Patrick
@antellopy.bsky.social
Cat & Dog rescuer. Old Army (RA), Disabled Veteran, Conservative hippie. I believe in peace, love and the death penalty-- especially for public officials who abuse their office.Live in Texas, heart still in Pittsburgh. Mostly Democrat.
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‘The mood is miserable’: Inside Kash Patel’s chaotic FBI (The Telegraph)
Early on Hallowe’en mornin...
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November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Trump takes credit for honor he did not win (Knewz)
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November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Cities Wage War On Churches Feeding The Homeless Just In Time For Thanksgiving (Daily Caller)
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November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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By virtue of his magic bone spurs and anyone who can't accept that must bè fake scientists.
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Trump takes credit for honor he did not win (Knewz)
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November 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
By virtue of his magic bone spurs and anyone who can't accept that must bè fake scientists.
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The US Navy Can't Find Workers To Build Warships, And It's Pretty Clear Why (SlashGear)
The United States operates one of the world's most powerful navies, yet the industry responsible for building America's warships is struggling to attract wor...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Because the Criminal Republican administration must be stopped.
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Concerns grow about the coherence and stability of Trump's leadership approach (AlterNet)
This was always going to be one of the most dangerous junctures of Donald Trump’s godawful second term, though I admit it arrived a bit earlier than expected...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Because the Criminal Republican administration must be stopped.
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Trump has declared war on the American Way and there's only one way to fix it (AlterNet)
I’ve been feeling something unusual these past few weeks: optimism.
Not naïve optimism or the kind that ignores danger, but the real kind that arrives when y...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Donald Trump didn't count on Mark Kelly fighting back | Opinion (USA Today)
You would think serving as secretary of Defense would keep Pete Hegseth pretty busy, what with President Donald Trump's eagerness for hostilities with Venezu...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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An Anatomy of the MAGA Mind (The Atlantic)
“In the United States at this time,” the critic Lionel Trillingwrote in 1950, “liberalism is not only the dominant but even...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Paxton is a poster boy for all the worst of Republicans.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues a second state agency over rules he says discriminate on religious grounds (The Texas Tribune)
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback.Attorney General Ken Paxtonis suin...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Paxton is a poster boy for all the worst of Republicans.
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Read "‘His Mind Is Toast!’: Trump’s Rage Posting Gets So Sloppy He Promotes His Own Impeachment — and Leavitt’s Practically Gasping for Air Trying to Clean It Up" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6EJrsPbW/8...
‘His Mind Is Toast!’: Trump’s Rage Posting Gets So Sloppy He Promotes His Own Impeachment — and Leavitt’s Practically Gasping for Air Trying to Clean It Up (Atlanta Black Star)
President Donald Trump set off a political earthquake Monday morning after rage-posting so frantically that he accidentally boosted a post calling for his ow...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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‘These People Who Hate America’: Trump Demands New Gerrymander in Off-the-Rails Marathon Rant (Mediaite)
AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaPresident Donald Trumpdemanded that Indiana Republicans commit to a mid-decade gerrymandering effort to help Republicans hold on ...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Treason?
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‘Just Staggering’: Trump Aide’s Leaked Phone Call With Putin Advisor Stuns Pundits (Mediaite)
Credit: Dmitry Azarov/Kommersant Photo/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)Bloomberg News stunned the political world on Tuesday by releasing the leaked transcript o...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Treason?
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A Drunk fool who has no clue that refusing to obey an unlawful order is trained into every member of the military. Or at least it was before this administration.
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Hegseth orders Navy to review Kelly complaint by Dec. 10 (The Hill)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. Navy to complete by early next month a review of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) complaint against Sen. Mar...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A Drunk fool who has no clue that refusing to obey an unlawful order is trained into every member of the military. Or at least it was before this administration.
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Hegseth is worthless.
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Pete Hegseth's Trolling Of Mark Kelly Gets The Social Media Response It Deserves (HuffPost)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to troll Sen. Mark Kelly after the Pentagon announced on Monday it would be investigating the Arizona Democrat caus...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hegseth is worthless.
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Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters (ProPublica)
As the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet intensified in June, a nurse in Portland, Oregon, left work one midafternoon and drove to a nearby detentio...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces' (NPR)
The century-old partnership between the U.S. military and Scouting could be coming to an end.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the militar...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Trump Suffers Humiliating Third Legal Loss in as Many Hours (The New Republic)
Donald Trump is on a legal losing streak.
The president’s defamation lawsuit against The Guardian fell apart Monday when a Florida judge granted motions to d...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Departing DOJ Staffers Warn of ‘Irreversible Damage' Trump Is Doing (The Daily Beast)
A wave of former Justice Department employees is reportedly leaving behind more than just empty seats, revealing a glimpse of life in...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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MAGA evangelicals have 'coopted' Jesus and turned Christianity into an 'absurd farce': analysis (AlterNet)
President Donald Trump’s "wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the MAGA evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hat...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Savage Trump cancels Biden's turkey pardons in huge Thanksgiving humiliation (Daily Express US)
As President Donald Trump and first lady Melania hosted the sacred and historic American Turkey Pardoning ceremony at the White House, he went off script in ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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'Flatly false': Trump admin lied to judge about Costa Rica's willingness to accept Abrego Garcia, filing says (Law&Crime)
Left: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, speaks in a hotel restau...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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In the U.S., Nothing Says Human Rights Abuse Like Ensuring Reproductive Freedom! (Jezebel)
Do you live in a country with a government that helps to subsidize abortion, has a viable route for incoming immigrants, or that has any kind of diversity, e...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Officials sound alarm after more than 20 factories receive shipment of dangerous containers: 'If America hadn't detected it, we wouldn't have known' (The Cool Down)
Although there's still roughly month to go, 2025 has produced so many bizarre headlines that strange news can be quickly forgotten.
For example, on Aug. 18, ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Damning Leaked Figures Show ICE Barbie Is Failing to Arrest the ‘Worst of the Worst' (The Daily Beast)
Leaked Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show that nearly three-quarters of detainees have no criminal conviction, underminin...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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