Patrick
@antellopy.bsky.social
Cat & Dog rescuer. Army (RA), Disabled Veteran, Conservative hippie. I believe in peace, love and the death penalty- particularly for public officials who abuse their office.Live in Texas, heart in Pittsburgh. Mostly Democrat.
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This new Trump trap is just as bad as the rest of his economy (AlterNet)
This week, both Donald Trump and his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development told usthat 50-year home mortgages may soon be a thing. While seemingly insan...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Trump blinks first as admin backs down in $783M DEI showdown (Raw Story)
The Trumpadministration will review frozen grants to universities without using its controversial standards that discouraged gender, race and sexual orientat...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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Republicans are looking forward to many middle class and poor voters dying in 2026.
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Republicans in Congress Ripped for 'Entirely Preventable' 2026 Healthcare Crisis (Common Dreams)
With millions of Americans facing health insurance premium hikes and Affordable Care Act tax credits expiring at midnight, critics, including congressional D...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Republicans are looking forward to many middle class and poor voters dying in 2026.
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Families ripped apart. Children traumatized. Under Trump, we chose this | Opinion (Miami Herald)
This is what we wanted. This is what we chose.
It's the bitter truth that haunts your heart as you watch ICE Cold, a short film by four-time Pulitzer Prize w...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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‘Stunning Display of Cruelty’: Trump Ripped After Disparaging Kennedy Posts Just After JFK Granddaughter’s Death Announcement (Mediaite)
President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)President...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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Read "A Happy MAGA New Year! Trump and allies party down at Mar-a-Lago as polls plummet and he wishes misery on Republican colleagues" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6SKcrj8c/5...
A Happy MAGA New Year! Trump and allies party down at Mar-a-Lago as polls plummet and he wishes misery on Republican colleagues (The Independent)
President Donald Trump will celebrate the new year alongside allies and MAGA celebrities at a fancy New Year’s Eve gala at Mar-a-Lago while the first year of...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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The radical philosopher inspiring Vance and Trump’s descent into despotism (The i Paper)
Curtis Yarvin might be the most important person you’ve never heard of. He is an intellectual lodestar for the Maga movement, serving as a personal inspirati...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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Who Are The Heroes Of 2025? It's A LONG F*CKIN' LIST. (Wonkette)
Every New Year’s Eve Wonkette picks one hero above all to be THE HERO for the year, and that will happen this year too, later toni...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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No one ever looked for a good piece of elephant.
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The right hit peak incel in 2025 (Salon)
Earlier this month, the popular MAGA influencer Sólionath was having a real one on X. The U.S.-based poster had built up a healthy audience of 65,000 followe...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
No one ever looked for a good piece of elephant.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
KEEP UP THE RESISTANCE AND TAKE BACK THE LAND OF THE FREE. IT IS THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. NO KINGS.
KEEP UP THE RESISTANCE AND TAKE BACK THE LAND OF THE FREE. IT IS THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. NO KINGS.
January 1, 2026 at 4:51 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
KEEP UP THE RESISTANCE AND TAKE BACK THE LAND OF THE FREE. IT IS THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. NO KINGS.
KEEP UP THE RESISTANCE AND TAKE BACK THE LAND OF THE FREE. IT IS THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. NO KINGS.
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Jack Smith says Trump acknowledged to others that he lost 2020 election (Reuters)
By Kanishka Singh
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January 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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'Witch hunt!' Trump under fire as state sees staggering number of job losses (Raw Story)
Maryland lost almost 15,000 federal jobs in 2025, a 9% drop in the workforce, state data shows
by Nicole Pilsbury, Maryland Matters
December 31, 2025
Marylan...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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Until Trump, the only thing that stood with our allies against Russia was the US. Now they have been betrayed.
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Voices: The 5 signs Putin is preparing for a bigger war in Europe (The Independent)
Putin’s information offensive, the claim that his residence was attacked by Ukrainian drones this week– of which no material evidence has been made public – ...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Until Trump, the only thing that stood with our allies against Russia was the US. Now they have been betrayed.
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The Republican administration must be voted out of power.
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'No end in sight': Trump admin has Americans worried ahead of new year (Raw Story)
Donald Trump's administration has members of the public worried for their futures as they head into 2026.
One person suggested there is "no end in sight" whe...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
The Republican administration must be voted out of power.
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The lunatics are in the hall.
Read "Congrats to RFK Jr., As the U.S. Is Poised to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status After 25 Years" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6SMDTw0o/6...
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Congrats to RFK Jr., As the U.S. Is Poised to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status After 25 Years (Jezebel)
Who would have thought that pushing unproven treatments for measles and discouraging parents from getting their children vaccinated for measles might end up ...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:12 AM
The lunatics are in the hall.
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Read "Congrats to RFK Jr., As the U.S. Is Poised to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status After 25 Years" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6SMDTw0o/6...
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ICE Barbie Scheme to Recruit Fox Viewers, UFC Fans and Gun Nuts Gets Leaked (The Daily Beast)
ICE has drawn up a $100 million "wartime recruitment" plan that uses targeted ads and influencers to recruit Fox News viewers, UFC fans, and gu...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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Read "As religion’s political influence grows, these faith voices are likely to draw attention in 2026" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6SQ3RA76/m...
As religion’s political influence grows, these faith voices are likely to draw attention in 2026 (RNS)
(RNS) — After years of decline, religion appears to be on the rebound, especially as a force in American politics. Many of the major stories of 2025 — from t...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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Republican strategist fires warning shot at Trump as he 'angers' voters with antics (Irish Star Online)
Republican strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove said Monday that Americans are allegedly getting tired of President Donald Trump's offensive...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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Stephen Miller Is The New Republic’s 2025 Scoundrel of the Year (The New Republic)
Is Stephen Miller failing?
True, Miller has amassed unprecedented power for a deputy White House chief of staff. He exerts extraordinary influence over an un...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Just shameful.
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Leaked Emails About Removal of Black WWII Soldier Memorials Spark Backlash (Newsweek)
When exactly U.S. officials removed two panels honoring Black American soldiers who died fighting in Europe during World War II from a major Dutch cemetery i...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Just shameful.
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Bozo the president.
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‘Oh S—, Are They Still Here??’: A Hot Mic Catches Trump Erupting — Then He Realizes He’s Not Alone, Starts Blurting Things Out, and Can’t Pull Himself Back (Atlanta Black Star)
President Donald Trump has a habit of circling back to the same grievance, no matter the setting or the stakes. On Monday, that fixation resurfaced in an ung...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Bozo the president.
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White skin and nice clothes is the only proof of citizenship that they accept. Others need not apply.
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DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm U.S. Citizenship (Reason.com)
Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn't even work as a national ID.
But that's what th...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:16 AM
White skin and nice clothes is the only proof of citizenship that they accept. Others need not apply.
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Still isn't Day One yet.
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US Dollar Falters in Blow to Donald Trump (Newsweek)
The U.S. dollaris on course for its biggest annual drop in almost a decade, in a tumble that could deliver a final blow to the greenback’s dominance on the g...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Still isn't Day One yet.
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National Park Service's New ID Rule Forces Americans To Pay Up To $250 To Visit National Parks From January 1 (TheTravel)
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced new entrance fees for 11 major national parks in November that will start on January 1, 2026. A move desi...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Reporter debunks Trump's daycare fraud claims in 2-minute video (AlterNet)
Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that Jorgenson is a former Washington Post reporter who is the founder of Local News International.
P...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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