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Patricia Shannon

@patriciashannon.bsky.social
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M.A. in math. Devoted to love, truth, fairness, rationality. Lacto-vegetarian. Retired computer programmer/analyst. Songwriter. Poet.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 42m
Someone should do a 30-second spot of George Clooney (or insert your favorite actor with a deep voice) reading out the Ten Commandments one by one, spliced together with footage of this regime breaking all of them with contempt. A Godless, lawless, heartless bunch.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 9h
Sen. Ossoff: Mike Collins voted 7 times for the war in Iran, voted for the tariffs, and voted to cut your healthcare. His office has been in cahoots with some of the most notorious white supremacists in America. He's already brought disgrace to our state.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 9h
So what happened to human primates’ empathy circuits?
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JimCaligiuri @jimcaligiuri.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey Iran?
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 07/10/2026
I don’t care if the polls show us flipping 10 Senate seats and 100 House seats. We keep working like we’re 10-points behind till the final polls close.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/10/2026
The German government has approved a draft law on digital violence today in a bid to tighten the rules on rape videos and pornographic deepfakes.
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Germany moves to criminalize sexual deepfakes and rape videos
The federal justice minister, who authored the draft law, wants "perpetrators to no longer feel safe, but to expect to be identified and effectively prosecuted."
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Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oct. 17 @piperformissouri.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social @jbminatra.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @sheilaharris.bsky.social @papillonjaune77.bsky.social @lyndapole.bsky.social @naelairone.bsky.social @bluekansas.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The thing politically active college students are taught is that you can get paid on one side for doing what the other side does out of conviction
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Aberdeen City Council @aberdeencc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Please be aware photography and dogs (apart from guide dogs) are not allowed inside a polling place. Feel free to take your selfies outside the building beside the 'polling place' signs though! #PollingPlaceDogs #dogsatpollingplaces #dogsatpollingstations
Martha, a small Jack Russell Terrier, wearing a green harness sits on the pavement in front of a 'Polling Place' sign.Fin, a black and white spaniel, sits on a path next to a large sign that reads 'Polling Place'.Buddy, a black German Shepherd dog, sitting in front of a 'Polling Place' sign with a wheelchair accessibility symbol.
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FleaingDogFella @fleaingdogfella.bsky.social · 12h
Even the (rare) honest Republicans can’t stand the MAGA lies.
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Jillian O'Rourke 🇨🇦 @jillianorourke.bsky.social · 11h
They're trying to desensitize everyone to seeing real-life violence. This is barbarous and twisted, and the implications are terrifying.
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Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social · 10h
All was foretold… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Plans to Bring Back Firing Squads, Group Executions if He Retakes White House
The former president wants to expand the use of the death penalty, and expand the federal government's options for carrying out death sentences.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 12h
Why Dementia Can Cause Swearing and How to Respond
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FleaingDogFella @fleaingdogfella.bsky.social · 11h
To Donate: secure.ngpvan.com/UKg1t8ld5UqC... Tip of the hat to @charlesgaba.com
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Donate to Judge Amy Eddy for Montana Supreme Court!
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 10h
Florida, we are all we got. With Hurricane Isaias headed for the Panhandle & Gulf Coast, every rally is now an emergency supply drive. Sarasota, that starts TOMORROW at 2 PM with the Manatee Progressive Caucus! RSVP at Angie4US.com/MT. #AngieForFlorida
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
In Trump's second term, Bezos has received... -Huge new tax cuts for himself and Amazon -Millions of dollars in new Blue Origin federal contracts -A slap-on-the wrist FTC settlement for Amazon -A gutted NLRB led by a union-busting lawyer No wonder he's been such a Trump sycophant.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 9h
Sen. Ossoff: Mike Collins and Donald Trump passed the biggest Medicaid cut in history. A hospital in Mike Collins' own district had to shut down its labor and delivery units. Delivering mothers in his district now have to drive an hour while they're in labor.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 9h
Sen. Ossoff: Mike Collins' office intervened on behalf of a Holocaust denier while his office was in cahoots with some of the nation's most notorious white supremacists. Mike Collins is a bigot, and it's disqualifying.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 9h
Sen. Ossoff: Mike Collins still believes the 2020 election was stolen. He has supported Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election, and he wants to give your tax dollars to the violent thugs and criminals who sacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 9h
Abdul El-Sayed: I don't think corporations should be able to buy housing and speculate. It takes housing off the market and raises prices. We need to make it easier to build more housing and eliminate red tape. We need a renter's bill of rights.
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Pushing our country farther into barbarism.
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National Hurricane Center Bot @nhcbot.bsky.social · 12h
Hurricane #Isaias Advisory 9 (4 PM CDT, Thu Oct 8): Hurricane Hunters Find That Isaias Now Has 100 Mph Winds. hurricanes.gov x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/210830091…
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National Hurricane Center Bot @nhcbot.bsky.social · 12h
4 PM CDT Thu Oct 8 (Advisory 9) Key Messages for Hurricane #Isaias. Latest info: hurricanes.gov 4 PM CDT jueves 8 de octubre (Aviso 9) Mensajes clave sobre el huracán #Isaias. Más información: hurricanes.gov x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/210830243…
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Patricia Shannon @patriciashannon.bsky.social · 12h
About the percentage that has some psychopathic traits.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 13h
Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly asked a Trump donor to wire her $100,000 to cover an AMEX bill before her confirmation as ambassador—after offering to help him with tax and legal issues using her sway in Trump world. This is textbook corruption and demands investigation.
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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National Hurricane Center Bot @nhcbot.bsky.social · 17h
Hurricane #Isaias is likely to produce flash flooding across portions of the southeastern U.S., especially in southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle. Visit @NWSWPC and @nwsnwc for the latest rainfall and flooding forecasts. x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/210822508…
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 17h
Contractor who turned a warehouse into an illegal ICE detention facility: "Stephen Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted ... He wanted it to be cruel."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16h
Don’t forget: billionaires are using their grip on social media and the news to convince us that peaceful protests don’t work, our vote doesn’t matter, and that both parties are the same. They’re spending billions on it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15h
NEW: We knew in April that DOJ was investigating Hutchinson. Now NBC reports they are seeking a grand jury indictment for lying to Congress. The thing is, she didn't lie to Congress. She testified truthfully about what someone else told her. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14h
Trump is trying to clean up his illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda ads mess with another illegal scheme to instead have his super PAC pay for them. Reimbursing the government via super PAC would also be illegal. The damage is done.
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads-super-pac-reimburse-d728ad3cf091576d09a63d9218be3fe2
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
1/3 🧵 A word of caution about some of the strategies the Trump admin is threatening to use to cheat in the election. Do NOT allow the fact that legal scholars say “he can’t do that” to tease you into thinking he won’t, and, that he might get by with it.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Josh Turek: We need to have campaign finance reform to get dark money out of politics. I want to sponsor a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. We can have oligarchy or we can have democracy. We can't have both.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In 2024 SCOTUS ruled that former presidents have absolute immunity for core actions of their presidency. Today Trump said he could have done 'bad things' to Barack Obama and Joe Biden along with Hillary Clinton. Biden and Obama would have the same immunity Trump has.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 08/10/2026
Republican anger erupted against two of President Donald Trump's top political advisers after they spent part of the final midterm stretch helping a pro-Russian government in the Balkans.
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'Scum': Hell breaks loose on Trump advisors in Russia while 'MAGA GOP burns to the ground'
Republican anger erupted against two of President Donald Trump's top political advisers after they spent part of the final midterm stretch helping a pro-Russian government in the Balkans.Republican operatives and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon tore into MAGA Inc. leaders James Blai...
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CellScope Forecasting Products @cellscoperadar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Confirmed Northwest Florida Evacuation Routes.
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 08/10/2026
If you live on portions of the northern Gulf coast highlighted here, winds are forecast to be high enough to make further preparations for Isaias impossible by Friday. Do you have an evacuation plan? Is your home ready? Prepare now. www.weather.gov/safety/hurri...
National Hurricane Center map showing the earliest reasonable arrival times of tropical-storm-force winds from Tropical Storm Isaias, as of October 7, 2026. Tropical-storm-force winds could reach the southern Gulf of Mexico Wednesday evening, spread northeast across the central Gulf Thursday, and reach portions of the northern Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle as early as Friday morning. Areas farther inland across Mississippi and Alabama could experience these winds by Friday evening. Colors indicate the probability of sustained winds of at least 39 mph, with the highest probabilities concentrated along the storm's projected path.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As NATO prepares a new war plan for defending its eastern flank, Estonia is moving elements of its main combat brigade closer to Russia as part of the strategy aimed at stopping an invasion at the border. From Stars and Stripes' John Vandiver:
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Estonian infantry brigade sent closer to Russian border as NATO awaits new war plan
The headquarters of Estonia’s 1st Infantry Brigade is being permanently shifted from Tapa to Johvi.
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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🧵Would love to hear more from political psychologists and experts in authoritarianism as this study confirms a lot of the things I feel (confirmation bias). Trump supporters showed: Elevated malevolent dispositions Reduced benevolent dispositions Lower empathy levels
Journal of Research in Personality
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Full Length Article
Malevolent vs. benevolent dispositions and conservative political ideology in the Trump era
Craig S. Neumann & E, Darlene A. Ngo
Department of Psychology, University of North Texas,
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Conservative political ideology is associated with social dominance orientation (SDO), right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), psychopathic propensities (PPs), and other malevolent dispositions, and reduced empathy. We examined the links between SDO, RWA, PPs and political ideology, and whether those who view Trump favorably reported higher PPs (or malevolent traits) and reduced empathy or benevolent dispositions. Two U.S. community samples were used;
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
You can't remove anyone from office using section 3 of the 14th amendment without passing a law, which Trump will not sign. We shouldn't demand they do things they can't do. The can pass the law, but Trump won't sign it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson: Eight years ago today, Maine women begged Susan Collins not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. She did it anyway. He helped overturn Roe v. Wade. And today, she says she has no regrets. Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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National Hurricane Center @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link · 06/10/2026
4 PM CDT Tue Oct 6 (Advisory 1) Key Messages for Tropical Depression #Nine. Latest info: t.co/GrztW6mQJV 4 PM CDT martes 6 de octubre (Aviso 1) Mensajes clave sobre la depresión tropical #Nueve. Más información: t.co/GrztW6mQJV 🔗 hurricanes.gov
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump: We're going to be at $1.5 trillion for the military budget. At the same time, we're cutting other things which are wastes (Trump cut healthcare by $1 trillion)
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
She speaks the truth. 💯 👇
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