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Catherine Schmidt

@lillyfinch.bsky.social

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Crone raised in Alaska proud liberal because I care about something other than money and myself. Lover of nature and with respect for all life. Married 41 years. Love books, archaeology, history, gardening and walking, liberty for all, resistance.

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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 1h

#YoungRepublicans #Nazi #Fascists #Cowards #Misogyny #Racism #Hitler #Stupidity #Alt

Heather Cox Richardson 10/14/25
YOUNG REPUBLICANS THINK THERE IS PRIVACY ONLINE REVEAL THEIR HATE

Heather Cox Richardson 10/14/25
YOUNG REPUBLICANS THINK THERE IS PRIVACY ONLINE REVEAL THEIR
HATE
Today, Jason Beeferman and Emily Ngo of Politico reported on 2,900
pages of messages exchanged on the messaging app Telegram
between leaders of the hardline pro-Trump factions of Young
Republican groups in New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont. In the
edgy messages, the leaders used racist themes and epithets freely
and cheered slavery, rape, gas chambers, and torturing their
opponents. They expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler.
One of them wrote to the others, “If we ever had a leak of this chat we
would be cooked [for real for real].”

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 1h

#Fascism #Resist #HatchAct #Airports #alt #Noem

Heather Cox Richardson 10/14/25

NOEM GETS PUSH BACK ON PROPAGANDA

Heather Cox Richardson 10/14/25
NOEM GETS PUSH BACK ON PROPOGANDA

Airports around the country are refusing to air the video Homeland
Security Secretary Kristi Noem recorded to be shown at
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints, which
blames Democrats for the shutdown. Some have noted it violates
the Hatch Act that prohibits the use of government assets for
partisan purposes.

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 1h

#Fascism #Hegseth #Resistance #FOXNews #FreeSpeech #Press #alt

LEGACY PRESS FINALLY FINDS ITS SPINE

Heather Cox Richardson 20/14/25
LEGACY PRESS FINALLY FINDS ITS SPINE
Cracks are showing elsewhere in the administration's picture of
strength. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth demanded that media
outlets agree they would not publish any material about the Defense
Department—even if it were unclassified—unless it was explicitly
authorized by department officials. He set a deadline of 5:00
tonight for them to sign an agreement or hand over their press
badges.
Every major press outlet, including the Fox News Channel, refused,
saying such a demand is an assault on the freedom of the press
guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 18h

The peace deal you get when making money from redevelopment & cutting deals with rich Arab countries. It was always about US oligarchy profits in the ME. That’s why trump reigned in Netanyahu, because he too is on Qatar $.

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 17h

When you understand this and that there goal is to remake the US & dominate the world then you understand what trump is doing. The TPS operates globally & wants in on the Gulf state profits & a bridge to BRICS. That was the price for GAZA liberation.

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 17h

Trump reps the Transnational Private Sector (TPS): a coalition of corporate giants, led by the Financial-Industrial Complex (FIC) with firms like JPMorgan, Goldman, & BlackRock, alongside the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC), Consumer-Industrial Complex (CIC), & Techno-Industrial Complex (TIC).

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is so base you sometimes get the truth. When he said yesterday at the Egypt summit that Qatar had bags and bags of money; or Knesset when he bragged about Miriam Adelson’s campaign money…

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 13h

An excellent summation of why trump allied with Arab interests while Netanyahu got in line youtu.be/Y8s9kEpaEEY?...

Netanyahu’s US schmooze went from 'hugging the bear' to 'riding the elephant': Marwan Bishara

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 13h

#Protest #Privacy #NoKings #Cells #ICE #Video #Spyware #Protection #ParagonSolutions #Graphite

ICE MAY HACK YOUR PHONE AT A PROTEST WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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ICE may try to hack your phone at a protest. Here's what you need to know.

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch.bsky.social · 20h

Well to be fair the traditional press as failed the people in calling out MAGA fascism

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1d

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

Pardon me if I delay celebrating this vile cretin losing until those poor Sandy Hook families he victimized for cheap publicity see all of the cash. I don't trust him for a second.
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