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laurapratte.bsky.social
Über liberal woman of a certain age; wife for half my life so far; mom of two kidults, one teenager, one dog, and three cats; won’t tolerate intolerance; amateur photog; reader of non-fiction; dissectologist; GF baker extraordinaire
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Damn straight. @financialtimes.com America Has Turned on its Friends

Measles out breaks in Texas and New Mexico are at 99. If parents are not going to vaccinate their children against disease, more and more children will get sick and possibly die. Thanks to our new head of Health & Human Services #wtpBLUE #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...

I see it. That’s not the only location that needs to hang a distress signal.

He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.

By voting for him you have declared how little we have in common, how small our shared ground of agreement is, and how different the visions of this nation we share. And as much as it grieves me, I’m simply choosing to believe you. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...

The US government is now nonstop performative idiocracy.

Sending an email to employees asking them to list five things they did that week is a classic move from a manager who has no idea how to manage

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope. THIS is good trouble! Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

Send Dems into rural America to talk about what Trump is doing. The Republicans are too scared and won’t show their faces…in the vacuum of messaging, there is power. Tell the folks who is hurting them. Point to the GOP. Be the foil to the shit that’s happening. Be the party of the people.

Whether in the courts or by way of pressure on the Trump Administration, DEMAND evidence of these claims of fraud and waste. You’d think Trump would be running to Congress & to court to show what they’ve found, and yet…crickets 🦗

We can’t call a Nazi salute a “gesture”

They aren’t even original enough to come up with their own fascist game plan. How did we let it get this far?

Read the real stories about what USAID cuts mean, not the Musk propaganda www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

“Zelensky survived a dozen Russian assassination attempts including a special forces assault on his presidential complex.He stood up to Trump. I’m sure he’ll be deeply impressed to learn our Congressional Republicans live as terrified hostages of their own party leader.” ~ @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc

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Viva la révolution. #notamonarchy #opposition

Dept. of Education workers brace for Trump to shut agency down: ‘Everybody is distraught.’ ‘There’s a lot of fearmongering about what we do. What we do is ensure states are protecting children with disabilities.’ #MOMSky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

An incredibly important exchange here for more reasons than one. It’s worth it to note: this DOJ lawyer, Jason Lynch, is tanking his credibility in defense of an insidious, pretextual, and asinine Trump Administration policy. This kind of stuff will forever haunt you professionally.

Trump calls for a presidential election in Ukraine because Zelenskyy refused to investigate The Bidens is pure authoritarianism petty retaliation: colluding w/Putin rather than supporting Ukraine’s efforts! They r radical terrorists colluding via FAKE NEWS to remove a patriotic democrat from power!

We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.

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F47’s America. This poor girl and her family. 💔

RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

The governor of Missouri eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion in a ceremony with five white men and one white woman… I’m surprised they let her in.

True.

“You should have never started it.” Such ignominious ignorance. Such betrayal of our ally. Such a cowardly surrender.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

“If you think fertilized eggs are people but parents who've crossed oceans with their kids aren't, stop pretending your concerns are religious.”

If Vance hoped to persuade his audience, rather than simply insult it, he failed. Indeed, his speech backfired spectacularly, convincing many listeners that America itself is now a threat to Europe. One prominent German politician said: “That was a direct assault on European democracy.”

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

The daily chaos we're seeing, planes dropping out of the sky and nuclear weapons officials being fired, measles outbreaks, is all on trump -- the guy who ran to be in fucking charge. There are unqualified people at every position he nominated, so things will get MUCH worse. We're only 28 days in.

They that blow up rockets are not qualified to overhaul FAA.

Trump went to the South this weekend. Not to visit flood victims in Kentucky, but to have his security drive him around a race track. He doesn’t give a shit about you or your needs. He’s on a vanity tour for the next four years. - Rep Swalwell

It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out. They gut the FAA. Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted. Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.