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Patty Tobin

@pattytboston.bsky.social
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Media Relations Expert, Boston/NYC. 🎶 lover. Advocate for sound public health policies. PR in healthcare, finance, CSR, & rallies!

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is what collaboration looks like. Trump is trying to denaturalize & deport political opponent, claiming irregularities with political asylum claim of her dead father from 31 years ago, and NYT legitimizes all of that by claiming only issues is that it violates norms in timing of investigation.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
... and profit. Russian diesel sells for about $10 to $12 a barrel less than other diesel due to the uncertainty caused by sanctions and blockades. Trump is lifting all barriers so that he can bring in oil and sell it for a huge profit.
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Frau Sherri 🇩🇪 🇪🇺🐈‍⬛ @frausherri.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The US export 1.5M barrels diesel fuel per day. US consumption of diesel and other fuels currently averages around 3.77M barrels per day. The promised 300,000 tons amount to 2.25M barrels, so they would cover consumption for about 14 hours. It’s destruction of global safety for show.
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Trump kündigt russische Diesel-Lieferungen an
Wegen der hohen Spritpreise steht Trump innenpolitisch unter wachsendem Druck. Nun verkündet der US-Präsident einen Deal mit Russland, der die Lieferung von zunächst 300.000 Tonnen Diesel für die USA ...
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FYI: Right now, the US continues to be a HUGE net exporter of diesel fuel. High prices are NOT caused by a shortage here in the USA. High prices are caused because international markets set prices and Trump's insane war of choice has disrupted those markets.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026
My cousin organized a series of masked concerts in NYC so immunocompromised and other covid-conscious folks can still enjoy live music events, and is raising funds so he can keep doing so! Love and appreciation to anyone able to chip in 🙏🏾♥️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
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Positive Deviance NYC: Building Clean Air Culture
Back our next three clean-air NYC music events in 2027 and join a growing community building a more accessible cultural life.
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ICE Goons Tracker @icegoons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A man was shot at through his car windshield multiple times by ICE goons despite having his 5-year-old son in the vehicle. Despicable.
theguardian.com
ICE agent shoots man in New York City with five-year-old in car, mayor says
Police say man taken to hospital and mayor says child physically unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ act
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Truth 👇
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.
The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here‘s your reminder that Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home early so they wouldn’t have to vote on Pete Hegseth’s impeachment before the midterms. Republicans were terrified that they’d have to face voters and explain why they were covering for a racist, sexist, war-losing piece of crap.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I served in multiple authoritarian states, both communist and otherwise--Russia, Vietnam, Iraq, the Sultanate of Oman, and Ukraine before the Orange Revolution brought in democracy. One common thread among all of them is government spending on propaganda to glorify the dictator/sultan.
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White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yet another dictator move by Trump and his Republican co-conspirators, whose goal is to make Congress irrelevant.
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Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress
President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress. The White House announced the move on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant serv...
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Strange dynamic here. Susan Collins voted to confirm Russell Vought to lead OMB after he championed expansive presidential powers on spending. She has complained about the White House’s use of pocket rescissions, but WH continues to do it. She chairs the Appropriations Committee.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026
Feedback from healthcare providers in response to the AI pilot program has been scathing, with one calling it “a disgrace to the human race” and reporting that they saw patients crying in pain as they waited for care.
arstechnica.com
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 26/09/2026
ICE's ankle monitors are one of several tools used to track immigrants. Lesley Nash of @justfutureslaw.bsky.social spoke about who else that surveillance reaches at my September 24 conversation on the monitors. austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-is-re...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Many thanks to @theunpopulist.net for reposting my piece on Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration, which really needs more attention. This agency announces right in its name that white nationalism is the basis for US immigration policy: www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
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Stephen Miller Is Paying Monstrous Dictators to Admit Expelled Immigrants
A Democratic Congress needs to urgently investigate this abuse of taxpayer dollars that were actually meant for refugees
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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is human trafficking on a massive scale.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
inshallah
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026
I advocate for withholding your vote from the leading anti-trans Dems, the ones calling us biological males and/or declaring they will be in favor of healthcare restrictions. So of course Will, who I have never had beef with, compares our anger to a cult and drives extreme harassment my way.
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Patty Tobin @pattytboston.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The USPS Board Of Governors has the power to protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job Join @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social & tell them to Deliver Our Ballots: actionnetwork.org/letters/deli...
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Deliver Our Ballots - Tell Postal Service Leadership We Demand to Vote-by-Mail
The USPS Board of Governors has the power the protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job. Will you send them a message?
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Patty Tobin @pattytboston.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The USPS Board Of Governors has the power to protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job Join @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social & tell them to Deliver Our Ballots: actionnetwork.org/letters/deli...
actionnetwork.org
Deliver Our Ballots - Tell Postal Service Leadership We Demand to Vote-by-Mail
The USPS Board of Governors has the power the protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job. Will you send them a message?
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans’ financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people over who are not suspected of any specific crime, but which the government thinks may be worth searching …
404media.co
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Japan: "Due to COVID-19, two junior high schools in Okayama Prefecture have decided to close temporarily for 2 to 3 days starting September 9th" 🔸Bizen Municipal Hinase Junior High School - Closed 🔸Mimasaka Municipal Mimasaka Junior High School - Closed Source: news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5d2...
Screenshot of a Japanese news article reporting that two junior high schools in Okayama Prefecture will temporarily close due to COVID-19. The article says COVID cases have been increasing nationwide since around summer. Rising illness-related absences led Bizen Municipal Hinase Junior High School and Mimasaka Municipal Mimasaka Junior High School to close for 2–3 days from September 9, 2026. Twelve students at one school and nine at the other reported symptoms. Okayama Prefecture also recorded increasing COVID-19 cases from July to August.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
An administration filled with Nazis is a Nazi administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
nytimes.com
For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept.
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Be honest. If any Democratic president did this, what would be happening now
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Patty Tobin @pattytboston.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Read this! The uncritical nature about the new deal with Venezuela to get their oil..
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump’s obscene corruption is therefore a symptom of what is broken in our politics and in our economic and social system. Revealing his abuses and holding him accountable is therefore essential to our hopes of restoring equity, decency, opportunity and the rule of law in our society.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's the corruption, stupid. Every other issue-political & economic inequality, policies that favor the rich over the rest of us, illegal wars, cutting vital services, denying science, trying to steal elections, affordability...all are tied to corruption. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/its-the-co...
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It’s the Corruption, Stupid
Toward a Unified Theory of Political Division and Healing in America
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The primary is next Tuesday! Check out all of our endorsements here. #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/our-2026-can...
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Our 2026 Candidate Endorsements
Voting Quick Links Mark your calendars Primary: Tuesday, September 1 General: Tuesday, November 3 Register to vote or update your voter registration Check your registration status ...
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Tracy @nytupelo7.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Nassau County is one of two counties across New York that did not comply with a new law banning cooperation between local cops and ICE" dailyvoice.com/article/nass...
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Nassau Refuses To Retreat From ICE Deal Despite New Law, Hochul Declares ‘Bring It On’
Nassau County is one of two counties across New York that did not comply with a new law banning cooperation between local cops and ICE, according to officials.The “Local Cops, Local Crimes Act” has be...
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"those who receive a Pfizer/Biotech COVID-19 vaccine have a lower risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), pericarditis (inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart), and death than those who do not." #vaccineswork
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
He’s been in U.S. 20+ years. He has a work permit. He does not have a criminal record. And his son has been serving our country — deployed on an under-resourced, overburdened boat for 9+ months.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Even in the Trump era it somehow seems unreal that this dimwitted crackpot is the top public health official for a nation of 350 million people.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
We've got quite the story for you 🧵
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
what price should they pay for starving children
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
As the grandson of Kansas wheat farmers, let me offer my careful opinion -- this is not good.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My latest. Don’t read if you live in DC. You’re just going to end up feeling bad about yourself or someone you know or America or all of the above.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Nothing about this sounds fascist.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please keep hammering this. It's an obvious and effective message that plays widely, especially with low-info voters.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 20/06/2026
The Justice Department quietly deleted thousands of press releases about the Jan. 6 insurrection So Lawfare restored them: more than 5,700 pages recovered and publicly archived. @tylermcbrien.com, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social, and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org explain how.
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The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It
Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Your money — whether it’s a 401K, a pension, or a college endowment — is now tied up in Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Guess who will be stuck holding the bag when the rocket crashes?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026
THERE IS AN ACTIVE POGROM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. FASCISTS IN SKULL MASKS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR PULLING MIGRANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND SETTING THEM ON FIRE.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026
Elon has been stoking this all day on Twitter. bsky.app/profile/esqu...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
An utter disgrace, made possible by a man who despises our country, our constitution, the rule of law and great Americans like Lincoln responsible for America’s survival.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A group of U.S. states, including California and New York, is reportedly preparing a lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros
reuters.com
Exclusive: US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, sources say
A group of U.S. ​states including California and New York are preparing a lawsuit ‌to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros , sources familiar with the matter told Reuters...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/06/2026
With majority-Black voting districts being eliminated across the country, now is the time to recognize that none of us can afford to stay politically asleep, Anneshia Hardy writes. “Attacks on Black voting power are often the testing ground for broader attacks on democracy.”
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Alabama keeps telling us what it thinks democracy should look like
Alabama’s decision to appeal makes clear that the state’s leaders believe there should be no meaningful curbs on their ability to eviscerate Black political power.
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