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Patricia Kopp

@mvgal92691.bsky.social

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She/her. Library Cataloger, quilter, bookworm. Now retired. Moderate, not a progressive. Still with her (Hillary & Kamala). Never Bernie. I believe in the horseshoe theory of politics. If you’re screaming Do Something, pass me by. No DMs.

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Patricia Kopp @mvgal92691.bsky.social · Nov 11

My dad, Gysgt William D. Kopp, served in the USMC for 22 years. He enlisted when he was 17. He was there for World War II (first battle was Saipan), occupied Japan, Korea and Vietnam. When he retired he worked at MCAS El Toro Exchange for 22 years. The drawing is dad at age 17. #Veterans

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

A $2000 tariff “dividend” would be negative for bonds — if the bond market actually believed it would ever happen. 🤡

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

There’s a reason Vernon Duke wrote an entire song called “Autumn in New York”. 💕

@newyorkcitykopp.bsky.social #NYC

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Jason Costigan @jason-costigan.bsky.social · 6h

350M x. 2,000. They got 700+Billion laying around but they don't have 40B for snap?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

A $2000 tariff “dividend” would be negative for bonds — if the bond market actually believed it would ever happen. 🤡

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Administration Begins Mass Firings of Air Traffic Control Staff

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Patricia Kopp @mvgal92691.bsky.social · 2h

Virginia Republicans turn on each other after crushing losses - POLITICO

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 17h

it's true and they should say it but it's a real bad sign it's winding up in print

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17h

“A Nigerian official was told by a U.S. counterpart that, with Thanksgiving coming up, Nigeria should go quiet and wait for the president’s attention to shift, a Nigerian official said.”

Ladies and Gentlemen, the commander in chief of the U.S. military.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

“.. if anything, [OpenAI’s] endless barrage of statements, interviews, and communications .. is starting to become counterproductive (anyone, whether it’s a company or politician, that insists on saturating media cycles .. usually isn’t doing so from a place of confidence).”

- Vital Knowledge

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 16h

15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.

The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

“.. They just smoked us. I mean, gosh, they wiped us off the map,’ said Tim Anderson, a Republican who lost a House of Delegates race. .. ‘It’s going to take four years to rebuild what happened on Tuesday.’”

@politico.com #Virginia
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Also on Saturday. 🤡

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”

@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

CONTINETTI: “.. The off-year Democratic wave flooded Republican safe harbors. Democrats flipped at least 13 seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates. .. New Jersey Democrats will enjoy their largest Assembly majority in 52 years.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...

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Patricia Kopp @mvgal92691.bsky.social · 2h

Trump says tariffs to yield dividends 'of at least $2,000 a person' - POLITICO

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Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits - POLITICO

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. I haven’t spoken to the president about this yet,” he said. 🤡

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

FEDWATCH: “.. The chaos is escalating, with 3,800 flight cancellations since Thursday, and some states reporting a 40- to 60% increase in visits to food banks. Some of the disruption is evident in private sector weekly economic indicators .. and even the price of electricity.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

FEDWATCH: “.. Considering the MBS trade is around one to one and a quarter percentage points above Treasuries, the 50-year mortgage may be around 6 percent. This is a mere 28 basis points lower than the current 30-year fixed mortgage, raising questions about affordability. (!)” 🤡

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 5h

lol she got his ass and he knows it

Joyce Carol Oates
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So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the
"most wealthy person in the world."

Elon Musk ' @elonmusk
X.com
Oates is a liar and delights in being mean.
Not a good human.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 4h

It's so cool that when the right person lands a direct hit on ol' Elon he can't stop from lighting up and spinning his bowtie like a carnival game clown

Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 5h

lol she got his ass and he knows it

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5h

With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

There aren’t clown emojis large enough.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

As skepticism of AI deepens, we keep coming back to this Gary Marcus interview from May — where he argued OpenAI would be “the WeWork of AI.”

@cnbc.com @garymarcus.bsky.social
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

#VAgov 🇺🇸

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Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

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