#NoKingsLinda
@lindapatrick.bsky.social
I enjoy knitting, crocheting, reading, and listening to music. There are 6 who call me Nana.
Take action. Find Joy.
I love my husband.
Take action. Find Joy.
I love my husband.
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We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
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Good morning, Linda
Don't search too Hard - they never released a single version!
I had a video link to a live version.
[Almost added + 👇🏼 the link to my first #earworm post... now I shall!! 😎]
BONUS Swing Out Sister - 'Grazin in the Grass' (live)
youtu.be/s07lCACD9sk?...
Don't search too Hard - they never released a single version!
I had a video link to a live version.
[Almost added + 👇🏼 the link to my first #earworm post... now I shall!! 😎]
BONUS Swing Out Sister - 'Grazin in the Grass' (live)
youtu.be/s07lCACD9sk?...
Swing Out Sister - Somewhere In The World, Live at Bush Hall, London 27 February 2010
YouTube video by Isara Piamphongsant
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good morning, Linda
Don't search too Hard - they never released a single version!
I had a video link to a live version.
[Almost added + 👇🏼 the link to my first #earworm post... now I shall!! 😎]
BONUS Swing Out Sister - 'Grazin in the Grass' (live)
youtu.be/s07lCACD9sk?...
Don't search too Hard - they never released a single version!
I had a video link to a live version.
[Almost added + 👇🏼 the link to my first #earworm post... now I shall!! 😎]
BONUS Swing Out Sister - 'Grazin in the Grass' (live)
youtu.be/s07lCACD9sk?...
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Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
This is so lovely.
Be a light.
Be a light.
So very important to be an honest source of resistance to tyranny AND to be a beacon of hope.
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is so lovely.
Be a light.
Be a light.
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J.D. Vance once demanded answers on Epstein — now his old tweets are blowing up in his face
open.substack.com/pub/unpresid...
open.substack.com/pub/unpresid...
J.D. Vance once demanded answers on Epstein — now his old tweets are Blowing up in his face
Vice President J.D.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
J.D. Vance once demanded answers on Epstein — now his old tweets are blowing up in his face
open.substack.com/pub/unpresid...
open.substack.com/pub/unpresid...
One perfect orange leaf
All alone on the brown mulch
Waiting for the rest
All alone on the brown mulch
Waiting for the rest
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
One perfect orange leaf
All alone on the brown mulch
Waiting for the rest
All alone on the brown mulch
Waiting for the rest
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Here's "Trump'll Nail Ya" - a song about the #BBC legal crisis (set to the tune of the shanty "Drunken Sailor") which created a big internal debate about what's a gremlin and what's a mogwai. 🎶⚓️
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
"Trump'll Nail Ya" - Marsh Family parody adaptation of sea shanty "Drunken Sailor" about BBC crisis
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Here's "Trump'll Nail Ya" - a song about the #BBC legal crisis (set to the tune of the shanty "Drunken Sailor") which created a big internal debate about what's a gremlin and what's a mogwai. 🎶⚓️
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
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Absolutely !!
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Absolutely !!
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Today is World Kindness Day, "highlights the power of kindness — to others, to yourself, and to the world."
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today is World Kindness Day, "highlights the power of kindness — to others, to yourself, and to the world."
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
World Kindness Day
in a world where you can be anything choose to be kind poster
ALT: in a world where you can be anything choose to be kind poster
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
World Kindness Day
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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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pro tip: innocent people don't work this hard to keep the files that prove their innocence a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
pro tip: innocent people don't work this hard to keep the files that prove their innocence a secret
A beautiful fall sunset.
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A beautiful fall sunset.
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I’m so tired of bad people getting away with doing bad things.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’m so tired of bad people getting away with doing bad things.
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We love this by Rebecca Solnit ❤️💕
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We love this by Rebecca Solnit ❤️💕
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Resignation Required and LOCK HIM UP!!!!!!!
Resignation Required!
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Resignation Required and LOCK HIM UP!!!!!!!
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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We are on the “unpaid side of this equation”- but we do NOT want the gov’t to reopen at the cost of: unattainable health care premiums, and gouging Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefits.
SAVE Health Care!
SAVE Health Care!
The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as Wednesday, Day 43, with almost no one happy with the final result.
A historic shutdown is nearly over. It leaves no winners and much frustration
The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as Day 43 with almost no one happy with the final result.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We are on the “unpaid side of this equation”- but we do NOT want the gov’t to reopen at the cost of: unattainable health care premiums, and gouging Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefits.
SAVE Health Care!
SAVE Health Care!
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The guy who literally survived a stroke because of accessible healthcare now parrots GOP talking points that healthcare is extreme. Fuck off, Fetterman.
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The guy who literally survived a stroke because of accessible healthcare now parrots GOP talking points that healthcare is extreme. Fuck off, Fetterman.
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Jeffries: "He somehow has found $40 billion to bail out his right wing wannabe dictator buddy in Argentina putting Argentina first but not the American people first."
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Jeffries: "He somehow has found $40 billion to bail out his right wing wannabe dictator buddy in Argentina putting Argentina first but not the American people first."
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What Has Been Done to America? What’s done in a short period will take a long time to undo open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... The path will be long, but one has to hope that the strength of American institutions and the determination of its people will ensure restoration of the democratic norms.
What Has Been Done to America? What’s done in a short period will take a long time to undo
The Steady State | by Charles A. Ray
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
What Has Been Done to America? What’s done in a short period will take a long time to undo open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... The path will be long, but one has to hope that the strength of American institutions and the determination of its people will ensure restoration of the democratic norms.