Patty MacDonell
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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This you, Kristi?
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This you, Kristi?
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“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
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October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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My dad was a federal law enforcement officer — and I was proud to follow in his footsteps.
I’ve spent my entire career working to keep our communities safe. That’s what I’ll continue to do as Governor.
I’ve spent my entire career working to keep our communities safe. That’s what I’ll continue to do as Governor.
October 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My dad was a federal law enforcement officer — and I was proud to follow in his footsteps.
I’ve spent my entire career working to keep our communities safe. That’s what I’ll continue to do as Governor.
I’ve spent my entire career working to keep our communities safe. That’s what I’ll continue to do as Governor.
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I can’t not believe how hard it is to sleep when you’re watching your country, be dismantled by the dumbest people.
October 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I can’t not believe how hard it is to sleep when you’re watching your country, be dismantled by the dumbest people.
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They keep doing this.
GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
They keep doing this.
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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I have no idea what it will take for people to start listening to black women the first 100 or so times they try to tell us what is going on, but I’ve found that listening to them and believing them the FIRST time they explain it is a real fucking time and sanity saver.
July 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I have no idea what it will take for people to start listening to black women the first 100 or so times they try to tell us what is going on, but I’ve found that listening to them and believing them the FIRST time they explain it is a real fucking time and sanity saver.
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The war on immigration is just all bad in every possible direction.
--It is very expensive
--It radicalizes government agencies
--It distorts US foreign policy
--It is very harmful to the economy
--It is also quite cruel.
There is no second/third order consequence that is positive.
--It is very expensive
--It radicalizes government agencies
--It distorts US foreign policy
--It is very harmful to the economy
--It is also quite cruel.
There is no second/third order consequence that is positive.
Local jails–mostly run by elected sheriffs–are making money off of ICE's rampant criminalization of immigration.
August 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The war on immigration is just all bad in every possible direction.
--It is very expensive
--It radicalizes government agencies
--It distorts US foreign policy
--It is very harmful to the economy
--It is also quite cruel.
There is no second/third order consequence that is positive.
--It is very expensive
--It radicalizes government agencies
--It distorts US foreign policy
--It is very harmful to the economy
--It is also quite cruel.
There is no second/third order consequence that is positive.
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Independence Day is about the fight for freedom. The American Revolution was a stand against tyranny and kings. That same spirit has lived on—from the Boston T...
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July 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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When Los Angeles actually *was* burning down six months ago, these people didn't give a damn about us. Now they're spreading fake AI videos showing LA burning
i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone
June 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
When Los Angeles actually *was* burning down six months ago, these people didn't give a damn about us. Now they're spreading fake AI videos showing LA burning
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People who call Trump, Musk, Vance, Miller, and all other MAGAs racist are only trying to win points by being accurate.
June 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
People who call Trump, Musk, Vance, Miller, and all other MAGAs racist are only trying to win points by being accurate.
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MAGA Voter Assumed Trump Would Only Deport People On List She Mailed To White House
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MAGA Voter Assumed Trump Would Only Deport People On List She Mailed To White House
SAN DIEGO—Shocked by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids affecting her very own community, local 43-year-old Jillian Beamer told reporters Monday she had assumed President Donald Trump would only deport people on the list she mailed to the White House. “With all of these deportations going on, I can’t help but feel like he’s breaking […]
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June 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
MAGA Voter Assumed Trump Would Only Deport People On List She Mailed To White House
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This is so wildly off-base it could be parody. Trump's parade, with tanks rolling into DC as Trump threatens to deploy the military against American civilians, is not "just a parade." It is a fascist show of force from a regime that oozes contempt for the Constitution and rule of law
“In today’s climate, a military parade could offer an opportunity to counter misperceptions about the armed forces. It could bring Americans closer to service members and juice military recruitment—all of which is sorely needed,” @kschake.bsky.social writes:
Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade
Not everything the Trump administration does is a threat to democracy.
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June 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is so wildly off-base it could be parody. Trump's parade, with tanks rolling into DC as Trump threatens to deploy the military against American civilians, is not "just a parade." It is a fascist show of force from a regime that oozes contempt for the Constitution and rule of law
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Pepperball projectiles. Percussion grenades. Tear gas, CS gas. Pepper spray. Foam baton rounds. LBD-40s. Marker rounds. I’m guilty of the “less lethals” language as a kneejerk catch-all for these items in the moment, but Luke is right. Time to get specific and stay specific.
No one should be using the term "less lethal" when referring to the missiles and projectiles shot at protesters unless you are content doing PR for cops.
June 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Pepperball projectiles. Percussion grenades. Tear gas, CS gas. Pepper spray. Foam baton rounds. LBD-40s. Marker rounds. I’m guilty of the “less lethals” language as a kneejerk catch-all for these items in the moment, but Luke is right. Time to get specific and stay specific.
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This stuff is worth a lot more to us than putting together the purest protest we can imagine, or worse, turning all the discourse into a compare/contrast with whatever ideal protest we each imagine bsky.app/profile/lore...
ICE tear gassed people who were stuck in their vehicles because ICE blocked the intersection.
They were not even protesters. They were just stuck there due to ICE blocking them. As the helpless car passengers watched, ICE, unprovoked, began firing gas canisters upon the cars.
They were not even protesters. They were just stuck there due to ICE blocking them. As the helpless car passengers watched, ICE, unprovoked, began firing gas canisters upon the cars.
June 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This stuff is worth a lot more to us than putting together the purest protest we can imagine, or worse, turning all the discourse into a compare/contrast with whatever ideal protest we each imagine bsky.app/profile/lore...
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Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
May 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.