Garrett Petersen
@gpetersen.bsky.social
Dad running for NY-02 to make Long Island more affordable for working families. #LGM. #WideAwakes
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Garrett Petersen
@gpetersen.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Long Island deserves a Representative who fights for working families and stands up to Trump’s attacks. Meanwhile, Andrew Garbarino can’t even wake up to vote.
I'm running for Congress because I know we can fight our way out of this. Be a day 1 donor: secure.actblue.com/donate/garre...
I'm running for Congress because I know we can fight our way out of this. Be a day 1 donor: secure.actblue.com/donate/garre...
Thor may be gone, but Noah Synderbear is now with a second Petersen child.
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Thor may be gone, but Noah Synderbear is now with a second Petersen child.
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When you have a rules-based order where you carve out exceptions to our values, eventually the exceptions become the rules.
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
When you have a rules-based order where you carve out exceptions to our values, eventually the exceptions become the rules.
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Not really sure how you can see Evelyn Normielib (D, Texas) setting fire to a facility that might have the possibility of becoming an ICE concentration camp and despair about how Dem primary voters are gonna pick Gavin "We are Charlie Kirk" Newsom as the nominee
February 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Not really sure how you can see Evelyn Normielib (D, Texas) setting fire to a facility that might have the possibility of becoming an ICE concentration camp and despair about how Dem primary voters are gonna pick Gavin "We are Charlie Kirk" Newsom as the nominee
I've been tagged/sent the pictures of Governor CIA Girl Boss Spanherger (laudatory) fumbling with the BBQ by a lot of people, which, lol, but 2 things:
We can't all be good at everything, and it looks like they gave her cuts that were sliced super thin for hotpot, which wouldn't work for anyone.
We can't all be good at everything, and it looks like they gave her cuts that were sliced super thin for hotpot, which wouldn't work for anyone.
February 13, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I've been tagged/sent the pictures of Governor CIA Girl Boss Spanherger (laudatory) fumbling with the BBQ by a lot of people, which, lol, but 2 things:
We can't all be good at everything, and it looks like they gave her cuts that were sliced super thin for hotpot, which wouldn't work for anyone.
We can't all be good at everything, and it looks like they gave her cuts that were sliced super thin for hotpot, which wouldn't work for anyone.
How about just not shoving OneDrive in my face every four seconds, can you do that?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
How about just not shoving OneDrive in my face every four seconds, can you do that?
This is monstrous and these people will be damned by future generations.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This is monstrous and these people will be damned by future generations.
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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JB Pritzker led the creation of a Holocaust Museum, was a funder of the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (which covers the Cambodian Genocide), and his family came to the US to escape Russian pogroms.
I don't have to wonder if he understands what's happening under Donald Trump. He does. Hence:
I don't have to wonder if he understands what's happening under Donald Trump. He does. Hence:
JB Pritzker's chief of staff tells us that people appalled by ICE brutality badly wanted to join the fight. So Pritzker encouraged people to start recording. This takes seriously the role of information warfare in the age of Trump, enlisting ordinary people in it. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
JB Pritzker led the creation of a Holocaust Museum, was a funder of the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (which covers the Cambodian Genocide), and his family came to the US to escape Russian pogroms.
I don't have to wonder if he understands what's happening under Donald Trump. He does. Hence:
I don't have to wonder if he understands what's happening under Donald Trump. He does. Hence:
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Your epistemology is deeply impoverished, seek help
there would be no real concrete effects of an AOC presidency that would be materially different from a JD Vance presidency because they all work for the capitalist ruling class and not for us, yes including AOC. we don't need a different president we need a dictatorship of the proletariat.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Your epistemology is deeply impoverished, seek help
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In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
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AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
Greatest political figure in American history if true
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Greatest political figure in American history if true
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Oh say does that proud rainbow banner yet waaaaaaave
O’er Manhattan free and Stonewall braaaaaaaaaaave
O’er Manhattan free and Stonewall braaaaaaaaaaave
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
February 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Oh say does that proud rainbow banner yet waaaaaaave
O’er Manhattan free and Stonewall braaaaaaaaaaave
O’er Manhattan free and Stonewall braaaaaaaaaaave
This makes both of them look so much cooler
Sen. Mike Lee is using this AI-generated image (the filename is literally "CHATGPT_Image") in a fundraising email about his bill to require proof of citizenship to vote.
It's supposed to be scary, but it makes it look like Obama and Schumer are the villains from a new "Command and Conquer" game.
It's supposed to be scary, but it makes it look like Obama and Schumer are the villains from a new "Command and Conquer" game.
February 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This makes both of them look so much cooler
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An agency exclusively staffed by people with oppositional defiance disorder who have the power to destroy anyone’s life at a whim with no accountability. What could go wrong.
February 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
An agency exclusively staffed by people with oppositional defiance disorder who have the power to destroy anyone’s life at a whim with no accountability. What could go wrong.
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The arrest rate among CBP agents is higher than the arrest rate among undocumented immigrants.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.
cbsn.ws
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 AM
The arrest rate among CBP agents is higher than the arrest rate among undocumented immigrants.
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cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
Send them all to prison forever. Every single one of them.
“Democrats are afraid of what they’ll find in the Epstein Files. They don’t want full accountability.”
I will burn the Democratic Party to the ground and piss on the ashes if I find out our leaders were involved in a massive child sex trafficking operation. Every Democrat I know feels the same.
I will burn the Democratic Party to the ground and piss on the ashes if I find out our leaders were involved in a massive child sex trafficking operation. Every Democrat I know feels the same.
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Send them all to prison forever. Every single one of them.
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This also came up in very similar language in the now-famous “this job sucks, please find me in contempt so I can sleep” hearing. The judge was kind of like, “When you say it’s a lot of work to follow due process, you realize I kind of don’t care, yes?”
But said it nicer.
But said it nicer.
“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.”
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
This also came up in very similar language in the now-famous “this job sucks, please find me in contempt so I can sleep” hearing. The judge was kind of like, “When you say it’s a lot of work to follow due process, you realize I kind of don’t care, yes?”
But said it nicer.
But said it nicer.
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Wow, look at that, you don't just have to roll over like a fucking coward
New York City leaders rehung the Pride flag in front of the Stonewall National Monument in a chaotic scene that included an American flag briefly being removed, a rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to remove the symbol from federal property.
New York leaders, defying Trump, rehang Stonewall Inn Pride flag in chaotic scene
The Trump administration had removed the LGBTQ+ symbol, citing a policy limiting what can be displayed on federal property.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Wow, look at that, you don't just have to roll over like a fucking coward
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AOC was Biden’s strongest soldier is a madness rune for people in every faction of the party
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
AOC was Biden’s strongest soldier is a madness rune for people in every faction of the party
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This Friday we are spending the day doing the greatest activity known to man. We are killing Nazis and raising money for charity while we do it!
Join us all day for some fascist killing fun and help us raise money for We Are Casa.
See you there, and as always Fuck ICE
twitch.tv/harddrivemag
Join us all day for some fascist killing fun and help us raise money for We Are Casa.
See you there, and as always Fuck ICE
twitch.tv/harddrivemag
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This Friday we are spending the day doing the greatest activity known to man. We are killing Nazis and raising money for charity while we do it!
Join us all day for some fascist killing fun and help us raise money for We Are Casa.
See you there, and as always Fuck ICE
twitch.tv/harddrivemag
Join us all day for some fascist killing fun and help us raise money for We Are Casa.
See you there, and as always Fuck ICE
twitch.tv/harddrivemag
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He’s also doing this in Memphis…no one is reporting on it
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
He’s also doing this in Memphis…no one is reporting on it
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Okay but this happened in the *actual* Second World War so like
If WW2 happened today we'd be so busy arguing on the internet over whether the government was trying to control us with blackout and rations that the Germans would just roll right through us in hours
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Okay but this happened in the *actual* Second World War so like
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They are in fact concentration camps in the original usage of camps for concentrating a civilian population for control or collective punishment or to facilitate deportation or population transfer.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 PM
They are in fact concentration camps in the original usage of camps for concentrating a civilian population for control or collective punishment or to facilitate deportation or population transfer.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.