Joel T. Patterson
@joelpatt.bsky.social
Calculus vigilante, union man, proud father. Public education is a pillar of democracy. "We are hope despite the times." -R.E.M.
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Dachau, the first major concentration camp in Nazi Germany, was built in 1933 & had a capacity of about 5000 at its outset. The German population in 1933 was ~67 million people.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Dachau, the first major concentration camp in Nazi Germany, was built in 1933 & had a capacity of about 5000 at its outset. The German population in 1933 was ~67 million people.
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At the Grammys Sunday, artists spoke out against the suffering that ICE is causing across the country. Today, the Oversight Committee will hear from family members of Renee Good and others who will testify about how ICE and DHS have impacted them. We'll be streaming across platforms at 3:00 PM EST.
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
At the Grammys Sunday, artists spoke out against the suffering that ICE is causing across the country. Today, the Oversight Committee will hear from family members of Renee Good and others who will testify about how ICE and DHS have impacted them. We'll be streaming across platforms at 3:00 PM EST.
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I commend County Executive Ball & local leaders in Howard Co for working to block ICE's attempt to set up another detention facility in Maryland.
We saw the inhumanity of ICE's operation in Baltimore & Marylanders have made clear: we do not want these facilities in our state.
We saw the inhumanity of ICE's operation in Baltimore & Marylanders have made clear: we do not want these facilities in our state.
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I commend County Executive Ball & local leaders in Howard Co for working to block ICE's attempt to set up another detention facility in Maryland.
We saw the inhumanity of ICE's operation in Baltimore & Marylanders have made clear: we do not want these facilities in our state.
We saw the inhumanity of ICE's operation in Baltimore & Marylanders have made clear: we do not want these facilities in our state.
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every few years springsteen reminds them of his left-wing background and their response is like "um, we got jon voight and the copy guy?"
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
every few years springsteen reminds them of his left-wing background and their response is like "um, we got jon voight and the copy guy?"
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conservatives are so mad that they have full control of the federal govt but that doesnt mean celebrities have folded under their pressure. they got nicki minaj now, they can have her. but they dont have bad bunny, billie eilish, tom hanks or morgan freeman. they have to keep hauling out kid rock.
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
conservatives are so mad that they have full control of the federal govt but that doesnt mean celebrities have folded under their pressure. they got nicki minaj now, they can have her. but they dont have bad bunny, billie eilish, tom hanks or morgan freeman. they have to keep hauling out kid rock.
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one reason ive learned most conspiracies aren't true: people wont shut up. to have a conspiracy everyone has to be quiet about it. thats almost impossible, especially when it involves something big like the death of a famous/important person.
February 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
one reason ive learned most conspiracies aren't true: people wont shut up. to have a conspiracy everyone has to be quiet about it. thats almost impossible, especially when it involves something big like the death of a famous/important person.
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the older i get the more its clear to me that no, lee harvey oswald wasn't some mob/cia/communist secret double agent. he was just a lone psycho with access to firearms.
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
the older i get the more its clear to me that no, lee harvey oswald wasn't some mob/cia/communist secret double agent. he was just a lone psycho with access to firearms.
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We literally had a president killed cause a guy was mad about a job one time en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi...
Assassination of James A. Garfield - Wikipedia
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February 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
We literally had a president killed cause a guy was mad about a job one time en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi...
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It’s odd to me how people on both left and right refuse to believe that some random nutjob can off an important person despite it happening quite often in history
Guys the government didn’t kill MLK. Plenty of elements in the government wanted him dead but they couldn’t risk it.
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It’s odd to me how people on both left and right refuse to believe that some random nutjob can off an important person despite it happening quite often in history
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If someone other than James Earl Ray had rented a hotel room opposite MLK’s motel in Memphis, fled the country immediately after the assassination and was caught trying to travel to Rhodesia on a fake passport that man would be the prime suspect, but since it was Ray it counts for nothing.
Guys the government didn’t kill MLK. Plenty of elements in the government wanted him dead but they couldn’t risk it.
February 3, 2026 at 2:45 AM
If someone other than James Earl Ray had rented a hotel room opposite MLK’s motel in Memphis, fled the country immediately after the assassination and was caught trying to travel to Rhodesia on a fake passport that man would be the prime suspect, but since it was Ray it counts for nothing.
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UPDATE: Turns out issue with Arkansas prison book ban wasn't "administrative rule" as described in Dem-Gazette story that I reposted (with regrettable misspelling). Corrections officials realized legislators must sign off, as @arktimes.bsky.social is reporting.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
UPDATE: Turns out issue with Arkansas prison book ban wasn't "administrative rule" as described in Dem-Gazette story that I reposted (with regrettable misspelling). Corrections officials realized legislators must sign off, as @arktimes.bsky.social is reporting.
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Well, Loewe really hated unions and he saw this as a chance to bust the entire movement. So he sued. The named defendant is Martin Lawlor, business agent for the UHU and a guy who would stay actively involved in the labor movement until just before his death in 1959.
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Well, Loewe really hated unions and he saw this as a chance to bust the entire movement. So he sued. The named defendant is Martin Lawlor, business agent for the UHU and a guy who would stay actively involved in the labor movement until just before his death in 1959.
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No one was coercing anyone. Workers were simply making the choice not to work until the company came to a reasonable relationship with the UHU.
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
No one was coercing anyone. Workers were simply making the choice not to work until the company came to a reasonable relationship with the UHU.
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This was the kind of reasonable unionism the AFL specialized in. The UHU wasn’t radical and it wasn’t asking for government intervention. This was what unions were supposed to do–act collectively based on manly principles of self-control and collective economic interests.
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This was the kind of reasonable unionism the AFL specialized in. The UHU wasn’t radical and it wasn’t asking for government intervention. This was what unions were supposed to do–act collectively based on manly principles of self-control and collective economic interests.
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Well, Danbury, Connecticut was a fur town and a union town. So Loewe’s move was a huge act of aggression and the United Hatters of North America (UHU) called a boycott. They had almost the entire industry unionized. The American Federation of Labor gladly joined the boycott.
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Well, Danbury, Connecticut was a fur town and a union town. So Loewe’s move was a huge act of aggression and the United Hatters of North America (UHU) called a boycott. They had almost the entire industry unionized. The American Federation of Labor gladly joined the boycott.
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They would say they had no problem with workers joining unions, but would absolutely not tolerate the union doing anything at all that would allow it some sense of power, such as collective bargaining or ensuring that employees were union members. After all, hiring was the right of the employer!
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
They would say they had no problem with workers joining unions, but would absolutely not tolerate the union doing anything at all that would allow it some sense of power, such as collective bargaining or ensuring that employees were union members. After all, hiring was the right of the employer!
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In 1901, a Connecticut fur hat manufacturing firm called D.E. Loewe & Company declared itself an open shop, which meant that it would not tolerate unions mandating the workers be union members in order to work there. This was a typical move of the period’s capitalists.
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In 1901, a Connecticut fur hat manufacturing firm called D.E. Loewe & Company declared itself an open shop, which meant that it would not tolerate unions mandating the workers be union members in order to work there. This was a typical move of the period’s capitalists.
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Also, this was another case in which the Court created meanings for the law out of whole cloth, while not applying the law in the actual way it was intended, which was a speciality of the Gilded Age Court.
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Also, this was another case in which the Court created meanings for the law out of whole cloth, while not applying the law in the actual way it was intended, which was a speciality of the Gilded Age Court.
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As was the case through almost its whole history, the Court came down decisively on the side of corporate America and sought to crush anything that unions did that works.
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
As was the case through almost its whole history, the Court came down decisively on the side of corporate America and sought to crush anything that unions did that works.
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This Day in Labor History: February 3, 1908. The Supreme Court decided the case of Loewe v. Lawlor. In it, it declared that unions violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by calling for a secondary boycott in solidarity with a strike. The Supreme Court--always terrible for the working class!!
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This Day in Labor History: February 3, 1908. The Supreme Court decided the case of Loewe v. Lawlor. In it, it declared that unions violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by calling for a secondary boycott in solidarity with a strike. The Supreme Court--always terrible for the working class!!
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How they gaslight and put themselves over as the victim. Boo boo boo!
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
How they gaslight and put themselves over as the victim. Boo boo boo!
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Is the administration’s bit that they encourage right-wing influencers to find “fraud” in blue states; influencers “investigate” and publish propaganda claiming said widespread fraud was responsibility of immigrants; and then gov’t sends in ICE to terrorize people because of it?
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Is the administration’s bit that they encourage right-wing influencers to find “fraud” in blue states; influencers “investigate” and publish propaganda claiming said widespread fraud was responsibility of immigrants; and then gov’t sends in ICE to terrorize people because of it?
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"President Trump has backtracked on a major point in negotiations with Harvard, dropping his administration’s demand for a $200 million payment to the government in hopes of finally resolving the administration’s conflicts with the university, according to four people briefed on the matter."
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
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February 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"President Trump has backtracked on a major point in negotiations with Harvard, dropping his administration’s demand for a $200 million payment to the government in hopes of finally resolving the administration’s conflicts with the university, according to four people briefed on the matter."
Doesn't Manchin's daughter have some kind of important job in the government?
🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
February 3, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Doesn't Manchin's daughter have some kind of important job in the government?