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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 7m

solar panels — a direct result of Trump’s assault on climate policy.” MeidasTouch

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 7m

“While China builds the world’s largest solar farms, Trump has canceled approval for a 6.2-gigawatt clean energy project in Nevada, gutting American leadership in the global renewable market. The NY Times reported that Chinese companies now produce 60% of the world’s wind turbines & 80% of its ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 19m

parallel in American history. It is also the starkest example yet of potential ethical conflicts created by installing the Trump’s former lawyers atop the Justice Department.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 19m

Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him. Any settlement might ultimately be reviewed & approved by senior DOJ officials who defended him or those in his orbit.
The situation has no ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 31m

of why Trump bankrupted so many businesses before he ever entered politics.” MeidasTouch

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 31m

“Bloomberg published yet another damning report, this one declaring: ‘The US has no China policy, no strategy & no clue.’ The analysis described the Trump administration’s foreign policy as ‘strategic schizophrenia.’ I would remove the word ‘strategic.’ It’s just schizophrenia. And it’s emblematic ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 35m

while pretending to protect them. A coalition of businesses is also urging the Supreme Court to strike down Trump’s global tariffs, calling them an ‘illegal $3 trillion tax’ on American industry.” MeidasTouch

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 35m

“Small businesses across the country are sounding the alarm over Trump’s tariffs, which economists have called ‘a massive warning for the economy.’ The Chamber of Commerce has even sued the Trump administration over a new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, another policy that is crippling American companies ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 55m

it’s their natural state... All of Africa is a shithole, and will always be that way.”
“Never trust a chinaman or Indian.”

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 55m

that “I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time.”
Other comments about the merits & demerits of various population groups include:
“We need competent white men in positions of leadership . . . The founding fathers were wrong that all men are created equal.”
“Blacks behave that way because ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 55m

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s 30-year-old nominee to lead the Office Special Counsel, one of the federal government’s key internal watchdogs, posted Martin Luther King, Jr. was a
“1960s George Floyd” whose holiday “should be ended & tossed into the 7th circle of hell where it belongs” — while admitting ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 1h

will have a big problem, as travel & business will grind to a halt.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 1h

The transportation secretary said air traffic controllers should expect to stop getting a paycheck next week if the government shutdown continues.
After that happens, look for air traffic controllers to start calling in sick. When enough of them do at multiple major airports across the US, Trump ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 1h

will have a big problem, as travel & business will grind to a halt.

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Chuck Watkins @chuckwatkins.bsky.social · 1h

48 Nixon admin members were charged (some went to prison) for FAR lighter corruption than what we see here.
VOTE in 2026 to EJECT REPUBLICANS and ELECT AMERICANS instead, and we can begin removing, impeaching and convicting all who were complicit in these many, MANY crimes.
We WILL have justice.

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 1h

Democratic & Republican admins have consistently found that offering homeless people a place to live, coupled with support services for those who need them, is a highly effective way of getting & keeping them off the streets.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 1h

We Found a Solution to Homelessness. Now the Trump Admin Wants to Throw It Out.
The admin’s plan would defund the very intervention that has ended homelessness for people across the country by halving the budget of the Department of Housing & Urban Development.
Both⬇️
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

Opinion | We Found a Solution to Homelessness. Now the Trump Administration Wants to Throw It Out.

www.nytimes.com

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 2h

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts over a Global A.I. Frenzy. GREED.
As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts & water shortages.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

www.nytimes.com

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 2h

on Trump’s Oregon Troop Deployment.
Deployment can move forward, for now, under a preliminary ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. But legal wrangling will likely continue.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 2h

Our court system has lost all semblance of common sense. The protesters in Portland, OR occupy less than a 1/2 block in front of an ICE detention facility. Sending in National Guard is a huge waste of taxpayer $ & may provoke violence.
Appeals Court Lifts Block ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...

Appeals Court Lifts Block on Trump’s Oregon Troop Deployment

www.nytimes.com

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 2h

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 3h

less in taxes.
Trump & Republicans do not work for you.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 3h

Healthcare premiums under the current Republican budget will increase so astronomically, millions will no longer be able to afford health insurance. The Republican plan will directly contribute to thousands of unnecessary deaths each year. All so that billionaires, already undertaxed, can pay even ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 3h

Grassley (R-IA) defended Bove & should resign: “He has a strong legal background & has served his country honorably. I believe he will be diligent, capable & a fair jurist.” What a joke.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 3h

Former Trump defense attorney Emil Bove lied during his senate hearing to be confirmed as a US appeals court judge by saying he couldnt recall if he used profanity in a verbal order to DOJ attorneys & that deportation planes must fly to El Salvador despite a federal court order to stop them.
Chuck ⬇️

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