Paula
@platorebel.bsky.social
Drinker of wine. Taker of pictures. Democratic socialist. Hippie at heart. Blue dot in deep red state. Fresh out of fucks. 🏳️🌈 ✌️🫘🌻
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
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"It is often cited as the single most effective public health campaign ever, saving an estimated 26 million lives over 22 years..."
So now Trump will try to kill it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...
So now Trump will try to kill it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...
U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"It is often cited as the single most effective public health campaign ever, saving an estimated 26 million lives over 22 years..."
So now Trump will try to kill it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...
So now Trump will try to kill it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...
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Keep talking, dumbass.
REPORTER: Is a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell something you would consider?
TRUMP: Well, I'm allowed to give her a pardon
TRUMP: Well, I'm allowed to give her a pardon
July 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Keep talking, dumbass.
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Proud to say the knowledge of the existence of this file came from our reporting 👊
July 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Proud to say the knowledge of the existence of this file came from our reporting 👊
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Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up.
"Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons"
Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
"Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons"
Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
Abrego Garcia indictment led top federal prosecutor in Tennessee to resign: Sources
abcnews.go.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up.
"Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons"
Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
"Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons"
Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
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🚨BREAKING: Three judge panel with 2 Trump appointees STRIKES DOWN Alabama congressional map for violating Constitution and VRA.
Court finds Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against Black voters.
Proud of ELG team and our clients in this historic fight!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
Court finds Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against Black voters.
Proud of ELG team and our clients in this historic fight!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
🚨 Voting Rights Victory in Alabama
Read about the latest voting rights victory in Allen v. Milligan.
www.democracydocket.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: Three judge panel with 2 Trump appointees STRIKES DOWN Alabama congressional map for violating Constitution and VRA.
Court finds Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against Black voters.
Proud of ELG team and our clients in this historic fight!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
Court finds Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against Black voters.
Proud of ELG team and our clients in this historic fight!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
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The evangelical MAGA freak out when the new Pope follows the teachings of Jesus instead of following the rambling hate and grifts of Trump.
May 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The evangelical MAGA freak out when the new Pope follows the teachings of Jesus instead of following the rambling hate and grifts of Trump.
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This day keeps getting better.
May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This day keeps getting better.
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"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."
Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."
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Excellent! Well Done, Pope!
April 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Excellent! Well Done, Pope!
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Only one of these men has a criminal conviction—and his name isn’t Kilmar Garcia!
April 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Only one of these men has a criminal conviction—and his name isn’t Kilmar Garcia!
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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When I was a little girl, we used to play in the cemetery by my house. I used to love looking at the little angel and lambs on the markers in the oldest area.
I remember showing them to my mother and she gently explained they were children who died before we had vaccines.
I remember showing them to my mother and she gently explained they were children who died before we had vaccines.
March 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
When I was a little girl, we used to play in the cemetery by my house. I used to love looking at the little angel and lambs on the markers in the oldest area.
I remember showing them to my mother and she gently explained they were children who died before we had vaccines.
I remember showing them to my mother and she gently explained they were children who died before we had vaccines.
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Just in case you missed this from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker:
"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."
"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."
March 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Just in case you missed this from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker:
"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."
"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."
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So, the guy who was gonna end all wars has bombed Yemen, threatened to bomb Iran, and threatened to invade Greenland.
Did I get that right?
Did I get that right?
March 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
So, the guy who was gonna end all wars has bombed Yemen, threatened to bomb Iran, and threatened to invade Greenland.
Did I get that right?
Did I get that right?
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This thread is WILD. It appears as though the tattoos pictured in Trump’s Tren de Aragua checklist for deportation were all lifted from UK tattoo artists’ Instagram pages. Not a single one is from an actual gang member.
Adding more context: these examples were stolen from Instagram Pages of actual Tattoo Artist in The UK…
March 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This thread is WILD. It appears as though the tattoos pictured in Trump’s Tren de Aragua checklist for deportation were all lifted from UK tattoo artists’ Instagram pages. Not a single one is from an actual gang member.
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Everything Pete Hegseth touches turns into a security vulnerability. He is not fit for this job, nor any job where American safety and intelligence is at stake. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials
Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Everything Pete Hegseth touches turns into a security vulnerability. He is not fit for this job, nor any job where American safety and intelligence is at stake. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We’re at the part where Germans could have done something to stop it.
March 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We’re at the part where Germans could have done something to stop it.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”