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Patrick J. Shea

@patricksheaesq.bsky.social

3.9K followers 5.6K following 510 posts

Former attorney and recovering Republican. Grateful to have seen the light and found better things to do. Politics, books, music, art, philosophy, history, science, fantasy/sci-fi, baseball, cooking, animal rescue, and Druidry.

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Patrick J. Shea @patricksheaesq.bsky.social · 1h

These people really have jettisoned reason and competence for vibes and make-believe. Carl Sagan's foreboding vision of the future has come to pass. If we leave it to these ridiculous but still deeply malignant people we will get a future even more bleak than the first half of the 20th Century.

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 13m

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

"A WGN creative services department employee was detained by two Border Patrol officers and later released after federal agents swarmed a busy intersection on Chicago’s North Side Friday morning, at the height of rush hour." @wgntv.com
wgntv.com/news/operati...

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MrPassportKing @mrpassportking.bsky.social · 13m

Just to make crystal clear what Republicans are doing at Trump's directive...

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 2h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 47m

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 12m

Charlie Kirk and TURNPOINT USA dox university professors FOR SPEECH. Now MAGA doxes teachers free speech

Tell ME AGAIN how they support free speech

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 2h

Arrest. Convict. Imprison.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

I’m a patriotic American, so I’m proudly anti-fascist. How about you? 🇺🇸

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 This is a video for Tizzy. Where is this? Who is this “man?” I have never seen a cop punch a woman or slam her into the ground. And the brazenness of doing it in front of children and passersby’s. Fuck this.

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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 33m

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 18h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

The entire Trump administration is full of shit.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 Filming matters. Watch how quickly this herd of overpaid ghouls get off of this man when they hear they are being videoed.

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Realities 🌐 @insuret.bsky.social · 36m

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 36m

My kinda town 💙

Picture of a rally in Chicago

CHICAGO:
THE CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS
KNEELS TO NO ONE.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 36m

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Realities 🌐 @insuret.bsky.social · 1h

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Patrick J. Shea @patricksheaesq.bsky.social · 37m

In the whole scheme of things, that is a lot of "work" for a Republican, to be honest. They're usually too busy mooching, stealing, insider trading, or some other rent seeking boondoggle to actually work at something meaningful and productive. You just can't expect much more than that.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 3h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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