PatBerWA 🏳️‍🌈❤️

PatBerWA 🏳️‍🌈❤️

@patberwa.bsky.social

Father husband engineer and gamer. Oh what a life!

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Replying to @editorialboard.bsky.social

I feel like the logical response from Europe should be to ban X and cancel his space x contracts.

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I want to be perfectly clear: Kristen Gillibrand should resign, too. She's enriching her son with crypto deals, like a Russian style politician.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social

Chuck Schumer and DSCC chair Kirsten Gillibrand now calling on Graham Platner to drop out: “Graham Platner needs to immediately withdraw.... The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot.”

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Replying to @histoftech.bsky.social

The video linked notes that “advanced life support” services were sent out on the EMS call, not just EMS/paramedics. This may be standard procedure for government officials found unconscious or in cardiac arrest, I don’t know—would be great if mainstream news orgs in DC were giving context.

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NEW: In 2020, the Montana U.S. Atty cut a plea deal that let a tribal police officer who sexually abused a 6-year-old girl serve less than a year in prison + dodge the sex offender registry. That U.S. Atty is now Montana GOP Senate nominee Kurt Alme. www.huffpost.com/entry/montan...

huffpost.comMontana GOP Senate Nominee Kurt Alme Let Child Sex Offender Off The HookAs U.S. attorney, Alme cut a plea deal in 2020 that let Mychal Thomas Damon serve less than a year in prison after sexually abusing a 6-year-old.

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Idk who needs to hear this, but there is no "gender war". Women didn't try to take away men's right to vote, to education, or for property. Women don't write laws that control a man's body. Women didn't built systems that strip men of their any freedoms. This injustice does not go both ways.

ms.nowOpinion | The anti-abortion movement’s growing support for throwing women in jailThe only way to actually stop abortions in states where they’re banned, some activists argue, is to prosecute women for homicide.

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I hope @nickjudin.bsky.social doesn’t mind me saying this, but I got a peek behind the scenes this week and can tell you he put his whole heart—and his considerable reporting chops—into helping this family tell the world what ICE did to them. NYT repeated his work w/o care or credit. Infuriating.

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

New York Times: If you're gonna crib our headline, you could at least credit Nick Judin and the Mississippi Free Press for first reporting it 2 days earlier. I'm glad this story is getting national attention. But Nick puts a lot of himself in these stories, and deserves credit (just as we'd do).

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Replying to @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social

“The Democratic establishment is again putting its thumb on the scale not to support the stronger candidate, but the candidate who will bend to party leadership & its corporate donors” - Ravi Mangla, WFP. I support Randy Villegas for CA-22 because he’s pro-M4A, pro-progress & not billionaire-bought

commondreams.orgDem Establishment Accused of ‘Putting Thumb on the Scale’ Against Progressive Candidate | Common DreamsThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee decided to boost conservative candidate Jasmeet Bains instead of progressive Randy Villegas.

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The DCCC endorsing Republican-lite Jasmeet Bains for CA-22 is a capitulation to the billionaire oligarchs destroying our country. She called an ad that named 53 corporations that donated to both her & Rep Valadao (R) “political violence,” & is dishonest about her views on healthcare & Gaza.

prospect.orgHow Do You Beat a Central Valley Republican? - The American ProspectTwo Democrats in California’s 22nd District have very different ideas.

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Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com

A federal judge ORDERS the Trump DOJ to unseal the names of the currently redacted witnesses cited in the affidavit supporting the search warrant for the seizure of 2020 presidential election ballots in Fulton County, Ga. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Listen up, friends 🆘

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

What is happening in Louisiana right now is both a redistricting power grab and a dry run for authoritarian election subversion this Fall. The governor has declared a state of emergency to suspend the congressional elections because he doesn't like the current map.

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In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out.

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Maine. Seriously. Andreaformaine.com. Sign up for one of my virtual town halls. I’m more than happy to prove why I’m the best person to take on Susan Collins.

andreaformaine.comMAINE SENATE 2026 | Andrea LaFlamme For Maine SenateSupport Andrea LaFlamme for Maine Senate 2026. Committed to health, social justice, and community well-being, focused on creating a better Maine for all.

PLATNER IS LITERALLY STILL OPENLY USING THE "R" WORD IN CASUAL CONVERSATION. TODAY.

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Y’all are acting like you’ve never seen a 79 year-old sexual predator wake up on Easter Morning, snort some Adderall and insult the world’s 2 billion Muslims while threatening war crimes against a country he illegally attacked to distract you from ‘Epstein Files’ before?

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EVERY SINGLE ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOWN TO CITY LEVEL NEEDS TO BE DEMANDING FOR HIS RESIGNATION! NOW!!!!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Balint: "If President Biden or President Obama had said anything remotely like this, it would be nonstop coverage on every single channel and everyone on the other side of the aisle would be howling about it and demanding that they step down."

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This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

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Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Putin and Orban coordinating on a desperate false flag operation that everyone knew was coming.

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I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u... So, we're just not doing that whole Article 1 thing anymore, is that it?

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TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops. CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

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Marco Rubio hanging out with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at the "Shield of the Americas" event, in case you were still thinking it had some sort of legitimate purpose

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The GOOD NEWS is there IS a female, under-40 candidate, college professor / union leader still running for Senate in the Dem primary, and I'm currently acting as an unofficial Bluesky Secretary for her, based on all the reskeets I've gotten today Andrea LaFlamme! www.andreaformaine.com

andreaformaine.comMAINE SENATE 2026 | Andrea LaFlamme For Maine SenateSupport Andrea LaFlamme for Maine Senate 2026. Committed to health, social justice, and community well-being, focused on creating a better Maine for all.
Bruce Springsteen@brucespringsteen.net

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Democrats' demand that Stephen Miller is fired as a condition of voting for ICE funding is one of the smartest moves they've made under Trump. Miller is a loathsome figure who I imagine has rock-bottom likability numbers. Democrats should try to raise his public salience as often as possible.

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Stephen Miller made the same claims and this would be an *excellent* time for mainstream folks (papers, celebs, athletes) and Dems to demand his resignation as well. So consistently and loudly that the WH is forced to respond. Make him their liability.

union person@junlper.beer

dying at this