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Patrick Mauro

@pmia7.bsky.social
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I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat. Will Rogers...me too, Will. US Army Vet. In trump’s 2d Inaugural he promised max use of oil/gas to drive energy policy. This after world suffered warmest year on record. Seriously

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 4h
Pathetic…..
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 56m
Republicans Are Now Blaming Obama For High Gas Prices open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Republicans Are Now Blaming Obama For High Gas Prices
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) went on national television and blamed Barack Obama, not Donald Trump, for high gas prices.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 5h
Split, stalled and stonewalled: CPD oversight body beset with division over follow-up to Operation Midway Blitz www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/s...
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CPD oversight body beset with division over follow-up to Operation Midway Blitz
The primary city agency mandated to act as a civilian-oriented check on Chicago police was divided as they sought accountability over Operation Midway Blitz.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 16h
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump Has Now Spent $1 Million In Taxpayer Money On Illegal Campaign Ads For Himself open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Trump Has Now Spent $1 Million In Taxpayer Money On Illegal Campaign Ads For Himself
Donald Trump has now reportedly spent $1 million in taxpayer money on ads promoting himself during the midterm election. The ads appear to be criminal theft of taxpayer funds.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AOC: ICE is Coming for You Regardless of Your Status open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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AOC: ICE is Coming for You Regardless of Your Status
“ICE is Palantir. ICE is AI. ICE is facial recognition. ICE is surveillance, and ICE is coming after you, regardless of your status,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned at a town hall.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Bill Gates Says Trump Is Wrong to Hold Out Against AI Safeguards
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said government safeguards against potentially catastrophic artificial intelligence risks won’t hamper the US in its competition with China, contrasting with Pres...
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A president mocking his predecessor to the communist dictator of China is some real bottom feeder shit
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump’s Big Midterm Election Tour Has Fallen Apart open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Trump’s Big Midterm Election Tour Has Fallen Apart
Instead of crisscrossing the country to help Republicans get elected in the midterms, Trump is only going to be campaigning in red states where he is welcome.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Once Again Blocks Republican-Backed Voting Map in Missouri (Gift Article)
A federal appeals court had sided with Republicans seeking to use redrawn congressional district boundaries to give their party an advantage in the midterms elections.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"In the end, we all die anyway, so it doesn't matter." Reportedly said by the President of the United States, days before a war. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
The Chinese Communist Party got access to sensitive components of U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. got 2 pandas.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pope Repudiates Trump With Moral Argument Against AI and Authoritarianism open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Pope Repudiates Trump With Moral Argument Against AI and Authoritarianism
Pope Leo XIV made a moral argument warning against the risks of artificial intelligence and authoritarianism in a seeming repudiation of Donald Trump’s immoral leadership style.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Deportations to Third Countries (Gift Article)
A lower federal court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on deporting migrants to countries other than their own.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico - NBC News
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 23/09/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE agents after working in the U.S. for 35 years. His sons, Ronaldo and Lorenzo Jr., testified before Congress and reminded us that this rogue agency MUST be held accountable for its horrific actions.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Farmers In Kansas Are Planning To Vote For Democrats Thanks To Trump open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Farmers In Kansas Are Planning To Vote For Democrats Thanks To Trump
Democratic Senate candidate Rev. Adam Hamilton said that he is hearing the same thing at his campaign stops over and over again. Farmers who never voted for a Democrat are voting for him this year.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
DOJ has responded to CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s lawsuit over White House access, trotting out Trump’s new favorite defense—national security! First the ballroom, then the arch, now pesky reporters! Didn’t work in Pentagon Papers case. Won’t work here.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm not a lawyer, but if you intentionally attempt to sink a boat with humans on board, how is that not attempted murder? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump Bombs At The UN As He Tries To Avoid Being Charged With War Crimes open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Trump Bombs At The UN As He Tries To Avoid Being Charged With War Crimes
Donald Trump’s speech at the UN was met with silence and occasional muted applause, as the president tried to get the International Criminal Court, where he doesn’t have immunity, abandoned
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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great column. He’s one of theirs.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
252. The Eighth Circuit’s Missouri Redistricting Mishegas open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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252. The Eighth Circuit’s Missouri Redistricting Mishegas
The Eighth Circuit’s attempt to put Missouri’s 2025 congressional map back into effect will fail. It’s also yet another example of the mischief the Supreme Court’s shadow docket behavior can beget.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Can you give my dad back? I miss him.” 💔 ICE kidnapped her father Luis at a DOT inspection. Her mother says he is legal and did everything the right way. #AbolishICE
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
First, CBS capitulated to Trump. Now, CNN will as well. The largest media corporations have surrendered but Democracy Docket never will. Support its work by subscribing now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The NAACP is suing to stop the orange felon from illegally sending armed agents to intimidate people of color at election polls. Thank you NAACP.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mamdani Humiliates Trump To His Face On Reporter Ban open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Mamdani Humiliates Trump To His Face On Reporter Ban
Trump was asked about his press ban at an event with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Mamdani stood up for press freedom, while Trump babbled and set himself up to lose the court case.
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Right? #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
MS NOW, CNN & Politico announced they will sue the White House today for banning them, legend 1st and 5th amendment violations.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Alert ⚠️ An ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin today after a traffic stop. He was shot in the torso and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. His attorney says Perez, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. legally and had a valid work permit.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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One Person Shot During Encounter With ICE in Austin (Gift Article)
The shooting in the Texas capital is the latest by federal immigration agents as the Trump administration intensifies its deportation effort.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (Gift Article)
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Leads to an Increase in Vaccinations (Gift Article)
As the outbreak grows to more than 700 confirmed cases, the largest in the country, some people remain opposed to vaccines and others are rushing to get the shots.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This Black woman—who Trump tried to silence—is why the Kennedy Center is still standing! Rep. Joyce Beatty is an American hero. And every discussion about the Kennedy Center must begin with her. She is a fighter and the reason we still have a Kennedy Center. My new video: youtu.be/yeC2QH3B2Rw?...
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This Black woman—who Trump tried to silence—is why the Kennedy Center is still standing!
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Congresswoman Tells Trump To Take His Meds After Insane Arch Outburst open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Congresswoman Tells Trump To Take His Meds After Insane Arch Outburst
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) responded to Trump claiming that he is converting the arch he is building into a military complex by telling the White House to give the president his meds.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Happy Moscow Burning Day to you too! 🔥
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just like with the ballroom, another scam by Trump to turn this into a “military complex” to prevent the courts from intervening by using “national security” as his excuse for vanity projects.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A massive overnight drone attack on Moscow by Ukraine damaged a major oil refinery, Moscow’s regional governor Andrey Vorobyov said Sunday — the last day of voting in Russia’s parliamentary elections.
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Massive Ukrainian drone attack hits Moscow on last day of Russian elections
“This unprecedented attack was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the ⁠elections,” said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky describes the isolation she experienced and the realization that came from finally seeing the scope of the case: “It’s weirdly vindicating to sit here and see in the files like, ‘Oh no, I’m not crazy. This really happened and it happened to so many people.’”
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
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What the War in Iran Has Cost One Gold Star Family (Gift Article)
First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who was 25, had been deployed to an air base in Jordan when enemy missiles and drones lit up the sky. He is among the 18 Americans who have died since the war began.
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Honor your oath of office or resign. @trialrun2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This guy is great. I don't understand why he gets so little attention.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 18/09/2026
The new outreach effort follows years of disappointment and frustration among some in the Black Caucus at the broader Democratic Party's efforts to court Black, rural and younger voters. www.mississippifreepress.org/black-caucus...
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Black Caucus Launches Effort to Boost Voting Among Black, Rural and Young Voters in Midterms
A nonprofit run by Black federal lawmakers launched an effort Tuesday to engage lower-propensity voters in the midterm elections.
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