PaolaR50
@paolar50.bsky.social
Italian born Australian caring for the environment, fairness, being kind and respectful of others. Passionate about politics, climate change, innovation, and sustainability. Grandmother, mother, wife, sister, environmental management consultant.
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"I think of Ernesto Zedillo, probably the best president Mexico has had in modern times. He was asked “What three things does Mexico need most?” He answered, “The rule of law. The rule of law. And the rule of law.” This applies to many countries, including our own."
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Diagnosing America
A few notes on the health of our constitutional republic
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December 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"I think of Ernesto Zedillo, probably the best president Mexico has had in modern times. He was asked “What three things does Mexico need most?” He answered, “The rule of law. The rule of law. And the rule of law.” This applies to many countries, including our own."
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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NEW: Mr. Abrego's lawyers believe that the lies DOJ told in the civil case warrant immediate dismissal in his criminal case. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/more-evide...
More Evidence Submitted to Dismiss the Charges Against Kilmar Abrego
Friday night, we learned that the DOJ lied about the door being closed to Costa Rica. Mr. Abrego's lawyers feel that's enough to immediately dismiss on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds.
www.muellershewrote.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
NEW: Mr. Abrego's lawyers believe that the lies DOJ told in the civil case warrant immediate dismissal in his criminal case. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/more-evide...
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FWIW, RUMINT, but pretty reliable:
1. Vance key to US embrace of Russia plan on Ukraine, Rubio (and even Trump) out of the loop.
2. Vance-Rubio relations “awful.”
3. Rubio told the senators exactly what they said he told them.
4. Hegseth paranoid he’ll be shoved out, Driscoll will replace him.
1. Vance key to US embrace of Russia plan on Ukraine, Rubio (and even Trump) out of the loop.
2. Vance-Rubio relations “awful.”
3. Rubio told the senators exactly what they said he told them.
4. Hegseth paranoid he’ll be shoved out, Driscoll will replace him.
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
FWIW, RUMINT, but pretty reliable:
1. Vance key to US embrace of Russia plan on Ukraine, Rubio (and even Trump) out of the loop.
2. Vance-Rubio relations “awful.”
3. Rubio told the senators exactly what they said he told them.
4. Hegseth paranoid he’ll be shoved out, Driscoll will replace him.
1. Vance key to US embrace of Russia plan on Ukraine, Rubio (and even Trump) out of the loop.
2. Vance-Rubio relations “awful.”
3. Rubio told the senators exactly what they said he told them.
4. Hegseth paranoid he’ll be shoved out, Driscoll will replace him.
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In the past, when Trump has turned on Republicans, his base has tended to follow,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. His inability to stand up to Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie “suggests that something has changed.”
“In the past, when Trump has turned on Republicans, his base has tended to follow,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. His inability to stand up to Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie “suggests that something has changed.”
Opinion | The MAGA Crackup Might Finally Be Here
Even if the Epstein files never come out, it’s increasingly clear that a Trump coalition is fragmenting.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In the past, when Trump has turned on Republicans, his base has tended to follow,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. His inability to stand up to Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie “suggests that something has changed.”
“In the past, when Trump has turned on Republicans, his base has tended to follow,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. His inability to stand up to Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie “suggests that something has changed.”
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"Of course he knew about the girls."
Check out our new billboards in New York's Times Square highlighting the recently released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Donald Trump. They'll be in Times Square for the next two weeks.
Check out our new billboards in New York's Times Square highlighting the recently released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Donald Trump. They'll be in Times Square for the next two weeks.
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Of course he knew about the girls."
Check out our new billboards in New York's Times Square highlighting the recently released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Donald Trump. They'll be in Times Square for the next two weeks.
Check out our new billboards in New York's Times Square highlighting the recently released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Donald Trump. They'll be in Times Square for the next two weeks.
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US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
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US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago. The 11th U.S.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
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A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case.
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
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A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case.
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"Of course he knew about the girls"
Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.
Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Of course he knew about the girls"
Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.
Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.
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Trump retreats on Epstein files. Three lessons:
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
Trump’s Epstein Humiliation Grows
The president saw defeat and ran. But that doesn’t mean the fight over releasing the files is over.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trump retreats on Epstein files. Three lessons:
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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President Trump issued pardons to two people convicted of crimes stemming from the events of Jan. 6, 2021, but not directly tied to the attack on the Capitol, expanding the scope of the broad clemency he had already granted to those caught up in the prosecutions related to the riot.
Trump Pardons Two for Crimes Related to Jan. 6
Daniel Edwin Wilson and Suzanne Kaye had been convicted of crimes indirectly connected to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.
nyti.ms
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
President Trump issued pardons to two people convicted of crimes stemming from the events of Jan. 6, 2021, but not directly tied to the attack on the Capitol, expanding the scope of the broad clemency he had already granted to those caught up in the prosecutions related to the riot.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
Opinion | Why Didn’t ‘A House of Dynamite’ Show a Nuclear Explosion?
Hollywood refuses to show the brutal reality of nuclear war.
nyti.ms
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
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Our president is a joke (a very bad joke). So our country is becoming a joke.
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How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Our president is a joke (a very bad joke). So our country is becoming a joke.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
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Unarmed women protecting children and families against out of control federal agents is a thing now in the US, particularly in cities with Black mayors. We keep us safe.
Chicago moms and teachers created a “walking school bus” to safely escort kids to school to support parents afraid to leave their homes.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Unarmed women protecting children and families against out of control federal agents is a thing now in the US, particularly in cities with Black mayors. We keep us safe.
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Here's why Trump's 50-year mortgage policy is a terrible idea that will not bring down housing costs and will trap Americans in debt for generations:newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/heres-why-...
Here’s Why Trump’s “50-Year Mortgage” is a Terrible Idea
It’s a “solution” no one asked for, and it would only make the housing crisis worse.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Here's why Trump's 50-year mortgage policy is a terrible idea that will not bring down housing costs and will trap Americans in debt for generations:newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/heres-why-...
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NEW: Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys joins the Home of the Brave advisory board.
“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."
“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."
October 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
NEW: Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys joins the Home of the Brave advisory board.
“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."
“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."
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This is very good
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is very good
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Fans, celebrities and Democratic politicians expressed anger and disappointment after ABC announced that it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from the air indefinitely, saying that the move amounted to censorship and was an attack on free speech.
Reactions to ABC’s Pulling of ‘Kimmel’ Reflect America’s Partisan Divide
Fans and liberals expressed anger while conservatives hailed ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air after comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
nyti.ms
September 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Fans, celebrities and Democratic politicians expressed anger and disappointment after ABC announced that it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from the air indefinitely, saying that the move amounted to censorship and was an attack on free speech.
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It’s so frustrating to think about all the people who helped elect Trump by not voting for Harris. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown
Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.
www.rollingstone.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s so frustrating to think about all the people who helped elect Trump by not voting for Harris. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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August 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM