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Patricia
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Happily retired INTJ. Former VP, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations. Animal & Environmental Advocate. Pro Democracy. DMs turned off.
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump’s EPA Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas. He doesn’t care about the planet.
Oil & gas firms were supposed to start reducing methane, a powerful driver of climate change. But the EPA is giving them more time & may cancel the requirement altogether.😡
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Leaked Transcript of Trump’s Real Estate Pal Steve Witkoff’s Call Shows US Deference to Russia. Trump & Witkoff are Russian assets.
The Witkoff’s conversation suggests that Trump is determined to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine, even if it is mostly on Russia’s terms. This wannabe dictator ⬇️
Leaked Transcript of Witkoff Call Shows U.S. Deference to Russia
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
JUST IN🚨: Transcript shows Putin urged Trump not to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine during October call arranged by envoy Steve Witkoff.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“To accuse him & other lawmakers of treason & sedition for rightfully pointing out that servicemembers can refuse illegal orders is reckless & flat-out wrong.
The Department of Defense & FBI surely have more important priorities than this frivolous investigation.”
Senator Lisa Murkowsky (R-AK) on ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Brazil is once again showing us how to handle tyrants. Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro began his 27-year prison sentence this week for insurrection, after a judge caught him tampering with his ankle monitor in a likely attempt to flee to the US.
Trump recently said he would be seeing ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Let’s not forget the Roberts Supreme Court’s unprecedented edict invented immunity for Trump after he unleashed a violent crowd on the Capitol determined to stop VP Mike Pence from certifying the results of the 2020 election.
The bloody & deadly events that day did not succeed, despite acting ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
5 corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
4 giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Robert Reich
Corporate concentration & monopolies cause higher prices & less competition.
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trump lies.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For the first time ever, the GDP & jobs report were canceled. This is not normal. They have to be very bad.
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Market Volatility Underscores the Epic Buildup of Global Risk.
Some experts see a dangerous combination of factors reminiscent of practices that led to previous financial crises.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Reposted by Patricia
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Turkey prices are up 40% this year, largely due to the avian flu. But instead of working to contain avian flu outbreaks, Trump fired or furloughed scientists & bird flu experts across multiple government agencies.
His CDC & Dept of Agriculture also cut off routine reporting with states, leaving ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
With a contempt inquiry looming, the Department of Justice has now named Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the Trump official who approved transferring hundreds of people to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison, despite a federal judge’s order forbidding the removals.
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump admin would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after 2 soldiers were shot in DC today by a man from Washington state.
The announced escalation to Trump’s military occupation of DC comes less than a week after a ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“Trump has put the military in an impossible situation. He’s making its most senior leaders complicit in his unlawful acts, & he’s burdening the consciences of soldiers who serve under his command. One of the great moral values of congressional declarations of war is that they provide soldiers with⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Reposted by Patricia
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:

1. Break up corporate monopolies

2. Continue building union power

3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics

Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Patricia
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“A free & independent Ukraine will be no more tolerable to President Vladimir Putin after a cease-fire than it was before, & any peace agreement now has to be evaluated on the basis of a single key question: Can Ukraine remain free after the shooting stops?
That’s the core problem with the leaked ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reposted by Patricia
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Trump's golf addiction since he took office in January, & he's on track to exceed an eye-popping $300 million before his term is up.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Second-Term Tab For Trump’s Golf Hobby Tops $70 Million, On Track To Exceed $300 Million
The total would double the $151.5 million taxpayers shelled out for him to play golf during his first term.
www.huffpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM