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@ptpower.bsky.social

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Aging and once-hopeful citizen living in a beautiful city but a cruel, cruel world. Event, portrait and street photographer. Vegan. Generally of good spirit. I blog at ptpower.blogspot.com, although these days, I avoid politics there.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 14h

Does anyone proofread these?

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 07/10/2026

Looked up this guy. He's a musician in San Diego. There's an interesting profile on him from last year. On Instagram in the comments to the original video he says he's always been anti-Trump, but had kept his mouth shut until now, but won't stay silent any more sandiegotroubadour.com/alex-bergan-...

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Alex Bergan: A Sailor’s Odyssey

It’s a rainy Tuesday afternoon in March and Alex Bergan sits behind the counter of a small curio shop on Ray St. in North Park called The Gold Dust Collective. With his hair immaculately coiffed and a...

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The monetization of AI-generated polarizing rage-bait videos...

How to rage bait Americans

YouTube video by Christophe

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Meanwhile, the police...

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I hardly suggested that. MUCH better is my point of contention. ANY Democrat would be better than Johnson, but whether or not Jeffries will hold Trump and the GOP accountable and push the country forward is debatable, especially considering his past rhetoric. He doesn't inspire confidence.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How many times could we have actually paid for Medicare For All had we not been invading other countries and paying for other countries militaries and health care programs? If only our "War on Terror" had included the insurance companies.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In all the years that health care has been a dominant issue in our politics, the mechanics and costs of "Medicare For All" or "universal" health care or "single payer" health care and how they're "paid for" have never been adequately described by their supporters OR by the media.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is it surprising that people are frustrated with both parties when one party destroys the government and then blames the other for it?

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This seems like good news...

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"says"

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Haha! Discounts? No way!

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold."

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

His donor network will take priority.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And maybe a tad better, but I won't hold my breath that he's the speaker we need.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'll give you new.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Unfortunately, Jeffries will be elected.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

She and her One Nation party are a menace. Not that long ago I thought Australia was more progressive than this, but her rising popularity is hardly surprising now considering Australia's rejection in 2023 of the Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've no doubt the morons who voted three times for him will be fine with this.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good, but still the wrong fucking 80-year-old... #GiftLink

Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86 (Gift Article)

With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One would think that a "decimated" military would have trouble carrying out such an attack #GiftArticle

Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft from British Air Base (Gift Article)

According to U.S. and British officials, 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from R.A.F. Fairford air base were withdrawn because of the risk of a drone attack ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Looking forward to him getting 1% in the primaries.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So, do the Brazilians not see what's going on in the world?

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Didn't he run in 2020?

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Why is there no share button for Bluesky?

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To be fair, Cleveland has been shit in the post-season for quite some time.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

♪♪♪♪ Once... twice... three times a moron...

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To be fair, most of them are there to see the rapist/felon.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good... it's good to see that someone is out there making some noise about it. #YesOn40 #BillionaireTaxNow #NoOn41 #NoOn42

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I find it remarkable that people would take time out of their day to go see this guy.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Although it MIGHT affect votes of those who purport to be Independents.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'd bet VERY few since it's one of the reasons they adore him.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Billionaires continue to try to scare us into voting against Prop 40. No doubt a lot of people will buy into their bullshit. #YESon40 #BillionaireTaxNow #NoOn41 #NoOn42

Screenshot of a text message telling me to vote NO on Proposition 40, the so-called Billionaire Tax. The texting isn't includes a thirty-second video and the following text:

Why is Prop 40 opposed by doctors and Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California?

Because Prop 40 has zero accountability or safeguards to ensure the money actually goes to patient care. Instead, Prop 40 sends billions of our tax dollars to health insurance companies - with no requirement they lower health care costs for families.

The Los Angeles Times called it the “wrong tax, structured the wrong way” and warned it “would only make our budget problems worse.”

A study by Stanford economists found the flawed “wealth tax” will drive people and companies out of California, costing the state billions in tax revenue needed to keep hospitals and clinics open. Prop 40 won’t help healthcare - it will just make things worse.

That’s why Gov. Newsom is joining with Planned Parenthood Affiliates of CA and doctors, nurses, clinics, and community hospitals across the state to oppose Prop 40.

Learn more: https://getfacts.pro/jnaM

Paid for by votenoon40.org Top Funder: Building a Better California STOP to opt-out

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd rather she'd lost in a primary since losing her seat as a Democrat could affect the chances of a Democratic majority. But yeah, for all intents and purposes, she's a Republican.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

for two-thirds of the court, it can never be too cruel and unusual.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Idiots.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh, man... this is SO good. It drives the point home (pardon the pun) without resorting (again, pardon the pun) to the dark, foreboding music and voiceover.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

“Unites States”

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If there's one thing we've learned since 2020, it's that nothing's too corrupt for six out of nine members of the Supreme Court.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

FOX and the rest of the Fascist News Networks, of course, won't show Klobuchar's takedown of Schmitt, which is all Schmitt really cares about.

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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026

This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Natchitoches, Louisiana is a perfect example... I called someone in the city or county government one time and it's not pronounced anything how I expected it to be. I seem to recall it was something like NAH-kuh-tish.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent!

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nailed it.

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And as if carrying the GOP's water, the media turned "some" into "all."

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Your takes have all been bad ones of late. This one is particularly stupid and dangerous.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The URL given in the video is incorrect... it's www.e-upgames.com

Making Board Games Great Again!

Take control of the Pentagon! Twenty American cities are up for grabs. Send in the National Guard. Put your opponents On ICE. The last one standing is the winner!

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

American Dictator: the board game

patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's amazing how a cat will find something on which to throw up—or often out of easy reach—instead of doing it in the middle of the room where it's easiest to clean up.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every word of this thread...

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