Pat Jennings
@veryrecent1.bsky.social
Guns haven't made us safer. Trickle-down hasn't made us richer. Global warming is real. Fair taxes & reasonable regulation aren't Socialism, Communism or fascism.
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It is so bizarre to watch Congressional Democrats go about the work of negotiating and passing appropriations bills as if 1. the Trump administration hasn't repeatedly ignored its appropriations and 2. there isn't a fascist, authoritarian crisis on the streets www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
House passes DHS funding bill despite Democratic opposition over ICE
Lawmakers are still on track to prevent another government shutdown at the end of the month.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It is so bizarre to watch Congressional Democrats go about the work of negotiating and passing appropriations bills as if 1. the Trump administration hasn't repeatedly ignored its appropriations and 2. there isn't a fascist, authoritarian crisis on the streets www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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@jaketapper.bsky.social Can you write a book about this, please?
January 23, 2026 at 3:35 AM
@jaketapper.bsky.social Can you write a book about this, please?
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I agree with some of this, but that Trump is still at 40% is shocking; they may have laughed at him in Davos but they also catered the event to him; the Board of Peace is swelling with signatories (now in the dozens); and nothing has changed as to his critics or Melania.
I still see darkness ahead.
I still see darkness ahead.
Trump’s polls are in the toilet, he was a laughingstock at Davos, forced to surrender on Greenland, nobody wanted to join his Bored of Peace club, late-night comics are picking on him, Gavin is stalking him, Melania sleeps in a separate house, & nobody will give him real prizes.
January 23, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I agree with some of this, but that Trump is still at 40% is shocking; they may have laughed at him in Davos but they also catered the event to him; the Board of Peace is swelling with signatories (now in the dozens); and nothing has changed as to his critics or Melania.
I still see darkness ahead.
I still see darkness ahead.
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When the propaganda is your first and only concern
not surprising and yet still jarring to read ex-FBI agents describing how Kash Patel and Bongino reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder while running the agency. truly the content creator administration/podcast govt www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 11:11 PM
When the propaganda is your first and only concern
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NEW: "Mitchell and EIN are hoping to change the dynamic of the 2026 midterms by pressuring state and local election officials to only allow voting to take place in small neighborhood precincts, rather than the vote centers." www.democracydocket.com/analysis/vot...
Vote centers have made it easier to vote. Cleta Mitchell is coming for them
The battle over vote centers is currently playing out in Arizona, where Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) last year vetoed a GOP bill to abolish the use of them.
www.democracydocket.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 AM
NEW: "Mitchell and EIN are hoping to change the dynamic of the 2026 midterms by pressuring state and local election officials to only allow voting to take place in small neighborhood precincts, rather than the vote centers." www.democracydocket.com/analysis/vot...
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That Five-Year-Old Was No Angel
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
That Five-Year-Old Was No Angel
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As with all things Trump, wait until you see a signed agreement with specifics, and wait until you see who signs it. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rutte says the status of Greenland was not discussed as part of the “framework” deal Trump announced
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 AM
As with all things Trump, wait until you see a signed agreement with specifics, and wait until you see who signs it. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
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a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
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by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
look what they’re doing to my city. apologies for the camerawork
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
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Whenever the weather is bad in Texas I get SO WORRIED that Ted Cruz might not have packed enough sunscreen.
January 22, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Whenever the weather is bad in Texas I get SO WORRIED that Ted Cruz might not have packed enough sunscreen.
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This is where @daniellaurison.bsky.social’s book “Producing Politics” is useful, as a sociological study of election campaigns staff and how they create entire worlds of domain knowledge that are unfalsifiable.
You've probably wondered, "is there some recipe book out there that is turning every elected Democratic into a bland, hollow nonentity?"
Yes. There is a recipe book. @msifry.bsky.social breaks it down.
Yes. There is a recipe book. @msifry.bsky.social breaks it down.
Why Dems Keep Fighting the Last War
Turns out, there is a playbook. And it's filled with errors of commission and omission.
theconnector.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:22 PM
This is where @daniellaurison.bsky.social’s book “Producing Politics” is useful, as a sociological study of election campaigns staff and how they create entire worlds of domain knowledge that are unfalsifiable.
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This is a global far right power grab, so the sooner everybody realizes that and puts aside their deeply outdated notions around national identity, which got us here to begin with, the better. The only way out is through, but the only way through is all of us fighting these climate warlords together
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is a global far right power grab, so the sooner everybody realizes that and puts aside their deeply outdated notions around national identity, which got us here to begin with, the better. The only way out is through, but the only way through is all of us fighting these climate warlords together
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The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) revealed that DOGE staffers engaged in unauthorized communications with a political advocacy group on election denial efforts, and admitted the agreement bypassed internal safeguards preventing the misuse of government data.
DOGE worked with political group to probe voter rolls, Trump admin admits
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The Social Security Administration (SSA) revealed that DOGE staffers engaged in unauthorized communications with a political advocacy group on election denial efforts, and admitted the agreement bypassed internal safeguards preventing the misuse of government data.
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Remember what I said about how when Trump falters, the media inserts a fake, imaginary version of Trump into the news instead?
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Remember what I said about how when Trump falters, the media inserts a fake, imaginary version of Trump into the news instead?
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Radley Balko nails this: "The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power."
Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Radley Balko nails this: "The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power."
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Is “taming” really the best description of what Trump is doing to universities?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
January 21, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Is “taming” really the best description of what Trump is doing to universities?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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Sights and sounds from a personalist regime:
Fox News reports that "the FBI has just served subpoenas to several officials here in Minneapolis, including members of the office of Gov. Tim Walz"
January 20, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Sights and sounds from a personalist regime:
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#BREAKING: The Pentagon announced it would take editorial control of independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes to refocus coverage on “warfighting” and remove “woke distractions.”
thehill.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: The Pentagon announced it would take editorial control of independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes to refocus coverage on “warfighting” and remove “woke distractions.”
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
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“Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion.” It’s not a presidency – it’s a criminal heist after 77 million voters let him into the vault. (NYT gift link)
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
“Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion.” It’s not a presidency – it’s a criminal heist after 77 million voters let him into the vault. (NYT gift link)
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“So long as Trump raves and Republicans look away, we might as well dispense with the notion that Trump and his cadre of MAGA enablers care anything about “allies.”
Words & Phrases
Trump, to his mind, doesn’t need no stinkin’ allies
contrarian.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“So long as Trump raves and Republicans look away, we might as well dispense with the notion that Trump and his cadre of MAGA enablers care anything about “allies.”
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Great piece. I’ll add to Andrea’s ideas for action this one: go to USA spending dot gov and look up active ICE contractors who do business in your state. Then organize boycotts and protests of those businesses.
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Great piece. I’ll add to Andrea’s ideas for action this one: go to USA spending dot gov and look up active ICE contractors who do business in your state. Then organize boycotts and protests of those businesses.