Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
The GOP protects the guns and not the children. The GOP protects the pedophiles and not the children. I am so sick of Congress doing zero to protect us and our democracy.
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view profile on Bluesky Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
The GOP protects the guns and not the children. The GOP protects the pedophiles and not the children. I am so sick of Congress doing zero to protect us and our democracy.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
This is not what they signed up for, and this is total waste of their time and our tax $$.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
I. Can’t. Even.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Jesus Christ. If your credit isn’t frozen at all three bureaus, I would strongly consider doing that now
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
I live in Utah. I am beyond thrilled by this ruling. There are a lot of Democrats in this state who feel that they don’t have a voice due to gerrymandering. I’m hoping this evens the playing field a bit.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo. Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Everyone with half a brain can see through this BS.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Creepy stalker. He’s disgusting.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
The DOJ has the files and can release them anytime. Grand Jury testimony is secret and hardly ever released. The DOJ knows this, and they are just stalling and using a diversion tactic.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m surprised Trump didn’t offer Putin the deed to Alaska as a parting gift.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
OMG! There is no way the vet in the wheelchair was a threat to the man with the gun. The guy with the gun should be charged with attempted murder and locked up for life.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
In the UK, a simple majority vote of “no confidence” in Parliament can remove the PM at anytime. I wish we had such a simple removal system here.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Hoping his uneducated base will buy whatever he’s selling.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
End gerrymandering and end the electoral college. We need the voting rights act and automatic voter registration for every citizen when they turn 18.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Destroying Democracy in plain sight, one grift at a time.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s hard to wait for justice when the justice system is corrupt under this Administration.
News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) reposted
COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to? HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
How is this legal???!!!
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
WTF! I’m so sick of the abuse of our tax dollars going to her cosplay ridiculousness.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
You mean criminal? If he raped children it’s beyond embarrassing and disgusting. It’s criminal behavior.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
There was nearly 3 minutes missing, not 1 minute.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Confirming how he bankrupted a casino while distracting from the Epstein files.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
He is really a brilliant comic.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
So the rich and powerful get to decide what’s credible? That’s BS. Release ALL of the files and let the public decide.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Grand Jury transcripts are secret and typically never released. However, the DOJ has the list and can release it now.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
The Paramount - Skydance merger will be worthless if no one is watching. Independent media is doing to corporate media what independent music did to major labels back in the day. Fuck with the people at your own risk, oligarchs.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s now the Department of Injustice with the current AG.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
…and the paused cadence in his speech is annoying. He is more difficult to listen to than Schumer, and that’s saying a lot.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Cheating and gerrymandering in broad daylight.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow. Every time I think GOP members of Congress can’t sink lower, they do.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this real? OMG. 🤦🏻♀️💩
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Can you imagine if Biden or Obama did this?? I’m so disgusted. There is no dignity left in this WH.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
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Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers. Easy money, no risk. Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social)
How fitting that I am in Concord MA today, at the site of the shot heard around the world. It was clear then and now—America is no place for a tyrannical king.
Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) reposted
The Daily Show reminded us in the montage below how Netanyahu has LIED about the "imminent" threat of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons since 1995. Netanyahu has for years wanted US to bomb Iran. In Trump, Netanyahu simply found a moron who believed him:
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
You left out “weak” —a weak malignant despot…
Fred Wellman (@fpwellman.bsky.social) reposted
Trump just declared war on Iran unilaterally in a direct violation of the Constitution. The Republicans in Congress will just roll over and Fox News will cover his ass.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Sayed Naser served as a U.S. military interpreter in Afghanistan. Now he’s being deported. The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us. Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending? Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
These masked ICE guys are probably all of the J6 criminals that Trump pardoned.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Gov Gavin Newsom’s TikTok page is 🔥
Jim Acosta (@jimacosta.bsky.social) reposted
What happened to Senator Padilla is not homeland security. This is homeland fascism. This is homeland authoritarianism.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted
Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
If you haven’t heard of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove… you have now. When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥 @kamlager-dove.house.gov
Maggie Reed (@mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social) reposted
Tyranny, waste, fraud and abuse on the tax payers dime.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
He came to the US legally and was carefully vetted. He had no criminal record, and under the law, he should have received due process. Sending someone to CECOT based on a random interpretation of a tattoo is criminal.
Mario Nicolais (@marionicolais.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Exactly. @lincolnproject.us we created this short documentary with the help of law enforcement who were there. youtu.be/RYaHsPVhedI?...
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
We have been watching the greatest economic disaster from any American President in history. Fixed it.
❌👑 Bernadette🫘🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🟧💙🐈⬛ (@vintageknits.bsky.social) reposted
Rest in Peace. 🙏 🕊️ www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-fr...
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Got it. So in Trump world, 60 Minutes and the AP are frauds, but NewsMax and the MyPillow Guy’s network are legit news outlets.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
…and there are no words in all CAPS!!
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m so upset that I am missing this! I live in Utah, but I’m on a flight right now, otherwise I’d be there.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
And Dear Leader won his MAL golf championship again!
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) reposted
The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup! Taxation without representation.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social)
FOTUS golfs every week on taxpayer $-spending millions, and now he wants to waste $92 million more on a military parade for his birthday. This is North Korea dictator 💩.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Seems like this should’ve been a bigger deal. 🤷🏼♂️ www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Translation: “Small businesses can’t enrich me personally so I don’t care what happens to them” Says it all, really
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
This tracks with who Trump is and where his priorities lay. I’m amazed that he can golf with those bone spurs…or did they heal magically like his ear? No words.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social)
Outrageous!!
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s where we shop.
Steve Okino (@steveokino.bsky.social) reposted
Can we make America great again, please?
Brent Butt (@brentbutt.bsky.social) reposted
For those who don't have time to listen to the U.S. President's full announcement today, I summarize it below: Barely coherent horseshit.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
It was between the penguins and the Russians, and they decided on the penguins.
Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump regime has put a 10% tariff on the Heard Island and McDonald which is inhabited only by Penguins. The majestic Penguin has become the first nonhuman in history to enter a trade war with the United States.
Aaron Fritschner (@fritschner.bsky.social) reposted
List of countries not subjected to tariffs: Russia Belarus North Korea Cuba They apparently took the time to impose tariffs on several uninhabited islands, so the omissions are extra noteworthy. If you spot others please flag!
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
For Senate Republicans, their stance on Trump’s tariffs isn’t about the economy—it’s about self-preservation. Your survival? Your wallet? Your job? Isn’t what matters. They know these tariffs will hurt Americans—they’re just waiting to see how bad it gets.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m amazed he wasn’t invited to Waltz’s Signal chat.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
But the Speaker of the House is somehow blocking this legislation from going to the House floor for a vote. Now what?
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
(Politico) - Senators voted 51-48 Wednesday to reject the national emergency Trump declared earlier this year to justify his plan to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports. 🇨🇦 www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Russia was not on that long list. Hmmmm…right on brand for the traitor in the WH.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Waltz and Hegseth are dangerously incompetent and are threats to the safety of all Americans. They need to be removed from office immediately.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Not even remotely believable. No one spends $250 million on an expected losing proposition.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Shocking? No. Musk is not likable and most Americans do not want Oligarchs anywhere near our government.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
pro tip: if you can afford to blow $250 million on a losing campaign in Wisconsin, you can afford to pay a 90% top tax margin
The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted
The Trump meme coin is “probably the most massive corruption scandal in the history of the country,” Senator Chris Murphy says—and the lack of an uproar to it signalled “that we weren’t going to take the corruption seriously.” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted
It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted
Sen. Bill Cassidy, you violated the Hippocratic oath when you supported RFK Jr.'s nomination and you own this—and all the horrific consequences to come.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you @booker.senate.gov !
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social)
@booker.senate.gov Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Ooohhh…yes please!!
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
No…no you do not. Hard no. There is zero trust in his instincts.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social)
Cory Booker!! Thank you!!
BluewaveMaureen (@bluewavemaureen.bsky.social) reposted
Cory Booker this morning: "Twelve hours I've been standing and I'm still going strong because this president is wrong. And he's violating principles that we have here, principles that we have in this document... 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦?"
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social)
OMG.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a start. I appreciate his willingness to DO something. We need others in Congress to find their spines and stand up, speak up and DO something, too.
Patricia Kempton (@patriciakempton.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is like a fireman setting fires and then “weighing” whether to send help, all at the expense of our tax dollars. There’s some of the waste DOGE is looking for.