Paula Marie Young, J.D., LL.M.
@paulamarieyoung.bsky.social
International dispute resolution expert; mediator; author; retired law professor; and online coach. Progressive politically.
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Authoritarians keep trying to silence women, and women keep tearing holes in their plans. From DC to Tennessee, we’re organizing, rising, and refusing to sit down.
If you’ve ever been told to shut up, this one’s yours.
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If you’ve ever been told to shut up, this one’s yours.
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Authoritarians Want Women to Shut Up. We Say: Hell No!
Misogyny isn’t a glitch in the system. It’s the spine of the project, and women are breaking it.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Authoritarians keep trying to silence women, and women keep tearing holes in their plans. From DC to Tennessee, we’re organizing, rising, and refusing to sit down.
If you’ve ever been told to shut up, this one’s yours.
open.substack.com/pub/thejenni...
If you’ve ever been told to shut up, this one’s yours.
open.substack.com/pub/thejenni...
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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can our journalism scientists create a form of news that Mike Johnson can read?
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
can our journalism scientists create a form of news that Mike Johnson can read?
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Disgusting. A man in enormous pain and a state of desperation is begging for help and the CIA not only ignores his plea but deletes his post in a group chat???
Consciousness of guilt?
newrepublic.com/post/203784/...
Consciousness of guilt?
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Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Disgusting. A man in enormous pain and a state of desperation is begging for help and the CIA not only ignores his plea but deletes his post in a group chat???
Consciousness of guilt?
newrepublic.com/post/203784/...
Consciousness of guilt?
newrepublic.com/post/203784/...
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Science is just continually showing us that we'd live for a very, very long time if we just never contracted viruses and that when we do, it does immense damage to our bodies, and we keep just...ignoring that, by and large
The Venn diagram of people who ask why anyone still wears a face mask in 2025 & people who just kind of blankly stare at me and don't know what to say when I tell them that the last time I had the flu, it gave me Celiac disease and now I can't eat gluten without going to the ER- is a circle.
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Science is just continually showing us that we'd live for a very, very long time if we just never contracted viruses and that when we do, it does immense damage to our bodies, and we keep just...ignoring that, by and large
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"If a senior official urged such a strike, then we are morally bound to ask: Were unlawful orders issued or implied? Did service members feel pressured to act unlawfully? Were there attempts to suppress or alter reporting? What guidance was provided, and by whom?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
Pete Hegseth, Moral Failure, and the Erosion of Military Legitimacy
Congress needs to find out if any laws were broken and who is responsible.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"If a senior official urged such a strike, then we are morally bound to ask: Were unlawful orders issued or implied? Did service members feel pressured to act unlawfully? Were there attempts to suppress or alter reporting? What guidance was provided, and by whom?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
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Darkly funny that they’re trying to throw Bradley under the bus and *also* going on the record saying that they agree with and celebrate the war crime.
The fall guy. Though he is probably also guilty of first degree murder.
December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Darkly funny that they’re trying to throw Bradley under the bus and *also* going on the record saying that they agree with and celebrate the war crime.
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SCOTUS truly walked straight into this mess…illegal orders, extrajudicial killings, rampant corruption. What did they think was going to happen when they made a king?
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
SCOTUS truly walked straight into this mess…illegal orders, extrajudicial killings, rampant corruption. What did they think was going to happen when they made a king?
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TRUMP REFUSES TO RELEASE:
• Jobs Report
• GDP Report
• Inflation Report
• Epstein Files
Americans won't be fooled
• Jobs Report
• GDP Report
• Inflation Report
• Epstein Files
Americans won't be fooled
Trump & his MAGA sychophants are swarming social media platforms with claims trying to convince us the economy is great
BUT consumers know a con when we see it
Consumer Confidence is damn near at Covid & Great Financial Crisis lows
#Trumpcession #Trumpflation
source: @steverattner.bsky.social
BUT consumers know a con when we see it
Consumer Confidence is damn near at Covid & Great Financial Crisis lows
#Trumpcession #Trumpflation
source: @steverattner.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
TRUMP REFUSES TO RELEASE:
• Jobs Report
• GDP Report
• Inflation Report
• Epstein Files
Americans won't be fooled
• Jobs Report
• GDP Report
• Inflation Report
• Epstein Files
Americans won't be fooled
Now this?
Vladimir Putin calls the leaked Bloomberg tape of Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov conspiring to manipulate Trump "criminal espionage." He didn't want anyone to know that he was doing this - and he's visibly angry about it.
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Now this?
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preventing the total collapse of the colony. Jamestown survived, but only barely. The Starving Time is a stark reminder of how fragile early colonization was, and how desperation can erase moral boundaries. Cannibalism at Jamestown wasn’t ritual or myth. It was survival. (cont)
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
preventing the total collapse of the colony. Jamestown survived, but only barely. The Starving Time is a stark reminder of how fragile early colonization was, and how desperation can erase moral boundaries. Cannibalism at Jamestown wasn’t ritual or myth. It was survival. (cont)
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 What happens when survival pushes humans to the unthinkable? In 1609–1610, Jamestown colonists faced famine so severe they turned to cannibalism. Here’s the true story.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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🧵 What happens when survival pushes humans to the unthinkable? In 1609–1610, Jamestown colonists faced famine so severe they turned to cannibalism. Here’s the true story.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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Some of America's first settlers turned to cannibalism, 'powdered wife' to survive, scientists say
Smithsonian forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley said the human remains date back to a deadly winter known as the 'starving time'
nationalpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 What happens when survival pushes humans to the unthinkable? In 1609–1610, Jamestown colonists faced famine so severe they turned to cannibalism. Here’s the true story.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
nationalpost.com/news/scienti...
🧵 What happens when survival pushes humans to the unthinkable? In 1609–1610, Jamestown colonists faced famine so severe they turned to cannibalism. Here’s the true story.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
nationalpost.com/news/scienti...
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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The last video of Trump walking was over 10 days ago.
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The last video of Trump walking was over 10 days ago.
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In a new leaked memo, the FDA outlined plans to make it much harder to get new vaccines approved, claiming, without sharing evidence, that the COVID vaccines have killed at least 10 children.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In a new leaked memo, the FDA outlined plans to make it much harder to get new vaccines approved, claiming, without sharing evidence, that the COVID vaccines have killed at least 10 children.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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The National Guard needs to have a babysitter, so they don't get hurt. This is not what National Guard Members signed up for, yet here we are today. They are being forced to act as police officers. The starting pay for DC cops is 80K, Guard Members start pay: 24K or LESS!
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DC police may pair up with National Guard members after shooting near White House - WTOP News
Days after the fatal shooting of a National Guard member, D.C. police are working with agencies to figure out how to support the guard deployment moving forward.
wtop.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The National Guard needs to have a babysitter, so they don't get hurt. This is not what National Guard Members signed up for, yet here we are today. They are being forced to act as police officers. The starting pay for DC cops is 80K, Guard Members start pay: 24K or LESS!
wtop.com/dc/2025/11/d...
wtop.com/dc/2025/11/d...
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Keep in mind that white American males shot and killed countless Americans including many children, and no one ever did a thing but protect their right to do it again.
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Keep in mind that white American males shot and killed countless Americans including many children, and no one ever did a thing but protect their right to do it again.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Dear Oval Office occupant,
A 20 year old National Guardsman is dead.
No one cares how many points you won West Virginia by.
Love,
Everyone in America still capable of critical thinking
A 20 year old National Guardsman is dead.
No one cares how many points you won West Virginia by.
Love,
Everyone in America still capable of critical thinking
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Dear Oval Office occupant,
A 20 year old National Guardsman is dead.
No one cares how many points you won West Virginia by.
Love,
Everyone in America still capable of critical thinking
A 20 year old National Guardsman is dead.
No one cares how many points you won West Virginia by.
Love,
Everyone in America still capable of critical thinking
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The FBI spent a million dollars redacting powerful men's names from the Epstein files. The victims? Twenty-eight names in one document alone unredacted, exposed, hunted down by reporters in front of their children. Privacy, it seems, is reserved for those who can afford to return the favor.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The FBI spent a million dollars redacting powerful men's names from the Epstein files. The victims? Twenty-eight names in one document alone unredacted, exposed, hunted down by reporters in front of their children. Privacy, it seems, is reserved for those who can afford to return the favor.
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One guy killed one National Guard member and the media is treating it like it’s 9/11 because they’re scared the President will accuse them of underreacting if they try to apply even the slightest bit of proportionality
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM
One guy killed one National Guard member and the media is treating it like it’s 9/11 because they’re scared the President will accuse them of underreacting if they try to apply even the slightest bit of proportionality
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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It’s here: Our list of 100 Notable Books of 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It’s here: Our list of 100 Notable Books of 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...