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Eugenia of Cats
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Cats, dogs, animals, birds, eco-gardening, Antarctica, democracy, separation of powers, freedom of speech, due process, diversity, equity, inclusion, and liberty and justice for all 🇺🇸
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“.. If you do have children you might want to kiss them goodbye."

"Do you prefer the type of blade they use on your throat, huh?,” the caller said.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see

Like the US economy

Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.

Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
Connections
Puzzle #863
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Reminder: 87% of Democratic voters and 78% of Republican voters in North Carolina oppose gerrymandering. And yet, Republicans redrew the state's congressional map and took power away from Black voters after Trump told them to.
BREAKING: In a 26-20 vote, the North Carolina Senate passes a Trump-approved congressional gerrymander that aims to dismantle one of the state’s Black Democratic seats. The House redistricting committee is set to take up the measure this afternoon.
North Carolina Senate Approves Gerrymander Targeting Black Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
Strands #597
“Banding together”
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In other news, my wife has been on a crocheting bender…
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Republicans in North Carolina are pushing through new gerrymandering, and the morning news reported it just as cheerfully as they talked about the state fair.
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
This has some serious “let them eat cake” vibes
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Is he just gonna steal $230 million dollars from us?
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
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Read this headline over and over a few times and consider how low we have sunk and how so many have allowed this to happen without consequence out of fear, stupidity, greed or feckless callousness
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“Renderings provided by the White House depict a vast space with gold and crystal chandeliers, gilded Corinthian columns, a coffered ceiling with gold inlays, gold floor lamps and a checkered marble floor.” (CNN)

Image: McCrery Architects PLLC/The White House
Governor Stein denounced the redistricting move last week, saying that Republicans were “abusing their power to take away the people’s power, the voters’ power.”

North Carolina State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a Seat www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
North Carolina State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a Seat
www.nytimes.com
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A pardoned January 6th-er was arrested again, this time for threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries.

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week - CBS News share.google/C4tKyYrqaAkJ...
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.
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Trump is a deliberate self-aware stochastic terrorist.
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As DOGE continues to compile vast reams of personal data, some in Congress and at the state level are increasingly raising the alarm that the federal government is violating Americans’ privacy and calling for laws to prevent such abuse, Gopal Ratnam reports for Tech Policy Press:
DOGE's Plundering of Data Hastens Calls to Tighten Government Privacy Laws | TechPolicy.Press
Federal and state lawmakers are eyeing privacy updates in response to DOGE's use of government data, Gopal Ratnam reports.
www.techpolicy.press
“The worst of the worst”
Three young children fled from an ICE raid in Idaho and managed to reunite with their family.

"I didn't get caught," boy says
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although some oppose the fifty foot hologram of a grinning Augusto Pinochet that appeared on the White House lawn this morning, we spoke with people from across the political spectrum to get a sense of how opinions differ
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.
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Ellis: How are ICE agents required to identify themselves?

Byers: With badge numbers and names.
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per nps.gov,

"The White House is a National Park

The White House is owned by the American people and stewarded by the National Park Service. It is more than the President's residence; it is a site for protests and national discourse about what it means to be American."
The White House and President's Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Home page
www.nps.gov