Pat Az
@pataz1.bsky.social
I post about the mainstream media centering their reporting on conservatives; I also post on LGBT issues. Occasionally I write an article or two.
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In which Jeffrey Epstein, who laundered money for the Russians, explains how Donald Trump was doing exactly the same thing, and how this accounts for most of his wealth.
February 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
In which Jeffrey Epstein, who laundered money for the Russians, explains how Donald Trump was doing exactly the same thing, and how this accounts for most of his wealth.
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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
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People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is a blockbuster report. Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call.
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This is a blockbuster report. Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call.
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how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM
how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023
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More rewriting of history😡
"the goal "is to limit confusion on U.S government policy & to speak with one voice to advance [Felon's rhetoric & lies]. It will preserve history while promoting the present."
Bullshit. '1984' crew in action again.
Keep capturing & documenting everything you can, all.
"the goal "is to limit confusion on U.S government policy & to speak with one voice to advance [Felon's rhetoric & lies]. It will preserve history while promoting the present."
Bullshit. '1984' crew in action again.
Keep capturing & documenting everything you can, all.
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
More rewriting of history😡
"the goal "is to limit confusion on U.S government policy & to speak with one voice to advance [Felon's rhetoric & lies]. It will preserve history while promoting the present."
Bullshit. '1984' crew in action again.
Keep capturing & documenting everything you can, all.
"the goal "is to limit confusion on U.S government policy & to speak with one voice to advance [Felon's rhetoric & lies]. It will preserve history while promoting the present."
Bullshit. '1984' crew in action again.
Keep capturing & documenting everything you can, all.
We have a MAGA of ped oh files in Washington.
Because that is the only appropriate name for a group of them.
Because that is the only appropriate name for a group of them.
"Nothing preserves a child’s dignity like being forced to trek to the other side of school in the middle of a class to pee in the only room they’re legally allowed to use without fear of being assaulted, Tom. Thanks for that."
By @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
By @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
South Carolina Set to Make Bathroom Ban Permanent — Assigned
The South Carolina state legislature is working diligently to turn a temporary anti-trans bathroom ban into a permanent one, to the detriment of all.
www.assignedmedia.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 AM
We have a MAGA of ped oh files in Washington.
Because that is the only appropriate name for a group of them.
Because that is the only appropriate name for a group of them.
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Racist White House deletes racist Trump's post about Obamas after furious backlash and says it was 'erroneously' made by a racist staffer
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Racist White House deletes racist Trump's post about Obamas after furious backlash and says it was 'erroneously' made by a racist staffer
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NEW STORY: Trump admits he was the one who found the video and asked that it be posted from his Truth Social account. Refuses to apologize.
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
NEW STORY: Trump admits he was the one who found the video and asked that it be posted from his Truth Social account. Refuses to apologize.
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Any NATO government contemplating a Palantir contract should carefully scrutinize the newly released DOJ Epstein files, and particularly the document surrounding Epstein's introduction of Palantir owner Peter Thiel to a senior Russian intelligence officer.
February 7, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Any NATO government contemplating a Palantir contract should carefully scrutinize the newly released DOJ Epstein files, and particularly the document surrounding Epstein's introduction of Palantir owner Peter Thiel to a senior Russian intelligence officer.
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It's obvious but still striking to consider that we have a United States government driven solely by one man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction.
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It's obvious but still striking to consider that we have a United States government driven solely by one man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction.
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Do they honestly expect us to believe a staffer posted this-with the way he controls his social media
Please
But let’s play. Trump’s Truth Social missives have destroyed people’s lives. If they were issued by interns, Congress must investigate which and when-and massive lawsuits will be filed
Please
But let’s play. Trump’s Truth Social missives have destroyed people’s lives. If they were issued by interns, Congress must investigate which and when-and massive lawsuits will be filed
NEW: Racist video of Obamas removed from Trump social account
A White House official blamed a staffer for erroneously posting the video.
A White House official blamed a staffer for erroneously posting the video.
Racist video of Obamas removed from Trump's social account
The post was up on Trump's Truth Social account for about 12 hours.
www.axios.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Do they honestly expect us to believe a staffer posted this-with the way he controls his social media
Please
But let’s play. Trump’s Truth Social missives have destroyed people’s lives. If they were issued by interns, Congress must investigate which and when-and massive lawsuits will be filed
Please
But let’s play. Trump’s Truth Social missives have destroyed people’s lives. If they were issued by interns, Congress must investigate which and when-and massive lawsuits will be filed
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This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
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I don’t want to depress you all but the entire media and political class will have moved on from this latest Trump racist outburst by tomorrow, Monday at the very latest. He gets away with it every time - because he is allowed to get away with it, and because he floods the zone.
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I don’t want to depress you all but the entire media and political class will have moved on from this latest Trump racist outburst by tomorrow, Monday at the very latest. He gets away with it every time - because he is allowed to get away with it, and because he floods the zone.
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In addition to the now-deleted racist Obama ape video, Trump amplified a new batch of tweets from fake, foreign-based MAGA accounts
February 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
In addition to the now-deleted racist Obama ape video, Trump amplified a new batch of tweets from fake, foreign-based MAGA accounts
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White House press corps, I know some of you are shy, so let me help you get started. This isn't fifty questions--I could only fit twenty-one in alt text--but let me know if you need more!
February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
White House press corps, I know some of you are shy, so let me help you get started. This isn't fifty questions--I could only fit twenty-one in alt text--but let me know if you need more!
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"According to sources...video and photo posts to the president’s Truth Social account go through layers of approval. Trump signs off on the content posted, but he often does not find...these clips himself...it takes a village...to create the federal government’s racist propaganda operation."
BREAKING: Madman President Promotes Racist Video of the Obamas as Apes
Trump’s policies and actions are fueled by explicit racism and election denial. The Obama-ape video encompasses both.
zeteo.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"According to sources...video and photo posts to the president’s Truth Social account go through layers of approval. Trump signs off on the content posted, but he often does not find...these clips himself...it takes a village...to create the federal government’s racist propaganda operation."
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Both! It's Schrodinger's racism: it was both posted and not posted by Trump and it's both perfectly fine and so offensive it should be removed.
Don't you libs understand quantum mechanics?
Don't you libs understand quantum mechanics?
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Both! It's Schrodinger's racism: it was both posted and not posted by Trump and it's both perfectly fine and so offensive it should be removed.
Don't you libs understand quantum mechanics?
Don't you libs understand quantum mechanics?
Either the President is a virulent racist;
Or low-level staffers are anonymously setting presidential policies for the US via Trump’s official feed.
Or low-level staffers are anonymously setting presidential policies for the US via Trump’s official feed.
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Either the President is a virulent racist;
Or low-level staffers are anonymously setting presidential policies for the US via Trump’s official feed.
Or low-level staffers are anonymously setting presidential policies for the US via Trump’s official feed.
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So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
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The biggest revelation in the Epstein emails is being overlooked.
They hint that Epstein may have helped Russia gain leverage over Donald Trump, providing advice to individuals close to Putin on influencing a sitting US president.
This deserves far more public scrutiny:
They hint that Epstein may have helped Russia gain leverage over Donald Trump, providing advice to individuals close to Putin on influencing a sitting US president.
This deserves far more public scrutiny:
February 6, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The biggest revelation in the Epstein emails is being overlooked.
They hint that Epstein may have helped Russia gain leverage over Donald Trump, providing advice to individuals close to Putin on influencing a sitting US president.
This deserves far more public scrutiny:
They hint that Epstein may have helped Russia gain leverage over Donald Trump, providing advice to individuals close to Putin on influencing a sitting US president.
This deserves far more public scrutiny:
Which low-level staffer has been anonymously setting presidential policy for the US?
No, no, the White House explained, the president isn't an egregious racist posting egregiously racist stuff. He just gives others control of his public communications, including egregiously racist staffers he chose to hire then not fire after they communicated egregiously racist stuff on his behalf.
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Which low-level staffer has been anonymously setting presidential policy for the US?
Which low-level staffer has been anonymously setting presidential policy for the US?
I suspect that the echo chamber of Truth Social and conservative media, along with X becoming a safe space for racism and extremism under Musk, has given our Republican leaders a deeply skewed idea of what ordinary Americans find acceptable www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump shares video depicting Obamas as apes
Tim Scott, the sole Black Republican in the Senate, called it ‘the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.’
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Which low-level staffer has been anonymously setting presidential policy for the US?
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No, no, the White House explained, the president isn't an egregious racist posting egregiously racist stuff. He just gives others control of his public communications, including egregiously racist staffers he chose to hire then not fire after they communicated egregiously racist stuff on his behalf.
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
No, no, the White House explained, the president isn't an egregious racist posting egregiously racist stuff. He just gives others control of his public communications, including egregiously racist staffers he chose to hire then not fire after they communicated egregiously racist stuff on his behalf.