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maura quint

@mauraquint.bsky.social

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she/her, views my own Join the tax fight: Fair Share America https://www.fairshareusa.org/join-our-email-list Comedy writer, Onion contributor, mcsweeneys column, etc Currently in bed. Email nice things only: quintmaura@ gmail

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · May 1

thank god I got an invite to this site I was so close to logging off and living my life

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 1d

The body keeps score which is pretty rude because I thought this was a friendly

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Kimmer @kvonyborg.bsky.social · 1d

Come get the @mauraquint.bsky.social experience with @petedominick.bsky.social LIVE RIGHT NOW on YouTube!
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Maura Quint Returns

YouTube video by Stand Up! With Pete

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 2d

i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 5d

thank god someone's doing the work on this

maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 5d

I literally just read that headline and was saying I won’t feel ok again for hours at least

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 6d

One thing I haven't seen mentioned much: Republicans could have passed whatever budget they wanted without Dem votes...if they hadn't already used reconciliation to force Trump's billionaire tax cuts and slash Medicaid and SNAP.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 7d

I see them so often now I have perfected my point and laugh LOSER call

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 7d

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Fair Share America @fairshareamerica.bsky.social · 7d

RALLY TONIGHT 9/30 at the Capitol at 6pm ET: See our growing list of speakers and livestream info at the link below! 👇

#GOPshutdown

Health Care Over Billionaires Rally

Republicans are currently pushing the country towards a government shutdown, higher ACA premiums, and possibly massive mandatory cuts to Medicare by putting tax breaks to billionaires over essential s...

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 7d

I just backed this new Tom Tomorrow collection on Kickstarter and hope you’ll do likewise if you have some spare bucks! Creator Dan Perkins is a genius and I’ve been loving Tom Tomorrow since it began, back in the NY Village Voice and the City Pages in MSP.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow

Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 7d

Josh, please, I'm barely holding on here

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 7d

correct

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n_th_n @n-th-n.bsky.social · 7d

There's lots of headline-bait in this opinion. But the headlines are missing the forest for the trees.

After 150 pages detailing a constitutional travesty, the judge concludes with how limited his options for addressing it are—& laments that the admin won't just voluntarily comply with his decision

n_th_n @n-th-n.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: A federal judge (Reagan appointee) just held that DOJ, DOS, & DHS has engaged in a coordinated assault on pro-Palestine speech. He found the plan was to harshly punish some of those speaking out to deter others. He also conceded that the gov't won't respect this ruling.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 7d

If you're on bluesky, you probably see far more about the news than most people you encounter. Remember, we don't have to cave on values to win, we don't even have to argue most topics -- we just need to spread the truth. The right has machinery to spread their lies, we have to talk to each other.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 7d

Anyway as long as I'm here I might as well organize a rally -- come by if you're in DC. We're pushing Dems to hold the line and not help Republicans steal our healthcare to help billionaires.

6pm at the Capitol!
actionnetwork.org/events/healt...

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 16d

you think we're going to be mad at democrats if they shut down the government? oh no, who will pay the national guard to invade our cities?

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 7d

my favorite part of driving to DC is how nerdy the graffiti here is. just drove below and underpass that was tagged “NO CR W/O END OF BBB”

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Fair Share America @fairshareamerica.bsky.social · 12d

FACT: Republicans control the House, Senate and White House.

If the government shuts down, it’s because they chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that protects our health care and keeps costs from rising.

Let's get that message out on Tuesday - see the rally details here:

TUESDAY: “Health Care Over Billionaires” Rally Will Call on Republicans to Protect Health Care & Keep the Government Open

Join us to hear from Members of Congress and impacted individuals hours before Republicans are prepared to shut down the government rather than protect Americans’ health care needs.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11d

Awful news that Kaleb Horton died. A talented writer who in another time would've been getting $5 a word with an expense account. Read his skilled filleting of the Entourage movie web.archive.org/web/20150605...

Entourage And The Slow-Burning Death Of The American Dream - Bitter Empire

Entourage is exactly as awful as you think it is, part one.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 11d

every single day the internet forces me to witness the dumbest people alive saying things so utterly devoid of logic that a sea otter suffering from a TBI would back away slowly and I just don't think we were meant to have to witness this much pure idiocy at once

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12d

white supremacists and capitalists got so mad at one 18 month stretch of increased labor power that they've agreed to reverse the most complex economy in human history to an agrarian state

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

* TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESTRICTING COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSES FOR NON-U.S. CITIZENS, USDOT SAYS

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 12d

it's just so pleasant!

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 12d

I just saw "dad_of_four"

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