Patrick J. Shea 🐸
@patricksheaesq.bsky.social
One-time attorney, standing up for We the People against betrayal by our government.
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Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
www.nytimes.com
"Angels do not govern us — men and women do — and no man or woman should be immune from the rule of law. We’ve taken that idea for granted for far too long, to the point where we’ve abandoned the “auxiliary precautions” the founders knew we needed. Now we are paying the price in blood."
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I just voted against sending more money to Trump's out of control mass deportation machine.
January 22, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I just voted against sending more money to Trump's out of control mass deportation machine.
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FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
January 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
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This family did every single thing they’ve been asked to in order to seek asylum here.
Yet in less than 24 hours, this kid and his Dad were nabbed off our streets and sent to Texas, using tactics that can only be described as pure evil.
Yet in less than 24 hours, this kid and his Dad were nabbed off our streets and sent to Texas, using tactics that can only be described as pure evil.
January 22, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This family did every single thing they’ve been asked to in order to seek asylum here.
Yet in less than 24 hours, this kid and his Dad were nabbed off our streets and sent to Texas, using tactics that can only be described as pure evil.
Yet in less than 24 hours, this kid and his Dad were nabbed off our streets and sent to Texas, using tactics that can only be described as pure evil.
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Resistance to this regime can take many forms. Kudos to these volunteers who are stepping up to help their community in Minnesota.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Volunteers in Minnesota Deliver Groceries So Immigrants Can Hide at Home
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Resistance to this regime can take many forms. Kudos to these volunteers who are stepping up to help their community in Minnesota.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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I haven't been back from Texas for 24 hours, and there's 3 new reminders why we shouldn't fund DHS without reforms to force them to obey the law.
1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos
2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota
3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes
1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos
2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota
3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I haven't been back from Texas for 24 hours, and there's 3 new reminders why we shouldn't fund DHS without reforms to force them to obey the law.
1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos
2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota
3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes
1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos
2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota
3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes
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AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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This is insane
DHS spending bill passed 220-207
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gilles
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Tom Suozzi
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn't vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gilles
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Tom Suozzi
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn't vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so
January 22, 2026 at 11:14 PM
This is insane
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Early press accounts, presumably informed by DHS, claimed that the teenage girl in the first photo and another teen passenger were arrested after "colliding" with a vehicle driven by federal immigration officials.
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
January 22, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Early press accounts, presumably informed by DHS, claimed that the teenage girl in the first photo and another teen passenger were arrested after "colliding" with a vehicle driven by federal immigration officials.
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
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The Indiana-Miami national title game is the most‑watched college football game since Jan. 2015, the second most‑watched title game of the CFP era and the No. 2 cable telecast on record with 30.1 million viewers. The inaugural CFP National Championship w Oregon-OhioSt in 2015 had 33.9M viewers.
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The Indiana-Miami national title game is the most‑watched college football game since Jan. 2015, the second most‑watched title game of the CFP era and the No. 2 cable telecast on record with 30.1 million viewers. The inaugural CFP National Championship w Oregon-OhioSt in 2015 had 33.9M viewers.
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Masked men with guns approaching minors, and then kidnapping them. Law enforcement is not permitted to question minors without a legal guardian present, but apparently ICE can demand "papers" from random children.
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Masked men with guns approaching minors, and then kidnapping them. Law enforcement is not permitted to question minors without a legal guardian present, but apparently ICE can demand "papers" from random children.
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Lieu: "How scared are Republicans of talking about the Epstein files? They are so scared that they literally are calling Jack Smith ... Republicans would rather talk about the criminality of Donald Trump than about his associations with Epstein and his pedophelia ring."
January 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Lieu: "How scared are Republicans of talking about the Epstein files? They are so scared that they literally are calling Jack Smith ... Republicans would rather talk about the criminality of Donald Trump than about his associations with Epstein and his pedophelia ring."
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Secret police.
People disappearing.
No due process.
Knocking down doors.
Racially profiling American citizens.
History has a name for this: authoritarianism.
People disappearing.
No due process.
Knocking down doors.
Racially profiling American citizens.
History has a name for this: authoritarianism.
January 22, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Secret police.
People disappearing.
No due process.
Knocking down doors.
Racially profiling American citizens.
History has a name for this: authoritarianism.
People disappearing.
No due process.
Knocking down doors.
Racially profiling American citizens.
History has a name for this: authoritarianism.
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Mike Fanone and Ivan Raiklin get into it at the Jack Smith hearing.
January 22, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Mike Fanone and Ivan Raiklin get into it at the Jack Smith hearing.
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Smith: Again, and I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will.
January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Smith: Again, and I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will.
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It appears that juries are no more likely to believe Kristi Noem's lying bullshit than they are to believe Pam Bondi's lying bullshit. Nice try, little Greg Bovino.
news.wttw.com/2026/01/22/c...
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Chicago Man Acquitted of Murder-for-Hire Charge in Plot Allegedly Targeting Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino
A 12-person jury reached its verdict Thursday afternoon in the case of Juan Espinoza Martinez, who was charged in a murder-for-hire plot after prosecutors alleged he offered $10,000 for someone to kil...
news.wttw.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 PM
It appears that juries are no more likely to believe Kristi Noem's lying bullshit than they are to believe Pam Bondi's lying bullshit. Nice try, little Greg Bovino.
news.wttw.com/2026/01/22/c...
news.wttw.com/2026/01/22/c...
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Jack Smith: "I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Jack Smith: "I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
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Jack Smith: "The people who assaulted police officers and were convicted after trial in my view and I think in the view of the judges who sentenced them to prison are dangerous to their community. Some of these people have already committed crimes against their communities again."
January 22, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Jack Smith: "The people who assaulted police officers and were convicted after trial in my view and I think in the view of the judges who sentenced them to prison are dangerous to their community. Some of these people have already committed crimes against their communities again."
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There’s no reforming this
January 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM
There’s no reforming this
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What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
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@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
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Jack Smith: "Trump was charged bc the evidence established he willfully broke the law -- the very laws he took an oath to uphold... After leaving office, Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club... highly sensitive natl security info was held in a ballroom & bathroom."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "Trump was charged bc the evidence established he willfully broke the law -- the very laws he took an oath to uphold... After leaving office, Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club... highly sensitive natl security info was held in a ballroom & bathroom."
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Trump says he's adding his bad poll numbers to his lawsuit against the Times. Deeply embarrassing stuff.
January 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Trump says he's adding his bad poll numbers to his lawsuit against the Times. Deeply embarrassing stuff.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM