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Former Twitter addict enjoying the blue skies. True 💙
Keeper of the flame
Ixnay on DMs. I don’t answer them.
No porn bots, crypto
@patriciapayne.com
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The GOP health care for immigrants lie is an old one. Here’s me six years ago:
October 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The GOP health care for immigrants lie is an old one. Here’s me six years ago:
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Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov on rural hospital closures: “We’re the wealthiest country in the world. Every community—rural, suburban, urban, Black, white, rich, poor—deserves world-class healthcare. That’s the bare minimum.”
October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov on rural hospital closures: “We’re the wealthiest country in the world. Every community—rural, suburban, urban, Black, white, rich, poor—deserves world-class healthcare. That’s the bare minimum.”
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Project 2025 referenced shrinking farmers access to foreign markets, restricting growth opportunities for
producers. (p. 307)
producers. (p. 307)
September 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Project 2025 referenced shrinking farmers access to foreign markets, restricting growth opportunities for
producers. (p. 307)
producers. (p. 307)
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Dear @apnews.com
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.
Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dear @apnews.com
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
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They're going to try to overturn Obergefell and end marriage equality. Eyes wide open, folks.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Not 'the gospel.' Ahead of Supreme Court term, Clarence Thomas weighs in on precedent
As the Supreme Court is about to revisit some major decisions, Justice Thomas said there's nothing sacred about precedent.
www.usatoday.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
They're going to try to overturn Obergefell and end marriage equality. Eyes wide open, folks.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Czech Republic President reposted this on Instagram 👇🏽
September 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Czech Republic President reposted this on Instagram 👇🏽
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Even before Trump announced troops to Portland recent polling suggests concerns about "threats to democracy" have been rising with voters. Dems would be smart to pay attention to how the political landscape is changing and lean in. More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/kimmel-ret...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/kimmel-ret...
Kimmel Returns, Dems Are Starting To Lean Hard Into Rising Costs And Tariffs
Keep voting early good people of Virginia!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Even before Trump announced troops to Portland recent polling suggests concerns about "threats to democracy" have been rising with voters. Dems would be smart to pay attention to how the political landscape is changing and lean in. More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/kimmel-ret...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/kimmel-ret...
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If a full accounting of Epstein’s crimes - and his accomplices - is ever made public, people on the left and the right are going to feel really dumb that we’ve been arguing with each other while the elites of both parties pal around and do abhorrent shit.
September 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If a full accounting of Epstein’s crimes - and his accomplices - is ever made public, people on the left and the right are going to feel really dumb that we’ve been arguing with each other while the elites of both parties pal around and do abhorrent shit.
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It is difficult to enumerate the level of alarm each of these events/actions ignite, but in total the claxons are deafening.
September 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It is difficult to enumerate the level of alarm each of these events/actions ignite, but in total the claxons are deafening.
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This...is not good www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This...is not good www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Since the launch of the 2nd #NoKings mobilization, the Trump regime has escalated their authoritarian agenda.
We won’t back down.
On Oct. 18, we’re telling this wannabe dictator: America belongs to us.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. social.demcast.com/s/sq0DnyJx
We won’t back down.
On Oct. 18, we’re telling this wannabe dictator: America belongs to us.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. social.demcast.com/s/sq0DnyJx
Find An Event Near You!
social.demcast.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Since the launch of the 2nd #NoKings mobilization, the Trump regime has escalated their authoritarian agenda.
We won’t back down.
On Oct. 18, we’re telling this wannabe dictator: America belongs to us.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. social.demcast.com/s/sq0DnyJx
We won’t back down.
On Oct. 18, we’re telling this wannabe dictator: America belongs to us.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. social.demcast.com/s/sq0DnyJx
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Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.
Georgia senators demand answers on more than a dozen deaths in immigration detention
Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.
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I think #Nexstar and #Sinclair need to learn this is not a dictatorship. How quickly corporations cave to authoritarians in a capitalist society. They only care about money, so it is time we show them with our wallets.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...
Local TV Giants Boycott Jimmy Kimmel’s Return to Late Night
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I think #Nexstar and #Sinclair need to learn this is not a dictatorship. How quickly corporations cave to authoritarians in a capitalist society. They only care about money, so it is time we show them with our wallets.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...
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Disney paid $16 million to Trump to settle a bogus lawsuit involving George Stephanopoulos.
Disney fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater.”
Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel.
That Disney has walked back one of those after immense public pressure doesn't change who they are.
Disney fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater.”
Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel.
That Disney has walked back one of those after immense public pressure doesn't change who they are.
September 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Disney paid $16 million to Trump to settle a bogus lawsuit involving George Stephanopoulos.
Disney fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater.”
Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel.
That Disney has walked back one of those after immense public pressure doesn't change who they are.
Disney fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater.”
Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel.
That Disney has walked back one of those after immense public pressure doesn't change who they are.
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Donald Trump has banned 'Antifa'.
People are missing the point, saying how do you ban something that doesn't exist?
The point is that now anybody can be labelled Antifa and treated like a terrorist.
Just watch, Hitler passed the same laws the day after the Reichstag fire.
People are missing the point, saying how do you ban something that doesn't exist?
The point is that now anybody can be labelled Antifa and treated like a terrorist.
Just watch, Hitler passed the same laws the day after the Reichstag fire.
September 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Donald Trump has banned 'Antifa'.
People are missing the point, saying how do you ban something that doesn't exist?
The point is that now anybody can be labelled Antifa and treated like a terrorist.
Just watch, Hitler passed the same laws the day after the Reichstag fire.
People are missing the point, saying how do you ban something that doesn't exist?
The point is that now anybody can be labelled Antifa and treated like a terrorist.
Just watch, Hitler passed the same laws the day after the Reichstag fire.
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Acetaminophen is easy to pronounce.
The ending is like “minnow fin” 🐟
And “aceta-“ sounds like “Ah see da” as in “Ah see da Epstein files still haven’t been released.”
The ending is like “minnow fin” 🐟
And “aceta-“ sounds like “Ah see da” as in “Ah see da Epstein files still haven’t been released.”
September 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Acetaminophen is easy to pronounce.
The ending is like “minnow fin” 🐟
And “aceta-“ sounds like “Ah see da” as in “Ah see da Epstein files still haven’t been released.”
The ending is like “minnow fin” 🐟
And “aceta-“ sounds like “Ah see da” as in “Ah see da Epstein files still haven’t been released.”
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Some advertisers on Sinclair stations.⬇️
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Some advertisers on Sinclair stations.⬇️
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Here are a few advertisers that advertise on Sincair stations:
Entertainment/Streaming⬇️
Warner Bros., Disney streaming tie-ins, Tennis Channel sponsors (e.g., Babolat for tennis gear)
Food & Beverage⬇️
Wendy's, Coca-Cola, McDonald's
Telecom/Digital⬇️
Verizon, Spectrum
Entertainment/Streaming⬇️
Warner Bros., Disney streaming tie-ins, Tennis Channel sponsors (e.g., Babolat for tennis gear)
Food & Beverage⬇️
Wendy's, Coca-Cola, McDonald's
Telecom/Digital⬇️
Verizon, Spectrum
September 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Here are a few advertisers that advertise on Sincair stations:
Entertainment/Streaming⬇️
Warner Bros., Disney streaming tie-ins, Tennis Channel sponsors (e.g., Babolat for tennis gear)
Food & Beverage⬇️
Wendy's, Coca-Cola, McDonald's
Telecom/Digital⬇️
Verizon, Spectrum
Entertainment/Streaming⬇️
Warner Bros., Disney streaming tie-ins, Tennis Channel sponsors (e.g., Babolat for tennis gear)
Food & Beverage⬇️
Wendy's, Coca-Cola, McDonald's
Telecom/Digital⬇️
Verizon, Spectrum
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Researching a newsletter item about Tom Homan and it's remarkable how this story from just last year was tossed down the memory hole www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Democracy dies if we drop the case of Trump, Egypt, and $10 million in cash | Will Bunch
A credible allegation of a $10 million Trump bribe from Egypt is swept under the rug as bribery is increasingly legal in America.
www.inquirer.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Researching a newsletter item about Tom Homan and it's remarkable how this story from just last year was tossed down the memory hole www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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Trump controls the White House, the House, the Senate, and all key public institutions.
His lapdogs/allies own Meta, X, Fox News, Politico, the WaPo, and soon TikTok.
Yet he and Republicans still dare pretend to be victims of Democrats, the media, and the "deep state"
His lapdogs/allies own Meta, X, Fox News, Politico, the WaPo, and soon TikTok.
Yet he and Republicans still dare pretend to be victims of Democrats, the media, and the "deep state"
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Trump controls the White House, the House, the Senate, and all key public institutions.
His lapdogs/allies own Meta, X, Fox News, Politico, the WaPo, and soon TikTok.
Yet he and Republicans still dare pretend to be victims of Democrats, the media, and the "deep state"
His lapdogs/allies own Meta, X, Fox News, Politico, the WaPo, and soon TikTok.
Yet he and Republicans still dare pretend to be victims of Democrats, the media, and the "deep state"
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Not taxing billionaires has real consequences. It enables them to form a company called Sinclair that buys up all the local stations across the country. They are still refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel and deciding what your local news reports.
September 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Not taxing billionaires has real consequences. It enables them to form a company called Sinclair that buys up all the local stations across the country. They are still refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel and deciding what your local news reports.
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Sinclair’s blackout of Kimmel sparks satirical war of the broadcasts. This field manual maps their weak spots—regulation, trust, debt, backlash— rallies couch commandos to fight censorship with remotes, ridicule, resistance. Satire is the sword; laughs, the victory. open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
Operation Late-Night Liberation: How to Topple the Sinclair Empire with Satire and Strategy
A fictional war manual for couch commandos—arming remotes, ridicule, and regulatory firepower against America’s broadcast behemoth.
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Sinclair’s blackout of Kimmel sparks satirical war of the broadcasts. This field manual maps their weak spots—regulation, trust, debt, backlash— rallies couch commandos to fight censorship with remotes, ridicule, resistance. Satire is the sword; laughs, the victory. open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
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Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.
September 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM