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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 3h

spread conspiracy theories about voter fraud.
But Posobiec himself might actually be committing voter fraud. A spokesperson for the Montgomery County DA’s office said they don’t comment on active investigations. Democracy Docket

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 3h

Jack Posobiec, notorious MAGA influencer, election conspiracy theorist & anti-voting activist, has reportedly lived in MD while voting in PA. For years, he has made it his mission to track down evidence of mass voter fraud. In PA, he has frequently accused Democratic officials of election crimes & ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 4h

to political pressure in releasing a statement critical of National Weather Service forecasters in Alabama, who stressed on social media that Hurricane Dorian was not expected to affect that state, despite warnings to the contrary from Trump.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 4h

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA.
Dr. Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into the incident that centered on Trump’s altered hurricane forecast map in 2019.
The investigation found he had bowed ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 13h

going into Chicago very soon. That’s a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor.’” Tom Nichols

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 13h

that they would be part of the solution to domestic threats, fighting the ‘enemy from within.’ He added, almost as a kind of trollish afterthought, that he’d told Hegseth, ‘We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military—National Guard, but military—because we’re ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 13h

Trump’s “nakedly partisan appeal to US military officers was a violation of every standard of American civil-military relations, & exactly what George Washington feared could happen with an unscrupulous commander in chief. The most ominous part of his speech came when he told the military officers ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 13h

& the lawsuits challenging them are essential to protecting democracy.”
Marc Elias, Democracy Docket

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 13h

consequences for voting rights & fair districting could be catastrophic.
Aside from attention on Texas’s redistricting, these attacks on voting rights & elections have largely gone unmentioned by legacy media. Every day brings a litany of illegal & unconstitutional actions by this administration, ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 13h

“Republicans in Florida, Indiana & Kansas are all discussing mid-cycle redistricting plans. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is set to hear reargument this month in a case brought by white voters in Louisiana seeking to effectively gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act. If that happens, the ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 14h

Every Trump move is self serving & corrupt.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 14h

“Now this make sense: Trump puts a 100% tariff on pharmaceuticals. Then he partners with Pfizer to start TrumpRx. Then he also announces that Tylenol causes Autism, even though it’s NOT been proven. Guess who Tylenol’s biggest competitor is? It’s Advil. And who owns advil? Pfizer.” Steven Kreiss ⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 14h

Now he & his accomplices are back in power, & they’re using that power to smear the honest agents & prosecutors who investigated them. We shouldn’t be surprised. That’s what authoritarian regimes do: They rewrite the past.” Will Saletan

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 14h

“The simple truth is that Trump is a criminal. He was convicted in one case [2 actually: 1 criminal & 1 civil] & remains untried in 3 others. In 2 of those three cases, the fake-electors case & a related case in Georgia, the evidence indicates that he was assisted by Republican members of Congress.⬇️

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 14h

thoroughly documented Trump’s obstruction of justice & his fraudulent schemes to overturn the 2020 election. - Will Saletan
Plus his theft of classified government documents & refusal over many months to return them.

Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 14h

Republicans forget that the Russia investigation & Mueller’s report confirmed Trump & his associates solicited & exploited Russian assistance in the 2016 election. Jack Smith’s investigations, which ended only because Trump captured the presidency, not because the evidence was ever refuted, ⬇️

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