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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 5d

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 6d

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DC Wins Judgment Against Virginia Ticket Scofflaw, Takes More Out-of-State Drivers to Court - Washingtonian

The District's attorney general says a dozen Maryland and Virginia drivers owe more than $620,000 in unpaid penalties.

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After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 8d

Who’s next? Despicable firings continue.

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Opinion | American Women Are Leaving the Work Force. Why?

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 8d

What autism really is

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 8d

Horriifying. We’re clearly going backwards.

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Opinion | Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I.

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 8d

Terrific

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 24d

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
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I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Stigma From Medical Providers Contributed to My Son’s Overdose Death

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 25d

My new article in Filter Magazine. Great timing, given the Emmy's yesterday.
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At pivotal times, medical providers could have helped Alex. Instead, they labeled him an "addict" and chastised him for "bad choices."

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · 29d

Horrifying

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$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Sep 7

Does he seem dangerous?

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Sep 4

Harassing kids

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Explore this post and more from the washingtondc community

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Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Sep 4

Peer review in action.

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International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

Tonight’s piece runs longer than I like to, especially on a Saturday night, but the issues are serious, and incumbent upon us all to stay caught up.

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31streetswingleft.bsky.social @31streetswingleft.bsky.social · Aug 26

Imagine: the president who promised justice and transparency is exposed as a conspirator in one of history’s worst child sex crimes... and OUR tax dollars are paying for the cover-up.

#Corruption #TrumpAndEpstein #CoverUp #JusticeForVictims

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Aug 17

It’s coming to your city soon.

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Moving The Window

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Aug 16

Here Are Your Rights at an ICE Checkpoint in DC - Washingtonian

Last night, Washingtonians heckled federal agents at a traffic stop near the U Street corridor.

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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Aug 5

The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away

Opinion | A New Era of Hunger Has Begun

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Jul 14

This is what we’ve become.

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It is high time higher education adopted a harm reduction approach to drug use among students

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Jul 12

Harm reduction in UK colleges works
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David Hillier presents the evidence for shifting the attitude to drug use away from zero tolerance and criminalising users towards student safety and wellbeing

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Column: Oh please, the right is reviving a tired trope about women

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Jul 12

Here we go again

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A new generation of conservatives is pushing the same old line: Women should stay home and have babies.

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Should We Politicize the Texas Flood? Absolutely

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Jul 11

On target

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When it comes to disasters, accountability delayed is accountability denied

We can adapt and prepare for floods. But will we?

Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Jul 9

We need to be smarter about disaster prep.
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Pat Roos @patroos.bsky.social · Jul 6

Here’s what’s really in the law
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July 5, 2025

Yesterday afternoon, President Donald J.