patdouglas.bsky.social

patdouglas.bsky.social

@patdouglas.bsky.social

Died in the wool Blue, liberal atheist, caregiver, animal lover, full moon freak

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My friend Steven has it exactly right.

Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

It is horrifying to watch the daily psychiatric emergency that is Donald Trump and the relative silence that follows. The media must confront this ongoing reality and we the people must demand his removal. www.americaamerica.news/p/america-we...

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Elon Musk wants you to use VoteSafe.org to check your voter registration. Read the fine print. His America PAC says it can collect your personal and political information, build profiles about you—and even sell certain information to business partners. Use Vote.gov.

votesafe.orgVOTE SAFE | HomeWe provide you with the information you need to vote with confidence. Sign up for election reminders and get help with voter registration and voting by mail.

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All 55 UEFA nations have unanimously agreed to boycott FIFA competitions if plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors move forward. European football is drawing a line in the sand: the World Cup belongs to the players and fans.

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The Odyssey cost $250 million to make. Guess who got a tax break worth more than 30x that last year? Amazon—after firing 30,000 workers.

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94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. 85% of teachers are working second jobs during the school year, often just to keep up with the cost of living. Meanwhile, the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Something has gone terribly wrong.

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In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. That’s $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median American’s weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).

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This is Jemma and Bean. Jemma likes to eat her cheese snacks. Bean prefers to eliminate hers. 13/10 for both (TT: bjkuhn)

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I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business. WE Pay for

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Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

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Key Military Funeral Etiquette: 1) Remove hats immediately upon the start of the ceremony, during the playing of taps, or as the casket passes. 2) Hold the hat in your right hand over your left shoulder, or simply hold it over your heart. Or you could opt to just be a disrespectful asshole.

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DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues.

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Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks. They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors. Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption. Watch how they vote this week.

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Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote. Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

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From Google: Based on Elon Musk's estimated net worth of over $600 billion to $700 billion in late 2025, a $10 million donation represents a microscopic fraction of his total wealth—roughly 0.0014% to 0.0016%.

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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.