Patricia Kalafut
@pgk52.bsky.social
Grandmother of 5 determined to help save democracy.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Pinned
Patricia Kalafut
@pgk52.bsky.social
· Jan 22
I’m late to the game but I hear BlueSky is the place to be.
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Retired couple (teacher & union carpenter) on ACA premiums skyrocketing — from $443/month to $2,224/month: “It's like buying another house and trying to pay for two houses at the same time… without the subsidy we honestly don’t know what we’re gonna do.” #TrumpShutdown
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Retired couple (teacher & union carpenter) on ACA premiums skyrocketing — from $443/month to $2,224/month: “It's like buying another house and trying to pay for two houses at the same time… without the subsidy we honestly don’t know what we’re gonna do.” #TrumpShutdown
What are they hiding that they don’t want the Democrats to know?!
Shutting Democrats out of a national security briefing and withholding the legal justification of the Venezuelan boat strikes from half the Senate is indefensible. This White House is eroding our national security.
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What are they hiding that they don’t want the Democrats to know?!
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Estonia has urgently closed part of its border with Russia following the appearance of armed "little green men," ERR reports‼️
October 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Estonia has urgently closed part of its border with Russia following the appearance of armed "little green men," ERR reports‼️
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I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...
Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official
Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.
abcnews.go.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...
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If Trump invoked the Insurrection Act in these circumstances, it would be an unmistakable declaration that he's canceling our democracy and intends to rule as a dictator.
Everyone needs to understand that this would give us a sad but crystal-clear choice between resistance and submission.
Everyone needs to understand that this would give us a sad but crystal-clear choice between resistance and submission.
October 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If Trump invoked the Insurrection Act in these circumstances, it would be an unmistakable declaration that he's canceling our democracy and intends to rule as a dictator.
Everyone needs to understand that this would give us a sad but crystal-clear choice between resistance and submission.
Everyone needs to understand that this would give us a sad but crystal-clear choice between resistance and submission.
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In Trump’s America, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is a kind of shadow president. Meanwhile, the Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
wrd.cm
October 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In Trump’s America, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is a kind of shadow president. Meanwhile, the Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
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The SecDef wants all service commanders and their senior enlisted advisors to come to Quantico on short notice. It’s difficult to understand why.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-qu...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-qu...
As Our Generals and Admirals Fly Home, Our Adversaries Watch and Wait
Couldn’t Hegseth’s in-person meeting of all flag officers have been a secure conference call?
www.thebulwark.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The SecDef wants all service commanders and their senior enlisted advisors to come to Quantico on short notice. It’s difficult to understand why.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-qu...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-qu...
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Van Hollen: I will just say that anybody who thinks we're on the way to authoritarianism is wrong. We are there
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Van Hollen: I will just say that anybody who thinks we're on the way to authoritarianism is wrong. We are there
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MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.
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Meanwhile, Brian Kilmeade, who advocated killing all homeless people, still has a cushy Fox job.
September 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Meanwhile, Brian Kilmeade, who advocated killing all homeless people, still has a cushy Fox job.
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Don’t let this make you quieter.
Get louder.
Get louder.
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Don’t let this make you quieter.
Get louder.
Get louder.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.
September 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.
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Note, Axios liberated a copy of the Epstein book and other docs. I reposted a copy of the book here.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DocumentCloud
legacy.www.documentcloud.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Note, Axios liberated a copy of the Epstein book and other docs. I reposted a copy of the book here.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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People should be outraged over shackled Korean workers at that GA Hyundai plant, but there's an even bigger issue
The Trump regime betrays his blue-collar base by not addressing the REAL problem of an unsafe workplace that's killed 3 workers there
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Trump regime betrays his blue-collar base by not addressing the REAL problem of an unsafe workplace that's killed 3 workers there
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The real problem with that Hyundai raid in GA | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Yamiche Alcindor and Trump’s Black woman problem.
www.inquirer.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
People should be outraged over shackled Korean workers at that GA Hyundai plant, but there's an even bigger issue
The Trump regime betrays his blue-collar base by not addressing the REAL problem of an unsafe workplace that's killed 3 workers there
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Trump regime betrays his blue-collar base by not addressing the REAL problem of an unsafe workplace that's killed 3 workers there
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC
August 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC
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They are disappearing undesirables. They are deploying the military into cities. And now they are trying to commandeer railway stations.
I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
They are disappearing undesirables. They are deploying the military into cities. And now they are trying to commandeer railway stations.
I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
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Fascism is here.
Are any Republicans going to do anything about it?
Are any Republicans going to do anything about it?
August 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fascism is here.
Are any Republicans going to do anything about it?
Are any Republicans going to do anything about it?
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A man at Trump’s golf club used an American flag as a drape covering for Trump “art,” then wadded it up in front of Trump, and then placed it in a chair behind him.
Trump was so concerned about flag desecration that he didn’t say anything about it.
Trump was so concerned about flag desecration that he didn’t say anything about it.
August 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A man at Trump’s golf club used an American flag as a drape covering for Trump “art,” then wadded it up in front of Trump, and then placed it in a chair behind him.
Trump was so concerned about flag desecration that he didn’t say anything about it.
Trump was so concerned about flag desecration that he didn’t say anything about it.
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The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
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The President and SecDef love yes men. That’s very, very dangerous.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump, Gen. Kruse, and the Perils of Yes Men
There are good reasons the best leaders don’t surround themselves with sycophants.
www.thebulwark.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The President and SecDef love yes men. That’s very, very dangerous.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...