Patrick Baker
@pbjmbaker.bsky.social
US expat living in Ecuador. Son of immigrant ancestors. Semiretired technology consultant for older adults. Father, husband, traveler, and cat dad. El Señor Jorge rules.
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Today’s Daily Blast pod with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @monicapotts.bsky.social spotlights GOP desperation and dim prospects for the midterms. They discuss how radioactive ACA subsidies are for the GOP, how Trump won’t produce a viable alternative, and how for-profit corporatized healthcare
Why Republicans in Congress Hate Trump’s Health Care Plan
The House GOP revolted after details of the plan leaked over the weekend. Now its status is unclear.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today’s Daily Blast pod with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @monicapotts.bsky.social spotlights GOP desperation and dim prospects for the midterms. They discuss how radioactive ACA subsidies are for the GOP, how Trump won’t produce a viable alternative, and how for-profit corporatized healthcare
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25 November 1942 | A transport of some 2,000 Jewish men, women, and children deported from the ghetto in Grodno arrived at #Auschwitz.
After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.
After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.
Video history | Temporary gas chambers at Auschwitz II-Birkenau
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
25 November 1942 | A transport of some 2,000 Jewish men, women, and children deported from the ghetto in Grodno arrived at #Auschwitz.
After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.
After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.
An excellent discussion with @davidkurtz.bsky.social of the lawless Trump regime’s absolute bungling of his vindictive prosecutions, and Hegseth’s half baked attempt to court martial Senator Mark Kelly. As they said, we clearly need a post-Watergate style course correction in our legal system.
On this pod:
-why restoring rule of law after Trump will be so challenging
-the need for a post-Trump reckoning that rivals what happened after abuses of Vietnam/Watergate
-why Trump's effort to get revenge on Sen Mark Kelly is so deeply corrupt
@davidkurtz.bsky.social is very good throughout:
-why restoring rule of law after Trump will be so challenging
-the need for a post-Trump reckoning that rivals what happened after abuses of Vietnam/Watergate
-why Trump's effort to get revenge on Sen Mark Kelly is so deeply corrupt
@davidkurtz.bsky.social is very good throughout:
Trump's prosecutions of Comey and Letitia James fell apart precisely because he ousted career prosecutors who insisted on following facts and law. His installation of a pliant stooge is what blew up in his face.
On the pod, @davidkurtz.bsky.social is great on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
On the pod, @davidkurtz.bsky.social is great on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
An excellent discussion with @davidkurtz.bsky.social of the lawless Trump regime’s absolute bungling of his vindictive prosecutions, and Hegseth’s half baked attempt to court martial Senator Mark Kelly. As they said, we clearly need a post-Watergate style course correction in our legal system.
Taps the sign for Whiskey Pete.
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Taps the sign for Whiskey Pete.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social has a very detailed breakdown of the so-called peace plan for Ukraine that was apparently written by Russia and involved dim bulb Steve Witkoff and dishonest sleaze Jared Kushner. This “plan” should be utterly rejected by the Ukrainians.
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social has a very detailed breakdown of the so-called peace plan for Ukraine that was apparently written by Russia and involved dim bulb Steve Witkoff and dishonest sleaze Jared Kushner. This “plan” should be utterly rejected by the Ukrainians.
As an English major, I approve of this trend. ❤️✊🏼🎓
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As an English major, I approve of this trend. ❤️✊🏼🎓
Xitter: a cesspool of AI, bot, and troll driven bullshit, fueled by a megalomaniacal, drug addled moron suffering from Smartest Guy in the Room syndrome. Self-respecting, non-sensational journalists need to use other sources for accurate reporting. I closed my account when dufus bought the company.
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Xitter: a cesspool of AI, bot, and troll driven bullshit, fueled by a megalomaniacal, drug addled moron suffering from Smartest Guy in the Room syndrome. Self-respecting, non-sensational journalists need to use other sources for accurate reporting. I closed my account when dufus bought the company.
Excellent discussion today with @amandamarcotte.bsky.social on the media waking up to Trump’s weaknesses. The media and elites need to read the tea leaves more closely. The people are done with fascist ICE raids on our cities and towns, and the rank corruption of the regime and corporate stooges.
"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Excellent discussion today with @amandamarcotte.bsky.social on the media waking up to Trump’s weaknesses. The media and elites need to read the tea leaves more closely. The people are done with fascist ICE raids on our cities and towns, and the rank corruption of the regime and corporate stooges.
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 In June 1979, suburban Pennsylvania erupted. Cars burned, businesses looted, police injured. This wasn’t Philly or NYC — it was Levittown, the model suburb of the American Dream. Pull up a 🪑. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 In June 1979, suburban Pennsylvania erupted. Cars burned, businesses looted, police injured. This wasn’t Philly or NYC — it was Levittown, the model suburb of the American Dream. Pull up a 🪑. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 In June 1979, suburban Pennsylvania erupted. Cars burned, businesses looted, police injured. This wasn’t Philly or NYC — it was Levittown, the model suburb of the American Dream. Pull up a 🪑. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 In June 1979, suburban Pennsylvania erupted. Cars burned, businesses looted, police injured. This wasn’t Philly or NYC — it was Levittown, the model suburb of the American Dream. Pull up a 🪑. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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Hey MAGA, if MTG can leave, what's stopping you? Here is Miss MAGA herself, and to her credit, stood with the Epstein victims despite Trump's initial reluctance to release the files. He called her a traitor.
But anyway...
So long, Sporkfoot. 👋🏾😁
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
But anyway...
So long, Sporkfoot. 👋🏾😁
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
After break with Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign
Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an "America First" conservative who has clashed with President Trump and her party, said Friday she would resign from Congress Jan. 5, 2026.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hey MAGA, if MTG can leave, what's stopping you? Here is Miss MAGA herself, and to her credit, stood with the Epstein victims despite Trump's initial reluctance to release the files. He called her a traitor.
But anyway...
So long, Sporkfoot. 👋🏾😁
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
But anyway...
So long, Sporkfoot. 👋🏾😁
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 One of the first things Trump did when he returned to the Presidency was bring back the portrait of Andrew Jackson to the Oval Office. Why? They have a lot in common.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/trum...
🧵 One of the first things Trump did when he returned to the Presidency was bring back the portrait of Andrew Jackson to the Oval Office. Why? They have a lot in common.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/trum...
Trump and Jackson: Two Power Grabbers, but with a Difference
Trump is self-serving, while Jackson used his power to advance democracy.
www.historynewsnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 One of the first things Trump did when he returned to the Presidency was bring back the portrait of Andrew Jackson to the Oval Office. Why? They have a lot in common.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/trum...
🧵 One of the first things Trump did when he returned to the Presidency was bring back the portrait of Andrew Jackson to the Oval Office. Why? They have a lot in common.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/trum...
“We are so fuuuuucked!!!” 😹😹😹
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“We are so fuuuuucked!!!” 😹😹😹
@hcrichardson.bsky.social’s biweekly Politics Chat is required viewing for an in-depth analysis of current political events. Noteworthy quotes from this episode:
“The Republicans have a Nazi problem.”
“These people are freaking incompetent.”
www.youtube.com/live/0cJlnnR...
“The Republicans have a Nazi problem.”
“These people are freaking incompetent.”
www.youtube.com/live/0cJlnnR...
Politics Chat, November 20, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social’s biweekly Politics Chat is required viewing for an in-depth analysis of current political events. Noteworthy quotes from this episode:
“The Republicans have a Nazi problem.”
“These people are freaking incompetent.”
www.youtube.com/live/0cJlnnR...
“The Republicans have a Nazi problem.”
“These people are freaking incompetent.”
www.youtube.com/live/0cJlnnR...
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See, this is where racism and the belief of superiority over others makes White men like these two plot shyt like this.
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Two Texas men charged in shocking plot to invade Haitian island
Prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to invade Haiti’s Gonave Island, kill its male residents and enslave women and children. (Credit: FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth)
www.yahoo.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
See, this is where racism and the belief of superiority over others makes White men like these two plot shyt like this.
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Thanks for sharing @gregsargent.bsky.social. Excellent article @aselrod.bsky.social. Carlson’s and Fuentes’ sick comments underscore how and why they and their followers are radioactive to women. Megyn Kelly’s indefensible comments about young girls for clicks and views are disgusting.
In this piece, @aselrod.bsky.social reminds us that Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson are trafficking in the vilest forms of male supremacy and are flourishing as huge stars on the right, so there's clearly a huge following for that sort of depravity:
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Thanks for sharing @gregsargent.bsky.social. Excellent article @aselrod.bsky.social. Carlson’s and Fuentes’ sick comments underscore how and why they and their followers are radioactive to women. Megyn Kelly’s indefensible comments about young girls for clicks and views are disgusting.
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When America celebrates its 250th birthday next year, it's a sure bet that all of the TV specials and programs will broadcast the whitewashed version of the country's history.
Of course.
250 years of lies continues.🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
Of course.
250 years of lies continues.🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When America celebrates its 250th birthday next year, it's a sure bet that all of the TV specials and programs will broadcast the whitewashed version of the country's history.
Of course.
250 years of lies continues.🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
Of course.
250 years of lies continues.🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
@gregsargent.bsky.social’s conversation with Rep Houlahan is required listening. I agree with Greg: if Piggy’s threats against MOCs aren’t an impeachable offense, what are? Where are the Republican denunciations? They all took the oath to defend the constitution too!
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
@gregsargent.bsky.social’s conversation with Rep Houlahan is required listening. I agree with Greg: if Piggy’s threats against MOCs aren’t an impeachable offense, what are? Where are the Republican denunciations? They all took the oath to defend the constitution too!
Time to pick a fucking side. #FoxtrotDeltaTango
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Time to pick a fucking side. #FoxtrotDeltaTango
Piggy’s Department of Education and GOP incels are actively working to declassify professional women’s degrees and lowering the maximum student loan levels to make those degrees unaffordable. They want women barefoot and pregnant. Contact your MOC and raise hell! 🔥🔥🔥
Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)
Just in case it had escaped your attention. The MAGA campaign for barefoot and pregnant with a dash of housework and meal preparation for the man in your life has begun.
With thanks to The Mogul Soci...
substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Piggy’s Department of Education and GOP incels are actively working to declassify professional women’s degrees and lowering the maximum student loan levels to make those degrees unaffordable. They want women barefoot and pregnant. Contact your MOC and raise hell! 🔥🔥🔥
WTAF?! Piggy needs to calm TF down.
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
WTAF?! Piggy needs to calm TF down.
Excellent pod today @gregsargent.bsky.social and @timothynoah.bsky.social. The clip of Piggy derisively saying the “new” word “affordability” will go over well with people struggling to feed themselves and their families. He deserves all the mockery and the cratering in the polls.
Trump is absolutely cratering on economy in new Marquette poll:
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking
As Trump’s inflation rants grow more unhinged amid brutal new polls for him, an economics writer explains why Trump is ill-suited for the crisis that might be coming—and why the bottom might be about ...
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Excellent pod today @gregsargent.bsky.social and @timothynoah.bsky.social. The clip of Piggy derisively saying the “new” word “affordability” will go over well with people struggling to feed themselves and their families. He deserves all the mockery and the cratering in the polls.
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Trump really shivved JD Vance when he endorsed Tucker's interview w/Nick Fuentes, who had been mocking Vance and making racist comments about his wife. Trump basically dumped the Fuentes mess on him.
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social nails the dynamics in this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social nails the dynamics in this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Trump really shivved JD Vance when he endorsed Tucker's interview w/Nick Fuentes, who had been mocking Vance and making racist comments about his wife. Trump basically dumped the Fuentes mess on him.
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social nails the dynamics in this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social nails the dynamics in this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Excellent pod today @gregsargent.bsky.social and @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social. If vile Nazi shitstain Fuentes is the future of the Republican Party, their survival as a viable party is in serious jeopardy.
When Trump blessed Tucker's interview with Nick Fuentes, he was acknowledging that the white nationalist constituency inside the MAGA coalition has grown too big to marginalize.
On the pod, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social is brilliant on this and what it means for Vance:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
On the pod, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social is brilliant on this and what it means for Vance:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Trump Accidentally Stabs Vance in the Back as MAGA Erupts in Civil War
As Trump’s comments about neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes create a surprising problem for JD Vance, the author of a piece on the Fuentes fiasco explains why this has ignited a civil war inside MAGA that is abou...
newrepublic.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Excellent pod today @gregsargent.bsky.social and @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social. If vile Nazi shitstain Fuentes is the future of the Republican Party, their survival as a viable party is in serious jeopardy.
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16 November 1940 | The Germans closed and isolated the Warsaw Ghetto from the rest of the city. It became the largest ghetto in occupied Europe. Over 450,000 Jews were crowded in the area of 307 hectares.
More: https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/w/18-warsaw/116-sites-of-martyrdom/52389-warsaw-ghetto
More: https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/w/18-warsaw/116-sites-of-martyrdom/52389-warsaw-ghetto
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
16 November 1940 | The Germans closed and isolated the Warsaw Ghetto from the rest of the city. It became the largest ghetto in occupied Europe. Over 450,000 Jews were crowded in the area of 307 hectares.
More: https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/w/18-warsaw/116-sites-of-martyrdom/52389-warsaw-ghetto
More: https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/w/18-warsaw/116-sites-of-martyrdom/52389-warsaw-ghetto
H/t to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social for an excellent dive into the AI bubble, with a side of Epstein, and an adorable doggo pic at the end.
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
H/t to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social for an excellent dive into the AI bubble, with a side of Epstein, and an adorable doggo pic at the end.