Patterico
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May every day be another wonderful secret.
Music I wrote: http://is.gd/mangledgrapes
My newsletter: http://patterico.substack.com
May every day be another wonderful secret.
ChatGPT to the rescue
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
ChatGPT to the rescue
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November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I have a piece up today at Quillette, that analyzes the cancel culture frenzy that the right has engaged in since the murder of Charlie Kirk, and the way Trump has used government power to stamp out opposition. Here are some excerpts to whet your appetite. quillette.com/2025/09/20/t...
September 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I have a piece up today at Quillette, that analyzes the cancel culture frenzy that the right has engaged in since the murder of Charlie Kirk, and the way Trump has used government power to stamp out opposition. Here are some excerpts to whet your appetite. quillette.com/2025/09/20/t...
If I am sent to Hell, my greatest punishment would be if the Devil refused to let me watch Trump and Rubio roasting there too
July 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If I am sent to Hell, my greatest punishment would be if the Devil refused to let me watch Trump and Rubio roasting there too
Let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction that she doesn’t know what she’s doing. She’s knows exactly what she’s doing.
July 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction that she doesn’t know what she’s doing. She’s knows exactly what she’s doing.
It gets wearying to feel the need to make fun of people like this. At a certain point you just want to say
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It gets wearying to feel the need to make fun of people like this. At a certain point you just want to say
Hundreds of people disappeared to CECOT without process would like to have a word.
July 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hundreds of people disappeared to CECOT without process would like to have a word.
Wow. Does this mean Michael G. Kozak made false statements under oath?
July 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wow. Does this mean Michael G. Kozak made false statements under oath?
For anyone who thinks I am being unfair to Isgur, below is her exact quote criticizing Reuveni for not evading the judge's question at least four times. I chalk it up to her background as a political operative, where such advice is common. patterico.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
June 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
For anyone who thinks I am being unfair to Isgur, below is her exact quote criticizing Reuveni for not evading the judge's question at least four times. I chalk it up to her background as a political operative, where such advice is common. patterico.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Also in the section for paid subscribers: an analogy for Game of Thrones fans in which Olenna Tyrell drafts an executive order targeting Joffrey. Yes, good and evil is reversed here from real life, but the concept ("I want x to know it was me") is the same.
May 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Also in the section for paid subscribers: an analogy for Game of Thrones fans in which Olenna Tyrell drafts an executive order targeting Joffrey. Yes, good and evil is reversed here from real life, but the concept ("I want x to know it was me") is the same.
From the section for paid subscribers: I whack the baseball head guy, with whom I used to be friends, for not only botching legal analysis (which is fine) but for aggressively attacking my integrity over it. And I do so in great detail, with screenshots.
May 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
From the section for paid subscribers: I whack the baseball head guy, with whom I used to be friends, for not only botching legal analysis (which is fine) but for aggressively attacking my integrity over it. And I do so in great detail, with screenshots.
Another sample: what is Trump really up to with the refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia? I have a theory! And it's not just about immigration.
May 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Another sample: what is Trump really up to with the refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia? I have a theory! And it's not just about immigration.
Sample: pushback against Sarah Isgur's criticism of a DOJ lawyer (later fired) who told the truth in court the moment the judge asked. Isgur, a former political consultant, wanted him to evade the question four times before finally answering.
May 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sample: pushback against Sarah Isgur's criticism of a DOJ lawyer (later fired) who told the truth in court the moment the judge asked. Isgur, a former political consultant, wanted him to evade the question four times before finally answering.
Pam Bondi is a walking violation of the DOJ manual on media contacts. t.co/HTlATCflOr
April 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pam Bondi is a walking violation of the DOJ manual on media contacts. t.co/HTlATCflOr
Andy helped make all this our new reality. He can take his sanctimonious criticism and stuff it. www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/the-...
February 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Andy helped make all this our new reality. He can take his sanctimonious criticism and stuff it. www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/the-...
How did it play out? The DA filed suit and is reputed to have collected $800,000 in settlement. which made it possible for him to retire comfortably. Another DA took a retaliation case to trial and collected $1.5 million. I expect DOJ lawyers to have similarly strong lawsuits and to collect big. /2
February 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
How did it play out? The DA filed suit and is reputed to have collected $800,000 in settlement. which made it possible for him to retire comfortably. Another DA took a retaliation case to trial and collected $1.5 million. I expect DOJ lawyers to have similarly strong lawsuits and to collect big. /2
Thursday Night Massacre at the Department of Justice, as multiple senior attorneys resign because they cannot ethically move to dismiss the Eric Adams case for the patently corrupt reasons offered by Trump’s stooge. www.reuters.com/world/us/man...
February 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Thursday Night Massacre at the Department of Justice, as multiple senior attorneys resign because they cannot ethically move to dismiss the Eric Adams case for the patently corrupt reasons offered by Trump’s stooge. www.reuters.com/world/us/man...
This man is helping RFK Jr. pick HHS candidates for top positions, and has tried to get the polio and hepatitis B vaccines removed.
But don’t worry! There will be sound leadership at the top: RFK Jr., and Donald Trump, who recently said he trusts RFK Jr. on vaccines.
But don’t worry! There will be sound leadership at the top: RFK Jr., and Donald Trump, who recently said he trusts RFK Jr. on vaccines.
December 13, 2024 at 3:43 PM
This man is helping RFK Jr. pick HHS candidates for top positions, and has tried to get the polio and hepatitis B vaccines removed.
But don’t worry! There will be sound leadership at the top: RFK Jr., and Donald Trump, who recently said he trusts RFK Jr. on vaccines.
But don’t worry! There will be sound leadership at the top: RFK Jr., and Donald Trump, who recently said he trusts RFK Jr. on vaccines.
I understood Jack Goldsmith to argue the opposite: that had Wray forced Trump to fire him, it would have narrowed Trump's ability to replace Wray under the FVRA. (Also, why can't Trump use (a)(1) to name Patel first assistant? Can't he be so named after the resignation?) x.com/jacklgoldsmi...
December 13, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I understood Jack Goldsmith to argue the opposite: that had Wray forced Trump to fire him, it would have narrowed Trump's ability to replace Wray under the FVRA. (Also, why can't Trump use (a)(1) to name Patel first assistant? Can't he be so named after the resignation?) x.com/jacklgoldsmi...
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social, in an interview of Jay Bhattacharya that you linked in your excellent COVID piece, I noticed this interesting detail: as he argued lockdowns were harmful, he also complained that only the laptop class was able to “stay home and stay safe”? Wait, staying home was safer? 😮
December 11, 2024 at 7:21 AM
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social, in an interview of Jay Bhattacharya that you linked in your excellent COVID piece, I noticed this interesting detail: as he argued lockdowns were harmful, he also complained that only the laptop class was able to “stay home and stay safe”? Wait, staying home was safer? 😮
Compare this passage from my piece in May (first two screenshots) with a passage from an ABC News article about the case (third screenshot)
abcnews.go.com/US/daniel-pe...
abcnews.go.com/US/daniel-pe...
December 7, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Compare this passage from my piece in May (first two screenshots) with a passage from an ABC News article about the case (third screenshot)
abcnews.go.com/US/daniel-pe...
abcnews.go.com/US/daniel-pe...
Receipts on predicting this utterly ridiculous nomination.
December 1, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Receipts on predicting this utterly ridiculous nomination.
In some places, just for transfer.
I’m sure the women assaulted at a women’s prison in New Jersey due to lax policies on transferring claimed transgenders will be relieved to know you don’t consider their victimization to be a valid concern.
I’m sure the women assaulted at a women’s prison in New Jersey due to lax policies on transferring claimed transgenders will be relieved to know you don’t consider their victimization to be a valid concern.
November 28, 2024 at 9:38 PM
In some places, just for transfer.
I’m sure the women assaulted at a women’s prison in New Jersey due to lax policies on transferring claimed transgenders will be relieved to know you don’t consider their victimization to be a valid concern.
I’m sure the women assaulted at a women’s prison in New Jersey due to lax policies on transferring claimed transgenders will be relieved to know you don’t consider their victimization to be a valid concern.
Even if all you say is true, I have bad news: many prisoners are indeed clueless.
November 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Even if all you say is true, I have bad news: many prisoners are indeed clueless.