Gretchen Patrick
@gretchenpatrick.bsky.social
Native Washingtonian, dog lover, wife, mother of daughters. Retired RN/public health nurse. Knitter, spinner, wannabe weaver. Fan of British mystery shows, books, museums, and sunshine. Science is real and doesn't care about your opinions.
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Protect Equity and Intellectual Freedom at FVRLibraries
Equity and intellectual freedom are core values of public libraries. As a district serving diverse populations across multiple counties, FVRLibraries must ensure resources are distributed fairly and t...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.
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This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
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Views over #Derwentwater to Derwent Isle and Cat Bells with lifting morning mists
#landscapephotography
#Cumbria
#keswick
#UK
#lakedistrict
#landscapephotography
#Cumbria
#keswick
#UK
#lakedistrict
January 30, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Views over #Derwentwater to Derwent Isle and Cat Bells with lifting morning mists
#landscapephotography
#Cumbria
#keswick
#UK
#lakedistrict
#landscapephotography
#Cumbria
#keswick
#UK
#lakedistrict
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The government should work for the American people, not spend billions of taxpayer dollars on agencies that are terrorizing communities. There must be accountability and real change.
January 31, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The government should work for the American people, not spend billions of taxpayer dollars on agencies that are terrorizing communities. There must be accountability and real change.
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Good morning.
This should scare the shit out of you.
This should scare the shit out of you.
January 31, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Good morning.
This should scare the shit out of you.
This should scare the shit out of you.
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So.
To date, I have seen ONE Dem Rep in Congress call for ICE to be abolished. Ilhan Omar.
Not defunded. Not trained and restrained.
ABOLISHED.
Are there any others? If so, post them and let's get a count on the number of Dems in Congress.
To date, I have seen ONE Dem Rep in Congress call for ICE to be abolished. Ilhan Omar.
Not defunded. Not trained and restrained.
ABOLISHED.
Are there any others? If so, post them and let's get a count on the number of Dems in Congress.
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
So.
To date, I have seen ONE Dem Rep in Congress call for ICE to be abolished. Ilhan Omar.
Not defunded. Not trained and restrained.
ABOLISHED.
Are there any others? If so, post them and let's get a count on the number of Dems in Congress.
To date, I have seen ONE Dem Rep in Congress call for ICE to be abolished. Ilhan Omar.
Not defunded. Not trained and restrained.
ABOLISHED.
Are there any others? If so, post them and let's get a count on the number of Dems in Congress.
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All flags in San Diego County have been ordered to fly half-staff through Wednesday in solidarity with Minnesota, and in honor of those murdered by ICE. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/s...
San Diego County flags to be lowered in recognition of ICE-related deaths in Minnesota
San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Terra Lawson-Remer Sunday ordered all County and U.S. flags to be lowered to half- staff on County property in recognition of the lives lost in Minnesota at...
www.nbcsandiego.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 AM
All flags in San Diego County have been ordered to fly half-staff through Wednesday in solidarity with Minnesota, and in honor of those murdered by ICE. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/s...
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The WSNA Board of Directors is outraged by the killing of Alex Pretti, RN, at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis on January 23. Pretti was an ICU nurse working for the Veterans Health Administration and a member of AFGE Local 3669.
Statement on killing of Alex Pretti, RN by federal agents
Where there are human rights violations, nurses ought to and must stand up for those rights and demand accountability.
www.wsna.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The WSNA Board of Directors is outraged by the killing of Alex Pretti, RN, at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis on January 23. Pretti was an ICU nurse working for the Veterans Health Administration and a member of AFGE Local 3669.
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@warnock.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov and all the rest, enough of this. Do your duty and end this madness!
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
@warnock.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov and all the rest, enough of this. Do your duty and end this madness!
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Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
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ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 AM
ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Trump’s ICE and Border Patrol are kidnapping and disappearing anyone they can find who looks Latino or speaks Spanish — even US citizens.
No due process. No respect for the rule of law. Just an authoritarian administration breaking law after law in the pursuit of maximum cruelty.
No due process. No respect for the rule of law. Just an authoritarian administration breaking law after law in the pursuit of maximum cruelty.
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trump’s ICE and Border Patrol are kidnapping and disappearing anyone they can find who looks Latino or speaks Spanish — even US citizens.
No due process. No respect for the rule of law. Just an authoritarian administration breaking law after law in the pursuit of maximum cruelty.
No due process. No respect for the rule of law. Just an authoritarian administration breaking law after law in the pursuit of maximum cruelty.
“Droneness”????
Whose inauguration? What?
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“Droneness”????
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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There’s also this from my power company. My energy bill is going up 8% next year. Stop the data centers in Washington or hold them accountable and make THEM pay for the environmental impact. Not us. We need to fight back.
December 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There’s also this from my power company. My energy bill is going up 8% next year. Stop the data centers in Washington or hold them accountable and make THEM pay for the environmental impact. Not us. We need to fight back.
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I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
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Ukraine will receive a record €11.5 billion from Germany for artillery, drones, military equipment, and other gear. The lower house of the German parliament approved the federal budget for 2026.
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ukraine will receive a record €11.5 billion from Germany for artillery, drones, military equipment, and other gear. The lower house of the German parliament approved the federal budget for 2026.
Amidst the firehose of other daily news, the fact that the President of the United States called a reporter "Miss Piggy" should have been on the front page of every newspaper in the country. It's disgusting.
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Amidst the firehose of other daily news, the fact that the President of the United States called a reporter "Miss Piggy" should have been on the front page of every newspaper in the country. It's disgusting.
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I’m back.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m back.
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