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Cat Warren

@cat-warren.bsky.social

North Carolina politics and organizing, science writing, good journalism -- and all dogs good and bad. Author of NYT bestseller What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World and its young readers' version

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There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective.

He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.

07.03.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10167    πŸ” 4556    πŸ’¬ 863    πŸ“Œ 331
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Well would you look at that

05.03.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 28319    πŸ” 8011    πŸ’¬ 840    πŸ“Œ 340
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

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If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

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Trump’s new DHS Secretary Nominee Is Even Worse Than Noem
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid Trump’s new DHS Secretary Nominee Is Even Worse Than Noem

Trump’s new DHS Secretary nominee is somehow even more unhinged and incompetent than is Noem. Incredible.

youtube.com/shorts/WwdRX...

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NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

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It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

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Mike Johnson says Iranians have "misguided religion"

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Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

04.03.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 21467    πŸ” 6388    πŸ’¬ 1067    πŸ“Œ 474
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BREAKING: New York City reports the lowest levels of shootings, shooting victims, and murders ever recorded for the first two months of a year. Major crime is down nearly 8% citywide, burglary hit a record low, and retail theft dropped 25%

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Texas is close to not being a functioning democracy

It’s the hardest place to vote because Republicans have put impediments in place based on totally bogus vote fraud concerns - that they just make up

The courts have become complicit in this effort

What we’re seeing in Texas now is a disgrace

04.03.2026 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2417    πŸ” 804    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 28

Seems about time to re-up this...

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While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test...

McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M β€” over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.

04.03.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 12338    πŸ” 3711    πŸ’¬ 403    πŸ“Œ 138

BOTH Democratic U.S. Senate candidates should be furious about how this is being handled in Texas.

It benefits one candidate today. But the same chaos that helped them in the primary can absolutely burn them the general.

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BREAKING: The Texas Secretary of State DID NOT UPDATE the precinct maps on their website last December. MY GOD @msnowreports.bsky.social

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Democratic voters in Texas scramble to find polling place amid precinct voting switch Early voting had been countywide and saw recordΒ Democratic turnout, but the switch to precinct-only locations left many voters showing up at the wrong spot and being turned away.

🚨BREAKING: Hundreds of Democratic voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties, Texas scrambled to find their polling places Tuesday after the local Republican parties refused to hold a joint primary β€” ending more than a decade of convenient countywide voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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American support for abolishing ICE hits record 50% in new poll It's the 1st time in YouGov's polling history that support for abolishing ICE has reached 50%.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social perhaps it's time to revisit our conversation about Abolishing ICE?

Open to having you on anytime.

We can also revisit you accepting money from AIPAC

www.axios.com/2026/03/04/t...

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Texas republicans just pissed off a ton of voters by shutting down county wide voting in Dallas, and blocking the polls staying open until 9.

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A democratic candidate just won in the *checks notes*

Arkansas state house special election.

Flip from R to D.

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CNN’s Harry Enten: β€œMind blown about the early vote in Texas. TX Dems may outvote the GOP for the 1st time in a midterm primary since 2002! This indicates they're well on their way to having higher primary turnout nationally & since 06 the party with higher primary turnout won the House every time.”

26.02.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2274    πŸ” 680    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 56

The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.

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The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

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NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia β€” and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

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Seems to be the pattern…

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Susie Wiles is wearing an Apple Watch during a highly classified meeting on Iran.

Unreal.

28.02.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 18852    πŸ” 6107    πŸ’¬ 2143    πŸ“Œ 598

The FBI being on high alert for terrorist actions is important right now.

Too bad they fired and gutted their counterterrorism capacity

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