Pat Host
@pathost.bsky.social
Tennis lover, Latin American futbol fan. DC resident. Mass transit supporter and pedestrian advocate. Squash player. Press freedom backer. WMU grad.
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It's going to be incredible when World Cup travelers from developed nations with modern infrastructure, like Korea and Colombia and China and Turkey, land in Los Angeles/LAX and realize they've left civilization and it's not possible for them to arrive anywhere in less than two hours.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's going to be incredible when World Cup travelers from developed nations with modern infrastructure, like Korea and Colombia and China and Turkey, land in Los Angeles/LAX and realize they've left civilization and it's not possible for them to arrive anywhere in less than two hours.
DOD prime contractors just ran an ad during the SEC title game promoting "government funded research." Calls themselves United for Science
December 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
DOD prime contractors just ran an ad during the SEC title game promoting "government funded research." Calls themselves United for Science
World Cup match locations announced today and Amtrak prices for the east coast are already at max price for Brazil's first match at the Meadowlands on 6/13. Same for matches in Philly.
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
World Cup match locations announced today and Amtrak prices for the east coast are already at max price for Brazil's first match at the Meadowlands on 6/13. Same for matches in Philly.
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It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
I feel like the Post runs this story every week: "Venezuelan refugees hate Maduro and want Dump to take him out." What's new that we're learning with this weekly iteration of this story? Nothing.
News to these exiles: Venezuela is not a threat to US security
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
News to these exiles: Venezuela is not a threat to US security
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Why Miami’s Trump backers are clashing with the ‘America First’ wing over Venezuela
As Trump threatens strongman Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan and Cuban American supporters are urging the president to do whatever it takes to oust him.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I feel like the Post runs this story every week: "Venezuelan refugees hate Maduro and want Dump to take him out." What's new that we're learning with this weekly iteration of this story? Nothing.
News to these exiles: Venezuela is not a threat to US security
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
News to these exiles: Venezuela is not a threat to US security
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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NEW— DC Metropolitan Police just shared a tiny bit more body cam footage from the March US Institute of Peace raid in response to my FOIA lawsuit w/ @rcfp.org
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
NEW— DC Metropolitan Police just shared a tiny bit more body cam footage from the March US Institute of Peace raid in response to my FOIA lawsuit w/ @rcfp.org
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
@mayorbowser.dc.gov enabled this
NEW— DC Metropolitan Police just shared a tiny bit more body cam footage from the March US Institute of Peace raid in response to my FOIA lawsuit w/ @rcfp.org
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
@mayorbowser.dc.gov enabled this
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
Morning Edition filing a story on the social media popularity of quarter zip sweaters. God awful.
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Morning Edition filing a story on the social media popularity of quarter zip sweaters. God awful.
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I wrote this for the @nytimes.com: Scammers are calling seniors more than 50 times a day. Some who get scammed wind up with weird charges on their Medicare and mysterious packages on their porches
Medicare Scammers Are Calling Seniors 50 Times a Day, Trying to Trap Them
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I wrote this for the @nytimes.com: Scammers are calling seniors more than 50 times a day. Some who get scammed wind up with weird charges on their Medicare and mysterious packages on their porches
Only took 18 minutes for the drunk pedestrian trope to be raised on the 1A's hour long discussion of Vision Zero failures.
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Only took 18 minutes for the drunk pedestrian trope to be raised on the 1A's hour long discussion of Vision Zero failures.
No one in DC under the age of 40 would know about Sally Quinn if it wasn't for Washingtonian consistently writing about her
How do you recover from a particularly dark period in your life? Invite the queen of Washington hosting to a dinner party.
I Invited Sally Quinn to Judge My Dinner Party
How do you recover from a dark period in your life? Have the queen of Washington hosting over.
washingtonian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
No one in DC under the age of 40 would know about Sally Quinn if it wasn't for Washingtonian consistently writing about her
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Good morning to everyone who thinks car horns should be as loud inside the car as outside the car.
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Good morning to everyone who thinks car horns should be as loud inside the car as outside the car.
One thing that struck me immediately upon my return to DC is that in Sao Paulo, a city of 22m people and a metro system that carries at 4.5m on the subways alone, I didn't see one single AI ad there. On WMATA? Almost every ad is about AI.
"In a very short timeframe, AI has become the high-fructose corn syrup of the digital realm: It’s now in everything, even if you don’t want it there." www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
www.sfgate.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
One thing that struck me immediately upon my return to DC is that in Sao Paulo, a city of 22m people and a metro system that carries at 4.5m on the subways alone, I didn't see one single AI ad there. On WMATA? Almost every ad is about AI.
The sad but predictable irony that a man screaming loudest about traffic calming measures later kills a pedestrian with his dangerous driving. This story could be written in DC, where we cater transportation policy to the loudest screaming drivers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The sad but predictable irony that a man screaming loudest about traffic calming measures later kills a pedestrian with his dangerous driving. This story could be written in DC, where we cater transportation policy to the loudest screaming drivers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
What are these people thinking? They need to show some backbone and put people over profits.
Sincerely,
Gretchen Whitmer
Sincerely,
Gretchen Whitmer
All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
What are these people thinking? They need to show some backbone and put people over profits.
Sincerely,
Gretchen Whitmer
Sincerely,
Gretchen Whitmer
@metrobusinfo.bsky.social busETA website is giving me "504 Gateway Time-out" message
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@metrobusinfo.bsky.social busETA website is giving me "504 Gateway Time-out" message
Today in my return to @wmatagm.bsky.social 's third rate transit system
* 20 minute wait for NB D5X at McP Sq.
* Massive delays on rail going north at Mt V Sq.
* D50 bus ghost buses at Irving with 1 min remaining. Now 14 min to the next bus
Still doing a bang up job, Randy
* 20 minute wait for NB D5X at McP Sq.
* Massive delays on rail going north at Mt V Sq.
* D50 bus ghost buses at Irving with 1 min remaining. Now 14 min to the next bus
Still doing a bang up job, Randy
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today in my return to @wmatagm.bsky.social 's third rate transit system
* 20 minute wait for NB D5X at McP Sq.
* Massive delays on rail going north at Mt V Sq.
* D50 bus ghost buses at Irving with 1 min remaining. Now 14 min to the next bus
Still doing a bang up job, Randy
* 20 minute wait for NB D5X at McP Sq.
* Massive delays on rail going north at Mt V Sq.
* D50 bus ghost buses at Irving with 1 min remaining. Now 14 min to the next bus
Still doing a bang up job, Randy
Back in DC. I see drivers are still big mad that their ultra subsidized temporary personal storage space has not been returned to them as fast as they'd like.
After restaurant pushback, D.C. likely to change streatery rules
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
After restaurant pushback, D.C. likely to change streatery rules
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
After restaurant pushback, D.C. likely to change streatery rules
Some restaurateurs have said they can’t afford to comply with the city’s new program.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Back in DC. I see drivers are still big mad that their ultra subsidized temporary personal storage space has not been returned to them as fast as they'd like.
After restaurant pushback, D.C. likely to change streatery rules
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
After restaurant pushback, D.C. likely to change streatery rules
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Hell yes. That's my mayor
This is quite a contrast to Mayor Bowser’s capitulation to Trump, from erasing Black Lives Matter Plaza to ordering indefinite collaboration between MPD and federal agents who are trampling on our rights.
#byebowser
#byebowser
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Hell yes. That's my mayor
Props to United for providing adequate a/c for boarding our flight. Unlike GRU Airport, which, despite being located in a tropical location, chooses to provide minimal a/c for its customers.
December 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Props to United for providing adequate a/c for boarding our flight. Unlike GRU Airport, which, despite being located in a tropical location, chooses to provide minimal a/c for its customers.
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John Roberts moaned operatically that prosecuting the president for doing crimes would deprive us of his bold and vigorous leadership bsky.app/profile/chri...
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
John Roberts moaned operatically that prosecuting the president for doing crimes would deprive us of his bold and vigorous leadership bsky.app/profile/chri...
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I wrote about Bari Weiss newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Bari Weiss’s Big Secret Is That She’s Boring
The “contrarian” journalist’s new vision for CBS News appears to just mean reinventing Crossfire.
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote about Bari Weiss newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Thank you, Dave. You're 100% right
1) It's a lie that the Nat Guard is here to fight crime
2) It's a lie that DC was hell on earth before their arrival
3) It's a lie that military occupation makes a city safer. It actually just amps up the specter of violence
4) Truth? They want to occupy our cities. That's it. tinyurl.com/2456cc46
2) It's a lie that DC was hell on earth before their arrival
3) It's a lie that military occupation makes a city safer. It actually just amps up the specter of violence
4) Truth? They want to occupy our cities. That's it. tinyurl.com/2456cc46
After the DC National Guard Shooting Comes the Big Lie
West Virginia’s governor, Patrick Morrisey, is inventing reasons for the National Guard to occupy Washington, DC. We cannot let his outrageous fabrications take hold.
tinyurl.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Thank you, Dave. You're 100% right