Patrick G. Eddington
@pgeddington.com
Out now: The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley through Eisenhower. Order direct from GU Press & use code TGUF to get 30% off: https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Triumph-of-Fear
Views mine alone.
Views mine alone.
Link to the full text of the California Penal Code section regarding firearm brandishing:
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Link to the full text of the California Penal Code section regarding firearm brandishing:
codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-cod...
codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-cod...
Plainclothes ICE agent stops woman following & recording him & brandishes his firearm at her. Fullerton PD cop shows up, refuses to arrest woman as she'd committed no crime...but fails to arrest ICE agent for brandishing a weapon.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Plainclothes ICE agent stops woman following & recording him & brandishes his firearm at her. Fullerton PD cop shows up, refuses to arrest woman as she'd committed no crime...but fails to arrest ICE agent for brandishing a weapon.
www.ocregister.com/2025/11/10/i...
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Not quite at "rebellion in the ranks" stage yet over Trump's pretextual NG call ups, but this is a promising sign. #NationalGuard
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November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Not quite at "rebellion in the ranks" stage yet over Trump's pretextual NG call ups, but this is a promising sign. #NationalGuard
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Via @punchbowlnews.bsky.social this morning re: Senate Dems shutdown cave. Sanders is correct: caving advances Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Via @punchbowlnews.bsky.social this morning re: Senate Dems shutdown cave. Sanders is correct: caving advances Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Mamdani is getting a lot of the coverage because he won the highest office in NYC. As far as I'm concerned, the VA lieutenant governor race outcome is at least as important if not more so. A Muslim woman won statewide office in the former heart of the Confederacy.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mamdani is getting a lot of the coverage because he won the highest office in NYC. As far as I'm concerned, the VA lieutenant governor race outcome is at least as important if not more so. A Muslim woman won statewide office in the former heart of the Confederacy.
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I've said it several times but I'll repeat it: investigative journalism like this piece is why I financially support @propublica.org & you should too.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I've said it several times but I'll repeat it: investigative journalism like this piece is why I financially support @propublica.org & you should too.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
www.propublica.org/article/port...
Divisions among anti-Constitution factions, playing out in public. As Luthen Rael would say, "This is good. Encourage this."
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November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Divisions among anti-Constitution factions, playing out in public. As Luthen Rael would say, "This is good. Encourage this."
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November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A lot of the proposals in this piece would require enactment of one or more constitutional amendments, something none of us will likely live to see. The one I've highlighted could be achieved via the regular legislative process with simple majorities.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A lot of the proposals in this piece would require enactment of one or more constitutional amendments, something none of us will likely live to see. The one I've highlighted could be achieved via the regular legislative process with simple majorities.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
This is page 1 of the memo featured in the story. Notice the chrono of the listed policy documents. The Sep. 25 Hegseth memo referenced clearly indicates to me that this massive increase in NG nation-wide troop deployments has been in the works for months before the first limited call ups. 2/
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is page 1 of the memo featured in the story. Notice the chrono of the listed policy documents. The Sep. 25 Hegseth memo referenced clearly indicates to me that this massive increase in NG nation-wide troop deployments has been in the works for months before the first limited call ups. 2/
The group that helped pay for this billboard ad says it's up in Nashville. I'm an ardent 2A supporter & activist, but this type of ad can & will be used by the regime to label the org & its supporters terrorists. Watch #Andor if you want a tutorial on how to organize a successful covert resistance.
October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The group that helped pay for this billboard ad says it's up in Nashville. I'm an ardent 2A supporter & activist, but this type of ad can & will be used by the regime to label the org & its supporters terrorists. Watch #Andor if you want a tutorial on how to organize a successful covert resistance.
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hegseth's continued tenure at the Pentagon is a direct threat to national security.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hegseth's continued tenure at the Pentagon is a direct threat to national security.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...
Besides 1) instilling fear in District residents and visitors, 2) wasting taxpayer dollars, and 3) catering to Trump's dictator complex? Nothing.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Besides 1) instilling fear in District residents and visitors, 2) wasting taxpayer dollars, and 3) catering to Trump's dictator complex? Nothing.
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Trump’s push for law and order shows he’s no longer encumbered by government guardrails via @apnews.com
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October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump’s push for law and order shows he’s no longer encumbered by government guardrails via @apnews.com
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Some reminders: The first Red Scare started under Wilson after WW I. As I note in my book, FDR first proposed rounding up Japanese nationals & Japanese Americans five years before Pearl Harbor. The first chairman of HUAC was Rep. Martin Dies (D-TX), who came along years before McCarthy.
October 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Some reminders: The first Red Scare started under Wilson after WW I. As I note in my book, FDR first proposed rounding up Japanese nationals & Japanese Americans five years before Pearl Harbor. The first chairman of HUAC was Rep. Martin Dies (D-TX), who came along years before McCarthy.
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Coming October 13.
October 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Coming October 13.
This would be a vote to continue domestic political repression via the military in LA, DC, Portland, Chicago, and Memphis. Just to be clear.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This would be a vote to continue domestic political repression via the military in LA, DC, Portland, Chicago, and Memphis. Just to be clear.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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