Patrice ⭐️ 🎶 ⚖️
@patricefitzgerald.bsky.social
Author, attorney, singer, pianist, mom of humans and cute rescue pup.
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Hi Folks!
I’m here mostly to grab news, share encouraging views and sharp takes on the fly, and dream of a better future for our country. 🇺🇸 Once in a while I say something clever, but I don’t post a whole lot. Busy singing, directing, practicing my neophyte piano skills, and writing new books…
I’m here mostly to grab news, share encouraging views and sharp takes on the fly, and dream of a better future for our country. 🇺🇸 Once in a while I say something clever, but I don’t post a whole lot. Busy singing, directing, practicing my neophyte piano skills, and writing new books…
DO let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.
Bye, Bongino, you b*tch ✌🏼
Bongino served for 27 Scaramuccis - that’s long enough to learn nothing and still feel entitled.
December 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
DO let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.
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There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
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Over 7.5 million women in the U.S. have used mifepristone for medication abortion since its 2000 FDA approval.
It's 4x safer than penicillin and ten times safer than Viagra.
www.cnn.com/health/abort...
It's 4x safer than penicillin and ten times safer than Viagra.
www.cnn.com/health/abort...
December 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This hurts to hear. But is also wonderful.
He chatted with a friend for an hour; he had plans. Perhaps he had a good last night.
What a tragedy.
He chatted with a friend for an hour; he had plans. Perhaps he had a good last night.
What a tragedy.
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This hurts to hear. But is also wonderful.
He chatted with a friend for an hour; he had plans. Perhaps he had a good last night.
What a tragedy.
He chatted with a friend for an hour; he had plans. Perhaps he had a good last night.
What a tragedy.
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Second Strike? All of the US Strikes in the Caribbean Are Illegal, Legal Experts Say
Lawmakers are focused on the double-tap strike, but they're missing the point. All the attacks on boats in the Caribbean violate both US and international law.
zeteo.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Color me shocked. 👀
Donald, tell me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf without telling me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf.
December 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Color me shocked. 👀
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"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
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Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.
"I know nothing about it."
"It's no big deal. There are hundred of photos of him with people, I know nothing about this," says Donald Trump when asked about the images of Jeffrey Epstein with Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
"I know nothing about it."
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Is someone going to ask Trump and/or Karoline Leavitt about the Trump condoms.
Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Is someone going to ask Trump and/or Karoline Leavitt about the Trump condoms.
Bonkers all the way down.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Bonkers all the way down.
This.
"It's not that we have a unitary executive, but we have a wayward executive...a corrupt executive," @gtconway.bsky.social tells @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social. "We have an executive who defies the law, who fails to execute the laws properly because he doesn't consider himself bound by the laws."
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This.
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"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
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December 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Sign up for this man. The absolute sh*t he wades through to bring you news and clips is ridiculous.
Grampa is feeling free to say what he really means now. It won't be too long before he's saying worse...
Reminder that Trump denied calling nations with lots of Black and brown people "shit holes," but now he admits it. So he lied.
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Grampa is feeling free to say what he really means now. It won't be too long before he's saying worse...
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"At which point we're going to blow them out of the fucking skies."
Melania Trump: "Santa's reindeer -- Rudolph, Dasher, Comet, all of them -- they're resting in the North Pole. They need to save all of their energy for their great flight around the world on Christmas Eve. Santa told me they're snuggling beneath warm, fluffy blankets."
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"At which point we're going to blow them out of the fucking skies."
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If there is a museum for political art anywhere this poster should go in it
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If there is a museum for political art anywhere this poster should go in it
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They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.
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doing some research for the newsletter, came across this video from 2018 and it's honestly amazing how much better Trump looked and sounded 7 years ago
Trump suggests the death penalty for drug dealers
YouTube video by Washington Post
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
doing some research for the newsletter, came across this video from 2018 and it's honestly amazing how much better Trump looked and sounded 7 years ago
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Yup 😡
“Now, the Trump administration is busy killing drug smugglers on boats to “protect” Americans — but letting a convicted kingpin like Hernandez walk free.”
By @justinglawe.bsky.social in PN;
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
“Now, the Trump administration is busy killing drug smugglers on boats to “protect” Americans — but letting a convicted kingpin like Hernandez walk free.”
By @justinglawe.bsky.social in PN;
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Trump follows through on an especially ugly campaign promise
He's talked about executing drug dealers for a decade.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Yup 😡
“Now, the Trump administration is busy killing drug smugglers on boats to “protect” Americans — but letting a convicted kingpin like Hernandez walk free.”
By @justinglawe.bsky.social in PN;
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
“Now, the Trump administration is busy killing drug smugglers on boats to “protect” Americans — but letting a convicted kingpin like Hernandez walk free.”
By @justinglawe.bsky.social in PN;
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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New in PN: Trump follows through on an especially ugly campaign promise
"For years, Donald Trump has fantasized about lawlessly killing 'drug dealers.' Now he's making that happen even as he pardons actual drug kingpins."
"For years, Donald Trump has fantasized about lawlessly killing 'drug dealers.' Now he's making that happen even as he pardons actual drug kingpins."
Trump follows through on an especially ugly campaign promise
He's talked about executing drug dealers for a decade.
www.publicnotice.co
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New in PN: Trump follows through on an especially ugly campaign promise
"For years, Donald Trump has fantasized about lawlessly killing 'drug dealers.' Now he's making that happen even as he pardons actual drug kingpins."
"For years, Donald Trump has fantasized about lawlessly killing 'drug dealers.' Now he's making that happen even as he pardons actual drug kingpins."
What… did they FORGET?
FBI Director Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capital, you attack the very being of our way of life. This FBI and this DOJ stand here to tell you we will always refute it and combat it."
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
What… did they FORGET?
Brava!
More of this, please. Speak up for our neighbors and speak out against bigotry and hate.
More of this, please. Speak up for our neighbors and speak out against bigotry and hate.
Brava to Beth Thompson of Big Hill Books in Minneapolis for this excellent rejoinder to our reprehensibly and rabidly racist president.
www.instagram.com/reel/DR0RJ-p...
www.instagram.com/reel/DR0RJ-p...
Big Hill Books on Instagram: "An important message from Big Hill Books.
@bmna #minneapolis @midwest_booksellers"
Minneapolis book seller Beth Thompson shares her appreciation for the Somali community and highlights the importance of supporting local businesses that bring people together. The importance of commun...
www.instagram.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Brava!
More of this, please. Speak up for our neighbors and speak out against bigotry and hate.
More of this, please. Speak up for our neighbors and speak out against bigotry and hate.