MJ
@mjpetrivelli.bsky.social
Progressive christian of the ELCA variety, news and political junkie, 40+ years in SoCal. Penn State, Syracuse, San Diego State. My desire to be well informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane. 🚫DM 🚫porn 🚫crypto
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A federal judge ordered tRump’s name off the Kennedy Center and blocked the closure. His board just voted to do both anyway. 🙄 Like the court order was just a suggestion. Absolute disregard for the law.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Kennedy Center votes to restore Trump's name and close for 2 years, challenging a judge's order
The battle over the Kennedy Center’s future is escalating. President Donald Trump’s allies on the board voted on Thursday to add his name to the building’s facade so it would read “The John F.
apnews.com
August 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
A federal judge ordered tRump’s name off the Kennedy Center and blocked the closure. His board just voted to do both anyway. 🙄 Like the court order was just a suggestion. Absolute disregard for the law.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
May 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Colin Jost’s Hegseth is at the level of Tina Fey’s Palin.
May 3, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Colin Jost’s Hegseth is at the level of Tina Fey’s Palin.
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America First mentality demands our country return to a time when white men had all the power & rights.
It has brought us a renewed war against books, women's rights, public schools, voting rights, and free speech.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
It has brought us a renewed war against books, women's rights, public schools, voting rights, and free speech.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
April 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
America First mentality demands our country return to a time when white men had all the power & rights.
It has brought us a renewed war against books, women's rights, public schools, voting rights, and free speech.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
It has brought us a renewed war against books, women's rights, public schools, voting rights, and free speech.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
Tuned into the #nerdprom to check out the program and attire, only to be sucked into the coverage of the shooting. Dude! I just want to have a glass of wine and watch mindless shit tonight!
April 26, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Tuned into the #nerdprom to check out the program and attire, only to be sucked into the coverage of the shooting. Dude! I just want to have a glass of wine and watch mindless shit tonight!
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The lies and corruption never end with these people.
April 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The lies and corruption never end with these people.
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I've followed Mr Robinson for a long time. He is the real deal & can beat Looney Luna. No PAC or AIPAC money. Grassroots. Truth teller. Teacher. Listener.
Please support brandtforcongress.com
And FL, let's flip this seat to save Democracy.
#voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
#DemsUnited
#DV1
#sheshed
Please support brandtforcongress.com
And FL, let's flip this seat to save Democracy.
#voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
#DemsUnited
#DV1
#sheshed
April 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I've followed Mr Robinson for a long time. He is the real deal & can beat Looney Luna. No PAC or AIPAC money. Grassroots. Truth teller. Teacher. Listener.
Please support brandtforcongress.com
And FL, let's flip this seat to save Democracy.
#voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
#DemsUnited
#DV1
#sheshed
Please support brandtforcongress.com
And FL, let's flip this seat to save Democracy.
#voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
#DemsUnited
#DV1
#sheshed
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Asked why striking Iran’s bridges and power plants wouldn’t be a war crime, Trump said: “They’re animals.”
Dehumanizing an entire civilian population is not a legal defense. Every authoritarian who targeted civilians said something like this first.
Each day he sinks lower than thought possible 😡
Dehumanizing an entire civilian population is not a legal defense. Every authoritarian who targeted civilians said something like this first.
Each day he sinks lower than thought possible 😡
April 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Asked why striking Iran’s bridges and power plants wouldn’t be a war crime, Trump said: “They’re animals.”
Dehumanizing an entire civilian population is not a legal defense. Every authoritarian who targeted civilians said something like this first.
Each day he sinks lower than thought possible 😡
Dehumanizing an entire civilian population is not a legal defense. Every authoritarian who targeted civilians said something like this first.
Each day he sinks lower than thought possible 😡
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Hey OHIO:
Today 4/6 is the last day to register to vote or check & update your voter registration for the 2026 Ohio primary (5/5/2026)
OH Voter Lookup: voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup....
Today 4/6 is the last day to register to vote or check & update your voter registration for the 2026 Ohio primary (5/5/2026)
OH Voter Lookup: voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup....
April 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Hey OHIO:
Today 4/6 is the last day to register to vote or check & update your voter registration for the 2026 Ohio primary (5/5/2026)
OH Voter Lookup: voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup....
Today 4/6 is the last day to register to vote or check & update your voter registration for the 2026 Ohio primary (5/5/2026)
OH Voter Lookup: voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup....
Tiger Woods does not deserve anyone's sympathy. He's a grown ass man who decided to get behind the wheel of a car under the influence YET AGAIN and endangered the lives of others. You do not, in fact, have to feel sorry for him. It was stupid, selfish, and irresponsible.
March 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Jane Fonda has relaunched @1acommittee.bsky.social, originally formed by her father Henry Fonda during the McCarthy era.
"This administration is moving fast," she says of Trump's crackdown on dissent. "We have to do everything we can to stop what's happening before it becomes the norm."
"This administration is moving fast," she says of Trump's crackdown on dissent. "We have to do everything we can to stop what's happening before it becomes the norm."
October 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Jane Fonda has relaunched @1acommittee.bsky.social, originally formed by her father Henry Fonda during the McCarthy era.
"This administration is moving fast," she says of Trump's crackdown on dissent. "We have to do everything we can to stop what's happening before it becomes the norm."
"This administration is moving fast," she says of Trump's crackdown on dissent. "We have to do everything we can to stop what's happening before it becomes the norm."
I dont know if anyone will see this, but I’m breaking my Social Media fast to ask those of you who are the praying sort to say prayers of healing for the adult daughter of dear friends. She had a terrible accident while doing something she loves. The next 3-5 days are critical. Thank you.
July 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I dont know if anyone will see this, but I’m breaking my Social Media fast to ask those of you who are the praying sort to say prayers of healing for the adult daughter of dear friends. She had a terrible accident while doing something she loves. The next 3-5 days are critical. Thank you.
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Let’s
Fu@$ing go, California!
Fu@$ing go, California!
Reminder that California subsidizes red states.
June 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Let’s
Fu@$ing go, California!
Fu@$ing go, California!
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“I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.” Senator Margaret Chase Smith, June 1, 1950.
I am sorry to report this is what has happened. 🙁
I am sorry to report this is what has happened. 🙁
June 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.” Senator Margaret Chase Smith, June 1, 1950.
I am sorry to report this is what has happened. 🙁
I am sorry to report this is what has happened. 🙁
JFC Scott Jennings is awful. Watching him on @realtimers.bsky.social , so that’s really saying something.
May 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
JFC Scott Jennings is awful. Watching him on @realtimers.bsky.social , so that’s really saying something.
How many more? I’ve run out of adjectives to describe how evil this is.
NEW from @joshgerstein.bsky.social: You’ve heard of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Now meet the second man erroneously deported to El Salvador in violation of a legal settlement: Daniel Lozano-Camargo.
Until now, he’d only been identified by a pseudonym in court. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Until now, he’d only been identified by a pseudonym in court. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
How many more? I’ve run out of adjectives to describe how evil this is.
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
Grotesque.
1/ The SSA was just moved to X for official updates—because DOGE teens slashed comms staff. Only 138,000 follow SSA on X. Meanwhile, 73 million rely on benefits. Most are seniors, not social media users. This isn’t modernization—it’s Muskification.
federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-overs...
federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-overs...
SSA shifts to X posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff
SSA is once again walking back plans that would have limited the agency's level of phone support to beneficiaries.
federalnewsnetwork.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Grotesque.
