Cheryl Paddock
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Cheryl Paddock
@paddockcheryl.bsky.social
I’ve been in travel for over 50 years and love it. Just moved from LA to Milwaukee a few weeks ago to be near my daughter and family, who moved in June. Civil rights, pro choice lead the way along with resisting the clowns. Love being here on Bluesky
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Are you 🤬ing kidding me??? Criminalizing Habit for Humanity? I know Elon Musk believes empathy is the weakness of our society, does that mean the entire MAGA movement goes along with that maniacal ideology too???

Come on America, we are so much better than this.
The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.

FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.

newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Be clear. $8 billion was an error. They misread $8 million! And it’s not saving. It’s cutting services, necessary research, assistance to millions here and overseas, and enforcement of laws that protect consumers and workers.
February 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Rep. McGovern:

"Maybe before coming after USAID, Republicans should look at the billions and billions of dollars of tax breaks and subsidies they give to oligarchs like Elon Musk. You want to save some money? Let's start there."
February 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Beyoncé is donating $2.5 million to the wildfire relief efforts in California with her BeyGood foundation.

More than Elon Musk and Donald Trump combined...

Which is easy since they haven't donated any money.
January 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Ex-Texan here. And this is spot on. It’s called the Iron River. If you go to a small border town, just observe how many gun sellers are there. It’s much easier for Cartels to buy guns in the U.S. than in Mexico.
The number of gun trace requests from the Mexican government went up 25% between 2021-2023.

Investigators found that 76% of those guns were sold in Southwest border states, Texas and Arizona.

Most ended up in crime scenes in Mexican provinces besieged by transnational criminal organizations.
Texas, Arizona arming Mexican drug cartels
The U.S. and Mexico are working closer than ever to trace the origin of guns used in drug cartel massacres and other crimes south of the border.
www.abc27.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Evergreen for the foreseeable 🤡 GOP future.

Step 1: wake tf up, America

Step 2: keep eyes wide open
January 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Senate Dems released an investigation that shows Justice Thomas once again failed to disclose trips paid for by his billionaire buds.

It’s time he was impeached.
Justice Thomas hit with new allegations of undisclosed jet and yacht trips: report
Early Saturday morning, Senate Democrats released the results of an investigation that alleges that Justice Clarence Thomas once again failed to disclose trips paid for by one of his billionaire benef...
www.rawstory.com
December 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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This
December 16, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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💔 Sadly, America has ended up with a convicted felon in love with money, himself and publicity!

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 3, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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1. In April 2024, California raised the minimum wage for fast food chains to $20/hour

The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases

Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
What really happened after California raised its minimum wage to $20 for fast food workers
What would happen to the fast food industry if it had to pay its workers something closer to a living wage?
popular.info
December 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Yes!!!!
Trump’s Legal Battles Over Jan. 6 Are Still Alive and Relevant

A breakdown of the civil cases that will still proceed against President Trump, with new rounds of briefs due on Weds.

By Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.bsky.social) and Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social)
Trump’s Legal Battles Over Jan. 6 Are Still Alive and Relevant
Legal analysis of the ongoing January 6th-related civil lawsuits against President Trump, and how immunity will work in his second term.
www.justsecurity.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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Why is there any discussion about this? It is utterly and totally disqualifying. Sex with an unconscious person is rape.
Pete Hegseth published a story saying sex with an unconscious woman isn’t rape. To be clear, he didn’t write it, but he published it.

This is who Trump the misogynist, sexual predator relates to ~ other misogynistic sexual predators. It’s beyond disgusting. 🤢
www.snopes.com/news/2024/11...
Pete Hegseth Published Column Saying Sex with Unconscious Woman Isn't Rape
President-elect Donald Trump's selection for defense secretary was once the publisher of The Princeton Tory magazine.
www.snopes.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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Love Harry Litman and his expert legal perspective on things. His Talking Feds YouTube channel is amazing! @harrylitman.bsky.social
Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman: "But in fact, President Biden’s pardon was justified and falls within the heartland of executive clemency cases. A clear-eyed analysis of the facts, the law, and, crucially, DOJ standard practice in Hunter Biden’s case establishes this."
Night of the Hunter
You could almost hear the howls of protest begin on Capitol Hill the moment President Biden announced he was granting a pardon to his son, Hunter.
harrylitman.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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The piece has tons of devastating details about Hegseth's many, many disqualifying personal traits, but we shouldn't overlook the parts about how he has repeatedly mismanaged every single organization he's led and been driven out of job after job for utter incompetence.
Yikes. A racist, drunken, sexual predator. "A different former employee described Hegseth being at a bar in the early-morning hours of May 29, 2015, while on an official tour through Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, drunkenly chanting “Kill All Muslims! Kill All Muslims!” www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep...
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Yes!!!!!!
Shouldn't Biden pardon everyone Trump has said he'll go after: Fauci, Cheney, Jack Smith, etc?
December 2, 2024 at 4:03 AM
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Crockett: For anyone who wants to clutch their pearls because he was going to pardon his son, I would say take a look in the mirror because we also know that when it comes to this cabinet, this cabinet has more people accused of sexual assault than any incoming cabinet
December 2, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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Hunter
Here’s the reality.

No USAtty would have charged this case given the underlying facts. After a 5 year investigation the facts as discovered only made that clear

Had his name been Joe Smith the resolution would have been - fundamentally and more fairly - a declination

Pardon warranted
December 2, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Great choice 🤮🤮😵‍💫
Trump just selected him to be FBI Director (this clip is from 2023 with Bannon when Kash was vying to be CIA Director)
December 1, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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I served as a US ambassador and know hundreds of others

Never met one before who hired a prostitute to seduce their brother-in-law or sent a videotape of the encounter to their sister

Or who committed 18 felonies & was pardoned by another in-law

I guess the job qualifications are changing…
November 30, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Wow
Here is what Kushner admitted to when he pled guilty.
December 1, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Thank these folks everyday for what they do. ❤️❤️
Happy Thanksgiving….make sure to thank all the farm workers for getting that food to your table before they deport them and we’re gonna have to grow it and pick it on our own next year
November 28, 2024 at 2:23 PM
This is very accurate!!!
November 28, 2024 at 1:54 PM