Patti O
@innocentbystndr.bsky.social
Following the cool kids around the interweb since 2012 and we wound up here.
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He is literally ranting and raving, and I am really really glad this is being carried by the networks
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
He is literally ranting and raving, and I am really really glad this is being carried by the networks
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My latest post looks at the difference between Indivisible-style mobilizing and ISAIAH-style structured organizing. If you are frustrated because your activism isn’t achieving much, give it a look. open.substack.com/pub/theconne...
What Margaret Mead Left Out
If your activism isn't building power in numbers and forms that you (and others) can count, maybe it's time to stop believing in the magic of small groups of thoughtful, committed citizens alone.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My latest post looks at the difference between Indivisible-style mobilizing and ISAIAH-style structured organizing. If you are frustrated because your activism isn’t achieving much, give it a look. open.substack.com/pub/theconne...
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Farm industry leaders in Michigan say a new federal aid package announced last week, including $12 billion in one-time “bridge payments” to farmers, will not come close to offsetting mounting losses tied to trade disruptions and rising input costs.
From @publicnewsservice.bsky.social
From @publicnewsservice.bsky.social
Michigan farm leader warns federal aid won’t offset losses • Michigan Advance
Farm industry leaders in Michigan and across the country say a new federal aid package announced last week, including $12 billion in one-time “bridge payments” to farmers, will not come close to offse...
michiganadvance.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Farm industry leaders in Michigan say a new federal aid package announced last week, including $12 billion in one-time “bridge payments” to farmers, will not come close to offsetting mounting losses tied to trade disruptions and rising input costs.
From @publicnewsservice.bsky.social
From @publicnewsservice.bsky.social
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December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Rob Reiner, the legendary director and actor who rose to prominence in 'All in the Family' and went on to direct classics 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me,' and 'The Princess Bride,' was found dead in his home alongside his wife.
Story: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Story: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Rob Reiner, the legendary director and actor who rose to prominence in 'All in the Family' and went on to direct classics 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me,' and 'The Princess Bride,' was found dead in his home alongside his wife.
Story: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Story: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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The real issue of birthright citizenship is that everyone EXCEPT naturalized citizens get their citizenship that way, and no one has proof of anything else. Your birth certificate says your parents’ names and where you were born, not citizenship status, and most Americans don’t have passports.
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The real issue of birthright citizenship is that everyone EXCEPT naturalized citizens get their citizenship that way, and no one has proof of anything else. Your birth certificate says your parents’ names and where you were born, not citizenship status, and most Americans don’t have passports.
Important Reporting from @fiveminutenews.bsky.social
Migrants Mistreated at Fort Bliss: Advocacy Groups Demand Shutdown & Protesters disrupt Noem hearing. youtu.be/nP6DGMvLe24
Migrants Mistreated at Fort Bliss: Advocacy Groups Demand Shutdown & Protesters disrupt Noem hearing
YouTube video by FIVE MINUTE NEWS
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December 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Important Reporting from @fiveminutenews.bsky.social
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👋 Our social media team is hiring and we would love to hear from you if you’re looking to take your activism to the next level.
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About Indivisible Project We’re building something new. We’re a progressive grassroots organization that began in the aftermath of Tr...
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December 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
👋 Our social media team is hiring and we would love to hear from you if you’re looking to take your activism to the next level.
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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Impeach him again.
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Impeach him again.
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If we had no power they wouldn't be trying so hard to strip it from us. We HAVE power and they're scared to death of it.
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If we had no power they wouldn't be trying so hard to strip it from us. We HAVE power and they're scared to death of it.
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The story about the story is even worse than the story: It looks very much like Hegseth's office sent Jack Posobiec out to threaten a journalist for asking the type of questions that the Pentagon-approved media would never ask.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The story about the story is even worse than the story: It looks very much like Hegseth's office sent Jack Posobiec out to threaten a journalist for asking the type of questions that the Pentagon-approved media would never ask.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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In the convoluted, never-ending saga of the wrongfully deported and then indicted Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a federal judge in Maryland this morning ordered his immediate release from ICE custody — on grounds that are tinged with the bitterest of ironies.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-o...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-o...
The Cruelest Irony of the Abrego Garcia Case
In the convoluted, never-ending saga of the wrongfully deported and then indicted...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In the convoluted, never-ending saga of the wrongfully deported and then indicted Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a federal judge in Maryland this morning ordered his immediate release from ICE custody — on grounds that are tinged with the bitterest of ironies.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-o...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-o...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Lies. China bought $1.4 billion in soybeans from Illinois alone last year.
This year, due to Trump's policies, the U.S. is projected its lowest soybean exports to China since 2018—when Trump was also President.
Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's always been bad for our farmers.
This year, due to Trump's policies, the U.S. is projected its lowest soybean exports to China since 2018—when Trump was also President.
Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's always been bad for our farmers.
Leavitt: "President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing again American soybeans, which is something China wasn't doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or the country at the time."
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Lies. China bought $1.4 billion in soybeans from Illinois alone last year.
This year, due to Trump's policies, the U.S. is projected its lowest soybean exports to China since 2018—when Trump was also President.
Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's always been bad for our farmers.
This year, due to Trump's policies, the U.S. is projected its lowest soybean exports to China since 2018—when Trump was also President.
Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's always been bad for our farmers.
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Doing my morning reading, and want to call out @thebulwark.com, with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social (and others) for consistently smart takes that make me think.
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Doing my morning reading, and want to call out @thebulwark.com, with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social (and others) for consistently smart takes that make me think.
Karoline Leavitt is a Liar.
Leavitt: "President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing again American soybeans, which is something China wasn't doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or the country at the time."
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Karoline Leavitt is a Liar.
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Breaking:
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Breaking:
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
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"detention feels like torture, and for me, it was only three days. Many women in those cells had been in the system for months, even a year."
I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
www.thecut.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"detention feels like torture, and for me, it was only three days. Many women in those cells had been in the system for months, even a year."
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New data reveals US layoffs in 2025 could surpass Great Recession levels.
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New data reveals US layoffs in 2025 could surpass Great Recession levels.
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Reminder: Our live watchalong is happening tonight! 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET.
You can tune in here (it's free!): www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17...
Sharing this film with you — and reflecting together on the power of public education and the commitment of today’s students — means a great deal to me.
You can tune in here (it's free!): www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17...
Sharing this film with you — and reflecting together on the power of public education and the commitment of today’s students — means a great deal to me.
Please join us for a special live, one-time-only online watchalong of "The Last Class" TOMORROW at 5:30 p.m. PT / 8:30 p.m. ET.
More details here: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-join-us-for-a-live-showing
More details here: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-join-us-for-a-live-showing
Please join us for a live showing of “The Last Class” film
A one-time-only watchalong screening on December 8
robertreich.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Reminder: Our live watchalong is happening tonight! 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET.
You can tune in here (it's free!): www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17...
Sharing this film with you — and reflecting together on the power of public education and the commitment of today’s students — means a great deal to me.
You can tune in here (it's free!): www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17...
Sharing this film with you — and reflecting together on the power of public education and the commitment of today’s students — means a great deal to me.
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A rundown of what Trump and Miller did to bring chaos into our lives through anti-immigration actions.
There's many but here's 12 of them.
@tusk81.bsky.social
There's many but here's 12 of them.
@tusk81.bsky.social
12 Destructive Ways Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Assault Has Disrupted The Everyday Lives Of Americans
The administration’s escalating mass deportation agenda is making our nation weaker, poorer and less safe.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A rundown of what Trump and Miller did to bring chaos into our lives through anti-immigration actions.
There's many but here's 12 of them.
@tusk81.bsky.social
There's many but here's 12 of them.
@tusk81.bsky.social
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The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...