Patrick
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the Phillies are trying to kill me; lawyer; NJ —> Minnesota; go outside (he/him)
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There’s also a way to have both! The reason I like John Kruk at Phillies games is that sometimes he’s doing serious analysis (he is underrated for that) and sometimes he starts talking about a really good sandwich he ate once, usually when it’s late and the game isn’t close.
August 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
There’s also a way to have both! The reason I like John Kruk at Phillies games is that sometimes he’s doing serious analysis (he is underrated for that) and sometimes he starts talking about a really good sandwich he ate once, usually when it’s late and the game isn’t close.
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There's a guy riding bikes for whom the 50th percentile outcome for his career is "greatest male athlete of all time."
I've posted about him before ESPN gave me several months and several thousand words to work out what that means in a sport that's been burned by believing in miracles before.
I've posted about him before ESPN gave me several months and several thousand words to work out what that means in a sport that's been burned by believing in miracles before.
Can Tour de France champ Tadej Pogačar redeem cycling's reputation?
Pogačar's quest for a fifth Tour de France title begins on July 4. His tougher quest: Making fans believe in miracles again.
www.espn.com
July 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
There's a guy riding bikes for whom the 50th percentile outcome for his career is "greatest male athlete of all time."
I've posted about him before ESPN gave me several months and several thousand words to work out what that means in a sport that's been burned by believing in miracles before.
I've posted about him before ESPN gave me several months and several thousand words to work out what that means in a sport that's been burned by believing in miracles before.
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In my latest for Playboy, I wrote about meat, masculinity, and "boy kibble," the trend of men eating a pack of unseasoned ground beef for dinner. I argue it's the perfect meal to illustrate the isolation and nihilism in our ultra-capitalist system www.playboy.com/read/lifesty...
A Man and His Meat
Boy kibble went viral. Here, John Paul Brammer explains why you'll have to pry his dry, loose meat from his cold, dead hands.
www.playboy.com
April 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
In my latest for Playboy, I wrote about meat, masculinity, and "boy kibble," the trend of men eating a pack of unseasoned ground beef for dinner. I argue it's the perfect meal to illustrate the isolation and nihilism in our ultra-capitalist system www.playboy.com/read/lifesty...
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Big Law isn’t just sitting out the fight against DOJ lawsuits. They have virtually disappeared from the fight for voting rights and free and fair elections altogether. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/big-...
Big Law walks away from democracy
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Big Law isn’t just sitting out the fight against DOJ lawsuits. They have virtually disappeared from the fight for voting rights and free and fair elections altogether. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/big-...
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This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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A secret police in every way.
In @theintercept.com, Debbie Nathan reports on ICE lawyers refusing to give their names in court - and immigration judges going along with it.
theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...
theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...
ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court
ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.
theintercept.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A secret police in every way.
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This is not the act of a legitimate government.
I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?
July 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is not the act of a legitimate government.
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I keep referring people back to this because it keeps coming up.
People ask me how long things this regime does will be allowed or tolerated and I keep asking “by whom”? Dad is not getting home later. The most charitable view of SCOTUS is that they have decided to be hands-off….
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People ask me how long things this regime does will be allowed or tolerated and I keep asking “by whom”? Dad is not getting home later. The most charitable view of SCOTUS is that they have decided to be hands-off….
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I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
July 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I keep referring people back to this because it keeps coming up.
People ask me how long things this regime does will be allowed or tolerated and I keep asking “by whom”? Dad is not getting home later. The most charitable view of SCOTUS is that they have decided to be hands-off….
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People ask me how long things this regime does will be allowed or tolerated and I keep asking “by whom”? Dad is not getting home later. The most charitable view of SCOTUS is that they have decided to be hands-off….
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Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
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The Supreme Court should preserve the status quo until legal questions are resolved and explain the disposition of cases for the public. They are abdicating basic principles of equity and failing to fulfill their institutional role. They aren’t pretending to try. There isn’t even the veneer of law.
July 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Supreme Court should preserve the status quo until legal questions are resolved and explain the disposition of cases for the public. They are abdicating basic principles of equity and failing to fulfill their institutional role. They aren’t pretending to try. There isn’t even the veneer of law.
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
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Rubio's gutting of USAID is illegal and unconstitutional. There is no form of democracy anywhere of any kind that would allow the executive branch to unilaterally cancel budgets and programs passed by the legislative branch and signed into law. It's utter lawlessness.
March 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Rubio's gutting of USAID is illegal and unconstitutional. There is no form of democracy anywhere of any kind that would allow the executive branch to unilaterally cancel budgets and programs passed by the legislative branch and signed into law. It's utter lawlessness.
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relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
Seems like why the meeting imploded was more like "Trump is senile and has lost all impulse control and JD Vance is pickled in online fash propaganda" www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded
It happened in part because the White House perceived a loss of focus on the reason they were even gathering.
www.semafor.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
what a pathetic bootlicker
This is a real statement put out by the real (interim) U.S. Attorney for D.C.
It’s almost impressive just how much it gets so wrong in so few words.
It’s almost impressive just how much it gets so wrong in so few words.
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
what a pathetic bootlicker
wut
During the hearing, Trump's Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove denies a quid pro quo with Adams, but says he doesn't think Judge Ho has discretion not to dismiss the case even if there was a quid pro quo.
February 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
wut
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened
Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened
The theater organization says it recently received orders from the National Endowment for the Arts to stop promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion or be denied federal funding.
bringmethenews.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened
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“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.”
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Those of us who work in gender medicine are not going anywhere
What’s more, we’re expanding.
www.startribune.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.”
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
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easily the most depressing thing of being alive today is the numerous opportunities when we are given very simple opportunities to invest to improve the lives our children, and as a society we continually say "lol nah, fuck em"
February 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
easily the most depressing thing of being alive today is the numerous opportunities when we are given very simple opportunities to invest to improve the lives our children, and as a society we continually say "lol nah, fuck em"
What a useless, spineless politician
Gov. Hochul to @maddow.msnbc.com: "I cannot as the governor of this state have a knee-jerk politically motivated reaction like a lot of other people are saying right now. I have to do what's smart, what's right, and I'm consulting with other leaders in government at this time." 1/2
February 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
What a useless, spineless politician
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NEWS: Hagan Scotten, one of the SDNY attorneys prosecuting Eric Adams' case, has resigned ... and is blasting the Trump Justice Department on the way out.
February 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
NEWS: Hagan Scotten, one of the SDNY attorneys prosecuting Eric Adams' case, has resigned ... and is blasting the Trump Justice Department on the way out.
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The lead prosecutor on the Adams investigation - Hagan Scotten - resigns from SDNY.
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion [to dismiss Adams charges]. But it was never going to me.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion [to dismiss Adams charges]. But it was never going to me.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Resignation Letter From Hagan Scotten
Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney, wrote to Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, refusing to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The lead prosecutor on the Adams investigation - Hagan Scotten - resigns from SDNY.
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion [to dismiss Adams charges]. But it was never going to me.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion [to dismiss Adams charges]. But it was never going to me.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...