Laura Pratte
@laurapratte.bsky.social
Über liberal woman of a certain age; wife for half my life so far; mom of two kidults, one teenager, one dog, one puppy, and three cats; won’t tolerate intolerance; amateur photog; reader of non-fiction; dissectologist; GF baker extraordinaire
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Laura Pratte
@laurapratte.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Not to sound violent but don’t forget Repugnant Leadership in the H*use and Sen*te as well as the wing nuts in the Supr*me C*urt when the people rise up to take our Wh*te H*use back. #opposition
People who make logical arguments (e.g. make childcare and education affordable, stagnant wages, etc.) when faced with articles and news such as this are completely missing the point. This is not an attempt to solve real problems. It is the misogynistic and christo-fascist need to dominate women.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
People who make logical arguments (e.g. make childcare and education affordable, stagnant wages, etc.) when faced with articles and news such as this are completely missing the point. This is not an attempt to solve real problems. It is the misogynistic and christo-fascist need to dominate women.
Watching the Repugnant Party’s long con crash land due to their choice of Donny as a “useful idiot” to carry out their plan to create a religious state is honestly the best outcome of this shititude. They wanted a man with no moral compass but got one whose compass points to him alone.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Watching the Repugnant Party’s long con crash land due to their choice of Donny as a “useful idiot” to carry out their plan to create a religious state is honestly the best outcome of this shititude. They wanted a man with no moral compass but got one whose compass points to him alone.
“American exceptionalism” is a lie sold by the haves who don’t want to upset the status quo, but the Epstein controversy has done just that. It has shined a light on everything we assumed about their rarified world, showing what happens behind the gold curtain is so much worse than we imagined.
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“American exceptionalism” is a lie sold by the haves who don’t want to upset the status quo, but the Epstein controversy has done just that. It has shined a light on everything we assumed about their rarified world, showing what happens behind the gold curtain is so much worse than we imagined.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
The alpha and omega is ready for beta testing. Christian Skynet, brought to you by white men with their own God Complex. Android Jesus won’t save you.
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The alpha and omega is ready for beta testing. Christian Skynet, brought to you by white men with their own God Complex. Android Jesus won’t save you.
Stop framing SNAP and Medicaid benefits as a freebie for poor people and start framing it as corporations profiteering by keeping wages lower than the cost of living.
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Stop framing SNAP and Medicaid benefits as a freebie for poor people and start framing it as corporations profiteering by keeping wages lower than the cost of living.
How many pregnant MAGAts are suddenly afraid of Tylenol but super duper okay with generic acetaminophen?
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
How many pregnant MAGAts are suddenly afraid of Tylenol but super duper okay with generic acetaminophen?
Who wants to tell the poster that they voted in an adjudicated rapist that is living on the government dime for his senility care and golf trips?
October 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Who wants to tell the poster that they voted in an adjudicated rapist that is living on the government dime for his senility care and golf trips?
Do you ever wonder if this type of undeserved self-confidence is partially a result of the “Boy Mom” aesthetic? They give off mollycoddled and always-been-told-I-am-special vibes.
September 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Do you ever wonder if this type of undeserved self-confidence is partially a result of the “Boy Mom” aesthetic? They give off mollycoddled and always-been-told-I-am-special vibes.
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“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
September 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
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Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
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🔥 @adammockler.com : “Every time one of these tragic shootings happens everybody’s at each other’s throats about which side did it but we’re missing a broader pattern in 🇺🇸— this was another white young white dude in his 20’s… an acceleration of radicalization of young men…”
September 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🔥 @adammockler.com : “Every time one of these tragic shootings happens everybody’s at each other’s throats about which side did it but we’re missing a broader pattern in 🇺🇸— this was another white young white dude in his 20’s… an acceleration of radicalization of young men…”
Post from 2020…we went from childish bullying to lethality in five short years because holding them to account wasn’t deemed prudent to the social framework. The “right” is an infection that is now spreading and multiplying with no cure in sight.
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Post from 2020…we went from childish bullying to lethality in five short years because holding them to account wasn’t deemed prudent to the social framework. The “right” is an infection that is now spreading and multiplying with no cure in sight.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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We need to break up media conglomerates. They're not operating in the best interest of the public and are trying to control free speech. Let's target Sinclair advertisers.
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Sinclair says it will preempt Jimmy Kimmel after Disney announces his return
YouTube video by CBS News
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September 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We need to break up media conglomerates. They're not operating in the best interest of the public and are trying to control free speech. Let's target Sinclair advertisers.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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🔥🧑🌾 MISSOURI FARMER to @RepMarkAlford: “Trump is not helping the farmer. When are you gonna stand up for us instead of kissing his ass?”
cc: @GovBillLee @RepChrisTodd @rustygrills @CSexton25 @RepFaison @WilliamLamberth @SenBrentTaylor @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepTimBurchett
cc: @GovBillLee @RepChrisTodd @rustygrills @CSexton25 @RepFaison @WilliamLamberth @SenBrentTaylor @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepTimBurchett
September 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🔥🧑🌾 MISSOURI FARMER to @RepMarkAlford: “Trump is not helping the farmer. When are you gonna stand up for us instead of kissing his ass?”
cc: @GovBillLee @RepChrisTodd @rustygrills @CSexton25 @RepFaison @WilliamLamberth @SenBrentTaylor @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepTimBurchett
cc: @GovBillLee @RepChrisTodd @rustygrills @CSexton25 @RepFaison @WilliamLamberth @SenBrentTaylor @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepTimBurchett
“Employees do not have unlimited rights to speak as citizens on matters of public concern.”? I believe there is an amendment someone needs to read. Is this the hill I will die on if someone outs me as a liberal to my employer?
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Employees do not have unlimited rights to speak as citizens on matters of public concern.”? I believe there is an amendment someone needs to read. Is this the hill I will die on if someone outs me as a liberal to my employer?
So true.
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
So true.
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i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
Some will say “live by the sword, die by the sword” and write it off as justified. It is not but don’t act as if his character wasn’t extreme and horrible either. He made his wealth propagating a racist agenda, on the backs of a hateful and gullible proletariat, and backed by the wealthy elite.
This coverage of Charlie Kirk is absurd.
As a veteran, peacenik, anti-gun nut, and proud liberal, I do not advocate violence of any kind.
Kirk used his politics as a weapon, and aimed to hurt innocent people.
I am not celebrating his death, but I am lamenting the demise of truth in this country.
As a veteran, peacenik, anti-gun nut, and proud liberal, I do not advocate violence of any kind.
Kirk used his politics as a weapon, and aimed to hurt innocent people.
I am not celebrating his death, but I am lamenting the demise of truth in this country.
September 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some will say “live by the sword, die by the sword” and write it off as justified. It is not but don’t act as if his character wasn’t extreme and horrible either. He made his wealth propagating a racist agenda, on the backs of a hateful and gullible proletariat, and backed by the wealthy elite.
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Agree with Mr. Oswalt.......
September 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Agree with Mr. Oswalt.......
I wish I could tell if they are stupid or if they think the electorate is stupid. Personally, I think MAGAts are cruel and stupid to the core and most of the electorate is too lazy to verify. It could also just be “stupid is as stupid does”, though.
September 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I wish I could tell if they are stupid or if they think the electorate is stupid. Personally, I think MAGAts are cruel and stupid to the core and most of the electorate is too lazy to verify. It could also just be “stupid is as stupid does”, though.
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."