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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈

@thmade.bsky.social
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Editor, book lover, birder. Tree hugger, furious Democrat, card-carrying ACLU member. Retired accordionist & PA native. She/her. Favorite words: plinth, fisticuffs, absquatulate. Not favorites: impactful, copacetic, utilize. #Resist #Oppose #Advocate

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John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So that was baloney. www.johndickerson.com/p/should-thr...
johndickerson.com
Should. Three Times.
The president speaks for himself.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
WTF, @theatlantic.com ?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...
joycevance.substack.com
It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…
Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
TFG.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump just said the quiet part out loud: he doesn't care about your finances. "Not even a little bit." Here's where your money is going instead.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Todd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 08/08/2026
Blanche’s confirmation underscores a simple truth: a handful of Republicans in Congress could stop this chaos tomorrow. They simply choose not to.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Elon Musk will be spending $100 million to $120 million in at least eight states to help elect Republicans in November, according to The New York Times. But Musk’s money shouldn’t be viewed as a problem. It’s an opportunity. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-stin…
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/08/2026
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
theonion.com
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"The suggestion that Trump cares a whit about museums or anyone else’s history is, of course, ludicrous. But burning down the Smithsonian is an effective bit of political theater to cheer the faithful between $65 fill-ups."
roncharles.substack.com
Americans Don’t Need Saving from Their History
Trump's attack on the Smithsonian is an affront to our intelligence.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Despicable. #AIDestroysBooks
futurism.com
AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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Chris Bohjalian @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A gentle reminder when this world is really infuriating or depressing you: there are still books. They won’t solve all the planet’s problems — unless, maybe, you read them. And, regardless, the studies show that books make us happy. And empathetic. And more knowledgeable.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Fantastic.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Which Founding Father Are You? - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whi...
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Which Founding Father Are You?
Are you George, Alexander, Thomas, or Ben?
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Super puffs! #astronomy #science #planets
cbsnews.com
Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: "Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam"
The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 28/06/2026
The Stonewall Uprising was a riot for equality, love and the freedom to be who you are. We won't let today's bigots erase this pivotal moment for progress and undo everything those brave LGBTQ+ Americans fought for.
Black and white photo from the Stonewall Uprising. A group of people are protesting in the streets with signs that read “gay pride”.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Ferdinand the Bull is 90 years old! #books #childrensbooks #classicbooks
nytimes.com
Ferdinand the Bull, Reluctant Culture Warrior
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence
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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Tennessee Republicans stripped every House Democrat—and every Black member—from committee assignments after gerrymandering the state’s only majority-Black congressional district out of existence. Jim Crow didn’t die. It learned procedure.
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🏳️‍🌈Alex Vander Veur💙🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺🇵🇸🇻🇪💙🇺🇸💔 @alexvanderveur.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I'm a gay man who was raised in the bigoted mormon cult. I was suicidal as a teenager. Part of what got me through it was the idea that there was someone, somewhere who could love me just the way I am. 🏳️‍🌈I hope every Queer person knows: You deserve love. You are not alone.💙 www.thetrevorproject.org
On black background, Image of an EKG heart rate in rainbow color, with a heart that is broken in two, one half the color of the rainbow Pride flag, the other half the color of the Trans pride flag, and the words: "Pride isn't about turning straight kids into queer kids. Pride is about not turning queer kids into dead kids."
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Shameful.
share.inquirer.com
Mikie Sherrill’s state police riot in Newark is a national disgrace | Will Bunch
New Jersey state troopers meant to protect Newark protesters from ICE are violently shredding the First Amendment instead.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
WATCH— @aoc.bsky.social :“We’ve been taught to lower our expectations for things that a generation ago were afforded to every American. It didn’t feel like a fantasy to be able to have one job, support your family, go on vacation, and put some money in your pocket…” (From @marcofoster.bsky.social)
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Priceless.
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Amish Super Model @amishsupermodel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Trump is hosting gladiator fights on the White House lawn. Seriously, how far have we fallen?
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Preach, @crockett.house.gov and @repmoskowitz.bsky.social
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/05/2026
Whatever it is, it’s staggeringly corrupt and possibly very dangerous.
motherjones.com
Suing his own IRS? Creating a $1.8 billion slush fund? What the hell is Trump trying to pull?
Whatever it is, it's staggeringly corrupt, and possibly very dangerous.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
A win! The Senate parliamentarian ruled against the $1B provision meant to fund Trump’s White House ballroom in the budget reconciliation package. The funds were struck down for violating the Byrd Rule, which bars “extraneous” non-budgetary provisions from passing through reconciliation.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Deaf immigrants meet to learn ASL but remain cautious of continued ICE presence in Minnesota #Deaf #ASL #Immigration #DeafImmigrants
minnesotareformer.com
Deaf immigrants meet to learn ASL but remain cautious of continued ICE presence in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Deaf immigrants have been held in detention for months, without the free access to video phones that they are legally entitled to.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Unf***ingbelievable.
theguardian.com
‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan
Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Hey, mainstream media: Isn't it about time you start talking to mental-health professionals and reporting to the public about the multiple and manifest mental illnesses that have long been exhibited by the president of the United States?
Mehdi Hasan: How do you cover this? A previous president would have received wall to wall coverage for even one of these tweets. And yet Trump floods the zone and the media cannot and often will not cover the sheer extent of his insanity and indecency.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/05/2026
NEW: The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email.
propublica.org
Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough. What a man, what a life, what an inspiration We are lucky to have him still with us. www.reuters.com/world/uk/dav...
reuters.com
David Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100
Britain's David Attenborough, who has for decades been the world's most authoritative voice on the natural world and whose documentaries have been watched by hundreds ​of millions, will on Friday cele...
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littleredyarn @littleredyarn.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Phillies be damned, it's still a great day.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
#climatechange
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
As corporations move to automate everything and put more of everyone’s life into a subscription model, @grahamformaine.bsky.social says “we literally cannot let them win.”
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This is how it's done.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Preach.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Group call tomorrow evening re: the abominable SCOTUS decision
mobilize.us
Callais Decision Update Rapid Response Call · No Kings
Join the No Kings Coalition as we break down the ins and outs of the Callais decision, what this means for you, and the future. You will hear from leaders from LDF, ACLU, and more. By registering f...
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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
are you kidding me right now less than 3 percent of challenges came from actual parents but we keep hearing it’s all grassroots like who are we fooling seriously
k12dive.com
2025 broke record for censorship: Less than 3% of book challenges came from parents
Groups or government officials initiated 92% of challenges, and two-thirds overall ended in removals, according to an American Library Association report.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
So, so threatened. 🙄
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A room full of the most powerful people in politics and media presumed they were being attacked by an active shooter. They dove under tables and texted loved ones. They feared for their lives. And somehow, not a damn thing will be done by them to push for gun reform tomorrow morning. America.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A gunman shows up. Curiously, he reportedly told the cops he wanted to target Admin officials, not necessarily Trump. And for the first time, the press is placed in position that American school children are every day.
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"America and its allies have dealt with a lot of presidential imperfections and failings, but there is no precedent or even category for the institutional psychosis displayed by the second Trump administration."
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Trump Administration Is in a Psychotic State
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T DeA 🏳️‍🌈 @thmade.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Common Cause @commoncause.org · 22/04/2026
Common Cause stands firmly with the SPLC (@splcenter.org) in the face of yesterday’s attack by the DOJ. We are clear that this is a sham case built on illegitimate claims.
Image: Protestors in Washington, DC

Text: "Charging a civil rights organization with fraud for exposing the operations of violent hate groups turns the rule of law upside down."

Logos: SPLC and Common Cause
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Original Artist: K.C. Green
Panel 1: A figure labeled "TRANSPHOBIC PERSON" stands in a field. Their neck begins to stretch horizontally across the frame.

Panel 2: The neck continues to stretch across a wide landscape, passing by houses and trees.

Panel 3: The long neck enters a building through an open window. A sign on the building reads "TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY."

Panel 4: The head at the end of the long neck finally reaches a person sitting peacefully in a chair. The head says to the seated person, "Stop forcing your views on me."
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