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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Continues to amaze me how much of today's politics traces back to Rushdoony and the Reconstructionists.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Karl Rove is shocked, shocked to learn racism exists in the party led by Donald Trump.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sure. What could possibly go wrong?

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

One of Grace’s last wishes was to know I will all right without her. I promised her I would. It’s going to be hard. But I know I’ll make it… because she’ll always be in my heart.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

When it became clear treatment was futile, Grace faced death the same way she approached life: with love for everyone around her. She kept spreading joy to her final days. At the hospice I heard dozens of beautiful stories from people whose lives she had touched. 2/

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Some personal news...This week my life changed forever when I lost my wife, my soul mate and my best friend Grace. She was diagnosed with cancer in April. She fought for four months, enduring incredible pain with a smile. 1/

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Some policies Trump has pursued are so socialist that they verge on things Stalin might have approved of. He is consolidating the means of production to increase prices as well as his grip on the economy. Trump is creating a cartel. And he's the boss. www.editorialboard.com/whos-the-rea...

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Who's the real communist?

In fact, Trump is creating a cartel and he's the boss.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Translation: Stop griping, people. Inflation is your friend.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Alternately, maybe he has no problem betraying the GOP just like he betrays everyone who helps him. He has what he wanted. He doesn’t need majorities in Congress. He just needs 34 senators on his side in any impeachment trial.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Candidates who talk about, say, grabbing women by the p**** are fine with MAGA folks. But this is too much for them?

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

As @patrickww.bsky.social once told me: "Iran has to be either defeated or convinced to stop threatening ships. That’s a very high standard because ships don’t sail without insurance, and insurers don’t write coverage in active war zones."

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Trump has never seen the presidency as a job or a responsibility. He thinks it is a prize he won and can use to please himself.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

My message to Americans and to US servicemembers: Being the "good guys" isn't a legacy you inherit. It's a legacy you have to live up to.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

A stupid idea for many reasons, not least of which is that it keeps oil prices high while giving Iran a break to rebuild its depleted drone supply.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

How many ships will go *into* the Gulf in the next two weeks? I suspect not many.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

“Fire the women first” is exactly what we should’ve expected.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

A big touch-the-stove problem is that a lot of people came to believe that assholery is the key to success, but also see the appeal of acting like an asshole as an end in itself and vicariously enjoy seeing it at the highest levels. I'm not sure if seeing the biggest asshole fail can fix that.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/04/2026

As Jamelle says, this is really good. So much of global politics these days is gender -- it's obvious to the naked eye but, as this author says, it's vaguely embarrassing to political scientists & other analysts. It seems silly & fuzzy. And it is! But it's so real.

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@ml8ml8 @ml8ml8.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Trump is still desperate for some form of escalation dominance, and to Trump that's more psychological than military. Congress or the cabinet needs to remove Trump from power before he starts floating the idea of nukes.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Prediction: 48 hours will pass, all hell won't rain down on Iran, and the world will once again see Trump is, like all bullies, a coward at heart.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Sadly, not surprising but also not new. He is incapable of empathy for anyone.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I hope the US pilot is rescued soon. The larger point here is that the US still doesn’t have air superiority over Iran. This makes any ground operation even riskier.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I'm editing an interview with the amazing @patrickww.bsky.social, whose work you should get to know. He tells me something so obvious but so insightful. "Insurers don’t write coverage in active war zones." Trump apparently believes an invasion of Iran is gonna solve his problems. It won't.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

This is my interview with @patrickww.bsky.social.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Great story with some quotes from me.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Worse, it's not just the cargo (and the ship itself) that has to be insured. It's liability for the environmental disaster that will occur if a loaded supertanker gets blown up close to shore. Potentially billions of $.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The IRGC surely has Kharg wired to blow on command. Good luck capturing it intact.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

A great mystery of our time. Every thinking person, even MAGA people, knows Trump routinely lies and can't be trusted to keep his word. Yet they keep making deals with him. This is stupid. Anyone who trusts Trump deserves whatever happens to them.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I talk to Republican business people all the time. They fully understand that tariffs are a giant tax increase. But they won't say it out loud because a) they fear Trump retribution or b) they don't want to anger MAGA peers/customers.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This trend has yet to reach the Texas Longhorns at DKR. Perhaps because we have no empty sections in which shirtless fans can assemble.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

If your movement needs more than 1 second to decide whether it embraces an overt racist, maybe something is wrong with your movement.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

NYT framing of this story is terrible, completely ignoring that it is Trump's Republicans causing the increase. The headline and image seem more designed to deflect blame onto Obama.

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Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The Reagan radio address on free trade which Ontario used in a TV commercial that so upset Trump is interesting for another reason: A president spoke clearly and coherently about public affairs and didn't make it all about himself. I suspect that's what really annoyed Trump.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Another good reason Russians should keep their windows closed. Was it a random apartment or was someone targeted?

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

When AI execs talk, are they describing reality or trying to please the president? No one knows. And that's a problem. www.mauldineconomics.com/connecting-t...

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AI and Hot Mics

AI is changing the way business leaders talk. Investors should change the way they think.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

It’s also stupid. Millions of his own supporters still live in those states.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I spent 2 years commanding a mixed-gender company. My observation: Soldiers are uncannily good at knowing who they can rely on in combat, and it has almost nothing to do physical fitness or personal appearance.

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Female vets fire back at Hegseth over claims of lowered military standards

Federal law already prohibits gender-based standards for specific roles.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Wait, I was told the US would get out of Middle East quagmires and make other countries defend themselves.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

"Twenty-first-century authoritarianism keeps the public content with abundant calories and dazzling entertainment. Its dominant emotions aren’t euphoria and rage, but indifference and cynicism."

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America’s Zombie Democracy

Its trappings remain, but authoritarianism and AI are hollowing out our humanity.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

“It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. “ - Barack Obama — The root of a lot of our current problems are billionaires and politicians who won at life but then refused to sail off into the sunset.

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Patrick W. Watson @patrickww.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Wait, I was told tariff policy was stabilizing and the Fed should look through its effects.

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