Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 4hOur government is chaining little girls and deporting them, apparently alone. 001
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/20262/ Federal agents have detained at least 70 children and teens who are American citizens. Some were handcuffed or zip-tied. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member. 7768261
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranBolts @boltsmag.org · 13/09/2026Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has called the state’s current system of felony disenfranchisement “a shameful relic of our Jim Crow past” and expressed support for a ballot measure this November that would end it.boltsmag.orgVirginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - BoltsThis is the only state that was banning people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November. 3788206
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranReuters @reuters.com · 10/09/2026Multiple US military aircraft suffered damage in overnight strikes on Jordan air base, CBS says reut.rs/4xSnWJAreut.rsMultiple US military aircraft suffered damage in overnight strikes on Jordan air base, CBS saysMultiple American military aircraft suffered damage in strikes overnight on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, CBS reporter Jennifer Jacobs said on Wednesday on X. 1616790
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans" 556286239498
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Happy Independence Day, USA! 🇺🇸 Bringing the blessing of liberty to ALL of our people, and seeking to create a “more perfect union” is the essence of patriotism. 010
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranAndrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 03/07/2026During a photo session with a young fan, Egyptian staff are assaulted by cops in Dallas. Egypt is Australia's opponent tomorrow morning. Aus squad include six players of African heritage plus another from Sri Lanka. This could easily have been us ... #Profiling #WorldCup #AustraliaEgypt #Socceroos 99245742251
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Best Twitter riposte of the day. 561652667
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranGil Durán @gilduran.com · 29/06/2026When billionaires preach "abundance," remember that the richest man in the world killed the poorest children in the world just for the LOLs. And if these AI fascists get their way, most of us will join the starvation class. www.thenerdreich.com/a-silicon-va...thenerdreich.comElon Musk's USAID Cuts: A Silicon Valley GenocideWorld's First Trillionaire is Killing the World's Poorest Children 181108469
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026One year ago. 17985882596
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranFabrizio Romano (MIRROR) @fabrizioromano.yopro20.com · 22/06/2026🌎🇪🇬 OFFICIAL: Mo Salah wins Man of the Match Award for Egypt against New Zealand. 4592
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranRetro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 03/06/2026We used to have physical tickets for concerts. Now we simply just have to order online, get email, download obscure app, make an account, verify email, verify phone, agree to terms and service, complete tutorial, unsubscribe from emails, unsubscribe from texts, and delete the app. Simple! 59891155
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Cal is 4-1, time to rev up the #Calgorithm! 010
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025This ought to be engraved somewhere. 316172246084
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 20/09/2025Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft. 648113564271
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Cuyahoga Valley National Park was amazing. Everything was very green in late summer, disorienting but gorgeous for this California Central Valley dweller. #Ohio 020
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Murder. He’s calling for the murder of people, a significant percentage of whom are veterans who served in our country’s military. 66668922418
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranElle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 02/09/2024Happy Labor Day 🙂 26101662669
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/09/2025As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle 973264827
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 17/08/2025I think the fact that the president can make up a bullshit pretext about crime, activate various states' national guard units and invade a major city with basically minimal pushback of any kind reflects very poorly on Americans generally 479150693190
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/08/2025The Trump-Putin Alaska summit went from what seemed to be an empty nothing-burger to a grotesque betrayal. @timmiller.bsky.social takes it on right here: www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-sha... 421044276
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 19/07/2025It’s a good time to bump up your Capitol Public Radio and KVIE donations, #Sacramento. Louisville Public Media is crowdfunding to make up their losses in the recission bill. They made it >90% there in two days! @npr.org @pbs.org 000
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Spent part of last weekend looking for Sandhill Cranes. A view from the Sierra Valley Preserve near Beckwourth. 120
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025How was Joe Biden forced out of a presidential race for a disastrous debate and for looking frail and for confusing names, but this man, one of the most ignorant men to ever be elected to any office, allowed to continue on as president and treated as a normal, serious leader?? 52075691659
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 29/06/2025NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk. “When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.” The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children. Don’t ever forget.washingtonpost.comIn Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatalThe Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials. 10738092186
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranChelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025“Interviews with grieving caregivers, health workers and government officials across these settlements all converged on one clear and near-universal conclusion: the funding cuts have led to the deaths of children.” allafrica.com/stories/2025...allafrica.comMozambique: These Are the Children the United States Left to DiePart one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV 2188126
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 18/06/2025My thoughts on ChatGTP: isn’t thinking for yourself the whole exercise? 010
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The replies and quotes to this are just lovely. 010
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Just spitballing here, but what if every public school was awesome, teachers were talented and well paid, and we closed a couple of tax loopholes to do it? 010
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/06/2025DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America 29204666511338
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Historian here this is how abolitionists dealt with slave catchers in northern states. #Resist 7608166
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Um, everything is lovely here in Naples on Italy’s Republic Day. We are keeping a close eye on nearby Mt. Vesuvius. www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/t...cnn.comHuge eruption on Italy’s Mt. Etna leaves tourists fleeing volcano | CNNA massive eruption at Mt. Etna forced tourists to flee the volcano on Monday after a plume of high temperature gases, ash and rock “several kilometers high” billowed into the air above them, Italian a... 010
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 12553960113766
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranCalMatters @calmatters.org · 28/05/2025The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives last week advanced a budget package that could have major effects on millions of low-income Californians enrolled in Medicaid. Here's how: cal.news/4dA7fJe 📸 Samuel Corum, AP 095
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranUC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025@veenadubal.bsky.social: Studies show gig drivers are making less money than they did before Proposition 22 and “deserve every penny of the billions of dollars that are owed to them.” www.kqed.org/news/1203364...kqed.orgUber, Lyft Withheld Billions in Pay, Drivers Say. California Settlement Talks Are Underway | KQEDYears after lawsuits alleging massive wage theft and worker misclassification, Uber and Lyft drivers want the state to take their demands into account during closed-door mediations. 37637
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/03/2025It is utterly fucking bonkers that the VP of the United States held a press conference on the soil of another country, declared his intent to take over that country, and implicitly threatened military force if that country didn’t comply. 15240191022
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Really good piece by Nitish. This piece by Ali Bianco about Radio Mambi, which is a staple of the Cuban-American media diet in Miami. www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comDisinformation Transformed Miami Politics. This Radio Station Is One Reason Why.Radio Mambí birthed Cuban politics in south Florida. Now it’s a platform for Trumpism — even though it’s owned by Democrats. 16330
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved 5940141640
Patrick Corcoran @eastsacpatrick.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Millions of people will die from cuts to foreign assistance. Because of the PEPFAR funding freeze, an adult life will be lost every 3 minutes and a child will die every 31 minutes. Trump and Musk own it. pepfar.impactcounter.compepfar.impactcounter.comPEPFAR Impact TrackerTrack the impact of PEPFAR funding halt 140
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranMary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 09/03/2025The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...nytimes.comICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at ColumbiaMahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said. 4043232079
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The biggest known source of wasteful and semi-fraudulent health spending is Medicare Advantage upcoding schemes, and the top OMB health policy guy is a Medicare Advantage lobbyist. Foxes guarding the henhouse. www.slowboring.com/p/cutting-he... 927456
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one. 298257445255
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranVoices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Want to watch an independent film about the anti-vaccine movement and the people working to push back against it? With Fauci, Peter Hotez, *cough* and us *cough.* You can now do so for free on PBS!!: www.pbs.org/show/shot-in...pbs.orgShot in the ArmSHOT IN THE ARM explores vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of Covid-19. 613564
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I was previously told by Republicans that the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of history’s greatest scandals. But the chaotic withdrawal of *all* USAID from the whole globe?! Crickets. 8447651404
Reposted by Patrick Corcoranjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2025i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane. 391260646439
Reposted by Patrick CorcoranStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 08/02/2025UnitedHealthcare Threatens Legal Action Against Doctor Who Says They Interrupted Her in the Middle of Surgery In the aftermath of its CEO's stunning assassination, UnitedHealthcare is now threatening legal retaliation against those who criticize the insurance giant. futurism.com/neoscope/uni...futurism.comUnitedHealthcare Threatens Legal Action Against Doctor Who Says They Interrupted Her in the Middle of SurgeryIn the aftermath of its CEO's assassination, UnitedHealthcare is now threatening legal retaliation against those who criticize the company. 27231107