ChloePolitiCat

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Concierge to cat clowder. Voracious reader. Animal rescue. Water is Life.The answer is 42. Support public education and libraries. Sapere aude. Save the 🐝🐝🐝

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ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· 2d

Taylor Farms supplies Aldi’s produce.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· 5d

I knew Hegseth looked familiar.

Puppet with grey hair from Thunderbirds TV series.

Pete Hegseth in a dark blue suit and red tie.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· 7d

Almost 8 years ago, I adopted a bonded pair of ginger cats. They are litter mates. Jake and Elwood are the sweetest cats. They bring me a daily dose of joy.

Two ginger cats sleeping on a red and green blanket.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· 13d

Texas GOP are trying to purge registered voters with a Notice of Examination claiming that voters are either a felon, not a US citizen, or deceased. Voters must respond in writing within 30 days. In 2024, Republican groups tried to have over 17,000 voters purged in my Texas county.

Texas Republicans' Latest Attempt To Purge Voting Rolls
Prove you're not a felon in 30 Days or lose your right to vote.
MICHELLE H. DAVIS
JUL 19|

NOTICE OF EXAMINATION
Dear Voter:
Notice is hereby given that information has been received in my office concerning your registration to vote. Your registration status is being examined on the grounds) that:
You have been convicted of a felony.
You must reply within 30 days of this notice. You should provide adequate information or documentation establishing your qualifications to remain registered in this county. A response form is enclosed for your use in replying to this notice.
If a reply is not received within 30 days after the date of mailing this notice, your registration will be If you should have any questions regarding this cancellation, please contact me at 512-943-1630.
Voter Registrar.
WILCO
Broated
Several people in Williamson County have received the notice above, with a few reporting on Facebook that they have never been arrested or convicted of a crime. It would seem that enough of these notifications have gone out that the Williamson County Elections Department has posted this to their social media.

Williamson County has a financial incentive to move fast on this. A budget one. Sit on your list-maintenance dashboard too long, and the state starts holding back your Chapter 19 funds.
However, this is the first county we've heard of using this law to the extent that it's prompted statements from both the local Elections Department and the League of Women Voters.
Is it possible, that WilCo is taking this law to the extreme? Or that other counties have remained quiet on it? Or that mainstream media has chosen to ignore (again)?
Bettencourt has made a career out of this particular flavor of "election integrity." He ran Harris County's tax office, moved to the Senate, and has spent the better part of a decade building the legal architecture for county-level oversight and enforcement, most recently going after Harris County again this spring over voter address issues under a law he also wrote.
A two-year-old advisory memo states that WilCo can run these matches at any time. A one-year-old funding law says WilCo better run them fast or lose money. And nothing on the books says WilCo has to run them accurately, or explain the matching process.
Of course, it's more Republican voter suppression working as intended.
What to do if you get one of these.
If you receive a Notice of Examination in your mailbox, you have 30 days from the date the notice was mailed to respond, or your registration will be canceled automatically.
First, call your county elections department directly and verify the notice is real. Scams piggyback on exactly this kind of confusion, and county offices can confirm whether they actually sent it and walk you through what

Williamson County Elections Department's Post
Williamson County Elections Department
July 15 at 4:46PM PM •
Elections 301 is back - you've asked, we're answering! We know many of you have recently received a Notice of Examination. Read this edition of Elections 301 to find out what these are and how to
respond! 2 L
WHAT ARE LIST
MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES?
WILCO
ELECTIONS 301:
LIST MAINTENANCE
ACTIVITIES
List Maintenance activities help our office make sure the voter rolls are accurate and up to date!
This
includes
several kinds of
Notices
Examination you may have recently received:
• Notice to Confirm Voter Registration Address
• Felonies
• Proof of Citizenship
• Deceased
These are real notices sent by our office!

NOTICE OF EXAMINATION:
PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP
These notices were mailed because we received information from the Texas Secretary of State and/or Department of Public Safety indicating you may not be a US citizen.
You can confirm your citizenship by providing a copy of one of the following documents within 30 days of receiving the notice:
• US birth certificate
• US passport
• Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· 28d

I adopted a bonded pair of kittens 8 years ago. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Jul 13

So sad to hear that Sam Neill has died. He and Judy Davis have been some of my favorite actors since seeing them in My Brilliant Career.

Sam Neill has sadly passed away at the age of 78.

MY
BRILLIANT CAREER
Movie poster with Judy Davis and Sam Neill.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Jun 22

Such a beautiful dog. I’m so sorry for your loss.

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. - Anatole France

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Jun 6

😢🕊️

Delicate blue flowers called Forget Me Not.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Apr 15

My cat is a better listener than most people I’ve met. Sometimes he taps my arm while I’m talking to him. He’s probably urging me to get to the point, so he can return to his nap.

Close up of a ginger tabby on a blue and white blanket.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Apr 11

Shells and silt no rocks Still fascinating behavior

Female Octopuses Throw Things at Male Harassers
Scientists observed common Sydney octopuses launching shells and silt at particularly annoying individuals
Corryn Wetzel - Daily

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Apr 5

Good night 🕰️ and good night 🧦

Drawing of a rabbit in a rocking chair knitting along with a bunny snuggling in bed.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Mar 31

In a functional democracy, Hegseth would be in federal custody awaiting trial.

Pete Hegseth's broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack
Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment for US defence secretary

The attempted investment by Pete Hegseth's broker would have produced short-term losses © AP
Paul Murphy and Harriet Agnew in London, Joshua Franklin in New York and James Politi in Washington
Published 53 MINUTES AGO

A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Hegseth's broker at Morgan Stanley contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the asset manager's Defense

Industrials Active ETF, the people said, shortly before the US launched military action against Iran.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Mar 29

Over 130 officials in Reagan’s administration were investigated, and some were prosecuted in the 1980s for various crimes from Iran Contra to lobbying scandals and grant rigging.Reagan and Bush 41 should’ve been prosecuted for their participation in Iran Contra. Iran Contra was worse than Watergate.

REPUBLICAN PARDONS
OUR HEROES
WHO STARTED IT ALL!
SEPTEMBER 1974
ForD PARDONs NIxON
GeoRGE HW BusH Holds ParDoN RecorD DEceMBEr 24, 1992- OUR DAY IN UNACCOUNTABLE INFAMY
ABRAMS
IRAN-CONTRA HEROES
CLAIR
GEORGE -
CIA
ALAN
FIERS - CIA
Poppy
WEINBERGER
MCFARLAND
DUANE
CLARRIDGE -
CIA
POPPY ICES CAKE WITH MEDAL OF FREEDOM FOR WEINBERGER

BUSH PARDONS
WEINBERGER IN IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
By Walter Pincus
December 25, 1992
President Bush yesterday pardoned former defense secretary Caspar W. Weinberger and five other former government officials involved in the Iran-contra affair because "it was time for the country to move on."
Independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh, who had prosecuted all six of those Bush pardoned, angrily declared that Bush's action meant that
"the Iran-contra coverup, which has continued for more than six years, has now been completed." But Walsh gave notice that he was still not finished with his investigation, indicating that he is now focusing on Bush himself.
Walsh disclosed that he had learned for the first

"There were some people arguing just for [a pardon for] Weinberger, and I said, 'No, in for a penny, in for a pound," Barr told the interviewer.
"I went over and told the President I thought he should not only pardon Caspar Weinberger, but while he was at it, he should pardon about five others."
Which is exactly what Bush did, on Christmas Eve when most Americans were with family instead of watching the news. The holiday notwithstanding, the result was explosive.
America knew that both Reagan and Bush were up to their necks in Iran-Contra, and Democrats had been talking about impeachment or worse.
The independent counsel had already obtained one conviction, three guilty pleas, and two other individuals were lined up for prosecution. And Walsh was closing in fast on Bush himself.
So, when Bush shut the investigation down by pardoning not only Weinberger, but also Abrams and the others involved in the crimes, destroying Walsh's ability to prosecute anybody, the New York Times ran the headline all the way across four of the six columns on the front page, screaming in all-caps: BUSH PARDONS 6 IN IRAN AFFAIR, ABORTING A WEINBERGER TRIAL;
PROSECUTOR ASSAILS 'COVER-UP.'
Bill Barr had struck.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Mar 27

So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.

"DOGS' LIVES ARE
TOO SHORT.
THEIR ONLY FAULT, REALLY."
- AGNES SLIGH TURNBULL

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Mar 15

Remember the ban on photographs of flag draped caskets during the First Gulf War and the Afghanistan and Iraqi Wars? Republican presidents are terrified of Americans seeing comprehensive war coverage like we saw during the Vietnam War. In 2009, Obama lifted the ban on photos at Dover Air Force Base.

The Bush administration maintained a strict ban on media coverage of flag-draped coffins returning from Iraq, and the unauthorized publication of such photos in 2004 caused significant political concern. ®
• The Policy: The ban on photography of flag-draped caskets at Dover Air Force Base was instituted by President George
H.W. Bush in 1991 during the Gulf War and was strongly upheld by President George
W. Bush.
• The Incident (2004): In April 2004, a Pentagon contractor released unauthorized photos to a newspaper, showing flag-draped coffins on a plane.
This spurred intense debate, with critics like Senator Frank Lautenberg arguing the ban was an attempt to "conceal from the American people the true costs of this war.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Mar 4

In my county, Texas voters were allowed 11 days for early voting. I early vote to avoid these problems. I attached the early voting information I downloaded from my county website.

EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE DAYS AND HOURS (DÍAS Y HORAS DE VOTACIÓN TEMPRANO POR APARICIÓN PERSONAL)

February (febrero) 17 - 20
Tuesday - Friday (martes - viernes)
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
February (febrero) 21
Saturday (sábado)
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
February (febrero) 2:
unday (domingo
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
February (febrero) 23 - 27
Monday - Friday (lunes - viernes,
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Feb 2

Stormy Monday

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Feb 1

Cabaret Downfall Labyrinth of Lies

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Jan 15

Trump administration daily recommended meal plan for a US family. 🤬🤦🏼‍♀️😔

A chicken drumstick, a broccoli floret, a small flour tortilla and one piece of red M & M candy on a plate.

Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Jan 9

I saw this posted online. It’s the entire poem.

For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026
They say she is no more,
That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles,
Dark fury of flowers,
Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere,
in the pitched deep of our grief,
Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin, Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater
Of the worst of what welve been.
Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love & better angels of our nature.
What they call death & void, We know is breath & voice;
In the end, gorgeously, Endures our enormity.
You could believe departed to be the dawn When the blank night has so long stood.
But our bright-fled angels will never be fully gone,
When they forever are so fiercely Good
by Amanda Gorman

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Jan 3

I baked some damn fine brownies tonight. 😂

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Jan 1

Wishing you and your loved ones a safe, healthy and joyous new year.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Dec 28

Is Erika Kirk wearing a wig from Game of Thrones set?

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Dec 20

It’s desecration and vandalism. Only Congress can change the name of a presidential memorial.

JFK didn't name the Kennedy Center after himself.
Congress did, two months after he was assassinated, as a tribute.
Eisenhower started it, the Kennedy's raised the money for it. Johnson designated it.
In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed bipartisan legislation creating a National Cultural Center in the nation's capital. In November of 1962, President and Mrs. Kennedy launched a $30 million fundraising campaign for the Center's construction. Former President Eisenhower and his wife Mamie participated in the event which demonstrated the bipartisan support for a world-class center for the performing arts in D. C. In 1963, President Kennedy signed legislation to extend the fundraising deadline for the Center.
Two months after President Kennedy's assassination, by an Act of Congress signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 23, 1964, the nation's National Cultural Center was designated as a living memorial to
President John F. Kennedy.

By this Act, President Kennedy's devotion to the advancement of the performing arts in the United States was recognized.

"NATIONAL MEMORIAL
"SEc. 11. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, designated by this Act, shall be the sole national memorial to the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy within the city of Washington and its environs."
SEC. 2. In addition to the amendments made by the first section of this Act, any designation or reference to the NationnlCultural Center n any other law, map, regulation, document, record, or other pape of the United States shall be held to designate or refer to such Center as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Dec 20

If you’re not yet burned out on holiday movies, here are some movies that are set around Christmas time: Desk Set, Remember the Night, Last Holiday, Bell, Book and Candle, Some Girls, The Apartment, and The Shop Around the Corner. Die Hard2 takes place at Christmas in Dulles Airport.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Nov 30

Jake just discovered the tree. So far he’s just staring.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Nov 27

On my phone, I found pictures of the Oval Office during President Obama’s presidency. I want that trashy orange fiend to pay attention least $5 Billion for the complete restoration of the White House including the East Wing and Jackie’s Rose Garden.

President Obama on the phone in the Oval Office.

Picture of the rug in the Obama Oval Office.

President Obama working at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Nov 17

@averybanks.bsky.social I’m so sorry to hear about Jessa. I didn’t know you had lost her. 😔💔😢🤗 I remember when you and Carey rescued Jessa and her puppies. Jessa was such a beautiful, wonderful dog. You and Carey gave her such a loving, happy home. RIP sweet girl 🌈🕊️🤍

Jessa in a car. Black and white dog in a car or SUV.

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Nov 16

"The best mystery writer anywhere in the English-speaking world."
The Boston Globe
RUTH RENDELL
AN INSPECTOR WEXFORD MYSTERY
AN
UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS
He seemed an average husband and father - until his disappearance exposed a tangled web of lies..

ChloePolitiCat@chloepoliticat· Nov 13

Jeff Sharlet’s book The Undertow is well researched and upsetting.