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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 11h

I'm not familiar with the NL PC party.

Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 11h

🚨 The PCs have won in Newfoundland.

#cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Progressive Conservatives end decade of Liberal rule in N.L., CBC News projects | CBC

www.cbc.ca

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 17h

Calgary's Funky Fibre Fest is happening this Saturday, October 18th. 🧶

fibreshindig.com

#yyc #knitting #crochet #Calgary #Alberta

Fibre Shindig

Saturday 18 October, 2025

10am to 4pm

GENESIS Centre

7555 Falconridge Blvd. NE, Calgary, Alberta T3J OC9

Yarn, fibre, knitting, crochet, Fibre Artists and more.

Adults $5 at the door Door prizes all day

www.fibreshindig.com

Calgary's Funky Fibre Fest

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 18h

Big win for the "America First" crowd, right?

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 18h

What? They asked him about Tom Homan's bag of cash, and that made Vance look like a pathetic shit weasel? Aww. ❄️

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 18h

This is who they are. It's what they've been for generations.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 18h

He's just going to keep murdering people in international waters, and nobody is doing anything about it.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela | CNN Politics

The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 21h

Zip tying children is perfectly acceptable to Mike Johnson.

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

My sister's Thanksgiving dinner socks.😻😸

#cats

Yellow socks with tuxedo cars wearing pink bows

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

How long is this wanker going to talk?

Trump at a lectern with Meloni and Starmer behind him

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

He totally aced that cognitive test though. 🤪

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

Newsflash: Canada does not have a president.

#cdnpoli

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "You have Canada. That's so great to have, in fact. The president called and he wanted to know if it's worth -- well he knew exactly what it is. He knew the importance. Where's Canada, by the way? Where are you? He knew the importance of this."

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

This is a historic event, and of course, he's beclowning himself again.

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

Narrator: It is, in fact, a personality problem.

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 🇨🇦 Thanksgiving!

a cat wearing a turkey hat sits on a wooden bench

Alt: a cat wearing a turkey hat sits on a wooden bench

media.tenor.com

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

All of the Israeli hostages have been released, and some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been returned home. Now, the hard part begins.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home

Nearly 2,000 prisoners and detainees – including around 1,700 people seized from Gaza and held without charge – set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

Absent from the peace summit in Egypt: Benjamin Netanyahu

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Trump plan to invite Netanyahu to Gaza summit aborted after Erdoğan warning

Turkish president threatens to pull out of Sharm el-Sheikh conference unless Israeli PM’s attendance ruled out

www.theguardian.com

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

#Edmonton #yeg #Alberta #cats

Watson! 😻

SAFE Team Rescue @safeteamrescue.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thanksgiving from adoptable kitty, Watson! Watson and all of us here at SAFE Team are so grateful for all of the support and kindness we receive from our SAFE Team Supporters, you make it possible for us to do the work we do!

This Terrific Tuxie is 9 years young and he is looking to be the

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 3d

Latenite archival babbyGonz time!

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 2d

Hegseth’s "no fat troops" standard sends who knows how many members of the Texas National Guard back home.

taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 2d

Who decided to try to resurrect this guy's career?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Tony Blair wins nod from Palestinian Authority for role in postwar Gaza

Senior PA leader confirms readiness to work with former UK PM on post-ceasefire recovery

www.theguardian.com

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 2d

Did he plant those boxes in the bathroom, too, Eric?

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Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · 2d

Canadians will be protesting in solidarity with our American friends on October 18th at No Tyrants rallies in Vancouver, BC, as well as in Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario. Stronger together.

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 2d

That's right. Heaven is an airplane.

That's about as much as he understands about religion.

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