TheCatMan
@bigbrohem.bsky.social
Semi-retired film and tv producer, musician, father, brother and cousin. Cat and dog lover. Progressive. Peace, love & toleration. Three years in remission cancer survivor. Blue Sky is where we form the resistance! No DMs unless we know each other, please.
“the Republican Party has an abuser problem. no, strike that. the Republican Party would have an abuser problem, if it had any moral center at all — but it doesn’t.”
Max Miller fucking sucks. Republicans don’t care.
because they fucking suck, too.
open.substack.com
“Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive and vocal critic of Israel, edged Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, early on Wednesday to win the Michigan Senate Democratic primary!!!”
Michigan Election Results Live Updates: Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Senate Primary (Gift Article)
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a Senate primary that had divided the Democrats, according to The Associated Press.
nytimes.com
Oof - imagine spending over +$40 million more on ads than your opponent & still losing.
Mallory McMorrow immediately endorses: “Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed for winning the Democratic primary to become our nominee to be Michigan’s next US Senator. I’m proud to give Abdul my full endorsement and support as we head to November together as a unified party”
NEWS: Abdul El-Sayed has won the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He will face off against Republican Mike Rogers in November.
"...as ICE detains more immigrants nationwide, immigrant rights organizations and medical experts worry more people will be subjected to involuntary medical procedures."
‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed
Exclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representation
theguardian.com
"Todd Blanche is campaigning to become our real, confirmed Attorney General, presumably so he can better help Donald Trump, his corrupt family, and the 13 billionaires in his cabinet make off with as much of our money as they can."
Is Todd Blanche Going to Drop the Cold, Dead Hand of Anthony Comstock on America’s Women if He's Confirmed?
So, what the heck is the Comstock Act and why is Todd Blanche so enthusiastic about it?
hartmannreport.com
Iranians are building roads in order to get oil to China It won't matter after that if the Strait is open or not because Iran will have negated the blockade leaving Trump with a very expensive white elephant I thought it was the USA whose missiles were running out? open.substack.com/pub/teeashby...
"Prof. Sayed Marandi: Israel Has Days, Not Months; Here's Why"
“Is Iran truly on the verge of delivering the final blow, or is the occupation regime quietly stockpiling for a six-month war of attrition?
open.substack.com
"Trump has pitched tariffs as a solution for the US economy, bringing back domestic production, securing better trade deals and closing the deficit in the federal budget."
US refunds $100bn of Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs
More than half of tariff income refunded after supreme court ruled Trump’s levies were illegal
theguardian.com
New in PN: Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump's lies "Did Pirro genuinely believe the scales would fall from Trump’s eyes if she showed him some pictures from the Park Service proving his contractor was at fault for the wrecked pool? This is Donald Trump we’re talking about!"
Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump's lies
It's one thing to bullshit on Fox. It's another to lie in court.
publicnotice.co
"A pet cat quite fittingly named Toast survived a devastating fire that recently gutted an apartment complex in Utah by hiding in a closet – and then safely endured a days-long wait before being rescued" Smart AND patient. Toast!
Toast the cat survives Utah apartment fire by sheltering in closet for three days
Feline escaped his namesake fate when blaze ripped through building and displaced more than 40 families
theguardian.com
"Elections will be sabotaged in the name of 'national security.' Left-wing dissent will be criminalized in the name of 'combating terrorism.' Democracy will be snuffed out in the name of protecting 'freedom.'" We clearly need to be braced & prepared for what may be coming.
Trump's Phantom Enemies - Read by Eunice Wong
The Trump administration is laying the groundwork for blacklisting and criminalizing all left-wing, progressive, anti-war and anti-imperialist dissent.
chrishedges.substack.com
El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
“In the latest rebuke to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as Health Secretary, on Wednesday a worm who dined in the candidate’s brain posted a brutal review on Yelp.”
Worm Leaves Scathing Yelp Review of RFK Jr.’s Brain
The worm’s review began on a discouraging note, claiming that Kennedy’s brain was “almost impossible to find.”
open.substack.com
The older I get the more I understand why cats just walk away mid conversation.
This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.
Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic. Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment. Doctors are left to walk a tightrope. (Published Dec. 2024)
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
propublica.org
No country that arrested librarians and booksellers was on the right side of history. But that's what's happening in Arkansas. And this is where your whole country is headed with H.R 7661 and S 4925. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social action.everylibrary.org/arkansasact372
Arresting Librarians AND Booksellers in the United States
History has shown that arresting librarians and booksellers has never led to greater freedom or liberty.
action.everylibrary.org