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Patti Marxsen

@pattimarxsen.bsky.social

Biographer: "Helene Schweitzer: A Life of Her Own" (SUP 2015); "Jacques Roumain: A Life of Resistance" (Caribbean Studies Press 2019); "Karen Blixen's Search for Self: The Making of 'Out of Africa'" (LSU Press 2026). I live in the world and vote in Maine.

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Latest posts by pattimarxsen.bsky.social on Bluesky

What are Krules?

12.11.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Im getting a lot v these... Are bots the people thrilled w/my work?

12.11.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map Read more here.

The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

11.11.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7636    ๐Ÿ” 1872    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 127    ๐Ÿ“Œ 73

Ouch.

11.11.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.

10.11.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29031    ๐Ÿ” 7399    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2792    ๐Ÿ“Œ 745

Dick Durbin is not a "random senator," nor is Tim Kaine.
So I guess the ? is ... What happens next?

10.11.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just more abuse v power... Nothing new here.

10.11.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BREAKING: I GOT MY SNAP BENEFITS. (NYC HERE)

CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!

09.11.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3550    ๐Ÿ” 742    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 279    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.

05.11.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26009    ๐Ÿ” 4066    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 582    ๐Ÿ“Œ 128
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

05.11.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43457    ๐Ÿ” 15707    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 763    ๐Ÿ“Œ 718
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Inboxโ€” next cover of the New Yorker: โ€œMayor Mamdani,โ€ by Edel Rodriguez

05.11.2025 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8685    ๐Ÿ” 1680    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75
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Zohran Mamdani, 34, Trashes Trump, 79, with Taunt That Heโ€™s Deaf The new NYC mayor spoke directly to Trump via his TV at the White House.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani trolled Donald Trump in a rousing victory speech, suggesting he was so old he might need to adjust his TV set for what was about to follow.

05.11.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A fine orator, among many other things.

05.11.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

05.11.2025 04:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14520    ๐Ÿ” 3001    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 180    ๐Ÿ“Œ 287

The story of the vote in the USA last night is that the Democrats have an amazing opportunity to retake the center ground of US politics and have a strong working majority--while forcing the GOP to the far right. If the Dems do not do this, they have only themselves to blame.

05.11.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 252    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

The Trump Epstein Shutdown is the longest Government Shutdown in history having just surpassed the Trump Stormy Shutdown during Fatsolinniโ€™s first term.

05.11.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 139    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The Victory Thread

05.11.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.

Last night, we ended a Republican supermajority in Mississippi.

www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

05.11.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1202    ๐Ÿ” 230    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great stateโ€™s 57th Governor.

I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.

05.11.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17688    ๐Ÿ” 2310    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 525    ๐Ÿ“Œ 170

Wow.

05.11.2025 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a GREAT campaign this brilliant young man has run. I feel confident that he will come to represent a turning point in US politics in the Trump era.

04.11.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Today is only the beginning.

Today is only the beginning.

Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.

04.11.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21641    ๐Ÿ” 3999    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 559    ๐Ÿ“Œ 363

The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

04.11.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30719    ๐Ÿ” 7154    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1636    ๐Ÿ“Œ 430

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a countryโ€™s population, we have a very serious problem.

03.11.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20799    ๐Ÿ” 7852    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 648    ๐Ÿ“Œ 424

En bref, we have No KINGS & No PRINCES. Instead, we have a Constitution that the GOP has decided to ignore.

03.11.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

En bref, we have No KINGS.

03.11.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wait. WHAT?? Kash has a girlfriend?

02.11.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

01.11.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3924    ๐Ÿ” 1174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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Obama: The weird videos of a U.S. President with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizensโ€ฆ All of that is designed to distract you from the fact that your situation has not gotten better.

01.11.2025 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13513    ๐Ÿ” 3730    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 218    ๐Ÿ“Œ 187
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Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"

01.11.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15734    ๐Ÿ” 3928    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 272    ๐Ÿ“Œ 179

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