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Niki Tennant

@nikitennant.bsky.social
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Avid reader, gardening lover ( plumerias and orchids), enthusiastic traveler, proud and loving mom and grandma, government veteran with understandable war wounds (LA city hall, Long Beach city hall, Calif state assembly staffer)but still believes in people

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Niki Tennant @nikitennant.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule newrepublic.com/article/2014... via @newrepublic.com
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
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Jack Resists 'Sic semper tyrannis' 8647 @jack2011.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A massive drop in TESLA sales. It's not anal cancer, but it's a start. #AnalCancerKIllsMusk #ElonPsychopath #MuskMegalomania #CryptKeeperMusk #MuskEqualsHitler #MuskIsLeatherface #TexasChainsaw #RachelMaddow #MSNBC
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Sidelined Trump mostly 'decorative' as Musk remains busy wrecking the government, reaping rewards 
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/02/2025
The understaffed Social Security Administration faces further cuts and office closures at the same time as retiring Baby Boomers have caused a surge in the number of people receiving benefits. propub.li/4ia5PX5
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Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be…
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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
💥 "You know the rest of the poem."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Lindsey Graham says that Trump’s pardon of violent Jan. 6 defendants will encourage future violence and was a “mistake.” Says continued abuse of pardon power — including Biden’s pardons to family — could force revisiting the constitutional power altogether.
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Ben & Jerry’s @benandjerrys.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
It’s past time for Congress to take action and restore our reproductive rights: Join the @ACLU’s campaign to urge your reps to pass federal legislation that safeguards our reproductive freedom – including abortion and birth control. Take action now: action.aclu.org/reproductive...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Opportunities abound. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Trump actions could wreak havoc on South Florida’s sizeable Colombian population
South Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of people with roots in Colombia, according to federal government data, underscoring the longstanding and deep ties between the region and the South Amer...
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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Another #WhiteRose of peace and non-violent opposition 🌱 💮💮💮 🌱
White rose
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad. GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE. youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
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PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I wonder how Rep Senator Tim Young is feeling right now. The Revenge Tariffs from Columbia are really bad for our farmers (and also bad for Colombia. 96.7 % of their corn for livestock comes from the USA ) Again I think this ends fast. But it’s interesting www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/vi...
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Young Leads Effort to Protect U.S. Corn Exports to Colombia - Sen. Todd Young Official Press Release | LegiStorm
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Anyone an expert in coffee futures and prices, that could comment on the impact of a 25 PCT tariff on Columbia on the price of coffee for American consumers ?
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Dr CatLady (she/her) @drlpreston.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Trump administration tests power to email every federal employee at once
The new feature, announced by the Office of Personnel Management, aligns with the goals of DOGE.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/01/2025
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces after years of being barred from a segregated military, died on Jan. 8. She was 104.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier
After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse in the regular U.S. armed forces. She was later an Air Force officer.
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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
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David McJunkin @davidmcjunkin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Sometimes they do accidentally tell the truth 🤣
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The autocrat’s playbook: 1. Depict a “massive internal threat.” 2. “Demonstrate that [he] is .. successfully crushing that threat.” 3. Find “new ways to replenish the sense of emergency the original threat was supposed to create.” @gregsargent.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1906...
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Trump Aide Karoline Leavitt’s Creepy Flattery of Him Takes a Dark Turn
Social media posts by Trump’s new press secretary reveal the irresolvable paradox—and the massive scam—at the heart of his immigration policies.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Good morning (well it is if you’re not long Melania shit coins)
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
(San Antonio Express-News) — President Donald Trump’s assault on federal diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has claimed a new victim – the Tuskegee Airmen www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Heeding Trump, Air Force won't teach recruits about Tuskegee Airmen
A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from an Air Force basic training curriculum this week.
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Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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David McJunkin @davidmcjunkin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Conservatives Claim Hitler's Nazi
Allegiance Greatly Exaggerated
the ONION
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Project Liberal 🗽 @handle.invalid · 22/01/2025
Imagine what the right would say if a Democrat congressman talked about deporting pastors for promoting conservative values.
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The Resistance! 🗽🇺🇸 F*ckFascism! @theresistancefb.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Repeat after me: DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
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Niki Tennant @nikitennant.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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Cannon temporarily blocks release of Jack Smith report
The extraordinary move scrambles the final stage of the special counsel’s work.
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Trumps.A.moron @trumpsamoron.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
💙 this 🦋
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David McJunkin @davidmcjunkin.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
I love posting pics here that would get me banned on twitter
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Jared Kushner gets $2 billion from Saudi Arabia for his investment fund just months after leaving the White House. Now new reports indicate the Trumps intend to continue business deals with foreign governments. But House GOP lose their minds over emails and Hunter Biden. Insane.
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David McJunkin @davidmcjunkin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The rules apply to everyone else, not his own family. 
A tweet by @anyone_want_chips discussing Donald Trump’s proposed policy to end birthright citizenship. The tweet notes that four of Trump’s children wouldn’t qualify as U.S. citizens under such a rule: Don Jr. (born 1977), Ivanka (born 1981), Eric (born 1984), and Barron (born 2006 before Melania's citizenship in July 2006). The tweet includes photos of Don Jr., Ivanka, Eric, and Barron Trump.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/12/2024
"There are 60,000 voters who did everything they're supposed to do, and my opponent wants their ballots to be tossed." North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs sat down with @marcelias.bsky.social to explain what's happening in the state Supreme Court race. Watch the full interview.
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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs on Her GOP Opponent's Attempt to Toss 60k Ballots
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Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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The Resistance! 🗽🇺🇸 F*ckFascism! @theresistancefb.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Elonia says temporary hardships for thee but not for me. 🤦
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Dogs for Democrats @everettdem.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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What Liz Cheney deserves from Joe Biden
Friends,
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This strikes me as a bit like mcCarthyism…..
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Judge Friedrich is very interested in the details of a Jan. 6 defendant's plan to join the Russian army.
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Not sure who needs to hear this but bipartisanship with Trump and these extremist billionaires isn’t going to work. They want power at all costs and won’t give an inch. Democrats need to fight them with everything we got.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Resisters @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social @mamaduke721.bsky.social @poshmarksydneys.bsky.social @joemurfz.bsky.social @anniecovington.bsky.social @gerardchiu.bsky.social @farehamboy.bsky.social @gayequalglobal.bsky.social @jillfr.bsky.social @bm-60.bsky.social @janleeo.bsky.social
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🌴✨🦋 Kathryn 🦋✨🌴 @kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com · 03/12/2024
Every time I read about banning books, I think of this: Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius. If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Indigenous soldiers who served during World War I were not considered for the Medal of Honor because of their race. But now, a dozen of them from Oklahoma are eligible for review. www.kosu.org/race-culture...
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Dozen WWI Indigenous soldiers from Oklahoma are eligible for Medal of Honor review
Indigenous soldiers who served during World War I were not considered for the Medal of Honor because of their race. But now, an Arkansas research center has teamed up with the World War One Valor Meda...
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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Dear Fox News: If you could take a brief pause in your outrage over Hunter, maybe you could report about Pete Hegseth’s penchant for getting wasted and dancing onstage with strippers? Kthxbye
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
During Trump’s last term, he made over 30,000 false or misleading claims. It’s always important to verify facts. For instance, he once stated that ‘raking the forest’ could help prevent forest fires.
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John Stodder Jr. @johnstodder.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Do it, @joebidenbsky.bsky.social. Request those FBI background reports. Make Trump and Vance squirm. Declassify Trump’s Russia and Jan 6th files. It’s time to rub the GOP and right wing media in the full measure of Trump’s unfitness and traitorous nature.
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David McJunkin @davidmcjunkin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Trump claims a mandate. In fact his margin of victory in the popular vote is less than Hillary Clinton got when she lost in 2016.
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TheGratefulDeadpool @gratefuldeadpool.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
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The Resistance! 🗽🇺🇸 F*ckFascism! @theresistancefb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Juan has spent 10 years harvesting sweet potato in CA. While the machine picks up most of the vegetables he often has to get on his knees and dig out the sweet potatoes the machine left behind. He does this up to 10 hours a day 5 days a week. #WeFeedYou
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