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Taffy Smith

@taffycats.bsky.social
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Unpaid servant/person/amuser to cats & dogs. Currently Midwestern household.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h
Sometimes, I worry that my hating Donald Trump (even though I'm neither transgender nor a witch) takes away too much of my time that could be devoted to hating Ted Cruz.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Ted Cruz: "Right now, if you are left-wing transgender witch, you hate Donald Trump"
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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 6h
If only there was a Supreme Court instead of a supreme court. I believe 6 of em speak fluent Russian.
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Trump puts new Russia sanctions that he recently signed into law on hold, citing national interest
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 2h
President Donald Trump also praised the “big strong build” of another Republican politician.
huffpost.com
Trump Fawns Over GOP Senate Candidate As 'All Man' In Wild Tangent About Who's 'Good-Looking'
President Donald Trump also praised the “big strong build” of another Republican politician.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 3h
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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💠༻𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆༺💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 9h
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side-and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.
President Ulysses S. Grant
Speech at the Annual Reunion of the Society of the Army of Tennessee (29 September 1875)
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 8h
That's Why SQUEAKER Johnson And RepubliKKKans Left Town Early.......
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2h
Well… C’est la vie.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2h
MASSIVE #NoKings march happening in DC right now! Find your local event at bit.ly/nokings1017. ❌👑
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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
"Find a young person in your life and ask them directly: are you registered to vote? When are you voting? How are you getting there?" - Voters of Tomorrow executive director @santiagomayer.com
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Anxious Rage @anxiousrage.blacksky.app · 2h
A fraction of $30K is a security deposit for safe housing $5000 is the amount cited in interviews with people who relinquished their children for adoption that would have allowed them to keep and raise them.
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LSW @ltrip.altgov.info · 2h
#TooBigToRig That’s the goal. Voting early is key to this. Check your local elections & make your plan. Many states have begun their voting now. Who are you taking with you? One? Two? Think of one more & gut up your courage for democracy to ask them. There are more of us With you, we’ve got this ♥️
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litzz11 @litzz11.bsky.social · 16h
He won't back off, he will get triggered. That's what late-stage narcissistic collapse does. It ALWAYS gets worse before it gets better. He's gonna nuke someone, I just know it.
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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 21h
I don't think we say it enough. The self-absorption is the result of a *deep-seated insecurity*. IOW the bravado is a cover for *severe weakness*. If that became the narrative, and it should because it's true, he might actually back off, if it got traction.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
Update: Trump has now contributed $0.00 of his own money towards the ballroom. bsky.app/profile/ronf...
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 16h
“When just telling the raw context of military violence and the taking of the Black Hills, it leaves out how essential and inextricable the history of racist colonization and mining is in the Black Hills.” Taylor Gunhammer, enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe
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Mining in the Sacred and Stolen Black Hills, Then and Now - UNICORN RIOT
The colonization of the Black Hills by the U.S. government is one of the most well-known land thefts in American history. Since gold was discovered in the sacred lands of Paha Sapa or Ȟe Sápa, also kn...
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 21h
NEW: The colonization of the sacred lands of Paha Sapa or Ȟe Sápa, also known as the Black Hills, is one of the most well-known land thefts in American history. The discovery of gold in Ȟe Sápa has spurred 150+ years of tragedy and land exploitation.
unicornriot.ninja
Mining in the Sacred and Stolen Black Hills, Then and Now - UNICORN RIOT
The colonization of the Black Hills by the U.S. government is one of the most well-known land thefts in American history. Since gold was discovered in the sacred lands of Paha Sapa or Ȟe Sápa, also kn...
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Mickey Rottinghaus @golfsobad.bsky.social · 16h
I'd rather pitch Kickball!!
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Johnny Bramblethorn @johnnybramblethorn.bsky.social · 16h
Couple that with all misogynistic bullshit they encounter online and it's a recipe for creating macho-shithead monsters.
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Johnny Bramblethorn @johnnybramblethorn.bsky.social · 16h
A part of what's fueling rape culture is people raising their sons with no consequences or accountability for their actions. Boys mature slower partially because they're not held to the same standards as girls. They grow into men who feel like they can get away with anything and women are objects.
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RainsEnd🇨🇦 @rainsend.bsky.social · 16h
We girls are pissed off and we're not going to take it any more. This coddling of rapists and sexual abusers will stop. We demand to be heard. Demand to find justice. Demand men take responsibility for their life-changing violence. We won't be silenced. Not anymore.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 16h
These are the faces of United States Government in 10 years or less and I am stoked for it!
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h
Students from John Burroughs HS walk out, protesting the district's habit of not believing girls, dismissing reports of rape and not maintaining a safe environment for all. This isn't just Cornell, it isn't just fraternities. Men in positions of power dismissing women and girls is normalized
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 18h
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 16h
Zacharia's chaotic five-day tenure marks the shortest stint for a White House press secretary in history.
huffpost.com
Katie Zacharia Was In The Middle Of A WSJ Interview When She Was Fired: Report
Katie Zacharia Was In The Middle Of A WSJ Interview When She Was Fired: Report
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 16h
So let's be clear, and I don't like saying this: in The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026, Congress *gave* Trump the authority to suspend the Russia sanctions. He just has to tell them why. (And he has.) www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

SEC. 115. Waiver.
(a) In general.—The President may, subject to subsection (b), waive the application of any sanctions provision with respect to a foreign person, any restriction with respect to a person, or any duty under this title.

(b) Reports required.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Before issuing a waiver under subsection (a), the President shall submit to Congress—

(A) a certification in writing that the issuance of the waiver is in the national interests of the United States; and

(B) a report explaining the basis for the certification.

(2) CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTS.—If the President is issuing more than one waiver of a section of this title, the President may include, in one report submitted under paragraph (1), the certifications and explanations required by that paragraph with respect to each such waiver, as long as all of such certifications and explanations relate to a waiver of the same section of this title.

(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

(4) APPLICABILITY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN DUTY RATES.—The President is not required to submit a report under paragraph (1) for a modification or adjustment of a rate of duty pursuant to section 113(b). This paragraph does not modify or negate the requirement to submit a written determination required by section 113(b) or a report required by section 113(g)(1).
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h
The U.S. Army paid General Dynamics millions for a factory that kept churning out botched artillery shells. A former Army official called it an “absolute disaster” and said the Army “should’ve gone after recovering money from General Dynamics.” (Published August)
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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h
Is one’s proximity to power in Trump’s administration governed at least partly by a willingness to mold oneself to the MAGA aesthetic, no matter how severe the undertaking?
motherjones.com
In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA
Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?
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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 16h
“No, sir, you dropped Eric off in 1991. This is an entirely different child.”
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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 16h
He probably thinks this is how he ended up with Tiffany
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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 16h
Aside from the stupidity and bigotry on full display here, let’s not overlook the fact that Trump thinks you’re supposed to pick your kid up from school after 3 or 4 days.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
“THIS COULD EXPLODE.” Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling issues an alarming warning about the expanding conflict involving Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the Red Sea. “This could explode into a regional dynamic that will quickly spiral out of control.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
🚨 SHOCK: Retired three-star Gen. Mark Hertling warns the U.S. could be dragged into ANOTHER Middle East war as Saudi Arabia seeks military help against the Houthis. HERTLING: “It's just going to draw the United States into another Middle Eastern war beyond what's going on in Iran right now.”
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 22h
Aren’t you tired of the ultra rich just buying our government for themselves? youtu.be/OyZeCci77T4
youtu.be
President Buys Congress
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
“I don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, Katie, but here's the thing. Mr. Musk has done this before.” Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling tells Katie Phang that Musk previously shut down Starshield because he disagreed with Zelenskyy, then connects that allegation to Trump's latest ceasefire demands.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16h
abc7chicago.com/post/women-g...
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Women graduates from Northwestern prison program making history
Northwestern said this is the first group of women to graduate from a top ten university.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h
Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on Ukraine's battlefield communications: “When that Starshield goes down, the screen goes black. You don't know what's coming at you. You don't know where the things you've launched are going.” His warning: “People will die.”
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 23h
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crooksandliars.bsky.social @crooksandliars.bsky.social · 16h
dlvr.it
Trump Denies Reality: 'We Don't Have Inflation'
Shoppers would disagree with you, Mr. President, sir
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 18h
BREAKING: Texas is considering selling a state park to Elon Musk, per sources. (Gift link).
texasmonthly.com
Texas Has Been Considering Selling a Beloved State Park to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Sources Say
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission was scheduled to discuss selling Boca Chica State Park, Texas Monthly has learned.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 16h
Trump encouraged his crowd to violently attack protesters at his rally in Georgia. "She's pushing them around, slapping the guy around." Security guards can remove someone from an event but verbally disrupting a rally is not a crime. The source audio is poor on the clip.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16h
Ummmm… ok.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16h
America does not own Greenland. America does not own Venezuela. They are not hotels. They are not golf courses. They are not properties Trump “got for nothing.” He’s talking about sovereign countries like he won them in a fucking foreclosure auction. And the MAGA crowd just cheers.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17h
the order “offers an economic lifeline” to a murderous dictator “as the United States turns to Russia for help lowering gas prices”
nytimes.com
Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Legislation (Gift Article)
The sanctions were part of legislation that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 16h
or simply woman who has reserved her powers for herself, has not been possessed by the patriarchy. Patriarchal men have always feared powerful women.” ~ Miriam Robbins Dexter, PhD, Whence the Goddess: A Source Book Art: Tin Can Forest (Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek)
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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 16h
which were not controlled by men. They were thus, in one way, a projection of men’s fears, fears of energies which they did not control. Whereas virgins and matrons have been tied to the patriarchal culture, and have given energy in some form to man, the witch, whether old depleted woman,
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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 16h
“Throughout history, there have been, in the folktales and myths of many cultures various sorts of witches, young and old, described by male mythopoets as evil and not so evil. But they all possessed one characteristic in common: they were autonomous; they possessed powers
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h
Trump administration threatens California officials if noncitizens vote in midterms
theguardian.com
Trump administration threatens California officials if noncitizens vote in midterms
Justice department warns election officials of prosecution if they ‘knowingly tabulate ballots’ cast by noncitizens
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Nerdygretel @nerdygretel.bsky.social · 16h
Hell yeah !
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