Patrick Baker
@pbjmbaker.bsky.social
US expat living in Ecuador. Son of immigrant ancestors. Semiretired technology consultant for older adults. Father, husband, traveler, and cat dad. El Señor Jorge rules.
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Democrat MOCs: do you smell blood in the water yet? Time to be MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE in calling out Republican fuckery. Trump is WEAK, crumbling, and lashing out when he’s not asleep on live TV. Get out there and make noise about failed GOP policies and leadership.
Thanks @gregsargent.bsky.social!
Thanks @gregsargent.bsky.social!
Remarkable how many Rs are now openly warning of 2026 bloodbath:
*Ted Cruz calls for sounding "alarm"
*Elise Stefanik says Rs are "underperforming"
*Leading GOP strategist warns Tuesday results "flashing red"
On the pod we dig into Trump denial and GOP angst:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
*Ted Cruz calls for sounding "alarm"
*Elise Stefanik says Rs are "underperforming"
*Leading GOP strategist warns Tuesday results "flashing red"
On the pod we dig into Trump denial and GOP angst:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Angry Trump Unravels over 2026 Woes as GOP Panic Grows: “Flashing Red”
As Trump fumes over Democratic attacks that are plainly working, a progressive organizer explains why Tuesday’s special election result is good news—and how Democrats can sustain momentum through 2026...
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Democrat MOCs: do you smell blood in the water yet? Time to be MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE in calling out Republican fuckery. Trump is WEAK, crumbling, and lashing out when he’s not asleep on live TV. Get out there and make noise about failed GOP policies and leadership.
Thanks @gregsargent.bsky.social!
Thanks @gregsargent.bsky.social!
Excellent discussion today with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @paulwaldman.bsky.social. The regime has gone way beyond “the cruelty is the point” to “let’s mock other people’s pain and suffering”. Truly disgusting.
Sadism is central to Trump-MAGA politics, and it's getting worse:
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
Trump Tirades at Media Darken as MAGA Bloodlust on Bombings Boils Over
As Trump and MAGA hit new levels of depravity on his boat bombings and anti-immigrant crackdown, the writer of a piece connecting these dots discusses the centrality of sadism to Trump-MAGA politics.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excellent discussion today with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @paulwaldman.bsky.social. The regime has gone way beyond “the cruelty is the point” to “let’s mock other people’s pain and suffering”. Truly disgusting.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social’s excellent letter today on regime’s illegal boat strikes, sleepy Don, and his unhinged racist rant during yesterday’s cabinet meeting.
“The Cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi.”
“The Cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi.”
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social’s excellent letter today on regime’s illegal boat strikes, sleepy Don, and his unhinged racist rant during yesterday’s cabinet meeting.
“The Cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi.”
“The Cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi.”
Excellent discussion with The Contrarian’s @jenrubin.bsky.social on today’s Daily Blast pod about the regime’s illegal boat bombings. Throwing Admiral Bradley under the bus doesn’t make war criminals Hegseth and Trump any less guilty. It makes them look weak as hell.
Now juxtapose Hegseth's vile little cartoon with this line from the Post report on the latest horror:
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Excellent discussion with The Contrarian’s @jenrubin.bsky.social on today’s Daily Blast pod about the regime’s illegal boat bombings. Throwing Admiral Bradley under the bus doesn’t make war criminals Hegseth and Trump any less guilty. It makes them look weak as hell.
This! 👇🏼😹😹😹
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This! 👇🏼😹😹😹
An excellent discussion with @davidlurie.bsky.social on lame duck wannabe dictator Trump and his fury at being IDed as such by the NYT. His mental and physical decline are obvious to everyone. We’re all vulnerable to the ravages of time, and he’s no exception. Time to take away the nuclear football.
"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump’s Fury at NYT Explodes amid Fresh Concerns about Mental Decline
As Trump’s rage at the paper of record reveals too much, the author of piece on Trump as “lame duck dictator” explains how devastating it is for him that his carefully-cultivated illusion of strength ...
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
An excellent discussion with @davidlurie.bsky.social on lame duck wannabe dictator Trump and his fury at being IDed as such by the NYT. His mental and physical decline are obvious to everyone. We’re all vulnerable to the ravages of time, and he’s no exception. Time to take away the nuclear football.
Excellent read. This is why we need a top to bottom review of how the Trump regime has bastardized the law for his personal grievances, and why we have #NoKings in the US.
We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
The oldest abuse in human government
Donald Trump and the ‘king’s justice’
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Excellent read. This is why we need a top to bottom review of how the Trump regime has bastardized the law for his personal grievances, and why we have #NoKings in the US.
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Yeah, that Pocohontas story was bullshyt. Hell, that wasn't even her real name.
You're welcome, Brother Patrick.🙏🏽😊
#KeepItWoke
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true...
You're welcome, Brother Patrick.🙏🏽😊
#KeepItWoke
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true...
The True Story of Pocahontas Is More Complicated Than You Might Think
Historian Camilla Townsend separates fact from fiction in the life of the Powhatan "princess"
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, that Pocohontas story was bullshyt. Hell, that wasn't even her real name.
You're welcome, Brother Patrick.🙏🏽😊
#KeepItWoke
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true...
You're welcome, Brother Patrick.🙏🏽😊
#KeepItWoke
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true...
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"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable"
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable"
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
Reposted by Patrick Baker
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 What happens when survival pushes humans to the unthinkable? In 1609–1610, Jamestown colonists faced famine so severe they turned to cannibalism. Here’s the true story.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
nationalpost.com/news/scienti...
🧵 What happens when survival pushes humans to the unthinkable? In 1609–1610, Jamestown colonists faced famine so severe they turned to cannibalism. Here’s the true story.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
nationalpost.com/news/scienti...
Some of America's first settlers turned to cannibalism, 'powdered wife' to survive, scientists say
Smithsonian forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley said the human remains date back to a deadly winter known as the 'starving time'
nationalpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 What happens when survival pushes humans to the unthinkable? In 1609–1610, Jamestown colonists faced famine so severe they turned to cannibalism. Here’s the true story.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
nationalpost.com/news/scienti...
🧵 What happens when survival pushes humans to the unthinkable? In 1609–1610, Jamestown colonists faced famine so severe they turned to cannibalism. Here’s the true story.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
nationalpost.com/news/scienti...
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“What is remigration, which the Department of Homeland Security is calling for?”
It’s this:
It’s this:
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“What is remigration, which the Department of Homeland Security is calling for?”
It’s this:
It’s this:
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Good morning, Brother Patrick. I always appreciate your input, my friend. Thank you and enjoy your Friday and weekend. 👊🏾😁
#KeepItWoke
#KeepItWoke
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Good morning, Brother Patrick. I always appreciate your input, my friend. Thank you and enjoy your Friday and weekend. 👊🏾😁
#KeepItWoke
#KeepItWoke
WTAF?! Abolish ICE and hold these Nazis accountable for their brutality. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just a few miles from my home, in Redmond, WA, ICE detained folks yesterday. One of the women questioned was Indigenous actor Elaine Miles, known for her role in "Northern Exposure." ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’. WTF! She's NATIVE AMERICAN you fuck'n idiots!
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
WTAF?! Abolish ICE and hold these Nazis accountable for their brutality. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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To understand as to why Latinos for Trump ignored Black people and our warning about him leading up to the 2024 election, this sister nails it. And, to be clear, not all Latinos feel this way, but the anti-Blackness is what got us where we are today.
youtu.be/Bbz5kQSH2xc?...
youtu.be/Bbz5kQSH2xc?...
Latin Antiblackness #shortvideo #youtubeshorts #americanhistory #latinhistory #blackhistory
YouTube video by Ashley B
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
To understand as to why Latinos for Trump ignored Black people and our warning about him leading up to the 2024 election, this sister nails it. And, to be clear, not all Latinos feel this way, but the anti-Blackness is what got us where we are today.
youtu.be/Bbz5kQSH2xc?...
youtu.be/Bbz5kQSH2xc?...
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
Reposted by Patrick Baker
Reposted by Patrick Baker
Good morning! Please read and share this very informative piece put together by @thedoublev.bsky.social. House Democrats launch ICE Watch Dashboard to track allegations of abuse. This is very helpful!
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.patreon.com/posts/144517...
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.patreon.com/posts/144517...
House Democrats Launch ICE Watch Dashboard to Track Alleged Immigration Enforcement Abuses | The Double V
Get more from The Double V on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Good morning! Please read and share this very informative piece put together by @thedoublev.bsky.social. House Democrats launch ICE Watch Dashboard to track allegations of abuse. This is very helpful!
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.patreon.com/posts/144517...
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.patreon.com/posts/144517...
Today’s Daily Blast pod with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @monicapotts.bsky.social spotlights GOP desperation and dim prospects for the midterms. They discuss how radioactive ACA subsidies are for the GOP, how Trump won’t produce a viable alternative, and how for-profit corporatized healthcare
Why Republicans in Congress Hate Trump’s Health Care Plan
The House GOP revolted after details of the plan leaked over the weekend. Now its status is unclear.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today’s Daily Blast pod with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @monicapotts.bsky.social spotlights GOP desperation and dim prospects for the midterms. They discuss how radioactive ACA subsidies are for the GOP, how Trump won’t produce a viable alternative, and how for-profit corporatized healthcare
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25 November 1942 | A transport of some 2,000 Jewish men, women, and children deported from the ghetto in Grodno arrived at #Auschwitz.
After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.
After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.
Video history | Temporary gas chambers at Auschwitz II-Birkenau
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
25 November 1942 | A transport of some 2,000 Jewish men, women, and children deported from the ghetto in Grodno arrived at #Auschwitz.
After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.
After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.
An excellent discussion with @davidkurtz.bsky.social of the lawless Trump regime’s absolute bungling of his vindictive prosecutions, and Hegseth’s half baked attempt to court martial Senator Mark Kelly. As they said, we clearly need a post-Watergate style course correction in our legal system.
On this pod:
-why restoring rule of law after Trump will be so challenging
-the need for a post-Trump reckoning that rivals what happened after abuses of Vietnam/Watergate
-why Trump's effort to get revenge on Sen Mark Kelly is so deeply corrupt
@davidkurtz.bsky.social is very good throughout:
-why restoring rule of law after Trump will be so challenging
-the need for a post-Trump reckoning that rivals what happened after abuses of Vietnam/Watergate
-why Trump's effort to get revenge on Sen Mark Kelly is so deeply corrupt
@davidkurtz.bsky.social is very good throughout:
Trump's prosecutions of Comey and Letitia James fell apart precisely because he ousted career prosecutors who insisted on following facts and law. His installation of a pliant stooge is what blew up in his face.
On the pod, @davidkurtz.bsky.social is great on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
On the pod, @davidkurtz.bsky.social is great on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
An excellent discussion with @davidkurtz.bsky.social of the lawless Trump regime’s absolute bungling of his vindictive prosecutions, and Hegseth’s half baked attempt to court martial Senator Mark Kelly. As they said, we clearly need a post-Watergate style course correction in our legal system.
Taps the sign for Whiskey Pete.
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Taps the sign for Whiskey Pete.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social has a very detailed breakdown of the so-called peace plan for Ukraine that was apparently written by Russia and involved dim bulb Steve Witkoff and dishonest sleaze Jared Kushner. This “plan” should be utterly rejected by the Ukrainians.
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social has a very detailed breakdown of the so-called peace plan for Ukraine that was apparently written by Russia and involved dim bulb Steve Witkoff and dishonest sleaze Jared Kushner. This “plan” should be utterly rejected by the Ukrainians.
As an English major, I approve of this trend. ❤️✊🏼🎓
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As an English major, I approve of this trend. ❤️✊🏼🎓
Xitter: a cesspool of AI, bot, and troll driven bullshit, fueled by a megalomaniacal, drug addled moron suffering from Smartest Guy in the Room syndrome. Self-respecting, non-sensational journalists need to use other sources for accurate reporting. I closed my account when dufus bought the company.
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Xitter: a cesspool of AI, bot, and troll driven bullshit, fueled by a megalomaniacal, drug addled moron suffering from Smartest Guy in the Room syndrome. Self-respecting, non-sensational journalists need to use other sources for accurate reporting. I closed my account when dufus bought the company.
Excellent discussion today with @amandamarcotte.bsky.social on the media waking up to Trump’s weaknesses. The media and elites need to read the tea leaves more closely. The people are done with fascist ICE raids on our cities and towns, and the rank corruption of the regime and corporate stooges.
"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Excellent discussion today with @amandamarcotte.bsky.social on the media waking up to Trump’s weaknesses. The media and elites need to read the tea leaves more closely. The people are done with fascist ICE raids on our cities and towns, and the rank corruption of the regime and corporate stooges.