Patty
@gladysplp.bsky.social
Happily married, retired and a proud democrat. Love dogs, creating art, mostly pet portraits, liberal, zero tolerance for hate. New Mexico. Please, no DM’s or lists.
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US had almost *no* job growth in 2025.
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, but labor market growth stalled in 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that U.S. employers added 181,000 jobs last year, far fewer than the 1.46 million jobs that were added in 2024.
www.nbcnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
US had almost *no* job growth in 2025.
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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The Bari Weiss hire, who appears in the Trump-Epstein files 1,838 times, wrote in a 2016 email: “I go into JE withdrawal when I don’t see him.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
February 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The Bari Weiss hire, who appears in the Trump-Epstein files 1,838 times, wrote in a 2016 email: “I go into JE withdrawal when I don’t see him.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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A Marine veteran who witnessed Alex Pretti shooting claims that federal agents held a gun to his head, detained him, seized his phone, took fingerprints and DNA without a warrant, and held him for eight hours before releasing him without charges into subzero temperatures.
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
He was observing after Alex Pretti’s killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.
theintercept.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A Marine veteran who witnessed Alex Pretti shooting claims that federal agents held a gun to his head, detained him, seized his phone, took fingerprints and DNA without a warrant, and held him for eight hours before releasing him without charges into subzero temperatures.
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When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This week at Democracy Docket: The worst voter suppression bill ever passed, and an FBI raid built on conspiracy theories
When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress' worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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If you are told you can't vote at the polls, your LEGAL response must be: 👇
“Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law.”
🗳️ Share widely! 🗳️
“Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law.”
🗳️ Share widely! 🗳️
February 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM
If you are told you can't vote at the polls, your LEGAL response must be: 👇
“Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law.”
🗳️ Share widely! 🗳️
“Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law.”
🗳️ Share widely! 🗳️
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It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
Troop 6000
www.girlscoutsnyc.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
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The Trump admin must reverse this disastrous decision to withhold NASA funds.
These cuts would be devastating for NASA’s workforce and our leadership in science and space exploration.
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
These cuts would be devastating for NASA’s workforce and our leadership in science and space exploration.
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
White House withholds NASA science funds
It affects climate-related efforts and key programs that study the Earth and other planets in the universe.
www.eenews.net
February 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
The Trump admin must reverse this disastrous decision to withhold NASA funds.
These cuts would be devastating for NASA’s workforce and our leadership in science and space exploration.
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
These cuts would be devastating for NASA’s workforce and our leadership in science and space exploration.
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
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US Senator Jon Husted (R) from Ohio took donations from Epstein 'co-conspirator' Les Wexner for years. Instead of doing the right thing, Husted voted to block the file release.
He is up for re-election in 2026. Four Dems including Sherrod Brown are vying to face him.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
He is up for re-election in 2026. Four Dems including Sherrod Brown are vying to face him.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Husted took donations from Epstein 'co-conspirator' Les Wexner, then voted to block file release
Campaign records show Sen. Jon Husted took $116,892 from Les Wexner since 2001, including months before voting to block release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents.
tiffinohio.net
February 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
US Senator Jon Husted (R) from Ohio took donations from Epstein 'co-conspirator' Les Wexner for years. Instead of doing the right thing, Husted voted to block the file release.
He is up for re-election in 2026. Four Dems including Sherrod Brown are vying to face him.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
He is up for re-election in 2026. Four Dems including Sherrod Brown are vying to face him.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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$38,300,000,000 of your tax dollars.
Not for healthcare. Not for education. Not for small businesses.
But for mass-detention camps.
It’s flat out UNAMERICAN.
Nobody can sit on the sidelines — it will take all of us fighting back together to stop this.
Not for healthcare. Not for education. Not for small businesses.
But for mass-detention camps.
It’s flat out UNAMERICAN.
Nobody can sit on the sidelines — it will take all of us fighting back together to stop this.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
$38,300,000,000 of your tax dollars.
Not for healthcare. Not for education. Not for small businesses.
But for mass-detention camps.
It’s flat out UNAMERICAN.
Nobody can sit on the sidelines — it will take all of us fighting back together to stop this.
Not for healthcare. Not for education. Not for small businesses.
But for mass-detention camps.
It’s flat out UNAMERICAN.
Nobody can sit on the sidelines — it will take all of us fighting back together to stop this.
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Use Mark Cuban’s @costplusdrugs.com, not the TrumpRx scam. TrumpRx has 43 prescriptions, Cost Plus has over 2,500. One example is Protonix (pantoprazole): $200.10 on TrumpRx vs. $6.07 on Cost Plus.
February 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Use Mark Cuban’s @costplusdrugs.com, not the TrumpRx scam. TrumpRx has 43 prescriptions, Cost Plus has over 2,500. One example is Protonix (pantoprazole): $200.10 on TrumpRx vs. $6.07 on Cost Plus.
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🚨In December 2016, Epstein invited Bill Gates to his island and informed him that “new administration people” were visiting.
This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
🚨In December 2016, Epstein invited Bill Gates to his island and informed him that “new administration people” were visiting.
This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
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At least 23 companies should have disclosed their donations to Trump's White House ballroom on their lobbying disclosure reports.
Only one did.
Only one did.
White House ballroom donations should be disclosed on lobbying disclosure reports - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
At least 23 reported contributors to the White House ballroom should have disclosed those donations as part of their regular lobbying disclosure filings.
www.citizensforethics.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
At least 23 companies should have disclosed their donations to Trump's White House ballroom on their lobbying disclosure reports.
Only one did.
Only one did.
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The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
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Are you one of nearly 70 million American women who changed their names when they got married? 🙋♀️
Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.
Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...
Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.
Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...
February 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Are you one of nearly 70 million American women who changed their names when they got married? 🙋♀️
Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.
Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...
Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.
Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...
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Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG:
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG:
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
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30 countries use mail voting
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
30 countries use mail voting
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Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
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How (and why) to shut off the Ring Super Bowl pet surveillance setting
YouTube video by Steve Hofstetter
youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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"This is a fully occupied city". Minneapolis and the surrounding cities throughout Minnesota are experiencing an unconstitutional & barbaric federal occupation.
It has not let up. It has not gotten better. The federal gov is actively violating constitutional rights.
It has not let up. It has not gotten better. The federal gov is actively violating constitutional rights.
February 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"This is a fully occupied city". Minneapolis and the surrounding cities throughout Minnesota are experiencing an unconstitutional & barbaric federal occupation.
It has not let up. It has not gotten better. The federal gov is actively violating constitutional rights.
It has not let up. It has not gotten better. The federal gov is actively violating constitutional rights.
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Congratulations MAGA you bet everyone’s farm and you lost a bunch of them.
Don’t let [redacted] see you complain or he’ll call you a RINO.
www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s...
Don’t let [redacted] see you complain or he’ll call you a RINO.
www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s...
U.S. Farm Bankruptcies Increased 46% in 2025
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Samantha Ayoub reported that “the U.S. Courts report that 315 farm bankruptcies were filed in calendar year 2025, up 46% from 2024. While still down from recent h...
www.agriculture.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Congratulations MAGA you bet everyone’s farm and you lost a bunch of them.
Don’t let [redacted] see you complain or he’ll call you a RINO.
www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s...
Don’t let [redacted] see you complain or he’ll call you a RINO.
www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s...
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El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson:
"Medical evacuation flights were forced to divert to Las Cruces. All aviation operations were grounded, including emergency flights.
This was a major and unnecessary disruption. One that has not occurred since 9/11."
"Medical evacuation flights were forced to divert to Las Cruces. All aviation operations were grounded, including emergency flights.
This was a major and unnecessary disruption. One that has not occurred since 9/11."
February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson:
"Medical evacuation flights were forced to divert to Las Cruces. All aviation operations were grounded, including emergency flights.
This was a major and unnecessary disruption. One that has not occurred since 9/11."
"Medical evacuation flights were forced to divert to Las Cruces. All aviation operations were grounded, including emergency flights.
This was a major and unnecessary disruption. One that has not occurred since 9/11."
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When pressed by Rep. Jayapal to turn around and directly address the victims in the room, Bondi refused and characterized the request as "theatrics".
"In the Gutter": Bondi stated, "I'm not gonna get in the gutter for her theatrics," regarding the request for an apology.
"In the Gutter": Bondi stated, "I'm not gonna get in the gutter for her theatrics," regarding the request for an apology.
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
When pressed by Rep. Jayapal to turn around and directly address the victims in the room, Bondi refused and characterized the request as "theatrics".
"In the Gutter": Bondi stated, "I'm not gonna get in the gutter for her theatrics," regarding the request for an apology.
"In the Gutter": Bondi stated, "I'm not gonna get in the gutter for her theatrics," regarding the request for an apology.
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We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began.
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began.
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/