Reposted by Patrick RoanMonica @softtail65.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Although you don't see these wins in the headlines, they are happening. 10447164
Reposted by Patrick RoanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 895254616027
Reposted by Patrick RoanCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 30/09/2026BREAKING: trump to sign executive order renaming the Atlanta Hawks to the Iowa Hawkeyes! 801432275
Reposted by Patrick RoanJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026one MAGA preacher says that God is going to lower the price of gas. another is building an AI Jesus. and the House GOP now says that border walls are a commie plot. all that and more in "this week in stupid," my every-Saturday round-up of the dumbest shit that happened. links here: bit.ly/4rkEO9b 11440115
Reposted by Patrick RoanJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying 854126842
Reposted by Patrick Roanemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A bit of a ratio going on over at Xitter. 1501210245
Reposted by Patrick RoanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026Mark Carney: "In recent days. the US proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermine the net benefits for Canada, and called into question the reliability of any deal. In short, they asked too much and they offered too little ... You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked." 406114132821
Reposted by Patrick RoanChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The deadly Cyclospora outbreak, it turns out, is just another Trump corruption story. A big donor gets a favor. And causes a massive public health crisis. Let me explain. 601441694
Reposted by Patrick RoanScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Quite a paragraph in the Washington Post report about Trump-touted youth Patriot Games in Ohio 45727234
Reposted by Patrick RoanRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I love how virtually everything we hear about AI is something akin to "AI MODEL CREATES LIVING CHUPACABRA THAT DEVOURS RESEARCH TEAM IN TEST RUN BEFORE GAINING ACCESS TO U.S. NUCLEAR CODES" and everybody's like, "Well, it's the future, guess we better just roll with it and see if it helps." 517149
Reposted by Patrick Roanazureriver.bsky.social @azureriver.bsky.social · 02/08/2026"Only the second Trump administration could find a way to get so bogged down in such a shallow pool." Priceless lines from Chris Geidner. 525047
Reposted by Patrick RoanBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 31/07/2026static.klipy.comDenzel Washington as Alonzo Says Boom!ALT: Denzel Washington as Alonzo Says Boom! 620746
Reposted by Patrick RoanBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 31/07/2026There will be a Victims Fund in 2029. It will be for all the people who were charged under false pretenses, whose cases were dropped after DOJ admitted the evidence was all lies, and/or who were acquitted at trial. There will be justice. It’s coming. 1826765
Reposted by Patrick RoanBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This didn’t age well. 651075233
Reposted by Patrick RoanBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 20/01/2025"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men — not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.” - Edward R Murrow 652046644
Reposted by Patrick RoanNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/07/2026My kids have measles, I lost my job, and a parasite that the CDC no longer monitors has given me explosive diarrhea. But at least now there’s no plaques honoring Black scientists at the Smithsonian. 464840997
Reposted by Patrick RoanDoug Sackman @dcsackman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Thank you for posting the rebuttal. Check out a few of Director Hartig's "favorite things," from the National Museum, and see if you are not moved by the histories they carry (minutes @8-19). www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxKV...youtube.comChancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series: Anthea M. HartigYouTube video by UC Riverside 053
Reposted by Patrick RoanZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Yes! Is there a # we can use to all voice support & teachers can share what they & students have learned from the Smithsonian? Also, House Democrats issued 16-page rebuttal with many clear & strong points. (Although too rosy at end about past presidents.) democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/evo-su... 131
Reposted by Patrick RoanVirginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Today’s essential reading. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/in-defense-o...zocalopublicsquare.orgIn Defense of Public History | EssayFour Scholars Refute the Attacks on the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig 163
Reposted by Patrick RoanGod @thegodshow.com · 19/07/2026Congrats to Spain on winning the World Cup! Trump cut off trade to Spain a few weeks ago. He also gave $20 billion to his fascist buddy Javier Millei who runs Argentina. Everything he touches turns to crap. 16474871496
Reposted by Patrick RoanEJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026#Data Centers to Add Billions in Power Costs in 13 PJM States Ivan Penn reports for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/b...nytimes.comData Centers to Add Billions in Power Costs in 13 States (Gift Article)A power auction conducted by a giant grid operator is expected to add $6.3 billion in additional charges to consumers and businesses because of electricity needs of data centers. 036
Reposted by Patrick RoanLewis @lewishardy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Data centers are harming every environment they are placed in. 229103353454
Patrick Roan @adlaiobie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Urge Maryland Senators to pass a Statewide Data Center Moratorium during the Special Session!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/pass...actionnetwork.orgUrge Maryland Senators to pass a Statewide Data Center Moratorium during the Special Session!Marylanders need our state leaders to act now. Please contact your state senator and urge them to support a statewide data center moratorium during the Special Session in August. Communities across... 130
Reposted by Patrick RoanMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Unless McConnell comes out and publicly rebukes this on camera, I'm going to assume it's true. 543175443607
Reposted by Patrick RoanOversight Committee of One @usnvetfordemocracy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I found Mitch McConnell 2004907707
Reposted by Patrick Roanamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 03/07/2026youtube.comI Went to the Great-American State Fair. It Was a FlopYouTube video by Mother Jones 514634
Reposted by Patrick RoanRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It looks like Trump threatening to invade Iran, seize the strait and steal their oil hours before negotiations began failed to produce the desired result. 35440341201
Reposted by Patrick RoanNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Graph of Strait of Hormuz crossings since June 2025. See that little spike all the way on the right? The one that's much lower than the leftward 2/3 of the graph, and immediately crashes back down? That's what the US government and quite a bit of US media tell us is fully open, with normal traffic. 262174719
Reposted by Patrick RoanLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Trump pardoned people who literally smeared shit on the capitol walls 302071584
Reposted by Patrick RoanPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026If Trump stuck two french fries in his nose and said he's going to tell Westeros to invade Narnia, Fox would devote 10 hours a day to the Narnian threat and the New York Times would run articles headlined "President Considers Expanding Conflict Zone; Critics Raise Questions" 552768670
Reposted by Patrick RoanMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Happy Father's Day 🖤 997420356321
Reposted by Patrick RoanAlexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 20/06/2026If you want a Representative who isn’t afraid to try and fail to do an ollie 🛹… Vote ElectAlexis.org on 6/23 in #MD06 113327
Reposted by Patrick RoanMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I want to support public broadcasting but NPR plays the "Nice Polite Republicans" bit way too much, they structure everything around it so that readers are led to believe problems caused or made worse by Republicans are acts of god and forces of nature. 602261484
Reposted by Patrick RoanKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REINSTALL SIGNS, EXHIBITS IT REMOVED FROM NATIONAL PARKS DISCUSSING TOPICS LIKE SLAVERY, CLIMATE CHANGE 135100572440
Reposted by Patrick RoanMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026this is my pandacam www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...youtube.comLIVE: See Donald Trump’s name come off the Kennedy Center as it happensYouTube video by MS NOW 1113236518
Reposted by Patrick RoanSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 05/06/2026I just offered an amendment to prevent anyone convicted of heinous crimes — from attacking law enforcement to molesting children — from getting money from Trump's taxpayer financed slush fund. Republicans blocked it. All to please the Dear Leader. It's sick. 34944301
Reposted by Patrick RoanJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Most damning part of this @nytimes.com interview with Scott Pelley is at the very end. Where he says that the real problem with Bari Weiss was not her political toadying. It was her ignorance, inexperience, and dumbfounding incompetence.. Check it out: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...nytimes.comScott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ 661406317
Reposted by Patrick RoanJacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Trump should show up here at the L.A. County ballot processing center because he’d learn within five minutes this is democracy in action, not some conspiracy. 21950081660
Reposted by Patrick RoanMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Say that he lied, New York Times. Say that he lied. 571623410
Reposted by Patrick RoanChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2026“Women are just too emotional to be president.” 🙄 24334661246
Reposted by Patrick RoanMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/06/2026tell them there’s a sex criminal in the building 6478411526
Reposted by Patrick RoanMiaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Everyone is crooked, rigged, hoax…. NEVER HAS EVIDENCE? 1394044952
Reposted by Patrick RoanProf. Nathan Shrader @nathanrshrader.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Mainers ought to take a close look at @davidcostello.bsky.social. He seems to have the values necessary to defeat Susan Collins without the rapidly accumulating baggage of Graham Platner. #MESen #MEPolitics www.costelloforsenate.comcostelloforsenate.comHome | Costello For Senate 129245
Reposted by Patrick RoanAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 04/06/2026NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...lawfaremedia.orgThe Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?The real count is much higher than the public knew. 24178603547
Reposted by Patrick RoanJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/06/2026There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves. 873354479540
Reposted by Patrick RoanRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I’m proud of President Donald Trump and his loyal Republican lawmakers. After years of pretending, it seems they’ve finally grown confident enough to flatly admit they don’t give a rip about regular Americans. My column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...usatoday.comTrump doesn't care about Americans. He just admitted it. | OpinionAfter years of pretending, it seems Trump and Republicans have grown confident enough to flatly admit they don't give a rip about regular Americans. 517243