Pat McDermott
@twinsetpat.bsky.social
knitter, museum goer, jazz lover, gardener, pesto maker
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WSJ story on pardon of Honduras' drug-trafficker ex-president notes his role in “Próspera, a libertarian ‘startup city’ backed by Silicon Valley investors including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen.”
“A Thiel spokesman said Thiel wasn’t involved in the pardon.”
🎁 link:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“A Thiel spokesman said Thiel wasn’t involved in the pardon.”
🎁 link:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How a Man Convicted of Running a Latin American Narco State Landed a Pardon
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández’s unusual network of Trump allies and MAGA influencers helped deliver an extraordinary pardon to him.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
WSJ story on pardon of Honduras' drug-trafficker ex-president notes his role in “Próspera, a libertarian ‘startup city’ backed by Silicon Valley investors including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen.”
“A Thiel spokesman said Thiel wasn’t involved in the pardon.”
🎁 link:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“A Thiel spokesman said Thiel wasn’t involved in the pardon.”
🎁 link:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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loved this conversation. Anyone need a crash course on why the intersection of AI, fascism and climate breakdown? We tried to cover it all!
🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
AI and the Politics of Extraction | Centre for Climate Justice
YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
loved this conversation. Anyone need a crash course on why the intersection of AI, fascism and climate breakdown? We tried to cover it all!
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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South Floridians from Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela expecting to become U.S. citizens this week learned instead that their naturalization ceremonies had been canceled after the Trump administration issued a sweeping directive aimed at halting immigration from so-called high-risk countries.
South Florida immigrants on cusp of citizenship told to wait as DHS changes policy
The cancellations, confirmed by multiple immigration attorneys, came after the Trump administration paused immigration from 19 nations and froze all asylum claims.
www.miamiherald.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
South Floridians from Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela expecting to become U.S. citizens this week learned instead that their naturalization ceremonies had been canceled after the Trump administration issued a sweeping directive aimed at halting immigration from so-called high-risk countries.
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Hey look at this sociopath that is gonna pretend to be soberly concerned about the infant HepB vaccination timeline.
Meet the head of a federal panel expected to upend the childhood vaccine schedule later this week. Dr. Kirk Milhoan believes that Covid was made in North Carolina and deployed to China as a bioweapon ... among other conspiracy theories. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Hey look at this sociopath that is gonna pretend to be soberly concerned about the infant HepB vaccination timeline.
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Meet the head of a federal panel expected to upend the childhood vaccine schedule later this week. Dr. Kirk Milhoan believes that Covid was made in North Carolina and deployed to China as a bioweapon ... among other conspiracy theories. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Meet the head of a federal panel expected to upend the childhood vaccine schedule later this week. Dr. Kirk Milhoan believes that Covid was made in North Carolina and deployed to China as a bioweapon ... among other conspiracy theories. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
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Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have voted to approve their first union contract. The contract includes a pay raise that averages 8% for all union members.
Museum of Science and Industry workers ratify first union contract
chicago.suntimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have voted to approve their first union contract. The contract includes a pay raise that averages 8% for all union members.
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Magistrate Judge Laura McNally in Chicago has entered her order re: attorney access to the Broadview, IL ICE facility.
Lawyers for the plaintiff class of detainees will be able to conduct interviews at the facility within a 2 hour visit window, but must give the facility 24 hours' advance notice.
Lawyers for the plaintiff class of detainees will be able to conduct interviews at the facility within a 2 hour visit window, but must give the facility 24 hours' advance notice.
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NOTIFICATION OF DOCKET ENTRY
This docket entry was made by the Clerk on Wednesday, December 3, 2025:
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Laura K. McNally: Status conference held.
The parties report that they have reached an agreement in principle that will result in the
cancellation of the 12/17/25 preliminary injunction hearing. The parties will report further
to Judge Gettleman regarding their plans for next steps. In the meantime, Plaintiffs'
motion to compel [109] and Defendants' motion for protective order [115] are entered and
continued, with the following exceptions: First, Plaintiffs' request for periodic production
of the Broadview daily detainee logs is granted. Defendants shall produce the Broadview
daily logs once per week on a rolling basis until further order of Court. By agreement, the
productions will be made each Wednesday. Second, Plaintiffs' request for access to the
Broadview facility to conduct in−person attorney−client meetings with class members is
granted. Upon 24−hours' notice (minimum), class counsel may conduct confidential
interviews of detainees at the Broadview facility. These interviews shall take place during
a two−hour window and must not interfere with the functioning of the detention facility.
No more than two counsel (or one counsel and one paralegal), along with one translator,
may attend, absent agreement of the parties. Attendee names shall be provided to the
Defendants in advance. At the beginning of each visit, Defendants shall provide to class
counsel a list of all detainees currently at the facility. Class counsel shall be afforded the
opportunity to briefly address the detainees as a group in order to explain their role and
invite detainees to participate in interviews. No detainee may be required to participate in
any interviews. Third, by agreement, the parties will work together to facilitate class
counsel's ability to speak with class members at ICE detention facilities outside Illinois.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7422wlmkminudypjv6cywlzl/bafkreieevwjvk6avvzo4ocadxztsfjwpsvckvc7xexrcmiigxe3eprr5gy@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Magistrate Judge Laura McNally in Chicago has entered her order re: attorney access to the Broadview, IL ICE facility.
Lawyers for the plaintiff class of detainees will be able to conduct interviews at the facility within a 2 hour visit window, but must give the facility 24 hours' advance notice.
Lawyers for the plaintiff class of detainees will be able to conduct interviews at the facility within a 2 hour visit window, but must give the facility 24 hours' advance notice.
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I’m not kidding, this is the entire editorial. It’s six paragraphs of college Republicans talking points. It’s not just that the writer doesn’t engage in legal analysis, it’s that they’re too stupid to know that that’s something they should do in a post like this. Embarrassing! Tell me who wrote it!
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I’m not kidding, this is the entire editorial. It’s six paragraphs of college Republicans talking points. It’s not just that the writer doesn’t engage in legal analysis, it’s that they’re too stupid to know that that’s something they should do in a post like this. Embarrassing! Tell me who wrote it!
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Once again I am calling on @postopinions.bsky.social to byline the editorials ascribed to the editorial board, because readers should be able to make fun of the specific person who wrote this dogshit and thought it was smart www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Once again I am calling on @postopinions.bsky.social to byline the editorials ascribed to the editorial board, because readers should be able to make fun of the specific person who wrote this dogshit and thought it was smart www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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This is at once my personal nightmare and also a sign — their bench is *shallow.* They are not sophisticated shock troops, they’re a small group of podcasters and professional idiots who are tripping over their own feet in actual power. Should be relatively easy to sabotage them imho
NEW: Tracy Beth Høeg, a sports medicine physician who has released several preprints about the risks of Covid vaccines (including with Vinay Prasad), is now the acting top drug regulator at the FDA. www.fda.gov/news-events/...
FDA Announces Leadership Appointments at Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
FDA Announces Leadership Appointments at Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
www.fda.gov
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is at once my personal nightmare and also a sign — their bench is *shallow.* They are not sophisticated shock troops, they’re a small group of podcasters and professional idiots who are tripping over their own feet in actual power. Should be relatively easy to sabotage them imho
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The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
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The original White House--like the Capitol--was deliberately NOT garish.They were supposed to reflect republican governance: not monarchies, not aristocracies.They were supposed to show a commitment to We the People.
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
We Asked Interior Designers To Explain Trump's 'Garish' White House Redesign — And They Had THOUGHTS
Experts weigh in on the president's gold-soaked makeover of the Oval Office and more.
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The original White House--like the Capitol--was deliberately NOT garish.They were supposed to reflect republican governance: not monarchies, not aristocracies.They were supposed to show a commitment to We the People.
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump made him a judge.🤬
“At a DoJ conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump admin. wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore. Instead, he said, the US should "just sink the boats.”
“At a DoJ conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump admin. wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore. Instead, he said, the US should "just sink the boats.”
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump made him a judge.🤬
“At a DoJ conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump admin. wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore. Instead, he said, the US should "just sink the boats.”
“At a DoJ conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump admin. wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore. Instead, he said, the US should "just sink the boats.”
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A reminder that they’ve been plotting these boat attacks for a very long time. They had years to get legal guidance. Instead, they sidelined anyone who didn’t go along with their illegal plans.
Trump made him a judge.🤬
“At a DoJ conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump admin. wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore. Instead, he said, the US should "just sink the boats.”
“At a DoJ conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump admin. wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore. Instead, he said, the US should "just sink the boats.”
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A reminder that they’ve been plotting these boat attacks for a very long time. They had years to get legal guidance. Instead, they sidelined anyone who didn’t go along with their illegal plans.
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Social media feeds are full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped, but Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads. Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops helping ICE terrorize our communities. app.sosha.ai/s/T7ngbtyS
Spotify: Wrapped in complicity
app.sosha.ai
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Social media feeds are full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped, but Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads. Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops helping ICE terrorize our communities. app.sosha.ai/s/T7ngbtyS
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Governor @andybeshearky.bsky.social just invested $4 million to improve water service for over 10,000 Kentucky homes across three counties.
Clean, reliable water is a necessity and Democrats believe that access to clean water is a basic right that everyone deserves.
Clean, reliable water is a necessity and Democrats believe that access to clean water is a basic right that everyone deserves.
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Governor @andybeshearky.bsky.social just invested $4 million to improve water service for over 10,000 Kentucky homes across three counties.
Clean, reliable water is a necessity and Democrats believe that access to clean water is a basic right that everyone deserves.
Clean, reliable water is a necessity and Democrats believe that access to clean water is a basic right that everyone deserves.
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From the great Richard J. Clifford, SJ, one of the world's leading biblical scholars: "Trump’s war on D.E.I. is an attack on three biblical virtues."
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
Trump’s war on D.E.I. is an attack on three biblical virtues
As a longtime biblical scholar, I believe the enemies of D.E.I. fail to recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion characterize God’s actions throughout the Bible.
www.americamagazine.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
From the great Richard J. Clifford, SJ, one of the world's leading biblical scholars: "Trump’s war on D.E.I. is an attack on three biblical virtues."
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
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This punitive policy jeopardizes housing for 1,100 Bostonians and nearly 4,000 people in Massachusetts, forcing thousands of vulnerable children and families onto the street during winter months. It is unconscionable. Housing is a human right.
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This punitive policy jeopardizes housing for 1,100 Bostonians and nearly 4,000 people in Massachusetts, forcing thousands of vulnerable children and families onto the street during winter months. It is unconscionable. Housing is a human right.
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Seems like the office of pardoning rich guys is humming along a lot more smoothly than the office of making America great.
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Seems like the office of pardoning rich guys is humming along a lot more smoothly than the office of making America great.