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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 17/07/2026

Won't pass. Thomas would immediately retire and Republicans wouldn't like that very much.

Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 02/07/2026

I hope he fights it. There is a chance here for him to really embarrass them over what is going on with that pool. I'm sure they are leaning on him to settle quietly, though.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 30/01/2026

It's been a while since reading something made me say "wtf did I just read", so, Marc Tracy, thank you? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/m... @marcatracy.bsky.social

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The Movie Is ‘Melania,’ but the Comeback Is Brett Ratner’s

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 01/07/2025

She did not choose party. She chose fear. She should have stepped down years ago, she is not up for the job.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 01/07/2025

You mean Trump. Musk was an underling.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 01/07/2025

Costing 25% more, even here Trump is taking the opportunity to fuck over women.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 30/06/2025

Should help China destroy us sooner than later.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 30/06/2025

I've long felt this was going to be part of their plan. At this point, whatever immigrants are left are going to be too scared to deal with census people. I still don't think it's enough to get the numbers they are looking for in the next election.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 29/06/2025

Their ideas for education were miserable failures. They've narrowed for that reason and because the political climate is now anti-education, anti-philanthropy.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 27/06/2025

If I were naming 20 or so top comedians, I think there would be a lot more balance. I would definitely put KW, MR on the list and probably Tina Fey, Tig Notaro, Ego Nwodim, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Aubrey Plaza, Jenny Slate. (I'm ignoring the dead people)

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 27/06/2025

This is like the 100th entry in the book of democracy killing decisions by this SC. We are here and we know it. What are we going to do about it?

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 27/06/2025

In the US, politics is a $21+ billion industry. For us regular people to have a meaningful chance, we need movements that understand how to win without money. Money buys noise, but everyone can make noise.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 27/06/2025

Oh, wow. I just realized I misread "pick" as "prick" to explain my reply. lol.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 26/06/2025

Do you literally mean "posts" or does that include replies? I find myself giving up on starting new posts for lack of engagement. So my whole social history is almost entirely replies.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 26/06/2025

Yes! We need a party that will fight back against everything that is happening. We have to recapture what has been lost before it is gone forever. No "centrist" can accomplish that.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 26/06/2025

I couldn't tell if it was satire. Attempting to retake ownership of the word, maybe?

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 26/06/2025

Death. It's about death. They are going to get people dead.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 26/06/2025

Hard to imagine. But you never know. He's always great in interviews and other appearance. Massive talent.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 26/06/2025

It's John Mulaney, hands down. His Oscar presentation sealed it. He can be absurdly hilarious with nothing to work with. Bill Hader is up there too. Will Farrell. I hate that I'm only naming men. I would say Sarah Sherman, but she's still too early in her career. Keep an eye on her.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 25/06/2025

Me: How would describe Donald Trump? Jack: I think of a President, and I take away reason and accountability.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 25/06/2025

This feels like an endorsement for Mamdani 2028, amiright?

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 25/06/2025

If my job required me to arrest a procession of people in wheelchairs, I would be rethinking my life choices.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 25/06/2025

The Democratic Party to NYC: Your choices will be an unapologetic sexual abuser or a corrupt mayor in the hands of a tyrant president. NYC: Nope.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 25/06/2025

I love the idea that "the public" knows better than journalists whether an airstrike on the other side of the globe was successful or not. I guess it just comes down to who feels it more.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 25/06/2025

My wife was telling me about Lewinsky's podcast yesterday. And it was so gross to think back to how we as a country treated her. This young woman, a victim of sexual harassment, had her life upended in the same way predators like Weiner and Cuomo have. Except they are already having their comebacks.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 25/06/2025

Having the thought that being endorsed by the Clintons is a good thing is a giant red flag to me.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 23/06/2025

I understand why you made this and why you are doing this BUT can you make us a version for our homes?

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 23/06/2025

Democrats need a candidate with the charisma of Obama and the strength to reverse everything Trump has wrought. And to push changes that will prevent any of it from happening again.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 23/06/2025

We've been through this before. I don't think he's developed the competence to rig an investigation like this. But they will use their manufactured "evidence" to push through some crazy laws that the courts will nullify.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 23/06/2025

This is a relief, for the moment. It does look like Trump did the same thing, by talking about bombing these sites for days before actually doing it. At least both sides have an eye on de-escalation, but what are their terms?

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 23/06/2025

The answer to this is no. No, because even then they will do nothing. They will do nothing until they perceive they are losing power.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 22/06/2025

I would argue it's not really gone. They make the decision to relinquish it anew every single day. And that is so much worse.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 22/06/2025

A couple of months ago I wrote my state representatives and told them I did not feel they should have X on their website or should at least have bluesky. I received no reply, but since then, one has removed her X link, the other has not.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 22/06/2025

Speaking as a parent of a young boy, I am terrified too. It would be so much worse for me if he were a few years older.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 22/06/2025

Been there, twice. It wasn't as hard as they say. Then again, mine were a dog and a cat. Yours might be a little more complicated.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 22/06/2025

Trump must think he's immortal, to think that after all of this destruction, he will live long enough to build a resort in Gaza that people want to go to.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 22/06/2025

This is how it becomes a global war. 80% of India's (1.4 billion people) energy needs are met by oil that comes through Hormuz. India is already fighting Pakistan, geographically in the middle. Good thing we've fired some 50% of our most important strategists for being dei-friendly.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 21/06/2025

For $1M? It doesn't sound like much to me. Sounds like they did the least they could to try to buy back an important demographic.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 18/06/2025

On another note, we are doing a great job uniting the entire muslim world (1.9 billion people) against us.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 17/06/2025

A new horror unlocked: These guys deciding how to deal with Israel-Iran war. This is the stuff of nightmares. What an image.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 16/06/2025

Stochastic terrorism. It's actually surprisingly accurate.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 16/06/2025

The Democratic party needs to realize everyone is watching this stuff. Even if Cuomo wins, if he gets elected, and they want to call that a win, they are damaging their brand. I'm at that point where I want nothing to do with almost all of them despite how evil I think the Republicans are.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 16/06/2025

Roommate? I thought he was married, to a woman?

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 15/06/2025

I get it. All I'm saying is we didn't sweep it under the rug. (I used the wrong name for it, we had a unit for investigating militias.)

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 15/06/2025

But the FBI built a domestic terrorism unit that specifically targeted these groups. It was decimated by Bush following 9/11. Finally eliminated by Trump his first term.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 13/06/2025

All I know is the US team is going to do great. Anyone who challenges us will be deported.

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Steve Thomas-Patel @steve.thomaspatel.com · 12/06/2025

My belief is that Trump wanted a confrontation before his parade in order to preempt the "No Kings" protesters. He's deployed national guard and marines. I also think he thought he could use this as an opportunity to rally people behind his parade. I don't think it is going the way he'd hoped.

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