Patranoid
@patranoid.bsky.social
Stayin' Alive / Washington DC / Promiscuous with "Likes"
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it is going to be a big weekend for Republicans being too busy to read Trump's posts
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
it is going to be a big weekend for Republicans being too busy to read Trump's posts
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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I love being told that we have too much healthcare by people with free healthcare paid for by us.
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I love being told that we have too much healthcare by people with free healthcare paid for by us.
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"That rot appears in journalists in different forms: debasing themselves at the feet of power because it’s rewarded; allowing themselves to be debased by the powerful to maintain status and access; and identifying more with their powerful subjects than regular people"
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"That rot appears in journalists in different forms: debasing themselves at the feet of power because it’s rewarded; allowing themselves to be debased by the powerful to maintain status and access; and identifying more with their powerful subjects than regular people"
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Did Trump’s Epstein Switcheroo Send Marjorie Greene on Her Wild Arc? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/did-t...
Did Trump’s Epstein Switcheroo Send Marjorie Greene on Her Wild Arc?
I try not to share ideas or theories that I suspect, by...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Did Trump’s Epstein Switcheroo Send Marjorie Greene on Her Wild Arc? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/did-t...
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Congressional committee chair portrait funds have become magnets for corporate and lobbyist interests. There’s little transparency and fewer regulations for these little-known funds.
A @notus.com investigation details who’s giving — and receiving: www.notus.org/money/congre...
A @notus.com investigation details who’s giving — and receiving: www.notus.org/money/congre...
Few Rules Govern Contributions to Congressional Portrait Funds
Congressional committee chair portrait funds are a magnet for lobbyists and special interest money.
www.notus.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Congressional committee chair portrait funds have become magnets for corporate and lobbyist interests. There’s little transparency and fewer regulations for these little-known funds.
A @notus.com investigation details who’s giving — and receiving: www.notus.org/money/congre...
A @notus.com investigation details who’s giving — and receiving: www.notus.org/money/congre...
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Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure platform, is experiencing an outage that appears to be impacting websites across the internet.
Cloudflare said users may see "higher-than-normal error rates" as it works to resolve the issue, which it said is due to an "internal service degradation."
Cloudflare said users may see "higher-than-normal error rates" as it works to resolve the issue, which it said is due to an "internal service degradation."
Is X down? Cloudflare outage impacts ChatGPT, Spotify, more websites
Some websites were down as part of an outage with Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure platform.
www.usatoday.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure platform, is experiencing an outage that appears to be impacting websites across the internet.
Cloudflare said users may see "higher-than-normal error rates" as it works to resolve the issue, which it said is due to an "internal service degradation."
Cloudflare said users may see "higher-than-normal error rates" as it works to resolve the issue, which it said is due to an "internal service degradation."
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Does your family do Stove Top Surroundings or homemade?
Trump shamelessly lies: "Go to Walmart and other companies, and in every case it's about 25% that a Thanksgiving meal and surroundings are 25% lower. That's big fact."
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Does your family do Stove Top Surroundings or homemade?
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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“this mass deprivation, which we insist is bad and not our fault, is a great opportunity for us to talk about our plans for long-term mass deprivation”
Brooke Rollins: "I guess the silver lining in all of this is that we're having a national conversation on our SNAP program. This has shined a light on a program that especially under the last administration has just become so bloated."
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“this mass deprivation, which we insist is bad and not our fault, is a great opportunity for us to talk about our plans for long-term mass deprivation”
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MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
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I knew they’d come for the archivists and librarians but honestly I assumed it would be for a reason better than “Our Special Boy wants to give his friend a sword! Give him a sword!”
“They asked for a sword, and we said, ‘Well, we do have swords, but we can’t give them away because they’re museum artifacts,’” said Todd Arrington, forced to resign as head of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.”
October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I knew they’d come for the archivists and librarians but honestly I assumed it would be for a reason better than “Our Special Boy wants to give his friend a sword! Give him a sword!”
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Hunter S Thompson’s death to be reviewed more than 20 years later
Hunter S Thompson’s death to be reviewed more than 20 years later
The journalist and author’s wife requested ‘fresh look’ from Colorado FBI, after his death was ruled a suicide in 2005
The death of Hunter S Thompson is set to be reviewed, more than 20 years after it was ruled a suicide.
The journalist and author was believed to have killed himself on 20 February 2005 at the age of 67 and while there isn’t any new evidence to suggest otherwise, his widow Anita Thompson has requested that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation conduct a review. Thompson died at his home in Woody Creek, Colorado.
In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hunter S Thompson’s death to be reviewed more than 20 years later
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Wading into Durbin controversy, Pope Leo shows himself attuned to US debates
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Wading into Durbin controversy, Pope Leo shows himself attuned to US debates
"Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life." the pontiff said.
www.ncronline.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Wading into Durbin controversy, Pope Leo shows himself attuned to US debates
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
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Rob Manfred: What if we made watching games complicated and more expensive?
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Rob Manfred: What if we made watching games complicated and more expensive?
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Trump on Bowser: "She's gotta either allow it or we'll just do it. And she understands that."
September 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trump on Bowser: "She's gotta either allow it or we'll just do it. And she understands that."
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President Trump and his allies have berated local officials in Washington, D.C., for not managing the capital better, vowing a crackdown on crime. Yet it is the federal government that has often made it harder for those officials to manage the capital. nyti.ms/45RtLLq
August 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
President Trump and his allies have berated local officials in Washington, D.C., for not managing the capital better, vowing a crackdown on crime. Yet it is the federal government that has often made it harder for those officials to manage the capital. nyti.ms/45RtLLq
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SCOOP: The Prospect has discovered that FEMA probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It could signal problems with ICE recruitment. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICE
Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It could signal problems with ICE recruitment.
trib.al
August 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
SCOOP: The Prospect has discovered that FEMA probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It could signal problems with ICE recruitment. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
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If your local government fails to support Israel and its military campaign against the civilian population of Gaza, they will be stripped of any right to federal disaster relief in the event of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and hurricanes.... Trump has decreed. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US links $1.9 billion in state disaster funds to Israel boycott stance
The Trump administration said states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, according to an agency statement.
www.reuters.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If your local government fails to support Israel and its military campaign against the civilian population of Gaza, they will be stripped of any right to federal disaster relief in the event of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and hurricanes.... Trump has decreed. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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The Pentagon reversed plans to cut off critical military satellite data used for hurricane forecasting.
The data, vital for tracking storm intensification, will keep flowing through Sept 2026 after experts warned losing it could delay life‑saving alerts.
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The data, vital for tracking storm intensification, will keep flowing through Sept 2026 after experts warned losing it could delay life‑saving alerts.
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NOAA will continue receiving weather data from Navy satellites after sudden reversal
After announcing it would lose access to key weather satellite data, NOAA will retain access, the agency said in a statement.
zurl.co
August 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Pentagon reversed plans to cut off critical military satellite data used for hurricane forecasting.
The data, vital for tracking storm intensification, will keep flowing through Sept 2026 after experts warned losing it could delay life‑saving alerts.
zurl.co/IGKQy
The data, vital for tracking storm intensification, will keep flowing through Sept 2026 after experts warned losing it could delay life‑saving alerts.
zurl.co/IGKQy
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Agents break car windows even when sobbing children or pregnant women are inside.
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
July 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Agents break car windows even when sobbing children or pregnant women are inside.
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"Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university"
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university"
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Perpetrator of triple homicide in Madrid included in group of political prisoners repatriated by US from Venezuela
Dahud Hanid Ortiz landed Friday in Texas from Caracas, where he was sentenced to 30 years for a crime committed in the Spanish capital in 2016
english.elpais.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Article here: english.elpais.com/internationa...
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social your Twitter account was hacked
July 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social your Twitter account was hacked