Brett Tam
@bretttam.bsky.social
Author. Music fan. Sometimes I share books and music.
Rep: @lorigalvin
Rep: @lorigalvin
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
all this intriguing talk of flutternutter from massachusetts reminds me i have yet to savor wisconsin's cheese curds, another mysterious regional delicacy, not to mention the pumpkin spice whatever-whatever currently sweeping the nation and it's clear to me i have not lived
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
all this intriguing talk of flutternutter from massachusetts reminds me i have yet to savor wisconsin's cheese curds, another mysterious regional delicacy, not to mention the pumpkin spice whatever-whatever currently sweeping the nation and it's clear to me i have not lived
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@adibkhorram.bsky.social & Cha's Dial Books' TEA IS LOVE gets the official Oma Stamp of Approval. I'd buy this for a library AND would read it aloud again and again.
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/mmgm...
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/mmgm...
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
@adibkhorram.bsky.social & Cha's Dial Books' TEA IS LOVE gets the official Oma Stamp of Approval. I'd buy this for a library AND would read it aloud again and again.
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/mmgm...
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/mmgm...
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Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
the calls are coming from inside the party
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
the calls are coming from inside the party
an even more hilarious read from oct 23, now that this chic teen has graciously made himself known #fedoraman #fedorateen
Gift article from The New York Times. Read it for free without a subscription: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/s...
Gift article from The New York Times. Read it for free without a subscription: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/s...
Is This Dapper Man Going to Crack the Louvre Heist Case?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
an even more hilarious read from oct 23, now that this chic teen has graciously made himself known #fedoraman #fedorateen
Gift article from The New York Times. Read it for free without a subscription: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/s...
Gift article from The New York Times. Read it for free without a subscription: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/s...
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you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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Great, cannot wait to wake up to fundraising emails with subject lines like “we’re not giving up!” asking me for $3 after completely letting us down.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Great, cannot wait to wake up to fundraising emails with subject lines like “we’re not giving up!” asking me for $3 after completely letting us down.
some folks so keen on shooting themselves in the foot
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
some folks so keen on shooting themselves in the foot
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
with so much uncertainty and so many layoffs happening, now may be a good time to post a reminder to no one in particular that you are not your job and your job is not you. friends IRL matter. meeting up w/ppl in IRL, breaking bread, having coffee, checking in w/one another, being together matters.
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
with so much uncertainty and so many layoffs happening, now may be a good time to post a reminder to no one in particular that you are not your job and your job is not you. friends IRL matter. meeting up w/ppl in IRL, breaking bread, having coffee, checking in w/one another, being together matters.
the medium always dates
on a personal note, #6 i swear it was a ballpoint pen and #20 was too expensive, does using the library's count?
on a personal note, #6 i swear it was a ballpoint pen and #20 was too expensive, does using the library's count?
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
the medium always dates
on a personal note, #6 i swear it was a ballpoint pen and #20 was too expensive, does using the library's count?
on a personal note, #6 i swear it was a ballpoint pen and #20 was too expensive, does using the library's count?
Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo can't win any more awards. Cover has no more room!
(One of the best books I've ever read, highly recommend) #booksky
(One of the best books I've ever read, highly recommend) #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo can't win any more awards. Cover has no more room!
(One of the best books I've ever read, highly recommend) #booksky
(One of the best books I've ever read, highly recommend) #booksky