Patrick
@aldrichpatrick.bsky.social
Knucklehead guitar guy living in Honolulu
THE ARISTOCRATS
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The President has recently been rolling out a flurry of counterproductive policies worthy of Bernie Sanders ..
“.. what the President really needs is what he promised in the campaign, which is rising real wages.”
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“.. what the President really needs is what he promised in the campaign, which is rising real wages.”
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January 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
THE ARISTOCRATS
For our friend @jillkent.bsky.social who really digs this account.
January 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
For our friend @jillkent.bsky.social who really digs this account.
All of that said, big restrictions on DHS money.
No more defense like budgets.
No more defense like budgets.
Listen, you’re not going to get rid of internal immigration enforcement. You will lose the people on that proposition.
Have to reboot and rename the entirety that is DHS.
Get Border Patrol back to the border, CIS back to processing immigration cases, and HSI back to investigating crimes.
Have to reboot and rename the entirety that is DHS.
Get Border Patrol back to the border, CIS back to processing immigration cases, and HSI back to investigating crimes.
Man I’m sorry but this is the most Bluesky-brained thing I’ve ever seen. “I am correct and I am just going to keep screaming that I am correct an eventually everybody will come to realize that I am correct” is a maniac’s way of doing politics.
January 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
All of that said, big restrictions on DHS money.
No more defense like budgets.
No more defense like budgets.
Listen, you’re not going to get rid of internal immigration enforcement. You will lose the people on that proposition.
Have to reboot and rename the entirety that is DHS.
Get Border Patrol back to the border, CIS back to processing immigration cases, and HSI back to investigating crimes.
Have to reboot and rename the entirety that is DHS.
Get Border Patrol back to the border, CIS back to processing immigration cases, and HSI back to investigating crimes.
Man I’m sorry but this is the most Bluesky-brained thing I’ve ever seen. “I am correct and I am just going to keep screaming that I am correct an eventually everybody will come to realize that I am correct” is a maniac’s way of doing politics.
January 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Listen, you’re not going to get rid of internal immigration enforcement. You will lose the people on that proposition.
Have to reboot and rename the entirety that is DHS.
Get Border Patrol back to the border, CIS back to processing immigration cases, and HSI back to investigating crimes.
Have to reboot and rename the entirety that is DHS.
Get Border Patrol back to the border, CIS back to processing immigration cases, and HSI back to investigating crimes.
Has always been the problem for Trump.
Strong growth negates the need for interest rate cuts.
Strong growth negates the need for interest rate cuts.
“.. In our view, stable incoming headline inflation and strong GDP data coupled with the lack of consensus among the 2026 Fed voting members will lead to a ‘do nothing’ approach for the first half of 2026 ..”
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January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Has always been the problem for Trump.
Strong growth negates the need for interest rate cuts.
Strong growth negates the need for interest rate cuts.
Between this, and Bari not understanding that those who want a little MAGA in their news aren’t doing network news, the Ks are piling up.
Network news viewers are very small-c conservative and don't want change or stunts. Bari Weiss, being 75 years old, should have understood this.
CBS News lost one-fifth of its audience in just four days.” 👏
January 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Between this, and Bari not understanding that those who want a little MAGA in their news aren’t doing network news, the Ks are piling up.
I recall Charlie Cooke over at NR hysterically calling for Biden’s impeachment for student loan forgiveness and I also remember Andy McCarthy calling for pre-administration impeachment for HRC, should she win, for some shit or another.
Wonder where they are today.
Wonder where they are today.
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 AM
I recall Charlie Cooke over at NR hysterically calling for Biden’s impeachment for student loan forgiveness and I also remember Andy McCarthy calling for pre-administration impeachment for HRC, should she win, for some shit or another.
Wonder where they are today.
Wonder where they are today.
Marcus is a textbook example of a punch-clock villain. Prior to audience capture, he actually was able to be thoughtful in his writings.
Anyhow, dude needs to go back into rehab. Might actually get laid if he does.
Anyhow, dude needs to go back into rehab. Might actually get laid if he does.
January 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Marcus is a textbook example of a punch-clock villain. Prior to audience capture, he actually was able to be thoughtful in his writings.
Anyhow, dude needs to go back into rehab. Might actually get laid if he does.
Anyhow, dude needs to go back into rehab. Might actually get laid if he does.
Frednecks leading the way!
With hundreds of others standing up to be counted in downtown Frederick today against ICE brutality.
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Frednecks leading the way!
Everyone should understand that the backgrounds being conducted after applicants start work has been pretty common for years.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Everyone should understand that the backgrounds being conducted after applicants start work has been pretty common for years.
What I remember most was Youngkin playing footsie with Trump’s bogus election claims.
Remember when everyone said Happy smiling sweater vest Glenn Youngkin would turn the page on Trumpism for the GOP? Well he's just backed JD Vance as the nominee for 2028.
www.foxnews.com/politics/you...
www.foxnews.com/politics/you...
Youngkin backs JD Vance for 2028, calls vice president a 'great' GOP nominee
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin backs Vice President JD Vance for 2028 White House run, marking first public comment on next presidential race from potential GOP contender.
www.foxnews.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
What I remember most was Youngkin playing footsie with Trump’s bogus election claims.
The key to understanding neocons is understanding that they are zealots for democracy and feel that the founding principles should be spread throughout the world.
Problem is that they also feel that this evangelical approach can be done with violence if necessary.
Problem is that they also feel that this evangelical approach can be done with violence if necessary.
The reason some on the left have trouble understanding the anti-Trump neocons is the neocons do the opposite of purity politics. Instead of demanding agreement/deference on everything, denouncing anyone out of line, they identify the biggest thing and call for coalition with anyone agreeing on that.
In my world, there's a certain reluctance to being merely, or in a knee-jerk way, a resist lib. That's understandable, even commendable. On the other hand, let's be clear: It's a hell of lot better, morally and intellectually and politically, to be a resist lib than a Vichy conservative.
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The key to understanding neocons is understanding that they are zealots for democracy and feel that the founding principles should be spread throughout the world.
Problem is that they also feel that this evangelical approach can be done with violence if necessary.
Problem is that they also feel that this evangelical approach can be done with violence if necessary.
And Bregman to the Cubs.
Devers trade looking better every day…
/s
Devers trade looking better every day…
/s
January 11, 2026 at 4:25 AM
And Bregman to the Cubs.
Devers trade looking better every day…
/s
Devers trade looking better every day…
/s
Pretty sure that’s why it’s against protocol.
I still don't see how shooting through the windshield of a car is supposed to stop the car. Like, if he was actually in danger he would just be dead. His deadly actions did nothing to protect his own life.
The Minn Star Trib has an excellent frame-by-frame analysis of the Good homicide.
A couple things (also noted elsewhere) stand out. 🧵:
1) ICE agent Ross's first shot, when he *might* have felt in danger, hit 'the bottom corner of the driver’s side windshield.'
www.startribune.com/breaking-dow...
A couple things (also noted elsewhere) stand out. 🧵:
1) ICE agent Ross's first shot, when he *might* have felt in danger, hit 'the bottom corner of the driver’s side windshield.'
www.startribune.com/breaking-dow...
January 11, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Pretty sure that’s why it’s against protocol.
Putting an American face on the uprisings in the past have doomed them.
As discussed in this segment, I expect that some U.S. officials will try to redirect Trump’s Greenland fixation to be less destructive.
But I think there are other alternatives than bombing Iran.
www.channel4.com/news/is-trum...
But I think there are other alternatives than bombing Iran.
www.channel4.com/news/is-trum...
January 11, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Putting an American face on the uprisings in the past have doomed them.
Bob Weir passed and I’m bummed.
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Bob Weir passed and I’m bummed.
Assuming this is CBP/Border Patrol based on the uniform.
Anyhow, no need for these agents to be armed unless they are trying to grab a known violent felon.
Otherwise, they should be coordinating with local police for support, if needed.
Anyhow, no need for these agents to be armed unless they are trying to grab a known violent felon.
Otherwise, they should be coordinating with local police for support, if needed.
This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
January 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Assuming this is CBP/Border Patrol based on the uniform.
Anyhow, no need for these agents to be armed unless they are trying to grab a known violent felon.
Otherwise, they should be coordinating with local police for support, if needed.
Anyhow, no need for these agents to be armed unless they are trying to grab a known violent felon.
Otherwise, they should be coordinating with local police for support, if needed.
If it’s true that public opinion does not favor ICE in this case, that’s great.
Seems to confirm what I’ve been saying. People don’t like the chaos.
Seems to confirm what I’ve been saying. People don’t like the chaos.
The response to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good is not what the White House was expecting.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
If it’s true that public opinion does not favor ICE in this case, that’s great.
Seems to confirm what I’ve been saying. People don’t like the chaos.
Seems to confirm what I’ve been saying. People don’t like the chaos.
Funniest thing I’ve seen today.
You have to pay the shipping on this???
You have to pay the shipping on this???
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Funniest thing I’ve seen today.
You have to pay the shipping on this???
You have to pay the shipping on this???
The gorilla ‘splainer is back!!!
"Yeah, that's the thing. If you artificially cap borrowing rates, then you restrict the availability of credit. If you want to create a man-made recession, this is a good way to do it."
January 10, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The gorilla ‘splainer is back!!!
Wonder if Charlie Cooke over at NR is going to demand impeachment on this the same way he did with Biden and his loan forgiveness plan.
Left: Trump demands a cap on credit card interest rates.
Right: News story, from today, about Trump's ongoing efforts to shut down the CFPB, which would enforce such a rule. Court has ordered admin to keep it open.
Right: News story, from today, about Trump's ongoing efforts to shut down the CFPB, which would enforce such a rule. Court has ordered admin to keep it open.
January 10, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Wonder if Charlie Cooke over at NR is going to demand impeachment on this the same way he did with Biden and his loan forgiveness plan.
I’m always surprised that people would consider the below a hot take.
Of course they should be held to higher standards. And it’s why punishments for breaching the public trust should be as harsh as possible.
Instead, we give the benefit of the doubt to the powerful who betray us.
It’s fucked.
Of course they should be held to higher standards. And it’s why punishments for breaching the public trust should be as harsh as possible.
Instead, we give the benefit of the doubt to the powerful who betray us.
It’s fucked.
The trained law-enforcement professional should be held to the highest standards in every encounter with the public.
The drunk, angry, emotional, frustrated citizen should get the benefit of the doubt, as they’re not the ones who have been trained to deal with these kinds of situations.
The drunk, angry, emotional, frustrated citizen should get the benefit of the doubt, as they’re not the ones who have been trained to deal with these kinds of situations.
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I’m always surprised that people would consider the below a hot take.
Of course they should be held to higher standards. And it’s why punishments for breaching the public trust should be as harsh as possible.
Instead, we give the benefit of the doubt to the powerful who betray us.
It’s fucked.
Of course they should be held to higher standards. And it’s why punishments for breaching the public trust should be as harsh as possible.
Instead, we give the benefit of the doubt to the powerful who betray us.
It’s fucked.
Ok, we all understand that the most important word in the Gadsen flag motto is “me”. Right?
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
January 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Ok, we all understand that the most important word in the Gadsen flag motto is “me”. Right?
Conan found the same back in 2019.
Irish TV travels to Greenland, finds zero Greenlanders interested in joining the US.
January 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Conan found the same back in 2019.