Frank Patrick
@fpatrick.bsky.social
Assume the snark. Embrace the snide.
“Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.”
- Tony Gilroy, through the Andor character, Senator Mon Mothma
“Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.”
- Tony Gilroy, through the Andor character, Senator Mon Mothma
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Frank Patrick
@fpatrick.bsky.social
· Jan 8
“What a jam.
What a mess.
What a pickle.
What a fix.”
- Arthur “Big Guy” Carlson, Station Manager, WKRP
What a mess.
What a pickle.
What a fix.”
- Arthur “Big Guy” Carlson, Station Manager, WKRP
Reposted by Frank Patrick
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I thought this was a joke.
Turns out it actually is a joke, but it’s real, too.
Turns out it actually is a joke, but it’s real, too.
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I thought this was a joke.
Turns out it actually is a joke, but it’s real, too.
Turns out it actually is a joke, but it’s real, too.
2016: UK…Brexit
2025: US…Hold my beer.
2025: US…Hold my beer.
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
2016: UK…Brexit
2025: US…Hold my beer.
2025: US…Hold my beer.
That ballroom could make for some serious open concept office space come 2029.
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
That ballroom could make for some serious open concept office space come 2029.
This 👇 is important.
So what's going to happen to TCM in this Netflix-Warners/HBO deal? That's what I really want to know.
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This 👇 is important.
If you like @steveliesman.bsky.social on CNBC (as I do), you need to catch him when he holds court on The Eleventh Hour with @stephruhle.bsky.social.
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you like @steveliesman.bsky.social on CNBC (as I do), you need to catch him when he holds court on The Eleventh Hour with @stephruhle.bsky.social.
Reposted by Frank Patrick
It is our patriotic duty to report media bias to the White House.
Yes, it will be a full-time job reporting FoxNews, OAN, and Newsmax, but it is for the good our our country,
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Yes, it will be a full-time job reporting FoxNews, OAN, and Newsmax, but it is for the good our our country,
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It is our patriotic duty to report media bias to the White House.
Yes, it will be a full-time job reporting FoxNews, OAN, and Newsmax, but it is for the good our our country,
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Yes, it will be a full-time job reporting FoxNews, OAN, and Newsmax, but it is for the good our our country,
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Milton, Delaware 2017
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Milton, Delaware 2017
“God gives us love. Something to love He lends us; but, when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone.”
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson #QOTD
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45390/...
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson #QOTD
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45390/...
To J. S.
Something to love He lends us; but, when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone. In grief I am not all unlearn'd; Once thro' mine own doors Death did pass...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
“God gives us love. Something to love He lends us; but, when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone.”
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson #QOTD
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45390/...
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson #QOTD
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45390/...
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One of my pet peeves in movies is the unreality of geography. I'm watching the characters in M:I Dead Reckoning running through Venice. I was there about a month ago and remember their starting and ending points. No way did they run that. No way.
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
One of my pet peeves in movies is the unreality of geography. I'm watching the characters in M:I Dead Reckoning running through Venice. I was there about a month ago and remember their starting and ending points. No way did they run that. No way.
The quote posts I'm seeing refer to this as cruel and petty. It goes beyond that, fully to pathetic.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The quote posts I'm seeing refer to this as cruel and petty. It goes beyond that, fully to pathetic.
Right up to but not including the bought and paid for Supreme Court.
I don’t want to sound like an optimist but the judicial system seems to be holding Trump’s incompetent fascism at bay.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Right up to but not including the bought and paid for Supreme Court.
Fuck this shit.
#GVerse 🚨 #BreakingNews: ICE/Border Patrol just illegally pepper-sprayed a sitting member of congress in Tucson, Arizona.
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Fuck this shit.
Any 2028 Dem candidate promising to pack the court could very well get my vote, assuming Trump doesn't do it before then.
37 justices, anyone?
37 justices, anyone?
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Any 2028 Dem candidate promising to pack the court could very well get my vote, assuming Trump doesn't do it before then.
37 justices, anyone?
37 justices, anyone?
What difference would even having a communication device make? Were they going to call a ground-to-air strike on the US aircraft?
"The 2 men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers Thursday"
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What difference would even having a communication device make? Were they going to call a ground-to-air strike on the US aircraft?
Reposted by Frank Patrick
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
Release the unedited “double tap” attack video.
And while you’re at it, release the full Epstein files.
And while you’re at it, release the full Epstein files.
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Release the unedited “double tap” attack video.
And while you’re at it, release the full Epstein files.
And while you’re at it, release the full Epstein files.
Finished Rogue Nation last night after a 3-night Mission: Impossible binge.
Big decision now whether to watch the three remaining long ones one per night, or do Fallout tonight and devote 5 1/2 hours Saturday to the “Reckonings”.
Big decision now whether to watch the three remaining long ones one per night, or do Fallout tonight and devote 5 1/2 hours Saturday to the “Reckonings”.
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Finished Rogue Nation last night after a 3-night Mission: Impossible binge.
Big decision now whether to watch the three remaining long ones one per night, or do Fallout tonight and devote 5 1/2 hours Saturday to the “Reckonings”.
Big decision now whether to watch the three remaining long ones one per night, or do Fallout tonight and devote 5 1/2 hours Saturday to the “Reckonings”.
Since it was new to me in 2025, my best album of the year is nine years old.
Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul - YouTube
youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Since it was new to me in 2025, my best album of the year is nine years old.
Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It’s cold today. Be sure to bundle up if you’re going to express your feelings about this.
Replacing education with propaganda.
“…Other groups involved in the tour include Moms for Liberty, the Heritage Foundation, and PragerU, a group that provides controversial educational material to several states that promotes conservative viewpoints…”
newjerseyglobe.com/education/mc...
“…Other groups involved in the tour include Moms for Liberty, the Heritage Foundation, and PragerU, a group that provides controversial educational material to several states that promotes conservative viewpoints…”
newjerseyglobe.com/education/mc...
McMahon to visit Colts Neck school with conservative groups, sparking anger - New Jersey Globe
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is headlining an assembly at a Colts Neck middle school on Friday, where she’ll be joined by representatives
newjerseyglobe.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It’s cold today. Be sure to bundle up if you’re going to express your feelings about this.
Replacing education with propaganda.
“…Other groups involved in the tour include Moms for Liberty, the Heritage Foundation, and PragerU, a group that provides controversial educational material to several states that promotes conservative viewpoints…”
newjerseyglobe.com/education/mc...
“…Other groups involved in the tour include Moms for Liberty, the Heritage Foundation, and PragerU, a group that provides controversial educational material to several states that promotes conservative viewpoints…”
newjerseyglobe.com/education/mc...
McMahon to visit Colts Neck school with conservative groups, sparking anger - New Jersey Globe
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is headlining an assembly at a Colts Neck middle school on Friday, where she’ll be joined by representatives
newjerseyglobe.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Replacing education with propaganda.
“…Other groups involved in the tour include Moms for Liberty, the Heritage Foundation, and PragerU, a group that provides controversial educational material to several states that promotes conservative viewpoints…”
newjerseyglobe.com/education/mc...
“…Other groups involved in the tour include Moms for Liberty, the Heritage Foundation, and PragerU, a group that provides controversial educational material to several states that promotes conservative viewpoints…”
newjerseyglobe.com/education/mc...
Imagine…
imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Imagine…
"Well, shucks. What can I say? We are coming to a big fork in the road for this country, another ominous polarization between right and wrong, another political mandate to decide “Which side are you on?”. . . Maybe a bumper sticker that asks ARE YOU SANE OR INSANE?"
- Hunter S. Thompson #QOTD
- Hunter S. Thompson #QOTD
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"Well, shucks. What can I say? We are coming to a big fork in the road for this country, another ominous polarization between right and wrong, another political mandate to decide “Which side are you on?”. . . Maybe a bumper sticker that asks ARE YOU SANE OR INSANE?"
- Hunter S. Thompson #QOTD
- Hunter S. Thompson #QOTD
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