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Tamara Phalen

@tamaraphalen.bsky.social
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Airstreamer, news junkie, technophile, book lover, law librarian. From the Mitten State. ✋

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Republican Party was a pile of crap before Trump showed up. He simply serves as a tool to make them even crappier. He’s the AI of politics: He makes shit up, exploits every weakness in the system, is soulless and unregulated, and could end up killing us all.
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s the Billionaires versus the rest of us. Photo from @thetnholler.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Over 50 years later, this anti-Vietnam War PSA still rings true.
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump's effort to rebrand AI as SI doesn't go far enough. It should be called Super Human Intelligence Technology. We'd get more accurate news headlines, like: "Under Trump, Government Turns to SHIT" or "SHIT Heads Visit White House"
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is on my calendar and trying to decide what banned book I will read
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gosh you hate to see this right before the midterms. /s
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Obama just delivered a blunt warning about the AI boom, the money driving it, and the Trump administration’s response. Then he turned to voters with a message that deserves far more attention.
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Obama Calls for AI Regulation, Warns Tech Giants Can’t Police Themselves
At Colgate University, the former president called for federal AI regulation and urged voters to demand a serious plan from candidates.
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Jena Griswold @jenagriswold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Colorado has run all mail ballot elections for over a decade. With hundreds of drop boxes and voting centers, innovative ballot tracking, and layers of security, our elections are positioned to weather Trump’s attacks. I encourage every eligible voter to make their voice heard.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to allow mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to revive a U.S. Postal Service plan. USPS is expected to continue delivering mail ballots as usual www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Great thread.
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Caveat emptor
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cluster. Fuck. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
💔💔
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KellyK🌺 @azkellyk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Jenifer Lewis is spot on: 89 million STAYED HOME in 2024. We have 70 DAYS to change everything. We need to Speak up, knock louder, and make your voice heard. It’s time to FIGHT FOR OUR DEMOCRACY! Let’s show the WORLD OUR POWER—we won't be ignored! VOTE #BlueWaveln90Days 💙🌊
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Amanda Gonzalez @amandaforcolorado.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Okay, Colorado, a new episode of Survivor: Democracy Edition just dropped. I've got the tea. If you want the vote by mail TLDR, I'll get right to the cliffhanger ending: yes, vote-by-mail is still safe in Colorado. Let's dig into this and try to understand what the federalism is going on here.
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Rep. Debbie Dingell @debbiedingell.house.gov · 25/08/2026
Let’s just call it Lake Natalie so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 22/08/2026
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” Frank Herbert, Dune
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Help spread the word! 👉 Like 👉 Follow 👉 Share #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarylove #author #publiclibrary #literature #lit
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Orange kitty Benne posing like an odalisqueGrande Odalisque by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The US gross national debt just crossed $40 trillion. Sure, let’s build a helicopter pad, a ballroom, paint statues gold, and keep going. 🙄
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 29/06/2026
The Reconstruction Papers is a distillation of what we do at @liberalcurrents.com. Publishing work like the essays in it is the heart of our mission. Consider getting a print copy or downloading the PDF (or both) today www.liberalcurrents.com/the-reconstr...
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The Reconstruction Papers
The Reconstruction Papers is available for pre-order in the US Pre-Order Now! For nearly a century, the conservative movement's white whale was the government the New Deal and the Great S...
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Metin Seven, Moon Child's dad 🌝 @seven.eurosky.social · 19/07/2026
Photo of a van with a text printed on its back: "We fix what ChatGPT said you should try!"
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
There's been a lot of speculation about the people photographed in the subway while surrounded by Patriot Front on July 4. One has agreed to tell his story at Salon. Unsurprisingly, he understands and believes in America's promise far more than those fuckwits. www.salon.com/2026/07/10/w...
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What a subway ride with white supremacists taught me about America
Surrounded by masked Patriot Front members on the DC Metro, I considered what it means to be an American
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Really need to make this report go viral! Please share
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/06/2026
KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Excellent article. This process is pretty much identical to the one in Jefferson County
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today! We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This picture....
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Stupidity at its finest.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Please god let this close the portal to Hell the Cubs opened in 2016
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Trump's cognitive impairment endangers us all. It's undeniable if you actually watch him. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cogn...
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Trump's cognitive impairment endangers us all
It's undeniable if you actually watch him.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026
And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible
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The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
One thing that's getting lost in the Trump/IRS slush fund scandal (and it is a scandal) is that the leaked tax returns showed that Trump is a fraud, liar, and tax evader who, like now, used his presidency to enrich himself. But I guess that part of the history is being rewritten, too.
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Rebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
What would change in Bezo’s life if he had to pay additional taxes? Would his access to housing, food, and medical care be compromised? If the answer is no, then he needs to STFU and contribute to the collective support system for our nation.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/05/2026
im at the kleptocracy im at the kakistocracy im at the combination kleptocracy kakistocracy
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
😍👍😍
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
If only there was a way for people to become more aware of Trump’s ever deepening dementia, rage tweeting and unfitness for office. Like a story in a newspaper. NYT is complicit in sane-washing the deranged man in the Oval … www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | The Iran War Worsens America's Democratic Erosion (Gift Article)
Measuring America’s democratic erosion.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Let this radicalize you
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Took a video of this cool shell formation on my beach walk. If all of you repost it as many times as you can maybe some journalists will see it and do something about it
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This has gone off charts viral. It’s a transcript I made of the 60 Minutes interview that shows the exact cuts made by CBS. It’s free for anyone to read - No Paywall. substack.com/@decodingfox...
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Decoding Fox News (@decodingfoxnews)
This is on track to be the one of the most read articles I’ve ever published on Substack. It’s definitely the biggest for 2026. I made the transcript free because I wanted as many people as possible t...
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Tamara Phalen @tamaraphalen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It’s National Library Week. Time to speak up about censorship, though that really should be every day.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
New euphemism for "pure, unadulterated horseshit" just dropped
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