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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 13h

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 16h

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Shutdown layoffs target services for vulnerable students, homeless, seniors

The most-at-risk Americans will suffer from the Trump administration’s latest layoffs, current and former federal officials warned.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 3d

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 3d

This president and his lieutenants are coming after every American who dares to speak out against them.

I went to war three times for this country to defend the right of people to say things I may not like.

We must protect free speech rights for ALL Americans.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 4d

What You Need To Know About The Tish James Indictment
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What You Need To Know About The Tish James Indictment

A recording from Joyce Vance and Preet Bharara's live video

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 5d

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What causes autism? Here's what the White House gets wrong.

More than a hundred autism genes have been identified, explains author Peter Hotez. And Tylenol isn't the biggest environmental factor.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 5d

This federal agency is probing Pemex’s deadly Deer Park refinery leak. Trump hopes to dismantle it. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Trump's threats to safety board could kill probe into Houston refinery deaths

The Chemical Safety Board is investigating a hydrogen-sulfide leak that killed two Deer Park refinery workers. But the White House wants to defund the agency.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 5d

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Column | Congresswoman-in-limbo Adelita Grijalva on the dilemma she faces

Democratic Rep. Grijalva won her special election more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her into office.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 10d

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A Note About the Comey Case

In the wake of the Comey indictment, The Washington Post is reporting tonight that “Lawyers inside the high-profile U.S.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 10d

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October 2, 2025

At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 10d

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October 3, 2025

Although President Donald J.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 10d

No, Harvard doesn’t have LGBTQ grad degrees. But scapegoating nonexistent programs while dehumanizing LGBTQ people? Textbook authoritarian misdirection.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 28

Leavitt: "Electricians, plumbers -- we need more of those in our country, and less LGBTQ graduate majors from Harvard University. And that's what this administration's position is."

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 12d

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Trump’s Fake Science: How Acetaminophen Lies Reveal His Authoritarian Playbook

From autism myths to Truth Social, Trump uses fear, disinformation, and “common sense” to replace experts with himself.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 12d

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This shutdown is different

Here’s what’s at stake, and why Dems must hold the line.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 13d

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The Silence of the Generals

And the searing words of a veteran on the bench.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 19d

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WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings

The World Health Organization is the latest to criticize claims from President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. linking autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy.

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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 25d

I went to war to defend the rights of people to say things I may disagree with.

What is more American than the ability to question authority?

Questioning authority is, in fact, our foundation and how we came about as a nation.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 25d

September 18, 2025
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September 18, 2025

Since he took office in 2017, President Donald J.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 27d

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Obama condemns ‘horrific’ Kirk shooting, urges country to unite

Former president Barack Obama called the killing of Kirk a tragedy and said the Trump administration was wrong to try and sow division after the shooting.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 27d

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More employers fire workers over Kirk posts as pressure from right mounts

Actions by employers have stirred a debate over employees’ speech rights, the role of pressure campaigns and what is appropriate public debate after a violent event.

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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 27d

Trump’s tariff taxes are raising prices & hurting America’s farmers.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 29d

Soybean farmer: We depend on the Chinese market. And right now we have 0 sold for this crop. We are not price competitive due to the retaliatory tariffs. Our prices are 20% higher, and that means that the Chinese are going elsewhere. And the American soybean farmers and their families are suffering.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28d

Quick point. Trump cannot silence you, period. He doesn’t have the means or the tools, and if he did he would be too weak to use them. This is a bluff.

It only works if you let it.

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Traci Patterson @traci615.bsky.social · 27d

A New York Times editor on Trump's new $15 billion lawsuit
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A New York Times editor on Trump's new $15 billion lawsuit

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