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patrickdowd.bsky.social
Dad ... I swear I used to have time for other things before.
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The debate over whether Elon Musk is smart is a distraction. All that’s pertinent is that he’s a criminal and should be prosecuted.

submitted 2 hours ago • 5 comments

It's very cute how Mitch McConnell is doing his little protest votes on Trump nominations now that he's one foot in the grave. He had more power than anyone to stop Trump from ever becoming president again by pushing to convict him in the Senate four years ago but he was too big of a coward.

submitted 11 days ago • 42 comments

Opinion | President Trump attending the first half of the Super Bowl cost taxpayers $4 million. Here's why DOGE must lay off a bunch of federal workers making $75,000 so that the government can live within its means.

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 13 days ago • 3912 comments

More of this, America.

submitted 13 days ago • 1236 comments

Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.

submitted 15 days ago • 181 comments

The Federalist Society is a Terrorist Organization.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk has the vibe of the college super senior who surrounds himself with new freshman who don’t know he’s a creep yet each year

submitted 18 days ago • 29 comments

Palestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago

submitted 18 days ago • 16 comments

Hey @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov, how come nobody is picking up the phone in your offices?

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Once again, a fundamental reason why so many academics despise Trump, Vance, Musk & company is that we’ve all had our share of The Guy Who Didn’t Do The Reading But Demands to Be Heard

submitted 23 days ago • 118 comments

Should go without saying but the point of diversity in hiring is to find _better_-qualified candidates outside of stagnant social networks that don't reward merit, like the kind of network that would put an MTV personality with a marketing degree in charge of the Department of Transportation

submitted 24 days ago • 21 comments

How is "based on no information, I suspect this is the fault of a minority" different from racism?

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

"The sad truth is that these are just the first Americans who will lose their lives under Donald Trump's plan to replace the Federal workers who protect us every day with his rich cronies." There you go, messaging for any elected Dem who wants it

submitted 24 days ago • 13 comments

@amyklobuchar.com , @smith.senate.gov - What are you going to do about this blatant power grab? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Make a band meatier: Hamson

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

We're living through a mid-90s run of Batman comics in which Joker becomes mayor and lets everyone out of Arkham.

submitted 32 days ago • 9 comments

Going from Lloyd Austin (4-star general, Army Dep. Chief of Staff, top commander in Iraq, head of CENTCOM) to Pete Hegseth (was in National Guard years ago, pushed out of veterans group for misconduct, championed convicted war criminals on TV) really highlights what the right means by "DEI hire."

submitted 40 days ago • 71 comments

Wish I lived in Doron's district to vote for him. He's truly one of the good guys.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus

submitted 62 days ago • 481 comments

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

submitted 68 days ago • 789 comments

Not sure how much I'm going to be on socials period ... but if I do it's going to be here.

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

@colindurant.bsky.social looks like Guenther Steiner has been fired from Haas. That’ll really harm the next season of drive to survive

submitted 410 days ago • 1 comment