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Patricia
@powermacuser1.bsky.social
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Happily retired INTJ. Former VP, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations. Animal & Environmental Advocate. Pro Democracy. DMs turned off.
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 4h
Trump’s DOJ disobeyed federal court orders. Bondi, Blanche, Bove & Trump need to be brought up on felony charges.
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Fired Justice Department lawyer blows the whistle on what he describes as abuses of power at the DOJ
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 5h
Trump’s DOJ secretly pressured & then pushed out a US Attorney who refused to open a grand jury investigation in order to discredit the Russia probe. Recently revelations from the NY Times show a continuation of a pattern of top prosecutors losing their jobs for refusing to bend to Trump’s will.
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 5h
Trump’s ballroom is against the law since he did not get Congressional approval, as required for any major renovation to the White House, & nobody is reporting on this.
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 6h
Trump’s ballroom is also against the law because he did not seek Congressional approval as required for any major renovation of the White House.
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 6h
This is why the government is shut down by Republicans.
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 16h
as someone who has run one of the biggest anti-Trump organizations ever, I can tell you we never got a dime from him. And all of the No Kings 2.0 protesters I’ve spoken with happily paid their own way.”
Scott Dworkin
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 16h
“I’ve heard the same lie for decades from desperate Republicans. Every time there’s a mass protest against them, they lie & say the demonstrators are paid. It’s complete nonsense — a silly conspiracy theory grounded in no truth.
The GOP thinks George Soros is some mastermind funding everything. But⬇️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 16h
Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate for Republicans over Health Care.
It highlights Republicans’ failure for 10 years to produce an alternative to the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, which Republicans attack, but quietly concede is too politically risky to undo. They haven’t come up with anything better.
Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care
www.nytimes.com
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 17h
US Illegally Kills 3 on Boat Suspected, without Evidence, of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels.
It was the 7th strike in Trump’s military campaign of attacking, rather than arresting, those suspected of running drugs in the Caribbean. The military needs to stop following Trump & Hegseth’s orders.
U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels
www.nytimes.com
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 17h
Israel Strikes Gaza & Temporarily Halts Aid; Says Hamas Broke Truce. A short-lived peace.
Israel launched attacks on Gaza after accusing Palestinian militants of attacking its forces across cease-fire lines. Both sides say they are still committed to the truce. Sure…
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...
Israel Strikes Gaza and Temporarily Halts Aid, Saying Hamas Broke Truce
www.nytimes.com
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 17h
the California Highway Patrol reported their vehicles were hit with shrapnel from the munitions fired over the highway & a round prematurely detonated. Had the highway not been shut down, drivers could have been killed. And why is the Marine Corps commander still taking orders from Hegseth?
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 17h
The Marine Corps, VP JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, Fox News, even Snopes denied the Marine Corps was going to shoot live rounds scross California’s highway 5 on Saturday. Yet that’s exactly what happened. Governor Newsom shut down a 17-mile stretch of the road in which 80,000 travel daily.
On Sunday, ⬇️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 18h
Vance & Pete Hegseth.
After the round prematurely exploded, the whole exercise, which was expected to include the firing of approximately 60 155-millimeter shells, was terminated.
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 18h
Some of the Marine Corps’ shells that were fired by M777 howitzers across California’s Interstate 5 prematurely detonated, sending shrapnel down on what could have been hundreds of motorists, if Governor Newsom hadn’t closed 17 miles of the road. The recklessly dangerous event was arranged by JD ⬇️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 18h
pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.”
Heather Cox Richardson
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 18h
“ProPublica reported that more than 170 US citizens have been detained by immigration agents. They “have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased & shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least 3 citizens were ⬇️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 18h
an extension of the tax credit that lowers the cost of healthcare premiums on the Affordable Care Act markets…The Wall Street Journal reported today that more than 3/4 of those who are insured through the ACA markets live in states that voted for Trump.”
Heather Cox Richardson
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 18h
“Republican congressional leaders are refusing even to talk with Democrats to reopen the government, let alone to negotiate with them. They are trying to force Democrats simply to do as they say, despite the fact that 78% of Americans, including 59% of Republicans, support the Democrats’ demand for⬇️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 20h
former colleagues to follow their consciences & leave with their integrity still intact.” Miles Bruner
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 20h
“MY GOAL IN QUITTING the party & writing this piece is twofold: first, to shed light on why someone would continue to work for an increasingly corrupt & authoritarian political party despite their divergent ethical & political beliefs; second, to convince any number of consultants, staffers & ⬇️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 20h
Congress have been the driving force behind the right’s descent into despotism, it would not have been possible without the thousands of consultants, aides & politicos working behind the scenes to fully execute their systematic dismantling of American democratic norms.”
Miles Bruner
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 20h
cult of personality that mirrors the worst authoritarian regimes of the last 100 years.
For 10 years, the GOP has waged an unrelenting war on our civic institutions, the separation of powers, the foundation of the rule of law & the very nature of truth itself. While Trump & his supporters in ⬇️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 20h
“I quit the Republican party & my job as an accomplice to the party in the throes of an authoritarian cult. Today, I resigned from my career as a senior fundraising strategist for one of the leading Republican digital fundraising firms in Washington, DC…
The Republican party has devolved into a ⬇️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 1d
Post from Linda G the Comanche Psychic - YouTube
Lmao - that’s about the size of it
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 1d
The Rules of Investing Are Being Loosened. Could It Lead to the Next 1929?
A group of financiers is trying to convince the public to invest heavily in private equity & crypto — a risky gambit with some real 1920s vibes. Don’t do it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...
The Rules of Investing Are Being Loosened. Could It Lead to the Next 1929?
www.nytimes.com
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