Chip Pate
@wspate.bsky.social
Marketing, PR and education consultant, Ph.D., in the Research Triangle Region. Also interested in NYC, Wrexham, London, Arsenal, theater and the arts. Following politics only by necessity.
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Here's an idea!
Karoline Leavitt (age 29) should do the press conferences with her husband (age 60), just to remind Americans that there's nothing creepy at all about this, nothing creepy at all, nothing creepy
Karoline Leavitt (age 29) should do the press conferences with her husband (age 60), just to remind Americans that there's nothing creepy at all about this, nothing creepy at all, nothing creepy
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here's an idea!
Karoline Leavitt (age 29) should do the press conferences with her husband (age 60), just to remind Americans that there's nothing creepy at all about this, nothing creepy at all, nothing creepy
Karoline Leavitt (age 29) should do the press conferences with her husband (age 60), just to remind Americans that there's nothing creepy at all about this, nothing creepy at all, nothing creepy
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Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor @joshshapiropa.bsky.social signed their state's budget into law.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor @joshshapiropa.bsky.social signed their state's budget into law.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
Absolute monsters who are either given a pass or largely ignored: John Roberts, Ivanka Trump, Clarence Thomas, Mitch McConnell, Pam Bondi, Samuel Alito, Peter Thiel, Russell Vought, Fox “News.”
#Trump #TrumpAdministration
#Trump #TrumpAdministration
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Absolute monsters who are either given a pass or largely ignored: John Roberts, Ivanka Trump, Clarence Thomas, Mitch McConnell, Pam Bondi, Samuel Alito, Peter Thiel, Russell Vought, Fox “News.”
#Trump #TrumpAdministration
#Trump #TrumpAdministration
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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This article is utterly damning for the New York Times and also for Vanity Fair and ABC, whose editorial teams were apparently intimidated into silence by a mix of legal and violent threats. Virginia Giuffre did not stand a chance against all this.
This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein?
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This article is utterly damning for the New York Times and also for Vanity Fair and ABC, whose editorial teams were apparently intimidated into silence by a mix of legal and violent threats. Virginia Giuffre did not stand a chance against all this.
Good news for Pam Bondi, Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and their fellow co-conspirators is they’ll get their flight to The Netherlands for free.
#PamBondi #PeteHegseth #JDVance #Trump #TrumpAdministration
#PamBondi #PeteHegseth #JDVance #Trump #TrumpAdministration
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Good news for Pam Bondi, Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and their fellow co-conspirators is they’ll get their flight to The Netherlands for free.
#PamBondi #PeteHegseth #JDVance #Trump #TrumpAdministration
#PamBondi #PeteHegseth #JDVance #Trump #TrumpAdministration
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Hey, MAGA voters. EVERYTHING we said about Trump WAS TRUE. Now you have the proof. Are you now going to descend even further into the cult — or join the rest of us in being real patriots to save our nation?
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hey, MAGA voters. EVERYTHING we said about Trump WAS TRUE. Now you have the proof. Are you now going to descend even further into the cult — or join the rest of us in being real patriots to save our nation?
Nobody has ever asked, “Who?”
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Nobody has ever asked, “Who?”
They were raping children — not “having sex with underage women.”
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
They were raping children — not “having sex with underage women.”
When EPSTEIN never met someone as bad as Trump, do you *finally* understand how irredeemably despicable and evil Trump truly is?
Let’s end this now. All of us. Together.
Let’s end this now. All of us. Together.
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
When EPSTEIN never met someone as bad as Trump, do you *finally* understand how irredeemably despicable and evil Trump truly is?
Let’s end this now. All of us. Together.
Let’s end this now. All of us. Together.
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Thanksgiving is the time to share your blessings with your family and your closest, most enigmatic friends.
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Thanksgiving is the time to share your blessings with your family and your closest, most enigmatic friends.
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This nightmare could all be over by close of business today. Impeach and convict. Or 25th Amendment. We do not have to live this way.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This nightmare could all be over by close of business today. Impeach and convict. Or 25th Amendment. We do not have to live this way.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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Now there are legit questions about whether Epstein was working with/for Putin.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Now there are legit questions about whether Epstein was working with/for Putin.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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the newly released Epstein emails are getting coverage on Fox News 👀
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
the newly released Epstein emails are getting coverage on Fox News 👀
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Whenever Ken Starr returns to the news, it's fun to remember that one deputy investigating Bill Clinton (and Vice Foster) was ... Brett Kavanaugh!
Extra fun to remember that GWBush FL Recount team in 2000 included Brett K, J Roberts, AC Barrett.
Plus help from FL gov Jeb Bush. Good times!
Extra fun to remember that GWBush FL Recount team in 2000 included Brett K, J Roberts, AC Barrett.
Plus help from FL gov Jeb Bush. Good times!
Ken Starr emailing with Epstein in 2018 is a really interesting thing to learn about!!!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Whenever Ken Starr returns to the news, it's fun to remember that one deputy investigating Bill Clinton (and Vice Foster) was ... Brett Kavanaugh!
Extra fun to remember that GWBush FL Recount team in 2000 included Brett K, J Roberts, AC Barrett.
Plus help from FL gov Jeb Bush. Good times!
Extra fun to remember that GWBush FL Recount team in 2000 included Brett K, J Roberts, AC Barrett.
Plus help from FL gov Jeb Bush. Good times!
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Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Hey, MAGA voters. EVERYTHING we said about Trump WAS TRUE. Now you have the proof. Are you now going to descend even further into the cult — or join the rest of us in being real patriots to save our nation?
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hey, MAGA voters. EVERYTHING we said about Trump WAS TRUE. Now you have the proof. Are you now going to descend even further into the cult — or join the rest of us in being real patriots to save our nation?