Patty Polo
@pattypolo.bsky.social
Democracy and justice supporter. #thediversemajority. Phillies fan.
Today's action: Call your Congressperson and ask why they are not in session if there is an emergency in Washington, DC, that requires the National Guard and federalizing the DC police. Ask why Trump can call up the National Guard now but not on Jan. 6. Push, push, push.
August 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today's action: Call your Congressperson and ask why they are not in session if there is an emergency in Washington, DC, that requires the National Guard and federalizing the DC police. Ask why Trump can call up the National Guard now but not on Jan. 6. Push, push, push.
Today's action: Contact Senators & Congressperson & ask for investigation into the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics' Erika McEntarfer. When the BLS used facts showing the economy is weakening, Trump fired McEntarfer. It will be impossible to know what is going on with the economy!
August 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today's action: Contact Senators & Congressperson & ask for investigation into the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics' Erika McEntarfer. When the BLS used facts showing the economy is weakening, Trump fired McEntarfer. It will be impossible to know what is going on with the economy!
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Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Today's action: Call your Senators and tell them to vote no on Emil Bove for the appeals court judgeship. Bove's deeply troubling record of mistreating law enforcement officers, abusing power, and disregarding the law itself should result in outright rejection.
July 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today's action: Call your Senators and tell them to vote no on Emil Bove for the appeals court judgeship. Bove's deeply troubling record of mistreating law enforcement officers, abusing power, and disregarding the law itself should result in outright rejection.
Today's action: Contact your Senators and tell them to drop the Trump/Musk Recissions bill, which has $9.4 Billion in cuts to public services like foreign healthcare aid and PBS/NPR. Stop the insanity!
July 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Today's action: Contact your Senators and tell them to drop the Trump/Musk Recissions bill, which has $9.4 Billion in cuts to public services like foreign healthcare aid and PBS/NPR. Stop the insanity!
Today's action: Call Senators & Congressperson to reinstate military supplies for Ukraine: Last week the Pentagon halted supplies (anti-aircraft & anti-missile defense systems) for the 3rd time in 6 months. An analysis by senior military officers found the aid would not jeopardize U.S. supplies.
July 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today's action: Call Senators & Congressperson to reinstate military supplies for Ukraine: Last week the Pentagon halted supplies (anti-aircraft & anti-missile defense systems) for the 3rd time in 6 months. An analysis by senior military officers found the aid would not jeopardize U.S. supplies.
Urgent TODAY: Flood the phones. Tell your U.S. representative (Mackenzie in PA-7) that a vote for this budget bill is a vote to destroy lives and you’ll remember it. Once you make the call, send an email to drive home the point.
July 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Urgent TODAY: Flood the phones. Tell your U.S. representative (Mackenzie in PA-7) that a vote for this budget bill is a vote to destroy lives and you’ll remember it. Once you make the call, send an email to drive home the point.
Republican political suicide? If it passes, I hope so!
Sen. Reps’ budget bill projected to add $3.9+ trillion to the national debt, according to the CBO. Includes $930 billion cut to Medicaid, the largest reduction in the program’s history, leaving 11.8 million more Americans uninsured.
Sen. Reps’ budget bill projected to add $3.9+ trillion to the national debt, according to the CBO. Includes $930 billion cut to Medicaid, the largest reduction in the program’s history, leaving 11.8 million more Americans uninsured.
June 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Republican political suicide? If it passes, I hope so!
Sen. Reps’ budget bill projected to add $3.9+ trillion to the national debt, according to the CBO. Includes $930 billion cut to Medicaid, the largest reduction in the program’s history, leaving 11.8 million more Americans uninsured.
Sen. Reps’ budget bill projected to add $3.9+ trillion to the national debt, according to the CBO. Includes $930 billion cut to Medicaid, the largest reduction in the program’s history, leaving 11.8 million more Americans uninsured.
Today's action: Call Sens. & Congressperson and tell them to stop lying about the budget bill helping working families. The Child Tax Credit & EITC are popular, but Republicans see a way to free up money for tax cuts for the rich by adding new & burdensome requirements to access the tax credits.
June 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Today's action: Call Sens. & Congressperson and tell them to stop lying about the budget bill helping working families. The Child Tax Credit & EITC are popular, but Republicans see a way to free up money for tax cuts for the rich by adding new & burdensome requirements to access the tax credits.
Action today for PA-7: Call Mackenzie today and tell him how hypocritical this post is considering Congress is wasting time and money on a hearing about Biden's mental fitness when it's clear Trump is not mentally fit to be President.
June 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Action today for PA-7: Call Mackenzie today and tell him how hypocritical this post is considering Congress is wasting time and money on a hearing about Biden's mental fitness when it's clear Trump is not mentally fit to be President.
Today's action: Call Senators and tell them softening regulations for gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns will be catastrophic to public safety and impede law enforcement. apnews.com/article/tax-...
GOP tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns
The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns.
apnews.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Today's action: Call Senators and tell them softening regulations for gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns will be catastrophic to public safety and impede law enforcement. apnews.com/article/tax-...
Today's action: Call your Sens, who may vote on the fed budget this week. A talking point: Budget includes a substantial reduction in HUD funding, with rental assistance programs facing a 43% cut ($26.7 billion). This will significantly decrease the number of households supported by these programs.
June 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Today's action: Call your Sens, who may vote on the fed budget this week. A talking point: Budget includes a substantial reduction in HUD funding, with rental assistance programs facing a 43% cut ($26.7 billion). This will significantly decrease the number of households supported by these programs.
Call your Senators to vote no on the budget bill. The Senate made a really bad bill even worse. It includes a plot to sell off 250 million acres of public land, retains a ban on efforts to regulate AI, and makes changes to Medicaid funding that have hospitals nationwide warning of cuts and closures.
June 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Call your Senators to vote no on the budget bill. The Senate made a really bad bill even worse. It includes a plot to sell off 250 million acres of public land, retains a ban on efforts to regulate AI, and makes changes to Medicaid funding that have hospitals nationwide warning of cuts and closures.
Today's action: Call your Congressperson and tell them NO to war with Iran and to impose real checks on Trump to prevent further escalation.
June 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Today's action: Call your Congressperson and tell them NO to war with Iran and to impose real checks on Trump to prevent further escalation.
Today's action: Call your Congressman & Sens. about FEMA cuts: Trump says he will “wean” states of FEMA after this year’s hurricane season. Sec. of Homeland Security said they would eliminate FEMA entirely. This would require an act of Congress! States simply can’t afford to do the job without FEMA.
June 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today's action: Call your Congressman & Sens. about FEMA cuts: Trump says he will “wean” states of FEMA after this year’s hurricane season. Sec. of Homeland Security said they would eliminate FEMA entirely. This would require an act of Congress! States simply can’t afford to do the job without FEMA.
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Congressional lawmakers made hundreds of stock trades as markets tanked following President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs in early April.
Lawmakers Traded Stocks Heavily as Trump Rolled Out ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
Buying and selling of stocks are spurring a new push to further restrict lawmakers’ market activities.
on.wsj.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Congressional lawmakers made hundreds of stock trades as markets tanked following President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs in early April.
oday: Clear your calendar for Saturday and take part in a local No Kings Day peaceful protest. Do not be silent, but be peaceful in your resistance, please. Find a protest here: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=r...
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
www.nokings.org
June 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
oday: Clear your calendar for Saturday and take part in a local No Kings Day peaceful protest. Do not be silent, but be peaceful in your resistance, please. Find a protest here: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=r...
Today's action: Call Sens. & Congressperson and ask them to speak up against FOTUS using our troops in LA. This is dangerous for all peaceful protests and fundamentally un-American. Plus, investigate possible plants in the crowds by the administration to increase the chaos & escalate the situation.
June 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today's action: Call Sens. & Congressperson and ask them to speak up against FOTUS using our troops in LA. This is dangerous for all peaceful protests and fundamentally un-American. Plus, investigate possible plants in the crowds by the administration to increase the chaos & escalate the situation.
Today's action: Call Sens. and Congressperson and tell them FOTUS' plan to create a database of personal information on American citizens is dystopian and wrong. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump's reported database move sparks alarm: "Dystopian"
According to a recent report, the president aims to compile a database of personal information with the help of tech firm Palantir.
www.newsweek.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today's action: Call Sens. and Congressperson and tell them FOTUS' plan to create a database of personal information on American citizens is dystopian and wrong. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Today's action: Call your Rep. Congressperson and tell them to stop lying about the Medicaid cuts in the "big, beautiful bill." Here's a NYT Times article that lays out the facts and falsehoods: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
Trump and Allies Sell Domestic Policy Bill With Falsehoods
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Today's action: Call your Rep. Congressperson and tell them to stop lying about the Medicaid cuts in the "big, beautiful bill." Here's a NYT Times article that lays out the facts and falsehoods: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
What country to we live in? www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas
At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.
www.mysanantonio.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What country to we live in? www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
Today's action: Tell your Congressperson to vote NO on the upcoming rescission bill. FOTUS sending Congress a package of @$9.4B, canceling funds allocated by Congress but not spent: @$1.1B to the Corp. for Pub. Broadcasting & @$8.3B in foreign aid/USAID, etc. - agencies already gutted by DOGE.
June 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today's action: Tell your Congressperson to vote NO on the upcoming rescission bill. FOTUS sending Congress a package of @$9.4B, canceling funds allocated by Congress but not spent: @$1.1B to the Corp. for Pub. Broadcasting & @$8.3B in foreign aid/USAID, etc. - agencies already gutted by DOGE.