Patrick Egan
@pegan.bsky.social
Former Comms @ejusa.bsky.social. Still a little bit of justice transformation but maybe more job seeking+guitars+Mets=messier
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The blood thirst in FL is unbelievable. For many years, the annual national number of executions has been less than 30, and some years less than 20.
Florida is out of control.
Florida is out of control.
It's just past 6pm ET and Florida is set to kill 63-year-old Malik Abdul-Sajjad, also known as Richard Barry Randolph. It will be the 17th execution carried out in FL this year. Two more are scheduled for December.
I wrote about the man Florida plans to kill tonight and how the death penalty impacts people in ways we might never imagine.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The blood thirst in FL is unbelievable. For many years, the annual national number of executions has been less than 30, and some years less than 20.
Florida is out of control.
Florida is out of control.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
This podcast from @radleybalko.bsky.social is timely and essential. The stories recount leeway for corrupt, oppressive overreaching policing that trapped people vulnerable to pressure.
We'll see these behaviors/ practices resurge in this policing-first climate.
theintercept.com/2025/10/01/c...
We'll see these behaviors/ practices resurge in this policing-first climate.
theintercept.com/2025/10/01/c...
Introducing Collateral Damage
The Intercept is launching a new podcast series about the consequences of the war on drugs, reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This podcast from @radleybalko.bsky.social is timely and essential. The stories recount leeway for corrupt, oppressive overreaching policing that trapped people vulnerable to pressure.
We'll see these behaviors/ practices resurge in this policing-first climate.
theintercept.com/2025/10/01/c...
We'll see these behaviors/ practices resurge in this policing-first climate.
theintercept.com/2025/10/01/c...
Just got the news that Tremane Wood will not die via execution because he was associated with a murder as a teenager. Rare that OK shows any clemency.
My teammate Sierra Scott wrote an incredible story about Tremane, his evolution. This humanization is crucial to justice
ejusa.org/who-is-trema...
My teammate Sierra Scott wrote an incredible story about Tremane, his evolution. This humanization is crucial to justice
ejusa.org/who-is-trema...
Who is Tremane Wood, Now?
Tremane Wood, currently on death row in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary with his execution scheduled for 2025, is a grandfather, a father, a partner, a
ejusa.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Just got the news that Tremane Wood will not die via execution because he was associated with a murder as a teenager. Rare that OK shows any clemency.
My teammate Sierra Scott wrote an incredible story about Tremane, his evolution. This humanization is crucial to justice
ejusa.org/who-is-trema...
My teammate Sierra Scott wrote an incredible story about Tremane, his evolution. This humanization is crucial to justice
ejusa.org/who-is-trema...
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A lot of people want to ignore the existence of this kind of faith.* Terence Lester's backstory is compelling. Good read.
Atlanta faith leader Terence Lester is sitting atop a fridge for 42 hours, spotlighting the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP to stave off hunger.
religionnews.com/2025/11/07/s...
religionnews.com/2025/11/07/s...
Sitting atop fridge to protest SNAP cuts, faith leader models Jesus' 'proximity' to the poor
(RNS) — Nonprofit leader Terence Lester is sitting on a fridge for 42 hours to raise awareness of the 42 million Americans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A lot of people want to ignore the existence of this kind of faith.* Terence Lester's backstory is compelling. Good read.
One of my favorite baseball stories.
In the heart of the Civil Rights movement, with baseball only modestly integrated, and years before Stonewall, Bob Gibbons and Bob Uecker hold hands during the team photo. I love seeing their joy, knowing how taboo it is.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
In the heart of the Civil Rights movement, with baseball only modestly integrated, and years before Stonewall, Bob Gibbons and Bob Uecker hold hands during the team photo. I love seeing their joy, knowing how taboo it is.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Remembering Bob Gibson and a carefree memory of an intimidator on his 90th birthday
Gibson’s competitiveness with the St. Louis Cardinals is often celebrated. But he also had a sense of humor that deserves its own publicity.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
One of my favorite baseball stories.
In the heart of the Civil Rights movement, with baseball only modestly integrated, and years before Stonewall, Bob Gibbons and Bob Uecker hold hands during the team photo. I love seeing their joy, knowing how taboo it is.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
In the heart of the Civil Rights movement, with baseball only modestly integrated, and years before Stonewall, Bob Gibbons and Bob Uecker hold hands during the team photo. I love seeing their joy, knowing how taboo it is.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
This piece resonates. Folks want Badges of Honor to be the Band-Aid, to heal the grief when something—your job, the class you teach—is ripped away from you with pain. But honor isn't enough, not when the attacks pile up as they have every day.
Give this a read.
Give this a read.
My latest.
I've been quiet recently, I know.
A lot of people have said that getting fired from the Washington Post is a "badge of honor".
It's....complicated.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I've been quiet recently, I know.
A lot of people have said that getting fired from the Washington Post is a "badge of honor".
It's....complicated.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Is getting fired from mainstream media a "badge of honor"?
On angel numbers, capture of the media and the purge of non-white journalists
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This piece resonates. Folks want Badges of Honor to be the Band-Aid, to heal the grief when something—your job, the class you teach—is ripped away from you with pain. But honor isn't enough, not when the attacks pile up as they have every day.
Give this a read.
Give this a read.
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it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
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Here's a fundraising email I received for some reason.
Turning Point is really embracing the civil, non-incendiary discourse we were told Charlie Kirk championed.*
(*He didn't really champion those things, and I'm sure he would have been fine with this email.)
Turning Point is really embracing the civil, non-incendiary discourse we were told Charlie Kirk championed.*
(*He didn't really champion those things, and I'm sure he would have been fine with this email.)
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Here's a fundraising email I received for some reason.
Turning Point is really embracing the civil, non-incendiary discourse we were told Charlie Kirk championed.*
(*He didn't really champion those things, and I'm sure he would have been fine with this email.)
Turning Point is really embracing the civil, non-incendiary discourse we were told Charlie Kirk championed.*
(*He didn't really champion those things, and I'm sure he would have been fine with this email.)
Clase made $4.5mm this year and had $13 mm guaranteed on his contract.
Gambling makes you do some crazy shit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Gambling makes you do some crazy shit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase, Luis Ortiz indicted on charges linked to illegal sports betting
Ortiz was arrested Sunday in Boston and will appear in court Monday. Clase was not in custody as of early Sunday afternoon.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Clase made $4.5mm this year and had $13 mm guaranteed on his contract.
Gambling makes you do some crazy shit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Gambling makes you do some crazy shit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings
What should one make of a supposed job posting that has a salary range of $106k to $277k?
We are not fools.
We are not fools.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What should one make of a supposed job posting that has a salary range of $106k to $277k?
We are not fools.
We are not fools.
Excellent piece from @alexvitale.bsky.social.
Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe.
We know that's not true.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe.
We know that's not true.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Zohran Mamdani Must Confront the NYPD. Here's What He Can Do.
No single issue will be more challenging for a Mayor Mamdani than policing. But there are concrete steps he can take to reform the NYPD and curb its culture of impunity.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Excellent piece from @alexvitale.bsky.social.
Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe.
We know that's not true.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe.
We know that's not true.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
In job search land, I spend hours reading postings, rewriting cover letters, and scrolling LinkedIn. Wordless music is essential.
Tortoise is an anchor of my Music to Write By playlist, and their new record fantastic. Just give it a spin.
intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/touch
Tortoise is an anchor of my Music to Write By playlist, and their new record fantastic. Just give it a spin.
intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/touch
Touch, by Tortoise
10 track album
intlanthem.bandcamp.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In job search land, I spend hours reading postings, rewriting cover letters, and scrolling LinkedIn. Wordless music is essential.
Tortoise is an anchor of my Music to Write By playlist, and their new record fantastic. Just give it a spin.
intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/touch
Tortoise is an anchor of my Music to Write By playlist, and their new record fantastic. Just give it a spin.
intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/touch
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For the remarkable number of folks in excellent law firms, corporate suites, non-legal academia who still aren't really sure "where we are" country-wise, I'm just not sure how much clearer he can be. Countries in which opponents of the government can "never obtain power" are not democracies.
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
For the remarkable number of folks in excellent law firms, corporate suites, non-legal academia who still aren't really sure "where we are" country-wise, I'm just not sure how much clearer he can be. Countries in which opponents of the government can "never obtain power" are not democracies.
We couldn't ask for a fairer, more deeply reported story.
It's not easy to read this, knowing the plans we had won't take shape. But personally I'm really proud of what we did for 30 years and how I was able to be part of the solution for the last 7.
I will keep fighting, keep building.
It's not easy to read this, knowing the plans we had won't take shape. But personally I'm really proud of what we did for 30 years and how I was able to be part of the solution for the last 7.
I will keep fighting, keep building.
Reps for a dozen nonprofits that lost federal funding to do community violence intervention work—due to Trump's DOJ cancelling their grants—say they've had to cut staff & programs, which will undermine public safety.
Here's the story of one, Equal Justice USA, that didn't survive. @motherjones.com
Here's the story of one, Equal Justice USA, that didn't survive. @motherjones.com
How Trump’s DOJ wiped out a pioneering anti-violence nonprofit
“We’re just the tip of the iceberg.”
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We couldn't ask for a fairer, more deeply reported story.
It's not easy to read this, knowing the plans we had won't take shape. But personally I'm really proud of what we did for 30 years and how I was able to be part of the solution for the last 7.
I will keep fighting, keep building.
It's not easy to read this, knowing the plans we had won't take shape. But personally I'm really proud of what we did for 30 years and how I was able to be part of the solution for the last 7.
I will keep fighting, keep building.
Neither he nor his flunkies gives a crap about public safety.
If they did, they would not defund an entire landscape of work that has played a huge role in tamping down violence across the nation.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
If they did, they would not defund an entire landscape of work that has played a huge role in tamping down violence across the nation.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Gun violence prevention groups disqualified from grants built around their work
Trump administration altering program that was a lifeline for pioneering non-profits helping reduce gun violence
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Neither he nor his flunkies gives a crap about public safety.
If they did, they would not defund an entire landscape of work that has played a huge role in tamping down violence across the nation.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
If they did, they would not defund an entire landscape of work that has played a huge role in tamping down violence across the nation.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Newark is a community-based public safety ecosystem.
I'm proud of EJUSA's role in that ecosystem, from our Trauma to Trust program to our alliance with so many actors in that ecosystem. It continues to work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
I'm proud of EJUSA's role in that ecosystem, from our Trauma to Trust program to our alliance with so many actors in that ecosystem. It continues to work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
This City Was Forced to Overhaul Its Police Department. Crime Plummeted.
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Newark is a community-based public safety ecosystem.
I'm proud of EJUSA's role in that ecosystem, from our Trauma to Trust program to our alliance with so many actors in that ecosystem. It continues to work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
I'm proud of EJUSA's role in that ecosystem, from our Trauma to Trust program to our alliance with so many actors in that ecosystem. It continues to work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
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A Brief History of Baseball is Dying
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October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A Brief History of Baseball is Dying
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a video from earlier today shared to Fb shows about a dozen community members surrounding two SUVs driven by DHS agents at the Home Depot on 31st and Cicero in Little Village
October 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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President Trump is propping up a foreign government with a $20 billion taxpayer bailout while he cuts funding for American communities and shuts down our own government.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
FAQ: Why America just bailed out Argentina with a $20 billion lifeline | CNN Business
The Trump administration is bailing out Argentina in a move critics are saying has more to do with politics than economics or American interests.
www.cnn.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
President Trump is propping up a foreign government with a $20 billion taxpayer bailout while he cuts funding for American communities and shuts down our own government.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
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This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
Why is it so hard to use precise language?
He cheats. Simple.
He cheats. Simple.
October 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Why is it so hard to use precise language?
He cheats. Simple.
He cheats. Simple.