@patwatral.bsky.social
Retired & loving the #Salt Life 🌴. Pet lover & proud Dem doing what I can to Resist & save our Democracy 🇺🇸. Hope 2 help turn FL Blue 🌊.
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BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
meidasnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
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Retired major general alarmed 'big time' as military lawyers miss critical briefing
www.rawstory.com
Retired major general alarmed 'big time' as military lawyers miss critical briefing
twp.ai
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Retired major general alarmed 'big time' as military lawyers miss critical briefing
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
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"I don't know anything about that so I'm afraid I can't comment."
--Speaker Mike Johnson, repeatedly
--Speaker Mike Johnson, repeatedly
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"I don't know anything about that so I'm afraid I can't comment."
--Speaker Mike Johnson, repeatedly
--Speaker Mike Johnson, repeatedly
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We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.
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WATCH — @abbydphillip: “Today an ICE officer’s weapon discharged and shot a U.S. marshal and a suspect because they were using the weapon to bang on the window.” 🤦🏻♂️
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
WATCH — @abbydphillip: “Today an ICE officer’s weapon discharged and shot a U.S. marshal and a suspect because they were using the weapon to bang on the window.” 🤦🏻♂️
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Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November.
It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
October 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November.
It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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In the midst of a government shutdown, and in the face of fundamental challenges to the rule of law and to democratic accountability, the House of Representatives--the people's house, the heart of our democratic republic--hasn't cast a vote since Sep. 19. An extraordinary failure of responsibility.
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In the midst of a government shutdown, and in the face of fundamental challenges to the rule of law and to democratic accountability, the House of Representatives--the people's house, the heart of our democratic republic--hasn't cast a vote since Sep. 19. An extraordinary failure of responsibility.
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I’ve posted about the Epstein files every day for many months, I write about the Epstein files every day, and we talk about the Epstein files every week on the pod.
And I won’t stop until the full, unredacted (except for victim/witness info) files have been released.
And I won’t stop until the full, unredacted (except for victim/witness info) files have been released.
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I’ve posted about the Epstein files every day for many months, I write about the Epstein files every day, and we talk about the Epstein files every week on the pod.
And I won’t stop until the full, unredacted (except for victim/witness info) files have been released.
And I won’t stop until the full, unredacted (except for victim/witness info) files have been released.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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“For Christians, the problem of the poor leads to the very heart of our faith,” Pope Leo says, because “the poor are not a sociological category, but the very ‘flesh’ of Christ.”
“No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’”
“No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’”
Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians
“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...
www.americamagazine.org
October 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“For Christians, the problem of the poor leads to the very heart of our faith,” Pope Leo says, because “the poor are not a sociological category, but the very ‘flesh’ of Christ.”
“No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’”
“No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’”
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
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The GOP health care for immigrants lie is an old one. Here’s me six years ago:
October 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The GOP health care for immigrants lie is an old one. Here’s me six years ago:
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Funny how Sleepy Joe Biden managed to get through an entire term of a presidency without the government shutting down.
Something Troubled Trump has not been able to do. Either time.
Something Troubled Trump has not been able to do. Either time.
October 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Funny how Sleepy Joe Biden managed to get through an entire term of a presidency without the government shutting down.
Something Troubled Trump has not been able to do. Either time.
Something Troubled Trump has not been able to do. Either time.
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According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
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Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files.
October 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files.
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Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
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I think Ed makes a pretty strong point here about Lindsey Halligan: She hasn't been lawfully appointed under 28 U.S.C. § 546, and as he also points out, his view is supported by a 1986 OLC opinion written by some guy named … {checks notes} … Samuel A. Alito. (1/3)
I think Ed makes a pretty strong point here about Lindsey Halligan: She hasn't been lawfully appointed under 28 U.S.C. § 546, and as he also points out, his view is supported by a 1986 OLC opinion written by some guy named … {checks notes} … Samuel A. Alito. (1/3)
October 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I think Ed makes a pretty strong point here about Lindsey Halligan: She hasn't been lawfully appointed under 28 U.S.C. § 546, and as he also points out, his view is supported by a 1986 OLC opinion written by some guy named … {checks notes} … Samuel A. Alito. (1/3)
I think Ed makes a pretty strong point here about Lindsey Halligan: She hasn't been lawfully appointed under 28 U.S.C. § 546, and as he also points out, his view is supported by a 1986 OLC opinion written by some guy named … {checks notes} … Samuel A. Alito. (1/3)
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It’s a bad look.
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It’s a bad look.