Pat Curtin
@pcurtinemerit.bsky.social
Retiring communications prof, active unionist, trying to be the best LGBTQ ally I can be but still learning, raised by a Scottish mother in Northern Jersey--best of both worlds if you like tell it like it is
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Let's talk about the midterms.
ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started.
Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!
ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started.
Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!
January 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Let's talk about the midterms.
ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started.
Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!
ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started.
Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!
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Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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There's a great group of talented, dedicated journalists looking for the right ownership.
jfc: "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper"
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
Post-Gazette to Shut Down 240-Year-Old Paper After SCOTUS Slaps Down Company’s Bid to Evade Court Order.
newsguild.org
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
There's a great group of talented, dedicated journalists looking for the right ownership.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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George is a very smart man. Listen to George if you want to live long and prosper.
Many don't realize that the most vulnerable or immune compromised depend on the rest getting vaccinated properly to keep diseases from spreading out of control. It's not just “my body, my choice” when it comes to saving lives.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
George is a very smart man. Listen to George if you want to live long and prosper.
But can we talk about these refs? Good lord.
This is why I shouldn’t watch college football
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 AM
But can we talk about these refs? Good lord.
"What a piece of shit."
By all means, do share your decorating ideas, likely costing millions, while the American people are struggling to afford housing, food and health insurance.
What a piece of shit.
What a piece of shit.
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"What a piece of shit."
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BREAKING: ICE announces it has detained Santa Clause because he entered the country illegally and without documentation.
"Nobody is above the law," said Pam Bondi, "especially communists who just want to give things away."
"Nobody is above the law," said Pam Bondi, "especially communists who just want to give things away."
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
BREAKING: ICE announces it has detained Santa Clause because he entered the country illegally and without documentation.
"Nobody is above the law," said Pam Bondi, "especially communists who just want to give things away."
"Nobody is above the law," said Pam Bondi, "especially communists who just want to give things away."
A note of hope as we look forward to 2026--keep protesting!
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A note of hope as we look forward to 2026--keep protesting!
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November 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Oh lord--don't we just. We have lost the meaning of the word Christian, and the love and inclusivity that entails.
Amen
Though I learned the valuable lessons that we are NOT the country we thought we were, and that some of my neighbors are NOT decent people.
Oh and that "American Christian" is apparently an oxymoron.
Though I learned the valuable lessons that we are NOT the country we thought we were, and that some of my neighbors are NOT decent people.
Oh and that "American Christian" is apparently an oxymoron.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Oh lord--don't we just. We have lost the meaning of the word Christian, and the love and inclusivity that entails.
Now if only the media took notice of this as a whole and acted as if it had a spine and could push back (present company excluded).
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Now if only the media took notice of this as a whole and acted as if it had a spine and could push back (present company excluded).
Exactly. This is why it is not just important, it's imperative.
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Exactly. This is why it is not just important, it's imperative.
Absolutely named and shamed. To be so scared you might temporarily lose your access that you refuse to be a decent human being. Ugh.
Does anyone have a list of the reporters that were in that gaggle where he said, "Quiet, Piggy"?
You know, the ones who refused to support their colleague?
I'd like to know who they are because they should be named and shamed.
You know, the ones who refused to support their colleague?
I'd like to know who they are because they should be named and shamed.
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Absolutely named and shamed. To be so scared you might temporarily lose your access that you refuse to be a decent human being. Ugh.
And the rest of the press pool should be standing up for her and pushing back. Instead, they're sheep scared they might lose access. Yet every time an outlet is denied access, it's been won back through the courts. Baa!
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
And the rest of the press pool should be standing up for her and pushing back. Instead, they're sheep scared they might lose access. Yet every time an outlet is denied access, it's been won back through the courts. Baa!
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Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
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Just how morally, ethically, intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to argue that 15-year-olds can sell sex but can’t affirm gender
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just how morally, ethically, intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to argue that 15-year-olds can sell sex but can’t affirm gender
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Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
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“Rather than remaining silent to avoid offending the White House, Starmer should stand up for the BBC’s editorial freedom. Doing nothing will only encourage Mr Trump and his UK allies to do their worst” Well said @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the BBC under siege: Britain must defend its own truth | Editorial
Editorial: With Donald Trump circling and Labour ministers wavering, defending the corporation’s independence is now a test of national will
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
“Rather than remaining silent to avoid offending the White House, Starmer should stand up for the BBC’s editorial freedom. Doing nothing will only encourage Mr Trump and his UK allies to do their worst” Well said @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This. Absolutely this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This. Absolutely this.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ProPublica is hiring a reporter to join our amazing investigative unit with The Texas Tribune. APPLY HERE ➡️ propub.li/4qvyjzw