patfromthestix

@patfromthestix.bsky.social

Lifelong Dem. old,proud, flaming Liberal, Pro Choice. 💙 Been woke since the ‘60s. 🚫DM, 🚫porn, 🚫crypto, 🚫maga There will be typos. #KeeperOfTheFlame All photos were taken by me. 🦋

MacFarlane: We are near the new gold-plated statues the Trump administration unveiled near Memorial Circle, Memorial Bridge, and the Lincoln Memorial. It’s really, really gold.…

I think @govandybeshear.bsky.social should just appoint a Dem to fill McConnell’s seat. It would force proof of life, and the state law that stripped him of that power should be challenged in court. I’m sure Thune would refuse to seat the appointee, but I think it’s a fight worth having. BE BOLD!

“The longer the war drags on, the more profitable this year is likely to be for oil companies, which generally benefit when energy is scarce and prices are high.” Iran War Drives Oil Profits to Highest Levels in Years www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...

Iran War Drives Oil Profits to Highest Levels in Years (Gift Article)

The world’s biggest oil companies are benefiting from the high commodity prices that have been a drag on the rest of the economy.

nytimes.com

I was wondering if anyone was keeping a running total on Trump’s waste and abuse. You have to check out this video. And there’s so much, I bet you forgot about some of it: 💰Ballroom: $1 billion project, taxpayers already on the hook for $300 mill 💰 J6 Slush Fund: $1.776 billion for his rioters 🧵

Good morning and happy Thursday to everyone. Republicans get very triggered when you tell them it's absolutely disgusting how Fat Satan and his fuckwaddles are trying to rewrite and distort history of the pandemic while casting Fauci as public enemy No. 1, so let's keep doing it.

He is building himself a magnificent ballroom to match his massive ego. It will sit atop an impenetrable bunker. He has no plan to leave the WH. Trump’s Ballroom Is Racing Ahead. Its Legality Is Still Being Contested. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump’s Ballroom Is Racing Ahead. Its Legality Is Still Being Contested. (Gift Article)

See how the construction of the White House ballroom and bunker complex has progressed since December, while its legality is being weighed in court.

nytimes.com

Rand Paul is looking crazier by the minute. His inability to publicly hang a lifelong public servant who had the courage to remain a scientist in the face of superstition and medical quackery is really something to see.

a statement from Fauci's lawyers says Rand Paul has "an intense & seemingly pathological course of retribution, revenge, & obsession with Dr. Fauci ... The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false and disgraceful, and we will examine all options to hold him accountable."

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I cannot watch this hearing. It is an exercise in republican performative theatre in the service to a demented rapist with no redeeming qualities. There is not one republican with enough grasp on reality to stop this.

For what it’s worth, my brother is an ophthalmologist and past president of the american academy of Ophthalmology. In the the world of real doctors who have dedicated themselves to helping their patients, Rand Paul is considered to be “ an absolute nut.”