Patrick Polley
@patrickpoll.bsky.social
Physics teacher, military historian, Ph.D. in experimental physics, University of Florida 1985
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Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber. https://cnn.it/491RQ46
Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate special election | CNN Politics
Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate on Tuesday in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber. https://cnn.it/491RQ46
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Julie K. Brown (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social) suggested Trump's pedophile friends are leaning on him to not release any Epstein files that might implicate them.
"For him to say, 'my friends will get hurt' if abusers are named felt pretty telling," Tim Miller replied.
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
"For him to say, 'my friends will get hurt' if abusers are named felt pretty telling," Tim Miller replied.
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
MAGA donors may be pressuring Trump to bury their names out of Epstein files: reporter
A prominent reporter in the Jeffrey Epstein case floated a startling possibility on Tuesday that powerful donors could be leaning on President Donald Trump to quash any damning information from being ...
www.rawstory.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Julie K. Brown (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social) suggested Trump's pedophile friends are leaning on him to not release any Epstein files that might implicate them.
"For him to say, 'my friends will get hurt' if abusers are named felt pretty telling," Tim Miller replied.
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
"For him to say, 'my friends will get hurt' if abusers are named felt pretty telling," Tim Miller replied.
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
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Less than 24 hours after the meeting between Trump and Netanyahu, Israel suspended most international humanitarian organisations working in Gaza, including some of the world’s most prominent and outspoken aid organizations, such as Doctors Without Borders.
apnews.com/article/gaza...
apnews.com/article/gaza...
List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending
Israel says it's suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in Gaza.
apnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Less than 24 hours after the meeting between Trump and Netanyahu, Israel suspended most international humanitarian organisations working in Gaza, including some of the world’s most prominent and outspoken aid organizations, such as Doctors Without Borders.
apnews.com/article/gaza...
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❗️The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha stated that Russia has still not provided any evidence for the alleged attack on Putin's residence.
"Almost a day has passed, and Russia still has not provided any plausible evidence for its accusations.
"Almost a day has passed, and Russia still has not provided any plausible evidence for its accusations.
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
❗️The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha stated that Russia has still not provided any evidence for the alleged attack on Putin's residence.
"Almost a day has passed, and Russia still has not provided any plausible evidence for its accusations.
"Almost a day has passed, and Russia still has not provided any plausible evidence for its accusations.
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In Minnetonka, Minnesota, a video captured dozens of ICE goons exiting a public library, escorting a single man during the “Metro Surge” operation.
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In Minnetonka, Minnesota, a video captured dozens of ICE goons exiting a public library, escorting a single man during the “Metro Surge” operation.
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Incredible reporting here from the @nytimes.com......(gift link).
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Incredible reporting here from the @nytimes.com......(gift link).
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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Trump tells supporters in a new fundraising email that if they don’t donate to him within the next hour, Democrats will steal their "tariff rebate checks" and give them to "illegals," that the country is "boiling over," and that only an immediate cash transfer to him can stop total disaster.
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trump tells supporters in a new fundraising email that if they don’t donate to him within the next hour, Democrats will steal their "tariff rebate checks" and give them to "illegals," that the country is "boiling over," and that only an immediate cash transfer to him can stop total disaster.
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Trump has long threatened to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, raising fears about a non-independent Fed.
Market ‘Will Punish People’ If Trump Influences Federal Reserve, Bank Of America CEO Warns
Trump has long threatened to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, raising fears about a non-independent Fed.
www.forbes.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump has long threatened to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, raising fears about a non-independent Fed.
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Lawyers for Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state prison sentence for her role in a voting system data breach — asked the Colorado Court of Appeals last week to release her after President Donald Trump granted Peters a legally meaningless “pardon” earlier this month.
Following Trump’s ‘Pardon,’ Tina Peters Asks Colorado Appeals Court to Release Her
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lawyers for Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state prison sentence for her role in a voting system data breach — asked the Colorado Court of Appeals last week to release her after President Donald Trump granted Peters a legally meaningless “pardon” earlier this month.
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I hate this. I stand against this.
ICE goons tackle man in violent street kidnapping.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I hate this. I stand against this.
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Sarah Cooper is back on Trump and she absolutely nailed it 🔥
December 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Sarah Cooper is back on Trump and she absolutely nailed it 🔥
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
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Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
December 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
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PHILLIP: “We’re either a free market, or an economy that looks like China or Russia where you have to go to one guy to get answers on everything. If that's the kind of country you want, get ready for the next president who doesn’t wear your shirt color to do it.”
December 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
PHILLIP: “We’re either a free market, or an economy that looks like China or Russia where you have to go to one guy to get answers on everything. If that's the kind of country you want, get ready for the next president who doesn’t wear your shirt color to do it.”
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Lots of delays for flights from NYC to Miami this morning…(beyond normal Dec 26 issues).
Pilot (who has flown for 40yrs) said there is a huge spike in private planes flying from northeast to Florida and that is causing a big backup for commercial travel. Said this is highly unusual.
Pilot (who has flown for 40yrs) said there is a huge spike in private planes flying from northeast to Florida and that is causing a big backup for commercial travel. Said this is highly unusual.
December 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Lots of delays for flights from NYC to Miami this morning…(beyond normal Dec 26 issues).
Pilot (who has flown for 40yrs) said there is a huge spike in private planes flying from northeast to Florida and that is causing a big backup for commercial travel. Said this is highly unusual.
Pilot (who has flown for 40yrs) said there is a huge spike in private planes flying from northeast to Florida and that is causing a big backup for commercial travel. Said this is highly unusual.
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Catholics represent fewer than 20% of U.S. adults, however, they make up 61% of the population at risk of deportation. Trump’s immigration crackdown is disproportionately hitting Catholic communities.
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Trump’s War on ICE-Fearing Catholics • Chico News & Review
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December 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Catholics represent fewer than 20% of U.S. adults, however, they make up 61% of the population at risk of deportation. Trump’s immigration crackdown is disproportionately hitting Catholic communities.
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Several state-approved textbook chapters, one board member argued, were inappropriate for students because they discussed “vaccines and polio,” had “an agenda out of the United Nations” and included “a perspective that humans are bad.”
Published April with @texastribune.org
Published April with @texastribune.org
A Texas School Board Cut State-Approved Textbook Chapters About Diversity. A Board Member Says Material Violated the Law
The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideologic...
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December 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Several state-approved textbook chapters, one board member argued, were inappropriate for students because they discussed “vaccines and polio,” had “an agenda out of the United Nations” and included “a perspective that humans are bad.”
Published April with @texastribune.org
Published April with @texastribune.org
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I’m going to need to see the declination memos from DoJ where they declined to prosecute the Epstein co-conspirators, and I’m gonna need to see them for every single person they declined to prosecute.
December 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’m going to need to see the declination memos from DoJ where they declined to prosecute the Epstein co-conspirators, and I’m gonna need to see them for every single person they declined to prosecute.
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Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus after a two-year hiatus, but the joy remains overshadowed by another turbulent year for Palestinians living under an Israeli-occupation in the West Bank. https://cnn.it/4p7m6iN
December 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus after a two-year hiatus, but the joy remains overshadowed by another turbulent year for Palestinians living under an Israeli-occupation in the West Bank. https://cnn.it/4p7m6iN
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Twelve European countries as well as Canada and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank, saying the move harmed the prospects for long term peace and security in the region. https://cnn.it/3NhzfZ5
Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements condemned by 12 European countries, Canada and Japan | CNN
Twelve European countries as well as Canada and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank saying the move harmed the pr...
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December 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Twelve European countries as well as Canada and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank, saying the move harmed the prospects for long term peace and security in the region. https://cnn.it/3NhzfZ5
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Time for Patel to answer for his lies.
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Time for Patel to answer for his lies.
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"It’s just fencing and concrete, but that’s a lot better than the manger we found him in.”
"ICE officials are also investigating the couple for other crimes. They were found with a substantial amount of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 'What are those luxury goods doing in their possession?' asked the ICE spokesman, taking a moment to adjust his mask."
ICE Detains Undocumented Parents, Newborn
They await deportation proceedings.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"It’s just fencing and concrete, but that’s a lot better than the manger we found him in.”
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⚡️Zelensky reveals full 20-point peace plan backed by Ukraine, US.
The Kyiv Independent is publishing a 20-point draft of the peace plan developed by Ukraine and the U.S.
The Kyiv Independent is publishing a 20-point draft of the peace plan developed by Ukraine and the U.S.
Zelensky reveals full 20-point peace plan draft backed by Ukraine, US
After weeks of talks, Ukraine and the U.S. have prepared a draft of the revised peace plan to end Russia’s full-scale war.
The initial 28-point plan, which effectively pushed Ukraine toward capitulat...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
⚡️Zelensky reveals full 20-point peace plan backed by Ukraine, US.
The Kyiv Independent is publishing a 20-point draft of the peace plan developed by Ukraine and the U.S.
The Kyiv Independent is publishing a 20-point draft of the peace plan developed by Ukraine and the U.S.