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Patricia G

@pgdc.bsky.social

D.C. journo, professor

48 Followers  |  74 Following  |  19 Posts  |  Joined: 11.11.2024  |  1.649

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I guess we know why they cover their faces now

07.01.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8039    πŸ” 1454    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 63

For various reasons, we cannot celebrate holidays with family, so my wife and I always travel for Thanksgiving and Xmas.

This year, yes, we did not trust flights. So what did we do? We decided to *drive*. Yes, those roads that cross America? You can USE THEM instead of planes.

10.11.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
10.11.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Ron Smith posts: β€œJD Vance: If you remember all of the migrants who came in from Haiti. You blink an eye and literally a third of your town is Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs πŸ€”πŸ€” Still spreading the same debunked lie.”
Below is a video still showing JD Vance speaking during an interview, wearing a suit and red tie.

Ron Smith posts: β€œJD Vance: If you remember all of the migrants who came in from Haiti. You blink an eye and literally a third of your town is Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs πŸ€”πŸ€” Still spreading the same debunked lie.” Below is a video still showing JD Vance speaking during an interview, wearing a suit and red tie.

He’s still repeating that lie. Video link in replies.

30.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2242    πŸ” 417    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 109
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Posted by Mike Pence’s former Chief of Staff.

29.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 14628    πŸ” 5094    πŸ’¬ 811    πŸ“Œ 237
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

29.10.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 32758    πŸ” 14611    πŸ’¬ 1312    πŸ“Œ 1042

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is β€œthe president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

23.10.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 32167    πŸ” 10988    πŸ’¬ 1846    πŸ“Œ 632
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This stone is actually at the FDR Memorial. Even so, I hope the next lawfully elected president, should we ever have another, pursuant to and in accordance with a statute duly enacted by a functioning Congress, should we ever have another, will have it permanently displayed in the Oval Office.

24.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2988    πŸ” 1104    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 30
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Eddie Palmieri’s 13 Essential Songs and Albums

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a... #eddiepalmieri

07.08.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A friend of mine who lives in Austin saw this at a bar and said she had never been so offended by something she 100% agreed with.

04.08.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15889    πŸ” 2725    πŸ’¬ 272    πŸ“Œ 150

Keep in mind that the cuts to Medicaid don’t go into effect until late 2026 conveniently after the midterm elections. Do not be fooled. Vote these ghouls out. Show up and VOTE in the midterms.

03.07.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 13964    πŸ” 6238    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 110
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Yes, we warned about all of it last year. Every last detail, every policy. Watched every rally speech, every interview, every campaign video. Posted thousands of clips about it all. Most completely or largely ignored by legacy media.

And yes, it is going to get much worse.

01.07.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 20284    πŸ” 5491    πŸ’¬ 646    πŸ“Œ 232

It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose β€œno” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.

01.07.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 26904    πŸ” 6315    πŸ’¬ 505    πŸ“Œ 206
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Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.

01.07.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 31636    πŸ” 7161    πŸ’¬ 973    πŸ“Œ 332
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Give this live update the National Book Award

14.06.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1618    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 15

i'm surprised by how low energy and farcical that whole military parade situation was. I was expecting Moscow 1945 and we got Spirit Halloween instead.

15.06.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 42826    πŸ” 5611    πŸ’¬ 1318    πŸ“Œ 384
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The head of a new RFK-backing group has promoted 9/11 conspiracies and antisemitic texts Leland Lehrman is a key figure in the MAHA world, despite decades of pushing extremist ideas.

The head of a new RFK-backing group promoted 9/11 conspiracy theories and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

@annamerlan.bsky.social reports on Leland Lehrman, executive director of the MAHA Institute.

10.06.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1258    πŸ” 601    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 61

By the way a military parade when we’re not celebrating a war victory is something a dude who never served would do.

07.06.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 36256    πŸ” 6713    πŸ’¬ 1000    πŸ“Œ 207

Really shocked that an admin filled with podcasters, social media influencers, reality TV participants, indicted felons, crypto bros, drunks, Fox hosts, drug addicts, weirdos, and unqualified ass kissing toadies can’t keep their shit together for 24 consecutive hours.

05.06.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 24882    πŸ” 5064    πŸ’¬ 574    πŸ“Œ 252
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Lee: Would say it would be β€œillegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?

McMahon: I’d have to get back to you

Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?

McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.

04.06.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12120    πŸ” 3408    πŸ’¬ 1102    πŸ“Œ 474

I love how at the end all these Call of Duty rejects pile into a little white Sprinter van clown-car style.

02.06.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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The American people want to know this:

12.05.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course it would figure that Sovereignty would win over Journalism. #KentuckyDerby2025

03.05.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ex-January 6 prosecutors urge attorney disciplinary board to investigate Trump’s controversial pick to be DC’s top prosecutor | CNN Politics Five former prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are urging the disciplinary office governing lawyers in Washington, DC, to open an inve...

This week, we filed a bar complaint against interim DC US Attorney Ed Martin.

Martin has threatened investigations against political enemies and given legal advice to at least one January 6 defendant. These actions violate his professional obligations as a lawyer.

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...

15.04.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1245    πŸ” 247    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 10
A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25
) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25 ) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

15.04.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 45380    πŸ” 14464    πŸ’¬ 959    πŸ“Œ 482
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NASA pulls graphic novels about female astronauts from website NASA deletes graphic novel series about a female astronaut exploring the moon from its website.

Hey, fellow kidlit authors?

We should be paying close attention to this + calling our reps.

NASA's pulled graphic novels about female astronauts from their website.

01.04.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 714    πŸ” 330    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 37
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An β€˜Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

When "due process" doesn't exist, and in its place there's just a half-assed, lazy, racist hunt for bodies:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

01.04.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 964    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 14
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Co-sign this. Fuck you again Bob Woodward.

25.03.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1536    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

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