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Mike Panetto
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On Twitter or as it’s now X I’m Mike71442212, I’m here now if you know me and follow me please follow and I’ll FB USAF Veteran 1966-70 Korea 1969-70 I vote blue.
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J Cook @ubugmenot.bsky.social · 2d
The fact that this bull was allowed to go down in a courtroom tells you how deep fascism has cut already.

It damages the very structures of democracy, hollowing trust in and respect for the institutions needed to uphold the peace of the land.

It might be the most dangerous development yet.
Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
'Ominous answer': Trump admin hearings leave analysts taken aback

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'Ominous answer': Trump admin hearings leave analysts taken aback
Portland, Oregon, and the state of Illinois went to court with President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday in an effort to block the federal government from deploying any state's National Guar...
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LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d
VOTE HIM OUT
Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks
Republicans in the Senate voted down an war powers bill to block Trump's deadly attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean.
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chaøs @chaos0s.bsky.social · 4d
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
'It's so beyond the pale': Ex-insider says overlooked Trump move should get him impeached

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'It's so beyond the pale': Ex-insider says overlooked Trump move should get him impeached
Americans mostly "shrugged" when Donald Trump made a move that should get him impeached, according to a former GOP lawmaker.Recently, the president called for two of his perceived political enemies fr...
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
theintercept.com/2025/10/08/c...
Trump’s War on Drugs
Journalist Radley Balko examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
theintercept.com/2025/10/08/v...
Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks
Republicans in the Senate voted down an war powers bill to block Trump's deadly attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
theintercept.com/2025/10/06/m...
Mothers in Gaza Give Life to the Next Generation of Palestinians Despite Genocide
As the Israeli government enters the third year of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, mothers keep bringing new Palestinians into the world.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
theintercept.com/2025/10/08/c...
Black People Knew This Would Happen
Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
theintercept.com/2025/10/07/j...
Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.
A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Trump’s Plan to Deprive Palestinians Any Say in Their Future
This is not the time for supporters of Palestinian self-determination to be quiet. It’s the moment for us to demand more.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Prominent Palestinian Protester in Brussels Dies in Custody
Mahmoud Farajalah took his life after months in immigration detention, as human rights groups’ condemned the crackdown on Brussels protests.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
theintercept.com/2025/10/08/t...
Trump Sacrifices Alaska Wilderness to Help AI Companies
Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
theintercept.com/2025/10/08/c...
Episode One: Dirty Business
The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
'Ominous answer': Trump admin hearings leave analysts taken aback

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'Ominous answer': Trump admin hearings leave analysts taken aback
Portland, Oregon, and the state of Illinois went to court with President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday in an effort to block the federal government from deploying any state's National Guar...
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[email protected] @bluedotbubba.bsky.social · 2d
This called a red herring
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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SCOTUS Sounds Skeptical of Right-Wing Push for Flood of Election Law Challenges
SCOTUS Sounds Skeptical of Right-Wing Push for Flood of Election Law Challenges
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington
Read more here.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n... - thank goodness.
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Fact-checking New Jersey’s second gubernatorial debate
Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli launched fierce attacks on each other in the second and final debate in New Jersey’s competitive gubernatorial race. We fact-checked the candida...
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Fact-check: Josh Hawley’s misleading wiretap claim
At a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said the government “tapped” his and other senators’ phones. The government sought phone logs, but didn’t monitor calls’ content.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Do Democrats want hospitals paid extra to treat immigrants?
Mike Johnson said Democrats want hospitals to be paid extra to treat “illegal aliens” versus U.S. citizens. Health experts say he’s wrong.
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Fact-checking Trump’s October Cabinet meeting
The Trump administration holds a a Cabinet meeting on the ninth day of a federal government shutdown. PolitiFact will fact-check the meeting
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Can Trump label antifa a ‘major terrorist organization?’
President Donald Trump said he will be designating antifa as a “major terrorist organization,” but national security experts say he lacks authority to do so. There is no legal process to label domesti...
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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 2d
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Exclusive: Dems Fire Back at Trump’s ‘Freaky’ Kid Self-Deportation Plan
It is both not as gross AND worse than you think.
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