Patrick Murray
@intelpatrick.bsky.social
Dad, husband, retired @intel engineer, now NCSU ISE Adj. Lecturer & volunteer, and a proud parent of http://colum.edu, http://bu.edu, & http://ncsu.edu grads.
Motto: You are what you do.
Motto: You are what you do.
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JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
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Literally all this man does is complain.
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Literally all this man does is complain.
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We demand better. The veterans with us deserve to see Congress defend the America they served.
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We demand better. The veterans with us deserve to see Congress defend the America they served.
We already know the GOP is cruel... what i want to know is whether Dems will fight for us
Yes, I’m disappointed by the capitulation, but the Democrats can continue to expose the Trump Republicans’ cruelty and hostility toward working people struggling to get by—especially when they fail to pass a standalone vote on healthcare subsidies.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We already know the GOP is cruel... what i want to know is whether Dems will fight for us
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November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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We live in the richest country in the history of the world, and we’re the only wealthy nation that doesn’t guarantee health care. Now we’re arguing over whether people deserve food. Explain it to me like I’m five because I don’t get it.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We live in the richest country in the history of the world, and we’re the only wealthy nation that doesn’t guarantee health care. Now we’re arguing over whether people deserve food. Explain it to me like I’m five because I don’t get it.
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This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
Gotta be f'g kidding
Convicted health care fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is being held up as a "perfect martyr" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" movement.
Famous fraudster Elizabeth Holmes embraced as MAHA's 'perfect martyr'
Convicted health care fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is being held up as a "perfect martyr" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" movement.MAHA influencers have taken up the Theranos founder's cause, with widely read mommy blogger Jessica Reed Kraus writing a highly sympathetic Substac...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Gotta be f'g kidding
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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TENNESSEE FARMERS: “The tariffs pass down to the consumer… had to take on 2nd & 3rd jobs… 4 blood pressure pills a day…”
Why won’t Republicans fight for them and ask Trump to stop the pain instead of supporting this like @MattForTN Van Epps & @rustygrills & @MarshaBlackburn?
Why won’t Republicans fight for them and ask Trump to stop the pain instead of supporting this like @MattForTN Van Epps & @rustygrills & @MarshaBlackburn?
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
TENNESSEE FARMERS: “The tariffs pass down to the consumer… had to take on 2nd & 3rd jobs… 4 blood pressure pills a day…”
Why won’t Republicans fight for them and ask Trump to stop the pain instead of supporting this like @MattForTN Van Epps & @rustygrills & @MarshaBlackburn?
Why won’t Republicans fight for them and ask Trump to stop the pain instead of supporting this like @MattForTN Van Epps & @rustygrills & @MarshaBlackburn?
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Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car, period. www.wired.com/story/trumps...
Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive
Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car, period.
www.wired.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car, period. www.wired.com/story/trumps...
I guess pasta lovers are "fools" (referencing Trump's statement that people who don't like tariffs are fools). @justinwolfers.bsky.social do you like pasta??
Italy's biggest pasta exporters plan to stop exporting their products to the US due to Trump's proposed 107% tariff on pasta.
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Italy's biggest pasta exporters plan to stop exporting their products to the US due to Trump's proposed 107% tariff on pasta.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I guess pasta lovers are "fools" (referencing Trump's statement that people who don't like tariffs are fools). @justinwolfers.bsky.social do you like pasta??
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Nothing in the "end the shutdown" Senate bill does anything to protect Congress' prerogative under Article I of the Constitution. The shutdown should have been about that. They made ACA their hill to die on, and are now caving in on that. What was the point of this, then?
The most Democrat consultant-brained piece of this was making it a procedural fight about ACA subsidies — that, if extended for a year, would help the GOP in the 2026 midterms anyway — instead of making it stand against Trump’s lawlessness and corruption.
But that would require believing in things.
But that would require believing in things.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Nothing in the "end the shutdown" Senate bill does anything to protect Congress' prerogative under Article I of the Constitution. The shutdown should have been about that. They made ACA their hill to die on, and are now caving in on that. What was the point of this, then?
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When you're a party known for always caving, why would anyone give them what they want?
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
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The team at @votersoftomorrow.org set up a one-click email to all Democratic Senators who are considering voting for this CR.
You can use it here 👇
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You can use it here 👇
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The team at @votersoftomorrow.org set up a one-click email to all Democratic Senators who are considering voting for this CR.
You can use it here 👇
win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...
You can use it here 👇
win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...
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precisely this
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
precisely this
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Caving on the shutdown won’t make you “moderate.” It makes you WEAK! Giving Republicans what they want for NOTHING more than a “promise” of a vote and risking millions of Americans’ healthcare isn’t compromise—it’s surrender and it’s the most RADICAL thing you could do in this moment. 1/
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Caving on the shutdown won’t make you “moderate.” It makes you WEAK! Giving Republicans what they want for NOTHING more than a “promise” of a vote and risking millions of Americans’ healthcare isn’t compromise—it’s surrender and it’s the most RADICAL thing you could do in this moment. 1/
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I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
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The only thing Senate Democrats should be agreeing to is an extension of the enhanced premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for millions of Americans buying plans on the health exchanges and releasing the Trump-Epstein files.
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
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Let's Go Pack!!! ACC tournament 2nd round. #GoPack. @ncstate.bsky.social @ncstatealumni.bsky.social @ncstate247.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Let's Go Pack!!! ACC tournament 2nd round. #GoPack. @ncstate.bsky.social @ncstatealumni.bsky.social @ncstate247.bsky.social