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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Dual citizen (German American), journalist, author, entrepreneur, rabble rouser</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social</link><title>@xpatriot999.bsky.social - X Patriot</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3m2thk3d24s2q</link><description>The #German economic miracle is struggling, and won&#39;t come back until major changes are made internally, starting with what to put government money into as the country looks at rejiggering its infrastructure.&#xA;&#xA;#deutschland #economics &#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/germanys-great-unraveling-31f2cc379726</description><pubDate>10 Oct 2025 10:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2thk3d24s2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3m2rghbfdr226</link><description>#welfarereform is all the rage in #Germany, but the problem is the reforms are only making the system worse, not more efficient or more effective.&#xA;&#xA;#jobcenter #germany #merz #cdu &#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/welcome-to-the-german-job-center-jungle-the-hidden-costs-of-bureaucracy-in-germanys-safety-net-dc8429a8a48e</description><pubDate>09 Oct 2025 15:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rghbfdr226</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3m2ojla7wfk2q</link><description>The #afd continues to grow in popularity in #Germany. &#xA;&#xA;What can the other parties, let alone the average person do to stop this?&#xA;&#xA;Also available in German.&#xA;&#xA;#farright #deutschland #aliceweidel &#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/why-the-beast-keeps-growing-understanding-the-afds-appeal-and-what-might-stop-it-6d8e7bf1a9d4</description><pubDate>08 Oct 2025 11:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ojla7wfk2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3m2jyarqacs2d</link><description>This fall, Democracies in the #West are shaking. Those of us committed to democratic liberalism are getting alot of early #halloween #tricks that is for sure. #france #germany #unitedstates #democracy&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/the-fall-of-fall-western-democracy-just-faceplanted-again-b3dffb715531</description><pubDate>06 Oct 2025 16:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jyarqacs2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lzyc5kku5s2k</link><description>#FriedrichMerz is certainly making good on his promise to create distance from the US and focus on European security. Hard to watch when there was never a rush to implement the Green New Deal?&#xA;&#xA;#weapons #arms #EU #Russia #NATO&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/germany-says-no-to-u-s-weapons-merzs-83b-european-defence-gamble-7802040f134f</description><pubDate>29 Sep 2025 15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyc5kku5s2k</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lz6nz3jwvs2p</link><description>Jon Stewart war gestern Abend in Hochform, als er Donald Trump in der Jimmy-Kimmel-Sonderausgabe von „The Daily Show“ ordentlich auf die Schippe nahm.&#xA;&#xA;#trump &#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/jon-stewarts-donnerstagabend-bbq-trump-so-hart-ger%C3%B6stet-dass-er-jetzt-extraknusprig-ist-af574db3bcff</description><pubDate>19 Sep 2025 10:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6nz3jwvs2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lz6nwdsc6k2p</link><description>#jonstewart was in extra special form last night on this week&#39;s special edition of #thedailyshow. &#xA;&#xA;#trump #censorship #firstamendment #jimmykimmel &#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/jon-stewarts-thursday-night-bbq-trump-roasted-so-hard-he-s-now-extra-crispy-2e1a07638047</description><pubDate>19 Sep 2025 10:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6nwdsc6k2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lz272noles2g</link><description>#donaldtrump is in #blighty right now where the #British establishment is kissing his ass and the British public are projecting pictures of #Epstein and #Trump against #winsorcastle.&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/monty-pythons-flying-circus-donald-trumps-unprecidented-second-state-visit-to-the-uk-13512a8c2a98</description><pubDate>17 Sep 2025 15:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz272noles2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lynkdiqkl223</link><description>The death of @charliekirk13.bsky.social #charliekirk is only going to create more violence, especially given the narrative that this event proves that White, conservative men are an endangered species. They aren&#39;t.&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/white-christian-male-nationalists-are-not-an-endangered-species-fc7a0ab172d8</description><pubDate>12 Sep 2025 15:11 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynkdiqkl223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lyl62n7ics23</link><description>Charlie Kirk was gunned down yesterday right after he tried to blame transgender people for gun violence and mass murder. Nobody deserves to be shot, but he was hardly &#34;innocent.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;#charliekirk #assassination #maga #politicalviolence&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/maga-eats-its-one-of-its-own-rip-charlie-kirk-468ed84971f8</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2025 16:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyl62n7ics23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lyih6niu3c2q</link><description>For those of you curious enough to take a look, this article links directly to the scanned book as released by the US House of Representatives Oversight committee and gives a bit of background on the unredacted names.&#xA;&#xA;#epstein #trump #sexscandal #sextrafficking&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/the-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-book-a-quick-look-inside-0a14af934213</description><pubDate>10 Sep 2025 14:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyih6niu3c2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lyfovrg77k2l</link><description>Maybe it&#39;s not the most obvious analogy, but when you think about it, there are some uncanny similiarities between #lauraloomer and #Rasputin, the seer of the Tsarina before the Russian Revolution&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/laura-loomer-the-rasputin-of-the-donald-trump-administration-7a8f45dd5fa7</description><pubDate>09 Sep 2025 12:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfovrg77k2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3leo3cv7oy22f</link><description>&#xA;RIP, President Jimmy Carter.&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/eulogizing-decency-rip-jimmy-carter-if-not-a-piece-of-the-american-soul-a22f3b8100ad&#xA;&#xA;#jimmycarter #number39 #formerpresident #RIP</description><pubDate>01 Jan 2025 07:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3leo3cv7oy22f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3ldwsgxokks2g</link><description>This is the best #Christmas present #deutschland has ever given me or any of its citizens....all the major political parties have made an explicit agreement not to spread lies, and hate....which implicitly excludes the #adf #fucktrump&#xA;&#xA;https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article254950664/Bundestagswahl-Parteien-einigen-sich-auf-Fairness-Abkommen-im-Wahlkampf-ohne-AfD-und-BSW.html</description><pubDate>23 Dec 2024 01:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwsgxokks2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lcxazx7pyc23</link><description>A #truecrime story that continues to deliver....catch the next installment as a #Swedish #lawyer who has spent the last two years chasing #Russianmafia criminals has just been accused of fraud by journalists who got all their information from him first.&#xA;&#xA;#deutschewelle #svenskadagblet</description><pubDate>10 Dec 2024 12:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxazx7pyc23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lcfqguv2xs22</link><description>#Topten list of reasons why the US is headed to #roguestate territory as of 2025&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/top-10-reasons-the-us-is-on-track-to-be-a-rogue-state-in-2025-24fbf7438a7c&#xA;&#xA;#autocracy #donaldtrump #ruleoflaw</description><pubDate>03 Dec 2024 13:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfqguv2xs22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lcd2m4diks2b</link><description>#Biden just pardoned his son, Hunter, in an appalling act of hypocrisy. Nobody is above the law. &#xA;&#xA;#hunterbiden #joebiden #presidentialpardons&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/hes-not-a-turkey-president-biden-appallingly-pardons-his-son-hunter-c2a572dd597a</description><pubDate>02 Dec 2024 11:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcd2m4diks2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lccpdp3qjk2x</link><description>Mouse uses his brother, Mango, as a furry headrest as the Yellow Fellow, Clementine gang oversee mom&#39;s work. And get warm bellies from the radiator while being an arms reach for multiple tickles and chin scritches&#xA;&#xA;A cat&#39;s work is never done.....&#xA;&#xA;#catboss #Germankitties #katchchen</description><pubDate>02 Dec 2024 08:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lccpdp3qjk2x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lca77ka3pk2m</link><description>#MangoandMouse ... the early years, circa one week before they came into my life in June 2022. More to come about the journey of the beautiful little German #butterballs as they join me on this leg of life&#39;s adventures. Mango is on the left. Mouse is on right&#xA;#keepthefaith #hopediesindarkness</description><pubDate>01 Dec 2024 08:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lca77ka3pk2m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lca6a6xd6c2d</link><description>#catloaf #camouflage. #Mango snoozes in situ on a lazy #Sunday morning in #Frankfurt.&#xA;&#xA;The Resistance is ON!&#xA;&#xA;#dualcitizen #German #germany #American #fightback #fuckelon #nevertrump #Jewish #2bvr2628/18 #fucknazis</description><pubDate>01 Dec 2024 08:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lca6a6xd6c2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lc7uin3ycs2i</link><description>@mitchellbyars.bsky.social Do I have a story for you. Local. Get in touch</description><pubDate>01 Dec 2024 05:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc7uin3ycs2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lc6qp4u5722l</link><description>Brotherly love. Mango and Mouse cleaning faces and etc as they settle in for some serious snoozing.</description><pubDate>30 Nov 2024 18:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6qp4u5722l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lc4b67nhzk2o</link><description>Double trouble! Mango and Mouse, the Clementine Brothers, in a cuddle puddle.&#xA;&#xA;#germany #frankfurt #katzen</description><pubDate>29 Nov 2024 18:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4b67nhzk2o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lbytrakk522a</link><description>Americans just voted for #DonaldTrump supposedly because of inflation - and are now facing dramatic price increases....from tariffs and immigration reform.&#xA;&#xA;#tariffs #salestax #inflation #trump #2024presidentialelection #authoritarianism #democracy &#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/the-inflation-paradox-why-voters-chose-donald-trump-despite-his-plans-to-raise-prices-and-taxes-63d188d30db0</description><pubDate>28 Nov 2024 10:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbytrakk522a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lbwsq7xsjc2f</link><description>#KamalaHarris campaign staff went on #podsaveamerica to discuss why they lost. The discussion was illuminating, including for what it was obvious they still do not get.&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/why-kamala-harris-lost-according-to-her-campaign-staff-1bb137c893ea&#xA;&#xA;#2024presidentialelection #Donaldtrump #Barackobama #podcasting</description><pubDate>27 Nov 2024 14:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwsq7xsjc2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lbty7bgn2k2y</link><description>Here is a top 20 list of broad categories of products that will be more expensive next year after #Trump imposes #tariffs.&#xA;&#xA;https://medium.com/x-patriot-the-fifth-column/20-items-that-will-cost-more-when-trumps-tariffs-hit-next-year-a97afb0a72d2&#xA;&#xA;#inflation #domesticmanufacturing</description><pubDate>26 Nov 2024 11:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ewx2dpqbv7edmvdudqpqqeld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbty7bgn2k2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xpatriot999.bsky.social/post/3lbtjp3iqds24</link><description>Potted cat! 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