Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Is this what caused CNN to drop Acosta from new program schedule? #MediaCapitulation newrepublic.com/article/1905...newrepublic.comCNN Anchor Wrecks Trump Defender in Brutal On-Air Shaming Over Jan. 6As CNN’s Jim Acosta crucifies a MAGA lawmaker over Trump’s January 6 pardons, a press critic reflects on why we don’t see more of this—and how this failing has enabled pro-Trump propaganda to succeed. 010
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 22/01/2025A profile in courage. Setting the bar high for the loyal (to the Constitution) opposition. Bishop Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. Speaking truth to power in front of the world. 072
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Sums up the day. Fascists in bed with neo Nazis. The force is strong with this one. 010
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 16/01/2025100% A free press is the last defense of democracy. 000
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 16/01/2025As a 26-year Veteran, I fully concur with Janessa Goldbeck’s comments about Mr. Hegseth’s unfitness to be SECDEF. Well said, Marine. 010
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Stewart's opening bit is on target but the piece that starts at 4:00 spears Repub hypocrisy over Fed aid to CA fire victims. No bigger hypocrite than Sen. Bill Haggerty, calling for Fed aid for TN hcane victims, no strings, but demanding CA meet GOP political whims. Check out Stewart, funny and sad.youtu.beJon Stewart Calls Out GOP Hypocrisy with L.A. Wildfire Disaster Relief | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 000
Reposted by Pat RyanTruth Will Reign 👑 @truthwill-reign.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Get your Pete Hegseth action figure with all the accessories included. NDA’s sold separately. 33311105
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Secretary of Sidestepping. Can’t even answer if he’d disobey a Trump order to shoot protestors or if the conduct he’s accused of and denies would otherwise be disqualifying.axios.comTrump team uses skip-the-Senate playbook for Pete HegsethThe Republicans on the panel were very clear that this isn't a dealbreaker. 000
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Wandering around the neighborhood and bumped into some Clydesdales. Maybe we’ll bump into Ringo when he finishes rehearsal at the Ryman. Just another Tuesday on Lower Broadway in Music City, USA. 100
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Based on 26 years in the Navy, seeing numerous servicemembers punished, denied security clearances and restricted from nuke weapons duties for much less than Hegseth is credibly charged with—alcohol abuse, sexual assault and mismanagement of funds-he is without a doubt, unfit to be SECDEF.newyorker.comPete Hegseth’s Secret HistoryA whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep... 010
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Hegseth hearing takeaways: 1. Incomplete FBI background check. 2. Background check not shared w/committee. 3. Refused pre-hearing mtgs with Dems 4. Only 1 round of questions. 5. Question dodging. No answers to yes/no Qs 6. Reversed previous positions. 7. No answers to personal affairs charges. 0104
Reposted by Pat RyanMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/01/2025The clock is ticking www.reuters.com/business/env...reuters.com2024 was the first year above 1.5C of global warming, scientists sayThe world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists said on Friday. 17846941263
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Fire and snow. Happy Friday. Y’all be safe out there, friends. 000
Reposted by Pat RyanHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025January 8, 2025:heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJanuary 8, 2024At least four wildfires tearing across Los Angeles have killed at least five people and forced the evacuation of at least 130,000 more, and have flattened about 42 square miles (109 square kilometers)... 612165464
Reposted by Pat RyanAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 07/01/2025President Jimmy Carter's casket arrives in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. 17172021085
Reposted by Pat RyanElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 07/01/2025I have serious concerns about Pete Hegseth’s background, including his mismanagement of non-profit organizations, accusations of sexual assault and drinking problems, blatant disregard for the contributions of female service members, and support for war crimes and torture. 1310256724791
Reposted by Pat RyanAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/01/2025“We will stand tall. We will remain ready, willing, and able to defend this nation for as long as it takes.” My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...adamkinzinger.substack.comDefending Democracy Without FearWhy We Must Stay in the Fight Against Extremism and Intimidation 418149952915
Reposted by Pat RyanMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but if you are feeling optimistic about this year, you're not terribly bright. 435107551155
Reposted by Pat RyanBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/01/2025The husband of Republican senator Deb Fischer just refused to shake hands or make eye contact with Vice President Harris. The level of class you can expect from MAGA. 3174137943530
Reposted by Pat RyanMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 06/01/2025It's really not about leaving the other platforms. It's about bringing people here and giving them more engagement than the other apps. That's what people want. Engagement. Takes nothing to offer it If there is a user on another app that you like, DM them and invite them here. Post and tag me 1384434755903
Reposted by Pat RyanJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/01/2025This man and a small group of capitol police officers singlehandedly saved our democracy four years ago. In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists. Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t. 11945148312914
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 06/01/2025How to better inform Americans about the coming Musk-Trump kakistocracy? Timothy Snyder called for a “shadow cabinet” in opposition, building on the British model. Read his column. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comShadow CabinetA Positive Form of Opposition 000
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 06/01/2025The traitors weren’t stopped on Jan 6th, simply paused, because there were not enough Americans who respected the rule of law. #neverforget #resistfascism 000
Reposted by Pat RyanMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Ann Telnaes, a longtime political cartoonist for the Washington Post, resigned yesterday after owner Jeff Bezos blocked her cartoon criticizing Trump and the billionaires supporting him from being published. ❤️ if you stand with Ann! 582110162065
Reposted by Pat RyanMichael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 05/01/2025All the President's men Support for Ann Telnaes By @deAdder Substack: open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...open.substack.comAll the President's menA cartoon in support of Ann Telnaes 271601405
Reposted by Pat RyanTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 06/01/2025"All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes; all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the Earth into a graveyard." - cc @thenightgallery.bsky.social 21361751384
Reposted by Pat RyanAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/01/2025Jan 6th was a violent attack on our country, not a “day of love.” The truth is well documented, witnessed by dozens of GOP officials, it’s up to us to defend it against the relentless lies. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...adamkinzinger.substack.comDefending The Truth About Jan 6thWe must be relentless and never ceasing to fight the lies 11724291312388
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 05/01/2025“…no American can be happy about it…” wrongo. Start counting right here. 032
Reposted by Pat RyanLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 04/01/2025 Ann Telnaes deserves praise for sacrificing her job at the disgraced Washington Post in service of journalistic independence open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...open.substack.comWhy I'm quitting the Washington PostDemocracy can't function without a free press 436189734543
Reposted by Pat RyanRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/01/2025A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025. 21117914217445
Reposted by Pat Ryandharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom #ShieldOfResistanceyoutu.beLESSON 18: Be Calm When The Unthinkable ArrivesYouTube video by Timothy Snyder 652057671
Reposted by Pat RyanAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/12/2024Here’s to a repeat! 33 years ago the Soviet Union collapsed youtube.com/watch?v=ZHeU...youtube.com 1615777915
Reposted by Pat RyanGod @thegodshow.com · 25/12/2024They promised to lower grocery prices but instead want to start war with Canada. 501116011719
Reposted by Pat RyanTom Joad™️ @theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Please follow all and RT. 811523
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Press on regardless #resist open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comThe Mump RegimeMusk, Trump, and Illness 000
Reposted by Pat RyanHeather Lose @heatherlose.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Lion. May the universe protect her, and may her days from here on out be happy ones. 021
Reposted by Pat RyanKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/12/2024More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...nytimes.comNobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s NominationElevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote. 766278368051
Reposted by Pat RyanTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Now this is a cool idea. 21727137
Reposted by Pat RyanJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/12/2024🚨 Jane Mayer writes that Trump DoD nominee Pete Hegseth was drunk at work in prior jobs & tolerated & participated in sexual harassment while ignoring at least one employee complaint of an assault. Gotta go. www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...newyorker.comPete Hegseth’s Secret HistoryA whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep... 12741321182
Pat Ryan @patryanreport.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Spreading fear and intimidation: fascist playbook. www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...cnn.comElon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers | CNN BusinessWhen President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on ... 010
