Tired Mama @tiredmama.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Watching this administration’s struggle to hide, lie, cover up, and defend the contents of the Epstein files reminds me of a Horcrux fighting its own destruction. 000
Reposted by Tired MamaDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/10/2025All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why? 361696427
Tired Mama @tiredmama.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Can someone ask this guy if he also thinks we should stop vaccinating our dogs? Everyone good with their neighbor’s dog getting rabies? Wondering how many people would care about community health then? 020
Reposted by Tired Mama Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 07/09/2025USTA to Broadcasters: DO NOT show Trump getting booed. Streisand effect: 8746161435
Tired Mama @tiredmama.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Exactly how I’ve felt in the 🇺🇸 as well. It’s horrifying. 010
Reposted by Tired Mama🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 04/09/2025What can you learn from teaching pre-kindergarteners self-defense about how our media is adapting to fascism? Andrea Pitzer on why kids (and some adults) have such a hard time spotting the con.youtube.comSpot the Con: Why Journalists Ignore RealityYouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer 312150
Reposted by Tired MamaFilipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Excellent column by Ezra Klein, and you should read all of it. He gets it. Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal 45919
Reposted by Tired MamaGrandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Fear is the point. Our government wants to threaten us. Loss of commerce is the result. People who are afraid to leave their homes do not spend $ in their communities.theguardian.comMexican festivals in Chicago canceled amid Trump plans to deploy troopsCity and suburbs pull local events tied to Mexican Independence Day on 16 September 012
Reposted by Tired MamaThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/09/2025BREAKING: South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. on the release of South Korean workers detained at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.bit.lySouth Korea says it has reached a deal with the US for the release of workers in a Georgia plantSouth Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. 87290113
Reposted by Tired MamaThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 07/09/2025These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Sept. 7, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 233558
Tired Mama @tiredmama.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Wondering how much of this is an indictment on Kemp. First all the jobs lost at CDC and now this. #georgiapol 010
Reposted by Tired MamaPBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/09/2025In 2021, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely said the COVID-19 vaccine was the “deadliest vaccine ever made.” In the Sept. 4 hearing, Kennedy said that Operation Warp Speed was “genius.” (via @politifact.bsky.social) to.pbs.org/46bV6Hvto.pbs.org4 fact-checks from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate testimony over COVID-19 vaccines, CDCPolitiFact fact-checked some of the most notable back-and-forth moments. 1041367487
Reposted by Tired MamaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/09/2025Former President Joe Biden underwent surgery recently to remove skin cancer lesions. Biden’s skin cancer procedure comes three months after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.nyti.msBiden Has Surgery to Remove Skin CancerThree months earlier, former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had a diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer. 5221631
Reposted by Tired MamaCNN @cnn.com · 05/09/2025The US State Department has imposed sanctions on three Palestinian human rights groups that asked the International Criminal Court to investigate and arrest Israeli leaders over accusations of war crimes in Gaza. cnn.it/4mNRuSV 217048
Reposted by Tired MamaAxios @axios.com · 05/09/2025President Trump hosted the elite of Big Tech at a White House dinner this evening, and each took turns to lavish praise on him.axios.comZuckerberg, Gates and Altman lavish praise on Trump at dinnerFormer Trump adviser Elon Musk was missing from the dinner. 758940
Reposted by Tired MamaThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/09/2025⚡️ Update: Foreign troops in Ukraine would be 'legitimate targets for destruction by Russia, Putin warns. "If any troops appear there, especially now, during the fighting, we assume that they will be legitimate targets for destruction," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.kyivindependent.comForeign troops in Ukraine would be 'legitimate targets for destruction' by Russia, Putin warns"If any troops appear there, especially now, during the fighting, we assume that they will be legitimate targets for destruction," Russian President Vladimir Putin said. 3214526
Reposted by Tired MamaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/09/2025News Analysis: By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill a group of people aboard what he said was a drug-smuggling boat, President Trump used the military in a way that had no clear legal precedent or basis, according to specialists in the laws of war and executive power.nyti.msTrump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug SmugglersThe move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad. 204615259
Reposted by Tired MamaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/09/2025In an effort to ensure more New Yorkers can get the latest Covid vaccines, Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to sign an executive order that would authorize pharmacists to provide the shot to almost anyone who wants it, the governor’s office said Thursday.nyti.msHochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid VaccineGov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to authorize pharmacists to provide the vaccine to almost anyone who wants it without a prescription. 25766186
Reposted by Tired MamaProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2025ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)propublica.orgHow Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the RichWall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes. 491095515
Reposted by Tired MamaAxios @axios.com · 04/09/2025The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."axios.comDOJ deputy chief: government will "redact every Republican" from Epstein client listThe deputy chief later said his comments were not based on what he's learned from his role at the DOJ. 16235902047
Reposted by Tired MamaReuters @reuters.com · 04/09/2025Medical groups call on US Health Secretary Kennedy to step down reut.rs/4neBOrNreut.rsMedical groups call on US Health Secretary Kennedy to step downMultiple health groups and medical associations called on U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to step down in a joint statement on Wednesday, saying he was disregarding decades of lifesaving science and reversing medical progress. 1935598
Reposted by Tired MamaWIRED @wired.com · 04/09/2025Aspirin is commonly prescribed to patients with coronary artery disease to prevent heart attacks and strokes, but a new analysis has found that another drug, clopidogrel, is more effective and just as safe. www.wired.com/story/antico...wired.comThis Blood Thinner Is More Effective Than Aspirin at Preventing Heart AttacksAspirin is commonly prescribed to patients with coronary artery disease to prevent heart attacks and strokes, but a new analysis has found that another drug, clopidogrel, is more effective and just as... 1210820
Reposted by Tired MamaThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 04/09/2025⚡️ 'Coalition of the Willing' convenes in Paris as 39 countries discuss Ukraine security guarantees, call with Trump planned.kyivindependent.com'Coalition of the Willing' convenes in Paris as 39 countries discuss Ukraine security guarantees, call with Trump plannedLater in the day, European leaders also plan to talk with U.S. President Donald Trump. 523552
Reposted by Tired MamaProPublica @propublica.org · 04/09/2025“If this was done by another country, we absolutely would call this corruption,” said Kristofer Harrison, who served as a high-level State Department official in the George W. Bush administration. “Because it is corruption.” (Published May)propublica.orgThe Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a... 18821269
Reposted by Tired MamaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/09/2025Steps away from the Capitol, victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex offender, on Wednesday demanded that all people who received sexual favors through Epstein be identified. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u... 453141593811
Tired Mama @tiredmama.bsky.social · 04/09/2025All I could think about yesterday after the survivors press conference was the Huntr/X song Takedown. #EpsteinSurvivors #EpsteinList youtu.be/pCdjJcz8Bk0?... 000
Reposted by Tired MamaAxios @axios.com · 03/09/2025Epstein survivors float release of unofficial client listaxios.comEpstein survivors may release unofficial client list if Justice Department stallsPressure is mounting after a House panel released 33,000 heavily redacted DOJ documents. 41626193
Reposted by Tired MamaPBS News @pbsnews.org · 03/09/2025Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein called on the federal government to release files related to the case during a news conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill. 13599145
Tired Mama @tiredmama.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Gonna be so stupid if the next civil war is over life saving vaccines. 🙄 Bravo to the West Coast. Now what do we do about Florida? 000
Reposted by Tired MamaPolitico @politico.com · 03/09/2025RFK Jr. will face "hard questions" over CDC shakeup, according to Thune. The Senate majority leader expressed frustration over the firings of recently confirmed officials.politico.comRFK Jr. will face ‘hard questions’ over CDC shakeup, Thune saysThe Senate majority leader expressed frustration over the firings of recently confirmed officials. 109674611756
Reposted by Tired MamaAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home. 520343077684
Tired Mama @tiredmama.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Florida: Do you know what we really don’t have enough of these days? Baby graveyards and iron lungs. Absolutely criminal. #floridavaccinemandate 000
Tired Mama @tiredmama.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Wondering if they are currently working on their AI version of Trump giving a pre-recorded announcement. Nearly an hour late. #trumppressconference 051
Reposted by Tired Mamaphilaretey.bsky.social @philaretey.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription. 602212804062
Reposted by Tired MamaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Curious what the reasoning for this could possibly be. My first thought it that it was a Putin request 60793463475
Reposted by Tired MamaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025The GOP is preparing to change Senate rules to make it easier to adopt Trump’s agenda and confirm nominees. Good thing Manchin and Sinema “preserved democracy” with their performative bullshit. Dems have to quit holding themselves to standards the GOP won’t meet. 681928545
Reposted by Tired MamaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe. 716169576284
Reposted by Tired MamaAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Peskov: “We are ready to resolve the problem by political and diplomatic means, but since we do not see reciprocity from Kyiv, we continue the special military operation.” 10233480
Reposted by Tired MamaGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed. 1229361155
Reposted by Tired MamaJennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 31/08/2025The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch. 256231345
Reposted by Tired MamaAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities. 22275342400
Reposted by Tired MamaJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 31/08/2025This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous. 609156403619
Reposted by Tired MamaPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/08/2025That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism. 57245631135
Reposted by Tired MamaJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025He can pretend to be dead all he wants. I still want the Epstein files released. 312169353605
Reposted by Tired MamaAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Putin met with Xi Jinping at the SCO Forum in China. 2116448