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Patty Quinn

@pattyq.bsky.social
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Earthling, asymmetrical, 2.4% Neanderthal, 1.3% Denisovan, occupying the autism spokes on the human spectrum. Proud feminist. Owned by cats. My superpower is losing belongings not hanging around my neck. NO to hate. Not here for dating. she/her

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jane Doe. Cornell. This is why women choose the bear.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thoughts on J.D.-of-the-smudged-eyeliner-Vance. If I had a phone call, someone telling me my husband had called for married women to lose the vote, my next phone call would be to my lawyer. What did his wife have to say about that, FFS?
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Proximity to wealth and power means more to them than the survival of our democratic republic does. I will never forget the cowardice, greed, and lust for power of so many people who could have stopped this years ago, but instead were accomplices.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mike Johnson, that little elf on a shelf, sent members of Congress home for a holiday, until after November elections, on our tax dollars. We're paying them not to work so he can block votes that won't work to GOP advantage.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The world is watching the loathsome, vile, sociopathic megalomaniac that 77 million US citizens voted into power.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A couple of nights ago while traveling home, I got a reminder, the world is a dangerous place for women. Just a reminder. Sharing the reminder. Be safe. 🙂
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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW: Mike Rogers is campaigning against Abdul el-Sayed based on what el-Sayed supporter Hasan Piker has said. But who's looking at the anti-American radicals supporting Rogers? They’re not hard to find. I found some because I’ve already reported on them.
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Rogers Touts Backer Who’s “Not Necessarily” on America’s Side
“Whose side do we wanna be on?” backer of GOP Senate candidate asked, “Not the United States of America, necessarily.”
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
2/2 A woman totally dependent on someone else for resources and money is in a deeply vulnerable and precarious position. I'm sorry that some of these women will learn that the hard way.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
1/2 Trad wives -- I grew up under this during the Phyllis Schlafly era. I'm sorry these young women are falling for this, with the benefit of hindsight. . .
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The greatest threat to my country is my current federal government and the current occupant of the Presidency.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The U.S. House switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Speaker Mike Johnson's number is 202-225-2777.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just about the worst possible example these administrators can give to the young people they are educating. It reminds me of the high school administrators who burned Kurt Vonnegut's book Slaughterhouse Five decades ago, for students to see. Borders on child abuse.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mark Carney is the leader of the free world.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
PSA: The site "Vote Safe" is NOT safe. It is an Elon Musk site. He is harvesting personal information about people and bombarding them with propaganda. Here is the site to use to check your voter registration: www.vote411.org/check-regist...
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Check Voter Registration
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Donald lunged into Rachel Scott's face and growled, bellowed at her in red-faced rage. That's an abuser. Right there. I've been there, on the sharp end of it. Any woman who has been there sees it here.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you follow me and want to help, I only have one request. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you are a woman or a member of any marginalized group, your government can turn on you at any time. Eternal vigilance is called for.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If your one vote didn't matter, the goon squad that has its filthy paws on our government wouldn't be going to so much aggressive, corrupt trouble to stop your vote from counting.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 07/09/2026
Plug-in solar isn’t going to replace utility-scale solar farms or 10kW rooftop arrays, but it fills the missing bottom layer of the clean energy transition. Beyond the savings, I like that I’m reducing my contribution to climate change, and that feeling’s invaluable. Read more: buff.ly/q02YxWj
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Most American have zero interest in the US government treating one of our most important historical allies and trading partners like this. But the worst among us is running the country, thanks to the worst and most irresponsible voters among us.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…
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HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RIP Gloria Steinem. Every woman in this country owes her a debt of gratitude.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Bessent can only dream to possess the intellect and integrity of, say, the late Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. I wish she were alive to debate him. She'd wipe the floor with him.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Me, being dragged kicking and screaming out of summer.
Me, being dragged kicking and screaming out of summer.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm sentimental for the days when I knew that what I was eating wasn't going to sicken or kill me.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Maybe I missed something, but so, they still have Mitch McConnell on life support?
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Donald couldn't find Lake Ontario on a map. Hell, he couldn't find Canada on a map.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 23/08/2026
Voting rights organizations are asking a federal court to enforce its injunction against President Trump’s March 2026 mail voting executive order — one day after USPS issued a final rule to implement the unlawful order
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Voting Rights Organizations Seek to Enforce Injunction Against Mail Voting Executive Order
Motion comes one day after USPS issued final rule pursuant to unlawful executive order
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Possible for rare book dealers to ID who the buyer is and decline the sale? Glad I can say I've never done business with Amazon, it hasn't been easy. I hope I can avoid doing that in the future.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/05/2026
It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Cover for Gil Duran's forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy." Red background with computer circuitry, words in black and white letters.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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The Final Battle for America's Democracy
January 3, When the Republican House Refuses to Seat the Democrat Majority-Elect to the 120th Congress
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Sassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Black people are being lynched. NOT suicide. Murder. Racially motivated terrorism. This kind of diabolical violence has only ever been perpetuated by white people. Strange fruit 2026. We cannot remain silent in the face of this evil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web0...
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Billie Holiday-Strange fruit- HD
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Blanche will never act independently of The White House or of Donald. He was put there to work as Donald's personal attorney. There's never been a doubt about that. Those who voted for Donald voted for this.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
After our candidates win, if we don't like what we're doing, that's when we do our job as a citizen. We contact our elected officials and make clear to them what we expect. If more citizens had been doing this through the years, we wouldn't be in this mess.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We cannot afford to apply purist tests to candidates in November. We need to vote for candidates who stand with us and our nation against candidates friendly with this regime. We need to show up in numbers too big to be overcome. lk
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The U.S. November election is not about political parties. It is about saving and repairing our democratic republic, or handing it over to a repressive one-party authoritarian regime, and being ruled over without consent by the regime and its demagogue dictator. Vote accordingly.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I'm reading Victor Klemperer's journals that he wrote in Nazi Germany. He risked his life to write them. This is precisely how the Gestapo behaved toward Jews. They terrorized people.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Think back twenty years ago in this nation, and think about how unthinkable all of this would have been. The Republican Party is shot through with rot, irredeemably so.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
When the Sociopath-in-Chief fired Bondi, I told people he would replace her with someone at least as bad, possibly worse. I've been wrong about a lot in my life, but I nailed that. Corruption is a job requirement for the nation's top law enforcement officer.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The drenching and the damp air has given us a robust crop of mushrooms.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Our current federal government is a criminal enterprise. Blanche has been adding to the rot. He will continue to do so.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Fauci 5. Rant. The Donald camp published his private diary, then slandered him as a bad actor daring to have human flaws like the rest of us. I’m not surprised, but I’m sickened. Overflowing with loathing for the people who did this. END.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Fauci 4. Rant. He did science while snake oil sales people told us that there was no virus and no vaccine, only a shot that was changing our DNA. . . . more.
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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Fauci 3. Rant. Operative word, PRIVATE. I’ve written things in my private diary when I wasn’t at my best. Dr. Fauci fought hostility to science that gifted us with bleach injections, ivermectin, horse de-wormer, and other “remedies.” . . . more.
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