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Patrick Mauro

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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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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Editorial: Kwame Raoul for Illinois attorney general www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/07/e...
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Editorial: Kwame Raoul for Illinois attorney general
Kwame Raoul has been stellar during a challenging period and has built the office into a counterweight to the federal government.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 08/10/2026
Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
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Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/10/2026
Former president Barack Obama endorsed Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson, saying he is “proud to be on board” the Democrats’ campaign to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Collins is running for her sixth term, and polls show the race is tight.
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Obama endorses Troy Jackson in Maine Senate race
The former president told voters he is “proud to be on board” the Democrats’ campaign to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Darline Graham Train Wreck Worsens As Republicans May Lose South Carolina open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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The Darline Graham Train Wreck Worsens As Republicans May Lose South Carolina
Republicans are facing potential losses everywhere, but now they are rushing money into South Carolina, as the Trump-created fiasco in deep red South Carolina could flip a Senate seat blue.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 07/10/2026
Trump says Iran can take out these two US cities: ‘That’s a very small price to pay’
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Trump says Iran can take out these two US cities: ‘That’s a very small price to pay’
President Trump branded ‘deranged and dangerous’ for suggesting Tehran targets Democrat-run American cities in speech
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Diesel Prices Surge Just as Farmers Need Fuel the Most
Harvesting and planting is ramping up, raising risks for global food supplies and inflation.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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US Mortgage Rates Jump to 7.49%, Highest in Nearly Three Years
US mortgage rates climbed for a seventh straight week to their highest level in nearly three years, compounding the nation’s affordability problem.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jamie Raskin Busts A New Trump Crime open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Jamie Raskin Busts A New Trump Crime
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) pointed out that when Trump said that his super PAC would pay for illegally taxpayer-funded ads that he had been running, the president admitted to a new crime. https://open.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
trump and his ICE thugs indifferent to these brutal murders...the essence of evil.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump Ordered The FBI To Investigate Peaceful Protesters open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Trump Ordered The FBI To Investigate Peaceful Protesters
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) has information that Donald Trump ordered the FBI to investigate peaceful protesters for exercising their First Amendment rights.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Former Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin endorses Democrat JB Pritzker over Republican Darren Bailey www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/d...
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Former Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin endorses Democrat JB Pritzker over Republican Darren Bailey
The former Illinois House Republican leader’s public endorsement of the Democratic governor, in a video Pritzker’s campaign is scheduled to release Monday, marks a major break for Durkin, who still co...
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
trump is evil madman. GOP Congress just keeps on enabling him.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Hochul Declares a Measles Emergency as Cases Rise in Rural New York (Gift Article)
The state has had 108 cases this year, the most since 2019. The declaration comes amid a national resurgence of the highly contagious viral illness.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump plan would remove protections for national forests like Shawnee: ‘We stand to lose our solitude’ www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/04/r...
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Trump plan would remove protections for national forests like Shawnee: ‘We stand to lose our solitude’
More than 170,000 acres in the Midwest could be opened to roads, logging and mining, threatening fragile ecosystems.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/c...
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When Data Centers Cluster Together, How Dirty Are They? One County Wants Answers. (Gift Article)
An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Turnabout is fair play... grab 'em by the paycheck.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Christa Pike Is in Critical Condition as Tennessee Pauses Executions (Gift Article)
Gov. Bill Lee ordered a review of the state’s lethal injection process after the botched attempt to execute the lone woman on Tennessee’s death row.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This Is Why Abdul El-Sayed Is Winning In Michigan open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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This Is Why Abdul El-Sayed Is Winning In Michigan
Polls show Abdul El-Sayed with a narrow lead in Michigan and the Democrat showed why he is winning the Senate race with a unifying American worker first message.
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Deportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/deportatio...
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Deportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters.
Your ticket’s one-way, your destination’s a secret, and your opportunity to object has been downgraded to standby.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Talarico is running in a state Trump carried by 14 points in 2024. Yet he’s actually leaned into the moral issues around immigration more aggressively than most other Democrats. He makes an expansive moral case that immigration is good for our country." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jessica Cantu Vuittonet, who runs a coffee shop in San Benito, Texas, cast her first ballot in 2024 — for Donald Trump. Two years later, after her brother was deported, she feels angry and betrayed. ¡Dios Mio! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Hispanic Voters on the Texas Border Have Soured on Trump (Gift Article)
In 2024, these voters were an essential part of the winning Republican coalition. Now, many feel abandoned and furious, complicating the party’s chances in November.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Patrick Mauro @pmia7.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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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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