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@tannytanny.bsky.social
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Democrat for 52 years, RN for 45, Boymom for 44💙 My religion is compassion. Resist all -isms It costs nothing to be kind. No DM's please, I check TLs of all followers.

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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 1h
Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity newrepublic.com/article/2157... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump Spends All Night Trashing Ken Paxton, Then Says to Vote for Him newrepublic.com/post/216156/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Spends All Night Trashing Ken Paxton, Then Says to Vote for Him
It’s unclear if Donald Trump even likes Paxton all that much.
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Today, Chi Phi, Cornell, and the Tompkins county district attorney are under fire as the Cornell case has come to light. All appear to have behaved abominably. None behaved unusually." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The horror of the Cornell rape case is how ordinary it is | Moira Donegan
Many men rape; many men giggle encouragingly, or shrug indifferently, when their friends rape. Many men rape, and few seem to think that it’s a very big deal
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quite an achievement for a hoax. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Arrogant, power-mad men pounding their chests and making bad things worse. But @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is much more eloquent. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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War, power games and impunity. I watched the farce that is the UN general assembly: what a tragedy, what a mess | Nesrine Malik
Ukraine, Iran, Palestine and Sudan: it has so many problems to confront and fails to do so. Seen up close, it is a study in stasis and decline, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sidney Blumenthal is a truth-teller. Ken Paxton is a Christian like I'm a Nobel Winner. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ken Paxton’s Christian identity politics obscure a history of scandal | Sidney Blumenthal
The Texas Senate candidate rose to power as a culture warrior. His record is a marriage of hypocrisy and cynicism
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Utterly insane. "Not acknowledge"?? "the executive branch shall use the terms 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' and will not acknowledge the usage of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in any applicable setting." www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Jim Carey: LALALALAL I CAN'T HEAR YOU! Meme
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
Bluesky has the juice.
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He is such a pig. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Was Asked What He Really Thinks About Women In Leadership — And He Said The Quiet Part Out Loud
Experts weigh in on the president’s “unbelievably sexist and idiotic remark.”
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Classy, ain't he? www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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GOP Senator Tells Jack Smith: ‘You Make Me Want To Throw Up In My Mouth’
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"When Powers instructed Ziesel to give players a water break, the letter said, Ziesel [grunted], “Oh yeah, I forgot, you guys need water.” He added he hadn’t drunk water during combat. And a young hockey player now "has no chance of a meaningful recovery" www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Arizona State men’s hockey players ask school to place coach Greg Powers on leave (Gift Article)
In letter to the university president, players disputed the school’s initial report on the workout that left their teammate on life support.
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Oh no Donald Trump is becoming increasingly unpopular! Surely it must all be over soon | First Dog on the Moon
It’s so bad some Republicans are even turning against him – bit late guys but whatever
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good Morning friends. Let's wake up to Rick Wakeman playing for rescued bears before we hit the never uplifting news. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam
Former Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’
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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I would love a list of which UN delegates did not walk out on Netanyahu just so we’re nice and clear on where everyone stands on the topics of genocide and crimes against humanity.
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Ann @ann.sheshed.rocks · 24/09/2026
This is what women have faced for centuries and the GOP wants to take even more hard earned rights away from us. First they took bodily autonomy, next they will take our vote and along with it our voice! Women need to vote Blue this November! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This show is easily among the happiest (& zaniest) experiences I've ever had doing voiceover. Great scripts. Great cast. Great FUN! Now: Let's... Get... DANGEROUS!!! #DarkwingDuck #DisneyPlus
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?
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memsomerville.bsky.social @memsomerville.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Probably will get wingnut welfare. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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CEO who posted about wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts to Halifax is no longer CEO | CBC News
The Michigan tourist who recently went viral over a Facebook photo where she and three family members appeared to be wearing "Lake America" sweatshirts has parted ways with her employer.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
The cervical punch biopsy and colposcopy was easily the worst pain I’ve felt in my entire life.
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The White House again denies access to CNN, MS NOW, and Politico despite court ruling. (visual essay from 2025)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
NEW TROY JACKSON AD 🔥 Susan Collins spent years perfecting that “reasonable moderate” act. Then ProPublica dropped the receipts: A defense contractor funneled $150,000 through a shell company to a pro-Collins super PAC while Collins pushed for $32 MILLION in naval contracts.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In Another Instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” 🤭
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As you know, I have a problem with the whole armageddon/golden city narrative arc so I decided to have a word with god and Jesus about it. They were awfully defensive! @astra.bsky.social @thegodshow.com
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Vote them out.
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cheyenne50.bsky.social @cheyenne50.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was thinking yesterday that governments should legislate that every man has to have a vasectomy. And, when he can prove he'd be a good father, he could get it reversed. Let's see what the men would do with that...
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Men have NO business telling women anything about their bodies or abortion. This woman ATE him up.
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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The first time I was on Maziwe Island (Tanzania) searching for nests that needed to be relocated, I was practically on my hands and knees looking for turtle tracks. The dive shop boat captain laughed—"What are you doing? They will be the size of giant truck tire tracks!" 🤭
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Psychopath. Monster. How is he not removed for this disgusting comment?
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Abdohassan @abdohassan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Donald J. Trump STOP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN!!!!!
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addiah 🇺🇦 vote blue @addiah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Trump’s approval plunges into the 20s, and Republicans give up
With the midterms approaching, it’s clear the MAGA base is now deserting President Trump — and the GOP — in record numbers.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@mrfishcartoons.bsky.social
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Diesel hit a record $6.53 a gallon this week. Trump backed a ban, then his own White House killed it a day later. Ken Paxton, who wants your Senate vote, got asked point blank about both. He ran. Not “no comment.” Ran. That’s the guy who wants to represent Texas in Washington. #BlueWaveIn40Days
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These TX county leaders are holier than thou hypocrites. This is absurd.
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Abdohassan @abdohassan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If innocence were a picture, this would be it. ❤️
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump’s pick to run the FDA couldn’t answer a yes or no question about IUDs today. Patty Murray asked twice. Heidi Overton punted both times. This is the person who’d oversee mifepristone access for 340 million Americans and she won’t say IUDs aren’t abortion. #BlueWaveIn40Days #momsky#sheshed
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hokusai 🌊🌊🌊 @thebluenami.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
more MORAL CLARITY 💙💙💙 this time from the incredible journalist @karaswisher.bsky.social as soon as the WARNER x PARAMOUNT deal closed - she called her agent to get her out of her CNN contract she said "F*&K THESE GUYS" referring to the ELLISONS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #blues www.huffpost.com/entry/kara-s...
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'F**k These Guys': Kara Swisher Calls It Quits At CNN
The esteemed tech reporter confirmed she’ll be saying sayonara to the network as soon as her contract expires at the end of this year.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If yall wanna see some extremely hateful, nasty, ableism take a look at the quotes and replies of this post and this guy’s opinion of people who care about covid. This is a common refrain about my thread! People are FURIOUS that I said hey have some empathy for the disabled.
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Also to your other post, it's 2026. We have highly effective vaccines. We have COVID medication that is either free or highly affordable.
Yes, immunocompromised people always have a risk. They should have spaces, but this is all born of COVID paranoia and doomerism.Patrick Damp @synonymforwet.... • 2h
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Just a bunch of buzzwords to complain they can't have free reign to be antisocial assholes
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FOURTEEN posts about it. Guinness is investigating if this is the world record for lack of self-awareness. 2/2
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Bluesky scold bingo on this one.
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PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Listen to Jeffrey Sachs about #MadManTrump calling for the annihilation of a sovereign nation at the #UnitedNations a violation of every religious, ethical and moral code most people in America have, and it is a war crime. And silence from the UN leaders, why? Pathetic. #DV1 #ProudBlue
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💫Foxy💫 @getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump TV is SO unpopular is is being outperformed in viewership by a live box fan, a livestream about toenail pliers and a 24/7 scary stories channel You can’t make this 💩 up
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Mexican Navy's iconic tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc sailed underneath the Golden Gate Bridge Wednesday morning, arriving in San Francisco for a four-day goodwill visit. now docked at Piers 15-17 along the Embarcadero. This marks the ship's first visit to San Francisco in 17 years.
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was a visiting nurse and hospice nurse for over 20 years. These homecare workers are the caregivers you never see or hear about because they're working so hard to care for patients young and old. I couldn't have done my job without them. Like teachers they are overworked and underpaid, undervalued
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 24/09/2026
There's now an "Office of Remigration" in the State Department. White nationalists are celebrating this adoption of one of their buzzwords as a victory. www.thebulwark.com/p/remigratio...
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The White Nationalist Buzzword on a State Department Door
“Remigration” traveled from European far-right circles into the machinery of Trump’s deportation policy.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republicans break with Trump over 'final straw' On Thursday, following a war resolutions vote that saw an unusual number of Republicans break rank and side with Democrats in an attempt to end the conflict with Iran, an expert from a leading think tank asserted that the issue may be “ending” the pres
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Republicans break with Trump over 'final straw'
On Thursday, following a war resolutions vote that saw an unusual number of Republicans break rank and side with Democrats in an attempt to end the conflict with Iran, an expert from a leading think tank asserted that the issue may be “ending” the presidency of President Donald Trump once and for al...
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Tanny clings to hope @tannytanny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Dummy with the Wig On Top - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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