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Erin Maye Quade

@erinmayequade.bsky.social
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Wife of @alysemayequade.bsky.social, mom, reproductive justice advocate, MN State Senator, and John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Winner (along with my Twin Cities neighbors). Reposts aren’t endorsements.

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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 12h
My religious beliefs: Lutheran My AI beliefs: Catholic, apparently
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kristi Noem characterized Renee Good as a “domestic terrorist” — and and Lisa Demuth thanked her
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For the last four years, I have said that Spencer Cox is the most dangerous aspiring Republican presidential candidate: he is an extremist who hides behind a calm demeanor. The exact pivot I think Republicans will want to make in 2 years. An example of extremism www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...
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A Gender War Explodes in Utah Over the Courts, Abortion and Representation (Gift Article)
When Republicans tried to repeal a law that voters passed banning gerrymandering, they found an opposition that flew in the face of Utah women’s “tradwives” imagery.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI — Hegseth and Trump are turning the 🇺🇸 military into a Christian army. Seems like this should be a bigger deal 🤷🏼 (As we accuse other countries of being religious fanatics) (H/T @atrupar.com)
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😑
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republican states are asking the Supreme Court to let them extradite abortion providers. Here's what we know so far
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BREAKING: Republicans File Supreme Court Suit to End Shield Laws
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The timing on this ruling, as we are all learning more about the assault perpetrated by young men at Cornell, is just impeccable
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The choice facing Minnesotans, in one sentence:
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
YES OF COURSE
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
STOP. SLIDING.
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shifting my attention to Vikings and TOUCHDOWN!! #SKOL
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What is happening 😑
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WHAT A SECOND QUARTER!!!! #LosLynx
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Apropos of nothing, I gave an interview earlier this week calling for AI to be regulated like nuclear weapons. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (Gift Article)
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Watching the Brandy/Whitney Houston Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella with my kiddo and realizing that the right would lose their MINDS if this exact movie with this exact cast were made today.
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m never going to stop thinking about how ridiculous this answer is
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well that solves the AI problem(s)!
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Absolute Fareed @fareedblackman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was *after* trying to think of a good answer.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
A GOP state Senate candidate in Minnesota (Austin Peterson) was asked during a debate what he's done to ensure clean water in his community, and his answer was bizarre: "When we put gasoline in our boats, we're putting that gasoline in on the shore and not in the lake. So I mean, it's small things."
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bye!
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If folks in the Democratic party cannot find it within themselves to be absolute staunch supporters of trans people's rights because trans people are people who have inherent worth, then they should at least do it because if we give up on trans people, then we're literally giving up on democracy.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An ICE official desposed for this case was so evasive during a deposition that the judge declared her not credible. At one point, when asked to give a rough estimate of how many people were being held at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC in June 2025, she responded with "there's no such thing as an average."
Despite these facts, ICE officials – particularly Zanello – at other points in this case have attempted to downplay the level of overcrowding that existed during the summer of 2025. As the day-to-day supervisor of the tenth-floor hold rooms who was present on the tenth floor on at least most days from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., she was quite evasive about how many people generally were held there at a time. [see Footnote 114 in next image] 

She would not provide even an estimate. In addition to her unbelievable claims that she could not recall approximately how many people were being held at any given time and that there is no such thing as an average number of people who were being heldFootnote 114: (“Q. Over the summer of 2025 while you were there . . . there were often 100 people held on the [tenth-]floor hold rooms at a time. Right? A. I would have to look at the day. Q. What is your best recollection as you sit here of the average number of people who [were] being held in the [tenth-]floor hold rooms in July 2025? A. There is no average that you can provide . . . . [T]he best I could do was a high and a low. Q. Okay. What’s the high and the low? A. I don’t know. Q. . . . [L]et’s take one time period each day. Let’s take noon . . . . What is your best recollection of how many people were being held there at noon in July? A. . . . . I would have to look at a specific date and time to give you that number . . . . Q. Okay. I’m asking you how many people do you recollect being held? A. It depends on the day. I would have to look at the day. Q. But you have no recollection of what the numbers were like as you sit here today under oath? A. It could have been zero. It could have been max. I don’t know. I would have to look at the day. Q. Okay. Give me a rough estimate of one of the most crowded days you can remember? A. I would have to look at the day. I’m not going to guess on a number. Q. Fair to say that at times there were more than a hundred people at a time? A. I would have to look at the day . . . . Q. But sitting here today you cannot even give a rough estimate of how many people were there? . . . . [A.]Footnote 14 continued.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
LOL Wtfffff
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
same day 😬
On March 17, 2025, Eichorn was one of five Republican authors of a bill, SF2589, that would designate "Trump derangement syndrome" as an officially recognized mental illness in Minnesota.[7][8]

Arrest and resignation
On March 17, 2025, during a sting operation, Eichorn was arrested in Bloomington, Minnesota, on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex.[9][10] The arrest occurred after he allegedly sexually solicited a detective posing as a minor.[11][9] His fellow Republican legislators, as well as Minnesota GOP chair Alex Plechash, called on him to resign.[11][12] On March 20, Eichorn submitted his letter of resignation, effective immediately.[13]
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don't qualify as a major candidate, but you can count me as a candidate openly running against mobile sports betting. F*ck those sports betting corporations and the predators that run them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
"A brand new CNN poll shows President Trump at an all time low in his approval rating... look at his net approval rating now with pure independents - it's negative 71 points! I mean, these are the deep depths of the ocean. You never see numbers like these. An 86 point shift away from the president!"
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 23/09/2026
Vote early in-person (every MN county has at least one location open now; many cities will now or opening Oct. 16). Vote by mail still works - Mn tracks your ballot & you have plenty of time to know if it lands: mnvotes.sos.mn.gov/abstatus/index). Finally, Election Day!
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Absentee and Mail Ballot Tracker - MNVotes
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are a lot of things that should only be done by humans! Providing therapy. Teaching. Making music. Caring for children or seniors. Acting. Society has degraded SO MUCH because humans communicate with each other digitally. What will happen when we're not communicating at all?
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"I had to trust Muse with my most personal data...connecting it to my bank accounts and email." Dude, you gave your most personal and sensitive data to MARK F*CKING ZUCKERBERG! Bets on how fast buy-nothing and marketplace fall after they're swarmed with AI agents? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/t...
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I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away
Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As your Attorney General, I’ve won tough fights to stop fraud, lower your costs, and put money back in your pockets. My opponent is running to be Trump’s lawyer. I’m running to make sure you can afford your life. That's what this race is all about.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
John Oliver is right: One huge company shouldn’t own your doctor, your insurer, and your pharmacy – AND get to squeeze every penny out of you at each step.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What Sen Murphy says.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
JD Vance: "The message is don't give power to the crazy people who started these problems in the first place. If you're frustrated about high prices, you have every reason to be."
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Basketball player detained by ICE #Kentucky www.thestate.com/sports/colle...
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ICE detained-HBCU basketball player reportedly needs treatment
An HBCU basketball player at Kentucky State University has spent more than a month in immigration custody after being detained by ICE while traveling with her team.
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WNBA @wnba.com · 20/09/2026
NO ROOKIE HAS SCORED MORE 👏 With her first point today, Olivia Miles passes Caitlin Clark (769) for the most points scored by a rookie in WNBA history. #WNBASeason30 | 2026 Postseason Push | DraftKings
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh wow @jodipicoult.bsky.social rectifying one of the worst movie adaptation offenses ever committed in her new book is EVERYTHING
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Last week, an attendee at the Republican Convention repeatedly shouted that Democratic candidates should be shot and not one person at the convention said “no”. Not even the U.S Senator who was speaking at the time, who very clearly heard what was being shouted.
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From last year. A good history lesson.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
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Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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