MJ
@mjpetrivelli.bsky.social
Progressive christian of the ELCA variety, news and political junkie, 40+ years in SoCal. Penn State, Syracuse, San Diego State. My desire to be well informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane. 🚫DM 🚫porn 🚫crypto
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Jane Fonda has relaunched @1acommittee.bsky.social, originally formed by her father Henry Fonda during the McCarthy era.
"This administration is moving fast," she says of Trump's crackdown on dissent. "We have to do everything we can to stop what's happening before it becomes the norm."
"This administration is moving fast," she says of Trump's crackdown on dissent. "We have to do everything we can to stop what's happening before it becomes the norm."
October 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Jane Fonda has relaunched @1acommittee.bsky.social, originally formed by her father Henry Fonda during the McCarthy era.
"This administration is moving fast," she says of Trump's crackdown on dissent. "We have to do everything we can to stop what's happening before it becomes the norm."
"This administration is moving fast," she says of Trump's crackdown on dissent. "We have to do everything we can to stop what's happening before it becomes the norm."
I dont know if anyone will see this, but I’m breaking my Social Media fast to ask those of you who are the praying sort to say prayers of healing for the adult daughter of dear friends. She had a terrible accident while doing something she loves. The next 3-5 days are critical. Thank you.
July 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I dont know if anyone will see this, but I’m breaking my Social Media fast to ask those of you who are the praying sort to say prayers of healing for the adult daughter of dear friends. She had a terrible accident while doing something she loves. The next 3-5 days are critical. Thank you.
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Let’s
Fu@$ing go, California!
Fu@$ing go, California!
Reminder that California subsidizes red states.
June 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Let’s
Fu@$ing go, California!
Fu@$ing go, California!
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“I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.” Senator Margaret Chase Smith, June 1, 1950.
I am sorry to report this is what has happened. 🙁
I am sorry to report this is what has happened. 🙁
June 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.” Senator Margaret Chase Smith, June 1, 1950.
I am sorry to report this is what has happened. 🙁
I am sorry to report this is what has happened. 🙁
JFC Scott Jennings is awful. Watching him on @realtimers.bsky.social , so that’s really saying something.
May 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
JFC Scott Jennings is awful. Watching him on @realtimers.bsky.social , so that’s really saying something.
How many more? I’ve run out of adjectives to describe how evil this is.
NEW from @joshgerstein.bsky.social: You’ve heard of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Now meet the second man erroneously deported to El Salvador in violation of a legal settlement: Daniel Lozano-Camargo.
Until now, he’d only been identified by a pseudonym in court. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Until now, he’d only been identified by a pseudonym in court. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
How many more? I’ve run out of adjectives to describe how evil this is.
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
Grotesque.
1/ The SSA was just moved to X for official updates—because DOGE teens slashed comms staff. Only 138,000 follow SSA on X. Meanwhile, 73 million rely on benefits. Most are seniors, not social media users. This isn’t modernization—it’s Muskification.
federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-overs...
federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-overs...
SSA shifts to X posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff
SSA is once again walking back plans that would have limited the agency's level of phone support to beneficiaries.
federalnewsnetwork.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Grotesque.
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Walz: "I think we have to assume the very worst in everything this administration does, and we need to prepare for it."
March 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Walz: "I think we have to assume the very worst in everything this administration does, and we need to prepare for it."
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BREAKING: A federal judge in Maryland has just barred DOGE from accessing Social Security, saying the group is on a "fishing expedition" that jeopardizes people's personal data.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge in Maryland has just barred DOGE from accessing Social Security, saying the group is on a "fishing expedition" that jeopardizes people's personal data.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Destroying it so someone can “save” it. Someone in the private sector, of course.
So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
Changes could break the system, former officials say.
www.axios.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Destroying it so someone can “save” it. Someone in the private sector, of course.
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Who in their right mind would:
1. Want to fly into our airports
2. Want to spend money here and support this insanity
3. Want to travel here and risk some insane arrest
1. Want to fly into our airports
2. Want to spend money here and support this insanity
3. Want to travel here and risk some insane arrest
March 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Who in their right mind would:
1. Want to fly into our airports
2. Want to spend money here and support this insanity
3. Want to travel here and risk some insane arrest
1. Want to fly into our airports
2. Want to spend money here and support this insanity
3. Want to travel here and risk some insane arrest
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They started with the undocumented, then they went after visa holders and permanent residents, now it's naturalized citizens.
How many times must history rhyme and repeat before we realize what's going on?
How many times must history rhyme and repeat before we realize what's going on?
March 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
They started with the undocumented, then they went after visa holders and permanent residents, now it's naturalized citizens.
How many times must history rhyme and repeat before we realize what's going on?
How many times must history rhyme and repeat before we realize what's going on?
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I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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It is exactly what America voted for, liberty and justice is not for all.
March 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It is exactly what America voted for, liberty and justice is not for all.
I’d love to see it but I’m not holding my breath.
Who else wants to see trump forced to apologize publicly to President Zelensky? 🤚
March 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I’d love to see it but I’m not holding my breath.
Those brave people could never have predicted where we are today.
Today, we honor the bravery and sacrifice of those who, 60 years ago, marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, risking everything for the right to vote and the promise of true freedom. Their courage paved the way, and it’s on us to keep pushing forward.
March 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Those brave people could never have predicted where we are today.
I, too, would like to know.
March 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I, too, would like to know.
How many kids will die before people wake up?
The moment in the cabinet meeting where RFK Jr, acting as the actual head of HHS was asked to respond to a deadly measles outbreak caused by vaccine refusal was one of those out-of-body, waking nightmare moments of the Trump era.
February 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
How many kids will die before people wake up?
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I am so sick of hearing any Democrat saying they are willing to be “bipartisan” or “reach across the aisle.” Just stop that stupidity. If these fascists want to work with you let them come. Stop acting weak.
February 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I am so sick of hearing any Democrat saying they are willing to be “bipartisan” or “reach across the aisle.” Just stop that stupidity. If these fascists want to work with you let them come. Stop acting weak.
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Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
February 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...