Billie Pate

Billie Pate is a multidisciplinary artist, creative technologist, and serial entrepreneur, from Chicago, IL, USA. After graduating from Northwestern University with a BS degree in computer science, she studied fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). She founded Pate Projects, an award-winning art and technology studio in LA, CA and later expanded to NY, NY and Paris, France. A few years later she also founded Billie Pate Group (BPG) to start, buy and invest in other brilliant businesses. She now owns several creative businesses with headquarters around the world while continuing her art practice in Paris, France. She has a newfound interest in foreign affairs. When it comes to politics, her vision is utopian and idealist, but her strategy is realist. xo

The Global South

November 21, 2024•126 words

It's funny how countries in the Global South want us to provide them with funding for climate change, share our medicines and vaccines, share our intellectual property, transfer our tech, invest in their countries, and provide aid to them as well, yet they never cooperate with us on important issues. Why should we assist them when they are so uncooperative? Brazil is a member of BRICS, along with Russia and China, so I'm not expecting the country to help Ukraine in any way, but we will remember...

US-Russia Relations

November 21, 2024•153 words

🇺🇸🏴 Putin is clearly a psychopath. Putin thinks he can invade a country, bombard them with missiles, completely destroy their energy infrastructure, destroy their cultural artifacts, destroy their homes, steal their territory, kidnap their children, and even more atrocious crimes, but he doesn't believe those countries should be able to fight back. Putin hides behind Russia's nuclear arsenal, believing he can wreak havoc on the world, torturing, murdering and poisoning innocent people, and no on...

Liberals Win

November 21, 2024•93 words

🇺🇸 The minimum wage hike was rejected in California. Americans know a minimum wage hike will raise the cost of living and raise the poverty line. This should send a clear message to the Democrats that Americans are not interested in their Socialist agenda, not even Californians. While Socialists continue to push the objectives of non-Americans, Liberals know exactly what Americans truly want. It's time for Liberals to lead the Democratic Party. Liberals will be setting the party agenda for now o...

US-EU Relations

November 21, 2024•24 words

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Space is the place... where our relationship can grow and expand, and we can build an even stronger alliance together. xo Response to: ...

US-Korea Relations

November 21, 2024•73 words

🇺🇸🇰🇷 The USA loves Korea no matter who is in the White House. The US-Korea alliance was strong during Trump's first term, so I believe it will become even stronger during Trump's second term. It looks like Trump is putting together a team of China haws, so they will likely be sharply focused on the Indo-Pacific region. I'm happy Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is learning to play golf. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/south-korean-president-golf-donald-trump-politics-us-election...

US-China Relations

November 21, 2024•59 words

🇺🇸🇨🇳 I'm really sorry to learn of what China has done to all of the pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. We love Hong Kong. China is clearly not a friendly country. Liberals will do everything we can to help Hong Kongers and other people around the world achieve the same level of freedom we enjoy. xo Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/19/hong-kong-activists-prison-00190321 ...

The USA Loves Ukraine

November 18, 2024•183 words

🇺🇦 I am nervous about Trump's foreign policy, but if he does anything horrible we will reverse it in 2028. Putin will pay for his war crimes. The worst possible thing that can happen during Trump 2.0 is that justice will be delayed for four years, but justice will be served. We guarantee it. Many states, including Republican states, are still showing their support for Ukraine. Ohio, the Republican state Vance is from, has recently strengthened its ties with Ukraine. So bipartisan support for Uk...

Trump 2.0

November 18, 2024•72 words

🇺🇸 It might be a wild four years, but it is only four years. That's the great thing about democracy. Anything done in that time that's not good for the USA or our allies will be undone in 2028. Liberals certainly do not agree with Trump on every issue, but we are looking forward to working on immigration and trade issues. There will be some positive results from the next administration. xo ...

Checks and Balances

November 18, 2024•235 words

🇺🇸 The Congressional Branch of the US government is supposed to be a check on the Executive Branch. I hope the US Senate will do it's job, and only confirm the cabinet nominees that are qualified for the jobs they have been nominated for. Thanks to the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party's short-sightedness under his leadership, cabinet nominees can now be confirmed with a simple majority, thus weakening our system of checks and balances. However, I believe the majority of the senat...

A Word of Advice

November 18, 2024•35 words

🇺🇸 Rather than trying to fight the will of the American people, perhaps Democrats should try to learn what it is the American people actually want, and stop pushing policies the Chinese people want. xo ...

Three Cheers for Senator Kyrsten Sinema

November 15, 2024•47 words

🇺🇸 Senator Kyrsten Sinema is an American hero. If it wasn't for her we would have absolutely no leverage in the next Congress. I predict Senator Sinema will be making a comeback in Washington. She's young, brilliant, incorruptible, and most importantly, a true Liberal. xo Notes: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/11/07/senate-democrats-gallego-filibuster-sinema-manchin/76117317007/ ...

Dear Donald Trump

November 10, 2024•481 words

🇺🇸 Congratulations on your reelection. There are a few things I just don't understand. Why are you friends with Victor Orban? Why are you friends with a man who prefers Russian gas over American gas? Why are you friends with a man who loves Russia and China more than the USA? Orban is not a power player. Hungary is not a member of the G7. Orban's only relevance in geopolitics is Hungary's membership in the EU and NATO. Without those memberships, they are totally irrelevant. Why do you waste your...

Don't Blame Biden

November 6, 2024•294 words

🇺🇸 I blame Harris and the Obamas for stealing the presidential nomination from Biden. It’s time for new leadership in the Democratic Party, and Liberals are ready to lead. The American youth are not anymore Socialist than previous generations. That should be clear now to those still pushing the Socialist political agenda within the Democratic Party. Harris’ first mistake was impatience. She should have waited until after Biden’s second term was over to run for president. Her second mistake was...

The Liberal Party

November 5, 2024•308 words

🇺🇸 The only "war hawks" or "warmongers" are the Russians, who invaded Ukraine, started a war, and murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent people in order to steal Ukraine’s territory and gain control of almost all of the natural gas reserves on the European continent. President Trump’s friends like Victor Orban seem very fond of these Russian warmongers, which makes them pro-war, not pro-peace, as they claim. I find it disgusting. But I blame both political parties in the USA for the curren...

Dear President Biden

October 30, 2024•62 words

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Please help Ukraine. Please lift the restrictions on US weapons, so Ukraine can defend themselves from Russian and North Korean aggression. It is not fair for Ukraine to have to fight all alone against two terrorist nations with one hand tied behind their back. Please take the advice of Senator Wicker and follow the victory plan he created for Ukraine. xo ...

Yacht Club de New York

October 30, 2024•24 words

🇺🇸 Our Yacht Club is now in New York City. We will take advantage of the great weather now before the winter comes. xo ...

US-Hungary Relations

October 24, 2024•37 words

🇺🇸🇭🇺 The only thing frightening is that Victor Orban is the leader of a NATO ally, that and his ugly face. Hungarians may be afraid of Russia, but Americans are not. We're not afraid of anyone. xo ...

The USA Loves Ukraine

October 24, 2024•274 words

🇺🇦 I'm extremely disappointed in the Biden Administration for refusing to extend the NATO invite to Ukraine. "The alliance has not, to date, reached the point where it is prepared to offer membership or an invitation to Ukraine," Julianne Smith, U.S. ambassador to NATO, said, adding that "our intent is to keep moving them closer to NATO." When will NATO be prepared then? After Ukraine is completely destroyed by Russia and there is nothing left of the country? We have shithole countries like Hu...

Trade Wars v Trade Agreements

October 22, 2024•291 words

🇺🇸 Trump's bark is worse than his bite, unless of course your China, then his bite will be even worse than his bark. Most of his rhetoric is meant to rile his MAGA base. The majority of Americans do not want a trade war with Europe, and many of us love German cars. The only country that needs to be worried about trade wars is China, because Americans are not playing around with China. Closer cooperation with our allies on China is key. Most Americans do want a trade agreement with the EU, which...

Three Cheers for Moldova

October 22, 2024•24 words

🇲🇩 Congratulations! We are happy the Russians were defeated and that Moldova voted to join the EU. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-votes-yes-join-european-union/ https://www.politico.eu/article/pro-eu-campaign-won-in-moldova-despite-unfair-fight-president-maia-sandu-says-russia/ ...

Eliminating Nuclear Threats Act

October 20, 2024•128 words

🇺🇸 We propose new legislation that will require the US administration to do the following when world leaders issue nuclear threats. Any world leader that threatens to use nuclear weapons against the USA must be immediately added to the Disposition Matrix. The threat must be taken seriously. A nuclear attack is the worst possible kind of terrorist attack. Anyone that threatens to commit such an attack against the USA is clearly an enemy of the USA, and needs to be eliminated. If countries iss...

Ukraine Victory Plan

October 20, 2024•539 words

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The situation in Ukraine is critical. President Biden must respond to this crisis with more urgency, and more determination to help Ukraine defeat the Russian terrorists that have invaded their country. First of all, let there be no doubt in anyone's mind that Ukraine is joining NATO. Invite Ukraine to join NATO. Second, Ukraine has every right to use US weapons to strike Russian military targets inside Russia. Third, we want all Russian weapons that enter European airspace shot down, incl...

Tax the Rich

October 20, 2024•337 words

🇺🇸 That's the rally cry of Socialists, but it's not a viable solution. It's simply a policy proposal that appeals to the poor. Taxing the rich, both individuals and large corporations, is not a policy proposal that Liberals will ever support. Taxing the rich discourages investments and stifles economic growth. Ireland has extremely low corporate tax rates, the lowest in Europe, and they also have one of the best government budgets in all of Europe because of it. France, on the other hand, has ...

Dear Donald Trump

October 19, 2024•360 words

🇺🇸 Your stance on Russia makes absolutely no sense. First of all, Russia is not on the other side of the ocean. Russia has warships stationed in Cuba, right off of the coast of the USA and your home state of Florida. Russia is also a short distance from Alaska, known for its vast natural resources including most our oil reserves, something Russia would clearly like to get their hands on. There is no doubt that Russia regrets selling Alaska to the USA, and there is no doubt that a strong and conf...

Macron Must Not Forget

October 15, 2024•157 words

🇺🇸🇮🇱 That Israel was created, because Europeans tried to exterminate the Jews. The United States created the United Nations, which was the vision of President Woodrow Wilson, first realized as the League of Nations, and then later as the United Nations, to ensure that a tragedy like the Holocaust would never happen again, but the organization is no longer being used for it's intended purpose. We see that clearly now. Americans demand answers. We want to know why the UNIFIL has failed to fulfil...

J'Accuse...!

October 14, 2024•319 words

🇮🇱 I don't believe Israel would intentionally attack UN peacekeeping soldiers. I think it is time to end the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon. The UNIFIL is a peacekeeping mission, but they clearly did not accomplish their goal of keeping the peace between Israel and Lebanon. Despite over 10,000 peacekeeping soldiers being in the region for nearly 40 years, Hezbollah has continued to destabilize Lebanon, grow in strength, accumulate a huge arsenal of weapons, and infiltrate the Lebanese government. UNI...

The Liberal Party

October 8, 2024•70 words

🇺🇸 I intend to get more involved in US politics, rather than just write notes about politics. New York City is where we will be entering the political arena. Owning a farm is good politics, so you can connect with rural voters, but I intend to be in the heart of New York City to challenge the corrupt politicians we have there. Sadly, there are so many of them. xo ...

I'm a Liberal, Not a Socialist

October 8, 2024•402 words

🇺🇸 I read both presidential candidates websites. Harris is still too socialist. She watered down some of her rhetoric, but all of her former economic policy proposals are still there. It's still the same socialist agenda. Harris also chose the most socialist governor in the entire USA to be her running mate. Harris is not a centrist. I'm not about it. I'm not enthused. Harris' start-up tax cuts for small businesses sound good on the surface, but the reality is that most small business do not ma...

Why Europe Needs Russia to Fuck Off

October 8, 2024•16 words

📖 My new book, Why Europe Needs Russia to Fuck Off, will be available soon. xo ...

US Foreign Policy

October 8, 2024•262 words

🇺🇸 President Trump will do what the US Congress tells him to do, or he will be violating US law, and he will go to prison. The same goes for Kamala Harris if she becomes president. The US Congress is not going to allow Russia, specifically Putin, to win this war against Ukraine, especially after the USA has invested billions of dollars in Ukraine. Americans hate Putin, and we are going to make sure he loses, one way or another. We will have Congress force the State Department and US Treasury to ...