Pat Smith

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Pat Smith

@smithpatrick08

“Whatever happens, think of me.”

Southern Indiana Katılım Mayıs 2016

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Curt Mills@CurtMills·3h

Absolutely critical. The stuff needed to renew the American heartland

Jennifer Jacobs@JenniferJJacobs

SCOOP via @CBSNews: U.S. is taking steps to indict Raúl Castro, the 94-year-old former president of Cuba and brother of Fidel, in connection with the downing of planes 30 years ago, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The potential indictment — which would need to be approved by a grand jury — is expected to focus on Cuba's deadly 1996 shootdown of planes operated by humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue. @SarahNLynch and me cbsnews.com/news/us-moving…

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2h

When was the last time you heard someone in public life talk seriously about honor?

St2station@St2station

At Southern universities, the throwing over of Honor Codes is also tied up in bombing-the-rubble erasure of antebellum and Confederate history, as these were often codified by Presidents or student leaders (even, gasp, fraternity leaders!) who lived the ideal that a gentleman’s

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2h

Gee I wonder what happened between 2015 and 2026 that might have messed up a whole generation.

Chris Cillizza@ChrisCillizza

The scandal hiding in plain sight is the collapse of American education. And no 2028 candidates -- aside from Rahm Emanuel -- are talking about it.

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·13h

I wouldn't begrudge any flambeau his Portuguese day trip, but I'm far from sure that we have to demolish the faith once handed on to the saints in order to justify it.

Diane Montagna@dianemontagna

JUST IN — Fr. James Martin: The “Mastermind” Behind the Two Testimonies in the Vatican’s Synod Report on Homosexuality: dianemontagna.substack.com/p/fr-james-mar… The “plot” behind Study Group No. 9’s final report comes to light as the author of Testimony 1 is identified. Read more here: dianemontagna.substack.com/p/fr-james-mar…

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·1d

Congressional Republicans have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

Rep. Ro Khanna@RepRoKhanna

The Supreme Court has engaged in an ugly recidivism that has marked the fastest rollback of Black political rights since Reconstruction. 18 year terms limits on Justices now. Expand the court from 9 to 13 Justices now.

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·1d

Is this how they’re going to get the street militias out for this summer’s Days of Rage?

RNC Research@RNCResearch

House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries: "The ghost of the Confederacy has afflicted the United States Supreme Court majority and is invading and haunting the nation..."

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·1d

One has a sense why Custer was idolized by many of his men and hated equally intensely by Frederick Benteen.

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·1d

Stiles’s “Custer’s Trials” is another very good biography—though not without its flaws—that presents Custer as a human being, and one considerably more interesting than just the protagonist of the Little Bighorn.

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·1d

It’s a classic that ought to be very widely read, especially as we approach the 150th anniversary of the Little Bighorn.

Bandy@bandy1803

Now reading "Son of the Morning Star" (1984), an account of Custer and the calamity at Little Bighorn.

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·1d

On the other hand, Caleb Hammer is manifestly having an impact on this issue.

Will Chamberlain@willchamberlain

Massie’s Allies Are Weaponizing a VA Disability Rating to Save His Seat townhall.com/columnists/mar…

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

The significance of Bergoglio’s administration will have to be addressed in a definitive way at some point. Much of the current situation is downstream of all that.

VB Knives@Empty_America

It's pretty weird to be an Episcopalian to begin with, convert to Catholicism, and then devote your life to undermining the authority of the Pope. What was the purpose of all this? Why not just stay some sort of traditional Anglican?

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

@ARKloster We might have to change the “rule of four” for cert to the “rule of forty million,” but that seems like a fairly trivial change.

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Andrew Kloster@ARKloster·2d

@smithpatrick08 I urge seriatim opinions now more than ever

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

350,000,000 Supreme Court Justices Now! We'll vote by text!

Ro Khanna@RoKhanna

The next Democratic White House does not need a court reform commission like some college seminar. We need action. We need term limits for Justices. We need to expand this morally bankrupt Court from 9 to 13.

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

Another beltway, this time with tolls (probably), so we can quickly get from the McMansion development suburb to the strip mall with a new Trader Joe's or a hypothetical new Costco in Frankfort?

Aaron M. Renn 🇺🇸@aaron_renn

When Mitch Daniels was governor of Indiana, his most visionary idea was a new outerbelt for Indianapolis. INDOT actually studied the idea. It was too early to build such a thing, but without planning and ROW protection, it's can't be built when it is needed.

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

Blackstone (1 Comm. *69-70, if you're playing along at home) articulates the justification for common-law stare decisis. But in looking at that justification, you can see quickly how it might not apply to a statutory regime.

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

Strong stare decisis is essential in a common law regime like England's. One can quite reasonably ask whether it's as necessary in a statutory regime.

Niles Francis@NilesGApol

I guess my thing is what’s the point of even having a Supreme Court to interpret our laws/constitution if the exact same 9 justices can just reverse their own decisions from previous cases whenever they want?

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

Stoking outrage over the Supreme Court's redistricting decisions. Ginning up a new Virus Crisis. I would have thought six years would be long enough to get a new playbook.

NBC News@NBCNews

It has been assumed that hantavirus is contagious only if someone is in close contact with someone who’s having symptoms. Some experts now suggest it’s possible it may be more contagious than thought. nbcnews.com/health/health-…

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

I think you have to be pretty deeply ensconced in the Con Inc ecosystem to think that articles are going to stop a candidate: could anyone even begin to count the articles written against Donald Trump, for example?

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·2d

A fine piece. No one loves punching right like a Principled Conservative, especially one who thinks that he or she can keep J.D. Vance from becoming president by writing articles.

Chronicles Magazine@ChroniclesMag

Orbán, Domestic Enemies, and the End of Postliberalism Establishment conservatives delighting in the loss of Viktor Orbán in Hungary and, they imagine the “postliberals” with him, have forgotten the legacy of their own heroes. @nmosvick writes: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/orban-dome…

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Pat Smith@smithpatrick08·3d

I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. Whenever you go to St Paul’s, you have the definite sense that something special is happening there.

Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP@frpatrickop

5 years ago, I told God, “I don’t want to do a building project. I will only do one if you open the door and turn on the lights. Today, we started the first phase on a major renovation of our church. Thanks be to God and the wonderfully generous support of our benefactors!

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