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Midwest-to-southwesterner walking the Rocky Mountains trying to make sense of it all. Nurturing my belief in people, because as Maude said … “They’re my species.”

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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A New World Order Is Coming. We Aren’t Ready. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...
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Opinion | A New World Order Is Coming. We Aren’t Ready.
We must be honest about the seriousness of the situation we’re in.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
EVERYTHING he touches . . . every impulse he has, then worked by the pond scum who live to reinforce his narcissism . . . degrades what little honor we have left in the world. He took away the opportunity for our children to love being a part of the World Cup. Is there no bottom to this disgrace?
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July 6, 2026
Last week, U.S.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We the people . . . allowed Trump to pocket an added $2B during his current term as president. How does that make you feel?
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Who or what can save the republic from this court? We are in unprecedented and a dire place. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Lisa Graves on the Supreme Court
A dire day for democracy
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
After my first exposure to Brene Bown, some 20 years ago… I took to saying to anyone who would listen… “Love me some Brene Brown!” And I still sponge up her books when ever one lands. So putting it out to y’all: how will you find your Strong Ground this year? brenebrown.com
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Brené Brown
Keeping it awkward, brave, and kind.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Has anyone else noticed that we achieved the state of “Idiocracy” 490 years ahead of schedule? share.google/vVWbl73yCX1k...
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I see a lot of posts noting that Trump has no end game for Iran. Please do not lose sight of the need for an end game for this administration. We cannot afford this to go on . . . humanity requires a full stop.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
$1,000,000,000.00 a day. That is what the Republicans are spending to wage war in the middle east.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Trump is to Minneapolis as Netanyahu is to Gaza; normalizing military forays while lying about it. This is all of a piece. Now, watch Russia . . .
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The march into authoritarianism progresses with little to no friction. Very little legal effect, more and more people living in fear, less of our tax dollars being used to help everyday tax-paying citizens, all decisions walled off from scrutiny by more and more lies. This was not on my bingo card.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Does anyone have a copy of a case study where a nation successfully ended a reign of terror led by federalized police occupation without a civil war? I am not finding an equivalent scenario where the angry occupiers calmly disarm and resume their previous activities.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
So grateful for the music and the memories, Bobby.
Bob Weir
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
You are using the correct label. Our government is now run by Fascists.
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January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A solid summary of where we are today. I do not know how much more of “Trump’s morality” the world can take. I again look to the Supreme Court for some accountability to the Constitution, and ideally, to an affection for the rule of law. You are now the architects of the most sick era of US history.
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A cold-blooded murder
Friends,
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Impressive analysis from Brookings researchers. Takeaways: 1) Unnecessary animosity toward traditional allies, based on racist ideology; 2) Goal to carve up the globe between Trump’s desired alliance of Putin and China. He wants to secure a triumvirate of his chosen strongmen and set territories.
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Breaking down Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Why is the president waging war against our country? Is this some characteristic of maladaptive shame?
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Over to you . . . Saturday Night Live cold open
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Happening everywhere, all at once, before our eyes…
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The Capitol Caller: Good evening, Soldiers …
Who are you protecting? What are you defending? Is it freedom? Or is it fear? Is it the Constitution? Or one man’s fragile ego?
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Hey Supreme Court: Do you have a description for what “core constitutional powers” and “official acts” Trump is allowed to perform under your fucked-up immunity clause? Because right about now . . . you have let this go too far.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I sat with five friends from different facets of life and familial connection in San Fran last night. Each opined that they do not to expect to see a mid-term election. We are fucked and no one knows what we can do.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Where do the tariff receipts go? I’ve lost track of whether there is a step between these amped up international extortion processes and Trump’s pocket.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Where are our Federal funds? Can every state sue this administration for damages - and publish the long list of what has been taken away from the people? For example - they have reprogrammed our money to pay billions to their friends via contracts for detention centers. . . you ok with that?
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Thank you, Matt and Trey!
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South Park skewers Trump over Epstein files, depicts him in bed with Satan
The hit Paramount show aired the incendiary new episode as the first of its new season.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Driving through the “Great Collapse”: Go JoJo! One of the brilliant voices of this era.
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Teabagging the Liberty Bell
When you’re Donald J for “genius”Trump, they let you do it. You can do anything. Because it’s an f’ng cult.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Driving through the “Great Collapse”: On a mid-summer roadtrip. Drove through a Colorado MAGA capital and seeing the bumper stickers and signs made me both cringe and cry. Why are these people so mean - and hell-bent on punishing brown people and giving money to uber-wealthy white men? Why?
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I have been thinking about where people find “belonging” and how out of touch the vaulted term “academy” is. We need a reset of what we value as achieving spaces … and celebrate and support men (and women) who are using their wit, brains, patience, instinct, creativity and care to make life work.
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No Reset Button
Republicans and their budget bill mock millions of men just trying to survive.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I loved finding this little grouping of ladies in the statuary hall at the Capital last week. Sad they were unable to spring to life and slap some sense into their state’s leaders before the vote later in the week.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Make it stop now: this “bill” is only beautiful to the king of graft, the billionaires who support him and racist people who are bullied by him. IF passed - it provides an army of unregulated police, prison camps and the tools to end elections. If passed …this is the LAST July 4. Wake the fuck up.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Starting my morning read here: “Trump did the right thing, but he did that right thing in the wrongest possible way”
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Right Move, Wrong Team
The U.S. strikes on Iran might have been necessary, but the manner in which Trump acted should raise alarms about what lies ahead.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
A heart-felt shout out to every single person serving in our Armed Forces. Thank you for your service to our people and the Constitution. You shine every day you show up for all of us. We are in a patch of political stress … we are all feeling it. Yet we are still a beacon of hope because of you.🫡
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
You heard her . . . We got to RISE UP!
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Authoritarianism Isn’t Coming. It’s Here.
Senator Padilla got cuffed for asking questions. The regime wants you to know you’re next.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
. . . or, perhaps strategic and managed investments to support the common good, driven by enlightened thinking and shaped through laws is superior to narcissistic men playing god with our country’s treasure? I guess we will find out.
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Opinion | This Idea Explains a Lot About What Has Happened in Trump 2.0
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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We Are No Longer a Serious Country
And the world is starting to notice
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Correction for the imbeciles publishing a “Sanctuary state & cities” list on behalf of the current cult of politicized racism: We are a Sanctuary Nation.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Is this what an ICE patrol car looks like? Saw this car in downtown Boulder this week.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Unite & Resist: Find your peaceful protest and make it a habit for 2025. As Heather illustrates - mobilizing civil action is the best and possibly only remaining defense of our democracy.
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May 27, 2025
Political scientist Adam Bonica noted last Friday that Trump and the administration suffered a 96% loss rate in federal courts in the month of May.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Memorial to our democracy: In addition to a “billionaires only”funding plan the BBB contains provisions that allow the admin to ignore legal action and cancel democratic governance - just in time for a military parade-spectacle to punctuate the “leaders glory.” The rule of law becomes irrelevant.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Appreciation for all the members of Congress who are holding the appointed stooges accountable - and shining a light on the horror they are facilitating. Thank you.
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May 20, 2025
Today was a rough day for administration officials on Capitol Hill as Senate committees held hearings on the 2026 budget requests for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and ...
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Rainy weekend providing too much time to read scary stuff.
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The Big Takeover: The secret plans to give Trump command of America’s police
For months, a Project 2025 subgroup drafted plans to place domestic law enforcement under Trump's thumb. We have their files.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Weekend wondering: 1- Is Elon “stepping back” because Doge hackers have got what he needed when raiding US systems? Still think it will cost us dearly. 2-Trump mid-east tour is to position investments for life off US soil post-presidency, or sooner. The “deals” in process are lies and theft from us.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Going full Homer Simpson here . . . “Pope Leo is proof that God loves us.”
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
“Stop feeding the crocodile.” 🐊 The acquiescence of our most prominent civic leaders sends a profoundly demoralizing message to society. It tells Americans that democracy is not worth defending — or that resistance is futile.”
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Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Once upon a time . . . the GOP believed in America’s positive promise … before they decided to become Trump’s purse. reclaimdemocracy.org/reagan-1989-...
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President Reagan’s View on Immigration ⋆ Reclaim Democracy!
From his final speech as President, Ronald Reagan's views on immigration are inclusive: "Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can... become an American.”
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I am uncomfortable calling this a presidency. There is nothing presidential about this individual’s performance. It is all greed, grift and retribution.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Driving errands listening to NPR today, loving every interesting program … from an interview with the couple who created “Love on the Spectrum” to grieving Terri Gross husband as she shares her loss. NPR makes America great. Fight to save it - please.
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Yep.
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Trump Is a Virus
Chaos is about to take its toll
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
My read of the tea leaves today: the resources, agreements, intellectual property and wealth of the US is now a fully owned asset of Trump and Company, which is being negotiated and promised to “deals” with other autocrats and billionaires. So much for “We the people…”
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MT @mollytayer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Where’s DOGE? We need a network of trackers who share information daily from the DOGE rape and pillage of our national security.
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