Patrick Costanzo's Avatar

Patrick Costanzo

@patrickcostanzo

Arlington, VA. He/him. Think about religion, politics and sports too much for my own good.

563
Followers
3,945
Following
25
Posts
27.01.2025
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Patrick Costanzo @patrickcostanzo

Post image

it’s that time of year when virginia experiences all four seasons every other day

12.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 447 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

01.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 19471 πŸ” 6097 πŸ’¬ 1668 πŸ“Œ 480

This is a good insight but it would also be very funny if all these goblins lost some money betting on their god-king because he couldn't stop blinking really quickly and talking about how Failing Graydon Carter's hair "looks gay" for seven excruciating minutes at the end.

25.02.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 843 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2

State of the Union Fact Check: Nope, none so far

25.02.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 1815 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 4

in public, the men's hockey team has been supportive of the women's team, going to games, cheering them on, saying they were inspired by the OT golden goal
must be gutting to feel that support and then get first-hand evidence that behind closed doors, when it's just The Boys, they're laughing at you

23.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 3806 πŸ” 1103 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 58
Preview
You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.

from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it β€” if the white house is her ambition β€” then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring

16.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 10925 πŸ” 1600 πŸ’¬ 466 πŸ“Œ 313
But later that week, as F.B.I. agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Ms. Good’s S.U.V., they received orders to stop, according to several people with knowledge of the events who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

The orders, they said, came from senior officials, including Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, several of whom worried that pursuing a civil rights investigation β€” by using a warrant obtained on that basis β€” would contradict President Trump’s claim that Ms. Good β€œviolently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer” who fired at her as she drove her vehicle.

But later that week, as F.B.I. agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Ms. Good’s S.U.V., they received orders to stop, according to several people with knowledge of the events who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The orders, they said, came from senior officials, including Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, several of whom worried that pursuing a civil rights investigation β€” by using a warrant obtained on that basis β€” would contradict President Trump’s claim that Ms. Good β€œviolently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer” who fired at her as she drove her vehicle.

There must be eventual consequences, even if it takes us a decade www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

07.02.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
Video thumbnail

Ian McKellen performs β€œThe Strangers’ Case” speech from β€œSir Thomas More” on Colbert.

05.02.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 9249 πŸ” 3611 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 725

Woke 2.0 back with a vengeance. You love to see it.

02.02.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 7443 πŸ” 594 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 58

A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days

02.02.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 15877 πŸ” 2250 πŸ’¬ 241 πŸ“Œ 77

Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.

29.01.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 11006 πŸ” 3299 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 43

if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.

27.01.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 23129 πŸ” 4309 πŸ’¬ 446 πŸ“Œ 363

the children are protesting from inside the camps. i hope they know that we hear them.

25.01.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 2657 πŸ” 736 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6
An office building lit up in the dark with a crowd of people holding signs in front of it.

An office building lit up in the dark with a crowd of people holding signs in front of it.

HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.

25.01.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 7162 πŸ” 1941 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 49

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

24.01.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 26000 πŸ” 6853 πŸ’¬ 317 πŸ“Œ 133
Post image

β€œ.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. β€œHe thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

24.01.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 7123 πŸ” 2439 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 104
Preview
There is no such thing as other people’s children It is intolerable

"We are out there in every place they are, showing them that every person in this city is one of our own, that there is no such thing as other people’s children, that collectively we are not afraid of staring them in the eye," @erikhane.bsky.social writes from Minneapolis.

24.01.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 1425 πŸ” 417 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 30

the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens

24.01.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 10326 πŸ” 2573 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 121

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

24.01.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 27627 πŸ” 9949 πŸ’¬ 246 πŸ“Œ 209

They have murdered a mother whose last name was literally Good and a guy who was trying to cure cancer with the exact kind of technology their eugenicist collaborator at HHS despises most.

24.01.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 1148 πŸ” 216 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Stella Carlson said that before the shooting, the man was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather.
"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to back up, back up. I'm not even sure why we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him," Carlson said.

Stella Carlson said that before the shooting, the man was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather. "The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to back up, back up. I'm not even sure why we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him," Carlson said.

"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ...

"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

24.01.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 3383 πŸ” 1797 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 66

Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.

24.01.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 5197 πŸ” 1531 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 47
And what are they learning? Experts on the formation of internal security services in authoritarian regimes point to a sense of impunity as a warning sign. Regime officials abuse their power when they know they will be protected, and even praised, for doing so.

Over the course of weeks and months, we have seen images of DHS officials abusing American citizens and immigrants alike, including killing them. What we do not hear is regime officials calling for credible investigations into such abuses, or even expressing any concerns. Renee Good’s killer was announced innocent, and both Good and her wife was instead the subject of an investigation, a perversion of justice so obvious that an FBI agent and half-dozen career Department of Justice prosecutors assigned to Minnesota resigned.

And what are they learning? Experts on the formation of internal security services in authoritarian regimes point to a sense of impunity as a warning sign. Regime officials abuse their power when they know they will be protected, and even praised, for doing so. Over the course of weeks and months, we have seen images of DHS officials abusing American citizens and immigrants alike, including killing them. What we do not hear is regime officials calling for credible investigations into such abuses, or even expressing any concerns. Renee Good’s killer was announced innocent, and both Good and her wife was instead the subject of an investigation, a perversion of justice so obvious that an FBI agent and half-dozen career Department of Justice prosecutors assigned to Minnesota resigned.

What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...

24.01.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 3698 πŸ” 1443 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 73

They are executing unarmed people in the streets for trying to protect their neighbors with the full support of the federal government.

24.01.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 3921 πŸ” 1235 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 25

the video of another person being murdered by the state on the streets of minneapolis shows exactly what people are saying it shows. make your own choices but don’t feel like you are obligated to bear witness to it. reading a description is enough.

24.01.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 3924 πŸ” 1143 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 29

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

23.01.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 25762 πŸ” 5339 πŸ’¬ 145 πŸ“Œ 121

Working on a theory that a big part of the reason Nazis are able to become popular again is that the generation of Americans who went overseas to fight and kill Nazis is basically no longer with us

24.01.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 368 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 2

Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.

ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.

22.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 25460 πŸ” 6546 πŸ’¬ 580 πŸ“Œ 219

state-sponsored child trafficking

21.01.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 18247 πŸ” 5719 πŸ’¬ 345 πŸ“Œ 171

Like I’ve been saying: I think one of the big political stories of the year is going to be non-conservative Christians getting loud.

11.01.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 1172 πŸ” 243 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 15