@patknitter4552.bsky.social
Retired college professor. Passionate knitter.
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Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
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I think Maryland will, a state senator has already introduced a bill in August about it. The General Assembly reconvenes in January.
marylandmatters.org/2025/08/27/m...
marylandmatters.org/2025/08/27/m...
Maryland senator introduces bill to redraw congressional districts in response to Texas - Maryland Matters
A Maryland Democratic senator filed a bill Wednesday that would redraw the state’s congressional districts, in response to a similar effort by Texas Republican legislators who redistricted in time for...
marylandmatters.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I think Maryland will, a state senator has already introduced a bill in August about it. The General Assembly reconvenes in January.
marylandmatters.org/2025/08/27/m...
marylandmatters.org/2025/08/27/m...
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The warning isn’t about equivalence; it’s about a tactic. Authoritarians turn death into myth, grief into mobilization, they are experts at turning funerals into furnaces. Resist the myth-making.
When Tragedy Becomes Theatre - Don’t Let Them “Horst Wessel” Charlie Kirk
The warning isn’t about equivalence; it’s about a tactic. Authoritarians turn death into myth, grief into mobilization, they are experts at turning funerals into furnaces. Resist the myth-making
beingliberal.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The warning isn’t about equivalence; it’s about a tactic. Authoritarians turn death into myth, grief into mobilization, they are experts at turning funerals into furnaces. Resist the myth-making.
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Charlie Kirk was a private citizen
Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN
No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence
Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN
No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Charlie Kirk was a private citizen
Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN
No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence
Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN
No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence
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My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote:
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
August 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote:
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
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Glitter bombing the Gestapo.
Perfection.
Like when we hippies put daisies into the National Guards’ guns.
Perfection.
Like when we hippies put daisies into the National Guards’ guns.
June 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Glitter bombing the Gestapo.
Perfection.
Like when we hippies put daisies into the National Guards’ guns.
Perfection.
Like when we hippies put daisies into the National Guards’ guns.
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Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day!
June 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day!
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WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
Trump on his Middle East trip: "They gave us a nice contribution of about $5 trillion."
(The entire GDP of the US is under $30 trillion ... )
(The entire GDP of the US is under $30 trillion ... )
May 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
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They should rename the HHS “Pox and Friends”
May 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
They should rename the HHS “Pox and Friends”
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Live your life so that when you visit the Pope and he dies the next day everyone’s first thought isn’t “bet he killed him”
April 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Live your life so that when you visit the Pope and he dies the next day everyone’s first thought isn’t “bet he killed him”
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@booker.senate.gov for minority leader!!!
April 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@booker.senate.gov for minority leader!!!
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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Sen Dems vote against CR. Then demand a new minority leader.
March 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Sen Dems vote against CR. Then demand a new minority leader.
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He was always a used car salesman at heart.
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He was always a used car salesman at heart.
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
Can I send my US tax payments to Ukraine?
March 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Can I send my US tax payments to Ukraine?
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It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
March 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
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We are going to end the subminimum wage in Maryland.
Repost this if you agree that every Marylander should have access to a livable wage.
Repost this if you agree that every Marylander should have access to a livable wage.
February 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We are going to end the subminimum wage in Maryland.
Repost this if you agree that every Marylander should have access to a livable wage.
Repost this if you agree that every Marylander should have access to a livable wage.
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Trump and Vance are scrambling to hide the bird flu numbers. The problem for them? They can’t blame bird flu for sky-high egg prices without admitting we have a bird flu problem.
January 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump and Vance are scrambling to hide the bird flu numbers. The problem for them? They can’t blame bird flu for sky-high egg prices without admitting we have a bird flu problem.
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If Denmark invaded the US you would have free Healthcare, the minimum wage would triple, billionaires would pay tax, and you would be the happiest country in the world.
If you agree throw Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the harbor and raise the flag.
If you agree throw Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the harbor and raise the flag.
January 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If Denmark invaded the US you would have free Healthcare, the minimum wage would triple, billionaires would pay tax, and you would be the happiest country in the world.
If you agree throw Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the harbor and raise the flag.
If you agree throw Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the harbor and raise the flag.