Patrick Fenelon
@patrickfenelon.bsky.social
Foreign Policy. NBA. Democratic Socialism. Cats. i will fight Elon Musk in Outer Space
Twitter: @patrick_fenelon
Twitter: @patrick_fenelon
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Psychologists should figure out how much wealth a person can have before they have thought patterns that are indistinguishable from the brain damage one gets after getting kicked in the head by a horse.
Whatever dollar amount that is, that's the most amount of money anyone should be able to have
Whatever dollar amount that is, that's the most amount of money anyone should be able to have
God damn will this guy be a stud
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 AM
God damn will this guy be a stud
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The right wing influencer had his ass saved by a Black man and a trans woman
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
January 20, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The right wing influencer had his ass saved by a Black man and a trans woman
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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They’ve got ICE and CBP but we’ve got Jaden McDaniels
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 AM
They’ve got ICE and CBP but we’ve got Jaden McDaniels
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i’m excited to one day start hemorrhaging all the new followers i’ve gained because my city is under occupation by posting about jaden mcdaniels 7 times a day
January 19, 2026 at 9:53 PM
i’m excited to one day start hemorrhaging all the new followers i’ve gained because my city is under occupation by posting about jaden mcdaniels 7 times a day
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There is no bait to be taken, they are creating the basis for the Insurrection Act out of whole cloth. This is the Manchurian Incident of content.
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
There is no bait to be taken, they are creating the basis for the Insurrection Act out of whole cloth. This is the Manchurian Incident of content.
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Using a photo of the guy open carrying from a completely different neighborhood in the city to represent protestors and supposedly congregants who got angry at a pastor who is working as the field director of ICE is just fucking egregious.
Activists disrupt Minn. church where pastor is ICE official
Activists disrupt Minn. church where pastor is ICE official
The DOJ said it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local ICE official apparently serves as a pastor.
buff.ly
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Using a photo of the guy open carrying from a completely different neighborhood in the city to represent protestors and supposedly congregants who got angry at a pastor who is working as the field director of ICE is just fucking egregious.
Good news is that I think he's starting to admit defeat regarding Minnesota
The bad news is that I bet he's moving on to Greenland because of that
The bad news is that I bet he's moving on to Greenland because of that
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Good news is that I think he's starting to admit defeat regarding Minnesota
The bad news is that I bet he's moving on to Greenland because of that
The bad news is that I bet he's moving on to Greenland because of that
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fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
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the minnesota occupation is, i think, already a political defeat for the administration, and i don't see how it eventually ends as anything other than a major political disaster
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
the minnesota occupation is, i think, already a political defeat for the administration, and i don't see how it eventually ends as anything other than a major political disaster
Well that's completely insane
January 20, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Well that's completely insane
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Bluesky fires shots at Twitter (X)’s Grok
“Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
“Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
January 19, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Bluesky fires shots at Twitter (X)’s Grok
“Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
“Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
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CNN reports today that Kamala Harris' presidential campaign also asked Tim Walz if he was ever an agent of China— debunking Josh Shapiro's claims of exceptional scrutiny due to his Jewish identity.
Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN | CNN Politics
Josh Shapiro wasn’t the only finalist to be Kamala Harris’ running mate who was asked if he had ever been an agent of a foreign government, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday. Ti...
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:46 PM
CNN reports today that Kamala Harris' presidential campaign also asked Tim Walz if he was ever an agent of China— debunking Josh Shapiro's claims of exceptional scrutiny due to his Jewish identity.
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Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
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BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest.
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest.
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
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NEW — DHS just posted this as an apparent explanation for why they arrested an elderly US citizen with no criminal record (it's a quote post of a post about ChongLy Thao's arrest.) The implication seems to be that all Asian men look the same, and it's not their fault they mistook one for another.
January 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
NEW — DHS just posted this as an apparent explanation for why they arrested an elderly US citizen with no criminal record (it's a quote post of a post about ChongLy Thao's arrest.) The implication seems to be that all Asian men look the same, and it's not their fault they mistook one for another.
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This is exactly what I said in my interview (haven't seen it go live yet): proposing that the Greenland nonsense is a wag-the-dog attempt to distract from Epstein proposes WAY more organization and message discipline from the Trump administration than is sensible.
Sorry, but this is not just distraction sauce.
Trump is fixated. Let's not impose a rational actor model on a guy who is clearly psychotic and sociopathic.
He admitted to the NYT this is psychological--he feels better owning stuff, since he hasn't faced any costs (thanks to SCOTUS), why not.
Trump is fixated. Let's not impose a rational actor model on a guy who is clearly psychotic and sociopathic.
He admitted to the NYT this is psychological--he feels better owning stuff, since he hasn't faced any costs (thanks to SCOTUS), why not.
Thinking, Whatever's in the Epstein files is even worse than we all imagined, and plenty of us have revoltingly lewd imaginations.
This is I'll-start-a-war-to-make-you-forget-for-10-minutes horrific. It's gotta be.
This is I'll-start-a-war-to-make-you-forget-for-10-minutes horrific. It's gotta be.
January 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is exactly what I said in my interview (haven't seen it go live yet): proposing that the Greenland nonsense is a wag-the-dog attempt to distract from Epstein proposes WAY more organization and message discipline from the Trump administration than is sensible.
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Politicians & some media outlets have latched onto a narrative that recent immigrants, especially undocumented, are causing spikes in crime.
Research does not support the view. In fact, immigrants might have less law enforcement contact compared to native-born Americans.
Research does not support the view. In fact, immigrants might have less law enforcement contact compared to native-born Americans.
Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’
Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.
www.brennancenter.org
January 18, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Politicians & some media outlets have latched onto a narrative that recent immigrants, especially undocumented, are causing spikes in crime.
Research does not support the view. In fact, immigrants might have less law enforcement contact compared to native-born Americans.
Research does not support the view. In fact, immigrants might have less law enforcement contact compared to native-born Americans.
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This church protest is another example. No one was injured. People in the congregations were supposedly also angry. But for the vast majority of people outside, this is all they will see. It's not that protesters "took the bait." It's that the federal government desperately wants to escalate.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This church protest is another example. No one was injured. People in the congregations were supposedly also angry. But for the vast majority of people outside, this is all they will see. It's not that protesters "took the bait." It's that the federal government desperately wants to escalate.
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A thing I worry about every day is how all of this kind of ends. We are in a kind of post-truth situation, where what is happening on the ground isn't being relayed to the rest of the world and the feds only care about making content. The "problems" are entirely manufactured and fictive.
January 19, 2026 at 8:44 PM
A thing I worry about every day is how all of this kind of ends. We are in a kind of post-truth situation, where what is happening on the ground isn't being relayed to the rest of the world and the feds only care about making content. The "problems" are entirely manufactured and fictive.
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Here’s a really tense ICE situation in front of my home. One car looped a block 25 times until two reinforcement cars showed up and led me home. Was pretty scary because I was solo - BUT I knew I had backup from thousands of courageous neighbors and observers. Strength in numbers.
ICE threatens me at home - 1/19/26
YouTube video by Will Stancil
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January 19, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Here’s a really tense ICE situation in front of my home. One car looped a block 25 times until two reinforcement cars showed up and led me home. Was pretty scary because I was solo - BUT I knew I had backup from thousands of courageous neighbors and observers. Strength in numbers.
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for their pains, Trump has placed the state under military occupation by an ethnic cleansing deportation force unchecked by any laws or norms, and a new yorker/atlantic dude says it's the dems fault.
January 19, 2026 at 8:36 PM
for their pains, Trump has placed the state under military occupation by an ethnic cleansing deportation force unchecked by any laws or norms, and a new yorker/atlantic dude says it's the dems fault.