Phineas X Kirkpatrick
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Good books / Internal controls /If you’re a republican, then there is something wrong with you, and there will be a reckoning.
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Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
The Problem of Online Porn: It's Already Illegal
United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said in a 1964 opinion that he could not define pornography but “I know it when I see it.” Perhaps such a sentiment was permissible then, wh...
www.heritage.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
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Metairie family in greater New Orleans says father targeted by federal immigration agents despite legal status
Leslie Padilla's husband, Darwing, ran up to his second-floor balcony after being chased by federal immigration agents the morning of Dec.10. | WWL
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Leslie Padilla's husband, Darwing, ran up to his second-floor balcony after being chased by federal immigration agents the morning of Dec.10. | WWL
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Metairie family says father targeted by federal immigration agents despite legal status
Leslie Padilla's husband, Darwing, ran up to his second-floor balcony after being chased by federal immigration agents the morning of Dec.10.
www.wwltv.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Metairie family in greater New Orleans says father targeted by federal immigration agents despite legal status
Leslie Padilla's husband, Darwing, ran up to his second-floor balcony after being chased by federal immigration agents the morning of Dec.10. | WWL
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Leslie Padilla's husband, Darwing, ran up to his second-floor balcony after being chased by federal immigration agents the morning of Dec.10. | WWL
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
>visits a theme park built on Florida swampland
>surprised to see women in tank tops and shorts
>surprised to see women in tank tops and shorts
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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Auto repossessions are now its highest since 2009.
And the U.S. now has a record $1.7 trillion in auto loans.
Meanwhile... U.S. subprime auto loan delinquencies are its worst in 30 years.
And the U.S. now has a record $1.7 trillion in auto loans.
Meanwhile... U.S. subprime auto loan delinquencies are its worst in 30 years.
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Auto repossessions are now its highest since 2009.
And the U.S. now has a record $1.7 trillion in auto loans.
Meanwhile... U.S. subprime auto loan delinquencies are its worst in 30 years.
And the U.S. now has a record $1.7 trillion in auto loans.
Meanwhile... U.S. subprime auto loan delinquencies are its worst in 30 years.
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Americans need to earn 70% more today than 6 years ago to afford a median-priced home comfortably.
The US housing market has reached its most unaffordable level in history.
The US housing market has reached its most unaffordable level in history.
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Americans need to earn 70% more today than 6 years ago to afford a median-priced home comfortably.
The US housing market has reached its most unaffordable level in history.
The US housing market has reached its most unaffordable level in history.
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
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Politics is a team sport. If you don’t do your job you hurt the team. Hurt the team enough you get cut.
It’s not about recriminations it’s about consequences.
It’s not about recriminations it’s about consequences.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Politics is a team sport. If you don’t do your job you hurt the team. Hurt the team enough you get cut.
It’s not about recriminations it’s about consequences.
It’s not about recriminations it’s about consequences.
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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FLAG: The Trump admin has told states to "immediately undo" any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families for the month of November — threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
FLAG: The Trump admin has told states to "immediately undo" any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families for the month of November — threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
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‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
About 70% of town’s olives are inaccessible without risking a potentially fatal clash with Israeli settlers
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
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Brett Kavanaugh is basically arguing tha there have been "sufficient remedies" for racism.
This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Brett Kavanaugh is basically arguing tha there have been "sufficient remedies" for racism.
This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Thoughts about how to get out of this mess, #1:
Expand the US Senate. Admit DC and Puerto Rico, of course, but also take California and make it into four, five, six States. And don’t stop there. Subdivide the most populous States. Every blue State should be the size of Rhode Island.
Expand the US Senate. Admit DC and Puerto Rico, of course, but also take California and make it into four, five, six States. And don’t stop there. Subdivide the most populous States. Every blue State should be the size of Rhode Island.
September 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Thoughts about how to get out of this mess, #1:
Expand the US Senate. Admit DC and Puerto Rico, of course, but also take California and make it into four, five, six States. And don’t stop there. Subdivide the most populous States. Every blue State should be the size of Rhode Island.
Expand the US Senate. Admit DC and Puerto Rico, of course, but also take California and make it into four, five, six States. And don’t stop there. Subdivide the most populous States. Every blue State should be the size of Rhode Island.
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This is the biggest story in America right now.
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite
On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.
www.axios.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the biggest story in America right now.
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
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U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, said Wednesday he will seek to strip federal funding from the New Orleans Health Department following a social media post about COVID-19 immunizations for children.
Rep. Clay Higgins calls for defunding of New Orleans Health Department over vaccine social media post
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, said Wednesday he will seek to strip federal funding from the New Orleans Health Department following a social media post about COVID-19 immunizations for children.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, said Wednesday he will seek to strip federal funding from the New Orleans Health Department following a social media post about COVID-19 immunizations for children.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
This is Mothership thing intolerable and disgusting and I demand you stop it.
This is Mothership thing intolerable and disgusting and I demand you stop it.
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
This is Mothership thing intolerable and disgusting and I demand you stop it.
This is Mothership thing intolerable and disgusting and I demand you stop it.
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The Republican governor of Texas has directed state police to arrest his Democratic opponents
August 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Republican governor of Texas has directed state police to arrest his Democratic opponents
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I covered Ghislaine Maxwell's trial from her indictment to her conviction - my report minutes after the jury found her guilty is below.
It will be nothing short of a travesty of justice and a tragedy for every girl she victimized if Trump's DOJ cuts a deal with Maxwell to protect the President.
It will be nothing short of a travesty of justice and a tragedy for every girl she victimized if Trump's DOJ cuts a deal with Maxwell to protect the President.
Ghislaine Maxwell verdict: Guilty
YouTube video by FOX 5 New York
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I covered Ghislaine Maxwell's trial from her indictment to her conviction - my report minutes after the jury found her guilty is below.
It will be nothing short of a travesty of justice and a tragedy for every girl she victimized if Trump's DOJ cuts a deal with Maxwell to protect the President.
It will be nothing short of a travesty of justice and a tragedy for every girl she victimized if Trump's DOJ cuts a deal with Maxwell to protect the President.
It’s always been right there - out in the open.
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the world’s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s always been right there - out in the open.
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who the @nytimes.com calls an ‘academic’
July 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
who the @nytimes.com calls an ‘academic’
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Would it surprise you that the freelancer who co-authored the piece granting a scientific racist anonymity to smear Zohran Mamdani with hacked materials spends a lot of his usual time and energy going after trans reporters and trans healthcare like Jesse Singal 2.0
July 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Would it surprise you that the freelancer who co-authored the piece granting a scientific racist anonymity to smear Zohran Mamdani with hacked materials spends a lot of his usual time and energy going after trans reporters and trans healthcare like Jesse Singal 2.0
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People need to understand, they are governing as if they're never going to give up power again.
June 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
People need to understand, they are governing as if they're never going to give up power again.