Patrick Finnegan
@pfinns.bsky.social
Writer, editor, and consultant focusing on human rights, history, politics/policy, and the arts. Part-time musician. Talks to cats and sometimes people. Also digs comedy. Posts & opinions my own.
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Patrick Finnegan
@pfinns.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Resistance to the Trump regime needs to ramp up in frequency, intensity, and impact or we all lose. We are seeing mass capitulation on the part of corporations and other institutions nationwide because they haven't seen resistance as a viable threat to the consolidating right-wing dictatorship. 🧵
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People who think "actual thinking" means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle" almost only go right.
Never socialists or super-woke or whatever, always variations on "this bigot is making arguments and you're close-minded if you're not open to them."
Never socialists or super-woke or whatever, always variations on "this bigot is making arguments and you're close-minded if you're not open to them."
I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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People who think "actual thinking" means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle" almost only go right.
Never socialists or super-woke or whatever, always variations on "this bigot is making arguments and you're close-minded if you're not open to them."
Never socialists or super-woke or whatever, always variations on "this bigot is making arguments and you're close-minded if you're not open to them."
I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
People who think "actual thinking" means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle" almost only go right.
Never socialists or super-woke or whatever, always variations on "this bigot is making arguments and you're close-minded if you're not open to them."
Never socialists or super-woke or whatever, always variations on "this bigot is making arguments and you're close-minded if you're not open to them."
Say “pro-life” one more time….
There's a subset of GOPer that seems to have entered politics almost entirely for the potential to be adjacent to killing people and well imo that sort of person probably shouldn't be in office
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Say “pro-life” one more time….
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There's a subset of GOPer that seems to have entered politics almost entirely for the potential to be adjacent to killing people and well imo that sort of person probably shouldn't be in office
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There's a subset of GOPer that seems to have entered politics almost entirely for the potential to be adjacent to killing people and well imo that sort of person probably shouldn't be in office
A succinct explanation of why we don’t have a democracy anymore. (Cartoon credit: Ivan Ehlers).
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A succinct explanation of why we don’t have a democracy anymore. (Cartoon credit: Ivan Ehlers).
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I reiterate that resistance efforts need to combine efforts, be strategic, and step up the pressure. The billionaire class is betting against us - we need boycotts, pressure campaigns, and strikes that hit their bottom lines at a scale sufficient to change their incentives.
Resistance to the Trump regime needs to ramp up in frequency, intensity, and impact or we all lose. We are seeing mass capitulation on the part of corporations and other institutions nationwide because they haven't seen resistance as a viable threat to the consolidating right-wing dictatorship. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I reiterate that resistance efforts need to combine efforts, be strategic, and step up the pressure. The billionaire class is betting against us - we need boycotts, pressure campaigns, and strikes that hit their bottom lines at a scale sufficient to change their incentives.
I reiterate that resistance efforts need to combine efforts, be strategic, and step up the pressure. The billionaire class is betting against us - we need boycotts, pressure campaigns, and strikes that hit their bottom lines at a scale sufficient to change their incentives.
Resistance to the Trump regime needs to ramp up in frequency, intensity, and impact or we all lose. We are seeing mass capitulation on the part of corporations and other institutions nationwide because they haven't seen resistance as a viable threat to the consolidating right-wing dictatorship. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I reiterate that resistance efforts need to combine efforts, be strategic, and step up the pressure. The billionaire class is betting against us - we need boycotts, pressure campaigns, and strikes that hit their bottom lines at a scale sufficient to change their incentives.
We can't say we didn't know. Only that we failed to act with sufficient urgency.
Hopefully that won't have to be democracy's epitaph.
Hopefully that won't have to be democracy's epitaph.
boy is it weird that no one in the fucking media was asking JD Vance about him sounding like a supervillain in 2022
they were too fucking busy rolling oranges to him
they were too fucking busy rolling oranges to him
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We can't say we didn't know. Only that we failed to act with sufficient urgency.
Hopefully that won't have to be democracy's epitaph.
Hopefully that won't have to be democracy's epitaph.
U.S. foreign policy is being run from the Kremlin. I don’t know what Rubio does all day. youtu.be/NLAeAAfyGAk?...
Rachel Maddow: Government Bad Guys Can Face Consequences Even Decades After Their Crimes
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
U.S. foreign policy is being run from the Kremlin. I don’t know what Rubio does all day. youtu.be/NLAeAAfyGAk?...
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You know who else was indicted out of the Southern District of New York following an investigation that was primarily conducted during the first Trump administration (and then convicted by a federal jury and sentenced to 45 years in prison)?
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
You know who else was indicted out of the Southern District of New York following an investigation that was primarily conducted during the first Trump administration (and then convicted by a federal jury and sentenced to 45 years in prison)?
We, the American public, are getting fleeced. Real good.
See @hcrichardson.bsky.social's Nov. 30 newsletter for more.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3...
See @hcrichardson.bsky.social's Nov. 30 newsletter for more.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We, the American public, are getting fleeced. Real good.
See @hcrichardson.bsky.social's Nov. 30 newsletter for more.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3...
See @hcrichardson.bsky.social's Nov. 30 newsletter for more.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3...
Interesting nugget from @hcrichardson.bsky.social's Nov. 29 newsletter 🤔.
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Interesting nugget from @hcrichardson.bsky.social's Nov. 29 newsletter 🤔.
So in addition to Trump & Hegseth's war crimes/extrajudicial killings, there's this: newrepublic.com/post/203835/...
Trump Shares More Than 150 Brainrot Posts in Late-Night Rampage
Donald Trump, 79, is losing it.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
So in addition to Trump & Hegseth's war crimes/extrajudicial killings, there's this: newrepublic.com/post/203835/...
I reiterate…
Resistance to the Trump regime needs to ramp up in frequency, intensity, and impact or we all lose. We are seeing mass capitulation on the part of corporations and other institutions nationwide because they haven't seen resistance as a viable threat to the consolidating right-wing dictatorship. 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I reiterate…
Important read from a never-Trump conservative perspective. The Regime is engaged in criminal activity, including war crimes. This is fairly simple and doesn't require a J.D. to understand.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Important read from a never-Trump conservative perspective. The Regime is engaged in criminal activity, including war crimes. This is fairly simple and doesn't require a J.D. to understand.
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Pinterest nugget.
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Pinterest nugget.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
The regime is using this awful attack for racist ends. The response is a collective punishment for white supremacist purposes. www.bbc.com/news/article...
US halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
The directive comes hours after President Trump said the US will pause migration from "third-world countries".
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The regime is using this awful attack for racist ends. The response is a collective punishment for white supremacist purposes. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Why give in now, Northwestern?
Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people recognized that Trump isn't the future, but Northwestern's leaders apparently think it's the time to get on board.
Either they think this is forever, or they have no principles and concluded there's no downside to collaborating now.
Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people recognized that Trump isn't the future, but Northwestern's leaders apparently think it's the time to get on board.
Either they think this is forever, or they have no principles and concluded there's no downside to collaborating now.
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why give in now, Northwestern?
Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people recognized that Trump isn't the future, but Northwestern's leaders apparently think it's the time to get on board.
Either they think this is forever, or they have no principles and concluded there's no downside to collaborating now.
Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people recognized that Trump isn't the future, but Northwestern's leaders apparently think it's the time to get on board.
Either they think this is forever, or they have no principles and concluded there's no downside to collaborating now.
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Very interesting history on consumer activism by @hcrichardson.bsky.social. The parallels of our current time with the 1890s are striking. History may not repeat exactly, but it often rhymes…
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Very interesting history on consumer activism by @hcrichardson.bsky.social. The parallels of our current time with the 1890s are striking. History may not repeat exactly, but it often rhymes…
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
Part of the Right’s war on language. No credible human rights actor has this understanding of what constitute rights.
youtube.com/post/Ugkx7zU...
youtube.com/post/Ugkx7zU...
Post from NowThis Impact - YouTube
Next thing you know they’re going to say that stopping hate speech is a human rights violation … oh wait …
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Part of the Right’s war on language. No credible human rights actor has this understanding of what constitute rights.
youtube.com/post/Ugkx7zU...
youtube.com/post/Ugkx7zU...
Very interesting history on consumer activism by @hcrichardson.bsky.social. The parallels of our current time with the 1890s are striking. History may not repeat exactly, but it often rhymes…
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Very interesting history on consumer activism by @hcrichardson.bsky.social. The parallels of our current time with the 1890s are striking. History may not repeat exactly, but it often rhymes…
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM