Patti
@pmm789.bsky.social
Mom, writer, sometimes runner. Native Masshole. I drive like one, too.
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The CBP agent pushes a woman onto the ground and peppers sprays her, the man is trying to protect her from them and help her up, which they respond to by pepper spraying him, tackling him, and then shooting him from behind. It’s one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever seen happen in America
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The CBP agent pushes a woman onto the ground and peppers sprays her, the man is trying to protect her from them and help her up, which they respond to by pepper spraying him, tackling him, and then shooting him from behind. It’s one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever seen happen in America
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I don't want to talk about midterms or responses or literally anything else. It's time we stop working and stop buying and just stop until this stops.
This wretched status quo is thrashing violently as it dies and it's time we come together and kill it.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/shut-it-down
This wretched status quo is thrashing violently as it dies and it's time we come together and kill it.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/shut-it-down
Shut It Down
It's time to stop participating in this awful system and bring it to its knees
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I don't want to talk about midterms or responses or literally anything else. It's time we stop working and stop buying and just stop until this stops.
This wretched status quo is thrashing violently as it dies and it's time we come together and kill it.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/shut-it-down
This wretched status quo is thrashing violently as it dies and it's time we come together and kill it.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/shut-it-down
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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I went through all 1,700-plus pages of subpoenas released by Chuck Grassley this week and mapped out how the organizations and people in them connect.
That and more in this week's newsletter! Click click click click. www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...
That and more in this week's newsletter! Click click click click. www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...
The web that tried to steal the presidency
Chapter 1
What is it that happens when first we practice to deceive? I forget.
If you are anything like me, you tuned into cable news coverage of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 and thought to yours...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I went through all 1,700-plus pages of subpoenas released by Chuck Grassley this week and mapped out how the organizations and people in them connect.
That and more in this week's newsletter! Click click click click. www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...
That and more in this week's newsletter! Click click click click. www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...
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New:
I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post.
And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”.
Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...
I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post.
And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”.
Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New:
I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post.
And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”.
Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...
I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post.
And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”.
Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Colorado AG Phil Weiser (D) is calling on Coloradans to turn out en masse for Oct 18 demonstrations against President Trump’s use of the military in American cities. “Don’t be afraid,” Weiser said. “Don’t be afraid to show up.” #copolitics
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Colorado AG Phil Weiser (D) is calling on Coloradans to turn out en masse for Oct 18 demonstrations against President Trump’s use of the military in American cities. “Don’t be afraid,” Weiser said. “Don’t be afraid to show up.” #copolitics
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It is my sincerest hope that by the end of this there are 1000 protesters in various animal/cartoon costumes.
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It is my sincerest hope that by the end of this there are 1000 protesters in various animal/cartoon costumes.
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I think I did some good work here overall, but my guess is that most people are going to want to fast forward to the 34:30 mark to hear me and "David" from North Carolina.
www.c-span.org/program/wash...
www.c-span.org/program/wash...
Elie Mystal on Comey Indictment and Trump Justice Department
Elie Mystal talked about the Indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and actions of the Trump Justice Department.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I think I did some good work here overall, but my guess is that most people are going to want to fast forward to the 34:30 mark to hear me and "David" from North Carolina.
www.c-span.org/program/wash...
www.c-span.org/program/wash...
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The successful public backlash against silencing Jimmy Kimmel contains some big lessons on what works in the face of autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my co-hosts @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m
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September 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The successful public backlash against silencing Jimmy Kimmel contains some big lessons on what works in the face of autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my co-hosts @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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I hate telling this story, but when tear gas is in the news... telling always feels importantm
Tear gas is an abortifacient.
When I was tear gassed, we were trying for a baby.
The following day, I bled in a way I never have before. Like no period of my life before or since.
Horror movie stuff.
Tear gas is an abortifacient.
When I was tear gassed, we were trying for a baby.
The following day, I bled in a way I never have before. Like no period of my life before or since.
Horror movie stuff.
September 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I hate telling this story, but when tear gas is in the news... telling always feels importantm
Tear gas is an abortifacient.
When I was tear gassed, we were trying for a baby.
The following day, I bled in a way I never have before. Like no period of my life before or since.
Horror movie stuff.
Tear gas is an abortifacient.
When I was tear gassed, we were trying for a baby.
The following day, I bled in a way I never have before. Like no period of my life before or since.
Horror movie stuff.
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I was an opinion columnist on RACE, GENDER, human rights and international affairs.
It was literally my job to comment on these issues.
Your personal discomfort and fear is yours to own.
It was literally my job to comment on these issues.
Your personal discomfort and fear is yours to own.
Sure. Maybe I’m naive or stupid, i would have called out the whitewashing of who Kirk was without doing the “oh poor me” of “I’m so tired of being asked to perform care for violent white men” and I’d still have a job. These moralistic pronouncements are doing exactly what for who exactly lol?
September 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I was an opinion columnist on RACE, GENDER, human rights and international affairs.
It was literally my job to comment on these issues.
Your personal discomfort and fear is yours to own.
It was literally my job to comment on these issues.
Your personal discomfort and fear is yours to own.
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"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
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August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
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Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
August 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
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Republican Mike Flood’s comments being drowned out by chants of “tax the rich” at his town hall
August 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Republican Mike Flood’s comments being drowned out by chants of “tax the rich” at his town hall
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"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
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They’re lashing out against Habeas and arresting Mayors because they know their position is weak and getting weaker, and they’re panicking. It’s scary to live through, but it’s less scary when you remember this isn’t coming from a position of strength, it’s sweaty desperation.
May 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
They’re lashing out against Habeas and arresting Mayors because they know their position is weak and getting weaker, and they’re panicking. It’s scary to live through, but it’s less scary when you remember this isn’t coming from a position of strength, it’s sweaty desperation.
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This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.
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This is big: House Republicans tucked language into the budget res “rule” that bans the House from voting to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration used to impose tariffs. TL;DR lawmakers who vote for this are officially giving up their power to revoke his tariffs until October.
April 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is big: House Republicans tucked language into the budget res “rule” that bans the House from voting to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration used to impose tariffs. TL;DR lawmakers who vote for this are officially giving up their power to revoke his tariffs until October.