Patrick Briggs
@pbriggsiam.bsky.social
An IT Business Analyst who is discerning into the Episcopal Church and believes in justice and that the divine spark exists in all people I meet. Heros are Ed Bacon and John O'Donohue
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Because there are far too few cases of anyone being held accountable if they have sufficient power and influence. That creates the perception of pervasiveness.
You would think that the author of Twilight of the Elites would recognize this.
You would think that the author of Twilight of the Elites would recognize this.
February 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Because there are far too few cases of anyone being held accountable if they have sufficient power and influence. That creates the perception of pervasiveness.
You would think that the author of Twilight of the Elites would recognize this.
You would think that the author of Twilight of the Elites would recognize this.
Wow
'Purple Crocuses' by contemporary painter Cathy Rowe #WomensArt
February 14, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Wow
Just end DHS
We didn't need it before 9/11 and it's only been a nightmare since. So.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
February 14, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Just end DHS
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🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 AM
🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”
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king in brown hoodie
doesn’t have time
for the Nazis
who catch him on cam
don’t give a damn
he gave fair warning
plenty of time
for a goon
to retract what he’d said
caught hands instead
doesn’t have time
for the Nazis
who catch him on cam
don’t give a damn
he gave fair warning
plenty of time
for a goon
to retract what he’d said
caught hands instead
February 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
king in brown hoodie
doesn’t have time
for the Nazis
who catch him on cam
don’t give a damn
he gave fair warning
plenty of time
for a goon
to retract what he’d said
caught hands instead
doesn’t have time
for the Nazis
who catch him on cam
don’t give a damn
he gave fair warning
plenty of time
for a goon
to retract what he’d said
caught hands instead
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wait no one's even posting the hardest line
February 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
wait no one's even posting the hardest line
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🚨BREAKING: Montana Court BLOCKS state law targeting students with unconstitutional residency requirement. A victory for our clients and the voters of Montana. www.democracydocket.com/cases/montan...
🚨 Montana Student Residency Requirement Challenge
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
🚨BREAKING: Montana Court BLOCKS state law targeting students with unconstitutional residency requirement. A victory for our clients and the voters of Montana. www.democracydocket.com/cases/montan...
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“People feel it in their guts, on the streets. Abolish them, because otherwise they will execute us.”
NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
“People feel it in their guts, on the streets. Abolish them, because otherwise they will execute us.”
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
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@andreapitzer.bsky.social "concentration camp regimes in their early stages often make use of large open infrastructure to convert into detention spaces. Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933"
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
@andreapitzer.bsky.social "concentration camp regimes in their early stages often make use of large open infrastructure to convert into detention spaces. Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933"
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
This one gets it! Presidential material!
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This one gets it! Presidential material!
Always brilliant perspective.
The Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s Power
Ezra Klein NYT Gift Article
Fascinating discussion with Anand Giridharadas a journalist who analyzes Epstein and what is emerging from the sociology of American elites and power
Read the transcript or listen to it or watch it on YouTube
bit.ly/4cuc9ZP
Ezra Klein NYT Gift Article
Fascinating discussion with Anand Giridharadas a journalist who analyzes Epstein and what is emerging from the sociology of American elites and power
Read the transcript or listen to it or watch it on YouTube
bit.ly/4cuc9ZP
Opinion | The Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s Power
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Always brilliant perspective.
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This is wildly appropriate ☠️
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
This is wildly appropriate ☠️
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And they were right.
Old enough to remember when Republicans thought armed agents pointing a gun at a scared little Latino boy was an outrage. "Stormtroopers," they said. "Jackbooted thugs."
February 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
And they were right.
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After the state Supreme Court's order today, Virginia Democrats are now one referendum vote away from a 10-1 congressional map. I suspect the GOP is trying to figure out how to file a new lawsuit or concoct a theory for SCOTUS. Both will fail.
A big win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
A big win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
🚨 McDougle et al v. Nardo et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
After the state Supreme Court's order today, Virginia Democrats are now one referendum vote away from a 10-1 congressional map. I suspect the GOP is trying to figure out how to file a new lawsuit or concoct a theory for SCOTUS. Both will fail.
A big win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
A big win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
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Former Governor of Washington State.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Former Governor of Washington State.
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Tragically Hip's "Scared," from their 1994 album 'Day for Night.' See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQH...
The Tragically Hip - Scared
YouTube video by GordonYYZ
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Tragically Hip's "Scared," from their 1994 album 'Day for Night.' See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQH...
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Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a huge success. Here is how grassroots groups beat big money and are now raising tons of money for mixed income, rent stabilized housing. (We call it “social housing.”)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a wild success. #taxtherich @House Our Neighbors: Yes on 1A @Tech 4 Housing
TikTok video by Ron Davis
www.tiktok.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
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Behold, the genetic superiority of the master race. bsky.app/profile/chri...
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Behold, the genetic superiority of the master race. bsky.app/profile/chri...
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Trump's financial regulators can't even say insider trading is bad.
Most corrupt Administration in history.
Most corrupt Administration in history.
WATCH: Trump’s SEC Commissioner just refused to say ‘insider trading is bad.’
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Trump's financial regulators can't even say insider trading is bad.
Most corrupt Administration in history.
Most corrupt Administration in history.
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BREAKING: Judge Leon *rejects* Secretary Hegseth's bid to punish Sen. Kelly for advising troops to ignore illegal orders. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
February 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
BREAKING: Judge Leon *rejects* Secretary Hegseth's bid to punish Sen. Kelly for advising troops to ignore illegal orders. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...