Patrick Pipino
@pp8010.bsky.social
Supposed Ice Cream Magnate & Chef. Failed Comedian. Youngin' Baseball Coach. Umpire. Lover of all things Springsteen. Once got an A- in Nuclear Weapons at Harvard.
After hearing from Canada and Belgium, it seems clear that this year's Davos message is "Donald Trump, we are here to rebuke your insanity."
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
After hearing from Canada and Belgium, it seems clear that this year's Davos message is "Donald Trump, we are here to rebuke your insanity."
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Moscow led a global superpower, got relegated to regional bully, and has been bitter about it ever since.
Washington led a global superpower, and decided it’d rather be a weaker, more isolated regional bully.
Washington led a global superpower, and decided it’d rather be a weaker, more isolated regional bully.
January 20, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Moscow led a global superpower, got relegated to regional bully, and has been bitter about it ever since.
Washington led a global superpower, and decided it’d rather be a weaker, more isolated regional bully.
Washington led a global superpower, and decided it’d rather be a weaker, more isolated regional bully.
I have a serious crush on this woman.
Such a great world leader.
Such a great world leader.
Greenland belongs to its people.
No threat or tariffs will change that.
Our response must be to remain calm, hold our ground and act in unity.
Extract of my intervention in #EPlenary ↓
No threat or tariffs will change that.
Our response must be to remain calm, hold our ground and act in unity.
Extract of my intervention in #EPlenary ↓
January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I have a serious crush on this woman.
Such a great world leader.
Such a great world leader.
Pretty sure the "Lie back and think of England" Bobby Hill approach ain't gonna' cut it, my man....
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Pretty sure the "Lie back and think of England" Bobby Hill approach ain't gonna' cut it, my man....
To say I'm proud I was this guy's student-even if but for a brief moment-is an understatement.
And despite what his detractors argue, I think he's right probably 95% of the time, if not more.
And despite what his detractors argue, I think he's right probably 95% of the time, if not more.
American officers know what Trump is planning, and their minds will rebel at directives to take everything they’ve prepared to do for years and apply it backwards, against the allies they have trained to work with and protect.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal
Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
To say I'm proud I was this guy's student-even if but for a brief moment-is an understatement.
And despite what his detractors argue, I think he's right probably 95% of the time, if not more.
And despite what his detractors argue, I think he's right probably 95% of the time, if not more.
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I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
August 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
If the Nobel committee just created a secondary "Noble" prize and gave it to Trump, do you think he'd even notice?
Looks like Norway needs to create a new peace prize to give to Trump before Trump starts a war with NATO.
This is bonkers.
Trump basically saying:
If you won’t reward me for being a peacemaker, I will be a warmonger.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Trump basically saying:
If you won’t reward me for being a peacemaker, I will be a warmonger.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
January 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
If the Nobel committee just created a secondary "Noble" prize and gave it to Trump, do you think he'd even notice?
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we are not a serious country.
we are a wealthy country. we are a large country. we are a powerful country. we are a dangerous country.
but we are not a serious country.
we are a wealthy country. we are a large country. we are a powerful country. we are a dangerous country.
but we are not a serious country.
January 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
we are not a serious country.
we are a wealthy country. we are a large country. we are a powerful country. we are a dangerous country.
but we are not a serious country.
we are a wealthy country. we are a large country. we are a powerful country. we are a dangerous country.
but we are not a serious country.
"WAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! I didn't get a trophy so I'm going to go to war instead. WAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!*"
*Manbaby who FER SHERE wasn't hugged enough as a child.
*Manbaby who FER SHERE wasn't hugged enough as a child.
Trump told Norway’s Prime Minister that he no longer feels any “obligation to think purely of Peace” due to the Nobel Committee snub.
Trump Links Greenland Threats To Nobel Peace Prize Snub In Letter To Norway’s Leader
Trump told Norway’s Prime Minister that he no longer feels any “obligation to think purely of Peace” due to the Nobel Committee snub.
www.forbes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"WAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! I didn't get a trophy so I'm going to go to war instead. WAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!*"
*Manbaby who FER SHERE wasn't hugged enough as a child.
*Manbaby who FER SHERE wasn't hugged enough as a child.
Easily the finest (and most sobering) foreign policy article I've read in my lifetime.
RIP Pax Americana. It was fun while it lasted, but some people were upset by the cost of eggs and decided to nuke it from orbit.
250 years of progress-gone in one year.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
RIP Pax Americana. It was fun while it lasted, but some people were upset by the cost of eggs and decided to nuke it from orbit.
250 years of progress-gone in one year.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Easily the finest (and most sobering) foreign policy article I've read in my lifetime.
RIP Pax Americana. It was fun while it lasted, but some people were upset by the cost of eggs and decided to nuke it from orbit.
250 years of progress-gone in one year.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
RIP Pax Americana. It was fun while it lasted, but some people were upset by the cost of eggs and decided to nuke it from orbit.
250 years of progress-gone in one year.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I'd really like to change "This not who we are" to "this is how we need to stop being who we are."
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I'd really like to change "This not who we are" to "this is how we need to stop being who we are."
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We're on the verge of civil war in Minnesota and world war in Greenland due to a declining, psychotic, unqualified, authoritarian weirdo -- but sure, news media, keep collapsing on your fainting couches over a mayor who said the f-word 11 days ago. Way to prioritize.
KARL: In the hours after the shooting of Renee Good, you went on national TV and said to ICE, 'get the F out of Minneapolis.' Do you regret that language? That doesn't sound like turning the temperature down
JACOB FREY: I don't regret it at all. If I seemed like I was angry and frustrated, I was.
JACOB FREY: I don't regret it at all. If I seemed like I was angry and frustrated, I was.
January 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
We're on the verge of civil war in Minnesota and world war in Greenland due to a declining, psychotic, unqualified, authoritarian weirdo -- but sure, news media, keep collapsing on your fainting couches over a mayor who said the f-word 11 days ago. Way to prioritize.
Truly excellent article.
January 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Truly excellent article.
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Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
Spot on point, Mr. Chovanec is.
I think we are in greater danger of denialism than doomerism.
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Spot on point, Mr. Chovanec is.
Is nobody going to bring up the fact that the guy asking for ID because of his accent, HAS A FUCKING ACCENT HIMSELF!
The guy could have done the funniest thing possible and asked the "officer" for HIS place of birth.
The guy could have done the funniest thing possible and asked the "officer" for HIS place of birth.
This is the definition of what Kavanaugh thinks a good stop is. He was detained, based on his accent, and then released after they checked his papers (which presumably Kavanaugh does not carry with him).
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
This ICE agent and the man he’s accusing of not being a US citizen have the same damn accent. If this were a movie, this scene would be on the cutting room floor.
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Is nobody going to bring up the fact that the guy asking for ID because of his accent, HAS A FUCKING ACCENT HIMSELF!
The guy could have done the funniest thing possible and asked the "officer" for HIS place of birth.
The guy could have done the funniest thing possible and asked the "officer" for HIS place of birth.
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That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
It's really impossible to overstate how much *everyone* is watching the US threats towards Greenland, not just Europe. If you want to break not just NATO but Five Eyes and maybe our Asian defense alliances too, taking Greenland is how you do it.
Forcibly annexing Greenland would be a strategic catastrophe—for Europe, for Canada, and perhaps most especially for the United States itself.
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 AM
That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
This is accurate.
Just in case anybody is not clear on this; if a Democratic president was sending in a military force to red states for easily debunked, bullshit reasons, the mainstream political media would be sounding a five-alarm outrage siren, setting their hair on fire and demanding his/her resignation.
January 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
This is accurate.
My corrupt ass dude sells pardons by the GROSS.
President Trump quietly issued clemency grants this week, including to a California woman he had pardoned once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
My corrupt ass dude sells pardons by the GROSS.
Someday, Trump is no longer going to be alive, and all his "ride or die" folks are going to do the full Bible Peter act from the book of Luke.
Then my fat ass is gonna' bust in like Linc Hayes from the old Mod Squad with ALLLLLLLL the receipts.
Then my fat ass is gonna' bust in like Linc Hayes from the old Mod Squad with ALLLLLLLL the receipts.
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Someday, Trump is no longer going to be alive, and all his "ride or die" folks are going to do the full Bible Peter act from the book of Luke.
Then my fat ass is gonna' bust in like Linc Hayes from the old Mod Squad with ALLLLLLLL the receipts.
Then my fat ass is gonna' bust in like Linc Hayes from the old Mod Squad with ALLLLLLLL the receipts.
Went over to the bad place for five minutes to peruse Stephen Miller's wife's feed because I had read something that one of my friends posted there.
I lasted three minutes. She's a disgusting ghoul-just like her husband, Nosferatu.
I feel like I need a shower.
I lasted three minutes. She's a disgusting ghoul-just like her husband, Nosferatu.
I feel like I need a shower.
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Went over to the bad place for five minutes to peruse Stephen Miller's wife's feed because I had read something that one of my friends posted there.
I lasted three minutes. She's a disgusting ghoul-just like her husband, Nosferatu.
I feel like I need a shower.
I lasted three minutes. She's a disgusting ghoul-just like her husband, Nosferatu.
I feel like I need a shower.
It was my great honor to meet Ron Jeremy today. He is a wonderful man who has been through so much. He presented me with his 2012 Adult Video News Award for the work I have done.
Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Ron!
Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Ron!
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
It was my great honor to meet Ron Jeremy today. He is a wonderful man who has been through so much. He presented me with his 2012 Adult Video News Award for the work I have done.
Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Ron!
Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Ron!
This guy is my whole vibe.
I don’t know who this Minnesota man is, but he absolutely speaks for me.
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This guy is my whole vibe.
Because if we can't trust a 5th place muckraking college swimmer who spews right wing trans bile on the daily cosplaying as a journalist, then just who can we trust?
Leavitt: "In our new media seat today, we have a familiar face -- Riley Gaines ..."
January 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Because if we can't trust a 5th place muckraking college swimmer who spews right wing trans bile on the daily cosplaying as a journalist, then just who can we trust?
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The more independent reporting and non corporate social media acts as the only reality check against a government and corporate media that seems committed to making the country’s collapse seem like a matter of opinion, the more I worry about them coming for it.
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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