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Tammy

@tmykpersists.bsky.social
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Democracy Lover, Life-Long Learner, Bluebonnet / Red C of Tejas, #resistance, OG Apocaloptimist, OG Antifa, FREEDOM=Choice, Ally, Anti-Racist, Anti-CRAPitalist, #overturnCitizensUnited, Pro-DEI, Equity NOT "Equality", RIGHTS/Right - Wrongs/WRONG NO AI

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 15h
Ranked: The World’s Biggest Carbon Emitters www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-globa...
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Ranked: Global Emissions by Country in 2025
More than half of global emissions come from just three countries. This ranking shows where every major emitter stands.
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kvconner.bsky.social @kvconner.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Politico News revealing 'TTrump ally ousted from administration after messy email fight goes public' By Daniel Lippman Link in Replies
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“This program is something that needs so much more attention, because in ICE's words, it is a force multiplier for the agency.” @us.theguardian.com reporter José Olivares sheds light on the 287(g) program, which allows DHS to deputize local law enforcement to carry out immigration work.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16/10/2026
President Trump wants the midterms to be all about himself. Judging by the ads, Democrats are happy to oblige.
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Trump wants the midterms to be all about himself. Judging by the ads, Democrats are happy to oblige
President Donald Trump says he wants voters to pretend that he's on the ballot in this year’s midterm elections. His rivals are doing their best to help his case.
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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3 Charts that Show the Need for Supreme Court Term Limits
Interactive data visualizations analyzing changes in Supreme Court tenure, unequal numbers of presidential appointments, and narrowing Senate confirmation votes make the case for reform.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/10/2026
Devastating. Little kids. My heart goes out to the victims, their loved ones, and the people of Oregon. No family should ever have to suffer like this—and there have been over 50 school shootings just this year. Congress must do much more to prevent gun violence.
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Live updates: Children among 4 killed in Oregon school shooting, suspect dead
Follow live coverage as victims are hospitalized in a school shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The suspect was fatally shot.
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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$330M in outside cash targets just 3 Democratic Senate candidates - OpenSecrets News
Roughly $1 of every $7 that super PACs and other outside groups have spent has gone to opposing just 3 Democrats running for Senate seats.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Elon Musk is a war criminal. He needs to stand trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Traitor Trump proudly does a deal with Putin that will kill Ukrainians—and his sycophantic FBI director heads to Russia. You do the math.
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Alan Gillanders @alan.ison.blue · 29/08/2026
Your body runs on rhythm far more than most of us realize. Every organ, every cell, and the trillions of microbes living inside you are constantly tuning to one another, like instruments finding the same key.
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2... 🎶 I always feel like... somebody's watching meeeeee.... and I have NO PRIVACY!!! 🎶
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Supreme Court hears case about what's tracked when you watch videos online
The Supreme Court is hearing a case Wednesday about what information is tracked when you watch videos online, including everything from a movie to a product review.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Plot twist: Ken Paxton has agreed to debate Mitch McConnell or Lindsey Graham rather than James Talarico.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Big update: Judge erupts at the Trump Administration, yells at DOJ officials, threatens to throw them in jail. Rep. Omar refuses to be silenced. Ukraine escalates attacks on data centers. Republicans unhappy as bot farms disappear. And more. Subscribe to support my work:
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Major Monday Update: Judge Erupts at Trump Administration, Musk Dumps Record Money into Elections, Russian Bot Farms Fall Apart
Hey everyone, happy Monday evening.
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Dan Levy doing what more men should do -- calling out Shane Gillis's misogyny. This is the top story on Variety right now, alongside a report on Russell Brand's rape trial beginning. In case we're still wondering why women are angry variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Dan Levy Calls Out Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ Monologue and Says ‘More Men Need to Be Standing Up’: ‘Speechless That Something Like That Can Exist on Live National Television’
"Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy is calling out Shane Gillis' "Saturday Night Live" monologue, saying that "more men need to be standing up."
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Talarico nonsense being spread by GOP influencers is a typical republican “scandal” - lots of BREAKING!! And 🚨 but no actual substance. If anyone from the Paxton campaign coordinated with influencers to spread these lies, people should go to prison, and Talarico should sue the fuck out of them.
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Check this out from KCRW: When Everybody And Nobody Is A Celebrity w/ Who? Weekly www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sa...
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Do you stand with CNN and our effort to completely restore access to covering President Trump?”... “Of course,” Ellison replied. www.status.news/p/donald-tru... I have been waiting for this. Ellison and Trump are on a collision course, and that is where news coverage of the new CNN should begin.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
David Byrne is no stranger to bringing extraordinary ideas to life. But what about ideas that are ahead of their time? How do we reawaken them? Flora chatted with David about his new book “Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up,” and which ideas resonated with him most.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/10/2026
US imposes sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC), hours after former judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize - live
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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after former judge Pillay wins Nobel peace prize - live
The ⁠ICC’s deputy prosecutor condemned the sanctions and said they would not halt the tribunal’s work
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.marketplace.org/episode/2026... I'm so sad that so many strangers felt entitled to comment on her parenting for an honest mistake... META has fucked up the interwebs for ALL of US
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How a Meta AI prompt changed one mom’s approach to online privacy
Kalie Robins posted a video singing with her daughter. Then, a Meta AI prompt surfaced her location. The experience led her to rethink what and how she posts online.
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.usdebtclock.org $40 trillion, but... who's counting?
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U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Great interview on Fresh Air with THE Voice, Terry Gross! 🤩
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2... They really ARE trynta turn me to the Dark Side
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'Grandmother' tree uprooted for border wall construction
Border agents dispersed a camp of protestors along the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday. The activists in Southern Arizona were protecting the last tree in a stand of towering cottonwood trees.
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
apnews.com/article/ken-... Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts
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Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms.
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Gouged Book by Linsday Owens
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans continue to prove they don’t care that Trump committed crimes and tried to end our democracy 🇺🇸
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why Texans Live and Die by the Gun www.texasobserver.org/basic-pistol... - via @texasobserver.org
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Why Texans Live and Die by the Gun
At the firearms training center, fear becomes the foundation of the state's violent obsession.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 17/09/2026
“I guess you could call it a church.” Top story: In his new book, sociologist Harel Shapira reveals how Americans learn far more than simply how to shoot from firearms training centers — they learn a religion of constant fear.
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Why Texans Live and Die by the Gun
At the firearms training center, fear becomes the foundation of the state's violent obsession.
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
still hype for this. coming out next week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgG...
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Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother - Official Trailer (2026) Mahershala Ali, John Cho
YouTube video by IGN
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 25/09/2026
‘YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER’ is now playing in theaters in NY & LA. • Starring Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Tramell Tillman & Giancarlo Esposito • Follows a religious hitman who struggles to balance work, faith & fatherhood Read our review: bit.ly/YourMDF
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NPR @npr.org · 09/09/2026
Arguing with a partner or a loved one can be anxiety-inducing. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker explains how to start and end a fight — while easing dread for everyone. n.pr/4iCRc2f
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How to fight with the people we care about, illustrated
Arguing with a partner or a loved one can be anxiety-inducing. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker explains how to start and end a fight — while easing dread for everyone.
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Texans still willing to vote for Paxson is why Texas is fucked Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in Texas Senate race poll thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in Texas Senate race poll
A new poll shows Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico leading Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by 5 points over a month before the November midterm elections. The Texas Public Opin…
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
See my post called, "Send the Interns," from January of 2017. pressthink.org/2017/01/send...
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is no difference.

Vote out every damn MAGA that supports ICE.

*Meme displays a KKK hood, a masked Police/ICE agent and a Nazi
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savagetora.bsky.social @savagetora.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 05/03/2024
Wow, who* could have predicted *besides Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, and Michael Gold
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Tammy @tmykpersists.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"If you sacrifice for change, and the change doesn't come... all you're left with is the sacrifice." Chana Joffe-Walt
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nikole Hannah Jones will be interviewed by her daughter for an episode of “This American Life” airing on September 27 at 7pm CT
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The Argument - This American Life
Ten years ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote an essay about her decision to send her daughter to a segregated, low-income school. The essay was influential on parents and policymakers, and Nikole spent a ...
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That is not enough. #RepublicanPartyOfPedophilia Will lose #Midterms
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Boot doesn’t care that you cheered when it was kicking somebody else. Please read, comment, share, subscribe. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-boot-d...
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The Boot Doesn’t Care Who Licked It: The Milo Yiannopoulos Story
Congratulations, Jr. Fascist: You’re “The Other” Now
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Epstein’s survivors and the American people demand justice and accountability. That’s what we are fighting for every day. That is why when we return we will vote to hold them accountable!
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is inhumane and must be stopped.  We will not stand by and watch ICE threaten the lives of innocent people. No one should have to fear being shot or killed simply because of who they are or how they look.
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Man shot by ICE, detained in Texas with a bullet in his back is back in the hospital, attorney says
The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he is back in the hospital after being held at a detention center with a bullet still lodged in his back.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of the first things Dems should do with their majority is predicate QI on proper use of body cams. No body cam, it's attempted murder.
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