@pattein.bsky.social
Retired lifelong Democrat. Very scared about the future of America 🇺🇸 & the planet 🌎
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
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How much better the world would be without these three.
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
How much better the world would be without these three.
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I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.
September 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.
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Sen. Raphael Warnock: "For the first time, we're seeing deaths of children from measles. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people. I think you ought to resign and if you don't resign the president...should fire you."
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sen. Raphael Warnock: "For the first time, we're seeing deaths of children from measles. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people. I think you ought to resign and if you don't resign the president...should fire you."
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Warnock: Clearly you have an agenda. It is a threat to the public health of the American people. It's clear that you are carrying out your extremist beliefs.
RFK JR: We’re the sickest people on earth. How am I a threat?
Warnock: I think that you ought to resign.
RFK JR: We’re the sickest people on earth. How am I a threat?
Warnock: I think that you ought to resign.
September 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Warnock: Clearly you have an agenda. It is a threat to the public health of the American people. It's clear that you are carrying out your extremist beliefs.
RFK JR: We’re the sickest people on earth. How am I a threat?
Warnock: I think that you ought to resign.
RFK JR: We’re the sickest people on earth. How am I a threat?
Warnock: I think that you ought to resign.
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I'll never stop shaking my head and snickering every time I hear that RFK Jr. the heroin addict, who eats random roadkill, is MAHA, make America healthy again. We truly do live in the Age of Ignorance and Dumbfuckery.
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'll never stop shaking my head and snickering every time I hear that RFK Jr. the heroin addict, who eats random roadkill, is MAHA, make America healthy again. We truly do live in the Age of Ignorance and Dumbfuckery.
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The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years
That's not good news
Tariffs are taxes on Americans
That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
That's not good news
Tariffs are taxes on Americans
That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
August 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years
That's not good news
Tariffs are taxes on Americans
That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
That's not good news
Tariffs are taxes on Americans
That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
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Can that fucker go any lower.....
August 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Can that fucker go any lower.....
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It is galling for this puritanical pixie, who has the secular power to (1) prevent deaths in floods by making sure the National Weather Service is funded; and (2) help now by making sure FEMA is funded, to pretend that all we have as a nation to respond to disasters is the free placebo of prayer.
Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."
July 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It is galling for this puritanical pixie, who has the secular power to (1) prevent deaths in floods by making sure the National Weather Service is funded; and (2) help now by making sure FEMA is funded, to pretend that all we have as a nation to respond to disasters is the free placebo of prayer.
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The world must be set free.
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The world must be set free.
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I mean, seriously?
June 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I mean, seriously?
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When two Popes dislike you, it’s a divine sign.
May 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
When two Popes dislike you, it’s a divine sign.
I know it isn't #Caturday yet, but I have a feeling you could all use this photo of Stove today. He's a very handsomb boi. Please pay your pet tariffs by posting photos of your babies below.
May 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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There is no fucking "invasion" and even a Trump judge says so.
These dumb fascists are beyond parody.
These dumb fascists are beyond parody.
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There is no fucking "invasion" and even a Trump judge says so.
These dumb fascists are beyond parody.
These dumb fascists are beyond parody.
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Not going to do it. Thanks for the warning.
May 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Not going to do it. Thanks for the warning.
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I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
April 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
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#ProudBlue
This is historic. This is record-breaking. This is what Senator Cory Booker said when he broke the record.
I'm proud he's one of my senators and working for us all.
This is historic. This is record-breaking. This is what Senator Cory Booker said when he broke the record.
I'm proud he's one of my senators and working for us all.
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#ProudBlue
This is historic. This is record-breaking. This is what Senator Cory Booker said when he broke the record.
I'm proud he's one of my senators and working for us all.
This is historic. This is record-breaking. This is what Senator Cory Booker said when he broke the record.
I'm proud he's one of my senators and working for us all.
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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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What a different world we could have.
March 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What a different world we could have.