Patty
@soappman.bsky.social
Doing what I can to wade through the BS to find facts, Defender of Democracy.
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DC is a labyrinth of roadblocks tonight, but the Ukrainian community has still found a space to rally in support of Ukraine and Zelenskyy ahead of Trump’s speech: “Protect Ukraine, protect the world!”
March 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
DC is a labyrinth of roadblocks tonight, but the Ukrainian community has still found a space to rally in support of Ukraine and Zelenskyy ahead of Trump’s speech: “Protect Ukraine, protect the world!”
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Near the White House, at Black Lives Matter Plaza. Protesters held a vigil for democracy around the time Trump’s address to Congress began.
“For all of those out there somehow still shocked by what is happening right now, Maya Angelou told us when someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
“For all of those out there somehow still shocked by what is happening right now, Maya Angelou told us when someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Near the White House, at Black Lives Matter Plaza. Protesters held a vigil for democracy around the time Trump’s address to Congress began.
“For all of those out there somehow still shocked by what is happening right now, Maya Angelou told us when someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
“For all of those out there somehow still shocked by what is happening right now, Maya Angelou told us when someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
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See all those people at the Lincoln Memorial? That’s the Stand Up for Science rally, from my view at the base of the Washington Monument.
March 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
See all those people at the Lincoln Memorial? That’s the Stand Up for Science rally, from my view at the base of the Washington Monument.
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Another look around and a snapshot of the signs around me. Including: “Hey Trump, I found your transgender mice” but it’s a scene from Pinky and the Brain.
March 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another look around and a snapshot of the signs around me. Including: “Hey Trump, I found your transgender mice” but it’s a scene from Pinky and the Brain.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin gets a big welcome. We’re in his district. Says this is the 11th rally he’s been to lately.
“My question for you is this: Are you going to lie down and let the know nothings, and the autocrats, and the kleptocrats, and the plutocrats, and the theocrats roll all over you?”
“My question for you is this: Are you going to lie down and let the know nothings, and the autocrats, and the kleptocrats, and the plutocrats, and the theocrats roll all over you?”
March 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Rep. Jamie Raskin gets a big welcome. We’re in his district. Says this is the 11th rally he’s been to lately.
“My question for you is this: Are you going to lie down and let the know nothings, and the autocrats, and the kleptocrats, and the plutocrats, and the theocrats roll all over you?”
“My question for you is this: Are you going to lie down and let the know nothings, and the autocrats, and the kleptocrats, and the plutocrats, and the theocrats roll all over you?”
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At the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda this morning. Packed with people protesting the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to the federal science workforce and research grants. “Save our science, save NIH,” they chant.
March 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
At the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda this morning. Packed with people protesting the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to the federal science workforce and research grants. “Save our science, save NIH,” they chant.
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The unfurling. Three steps at a time.
March 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The unfurling. Three steps at a time.
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Big is an understatement. This thing is mindblowingly huge. Needs hundreds of people to hold it. Apparently it’s traveled the world and been all across Ukraine. Today, it’s in DC.
March 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Big is an understatement. This thing is mindblowingly huge. Needs hundreds of people to hold it. Apparently it’s traveled the world and been all across Ukraine. Today, it’s in DC.
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Supporters of Ukraine just unfurled the world’s biggest 🇺🇦 flag on the White House ellipse calling for the U.S. not to abandon the country in its efforts to resist the Russian attack.
March 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Supporters of Ukraine just unfurled the world’s biggest 🇺🇦 flag on the White House ellipse calling for the U.S. not to abandon the country in its efforts to resist the Russian attack.
We need to share and RT Protests because the Media, SM… isn’t putting it out there.
We had about 300 at my capital protest in Annapolis.
We had about 300 at my capital protest in Annapolis.
March 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We need to share and RT Protests because the Media, SM… isn’t putting it out there.
We had about 300 at my capital protest in Annapolis.
We had about 300 at my capital protest in Annapolis.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Since I’m already on their enemies list I’ll tell you that after the war started I hosted a Ukrainian refugee couple in my guest room for a year. Got them signed up with services. It was a lot. Now they have an apartment, jobs, and a baby. Legally. Call your Ukrainian church. They need help.🇺🇦
March 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Since I’m already on their enemies list I’ll tell you that after the war started I hosted a Ukrainian refugee couple in my guest room for a year. Got them signed up with services. It was a lot. Now they have an apartment, jobs, and a baby. Legally. Call your Ukrainian church. They need help.🇺🇦
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This is very obviously going to be a protection racket, where Trump can at the stroke of a pen destroy or save your business depending on how compliant you are.
Exempting USMCA-compliant auto imports from tariffs would lessen the impact of Trump's trade war, sparing ~$122B in imports (~$170B if parts are exempted)
But it just highlights the ridiculousness of this whole endeavor—why exempt cars but not oil, tomatoes, computers, etc etc?
But it just highlights the ridiculousness of this whole endeavor—why exempt cars but not oil, tomatoes, computers, etc etc?
March 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is very obviously going to be a protection racket, where Trump can at the stroke of a pen destroy or save your business depending on how compliant you are.
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⚠️ THIS IS NOT A DRILL ⚠️
Let leadership know you expect them to fight back to save our country from a lawless President, unelected billionaires, and imminent coup.
Start Here:
Contact Chuck Schumer:
➡️ Schumer.Senate.gov/contact
Contact Hakeem Jeffries:
➡️ Jeffries.House.gov/contact
Let leadership know you expect them to fight back to save our country from a lawless President, unelected billionaires, and imminent coup.
Start Here:
Contact Chuck Schumer:
➡️ Schumer.Senate.gov/contact
Contact Hakeem Jeffries:
➡️ Jeffries.House.gov/contact
March 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
⚠️ THIS IS NOT A DRILL ⚠️
Let leadership know you expect them to fight back to save our country from a lawless President, unelected billionaires, and imminent coup.
Start Here:
Contact Chuck Schumer:
➡️ Schumer.Senate.gov/contact
Contact Hakeem Jeffries:
➡️ Jeffries.House.gov/contact
Let leadership know you expect them to fight back to save our country from a lawless President, unelected billionaires, and imminent coup.
Start Here:
Contact Chuck Schumer:
➡️ Schumer.Senate.gov/contact
Contact Hakeem Jeffries:
➡️ Jeffries.House.gov/contact
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Let’s zoom out a bit: Elon Musk has gone into the FAA, fired people, and pressured the agency to sign a contract with his company Starlink. It’s his typical playbook over and over again. He's doing this with every agency. It's just a big grift.
March 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Let’s zoom out a bit: Elon Musk has gone into the FAA, fired people, and pressured the agency to sign a contract with his company Starlink. It’s his typical playbook over and over again. He's doing this with every agency. It's just a big grift.
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BREAKING—RFK Jr’s FDA suddenly cancels meeting to update next season’s flu vaccines, with zero explanations. Any delays will jeopardize next year’s vaccine supply chain. God help us all.
February 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
BREAKING—RFK Jr’s FDA suddenly cancels meeting to update next season’s flu vaccines, with zero explanations. Any delays will jeopardize next year’s vaccine supply chain. God help us all.
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Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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The FDA vaccine committee meeting that was supposed to discuss how to update next season's flu vaccine was abruptly cancelled today. It’s a key step to allow influenza vaccine manufacturers sufficient time to prepare updated shots for the next season. No explanation was provided.
February 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The FDA vaccine committee meeting that was supposed to discuss how to update next season's flu vaccine was abruptly cancelled today. It’s a key step to allow influenza vaccine manufacturers sufficient time to prepare updated shots for the next season. No explanation was provided.
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