Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I got a notification of DM response from an old friend I haven’t spoken to in a while He’s since gotten married, so I’d messaged him to say congrats His message as shown in the notification : “TAAARAAAAAAA!!!!!” I waited till he was done sending messages and opened our chat 120
Reposted by Tarazach silberberg @zachsilberberg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028 216184344756
Reposted by TaraGatsby @thegraygatsby.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Morning stretches to start the day ☀️ #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky 61075
Reposted by TaraBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter. 11696129911052
Reposted by TaraTrevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 05/11/2025something good has officially happened 883166
Reposted by TaraAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Mamdani: My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name. 10388331184
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 05/11/2025GOP: “the voters gave Trump a clear mandate” Voters 11 months later: “fuck you” 040
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 05/11/2025GOP: “the voters gave Trump a clear mandate” Voters 11 months later: “fuck you” 000
Reposted by TaraMichael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 05/11/2025A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States. 176163673216
Reposted by TaraBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/10/2025California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50. 466228576593
Reposted by TaraGovernor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Specifically, USDA can deploy contingency funds and prevent a disruption of SNAP benefits on November 1. 12310
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The problem with that is that the people in power have to write that into law and pass it. And they know that if everyone votes, a TON of them will lose their seats. So they’ll never do it. 010
Reposted by TaraRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here? 16564372215209
Reposted by TaraRobert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Hope people are realizing that rigging the 2026 and 2028 elections have always been the plan. 743139083881
Reposted by TaraSen. Michael K. Garrett @michaelgarrett.bsky.social · 23/10/2025They Were So Afraid, They Erased the Words. Yesterday, I spoke truth about what happened in North Carolina. About democracy being stolen in broad daylight. About rigged maps and broken promises. About betraying every sacrifice ever made for the right to vote. Then something extraordinary happened. 26307154
Reposted by TaraKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I’ve been thinking about how hard the founding fathers cooked with the Third Amendment. Imagine being forced to house ICE. I can’t imagine they wash their hands. They’ve never done laundry in their lives. They’d break your stuff if you didn’t cut the crusts off their sandwiches. 302102521507
Reposted by TaraAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 23/10/2025The best thing about the NYC mayoral election will be electing a pro-affordability mayor. The second best thing will never having to hear Cuomo talk again after his concession speech ends. 1760474
Reposted by TaraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/10/2025Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead." 106535291581
Reposted by TaraBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/10/2025SNAP benefits expire in one week. 476164524864
Reposted by TaraDemocracy Out Loud @democracyoutloud.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Join us tomorrow, 10/23 to stand for fair maps! 052
Reposted by TaraDemocracy Out Loud @democracyoutloud.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Today at 1:00, join Repairers of the Breach to take the next steps in fighting for fair maps for NC communities. #ncpol #ncga #fairmaps #resist breachrepairers.org/get-involved...breachrepairers.orgPress Conference to Challenge Unjust Redistricting in North Carolina | Repairers of the BreachAt an emergency press conference Thursday, Bishop William J. Barber II, President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, will announce legal challenges... 043
Reposted by TaraZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23/10/2025In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government. She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her. So I confronted him. 756232205113
Reposted by TaraJoe Bearden📎 @grayhairjoe.bsky.social · 22/10/2025'RIP to Free and Fair Elections,' Say North Carolina Dems After GOP Approves New Voting Map #ncpol #ncga www.commondreams.org/news/north-c...commondreams.org'RIP to Free and Fair Elections,' Say North Carolina Dems After GOP Approves New Voting Map | Common DreamsNorth Carolina Republicans pass new congressional map, likely gaining extra seat in 2026 midterms. Democrats decry rigged maps. Protesters chant for fair elections. 011
Reposted by TaraCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/10/2025“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10... 40067302416
Reposted by TaraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/10/2025Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down" 14423197211572
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 22/10/2025He needs to be treated like Hitler is treated by Germans. No names. No statues. No pictures in government buildings. No nothing. Give him absolutely fucking nothing. 041
Reposted by TaraBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 22/10/2025First thing we do is rip his name off of every federal building anywhere it was placed. Straight into a dumpster. 35372551171
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Necessary additional information: I donated like a month ago lol. Loooooooong before this 010
Reposted by TaraPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/10/2025I am now ready with a take: It is good when negative things about candidates come out before people vote rather than after they vote. 494351540
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Exactly. I’d skip a few meals to get the money to change it as soon as possible. The fact that he didn’t do that tells me this was intentional or it just really doesn’t bother him. Both are equally bad. 0110
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 22/10/2025NAZISM is not “baggage.” Baggage is having problematic posts from high school or college. Baggage is binge drinking and making stupid party decisions in your 20s. It’s not getting a fucking nazi tattoo. 092
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 22/10/2025The person whose comments on the Floor today moved me to tears was @michaelgarrett.bsky.social So grateful for the recording. Thank you for your representation, Sen. Garrett. ❤️ #ncpol #nc #gerrymandering #ncgop youtu.be/r2bK5kmr1tM?...youtu.beDemocracy Under Assault in North CarolinaYouTube video by Michael Garrett 031
Reposted by TaraWUNC News @wunc.org · 22/10/2025A proposed new Congressional map continued to work through the General Assembly on Tuesday, even as dozens of Democrats took the chance to decry its impact on Black voters in northeastern North Carolina. www.wunc.org/politics/202...wunc.orgNC Congressional map proposal continues to advance, as Democrats decry impact in northeastern NCThe Senate formally passed the new map Tuesday, and it started to make its way through the state House of Representatives. 062
Reposted by TaraMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/10/2025NEWS: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva have SUED the U.S. House of Representatives in federal court in Washington, D.C. over Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Grijalva. Grijalva would be the 218th vote for the Epstein Files discharge petition. 476157443960
Reposted by TaraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded." 302158065033
Reposted by TaraRep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 21/10/2025Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress. During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva. 954317557232
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 21/10/2025I was telling my mom the other day that in one of my high school history class, there was a section of baseball players who’d get to class late and spend the whole class eating Chick-fil-A and playing cards with each other. Never paid attention. Guarantee they’re all Trump supporters now 010
Tara @starktara.bsky.social · 21/10/2025This means we have to do it again. Soon. And then frequently. 021
