Pat Daniels
@patdaniels1.bsky.social
Into - family, sports, truth, democracy, mitigating climate change, learning, nature, music.
Not into - dictators, oligarchy, theocracy, lying, grifting, malignant narcissist tyrants and their sycophants.
🚫DM
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There’s a reason the political right wants to keep people dumb.
December 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There’s a reason the political right wants to keep people dumb.
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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this year, I'm giving all my Christmas gifts to the richest child in the neighborhood. I'm sure they'll trickle down to all the other kids eventually
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
this year, I'm giving all my Christmas gifts to the richest child in the neighborhood. I'm sure they'll trickle down to all the other kids eventually
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
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I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
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In today’s “Wait A Damn Minute” we expose the truth about Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”:
Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts.
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM
Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts.
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM
May 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In today’s “Wait A Damn Minute” we expose the truth about Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”:
Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts.
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM
Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts.
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM
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”In My Home, The America I Love - The America I've Written About That Has Been A Beacon Of Hope & Liberty For 250 Years...
is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
Bruce Springsteen 🩵🎸🗽
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY
is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
Bruce Springsteen 🩵🎸🗽
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY
May 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
”In My Home, The America I Love - The America I've Written About That Has Been A Beacon Of Hope & Liberty For 250 Years...
is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
Bruce Springsteen 🩵🎸🗽
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY
is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
Bruce Springsteen 🩵🎸🗽
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
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(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
April 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
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The worst form of addiction that this country now faces is the greed of the oligarchy.
April 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The worst form of addiction that this country now faces is the greed of the oligarchy.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
March 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."