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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 1h

Fun fact: Republicans control Congress and can open it at any time.

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 1h

Mike Johnson makes me wax nostalgic for Kevin McCarthy.

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 1h

Hear that, gang? Trump "solved" peace in the Middle East!

That means there will never be another armed conflict in the region again!

P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 1h

So they've been tried and convicted of crimes? Cool, cool.

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 1h

JFC, chemtrails now?

Is there any fringe conspiracy theory that #RFKJr and his #MAGAMorons won't spend our tax dollars to investigate???

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS - KFF Health News

The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of H...

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 3h

Trump to Farmers: Drop Dead

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

This is why farmers are saying MAGA = “Make Argentina Great Again”

www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 3h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.

One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.

25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.

This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 4h

NO.

Arc de Trump? Trump touts a new real estate project. No, not the ballroom

Trump, whose background is in real estate, has made several changes in the White House, including a Rose Garden makeover and gilding the Oval Office.

www.usatoday.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21h

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The dollar amount has now risen to FORTY Billion.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

#AmericaFirst 🇺🇸

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 18h

The most corrupt government in US history. Possibly the most corrupt in history, period.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20h

The GOP spent years screaming about a manufactured Biden bribe but says nothing about this. Tells you all you need to know.

Tweet by Melanie D’Arrigo stating: “The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips. Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons. Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection. This is how bribes work.” Below is an image of Donald Trump sitting across from the Emir of Qatar in a formal meeting room. Text overlay: “Quid Pro Presidency.”

P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 18h

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are mass murderers of children.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

AP: “Though 🇺🇸 only spends around 1% of its budget on foreign aid, Trump declared USAID — once the world’s leading donor of humanitarian assistance — a waste of💰and dissolved it.”

(But his pal Milei gets $40 Billion for Argentina) apnews.com/article/myan...

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 18h

Ooh, costs! That’ll show ‘em!

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 22h

We're not saying they're "like Nazis."

We are saying they're fucking Nazis.

P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 23h

Hey, just like in the US. Weird.

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️18 year-old Russian singer detained by St. Petersburg police for performing anti-Putin song.

The band Stoptime has previously performed songs by other artists labeled as "foreign agents" by the Russian government.

kyivindependent.com/18-year-old-...

18 year-old Russian singer detained by St. Petersburg police for performing anti-Putin song

The band Stoptime has previously performed songs by artists labeled as "foreign agents" by the Russian government.

kyivindependent.com

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 23h

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 23h

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Of course.

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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 23h

Fun fact: Fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela.

P.D. White @whitepatrick.com · 1d

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool moderate who rages against far-left purity progressives almost as much as I do against MAGA fascists... and I will fucking be there.

#NoKings