CATTY CHATS LIVE!

We were so excited to welcome Angie Nixon Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Abiola Agoro, Matt Gordon & Sara Wiles to a special edition Cat Ladies for America’s weekly “Catty Chats” livestream: “CLAWS OUT FOR ANGIE NIXON”.

These days immediately before the election are feeling fraught with more than just the standard election jitters about who will win or lose certain races. It feels like more is on the line -- our democracy, even. And the administration appears willing to do just about anything to keep control of the House and Senate.

If we want ca...

What do you do when government officials lie to their constituents?

You dig deep to the bottom of the box and expose them.

In New Jersey, ICE wasn’t supposed to be detaining people at a vacant warehouse in Roxbury – by court order. But when two activists with Morris ICE Rapid Response saw increased activity at the warehouse, they sprang into action, collecting photos and video. Thanks to the activists’ work, the New Jersey Attorney General’s office began looking into the report that a person detained by ICE on Sept. 4 was held at the Roxbury...

JANAI NORMAN USED TO DO THE NEWS. NOW SHE REPORTS UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS.

Ears Up. Claws Out. It's time for another CATTY CHATS LIVE, where we talk to people trying to make things suck less.  

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If you’re like us, you’re a media cat who takes in a lot of media from mainstream and independent sources. But can you read between the lines?

Every week on Ca...

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Author Lu Chekowsky was once haunted by couches.

You know how it goes: You’re considering buying a new sofa, so you poke around online to see what’s out there.

Then, like a JD Vance fever dream, couches are everywhere when you go online. Each ad shows you a new style, a new color, a new furniture store.

Anno...

HEY GRITTY KITTIES! Welcome to Catty Chats Live!  The weekly livestream and podcast where we talk to people who are working to make things suck less.

Today we are talking to three more candidates ahead of the 2026 mid term elections:

Cat Ladies for America is an all volunteer grassroots organization, but our reporting, events and activism still incur bills.  

You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber to our Substack, or buying some of our purr-fect merch!

SPECIAL EVENT ALERT! We’re s...

CATLADYPALOOZA TWOO-ZA: ASSES KICKED, NAMES TAKEN 

Voting Rights Experts, Activists in the Business of Resistance & First Amendment Fighters have us ready to scratch back at the mid-terms.

We’re less than 50 days from the midterm elections. How ya feeling, gritty kitties?

We got a dose of inspiration and a swift kick in the ass this week at our second CatLadyPalooza event. Our a-meow-zing panelists wowed us with their knowledge and passion for democracy, voting rights, and the First Amendment.

We talked to LaT...

In this special episode, we'll get the first hand account of Tatiana from Indivisible Frederick Forward about the 36+ hour siege of a small corner of a neighborhood of Frederick Maryland.  

We discuss why they may have selected this unassuming corner of the state to try out new tactics that resulted in zero arrests due to their lack of judicial warrant and the commitment of neighborhood observers, and the over the top and pointless violence against citizens carrying nothing but cell phones.  As well as what next steps for accountability of elected officials might be th...

HEY Gritty Kitties! Welcome to another episode of "Catty Chats" where we talk to people trying to make things suck less in new and interesting ways.

In this episode, we've got another Catty Chats LIVE featuring candidates running for the US House of representatives around the country
who we need to support so we can bring back accountability and a government that works for the people.

Tessa Lynn Hodge is running to represent California's 23rd House District in the US Congress,
and Teresa Benitez Thompson is running to represent Nevada's 2nd House District...

Welcome to another episode of Catty Chats where we talk to people making things suck less in new and interesting ways.

We are still on a brief summer hiatus as we reconfigure and relaunch for Season Two. We've got a lot of exciting things coming up

and really interesting guests.

But while we are on this reorganization track (and frankly

a little bit of a vacation) we are still gonna have some special catty chat extras like this chat with  ⁨@AnaliliaForNJ⁩ (Re. Analilia Mejia).

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...

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 editio...

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 j...

Hey Gritty Kitties.  Welcome to another episode of CATTY CHATS.  Where we speak to people trying to make things suck less in new and interesting ways.  This week we're speaking to immigrant & civil rights activist, wife, mother & fellow Jersey girl, GABY SOTO. 

Gaby was at the heart of the advocacy for detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark NJ weeks and months before the hunger & labor strike and accompanying support by outside advocates left a peak around Memorial Day weekend 2026.  She started just trying to get a hearing & release for her husband, Martin, who was held despite no prior...

Hey, Gritty Kitties! Welcome to another episode of "Catty Chats"

Today we are talking to Oye Owolewa who is running for a DC City Council at large seat.

He first came to my attention because he was doing a lot of work
protesting the new ICE headquarters that is slated to be constructed in the 8th Ward of Washington DC.

The people of DC has been going through a lot of their own special struggles
because they have fewer rights than other states, counties, or cities because they do not have...

Hey gritty kitties - welcome to Catty Chats. We talk to people working to make things suck less in new and interesting ways.

In this episode we're talking to Cori Herbig of Project Ninja and Morris County Rapid Response which are anti ice organizations in New Jersey. This episode was taped on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 - after the intense events of Memorial Day Weekend but before other developments.

She's been on the ground with those groups and as an individual regularly including against the would be detention center in Roxbury New Jersey, and also outside Delaney...

Welcome to Catty Chats LIVE! The monthly LIVE episode of Cat Ladies for America’s weekly podcast Catty Chats. 

This month's Live panel of experts is talking all things voting rights in the wake of the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court this spring.  We discuss the practical on the ground ramifications, some long and shorter term strategies to reverse all the harm that's been done, and how Team Democracy can still WIN in these mid-terms by being on top of the changes and standing up to the tricks they may yet...

This week's guest in the catio is Jack Inicker, founder of FUBAR PAC.
Their mission: political messaging & community outreach with no permission, no focus groups, no deference - just effectiveness.

The Core Problems:

His short videos explainer series including "Hello" and headline summary series "This SH*T Actually Happened" don't scream at our current political insanity and gaslighting, but instead calmly rec...

This week on the podcast, Blaire sits down with Reverend Stephen Tillett, Democratic candidate for Maryland State Senate in District 32, pastor, Air Force veteran, former NAACP leader, and possibly the only politician willing to discuss public policy, Star Trek, and cottage homes in the same conversation. 

Pastor T talks about growing up in Washington, DC, serving congregations across Maryland for decades, and why he says this political moment calls for people focused on service, not climbing the career ladder in Annapolis. The conversation dives into skyrocketing utility bills, housing affordability, tiny homes, healthcare access, corporate influence in p...

This week's guest is TAJ SMITH, the president of the Washington County Maryland NAACP Chapter. https://www.instagram.com/washconaacp7030b/

On March 17, 2026, Taj was kicked out of the Washington County Board of County Commissioners' legally required public comment meeting because she had the nerve to mention the infrastructure impact and lack of tax revenue caused by ICE/DHS buying an enormous warehouse to use as a detention center is going to have ripple effects across the budget of the community. Click for audio and video from that day: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV_uuq...

🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL ‼️
They want us scared, powerless and alone. Too bad — we’ve got cats.

Cat Ladies for America fur-vently invites you to our virtual 2026 learning, lean-in and scratch back virtual event: CATLADYPALOOZA! LIVE on YouTube — Sunday, April 19 7p, National Cat Lady Day.

We’re activating cat ladies, cat daddies, cat folks & un-catted allies around the country so they’re ready to both take care of each other now, and come out scratching into the midterms with an event separated into four equal parts:
1st Amendment, Due Process & voting rights training (LEGAL)<...

Welcome to Catty Chats: claws-out interviews with people trying to make things suck less in new and different ways.

I am thrilled that I get to share with you my conversation with Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen.

He's had a long political career in the Maryland Statehouse, the U.S. House of Representatives, and most recently the U.S. Senate since 2017.

I always thought of him as smart, and capable, and doing and saying all the right things on issues I cared about.  And a...

When you go to check out the proposed new DHS mega detention center before ICE moves in... but turns out you're late.

Part 1: I meet Claire from Hagerstown Rapid Response in front of the new would-be ICE detention center outside Hagerstown to discuss the the sloppiness in execution, the harm being done to our who are vulnerable neighbors as well as all of Washington County, and the ramp up in ICE on-site staffing and build out of the camp that we would see in the coming 12-72 hours.

Part 2: After Part 1 was interrupted by a...

As DHS & ICE continue to rampage cities across the U.S. the “document research nerds” of Project Saltbox teach us how they uncover news that the mainstream media has missed.

We discuss what they look for to uncover ICE’s next moves, and what they’re seeing for the future in Minneapolis, Maryland and beyond including alarming new tools and dangerous procedures every U.S. community needs to know about about.

We also discuss how ordinary people can help do extraordinary things, community, and what gives us each hope.

EDITOR'S NOTE: In the last thi...

Kate Barr tried running as democrat in a gerrymandered AF district in North Carolina.  But nobody pays attention to the Dem primary there.  

So THIS time she ran as a Republican in the Republican primary, being very open about switching parties and why, in a lot of ways, it shouldn’t matter.  Either you like what she thinks should be done for the people of her district in Congress, or you don’t.

This was taped the day before the Super Bowl so in addition to discussing her top priorities for her district - NC CD 14...

In this episode we’re talking to Maryland Governor WES MOORE about Maryland’s role in fighting for democracy, Maryland redistricting & Donald Trump being, like, totally OBSESSED with him.

Cat Ladies for America is launching the audio-only version of its podcast "CATTY CHATS": Interview with people making things suck less in new and different ways. CLAWS OUT.