Patrick G
@paddyg317.bsky.social
Maryland native with DC roots. Spousal Unit, Dad, and Defender of Democracy. USCG Veteran. Baseball, basketball, and ice hockey fan. Musician. Band geek. Semper Paratus!
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New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
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F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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Don’t believe Trump’s absurd lies that the U.S. needs to own Greenland for “national security” reasons.
The real reason is to enrich his donors and allies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/greenland-data-center-trump-greenmet.html
The real reason is to enrich his donors and allies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/greenland-data-center-trump-greenmet.html
A former Trump official wants to build a massive data center in a remote corner of Greenland. Will it work?
Construction is yet to begin on the facility, but it's aiming to hit a capacity of 1.5 gigawatts by the end of 2028.
www.cnbc.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Don’t believe Trump’s absurd lies that the U.S. needs to own Greenland for “national security” reasons.
The real reason is to enrich his donors and allies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/greenland-data-center-trump-greenmet.html
The real reason is to enrich his donors and allies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/greenland-data-center-trump-greenmet.html
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Donald Trump says he wants to cap credit card interest rates.
So why is Trump's appointee Russ Vought refusing to use the tools he has at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to bring down credit card costs?
So why is Trump's appointee Russ Vought refusing to use the tools he has at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to bring down credit card costs?
January 23, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Donald Trump says he wants to cap credit card interest rates.
So why is Trump's appointee Russ Vought refusing to use the tools he has at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to bring down credit card costs?
So why is Trump's appointee Russ Vought refusing to use the tools he has at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to bring down credit card costs?
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Remember how all these republicans pretended to believe in free speech?
Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Remember how all these republicans pretended to believe in free speech?
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In the 2008 election, billionaires spent $16 million. In 2024, billionaires spent $2.6 billion.
The effects of the 2010 Citizens United decision are clear.
@tiffanymuller.bsky.social and @bluesboysteve.bsky.social talk about it here:
The effects of the 2010 Citizens United decision are clear.
@tiffanymuller.bsky.social and @bluesboysteve.bsky.social talk about it here:
January 22, 2026 at 11:11 PM
In the 2008 election, billionaires spent $16 million. In 2024, billionaires spent $2.6 billion.
The effects of the 2010 Citizens United decision are clear.
@tiffanymuller.bsky.social and @bluesboysteve.bsky.social talk about it here:
The effects of the 2010 Citizens United decision are clear.
@tiffanymuller.bsky.social and @bluesboysteve.bsky.social talk about it here:
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DAY AHEAD: Here’s what to expect today when Jack Smith takes center stage and talks about his criminal prosecution of Trump
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DAY AHEAD: Jack Smith takes center stage… expected to argue a jury would’ve convicted Trump
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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January 22, 2026 at 12:16 PM
DAY AHEAD: Here’s what to expect today when Jack Smith takes center stage and talks about his criminal prosecution of Trump
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Yesterday, the coroner’s office in El Paso ruled that the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos while in ICE detention was a homicide. Read more about it here. joycevance.substack.com/p/dont-take-...
Don’t Take the Bait
In the time of Trump, “Don’t take the bait” is a rule that’s almost as important as “Do not obey in advance.”
joycevance.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Yesterday, the coroner’s office in El Paso ruled that the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos while in ICE detention was a homicide. Read more about it here. joycevance.substack.com/p/dont-take-...
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This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
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If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Private Autopsy Shows Renee Good Was Shot at Least 3 Times, Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 AM
If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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Karoline Leavitt announced that Belgium joined Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’. Belgium’s foreign minister responds.
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Karoline Leavitt announced that Belgium joined Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’. Belgium’s foreign minister responds.
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Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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Love this.
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Love this.
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🚨BREAKING: My law firm just won its lawsuit challenging New York’s 2024 congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino voters on Staten Island.
Follow @democracydocket.com for more details.
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Follow @democracydocket.com for more details.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
🚨 Williams et al v. Board of Elections of the State of New York et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
🚨BREAKING: My law firm just won its lawsuit challenging New York’s 2024 congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino voters on Staten Island.
Follow @democracydocket.com for more details.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
Follow @democracydocket.com for more details.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
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The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. n.pr/3LLHyvR
1 year into Trump's second term, a consumer watchdog agency is 'hanging by a thread'
The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
n.pr
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. n.pr/3LLHyvR
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ANOTHER pardoned Jan 6 rioter is back in jail, facing trial next month in a new criminal case
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ANOTHER pardoned Jan 6 rioter is back in jail.. facing trial in a new criminal case
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
ANOTHER pardoned Jan 6 rioter is back in jail, facing trial next month in a new criminal case
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New in PN: Kristi Noem's assault on the Fourth Amendment
"The Department of Homeland Security deliberately confuses reasonable suspicion and probable cause in hopes that no one will notice that ICE and CBP are making illegal arrests as standard operating procedure."
"The Department of Homeland Security deliberately confuses reasonable suspicion and probable cause in hopes that no one will notice that ICE and CBP are making illegal arrests as standard operating procedure."
Kristi Noem's assault on the Fourth Amendment
Thanks, Brett Kavanaugh.
www.publicnotice.co
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
New in PN: Kristi Noem's assault on the Fourth Amendment
"The Department of Homeland Security deliberately confuses reasonable suspicion and probable cause in hopes that no one will notice that ICE and CBP are making illegal arrests as standard operating procedure."
"The Department of Homeland Security deliberately confuses reasonable suspicion and probable cause in hopes that no one will notice that ICE and CBP are making illegal arrests as standard operating procedure."
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We’re the bad guys now.
BREAKING: Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom:
January 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
We’re the bad guys now.
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🚨🚨 Attention: ICE 🚨🚨
January 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
🚨🚨 Attention: ICE 🚨🚨
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Please SHARE if you agree!
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Please SHARE if you agree!
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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DAY AHEAD: We are now 27 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
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We are now 27 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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January 15, 2026 at 12:18 PM
DAY AHEAD: We are now 27 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
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Under threat from the White House, the Smithsonian just removed mention of Trump's two impeachments from his official portrait.
It's the latest in Trump's ongoing attack on the American mind.
Like past authoritarians, he wants to control not just what we do, but also how we think.
It's the latest in Trump's ongoing attack on the American mind.
Like past authoritarians, he wants to control not just what we do, but also how we think.
Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?
Why is Trump so hell-bent on defunding PBS?It’s part of a larger plan — one where he can control not just what we do, bu
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January 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Under threat from the White House, the Smithsonian just removed mention of Trump's two impeachments from his official portrait.
It's the latest in Trump's ongoing attack on the American mind.
Like past authoritarians, he wants to control not just what we do, but also how we think.
It's the latest in Trump's ongoing attack on the American mind.
Like past authoritarians, he wants to control not just what we do, but also how we think.