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CATTY CHATS

CATTY CHATS

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Founder of Cat Ladies for America, comedian, and angry optimist, Blaire Postman, conducts real-talk, claws-out interviews with people trying to make things suck less in new and different ways.Summer of George LLC 政治・政府
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  • SENATOR CAT DADDY

    SENATOR CAT DADDY
    2026/07/29

    Hey Gritty Kitties. Welcome to another episode of Catty Chats

    My name is Blaire Postman, founder of Cat Ladies for America and your host.

    We are gonna do a short little special episode of Catty Chats. We are on a bit of a summer hiatus as we get ready for season 2.

    We're booking guests we're working on new formats. We're gonna have a lot of exciting new twists for when we come back in mid to late August with full episodes every week but we're also on the road a bit this campaign season.

    And this episode is a short interview that I got to have with Abdul El-Sayed who is running for the democratic nomination for the US Senate from Michigan.

    As well as some of the comments that he made at a rally that I was able to attend when I was visiting back in July

    Now this rally had all kinds of folks: It had AOC. It had Bernie Sanders. It had the president of the UAW, Shawn Fain. It had all kinds of folks there supporting him

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    And what I really noticed was just how practical everything that they were talking about that they were supporting to me.

    And how strange it was that from the outside when I would see critics or hear critics of Abdul El-Sayed so often they were calling him dangerous which didn't make any sense to me because as someone who has health insurance from my day job it still has gotten so much worse.

    It sort of sucks. And I'm lucky enough to have it. So Medicare for all doesn't seem crazy

    The idea that we want accountability for ICE and for the Department of Defense, and explaining where they are spending their billions of dollars when they are cutting aid for food and security when they are cutting aid for all sorts of benefit programs that help people who are trying to get on their feet and stay there it just seemed really practical to me

    And I look at my own senator Senator Chris Van Hollen and he and Abdul El-Sayed seem to agree on all kinds of things.

    They agree on eradicating ice and doing immigration in a different way.

    They agree on accountability for the people who are in power and where they are spending our tax dollars.

    They agree that the enrichment of the current members of the administration and their families seeming to make deals for themselves at the expense of the US government all that is wrong that we should have basic freedoms and support the First Amendment.

    I don't hear people regularly calling Chris Van Hollen a radical or dangerous in the mainstream media.

    And so I guess I don't understand what makes Abdul El-Sayed radical or dangerous if Chris Van Hollen is not also considered radical or dangerous.

    We're also going to be going out there for election night. So we'll have a dispatch from there as well as some other possible races

    Make sure you tune in on August 9th. We'll still be having our CATTY CHATS LIVE! with two candidates and sergeant candidates who are trying to flip red seats in different states across the country.

    If you missed our first one from back in July you can find that on YouTube Substack and wherever get your audio podcasts.

    And of course RSVP for CATLADYPALOOZA number Twoo-za Sunday, September 13th 7pm eastern.

    We're gonna be focusing on the First Amendment ice and of course voting rights voting rights voting rights voting voting voting for the midterms with some amazing speakers that we're gonna be announcing starting this week.

    So you can go to our website and find all of that information.

    And in the meantime enjoy this interview with Abdul El-Sayed!

    And check your voter registration everybody! Claws out - meow!
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    17 分
  • NEW CANDIDATES TAKING THE FIGHT TO MAGA!

    NEW CANDIDATES TAKING THE FIGHT TO MAGA!
    2026/07/21
    Meet two of the many insurgent candidates who are trying to make things suck less, PLUS our guide to actions that help candidates at every level breakthrough in the mid-terms!LeVon Barnes donned fluffy pink cat headphones that belong to his young daughter.Dan Schwartz’s one-eyed cat Toodles gave him the biggest kitty hug ever – on camera.And that all happened before we even started talking about policy and this year’s elections.Barnes and Schwartz joined Cat Ladies for America Founder Blaire Postman on Sunday, July 12, for the second edition of our Catty Chats Live podcast and vodcast. Barnes is running for a seat in North Carolina representing State House District 64. Schwartz is a candidate for Congress in Maryland District 1. (Watch on Substack or on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.)We asked each candidate why they are running, how they plan to make things suck less, and what inspires them.LeVon BarnesCampaign website: https://www.levonfornc.com/en/Instagram: LeVon Barnes “It’s simple. I’m doing it to try and make my family’s life, my students and their families’ lives, and everybody that lives in my county and state’s life easier. … We don’t have working-class people in any of those [state] seats. And, it’s because my community has asked me to run. It’s because my students and families, who I’ve been able to serve, they’ve asked me to run. That’s why I’m on the ballot.”How he’s going to make things suck lessFunding for public education. “North Carolina is No. 1 in business in the United States, No. 46 in what we pay teachers, and No. 50 – dead last – in how we fund education. So, we know that businesses are going to want to come here. They are here, but yet if you don’t have a thriving school district, public school education system, then they’re going to bring in everybody else except the folks who live here.”A fair wage tax.“Right now, the North Carolina legislature has awful constitutional amendments on the ballot this November that look really good. And one of those is capping income tax and property tax. And, I would say that, if you tax a billionaire fairly, he’s still a billionaire. If you tax a millionaire fairly, he’s still a millionaire. But taxing a billionaire the same way that you’re taxing someone who’s getting paid hourly is disgraceful. And all it’s going to do is continue to create a class gap that we already are seeing growing wider and wider and wider where the middle class or young people who are trying to ascertain their first home or whatever cannot do that. Can’t do it at all.”What in his district inspires him“What I see in Alamance County is fight. It’s fight. I see folks who are in nonprofits, working with the private sector, working with just the two girls that are selling lemonade in their neighborhood. I think they all care about their community. They want their communities to thrive. They don’t want to see anybody suffer. We all understand the issues that we’re facing.”Barnes said he is also inspired by the efforts to feed local students during the summer led by Tameka Harvey, a member of the board of education, and Jackie Vanhook, founder of Mayneline Resources. “They’ve been going up and down Alamance County feeding kids in neighborhoods like sandwiches and all different types of stuff because we know that yeah, food security is an issue,” he said.Shoutouts for other insurgent candidatesBarnes highlighted the efforts of these fellow candidates for North Carolina state-level seats:Southey Blanton, candidate for NC Senate District 25Claire Kempner, candidate for NC House District 9Jennifer Wiles, candidate for NC House District 75Andy Bowline, candidate for NC Senate District 31He also praised the work of the Can’t Win Victory Fund, which is supporting Barnes and many other candidates.Dan SchwartzCampaign website: https://schwartzforcongress.comInstagram: Daniel SchwartzWhy he’s running“My congressional district, it’s just 90 from Washington, DC, right across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, but we are one of the most under-represented and underserved districts in the country. And for eight terms now, we’ve been represented by Andy Harris, who is the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, the most extreme group in Congress. People out here are not extremists. They want to be represented by somebody who’s from here, who shows up here, and who will listen to them. … I have experience in government. That being said, I’m just a regular guy. I’ve got a family. I’ve got a lot of bills. I’ve got two cats, three dogs. I think we need more regular people in Congress.”How he’s going to make things suck lessFree lunch in school and food security. “I want free lunch for every kid in school across the country. There is no reason that we are the wealthiest nation in the world, and we can afford to bomb kids overseas, but we can’t afford to feed them in our schools....
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    57 分
  • The Ice Queen of Minneapolis

    The Ice Queen of Minneapolis
    2026/07/14

    Hey Gritty Kitties. Welcome to Catty Chats from Cat Ladies for America where we talk to people who are trying to make things suck less in new and interesting ways.

    In this episode we talk to Anne Lehman of the fames Smitten Kitten in Minneapolis: The adult sex toy shop & community hub were at the heart of a lot of the mutual aid and community resistance organizing in Minneapolis at the height of Metro Surge, continue to be, and were before Metro Surge came to town

    We catch up with Anne to talk about not just things that happened back in December January February of 2026 but also what is still going on there. How desperately they need help. How while ice may have changed how many photo ops they take they are still decimating the community

    They are also decimating the economy of that community. Destruction of property. There are businesses that can't find workers. There are all kinds of residual effects.

    So what do they need now? An important thing to learn since this sort of siege & attack on how communities function is going happen in cities and counties on some level across in the United States.

    And we also god damn it have some f*cking fun.

    We have a new segment called 9 Vibes that I started with Anne cause I know her well enough to take a flyer on this one
    We're gonna be doing it in every episode
    called “9 vibes” - nine questions things like what is your laser pointer, and who's giving off Big Cat Energy.

    Anne and I talk about how sometimes against our will we both wind up being the kind of optimist who think we should go ahead and try to put a show on in the barn.

    But remember: everybody's gotta take a break sometimes. Once in a while you just gotta scream into a pillow or just out loud in the street just scream out loud in the street everyone will understand. I bet nobody would give you a moment's trouble if you just stood out in the street and yelled “everything this f*cking sucks!” In fact I might try it tomorrow

    We also have a lot of ADHD fever dream going on between the two of us.

    This episode is also an interesting behind the scenes look at how they got started in mutual aid long before metrosurge

    And despite ourselves we have some f*cking fun.

    Claws OUT! MEOW

    #ice #icedetention #minneapolis #minnesota #election2026 #mutualaid
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