Lee Murray (she/her)
@cousincat.bsky.social
Cynical, RWNJ-despising, progressive Aus Gen X atheist angry at our refusal to take the urgent action the climate crisis & biodiversity collapse requires us to.
Loves animals & nature… humans not so much.
Hate the Greens? I’m not your gal.
🚫crypto
Loves animals & nature… humans not so much.
Hate the Greens? I’m not your gal.
🚫crypto
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By the numbers:
Three weeks of talking about affordability
Thousands of prices rising
Hundreds of tariffs raised
Zero substantive policies announced
Dozens of lies that prices are coming down
One billionaire calling your concern about affordability a “con job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Three weeks of talking about affordability
Thousands of prices rising
Hundreds of tariffs raised
Zero substantive policies announced
Dozens of lies that prices are coming down
One billionaire calling your concern about affordability a “con job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
By the numbers:
Three weeks of talking about affordability
Thousands of prices rising
Hundreds of tariffs raised
Zero substantive policies announced
Dozens of lies that prices are coming down
One billionaire calling your concern about affordability a “con job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Three weeks of talking about affordability
Thousands of prices rising
Hundreds of tariffs raised
Zero substantive policies announced
Dozens of lies that prices are coming down
One billionaire calling your concern about affordability a “con job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Poor guy’s been tuckered out. All that starting work at noon will get to ya
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Poor guy’s been tuckered out. All that starting work at noon will get to ya
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Hard disagree. The official BLS jobs numbers are still the most reliable data we have, and it's not close. And there's no way the Administration has (yet) fiddled with its data. I promise to let you know at the first whiff of interference.
The only reliable data we are going to get on this stuff now comes from the private sector. bsky.app/profile/atru...
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hard disagree. The official BLS jobs numbers are still the most reliable data we have, and it's not close. And there's no way the Administration has (yet) fiddled with its data. I promise to let you know at the first whiff of interference.
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The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
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Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
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Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
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There isn’t enough horse paste in the world to keep this guy upright for another year.
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
There isn’t enough horse paste in the world to keep this guy upright for another year.
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Hegseth's tough-guy act is diminishing our military and our society - and it's using the military as a venue for performing culture war in partisan politics. None of this is good.
@markhertling.bsky.social discusses the boat strikes and more with Ben Parker:
@markhertling.bsky.social discusses the boat strikes and more with Ben Parker:
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hegseth's tough-guy act is diminishing our military and our society - and it's using the military as a venue for performing culture war in partisan politics. None of this is good.
@markhertling.bsky.social discusses the boat strikes and more with Ben Parker:
@markhertling.bsky.social discusses the boat strikes and more with Ben Parker:
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Roger Stone (Trump adviser) said that he sent Juan Hernandez’s letter requesting a pardon to Trump and that he was not compensated for his role as an intermediary.
On Jan. 6, 2021, Stone was filmed discussing a potential $100,000 fee for pardon advocacy:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
On Jan. 6, 2021, Stone was filmed discussing a potential $100,000 fee for pardon advocacy:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Roger Stone (Trump adviser) said that he sent Juan Hernandez’s letter requesting a pardon to Trump and that he was not compensated for his role as an intermediary.
On Jan. 6, 2021, Stone was filmed discussing a potential $100,000 fee for pardon advocacy:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
On Jan. 6, 2021, Stone was filmed discussing a potential $100,000 fee for pardon advocacy:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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If Hegseth was the "target engagement authority" for the Sep. 2 strike, even if he left the video watching room before the second strike, wouldn't they still have gotten an ok from him before the strike? Or were his orders to kill all of them so clear there was no need? Either way, isn't it on him?
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If Hegseth was the "target engagement authority" for the Sep. 2 strike, even if he left the video watching room before the second strike, wouldn't they still have gotten an ok from him before the strike? Or were his orders to kill all of them so clear there was no need? Either way, isn't it on him?
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"No one in this feral administration seems to feel the slightest sympathy for people who have escaped persecution and violence. The U.S. as a beacon of freedom leaves them cold. But they are happy to exploit a crime to fulfill their agenda regarding immigrants."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
For Trump, Even the National Guard Shooting Is About Immigration
And he won’t let the facts get in the way of his agenda.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"No one in this feral administration seems to feel the slightest sympathy for people who have escaped persecution and violence. The U.S. as a beacon of freedom leaves them cold. But they are happy to exploit a crime to fulfill their agenda regarding immigrants."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Now Trump Is Threatening Naturalized Americans
He’s not just bashing refugees and illegal immigrants. He’s going after U.S. citizens born in other countries.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Amazon Billionaire-owned newspaper tries to convince Americans higher prices are good, actually
Amazing stuff @washingtonpost.com , never change
Amazing stuff @washingtonpost.com , never change
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Amazon Billionaire-owned newspaper tries to convince Americans higher prices are good, actually
Amazing stuff @washingtonpost.com , never change
Amazing stuff @washingtonpost.com , never change
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The labor market replied, "We know."
U.S. TREASURY'S BESSENT SAYS TRUMP HAS NORMALIZED THE IDEA OF A 15-20% TARIFF -NEW YORK TIMES DEALBOOK SUMMIT
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The labor market replied, "We know."
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2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net
Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net
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The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
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Trump was born on third base and managed to steal second.
Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Trump was born on third base and managed to steal second.
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NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
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Der Spiegel: Commander in Sleep
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Der Spiegel: Commander in Sleep
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Remember the part in the old Peter Pan play where Peter tells the boys and girls in the audience that if they all just clap harder they can save Tinkerbell?
That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.
That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Remember the part in the old Peter Pan play where Peter tells the boys and girls in the audience that if they all just clap harder they can save Tinkerbell?
That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.
That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.
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Let’s check in on how the Republican coverup of Trump’s age and health is going to
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Let’s check in on how the Republican coverup of Trump’s age and health is going to
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Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz “I know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz “I know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?