Pat Engel
@patinlaurel.bsky.social
USAF (ret.); DOE contractor; DOD civilian (ret.); born in Milwaukee, WI; living in Laurel, MD.
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and how we are fighting back against bills that are trying to gut environmental laws & open your lands and sacred sites to mining and drilling.
We cannot let this happen. Grateful to be in this fight with Rep. Adelita Grijalva to protect our people and our precious lands!
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We cannot let this happen. Grateful to be in this fight with Rep. Adelita Grijalva to protect our people and our precious lands!
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Rep. Stansbury: We must protect our public lands and sacred sites!
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
and how we are fighting back against bills that are trying to gut environmental laws & open your lands and sacred sites to mining and drilling.
We cannot let this happen. Grateful to be in this fight with Rep. Adelita Grijalva to protect our people and our precious lands!
youtu.be/6zIJxvoQXLQ?...
We cannot let this happen. Grateful to be in this fight with Rep. Adelita Grijalva to protect our people and our precious lands!
youtu.be/6zIJxvoQXLQ?...
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Getting a library card may seem like a small task, but for some, it can be a daunting challenge. Let's work toward making libraries more accessible for all!
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The Challenges of Getting a Library Card
Getting a library card may seem like a small task, but for some, it can be a daunting challenge. Let's work toward making libraries more accessible for all!
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December 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Getting a library card may seem like a small task, but for some, it can be a daunting challenge. Let's work toward making libraries more accessible for all!
action.everylibrary.org/the_challeng...
action.everylibrary.org/the_challeng...
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Omaha residents face a hidden danger: the lead in their yards.
The Trump administration’s new guidance on high levels of the toxic metal in soil has put tens of thousands of properties in limbo.
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The Trump administration’s new guidance on high levels of the toxic metal in soil has put tens of thousands of properties in limbo.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Omaha residents face a hidden danger: the lead in their yards.
The Trump administration’s new guidance on high levels of the toxic metal in soil has put tens of thousands of properties in limbo.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
The Trump administration’s new guidance on high levels of the toxic metal in soil has put tens of thousands of properties in limbo.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
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Three Americans were killed over the weekend in central Syria — the first American casualties on Syrian soil since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad last year. Here is what to know.
What We Know About the American Troops in Syria
The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Three Americans were killed over the weekend in central Syria — the first American casualties on Syrian soil since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad last year. Here is what to know.
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What Democracy Docket and CBS News are focused most closely on.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What Democracy Docket and CBS News are focused most closely on.
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The People Fight Back: Missouri Submits 305K Signatures Against Gerrymandering, States Sue Over Visa Fees, and Oregon Students Walk Out To Protest Trump’s Immigration Abuses
AOC Slams Trump’s Cruelty, Protests Erupt From Oregon To Baltimore, Missouri Voters Freeze GOP’s Gerrymandered Map, and Dem States Sue Regime Over Visa Fee
The resistance is working
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The People Fight Back: Missouri Submits 305K Signatures Against Gerrymandering, States Sue Over Visa Fees, and Oregon Students Walk Out To Protest Trump’s Immigration Abuses
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Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/R_js6M
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/R_js6M
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@warnock.senate.gov expands on an idea he introduced in his speech at CAP last week: "We suffer not from a poverty of resources, but a poverty of moral imagination."
December 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
@warnock.senate.gov expands on an idea he introduced in his speech at CAP last week: "We suffer not from a poverty of resources, but a poverty of moral imagination."
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Former Reagan & Bush WH lawyer Alan Raul has a powerful message for the Supreme Court: “‘Move fast and break things’… is a dangerous modus operandi for the American judicial system and the rule of law.”
Alan Raul: Moving fast and breaking things is the wrong approach for the Supreme Court - Society for the Rule of Law
Moving fast and breaking things is the wrong approach for the Supreme Court Alan Raul “Move fast and break things” may have been a fine mantra for tech start-ups once upon a time, but it is a dangerou...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Former Reagan & Bush WH lawyer Alan Raul has a powerful message for the Supreme Court: “‘Move fast and break things’… is a dangerous modus operandi for the American judicial system and the rule of law.”
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An overview of standard accessibility services provided by American public libraries.
Libraries and the Americans with Disabilities Act
An overview of standard accessibility services provided by American public libraries in honor of National Disability Independence Day.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
An overview of standard accessibility services provided by American public libraries.
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After Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from custody, ICE was almost immediately back on his trail. Why? An immigration judge, reporting to the DOJ, retroactively “corrected” a 2019 ruling prohibiting the Maryland man from being deported to El Salvador.
‘Flagrantly Corrupt’: Judge Again Bars Abrego Garcia’s Arrest After Highly Unusual DOJ Move
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from custody, ICE was almost immediately back on his trail. Why? An immigration judge, reporting to the DOJ, retroactively “corrected” a 2019 ruling prohibiting the Maryland man from being deported to El Salvador.
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If a tough conversation emerges before dinner is even served, perhaps these are lessons you’ll want to try yourself.
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5 ways to find common ground during the holidays
If a tough conversation emerges before dinner is even served, perhaps these are lessons you’ll want to try yourself.
www.pbs.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If a tough conversation emerges before dinner is even served, perhaps these are lessons you’ll want to try yourself.
https://to.pbs.org/44vsSan
https://to.pbs.org/44vsSan
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That's how it's done 🔥
Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Just Epically Ripped Elon Musk After Musk Called To 'Abolish The EU'
www.comicsands.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
That's how it's done 🔥
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To my friends across the aisle who control the House—you have FIVE DAYS to get the ACA extension done. This is it—before millions face the reality of outrageous price hikes to their insurance. Stop messing around and get it done!
American lives are on the line.
American lives are on the line.
December 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
To my friends across the aisle who control the House—you have FIVE DAYS to get the ACA extension done. This is it—before millions face the reality of outrageous price hikes to their insurance. Stop messing around and get it done!
American lives are on the line.
American lives are on the line.
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Just for those who may be a little confused: “Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students being college sophomores this year.
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just for those who may be a little confused: “Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students being college sophomores this year.
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Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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This Startup Wants To Beam Solar Power From Space
This Startup Wants To Beam Solar Power From Space
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a startup that’s industrializing big satellite manufacturing, transparent insulation and more.
www.forbes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This Startup Wants To Beam Solar Power From Space
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There's no rule of journalism that says you have to show a president telling lie after lie – uncorrected – many times a day. That's a decision that corporate media are making for purposes other than delivering the truth to the public.
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
There's no rule of journalism that says you have to show a president telling lie after lie – uncorrected – many times a day. That's a decision that corporate media are making for purposes other than delivering the truth to the public.
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Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
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December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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12/14/2025- Holiday Wishes www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
12/14/2025- Holiday Wishes www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...