Charles Patrick
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"𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚖𝚊𝚗.” - USAF Veteran ✈️ Economic History 🎓 Musician 🎸🎷🎺
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From Pope Francis to Ozzy Osbourne, Dick Cheney to Virginia Giuffre, here's a roll call of some of the influential figures who died this year.
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The notable lives we lost in 2025
From Pope Francis to Ozzy Osbourne, Dick Cheney to Virginia Giuffre, here's a roll call of some of the influential figures who died this year.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
From Pope Francis to Ozzy Osbourne, Dick Cheney to Virginia Giuffre, here's a roll call of some of the influential figures who died this year.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among veterans, with 10% of men and nearly 20% of women reporting having symptoms at some point in their lives. Some are finding hope through arts programs. https://to.pbs.org/44RlCG5
Art programs give hope to veterans facing PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among veterans, with 10% of men and nearly 20% of women reporting having symptoms at some point in their lives. But could exposure to more arts programming be ...
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December 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among veterans, with 10% of men and nearly 20% of women reporting having symptoms at some point in their lives. Some are finding hope through arts programs. https://to.pbs.org/44RlCG5
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All told, almost 13,000 people left jobs at the Justice Department between January and October. That's about 50% more than left the department in all of 2024.
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
All told, almost 13,000 people left jobs at the Justice Department between January and October. That's about 50% more than left the department in all of 2024.
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More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
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From the Editorial Board: Bookstore declines appear to be reversing. Barnes and Noble opened nearly 70 new stores this year.
Editorial: The bookstore comeback is good news for readers
Bookstore declines appear to be reversing. Barnes and Noble opened nearly 70 new stores this year.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
From the Editorial Board: Bookstore declines appear to be reversing. Barnes and Noble opened nearly 70 new stores this year.
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Year-end stats that stagger: Our global #billionaire population now richer than ever in total wealth ($18.7 trillion, up $10 trillion over 2020). A record 19 ultra-rich now worth at least $100 billion. Six years ago, we had to endure only one at that level. #inequality www.forbes.com/sites/chasew...
December 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Year-end stats that stagger: Our global #billionaire population now richer than ever in total wealth ($18.7 trillion, up $10 trillion over 2020). A record 19 ultra-rich now worth at least $100 billion. Six years ago, we had to endure only one at that level. #inequality www.forbes.com/sites/chasew...
looks like I'm not allowed to post support for the death penalty, if this mother is found guilty of murdering her young daughter, on Elon's "free speech" app, it's a 12 hour time-out abcnews.go.com/amp/US/ashle...
December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
looks like I'm not allowed to post support for the death penalty, if this mother is found guilty of murdering her young daughter, on Elon's "free speech" app, it's a 12 hour time-out abcnews.go.com/amp/US/ashle...
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We're telling the Trump administration to reverse the travel ban. It's bad for peace, undermines the Palestinian Authority, and is hurting civilians.
Read more at Religion News Service: https://religionnews.com/2025/12/24/us-jewish-organizations-call-on-trump-to-rescind-travel-ban-on-palestinians/
Read more at Religion News Service: https://religionnews.com/2025/12/24/us-jewish-organizations-call-on-trump-to-rescind-travel-ban-on-palestinians/
December 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We're telling the Trump administration to reverse the travel ban. It's bad for peace, undermines the Palestinian Authority, and is hurting civilians.
Read more at Religion News Service: https://religionnews.com/2025/12/24/us-jewish-organizations-call-on-trump-to-rescind-travel-ban-on-palestinians/
Read more at Religion News Service: https://religionnews.com/2025/12/24/us-jewish-organizations-call-on-trump-to-rescind-travel-ban-on-palestinians/
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Another major headline fail at the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b... Says shoppers "spent big" but the YOY increase was 3.9%, before adjusting for inflation. Real growth of 1% is not BIG on planet earth.
Shoppers Spent Big This Holiday Season, Despite Economic Pressures
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December 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another major headline fail at the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b... Says shoppers "spent big" but the YOY increase was 3.9%, before adjusting for inflation. Real growth of 1% is not BIG on planet earth.
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Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See
A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.
www.readtpa.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
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Here in Delaware we have a statue of Thomas Garrett, a white man found guilty of obstructing the recapture of fugitives from slavery – ordered to pay damages to the point of ruin for it.
We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.
We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Here in Delaware we have a statue of Thomas Garrett, a white man found guilty of obstructing the recapture of fugitives from slavery – ordered to pay damages to the point of ruin for it.
We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.
We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.
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The November CPI may understate inflation due to the shutdown deanbaker22.substack.com/p/quick-note...
Quick Note on The November CPI Report
The inflation story might have been affected by the shutdown
deanbaker22.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The November CPI may understate inflation due to the shutdown deanbaker22.substack.com/p/quick-note...
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I'm pleased to publish this piece in @theatlantic.com on a topic that is near and dear to my heart.
The DOJ once considered crimes involving a breach of public trust "to be among the most serious offenses on the books"—but now Trump is "reshaping the American system of governance to make room for graft," the former pardon attorney Liz Oyer argues.
Trump Is Using a Sacred Power for Depraved Purposes
The president’s pardons encourage public officials to place personal interests ahead of the interests of the people.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm pleased to publish this piece in @theatlantic.com on a topic that is near and dear to my heart.
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Trump’s latest pardon of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) brings his total pardons of corrupt elected officials to 11 in 2025 alone. youtube.com/shorts/ZHyCv...
Trump pardons Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Trump’s latest pardon of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) brings his total pardons of corrupt elected officials to 11 in 2025 alone. youtube.com/shorts/ZHyCv...
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AOC: Women's educational and economic independence is a major threat to Republicans' power. Hence a reason to remove the professional designation from female-dominated education programs.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
AOC: Women's educational and economic independence is a major threat to Republicans' power. Hence a reason to remove the professional designation from female-dominated education programs.
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“Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist who blasted Summers and others for sexism in a widely shared and highly critical 2020 blog post, sounded vindicated. “Okay, so maybe I wasn’t too mean to him…” she said on social media after the emails were made public last week.” www.wsj.com/us-news/larr...
How Larry Summers’s Power Delayed the Reckoning Over His Epstein Ties
The former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president’s enormous network and clout kept him immune from past Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But this time was just too much.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist who blasted Summers and others for sexism in a widely shared and highly critical 2020 blog post, sounded vindicated. “Okay, so maybe I wasn’t too mean to him…” she said on social media after the emails were made public last week.” www.wsj.com/us-news/larr...
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Scott Pelley asked me why I am speaking out where others have stayed silent.
My answer: I am worried about the future of our country. This president appears to be selling off pieces of our democracy.
My answer: I am worried about the future of our country. This president appears to be selling off pieces of our democracy.
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Scott Pelley asked me why I am speaking out where others have stayed silent.
My answer: I am worried about the future of our country. This president appears to be selling off pieces of our democracy.
My answer: I am worried about the future of our country. This president appears to be selling off pieces of our democracy.
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
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Ethics officials sacked for caring about ethics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ethics officials removed for inquiring into improper access of mortgage files
Fannie Mae officers were investigating whether Trump ally inappropriately accessed mortgage details of Letitia James, Adam Schiff and others
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ethics officials sacked for caring about ethics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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What happens when you elect the sleaziest real estate developer in NYC and SCOTUS tells him that nobody is above the law but him —>
Trump: Take a look at this if you want to see detail. Most people do a sign and paint it on the wall. So that's half inch thick bronze. Carved. By a very talented person. And it's brass. It's pure brass.
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What happens when you elect the sleaziest real estate developer in NYC and SCOTUS tells him that nobody is above the law but him —>
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The US Supreme Court let the Trump administration for now withhold $4 billion in food aid that a judge had ordered distributed Friday to fully fund November benefits for 42 million people. Latest from Greg Stohr:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The US Supreme Court let the Trump administration for now withhold $4 billion in food aid that a judge had ordered distributed Friday to fully fund November benefits for 42 million people. Latest from Greg Stohr:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Election Crimes Bulletin: “When you let people vote, they vote progressive.”
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#ZohranMamdani #Podcast
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When you let people vote, they vote progressive.
Listen now | In this edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin, Palast unpacks the results from Tuesday’s elections.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Election Crimes Bulletin: “When you let people vote, they vote progressive.”
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#ZohranMamdani #Podcast
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#ZohranMamdani #Podcast
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“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵