Reposted by Patrick RizzoGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11/09/2026In a moment of profound uncertainty and grief, Americans understood that no one should stand alone. We come together today in Illinois to honor the thousands we’ve lost and the heroes who ran toward danger in the aftermath of 9/11. May we always stand united. 258276
Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, has died apnews.com/article/glor...apnews.comGloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, has diedGloria Steinem, the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life, has died at 92. 082
Reposted by Patrick RizzoStephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When people tell me they don't have *time* to read a book on writing, I wonder if they understand the concept of investment. I want to tell them: you don't have time NOT to read a book on writing! (And yes, it COULD be mine, although it needn't be.) scientistseessquirre... 🧪scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.comYou don’t have time NOT to read a writing bookThe release of the 3rd edition of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing, just last month, got me thinking (again) about whether and how scientists look for writing advice. There’s a lot of writing advic… 02710
Reposted by Patrick RizzoElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/09/2026BREAKING: Trump's DHS took a step back from seizing Fentanyl so that ICE could terrorize our streets. In just one year at HSI: - Fentanyl investigations down 24% - Fentanyl seizures down 39% - Hours spent countering fentanyl down approx. 30% 621386589
Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is the most important story of the day. It's a potential autogolpe using the USPS, and it's disgraceful. Anyone and everyone involved is a traitor. #Elections www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before MidtermsA report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. 000
Reposted by Patrick RizzoPinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 24/08/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTop US firms that backed Voting Rights Act donate to groups working to undermine itWatchdog data shared with Guardian shows contributions to Republican Attorneys General Association and others 244
Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Really thorough reporting that shows, again, Trump's "legend" sits atop a scaffold of lies and misdirection. Harp isn't the mysterious, enigmatic figure portrayed by many media outlets. She's just another Trump liar among other mendacious morons. #Trump theheatherashley.substack.com/p/a-deep-div...theheatherashley.substack.comA Deep Dive into Natalie Harp - The Miracle Treatment, the Timeline, and How She Got HereAmerica just met Trump's shadow. The public record has known her for years - her tweets, her op-ed, and four decades of documentation tell a different story than the one that put her in headlines. 000
Reposted by Patrick RizzoDemCast USA @demcast.com · 27/07/2026With 100 days until Election Day, Troy Jackson is taking on tax cuts for the wealthy and standing firm for working families in Maine. It is time for a leader who puts everyday people ahead of the elite. 💙 jacksonformaine.com 12720295
Reposted by Patrick RizzoMaggie @maggiedara.bsky.social · 18/07/2026“The torture of climate obstruction is that it exists to trap us in the cycle of explanation and debate forever. Polluters and their cronies are not trying to win the climate argument, merely to prolong it in perpetuity so there’s never enough public consensus for action. “ 0219
Reposted by Patrick RizzoPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026In the darkest of days in our country, heroes have appeared to bring us HOPE and to remind us that no one is going to save us: We have to save ourselves. Jason Watson is one of those people. What an amazing human.🙏💜 18350122
Reposted by Patrick RizzoJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The guy who promised so much winning led America to its most humiliating defeat in two hundred and fifty years. This is why you don’t elect stupid. 682307517
Reposted by Patrick Rizzo𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Happy Obama Appreciation Day! The President, Husband, Father and true Patriot... #ObamaAppreciationDay 371083380
Reposted by Patrick RizzoFoz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 14/06/2026the knicks win, thus proving zohran mamdani has the mandate of heaven 81450328
Reposted by Patrick RizzoTim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I want to make a start of it, in old New York.static.klipy.comJalen Brunson Knicks Waving to FansALT: Jalen Brunson Knicks Waving to Fans 619219
Reposted by Patrick RizzoThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/05/2026If this were your grandpa you’d send someone to check on him 1481521413
Reposted by Patrick Rizzostrea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Grocery prices are ⬆️⬆️ You can barely afford the gas to go get the overpriced stuff you need Fear not, 🤡's regime's on it, with a plan to...put his mug on a $250 bill?🤮 Oh well, maybe they're just planning ahead-"By the end of 🤡’s term, it’ll be just enough to buy one gal of gas & a carton of eggs”ms.nowBessent defends proposal to put Trump’s face on new $250 billA sitting president cannot legally be featured on U.S. currency, but Republican lawmakers are looking for a way around that. 188552
Reposted by Patrick Rizzo@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Marc Elias: Donald Trump is stealing from you… 15517
Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Nuff said: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects 001
Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 14/05/2026My son's short film "Safe in My Skin" will premiere at the Nantucket Film Festival on June 20. His writing, directing and cinematography have been receiving wider recognition here and abroad. Hard work and dedication to craft pay off. #film #filmmaking nantucketfilmfestival.org/events/short...nantucketfilmfestival.orgSHORTS: UPROOTED – Nantucket Film Festival 000
Reposted by Patrick RizzoKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/04/2026I want cis Americans to sit uncomfortably with the fact that most of these restrictions were ushered in through the liberal act of "just asking questions" about trans people. 1048821647
Reposted by Patrick RizzoKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/04/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy prices that spiked due to war in Iran push inflation to the biggest increase in four years. 441079320
Reposted by Patrick RizzoPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 10/04/2026That heifer FLOTUS is as disgusting as Maxwell. Both of them were enablers of demonic pedophiles. There has never been such tacky, brain dead, classless, cruel and morally bankrupt FLOTUS in our history. 1819558
Reposted by Patrick Rizzo California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026But, she doesn’t even know him…👇 26263138
Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 06/04/2026😢😢😢 I am sorry for any former colleagues who may be getting swept up in this. AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history apnews.com/article/news... AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history apnews.com/article/news...apnews.comAP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused historyThe Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sust... 000
Reposted by Patrick RizzoAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2026BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR... 485264258467
Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026At least 250K showed up for #NoKings rally in Manhattan. There were large demonstrations in all the other boroughs, too (including Staten Island). #NYC was not playing today. 060
Reposted by Patrick RizzoGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/03/2026“We can’t last 34 more months of what we’ve seen in the last 14. We’re fucked if this guy serves out his term. He’s gonna trash everything once and for all.” 927178705347
Reposted by Patrick RizzoAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Trump is literally paying our enemies to destroy America 811854
Reposted by Patrick RizzoPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 20/03/2026The SAVE America Act criminalizes election workers, purges voter rolls, and hands your personal data to the federal government with zero restrictions on how it’s used. Noncitizen voting is a nonproblem. 6113105
Reposted by Patrick RizzoMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Iran has killed over 1.2 million Americans. No, sorry, that was the number of Americans *Donald Trump* killed with his incompetent response to COVID. 562781699
Reposted by Patrick Rizzo🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Meanwhile, in Vermont… People are getting gassed for protesting ICE. Yep, that’s still going on. America sure is great, isn’t it? #Vermont #ICE #SouthBurlington 30064513060
Reposted by Patrick RizzoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE. 798196076720
Reposted by Patrick RizzoJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026This is not good. 73596003670
Reposted by Patrick RizzoSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/03/2026This is insane. Trying to convince these young people to embrace becoming cannon fodder. www.rawstory.com/military-267...rawstory.comMilitary leaders pushing 'Armageddon views' on troops as Iran war begins: complaintA combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers Monday that the Iran war was part of God's plan to usher in the End Times and bring about Jesus Christ's second coming, according to a complaint ... 1061251422
Reposted by Patrick RizzoDittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 24/02/2026And here comes the first of what can only be several dozen class action lawsuits against DHS and Kristi Noem for their unconstitutional fascist behavior against American citizens. #SheShednpr.orgA new lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracked and intimidated observersObservers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal clas... 13681296
Reposted by Patrick RizzoChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/02/2026Justice for Dr. Linda Davis. ICE must be held accountable for the deadly chain of events and the cruel aftermath. Her memory lives on in every life she touched. 14437451893
Reposted by Patrick RizzoMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Col. Dave Butler is renowned for being a straight shooter and a highly capable army officer. So naturally he has no place in Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War” (the title itself is a lie since it’s still the Dept of Defense under the law). www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comHegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clashCol. David Butler, who had been selected by senior Army leaders for promotion to brigadier general, will instead retire, officials said. 29035
Reposted by Patrick RizzoMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Get it? See, it's funny 'cuz our President is a pathological liar who rarely, if ever, tells the truth. 601176013208
Reposted by Patrick Rizzoalexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 12/02/2026BREAKING: Multiple Epstein victims tell NBC News that Pam Bondi intentionally un-redacted their names and other victims' names as a way to threaten them into silence! “I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.” 571470712
Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Is he planning something stupid? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...nytimes.comF.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days 194
Reposted by Patrick RizzoMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The first rule of #SciComm: whenever possible, work in a sports analogy! phys.org/news/2026-02...phys.orgFootball-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat plantsLife on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto the land, and it took another 100 million years for the first animals with... 4569
Reposted by Patrick RizzoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026 "This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE 26896873400
Reposted by Patrick RizzoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours." 11405309716784
Reposted by Patrick RizzoMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comGladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technologyShe made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman. 13674820219711
Reposted by Patrick RizzoMother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/02/2026The US government is trying to make coal seem cute.motherjones.comThe US government is trying to make coal seem cute. It isn't.Trump complained that coal needed better PR. Then "Coalie" showed up. 3524690