explore the network of relationships revealed in the Epstein estate email cache. @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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Important follow up reporting on the over-the-top Chicago raid. Great work by ProPublica.
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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More than 10 years ago, I was an Army Colonel assigned to SOUTHCOM. I cannot EVEN imagine what is going through the minds of our servicemembers & civilians that serve at that HQ. The cherry on top is the HQ is directly across the street from DT's Doral golf course. Don't let this story disappear📣
Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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By sending us $2,000 to give to billionaire insurance CEOs, and by tripling the interest we pay to mortgage companies while he continues to limit what we can write off, he's effectively looting the treasury and using us a mules to launder the stolen money; funneling it to the wealthy.
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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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 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Someone else said this first - @johnrogers.bsky.social, I think - but a billionaire is the political equivalent of a nuclear bomb in terms of sheer destructive potential for a would-be democratic society.
How much worse, then, is a trillionaire?
How much worse, then, is a trillionaire?
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Someone else said this first - @johnrogers.bsky.social, I think - but a billionaire is the political equivalent of a nuclear bomb in terms of sheer destructive potential for a would-be democratic society.
How much worse, then, is a trillionaire?
How much worse, then, is a trillionaire?
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We’ve been trying for 10 months to get Judge Aileen Cannon’s gag order blocking the full release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents lifted.
A federal appeals court gave Cannon 60 days to rule.
americanoversight.org/appeals-cour...
A federal appeals court gave Cannon 60 days to rule.
americanoversight.org/appeals-cour...
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Damn, even the cat voting?
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Damn, even the cat voting?
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not the worst way to pony up
Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
not the worst way to pony up
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October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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NEW: In a joint statement, six of the top #IL09 candidates condemned the indictment of Kat Abughazaleh and five others on Wednesday, calling it "partisan and unethical."
"This is what happens in dictatorships and failed states; we should never accept it here."
Statement:
"This is what happens in dictatorships and failed states; we should never accept it here."
Statement:
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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""It is a bad professional practice for theoretical astrophysicists to conclude that the data must be wrong just because they do not have a theoretical explanation for it.” Needless to say, the same lesson applies to the anomalies of 3I/ATLAS."
Open-mindedness seems to be quite alien in academia. 👾
Open-mindedness seems to be quite alien in academia. 👾
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
""It is a bad professional practice for theoretical astrophysicists to conclude that the data must be wrong just because they do not have a theoretical explanation for it.” Needless to say, the same lesson applies to the anomalies of 3I/ATLAS."
Open-mindedness seems to be quite alien in academia. 👾
Open-mindedness seems to be quite alien in academia. 👾
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This is an important book filled with deep insights into great power competition. The historical overview is fascinating. The experience driven analysis is even more compelling. I highly encourage this read!
OUT TODAY!
My new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, looks at the challenges posed by autocratic Russia and China and explains how/why the U.S. must lead the democratic world in response.
In stores and online: www.harpercollins.com/products/autocrats-vs-democrats-michael-mcfaul?variant=43731712606242
My new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, looks at the challenges posed by autocratic Russia and China and explains how/why the U.S. must lead the democratic world in response.
In stores and online: www.harpercollins.com/products/autocrats-vs-democrats-michael-mcfaul?variant=43731712606242
October 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is an important book filled with deep insights into great power competition. The historical overview is fascinating. The experience driven analysis is even more compelling. I highly encourage this read!
PRODUCER: "We'll also be launching a new "political news gossip segment" next Wednesday and, naturally, we're going to call it, "The Tea Spilled by Morning Joe."
I know, right?!
Joe's nephew already made up a bumper graphic, so here's what the rest of you all need to do..."
THE REST OF US ALL:
I know, right?!
Joe's nephew already made up a bumper graphic, so here's what the rest of you all need to do..."
THE REST OF US ALL:
a man with a beard is sitting in a chair wearing a grey shirt and looking at the camera .
ALT: a man with a beard is sitting in a chair wearing a grey shirt and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
PRODUCER: "We'll also be launching a new "political news gossip segment" next Wednesday and, naturally, we're going to call it, "The Tea Spilled by Morning Joe."
I know, right?!
Joe's nephew already made up a bumper graphic, so here's what the rest of you all need to do..."
THE REST OF US ALL:
I know, right?!
Joe's nephew already made up a bumper graphic, so here's what the rest of you all need to do..."
THE REST OF US ALL:
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Donald Trump deleted this from the government website.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Donald Trump deleted this from the government website.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
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In MA, folks enrolled in SNAP who have active EBT cards with at least a $1 balance will still be able to access fresh produce with their cards through the Healthy Incentives Program. That funding doesn't go away Nov. 1, when SNAP does. www.mass.gov/info-details...
www.mass.gov
October 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In MA, folks enrolled in SNAP who have active EBT cards with at least a $1 balance will still be able to access fresh produce with their cards through the Healthy Incentives Program. That funding doesn't go away Nov. 1, when SNAP does. www.mass.gov/info-details...
Let's go ahead and normalize Christmas-themed costume-wearing for Halloween so it will no longer be at all weird that tv commercials on tv are already featuring jingly-jangly "Happy Holiday" asshole messaging.
santa claus blowing snow from his hands with the words enjoy the magic on the bottom left
ALT: santa claus blowing snow from his hands with the words enjoy the magic on the bottom left
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Let's go ahead and normalize Christmas-themed costume-wearing for Halloween so it will no longer be at all weird that tv commercials on tv are already featuring jingly-jangly "Happy Holiday" asshole messaging.
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🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨
Attention, emerging photojournalists!
@propublica.org is looking for our latest photojournalism fellow. It's a two-year deal with full salary and benefits. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1.
All the details and application here👇
Attention, emerging photojournalists!
@propublica.org is looking for our latest photojournalism fellow. It's a two-year deal with full salary and benefits. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1.
All the details and application here👇
Photojournalism Fellowship
New York City, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨
Attention, emerging photojournalists!
@propublica.org is looking for our latest photojournalism fellow. It's a two-year deal with full salary and benefits. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1.
All the details and application here👇
Attention, emerging photojournalists!
@propublica.org is looking for our latest photojournalism fellow. It's a two-year deal with full salary and benefits. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1.
All the details and application here👇
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yeah this is breathtaking
God never thought I'd be crying listening to Guile's theme @goldenboy.pro @sharpiepls.com @sajamfgc.bsky.social
🎂 For Yoko Shimomura's 58th birthday, we posted @mkvaff.bsky.social's solo piano arrangement that he made both in her honor as well as for the family that inspired him to make music.
A beautiful rendition of Guile's theme, SHARE IT! :-)
🎹 ocremix.org/remix/OCR04926
🎞️ youtube.com/watch?v=czGL...
A beautiful rendition of Guile's theme, SHARE IT! :-)
🎹 ocremix.org/remix/OCR04926
🎞️ youtube.com/watch?v=czGL...
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
yeah this is breathtaking
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Thx for forwarding this. @hankgreen.bsky.social your message is spreading. My politically unmotivated kid just texted me saying she is coming home to vote this weekend "for public service commissioner" because she saw your video. Just thought you should know that you are making a difference.
October 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thx for forwarding this. @hankgreen.bsky.social your message is spreading. My politically unmotivated kid just texted me saying she is coming home to vote this weekend "for public service commissioner" because she saw your video. Just thought you should know that you are making a difference.
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(Greg makes good points here.👇)
(Greg makes good points here.👇)
I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!
But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.
But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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(Greg makes good points here.👇)
(Greg makes good points here.👇)