Chip Pate

Chip Pate

@wspate.bsky.social

Marketing, PR and education consultant, Ph.D., in the Research Triangle Region. Also interested in NYC, Wrexham, London, Arsenal, theater and the arts. Following politics only by necessity.

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CONTEMPORARY AXIS OF EVIL is Russia, North Korea, China, Israel and the United States of America. 🇷🇺 🇰🇵 🇨🇳 🇮🇱 🇺🇸

We now know Trump’s relationship and involvement in Epstein’s child sex operation is deeper than many wanted to believe. “Five women have accused President Donald Trump of rape or sexual assault while in the company of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, or shortly after meeting the men together….” 1/2

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House Majority PAC, which supports Democratic candidates, argues that the House battlefield is expanding in the final week of the midterms The group says the GOP-authored gerrymandering appears to be backfiring and opening up new opportunities to flip GOP seats

🚨 WARNING: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Todd Blanche and Russell Vought will do anything to steal this election. Yes … ANYTHING. 🚨

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House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.

ms.nowHouse Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein filesThe report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.

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The Grand Old Rape Party

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Trump's DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from court. Karen Donoso Stevens' allegations, which she's sharing publicly because of her deep concern for the court's integrity, were corroborated by contemporaneous notes as well as colleagues, family and attorneys interviewed by WaPo.

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For approximately the 94th time since 2008, Republicans are threatening civil war again. Must be about to lose another election.

Justice is coming. And Stevie will be lucky to escape a death sentence. Because, according to everything *he* espouses, that would be appropriate justice for him.

Jennifer Shin - WTAF@jennifershin.bsky.social

Miller deserves everything that's coming. He's afraid of state prosecutors because a presidential pardon only covers federal offenses; and beyond prison, there's also future congressional investigations and civil lawsuits. www.rawstory.com/rs-exclusive...

This is why fascists try to destroy education: They rely on their voters having no clue about how scientific polling works. Mikey understands, of course, but he also knows he can con the dunces watching Fox.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "When I'm in these big arenas, I ask for hands -- 'Show me your hand if you've answered a poll in the last six months.' There will be like three hands among 300 people. I'm telling you, these polls are off. All of them."

It’s probably ill-advised to say this with so much time remaining, but this referee is not atrocious. Actually — dare I say it — pretty good. How did she end up in the Adran Premier? #askwxm

QUESTION: On their first pass through the Adran Premier, recently-promoted Cardiff Met are comfortably above Barry Town and Aberystwyth on points and GD. They came up defeating Connah’s Quay in a playoff penalty shootout. 👉 Should FAW consider promoting and relegating *two* clubs each year? #askwxm

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JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Oh, yes, I’m certain we’re sitting on an unlimited pile of cash and decided, even before the transfer window, that we would never consider signing a top striker. Even though, you know, there are so many available every day of the week and you can always sign one for nothing at all. #askwxm 1/4

Roy Kyffin@brummiered.bsky.social

23 shots with 1 shot on target today. Genuinely sack the person who decided we didn’t need a new striker this summer

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Besides, it’s crystal clear the legendary manager must be sacked because we all know every variable, every circumstance, every option, every plan behind the scenes and already know how this and all coming seasons will turn out now that in 2026/27 we’ve played the first 12 games of 46. #askwxm 3/4

Could go on, but obviously random guys on the couch know all. Got it. (I know this is not unusual among football fans, but you’d think supporters living though the last five years with Wrexham would have at least a moment of sanity. Then again ….) #askwxm 4/4

Oh, yes, I’m certain we’re sitting on an unlimited pile of cash and decided, even before the transfer window, that we would never consider signing a top striker. Even though, you know, there are so many available every day of the week and you can always sign one for nothing at all. #askwxm 1/4

Roy Kyffin@brummiered.bsky.social

23 shots with 1 shot on target today. Genuinely sack the person who decided we didn’t need a new striker this summer

And folks saying Parky, in particular, should go obviously know he’s just one on that endless list of managers who have earned three straight promotions — and then immediately fell about 15 minutes short of the Premier League playoff — and that’s just how they all do their jobs. #askwxm 2/4

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The BBC is doing something important, refusing to be intimidated by a powerful person trying to use the legal system to punish criticism and discourage scrutiny. They’re schooling the American press on what the 1st Amendment means. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-bbc-st...

joycevance.substack.comThe BBC Strikes BackWith so much going on right now, we pick up with an unusual Friday afternoon column to cover Trump’s defamation case against the BBC.

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@gabrielzucman.bsky.social: So let met get that straight: paying a wealth tax is impossible (“billionaires have no liquidity”, “it would be taxing unrealized gains”, “their wealth is virtual”) but one man paying half a billion to influence elections is possible. Did I understand well?

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“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth

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“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

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What’s going on between Trump and Putin? Why are they calling each other humanitarians? I explain why that’s the the point and the flattening of language and words under authoritarians.

Unlucky? Doing a great job on the hard part — setting up outstanding chances — and then squandering every one. #askwxm

Another two-match, two-screen window today and, thankfully, my teams are wearing the same color and attacking the same direction. Much easier to watch. Now, six points, please. #askwxm