Reposted by Pat McDermottSuper Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 7hThey can't let go of Texas. It's completely demoralizing. 3085158
Reposted by Pat McDermottCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 4hPoint of information: The Republican Party has already spent far more on protecting a single U.S. Senate seat in Texas than the TOTAL cost of the 2000 Presidential election for BOTH Al Gore and George W. Bush COMBINED. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... 916772
Reposted by Pat McDermottBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026the inevitable consequence of blocking people from ending their pregnancies is that pregnancy ends people’s lives ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It PredictableRepublican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care. 428292
Reposted by Pat McDermottPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 3hThere’s a list of people that make me want to believe in hell and this guy is for sure on it 3527
Reposted by Pat McDermottJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3h"Sure, you'll all be out of work and won't have any clean water, but on the positive side, I'll be way richer." -Sam Altman, probably 1221
Reposted by Pat McDermottRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10h"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 34327841397
Reposted by Pat McDermottKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10hLet's stop using anodyne labels like "the immigration debate" or "controversy over migrants" and start referring to things accurately. "Expelling children who, by law, are entitled to remain in the country" or "imprisoning toddlers in concentration camps" or "pogrom" 7314125
Reposted by Pat McDermottDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 3h"A series of deadly heat waves from May to August overwhelmed Germany’s healthcare and emergency response systems and led to an estimated 16,000 heat-related deaths during the summer, the most heat mortalities ever recorded in the highly developed country."insideclimatenews.orgMass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate NewsAs preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn. 313462
Reposted by Pat McDermottJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3hHas the US ever done anything like this before? Seems bizarre to flee a literal military base.nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats (Gift Article)The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 8327
Reposted by Pat McDermottChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3hI really hope whatever is happening in Russia stays in Russia, because the Trump admin isn’t equipped for a public health emergency. 📌 A worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia died after developing pneumonia of unknown origin. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation 79900314
Reposted by Pat McDermottPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 3hThis is precisely the premise of Annie Jacobsen's "Biological War" and spoiler alert, it does not end well for the human race 15615
Reposted by Pat McDermottBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 3hImagine a boot changing colors every four years, but continuing to stomp on a human face—forever 1525
Reposted by Pat McDermottScott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 6hMISSISSIPPI! Tomorrow, Monday, October 5th, is the deadline to register to vote in the 2026 elections. Visit ScottColom.com/vote TODAY to learn more about how to get registered. Don't miss out on the opportunity to make your voice heard on Election Day! #MississippiMatters 14846
Pat McDermott @twinsetpat.bsky.social · 34mThis thread 🧵 says the important thing, that our society protects those who harm and not those who are harmed--and that needs to stop. Rape stops you, the victim. And how people and institutions and society treat rapists victimizes you all over again. No more. 👇🏿👇🏼👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾 010
Reposted by Pat McDermottNathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 7hLook either I've been right from the beginning and this is our future or I'm wrong and we're doomed. But I choose not to be a passive bystander in all of it, and I hope each and every one of you chooses the same path. 311221
Reposted by Pat McDermottGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161... 781908459
Reposted by Pat McDermottStephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s hard to not read the tea leaves as anything other than a major escalation of the war by Trump, likely after the midterms. Remember that the current Republican plan is to funnel as much money to Trump for this war and his war machine in the lame duck. Buckle up www.axios.com/2026/10/03/t...axios.comScoop: Trump's top national security aides meet secretly at Camp David on Iran, YemenThe last time a meeting of this sort occurred, Israel went to war against Iran days later. 0109
Reposted by Pat McDermottMicah @rincewind.run · 3hthe brazil thing is so depressing because they did the right thing, man they did what we couldn’t, they actually prosecuted their coup and threw bolsonaro’s ass in jail and generally showed the united states what a functional state looks like and now they are gonna elect his dipshit son? really? 622522358
Reposted by Pat McDermottBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 2hBack in 2022 Adam Hamilton criticized the filibuster especially in relation to gun control www.kansascity.com/news/politic...kansascity.com‘Enough is enough’: Kansas City’s faith leaders demand Congress pass gun control laws“No nation of honor sacrifices its children like this,” said Rev. Tom Are Jr., senior pastor of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, at a news conference calling for tighter gun laws. 1326
Reposted by Pat McDermottSandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 15hThere's been a lot of talk about the DA's prosecutorial failure in the Cornell rape case but I haven't seen much about this. Cornell police edited out key info when they passed on Jane Doe's statement, omitting her use of the word "rape." The head of Cornell PD is now top brass at Ithica PD. 27125
Reposted by Pat McDermottFared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 10hAn Israeli drone is surveilling and pursuing Syrian journalists documenting Israeli violations in southern Syria. 310249
Reposted by Pat McDermottrnmcd.bsky.social @rnmcd.bsky.social · 5hThis is huge. I'm so tired of living in a country where it's like watching through a thick, unbreakable pane of glass while all the developed nations on the other side have social service policies that actually help their citizens. 131
Reposted by Pat McDermottBaggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 4hMy employer gives seven days additional leave "for matters relating to domestic and family violence", plus two additional days of compassionate leave if required, including those who provide "care or support to a family or household member". All employers should do this. 032
Reposted by Pat McDermottHolly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 6hI'm not sure if Tesco really is the largest private sector employer in the UK (it might be), but has long been the largest UNIONISED employer in the UK private sector. Good work by the union here. 0192
Reposted by Pat McDermottEn Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 6hSpain's news media have made a clear effort to thematically cover (violencia machista) and public broadcaster RTVE gives it its own section. 093
Reposted by Pat McDermottRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 6hDomestic abuse is so widespread an issue that a major employer is incorporating employees' need to deal with it into their employee benefits. Union rep: "said domestic violence and abuse affected the lives of at least one in five women, and he urged other employers to introduce similar support." 628170
Reposted by Pat McDermottRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 6hIt's shocking this is not shocking: "The UK’s largest private-sector employer is offering up to three days of paid leave which can be taken flexibly for activities such as attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare or separating finances."theguardian.comTesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuseExclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse 10526144
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hStop normalizing sexual assault. Fucking shun people who have done it. Start acting like the victims fucking MATTERED. 236532
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hEvery last woman in this video matters more than any man who has sexually assaulted someone. 129019
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hand every last high school girl out there, unless she’s committed rape or murder, is more valuable than your sexual predator streamer fave 132315
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hevery last high school girl out there, unless you know for a fact that she has committed murder or rape, will do more good for the world than a boy or man who has committed sexual assault stop treating rapists as valuable 138530
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hIt is fucking absurd how much y’all want boys to have an unobstructed successful future and treat girls like fucking cannon fodder every last high school girl out there is more valuable to the world than a boy or man who has committed sexual assault 149048
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hThese students were bragging that they were going to do worse than the Cornell rapists and possibly murder the classmate they were planning to do it to Jail. She has a right to GO TO FUCKING HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT BEIMG TARGETED FOR RAPE AND OTHER VIOLENCE. 244240
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hThese boys should lose their fucking futures, the same way they would if they were caught planning to murder someone, which they may have been MAKE BOYS AFRAID OF BEING RAPISTS amp.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...amp.idahostatesman.comBoise police investigate alleged violent group chat at Timberline HighThe Boise School District and Boise police are investigating a group chat in which students allegedly expressed a desire to take violent actions toward a female student. 255585
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hStop caring more about sexual predators’ wellbeing and happiness and potential more than you care about their victims’ 145341
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hStop accepting that if they’ve gotten away with it this long it’s too late for there to be consequences Stop acting like admitting to it after they’ve been caught is some sort of atonement 146429
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hStop preemptively forgiving sexual predators who’ve given no sign that they’re actually sorry Stop acting like platforms and audiences are something they have a right to and must keep if they just say they’re sorry 169085
Reposted by Pat McDermottJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hThis should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 72185585
Reposted by Pat McDermottIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 4hIn other Bolsonaro family news: Carlos (Jair's son) was elected senator, Michelle (Jair's wife) was elected senator, and Jair Renan (Jair's son) was elected as federal deputy. 14355127
Reposted by Pat McDermottIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 3hThe US (federal govt and corporations) has been meddling in Brazil's democracy and economy for a long time now, trying to tip the scales in favor of the far-right. bsky.app/profile/ians... 3285116
Reposted by Pat McDermottSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The illegal boat strikes began exactly one year ago today. The boat strikes weren’t really about stopping drugs. They were about testing for compliance to see who would obey illegal orders & purge objectors. Trump was normalizing his ability to smite anyone—like the angry God of the Old Testament.🧵 8513213
Reposted by Pat McDermottCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 3h🚨 30 DAYS TO GO! 📣 #NEWMEXICO Democrats need your help! --Donations go directly to candidates --Nothing donated via this page goes to me --Opt out of sharing email/phone w/the campaigns 📣 This page has COMPETITIVE & LONG SHOT districts! Donate today! #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/nmblu...secure.actblue.comChip in!Show your support with a contribution. 075
Reposted by Pat McDermottAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7hI really don't get it. Trump polls at like single digits across the world but then every country is like, but our right wing populist is different! 721121186
Reposted by Pat McDermottCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 3h🚨 30 DAYS TO GO! 📣 #NEWYORK Democrats need your help! --Donations go directly to the candidates --Nothing donated via this page goes to me --Opt out of sharing email/phone w/campaigns 📣 This page lists COMPETITIVE DISTRICTS. Donate today! #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/nyblu...secure.actblue.comChip in!Show your support with a contribution. 085
Reposted by Pat McDermottAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6hCatastrophe In Brazil with the far right surging State races, senate and congress races all going for the far right Presidential race going to a second round thankfully with bolsonaro’s son under 50 percent www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo... 29687218
Reposted by Pat McDermottCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 3h🚨 30 DAYS TO GO! 📣 #NEWYORK Democrats need your help! 🚨 This is an #UnlikelyHeroes page *deliberately* featuring Dems running in RED districts to boost statewide turnout & force Republicans to defend their turf. Donate today! #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/ny26h...secure.actblue.comChip in!Show your support with a contribution. 063
Reposted by Pat McDermottMarty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 3hAnd they're now making very different decisions without it." [5] 221916
Reposted by Pat McDermottMarty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 3hWould have been nice, I think, if Jan Greenberg had responded, as virtually any of us would have, that "For your information, virtually every woman I know made crucial life decisions--in the workplace, the bedroom, the doctor's office, deciding where to live, etc.--in reliance on Roe. ... [4] 229427
