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**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 6h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

@ @GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky... - 50m +

"l alone can fix it."
We're almost 100 days into DOGE and federal government spending is up 10% from the same period last year and revenue is only up 3%. Deficitis a ~23% increase from March 2024, according to Treasury Department data.
Stephen Fowler

#politic #deficit #spending

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 6h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#satire #trump #pope #alt #god #humor
Borowitz Report Man Who Fell Asleep at Pope’s Funeral Was Already Going to Hell, Says God

Borowitz Report Man Who Fell Asleep at Pope’s Funeral Was Already Going to Hell, Says

ROME (The Borowitz Report)—A man who fell asleep during Pope Francis’s funeral was “already going to Hell,” God clarified on Sunday. Although snoozing during the pontiff’s funeral was “beyond rude,” the Almighty said that the man clinched his place in the netherworld “decades ago.”

“If I hadn’t already made up My mind, the last hundred days would have made him a slam dunk for eternal damnation,” He said. “I mean, deporting a two-year-old? Come on.”

The Heavenly Father said the man’s decision to wear a blue suit at the funeral “wasn’t a factor” in his going to Hell, but was nevertheless “incredibly assholic.”

In another observation from the funeral, God noted, “Interestingly, Sleepy Joe Biden managed to stay awake.”

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 6h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #authorotarism #facisim #resist #resistance #protest #poland #alt

In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age. Kuisz and Karolina Wigura

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/28/right-defeated-same-antibodies-poles-developed-beat-communism?CMP=GTUK_email

First, we started speaking publicly about what was happening. Second, we demanded that the security service officers present their actions in writing and with legal justification. As a result, the campaign disappeared as quickly as it appeared..So here is a handful of suggestions for Americans and others who seem disoriented and overwhelmed...These protests should be regular and designed for the long haul. They should be citizen-led. Second: no ageism..opposing populism in power is possible only if intergenerational solidarity takes place. Third: it's always the constitution, stupid.... Keep a detailed record of key legal violations. Just as important was documenting the repression of civil society Fourth: don’t leave. Populists in power try to persuade neutral officials, such as public prosecutors, to resign from their government positions. Fifth: plan ahead. Perhaps the most psychologically difficult task is extending a hand to those with whom you have political disagreements..10-20% of swing voters in the centre can be decisive.Use social media to shape political narratives. But also, unplug...Think long-term. Don't get caught in the news cycle Plan for the next presidential election...You also need a compelling vision .. have patience. Ultimately, the fight for democracy is never about just one election..the struggle for liberal democracy requires a warm heart and a cool head. This is the core of the anti-authoritarian playbook.

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 9h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffinl.bsky... - 1h New polling on Trump's handling of inflation:

35% approve, 64% disapprove (CNN)

38% approve, 62% disapprove (CBS)

#politics #alt #polls

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 9h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #alt #trump #oligarchy #goldenage #greed #columbus

Heather Cox Richardson Government for the Rich and Columbus Returns 4/27/2025

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 9h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #alt #trump #oligarchy #goldenage #greed #ai #stocks #donjr

Heather Cox Richardson Nice to Have Daddy as President 4/27/2025

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 9h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #alt #trump #oligarchy #goldenage #greed

Heather Cox Richardson Coroprate Lawsuits Dropped/ Lucrative Contracts 4/27/2025

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 10h

10h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #alt #trump #oligarchy #goldenage #greed #publichealth #chickens

Heather Cox Richardson Don’t Eat Poultry 4/27/2025

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 10h

10h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #alt #trump #oligarchy #goldenage #greed #elections
Heather Cox Richardson Billionaire Donations to Trump Election 4/27/2025

Heather Cox Richardson Billionaire Donations to Trump Election 4/27/2025

Last Sunday a new filing with the Federal Election Commission revedled that donors delivered an astounding $239 million for Trump's ..New York Times notes that Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee raised $107 million. The $346 million raised by Trump's two inaugural committees is more than the monies raised by all other inaugural committees since Richard Nixon’s committee raised $4 million in 1973. While Trump's dllies have said the money that wasn't spent on festivities will go to other projects Trump is behind, including his presidential library, there is no oversight on how Trump uses that money.

Spending on the election was even more dramatic..Americans for Tax Fairness analyzed spending in 2024 & discovered that just 100 billionaire families donated a record-breaking $2.6 billion to federal campaigns, up by 160 times from billionaire spending in elections before the Supreme Court’'s 2010 Citizens United decision. 70% of that money went to Republican candidates or causes. In the 3 races that determined control of the Senate—Montana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania—outside money from billionaires made up 58.1%, 56.8%, and 44.5% of the outside money coming in. Elon Musk donated about $290 million, giving four times as much money to political campadigns in 2024 as he padid in income taxes between 2013 and 2018.

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 10h

10h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #alt #trump #oligarchy #goldenage #greed

Heather Cox Richardson Trump Opens Club #Executive Branch” 4/27/2025

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 10h

10h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

In the style of a Van Gogh painting. To the left, a pitcher full of sunflowers to the right a black cat. The cat is reaching out and as the pitcher and flowers tip over, he looks straight at you , startled as he his caught, his ears cocked half back in his eyes wide.
“Van Gogh’s Cat”

#cat #cats #Caturday

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 10h

10h

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

A meme of a ginger cat under a blue blanket with daisies, lying on faintly striped sheets, peeking out.
“WELL, | GUESS IT'S TIME T0 GET UP AND GO TO THE COUCH.”

#cat #cats #Caturday

**keith queef** @fedsmoker@pixelfed.social · 13h

13h

keith queef @fedsmoker@pixelfed.social

powerplant interior ft. my eastern european genie; what shuld i ask her for my second wish???

#urbex #urbandecay #urbanexploration #photography #alt #grunge #aesthetic #tumblr #shitpost #dark #darkaesthetic #gothgirlsdoitbetter #kingassripper

#kingassripper

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 1d *

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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #reagan #citizenship #alt

Heather Cox Richardson Uniqueness of United States 4/26/25

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 1d

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #trump #rights #birthrights #citizenship #alt

Heather Cox Richardson Trump Creates Myth of Citizenship 4/26/25

May 2023, then- candidate Trump released a video promising that on “Day One” of a new presid..term, he would issue an executive order that would end birthright citizenship...that anyone born in the US is automatically a citizen is “based on a historical myth, and a willful misinterpretation of the law by the open borders advocates.” He promises..going forward, the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic US citizenship.” ..in 2024, on his 1st day in office, Trump signed EO titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” It announced a new U.S. policy, saying govern't would not issue documents recognizing U.S. citizenship to persons whose “mother was unlawfully present in the U.S. & the person’s father was not a US citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of sdid person’s birth, or...when that person’s mother’s presence in the US was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a US citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person's birth."...it would not take effect for 30 days. If it had been in effect when Trump's rival for the White House, VP Kamala Harris, was born, she would have fallen under it. But an executive order..It cannot override the Constitution. Trump’s attack on the idea of birthright citizenship as a "historical myth” is a perversion of our history.In the 19th, the United States enshrined in its fundamental law the idea that there would not be different levels of rights in this country.

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 1d *

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Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#humor #cat #cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOMastodon #CatsOfPixelfed #alt #humor #Buddah
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Black and white photo of a small statue of the Buddha sitting eyesc closed, , head ever so slightly tilted to the right, eyes, in garden. Right next to him is a cat sitting upright ,eyes closed head tilted like the Buddha to the right. Unknown

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 1d

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

Photo of actor Bea Arthur as Dorothy in the Golden Girls sit thing on a couch, one arm stretched along the back, head slightly turned to the right. “Do you ever just forget to hide your expressions for a minute and then you're like woah | did not mean to make that face out loud.”

#humor #alt

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 2d

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#cat #cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOMastodon #CatsOfPixelfed #alt

Rowan …yep Caturday…just a yawn so I can get back to doing what I do best.

Rowan, Siamese tabby mix, lying on a stack of blankets in front of a white patio door with grids. Terra-cotta colored tile patio Visible through the window with plants, he is lying on top of a cream colored down, comforter, his mouth wide open in a huge yawn. Yep, it’s cat day so one yawn before I get back to doing what I do best.

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 2d

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#cat #cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOMastodon #CatsOfPixelfed #alt

Good Caturday to all

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · 2d

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #dictators #mussolini #italy #Fascism #alt
Remembering Mussolini’s Fall : The Power of Resistance and the Toll of Autocratic Incompetence by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
For Italians, joining the Resistance reactivated codes of honor and humanitarianism that Fascism had scorned. partisan Ada Gobetti, whose husband had died in 1926 .., saw the Resistance as the recovery of a bond of solidarity, founded “on a simple human relationship, the feeling of being at one with many.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/remembering-mussolinis-fall-the-power?selection=fe155263-9add-437a-8652-d53c83224438&r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios

Lucid · Apr 29, 2024Remembering Mussolini's Fall: The Power of Resistance and the Toll of Autocratic IncompetenceBy Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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