Patricia Johnston
@patriciajohnst.bsky.social
The World will be a much better place when we embrace our diversity with openness and empathy. 💙🦋🇺🇸🇺🇦🇫🇷
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Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages | The Verge share.google/tFiz2i2UJeJ7...
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages
Amazon data centers might be adding to a public health crisis in Morrow County, Oregon.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages | The Verge share.google/tFiz2i2UJeJ7...
Support Ukraine from the war Putin started!
🇮🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky will meet with Witkoff and Umerov in Ireland tomorrow, — AFP.
Witkoff will fly through Ireland on his way to Moscow to meet with Putin.
- hope Witkoff isn't safe
Witkoff will fly through Ireland on his way to Moscow to meet with Putin.
- hope Witkoff isn't safe
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Support Ukraine from the war Putin started!
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Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
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Today is World AIDS day. Trump has refused to participate and ordered federal employees to not post anything commemorating the fight against the deadly disease.
This is despicable. The Trump administration is trying to erase #LGBT people.
www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...
This is despicable. The Trump administration is trying to erase #LGBT people.
www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...
U.S., Trump administration won't commemorate World AIDS Day this year
The U.S. will not commemorate World AIDS Day this year. This action, along with recent federal funding cuts, could contribute to a resurgence of HIV/AIDS.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today is World AIDS day. Trump has refused to participate and ordered federal employees to not post anything commemorating the fight against the deadly disease.
This is despicable. The Trump administration is trying to erase #LGBT people.
www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...
This is despicable. The Trump administration is trying to erase #LGBT people.
www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...
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DHS’s internal watchdog system has been “gutted” the staff of Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (CRCL) was cut from about 150 down to only 9 people. The cuts leave around 550 active investigations
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
DHS’s internal watchdog system has been “gutted” the staff of Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (CRCL) was cut from about 150 down to only 9 people. The cuts leave around 550 active investigations
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I just published the deepest thing I’ve ever written on the Epstein files...and it explains EXACTLY why they will never fully come out. Not in your lifetime. Maybe never. 👇
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I just published the deepest thing I’ve ever written on the Epstein files...and it explains EXACTLY why they will never fully come out. Not in your lifetime. Maybe never. 👇
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
The Peoples WH no more! We must take it back from corporation lobbyists too big to fail!
A majority of corporations donating to Donald Trump's golden ballroom are represented by 3 lobbying firms — firms lobbying the government on a range of issues.
I’m demanding answers on the glaring ethical concerns with this disastrous project that destroyed the East Wing.
I’m demanding answers on the glaring ethical concerns with this disastrous project that destroyed the East Wing.
Majority of corporate Trump ballroom donors represented by 3 lobbying firms, watchdog says
Lobbyists from the three firms mingled with top tech executives and President Trump at a dinner for White House ballroom donors last month.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Peoples WH no more! We must take it back from corporation lobbyists too big to fail!
Save Ukraine from Putin’s war!
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Save Ukraine from Putin’s war!
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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All of the past week’s Civil Discourse columns collected for you in one place. Get up to speed on what was a surprisingly full holiday week’s worth of news before we head into the new week. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Sunday Morning Wrap-Up
Here’s the highlight reel of the past week’s posts and events.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
All of the past week’s Civil Discourse columns collected for you in one place. Get up to speed on what was a surprisingly full holiday week’s worth of news before we head into the new week. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Says it all really...
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Says it all really...
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Heartbroken to learn of a mass shooting and the loss of four innocent lives at a family gathering in Stockton.
My thoughts are with the families of the victims, including the ten who were injured.
Closely monitoring developments about the suspected shooter, who still remains at large.
My thoughts are with the families of the victims, including the ten who were injured.
Closely monitoring developments about the suspected shooter, who still remains at large.
4 Dead After Shooting at Banquet Hall in California
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Heartbroken to learn of a mass shooting and the loss of four innocent lives at a family gathering in Stockton.
My thoughts are with the families of the victims, including the ten who were injured.
Closely monitoring developments about the suspected shooter, who still remains at large.
My thoughts are with the families of the victims, including the ten who were injured.
Closely monitoring developments about the suspected shooter, who still remains at large.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
Yippee
Also: Ukrainian sea drones disabled one of Russia's most important oil terminals www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Oil terminal in Russia's Novorossiysk halts operations after sea drone attack
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) marine terminal in Novorossiysk has suspended oil loadings after an attack by Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels on the morning of 29 November.
www.pravda.com.ua
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Yippee
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Emerging: Officials respond to Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara, California amid eyewitnesses reports of shooting.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Emerging: Officials respond to Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara, California amid eyewitnesses reports of shooting.
A mall shooting? Stricter gun laws are needed!
Police in California evacuated a shopping mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year after a shooting left two people with gunshot wounds.
A shopping mall shooting wounds 2 and prompts a Black Friday evacuation in the Bay Area
Police in California evacuated a shopping mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year after a shooting left two people with gunshot wounds.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A mall shooting? Stricter gun laws are needed!
news.sky.com/story/childr.... How horrific! A birthday party?
Children killed in mass shooting at birthday party in Stockton, California
Police said four people had died, and 10 were wounded in the incident in Stockton. Later, the city's vice mayor confirmed that the shooting happened at a child's birthday party.
news.sky.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
news.sky.com/story/childr.... How horrific! A birthday party?
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Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u.... Trump is a criminal and is losing his grip!
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u.... Trump is a criminal and is losing his grip!
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"Secretary of War" under attack
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"Secretary of War" under attack
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BREAKING:
Republican-led House and Senate committees say they will amplify their scrutiny of the Pentagon after a WaPo report revealing that Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean several weeks ago.
Republican-led House and Senate committees say they will amplify their scrutiny of the Pentagon after a WaPo report revealing that Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean several weeks ago.
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
BREAKING:
Republican-led House and Senate committees say they will amplify their scrutiny of the Pentagon after a WaPo report revealing that Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean several weeks ago.
Republican-led House and Senate committees say they will amplify their scrutiny of the Pentagon after a WaPo report revealing that Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean several weeks ago.
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We’re turning underutilized state land into 843 new affordable homes for California families across the state.
With faster approvals and real results, more people will have a place to call home.
With faster approvals and real results, more people will have a place to call home.
Stockton to gain 240 affordable homes as California repurposes unused buildings
Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to repurpose two unused state buildings in Stockton into affordable housing units as part of an initiative to boost housing production.
www.abc10.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We’re turning underutilized state land into 843 new affordable homes for California families across the state.
With faster approvals and real results, more people will have a place to call home.
With faster approvals and real results, more people will have a place to call home.
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs