Bill Patrick
@ponderosatree.bsky.social
Dad, husband, fan of democracy & proud American.
The ads, clearly hateful and biased, violated the NFL’s own program “Timeout on Hate”, part of its larger, far from perfect, stand against racism. Who’s for hate, right? NFL runs objectively hateful anti LBGTQ+ ads, takes in over $100M, moves electorate in large #s. It’s MSM driving bad takes.
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The ads, clearly hateful and biased, violated the NFL’s own program “Timeout on Hate”, part of its larger, far from perfect, stand against racism. Who’s for hate, right? NFL runs objectively hateful anti LBGTQ+ ads, takes in over $100M, moves electorate in large #s. It’s MSM driving bad takes.
Not excusing voters, but there is a more accurate middle ground. The media landscape makes it convenient to silo oneself into groupthink. Ex, the “she is for they/them” ads run by the NFL were dehumanizing lies, but moved voters who watched 2.7 pts for Trump b/c it looked like an NFL endorsement.
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Not excusing voters, but there is a more accurate middle ground. The media landscape makes it convenient to silo oneself into groupthink. Ex, the “she is for they/them” ads run by the NFL were dehumanizing lies, but moved voters who watched 2.7 pts for Trump b/c it looked like an NFL endorsement.
This is sound advice for Europe and the transatlantic partnership. And pointing out the positive contradictions between the NSS and the NDAA was very helpful to me.
Standing together at every level to reject this antidemocratic “Dark Enlightenment” of fear, greed, and ignorance is what it takes.
Standing together at every level to reject this antidemocratic “Dark Enlightenment” of fear, greed, and ignorance is what it takes.
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is sound advice for Europe and the transatlantic partnership. And pointing out the positive contradictions between the NSS and the NDAA was very helpful to me.
Standing together at every level to reject this antidemocratic “Dark Enlightenment” of fear, greed, and ignorance is what it takes.
Standing together at every level to reject this antidemocratic “Dark Enlightenment” of fear, greed, and ignorance is what it takes.
He goes to The Atlantic school of Provocation and Click Bait. It’s one place dispossessed conservatives go to find a literate, paying audience. The daily assignment is “engaging” on Bluesky. It’s a job I guess.
December 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
He goes to The Atlantic school of Provocation and Click Bait. It’s one place dispossessed conservatives go to find a literate, paying audience. The daily assignment is “engaging” on Bluesky. It’s a job I guess.
Provocateur say what?
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Provocateur say what?
There are even more Trump pardons for drug trafficking crimes: www.justice.gov/pardon/cleme...
Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025-Present)
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December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There are even more Trump pardons for drug trafficking crimes: www.justice.gov/pardon/cleme...
The prosecutor in the case against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was Emil Bove, who played a significant role in building the case that led to Hernández's conviction for drug trafficking and related charges. The trial included extensive evidence and testimony from drug traffickers
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The prosecutor in the case against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was Emil Bove, who played a significant role in building the case that led to Hernández's conviction for drug trafficking and related charges. The trial included extensive evidence and testimony from drug traffickers
The prosecutor in the case against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was Emil Bove, who played a significant role in building the case that led to Hernández's conviction for drug trafficking and related charges. The trial included extensive evidence and testimony from drug traffickers
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The prosecutor in the case against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was Emil Bove, who played a significant role in building the case that led to Hernández's conviction for drug trafficking and related charges. The trial included extensive evidence and testimony from drug traffickers
The prosecutor in the case against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was Emil Bove, who played a significant role in building the case that led to Hernández's conviction for drug trafficking and related charges. The trial included extensive evidence and testimony from drug traffickers
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The prosecutor in the case against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was Emil Bove, who played a significant role in building the case that led to Hernández's conviction for drug trafficking and related charges. The trial included extensive evidence and testimony from drug traffickers
Trump admin officials banking on pardons if their decisions prove illegal, should consider the heavy odds that Trump will retire before his term is up, likely not long after the midterms, and Vance will have strong incentives to look like a reformer and be uninterested in handing out pardons. (FYI)
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Trump admin officials banking on pardons if their decisions prove illegal, should consider the heavy odds that Trump will retire before his term is up, likely not long after the midterms, and Vance will have strong incentives to look like a reformer and be uninterested in handing out pardons. (FYI)
The initial survivors had next to zero odds of living anyway, but Hegseth doesn’t want any chance of an innocent on TV explaining he or she was just catching a ride to Trinidad to clean hotel rooms or work on a road crew, etc. That would further discredit this already obvious pretext for war.
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The initial survivors had next to zero odds of living anyway, but Hegseth doesn’t want any chance of an innocent on TV explaining he or she was just catching a ride to Trinidad to clean hotel rooms or work on a road crew, etc. That would further discredit this already obvious pretext for war.
Read Nichol’s (gift) article, it’s good, and hopefully it finds an audience with GOP hangers on who need to get a grip on how bad this entire admin is. Trump, Vance, Musk, Heritage, et al., are selling Saudi dictatorship, incl killing journalists, as okey dokey, “things happen”. It’s who they are.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Read Nichol’s (gift) article, it’s good, and hopefully it finds an audience with GOP hangers on who need to get a grip on how bad this entire admin is. Trump, Vance, Musk, Heritage, et al., are selling Saudi dictatorship, incl killing journalists, as okey dokey, “things happen”. It’s who they are.
Great article. Just add that along with “sitting next to the Saudi crown prince”, and calling the ABC reporter “insubordinate”, Trump expressly excused the killing of Khashoggi by saying, “things happen.” That’s it, “things happen”. The GOP’s acceptance of Trump’s attempts at dictatorship blows.
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great article. Just add that along with “sitting next to the Saudi crown prince”, and calling the ABC reporter “insubordinate”, Trump expressly excused the killing of Khashoggi by saying, “things happen.” That’s it, “things happen”. The GOP’s acceptance of Trump’s attempts at dictatorship blows.
You’re just handing power to the tech bros and their dark enlightenment with this stuff.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
You’re just handing power to the tech bros and their dark enlightenment with this stuff.
Under the bus is participating in the cruelty. Continuing the shutdown would be like waiting for Gadot, it would never come by the hoped for agreement. It would have only come by R’s waiting weeks or months to do more damage and then ending the filibuster to reopen. And we need the filibuster r/n.
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Under the bus is participating in the cruelty. Continuing the shutdown would be like waiting for Gadot, it would never come by the hoped for agreement. It would have only come by R’s waiting weeks or months to do more damage and then ending the filibuster to reopen. And we need the filibuster r/n.
We got quite a lot by reducing the intended damage. 4000 jobs reinstated. The best defense of the ACA possible, and that fight continues. Demonstrating that MAGA hates average Americans and their mission is to create as much chaos and destruction as possible. But throwing snap recipients
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We got quite a lot by reducing the intended damage. 4000 jobs reinstated. The best defense of the ACA possible, and that fight continues. Demonstrating that MAGA hates average Americans and their mission is to create as much chaos and destruction as possible. But throwing snap recipients
The fight isn’t over and, like last spring, Dems slowed MAGA policy far more than the simple minded, “hold the line” crowd sees. Hundreds of thousands of govt employees are furloughed right now. Kids need those snap benefits. And R’s showed their full capitulation to MAGA nihilism.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The fight isn’t over and, like last spring, Dems slowed MAGA policy far more than the simple minded, “hold the line” crowd sees. Hundreds of thousands of govt employees are furloughed right now. Kids need those snap benefits. And R’s showed their full capitulation to MAGA nihilism.
Instead of analyzing the politics, you’re straight to psychoanalysis of the minority leader. I guess that’s easier than explaining how people could have weathered weeks or months more of this shutdown until R’s ended the filibuster to do it.
Avoid this irrelevant infotainment and clickbait folks.
Avoid this irrelevant infotainment and clickbait folks.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Instead of analyzing the politics, you’re straight to psychoanalysis of the minority leader. I guess that’s easier than explaining how people could have weathered weeks or months more of this shutdown until R’s ended the filibuster to do it.
Avoid this irrelevant infotainment and clickbait folks.
Avoid this irrelevant infotainment and clickbait folks.
How long would the shutdown have gone before R’s ended the filibuster and reopened government?
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
How long would the shutdown have gone before R’s ended the filibuster and reopened government?
BS narrative, Mark. We called their bluff, but they weren't bluffing. They want to destroy the country and the democracy. They would have waited weeks or months to reopen gov't and we would be in a much worse place after more unnecessary suffering. Stop the blame game, it's MAGA nihilism at fault.
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
BS narrative, Mark. We called their bluff, but they weren't bluffing. They want to destroy the country and the democracy. They would have waited weeks or months to reopen gov't and we would be in a much worse place after more unnecessary suffering. Stop the blame game, it's MAGA nihilism at fault.
I read your article posted here. It is not political analysis. It's only clickbait. The dereliction of duty and capitulation is yours by engaging in this mindless anti-Democrat pile on. R's would've waited for weeks or months to end the filibuster and reopen gov't while people were badly hurt.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I read your article posted here. It is not political analysis. It's only clickbait. The dereliction of duty and capitulation is yours by engaging in this mindless anti-Democrat pile on. R's would've waited for weeks or months to end the filibuster and reopen gov't while people were badly hurt.