Patrick Coan
@patrickcoan.bsky.social
RN, ND Alum/Irish Fan, Deadhead, History Buff, Travel Enthusiast, Anti-Fascist
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Greetings from Houston.
"It doesn’t make any sense. These are the people that were brought to the U.S. by the U.S. armed forces. They did not come to the U.S. illegally. They did not go across Mexico and then try to enter the United States. So, why attack this group? It's simply inexplicable."
"It doesn’t make any sense. These are the people that were brought to the U.S. by the U.S. armed forces. They did not come to the U.S. illegally. They did not go across Mexico and then try to enter the United States. So, why attack this group? It's simply inexplicable."
A former Afghan National Army soldier applying for asylum in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration agents at his Houston-area home, according to his attorney, who said the man and most of his family are being threatened with deportation.
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Greetings from Houston.
"It doesn’t make any sense. These are the people that were brought to the U.S. by the U.S. armed forces. They did not come to the U.S. illegally. They did not go across Mexico and then try to enter the United States. So, why attack this group? It's simply inexplicable."
"It doesn’t make any sense. These are the people that were brought to the U.S. by the U.S. armed forces. They did not come to the U.S. illegally. They did not go across Mexico and then try to enter the United States. So, why attack this group? It's simply inexplicable."
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NEW: Republicans just proposed significant new restrictions to food stamps as they ready Trump's tax package. More severe work requirements for more Americans, including some with kids, and states must pay some costs. Millions could lose aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
Republicans Target Federal Anti-Hunger Program as They Prepare Trump Tax Package
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
NEW: Republicans just proposed significant new restrictions to food stamps as they ready Trump's tax package. More severe work requirements for more Americans, including some with kids, and states must pay some costs. Millions could lose aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
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This would make the Rock hall actually worth having
May 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This would make the Rock hall actually worth having
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Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.
Hasan Piker, Popular Left-Wing Streamer, Says He Was Detained at Airport
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.
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YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work
March 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work
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America, watch and learn.
🇹🇷 Mass protests continue in Turkiye against the arrest of Erdogan's main opponent - the mayor of Istanbul
March 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
America, watch and learn.
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abducted by masked agents of the state in the streets of the capital and slated for deportation for the offense of being linked to views
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
abducted by masked agents of the state in the streets of the capital and slated for deportation for the offense of being linked to views
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State-sponsored kidnapping
The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order.
Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.
The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order.
Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.
March 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
State-sponsored kidnapping
The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order.
Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.
The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order.
Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.
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tesla just speedrunning into enron territory
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion...
electrek.co
March 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
tesla just speedrunning into enron territory
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That doesn’t sound very efficient.
JUST IN: In new sworn declaration, DOGE administrator Amy Gleason says DOGE has 89 employees and no “formal front office or organizational chart.”
March 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
That doesn’t sound very efficient.
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Very good analysis here.
I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.
Is American democracy doomed?
How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.
www.forkingpaths.co
March 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Very good analysis here.
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March 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I've never been a big fan of Hakeem Jeffries, and I think he's really shown he's not built for this moment. I didn't always agree with Nancy Pelosi, but the good thing about her was she'd slit your throat if you crossed her. Jeffries comes across as overly cautious and he pulls punches
March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I've never been a big fan of Hakeem Jeffries, and I think he's really shown he's not built for this moment. I didn't always agree with Nancy Pelosi, but the good thing about her was she'd slit your throat if you crossed her. Jeffries comes across as overly cautious and he pulls punches
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Wow, Wall Street has had it with Trump!
“Trump’s policies have given a boost to markets outside the U.S., causing some on Wall Street to quip that MAGA has been replaced by MEGA—Make Europe Great Again.”
“Trump’s policies have given a boost to markets outside the U.S., causing some on Wall Street to quip that MAGA has been replaced by MEGA—Make Europe Great Again.”
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wow, Wall Street has had it with Trump!
“Trump’s policies have given a boost to markets outside the U.S., causing some on Wall Street to quip that MAGA has been replaced by MEGA—Make Europe Great Again.”
“Trump’s policies have given a boost to markets outside the U.S., causing some on Wall Street to quip that MAGA has been replaced by MEGA—Make Europe Great Again.”
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The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
March 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
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"Blink and you might have missed that Trump and his fellow Republicans have largely abandoned their concerns about inflation to focus on government 'waste'," writes Malaika Jabali, a public policy attorney, writer, and activist.
Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming workers instead
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"Blink and you might have missed that Trump and his fellow Republicans have largely abandoned their concerns about inflation to focus on government 'waste'," writes Malaika Jabali, a public policy attorney, writer, and activist.
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This has summed up my entire conversational life now.
March 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This has summed up my entire conversational life now.
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"The oligarchs kissing the ring, the lawsuits against the media, the constraints on which media should be in the White House pool, and which are not — all that sounds familiar": How Trump's Washington feels like the early days of Putin's Moscow. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
In Trump’s Washington, a Moscow-Like Chill Takes Hold
A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"The oligarchs kissing the ring, the lawsuits against the media, the constraints on which media should be in the White House pool, and which are not — all that sounds familiar": How Trump's Washington feels like the early days of Putin's Moscow. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked Donald Trump’s administration from cutting scientific research grants from the NIH after 22 mostly Democratic-leaning states sued.
Judge blocks Trump from cutting billions in medical research funding
Major universities and 22 states sued over administration’s proposal to slash National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked Donald Trump’s administration from cutting scientific research grants from the NIH after 22 mostly Democratic-leaning states sued.
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"That is why Elon’s commission looks, sounds, and smells like a sham. Because thus far, the biggest beneficiaries aren’t working class Americans, but rather Elon Musk himself. You don’t get credit for rooting out abuse if your execution raises more questions than it answers."
Elon's fraud search exposed as a fraud
DOGE is supposed to root out waste, fraud, and abuse-- but thus far, it's only served Elon Musk's personal interests.
plus.briantylercohen.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"That is why Elon’s commission looks, sounds, and smells like a sham. Because thus far, the biggest beneficiaries aren’t working class Americans, but rather Elon Musk himself. You don’t get credit for rooting out abuse if your execution raises more questions than it answers."