John Paterna
@jpaterna.bsky.social
On the verge of my first post on Bluesky! I am a Grant writer; a writer; a beagle owner; a guitar player. I think that's enough for a start!
What Patriotism Requires
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What Patriotism Requires
An ode to a disappearing America
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July 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
What Patriotism Requires
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A Presidential history question:
Which of these presidents sided with the USSR/Russia: Biden; Obama: G. Bush; Clinton; H.W. Bush; Carter; Ford; Nixon: Kennedy; Johnson; Eisenhower; Truman; Roosevelt; Hoover; Coolidge; Harding; Wilson?
Which of these presidents sided with the USSR/Russia: Biden; Obama: G. Bush; Clinton; H.W. Bush; Carter; Ford; Nixon: Kennedy; Johnson; Eisenhower; Truman; Roosevelt; Hoover; Coolidge; Harding; Wilson?
March 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A Presidential history question:
Which of these presidents sided with the USSR/Russia: Biden; Obama: G. Bush; Clinton; H.W. Bush; Carter; Ford; Nixon: Kennedy; Johnson; Eisenhower; Truman; Roosevelt; Hoover; Coolidge; Harding; Wilson?
Which of these presidents sided with the USSR/Russia: Biden; Obama: G. Bush; Clinton; H.W. Bush; Carter; Ford; Nixon: Kennedy; Johnson; Eisenhower; Truman; Roosevelt; Hoover; Coolidge; Harding; Wilson?
Trump’s claims of vast presidential powers run up against Article 2 of the Constitution and exceed previous presidents’ power grabs
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Trump’s claims of vast presidential powers run up against Article 2 of the Constitution and exceed previous presidents’ power grabs
Donald Trump claims that Article 2 of the Constitution gives him the right ‘to do whatever I want as President.’ A constitutional law scholar says ‘Not so.’
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March 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Trump’s claims of vast presidential powers run up against Article 2 of the Constitution and exceed previous presidents’ power grabs
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..and the leader of the free world is...NOT the POTUS!
"No American president has done more to kowtow to Vladimir Putin than Donald Trump did today."
The Center for American Progress
"No American president has done more to kowtow to Vladimir Putin than Donald Trump did today."
The Center for American Progress
March 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
..and the leader of the free world is...NOT the POTUS!
"No American president has done more to kowtow to Vladimir Putin than Donald Trump did today."
The Center for American Progress
"No American president has done more to kowtow to Vladimir Putin than Donald Trump did today."
The Center for American Progress
What does a traitor look like? Let me count the ways...#1
February 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
What does a traitor look like? Let me count the ways...#1
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW!
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...
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February 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
I wonder just what in his second term will rival his assurance in his first term that disinfectants could cure Covid 19?
January 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I wonder just what in his second term will rival his assurance in his first term that disinfectants could cure Covid 19?
Dont' you love when a player interviewed after a win (Jalyn Daniels yesterday) first thanks God for his success? Does that mean God favored him over the losing quarterback (Goff)? How juvenile and ridiculous.
January 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Dont' you love when a player interviewed after a win (Jalyn Daniels yesterday) first thanks God for his success? Does that mean God favored him over the losing quarterback (Goff)? How juvenile and ridiculous.
The inauguration is going to be indoors. I would prefer underground, in a coal mine.
January 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The inauguration is going to be indoors. I would prefer underground, in a coal mine.
January 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If you remember typewriters, phone booths, party lines, getting up to change the TV station, then you would like the Dylan movie, "A complete Unknown."
January 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you remember typewriters, phone booths, party lines, getting up to change the TV station, then you would like the Dylan movie, "A complete Unknown."
January 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
And so we're at the end of another year: Is anyone really considering a New Year's Resolution?
December 29, 2024 at 2:53 PM
And so we're at the end of another year: Is anyone really considering a New Year's Resolution?