Patrick
@patrick878.bsky.social
Retired aerospace engineer and pilot
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BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office.
Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way.
Let's get this done.
Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way.
Let's get this done.
September 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office.
Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way.
Let's get this done.
Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way.
Let's get this done.
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Pregnant women are being detailed at a record rate—but how many lose their pregnancies isn’t being tracked.
ICE Has 'Lost Count' Of Miscarriages Amid Pregnant Detainees, Report Claims
Pregnant women are being detailed at a record rate—but how many lose their pregnancies isn’t being tracked.
www.forbes.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Pregnant women are being detailed at a record rate—but how many lose their pregnancies isn’t being tracked.
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The New York Times did not blink.
The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction."
But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.”
The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction."
But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.”
September 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The New York Times did not blink.
The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction."
But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.”
The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction."
But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.”
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It's impossible to get close enough to the anyone in your life, but that doesn't mean you should seriously, like really, stfu right now about "venn auras"
September 11, 2026 at 4:43 AM
It's impossible to get close enough to the anyone in your life, but that doesn't mean you should seriously, like really, stfu right now about "venn auras"
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Taking down a Flock camera means nothing if they replace it with another camera doing the same thing.
These Corrupt Bigshots can change the company name all it wants, but Texans still shouldn't have their movements tracked and stored everywhere they drive.
These Corrupt Bigshots can change the company name all it wants, but Texans still shouldn't have their movements tracked and stored everywhere they drive.
September 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Taking down a Flock camera means nothing if they replace it with another camera doing the same thing.
These Corrupt Bigshots can change the company name all it wants, but Texans still shouldn't have their movements tracked and stored everywhere they drive.
These Corrupt Bigshots can change the company name all it wants, but Texans still shouldn't have their movements tracked and stored everywhere they drive.
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We must stop this insanity. Republicans won’t do it. Stop electing them. Or die.
September 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We must stop this insanity. Republicans won’t do it. Stop electing them. Or die.
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Donald Trump understands no language but coercion - brutality against innocents, retaliation and retribution, threats, intimidation, and deception. The closest he comes to persuasion is bribery, which is deception in disguise. He has no true friends, only tools.
September 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Donald Trump understands no language but coercion - brutality against innocents, retaliation and retribution, threats, intimidation, and deception. The closest he comes to persuasion is bribery, which is deception in disguise. He has no true friends, only tools.
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Sure looks to me like Trump has done EVERY SINGLE IMPEACHABLE CAUSE listed.
#TraitorTrump #ImpeachTrump #TraitorTrump
#TraitorTrump #ImpeachTrump #TraitorTrump
September 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Sure looks to me like Trump has done EVERY SINGLE IMPEACHABLE CAUSE listed.
#TraitorTrump #ImpeachTrump #TraitorTrump
#TraitorTrump #ImpeachTrump #TraitorTrump
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The American People don’t want to subsidize tech bros’ plan to destroy the Earth to make $$$$
Demo & Repub Utahn Citizens say “NO” to what would be the largest data center on the Planet that was rubber stamped “APPROVED” by sold out shameless State politicos
www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...
Demo & Repub Utahn Citizens say “NO” to what would be the largest data center on the Planet that was rubber stamped “APPROVED” by sold out shameless State politicos
www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...
Utah planned the world’s biggest data center. Then came the bipartisan pushback.
Utah aims to be industry-friendly. But choosing a fragile ecosystem to house a sprawling facility has generated intense grassroots opposition.
www.csmonitor.com
September 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The American People don’t want to subsidize tech bros’ plan to destroy the Earth to make $$$$
Demo & Repub Utahn Citizens say “NO” to what would be the largest data center on the Planet that was rubber stamped “APPROVED” by sold out shameless State politicos
www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...
Demo & Repub Utahn Citizens say “NO” to what would be the largest data center on the Planet that was rubber stamped “APPROVED” by sold out shameless State politicos
www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...
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Jurors have the right to decide if a law is unjust or being applied unjustly—and the right to vote their conscience.
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The right to trial is vanishing. Could bolder juries save it?
A new campaign by the Cato Institute aims to educate jurors on their right to vote their conscience against unjust laws and sentences.
reason.com
September 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Jurors have the right to decide if a law is unjust or being applied unjustly—and the right to vote their conscience.
buff.ly/NqVNbB6
buff.ly/NqVNbB6
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"The federal government shouldn't provide 'security' grants to cities and police departments that have gone beyond the pale and turned their communities into a version of '1984'. Federal taxpayers should not be forced to fund the surveillance state."
A new bill reflects the bipartisan backlash against Flock-enabled mass surveillance
Recent survey results show that resistance to widespread deployment of automated license plate readers spans the political spectrum.
reason.com
September 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
"The federal government shouldn't provide 'security' grants to cities and police departments that have gone beyond the pale and turned their communities into a version of '1984'. Federal taxpayers should not be forced to fund the surveillance state."
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please, don't we have enough to straighten out in November, and over the next two years following (God willing), without thinking about what we MIGHT change decades from now?
Sorry to be blunt, but I'm SO tired of "bluesky outrage" being focused on COMPLETELY unpragmatic strategies for action TODAY
Sorry to be blunt, but I'm SO tired of "bluesky outrage" being focused on COMPLETELY unpragmatic strategies for action TODAY
September 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
please, don't we have enough to straighten out in November, and over the next two years following (God willing), without thinking about what we MIGHT change decades from now?
Sorry to be blunt, but I'm SO tired of "bluesky outrage" being focused on COMPLETELY unpragmatic strategies for action TODAY
Sorry to be blunt, but I'm SO tired of "bluesky outrage" being focused on COMPLETELY unpragmatic strategies for action TODAY
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If lawfully filming a police officer can set off a weekslong surveillance campaign against the videographer, how can Americans expect other constitutionally protected speech and actions to not be met with similar retaliation?
Wisconsin cops used Flock over 100 times to track a Navy veteran after he lawfully recorded a traffic stop
A lawsuit claims the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office used the cameras in retaliation against the vet for exercising his First Amendment right.
reason.com
September 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
If lawfully filming a police officer can set off a weekslong surveillance campaign against the videographer, how can Americans expect other constitutionally protected speech and actions to not be met with similar retaliation?
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FINALLY! Out with the corrupt and in with the future!
Cruz for president? LMFAO
Cruz for president? LMFAO
September 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
FINALLY! Out with the corrupt and in with the future!
Cruz for president? LMFAO
Cruz for president? LMFAO
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Civil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections.
Getting rid of Flock isn't enough to solve America's surveillance problem
Civil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections.
reason.com
August 30, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Civil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections.
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After teaching history for 25 years, I’ve finally figured out my “why”…
August 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
After teaching history for 25 years, I’ve finally figured out my “why”…
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but it doesn't make you a “Lib” to be appalled by what Donald Trump is doing to this country…
It actually makes you a patriotic American.
Enjoy. 😎✨
It actually makes you a patriotic American.
Enjoy. 😎✨
August 19, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but it doesn't make you a “Lib” to be appalled by what Donald Trump is doing to this country…
It actually makes you a patriotic American.
Enjoy. 😎✨
It actually makes you a patriotic American.
Enjoy. 😎✨
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We aren’t talking enough about those Destroyed American Bases….
August 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
We aren’t talking enough about those Destroyed American Bases….
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Ice says that these electric gloves are meant to "maintain compliance."
Slave owners used to say the same thing about whips.
If using shock collars on dogs is
Animal Cruelty and Abuse, how is it fine for ICE to use
Shock Gloves on people?
Slave owners used to say the same thing about whips.
If using shock collars on dogs is
Animal Cruelty and Abuse, how is it fine for ICE to use
Shock Gloves on people?
August 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Ice says that these electric gloves are meant to "maintain compliance."
Slave owners used to say the same thing about whips.
If using shock collars on dogs is
Animal Cruelty and Abuse, how is it fine for ICE to use
Shock Gloves on people?
Slave owners used to say the same thing about whips.
If using shock collars on dogs is
Animal Cruelty and Abuse, how is it fine for ICE to use
Shock Gloves on people?
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"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy."
August 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy."