Paul
@pkratt.bsky.social
Born in 1949, I am a liberal patriot who loves mankind and all life. I am doing all I can to protect us from a Climate Crisis and mean-spirited oligarchs in politics. I also bicycle, read, and search for life's best answers.
"When Republicans engage in blatant efforts to suppress the vote, as they are in Texas and they are preparing to do elsewhere ahead of 2026, Democrats must stand up for democracy."
August 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"When Republicans engage in blatant efforts to suppress the vote, as they are in Texas and they are preparing to do elsewhere ahead of 2026, Democrats must stand up for democracy."
"Hope is a not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced."
August 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Hope is a not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced."
“The path to peace can not be decided without Ukraine.”--UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland, and the president of the EU Commission
August 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“The path to peace can not be decided without Ukraine.”--UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland, and the president of the EU Commission
Trump is urging Texas to dilute the voting power of millions of people of colour and further skew an already deeply partisan map.
August 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Trump is urging Texas to dilute the voting power of millions of people of colour and further skew an already deeply partisan map.
“Trump and Republicans are) aware that their program is deeply unpopular and that they expect to lose control of the House of Representatives in 2026 unless they rig the system.”
“It is a truism that democracies die more often through the ballot box than at gunpoint.”
“It is a truism that democracies die more often through the ballot box than at gunpoint.”
August 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“Trump and Republicans are) aware that their program is deeply unpopular and that they expect to lose control of the House of Representatives in 2026 unless they rig the system.”
“It is a truism that democracies die more often through the ballot box than at gunpoint.”
“It is a truism that democracies die more often through the ballot box than at gunpoint.”
"Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is cancelling at least $500 million worth of awards and contracts to develop mRNA vaccines. These vaccines include those that addressed covid."
August 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is cancelling at least $500 million worth of awards and contracts to develop mRNA vaccines. These vaccines include those that addressed covid."
"The Department of Homeland Security continues to echo the language of Nazis, posting today, “Serve your country! Defend your culture.” It does not appear that people are rushing to sign up."
August 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"The Department of Homeland Security continues to echo the language of Nazis, posting today, “Serve your country! Defend your culture.” It does not appear that people are rushing to sign up."
"On July 29, Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led a number of his Democratic colleagues in reintroducing a measure to restore and expand the Voting Rights Act."
August 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"On July 29, Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led a number of his Democratic colleagues in reintroducing a measure to restore and expand the Voting Rights Act."
“The peril…isn’t a potential recession; it’s losing highly reliable, accurate and transparent data on the health of the world’s largest economy.”
August 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“The peril…isn’t a potential recession; it’s losing highly reliable, accurate and transparent data on the health of the world’s largest economy.”
"Trump and the Republicans would not be trying to rig the system (including gerrymandering) if they thought they could win a majority of voters."
August 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"Trump and the Republicans would not be trying to rig the system (including gerrymandering) if they thought they could win a majority of voters."
"Columbia University (has a) new agreement with the Trump regime stipulat(ing) a mutually agreed-upon “monitor” who will, like CBS’s ombudsman, respond to complaints about “bias.”
July 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Columbia University (has a) new agreement with the Trump regime stipulat(ing) a mutually agreed-upon “monitor” who will, like CBS’s ombudsman, respond to complaints about “bias.”
"CBS has agreed to put in place an internal political “bias monitor” who will report to the president of Paramount to make sure the channel’s news coverage is favorable to Trump and the right wing."
July 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"CBS has agreed to put in place an internal political “bias monitor” who will report to the president of Paramount to make sure the channel’s news coverage is favorable to Trump and the right wing."
"(Is) the Trump administration gearing up to actively flout the authority of the Article III branch of government in a direct and unequivocal fashion?"
July 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"(Is) the Trump administration gearing up to actively flout the authority of the Article III branch of government in a direct and unequivocal fashion?"
"Every person, as a human being, has absolute and inviolable value, "human dignity". Our supreme duty is to recognize and ensure it."
July 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Every person, as a human being, has absolute and inviolable value, "human dignity". Our supreme duty is to recognize and ensure it."
"Putin and Netanyahu are war criminals whose criminality must be stopped. Trump is a dictator who must be deposed."
July 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"Putin and Netanyahu are war criminals whose criminality must be stopped. Trump is a dictator who must be deposed."
“(Indivisible is) now working with around 2,500 active local Indivisible groups, spread across every state and almost every congressional district (all but AL-6, FL-12, TX-20, TX-34, TX-5; register your group here)!”
You can mobilize. indivisible.org
You can mobilize. indivisible.org
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July 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“(Indivisible is) now working with around 2,500 active local Indivisible groups, spread across every state and almost every congressional district (all but AL-6, FL-12, TX-20, TX-34, TX-5; register your group here)!”
You can mobilize. indivisible.org
You can mobilize. indivisible.org
Since 2018 the Israelis passed a law removing all rights of palestinian citizens of Israeli occupied lands. The Israelis have also elected politicians who are engaged in racist warfare and starvation of the Palestinians. The USA cannot go on supporting this behavior by Israel.
July 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Since 2018 the Israelis passed a law removing all rights of palestinian citizens of Israeli occupied lands. The Israelis have also elected politicians who are engaged in racist warfare and starvation of the Palestinians. The USA cannot go on supporting this behavior by Israel.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. He recently fired Eduardo Porter. “He stopped the Post from endorsing Kamala Harris. He made a huge contribution to Trump’s inauguration.
July 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. He recently fired Eduardo Porter. “He stopped the Post from endorsing Kamala Harris. He made a huge contribution to Trump’s inauguration.
"...a cover-up — which can kill a presidency."
July 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"...a cover-up — which can kill a presidency."
"As of yesterday, there is a billboard in New York City’s Times Square asking: “TRUMP, WHY WON’T YOU RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES?”
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"As of yesterday, there is a billboard in New York City’s Times Square asking: “TRUMP, WHY WON’T YOU RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES?”
"Income inequality is wider than it’s been since the first Gilded Age. Trump’s policies — import taxes (tariffs), pressure on the Fed that’s driving down the dollar, and Big Ugly cuts in Medicaid and food stamps in order to help finance a tax cut mainly for the rich — will further widen it."
July 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Income inequality is wider than it’s been since the first Gilded Age. Trump’s policies — import taxes (tariffs), pressure on the Fed that’s driving down the dollar, and Big Ugly cuts in Medicaid and food stamps in order to help finance a tax cut mainly for the rich — will further widen it."
“The specter of socialism is being used by Trump and his goons to make America even more authoritarian.”
“(And yet) American capitalism is the harshest in the world. Inequality here is worse than in any other rich nation. And our politics is far more polluted with big money.”
“(And yet) American capitalism is the harshest in the world. Inequality here is worse than in any other rich nation. And our politics is far more polluted with big money.”
July 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“The specter of socialism is being used by Trump and his goons to make America even more authoritarian.”
“(And yet) American capitalism is the harshest in the world. Inequality here is worse than in any other rich nation. And our politics is far more polluted with big money.”
“(And yet) American capitalism is the harshest in the world. Inequality here is worse than in any other rich nation. And our politics is far more polluted with big money.”
"Institutions and leaders obey in advance because they benefit from doing so, at least in the short-term. Our job as organizers in a time of authoritarian breakthrough is to create countervailing pressure. Indivisible is training a million people on how to engage in strategic non-cooperation."
July 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"Institutions and leaders obey in advance because they benefit from doing so, at least in the short-term. Our job as organizers in a time of authoritarian breakthrough is to create countervailing pressure. Indivisible is training a million people on how to engage in strategic non-cooperation."