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Patty Simonton

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Conscious capitalist. Ecosystem Builder. Entrepreneurship Development Professional.

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Patty Simonton @pattysimonton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm hosting an info session on Wed, September 9 @ 11am ET for anyone who wants to learn more about the Big Table Institute's Impact Studio programs. Sign up here: us05web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Patty Simonton @pattysimonton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
At the Big Table Institute, we believe that the Impact Economy needs more builders. To support this effort, we've designed two, one-week, virtual programs: Foundations of Impactful Entrepreneurship (September 21 - 25, 2026) and Systems Change & the Impact Economy (September 28 - October 2, 2026)...
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Martin O'Malley @martinomalley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Trump admin is illegally using Social Security data to verify addresses for mail-in ballots, despite a court order telling them to stop. Social Security is charged with maintaining accurate earnings and benefits, NOT WITH KEEPING HOME ADDRESSES.
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Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed and sloppy, a whistleblower contends
A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could...
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Impact Entrepreneur @impactentrepreneur.com · 01/09/2026
The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough is out! Available in a variety of formats, it dives into practical tools needed to transform our economy from single-bottom-line thinking to a regenerative model that serves people, planet, and prosperity alike. Get it here: impactentrepreneur.com/breakthrough/
Laurie Lane-Zucker's new book, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough is out today! Available in print, ebook, or audiobook versions, it dives into practical tools needed to transform our economy from single-bottom-line thinking to a regenerative model that serves people, planet, and prosperity alike.

Get it here: https://impactentrepreneur.com/breakthrough/
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Of course we're not gonna take Trump's (anonymously sourced) word for it that he's dropping the slush fund We are suing to kill it dead At 9 AM joining @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social to discuss
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Last week, I broke that the Park Service spent $5 million gilding horse statues in DC. Yesterday, I reported that Trump’s Freedom 250 got $68 million so far from Interior, while America 250 has $100 million shortfall. 🚨What should be next? Send me your tips!! Signal is annakramer.54
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/05/2026
This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
They denied THE GOVERNOR
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Now that we know Trump's "settlement" with IRS will nix audits, potentially saving him millions, Jamie Raskin's push to force Repubicans to vote on this whole fiasco looks more urgent. Make Rs defend this with Trump 31 points underwater on the economy: newrepublic.com/article/2106...
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 05/05/2026
I cannot stress how cataclysmically STUPID it is to not fund science.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 01/05/2026
This is a ruling purporting to halt telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone NATIONWIDE. Louisiana asked the Fifth Circuit for a decision by Monday, May 11. That they dropped it on a Friday afternoon feels intentional to keep it in effect for longer. Expect emergency appeal to SCOTUS shadow docket
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/04/2026
Donald Trump paid almost a billion dollars to kill wind energy projects that would have powered millions of homes. You do the math on how that helps your family.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/05/2026
"Hours ahead of a Thursday night deadline, Congress has passed a second temporary extension of a key surveillance program for 45 days after failing to strike a deal on substantial reforms." www.npr.org/2026/04/29/g...
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With no deal on reforms, Congress passes stopgap plan for controversial spy tool
With lawmakers unable to find consensus on a set of reforms sought by privacy advocates, Congress voted for the second time this month on a temporary extension to keep the FISA 702 program running.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/04/2026
"None of them imagined they would end up in Kinshasa. On April 17, the U.S. government deported 15 people to the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a deeply impoverished African country that's been scarred by years of conflict." #BarbarismAsPolicy www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...
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'We don't know what will happen to us': U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC
15 South American migrants and asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to the DRC are now living in uncertainty in a country an with ongoing armed conflict, where they have no ties.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 27/04/2026
The NASA climate denial budget hearing has been gaveled in
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Budget Hearing – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
YouTube video by House Appropriations Committee
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 27/04/2026
It's impossible to look at the firing of FOIA officials after the release of a declassified memo in response to FPF's records request "as anything other than inappropriate retaliation for a lawful FOIA release," FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @notus.com.
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The Trump Administration Is Dismantling FOIA
Long-standing backlog, staffing cuts and political pressure are threatening the Freedom of Information Act.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We murdered two more people in a boat today.
U.S. Southern Command: On April 24, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear
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Patty Simonton @pattysimonton.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This is important work. Worth three minutes to watch this video about the powerful photo.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/04/2026
Here’s something I wrote about how ICE flights are getting longer and the shackling crueler: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler
A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
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Patty Simonton @pattysimonton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/04/2026
Exclusive: It could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, the Pentagon has informed Congress. The timeline is perhaps the clearest sign that gas prices could stay high through the midterms.
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Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress
The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
By a 6–3 vote, and with no opinion, the Supreme Court throws out a lower court decision denying qualified immunity who killed an unarmed, mentally ill man by using "bodyweight force" to restrain him. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
CERTIORARI -- SUMMARY DISPOSITION
24-1099 SMITH, KYLE, ET AL. V. SCOTT, ROCHELLE, ET AL.
 The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The
judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for further
consideration in light of Zorn v. Linton, 607 U. S. ___ (2026)
 (per curiam). Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice
Jackson would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Once again, it all should have ended immediately in 2017, when he started openly monetizing his hotels at Mar-a-Lago & around the corner from the White House. We have yawned, as a country, at unprecedented corruption right in front of us.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3
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Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship
Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2
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loreleikelly @loreleikelly.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The GOP voted to destroy America’s beloved Boundary Waters. It’s not over, however. Lawyer up. And hold these Senators accountable. substack.com/@willpattiz/...
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Will Pattiz (@willpattiz)
They just voted to sell the Boundary Waters to a Chilean mining company so the copper can go to China. The profits go to Chile. The copper goes to China. The pollution stays here. This is what "Ameri...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/04/2026
NEW: A ProPublica and MLK50 analysis shows that just 17 of more than 800 immigration arrests made by Trump’s crime-fighting task force in and around Memphis were for violent crimes. 82% of the immigration arrests followed a traffic stop.
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Trump’s Memphis Crime Task Force Arrested Over 800 Immigrants, Records Show. Only 2% of the Arrests Were for Violent Crimes.
Businesses closed. Churches emptied. Parents afraid to take kids to school. Advocates say what was supposed to be a crime-fighting effort is keeping a community in fear.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 09/04/2026
Dozens of states condemn attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon reut.rs/4tAOjAS
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Dozens of states condemn attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon
Dozens of states issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Thursday condemning "unacceptable aggressive behavior" toward U.N. peacekeepers in ​Lebanon and calling for increased protections after the deaths ‌there of three Indonesian soldiers.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The supposed defenders of national sovereignty and opponents of internationalism have incinerated the longstanding principle that members of one country's government shouldn't show up to campaign and tell people how to vote in another country's elections.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 07/04/2026
After Trump wrote, in reference to Iran, “A whole civilization will die tonight,” the entirety of the House Democratic leadership issued this joint statement:
Donald Trump is completely unhinged. His statement threatening to eradicate an entire civilization shocks the conscience and requires a decisive congressional response. The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East before Donald Trump plunges our country into World War III.

For years, Republicans have enabled and excused Donald Trump’s deeply dangerous and extreme behavior. Enough is enough. Our brave men and women in uniform have been put into harm’s way in the Middle East. Over a dozen have already been killed and hundreds injured. Gas prices are skyrocketing, the cost of living in America is out of control and billions of taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a reckless war of choice.

It’s time for House Republicans to put patriotic duty over party loyalty and join Democrats in stopping this madness.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Iran closes all diplomatic and indirect channels of communication with the U.S., suspending the exchange of messages, following Trump’s threat to kill Iran's "whole civilization." -Reuters
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
THE POPE: “I hope Trump is looking for an off-ramp. I hope he's looking for a way to decrease the amount of violence, the bombing, which would be a significant contribution to removing the hatred that's increasing constantly.” (H/T @headquartersnews.bsky.social )
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
“The layoffs are directly tied to Oracle’s aggressive and debt-heavy expansion into AI infrastructure. According to analysis from TD Cowen, the job cuts are expected to free up between $8b and $10b in cash flow — money the company urgently needs to fund a massive buildout of AI data centers.”
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/03/2026
Coordinated to coincide with No Kings Day, London is holding its largest-ever protest against the far-right. #NoKings
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 14/11/2025
🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐 We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10 🧵👇
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 27/03/2026
A reminder that REPUBLICANS insist on keeping DHS shutdown
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WSJ
BREAKING
House GOP Leaders Reject Bill to Fund DHS, Likely Extending
Standoff
Republicans instead plan to propose an eight-week bill to fund the entire department, including back pay for TSA workers.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 27/03/2026
While food disappears from store shelves and prices increase, Trump addresses struggling farmers next to a gold-plated tractor.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Rules for you, but not me and my crew.
Screenshot of a tweet by Headquarters claiming Florida election records show Donald, Melania, and Barron Trump voted by mail in a special election, despite Trump criticizing mail voting. Below are two images: one of the Trump family standing together at an event, and another of an official vote-by-mail ballot envelope.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A tool that helps thousands of communities decide when to evacuate residents during hurricanes will expire tomorrow. Why? Because of Kristi Noem’s DHS policy to personally approve expenses over $100K, which is still in place. But she had time to spend $220 million on ads. Priorities.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@thecoalition.bsky.social is suing to stop a new US policy that threatens to deny or revoke visas for researchers who study disinfo and online harms. “This policy is meant to censor researchers into silence and keep the public in the dark, and that’s exactly what it’s doing.”
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CITR Challenges US Government Censorship Policy Threatening Deportation for Work on Social Media Platforms and Online Harms - Coalition for Independent Technology Research
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research filed a lawsuit today in partnership with the Knight First Amendment Institute and Protect Democracy, challenging the US government’s Censorship…
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Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Excellent coverage of the @thecoalition.bsky.social suit against the Trump administration over the misinfo/trust and safety visa ban: www.barrons.com/news/tech-re...
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Tech Researchers Sue US Trump Administration Over Visa Bans
A coalition of tech experts on Monday sued US President Donald Trump's administration over a policy resulting in visa denials, detention or deportation for researchers and fact-checkers reporting on s...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/03/2026
The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S. Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them. (Published Nov. 2025)
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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 21/03/2026
Attention every network under the FCC’s jurisdiction: If you actually fight back in court against ridiculous press freedom restrictions, you will win.
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Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This isn’t normal and we have to say that out loud.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 14/03/2026
"Trump pulled mine-sweepers from the Middle East and they’re sitting in Philadelphia as the Iran War rages" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump pulled mine-sweepers from Middle East before Iran War — they’re in Philadelphia
The Navy went through with plans to pull the ships from service despite ongoing tensions with Iran
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...
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Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14/03/2026
The biggest winner of the war in Iran? Vladimir Putin. Even as Russia gives Iran intel to target US forces, Trump is relaxing sanctions against Russian oil, putting more money in Putin's pocket. This war is a gift to our adversaries.
independent.co.uk
Trump easing Russian oil sanctions is ‘bad for peace’, says Zelensky
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 14/03/2026
Heartbreaking what happens to everything around us when corruption, greed, and hatred for this world take power.
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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.
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