SparkleTea
@sparkletea.bsky.social
Experiencing cognitive dissonance. Attorney. Gen Jones (Google it). Avid fan of integrity and democracy. #Leguminati. #TheFive8. Live music fan. San Francisco. Jewish American woman. Would rather be watching Doctor Who or reading GRRM but DOTUS happened.
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SparkleTea
@sparkletea.bsky.social
· Nov 23
It is, and has been for a while, primarily all about our inability to educate enough of us about how disinformation campaigns work.
It's time to reshare The Rules. I had hoped to retire these long ago, but no.
Please share widely. Tell everyone. Let's teach critical thinking again. >>
It's time to reshare The Rules. I had hoped to retire these long ago, but no.
Please share widely. Tell everyone. Let's teach critical thinking again. >>
This makes the SCOTUS SNAP decision today even more dire
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This makes the SCOTUS SNAP decision today even more dire
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Federal contractor here. Same same
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Federal contractor here. Same same
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Looking for a different photo I found this thing from 12/31/98 outside of Madison Square Garden. My beard is so black!
Note my Mariners' Turn Ahead the Clock hat and that I was carrying Hal Jordan's Green Lantern into this NYE run for reasons that I have long forgotten.
Note my Mariners' Turn Ahead the Clock hat and that I was carrying Hal Jordan's Green Lantern into this NYE run for reasons that I have long forgotten.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Looking for a different photo I found this thing from 12/31/98 outside of Madison Square Garden. My beard is so black!
Note my Mariners' Turn Ahead the Clock hat and that I was carrying Hal Jordan's Green Lantern into this NYE run for reasons that I have long forgotten.
Note my Mariners' Turn Ahead the Clock hat and that I was carrying Hal Jordan's Green Lantern into this NYE run for reasons that I have long forgotten.
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If it ain't nailed down tRump *will* steal it
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If it ain't nailed down tRump *will* steal it
@governor.ca.gov
Can you please offer Californians a solution to our healthcare prices now?
Signed,
Desperate Old Self-Employed Public Interest Lawyer Who's Too Young For Medicare
Can you please offer Californians a solution to our healthcare prices now?
Signed,
Desperate Old Self-Employed Public Interest Lawyer Who's Too Young For Medicare
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@governor.ca.gov
Can you please offer Californians a solution to our healthcare prices now?
Signed,
Desperate Old Self-Employed Public Interest Lawyer Who's Too Young For Medicare
Can you please offer Californians a solution to our healthcare prices now?
Signed,
Desperate Old Self-Employed Public Interest Lawyer Who's Too Young For Medicare
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Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
Brilliant 🥰😂
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Brilliant 🥰😂
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10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
Not all of December, Mike
We have to sign up by Dec 15th
We have to sign up by Dec 15th
VAN SUSTEREN: Is the Republican healthcare solution going to go into effect at midnight on Dec. 31? Because people are gonna get sticker shock
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Not all of December, Mike
We have to sign up by Dec 15th
We have to sign up by Dec 15th
Elmo is too rich
Fines don’t hurt him
Fines don’t hurt him
Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again
Fortune Magazine©️
archive.ph/eQYCN#select...
Fortune Magazine©️
archive.ph/eQYCN#select...
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Elmo is too rich
Fines don’t hurt him
Fines don’t hurt him
Unbelievable
Our government is at war with us
Our government is at war with us
Footage shows a federal officer in a black vehicle launch the irritant out of their window and INTO the car of #RafaelVeraza, 25, and #EvelinHerrera, 24, striking Veraza and their 1-year-old daughter, #AriannaSofia!!
www.thedailybeast.com/baby-pepper-...
www.thedailybeast.com/baby-pepper-...
Baby Pepper-Sprayed by DHS Thugs During Family Grocery Trip
Parents say an agent fired an irritant from a moving car.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Unbelievable
Our government is at war with us
Our government is at war with us
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee my law firm has filed to intervene to defend the new California congressional map from attack. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
🚨 Tangipa et al v. Newsom et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee my law firm has filed to intervene to defend the new California congressional map from attack. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
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Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
This is the way
Otherwise we’ll never get a vote
Otherwise we’ll never get a vote
NEW: Jeffries is talking about a discharge petition in the House for the ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is the way
Otherwise we’ll never get a vote
Otherwise we’ll never get a vote
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Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
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We’re in Brazil — one of the world’s great democracies, one of our biggest trading partners — and not a single person from the Trump Administration showed up.
That’s shameful.
That’s shameful.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We’re in Brazil — one of the world’s great democracies, one of our biggest trading partners — and not a single person from the Trump Administration showed up.
That’s shameful.
That’s shameful.
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The daily onslaught of actual antisemitism side by side w/ bad faith weaponization of antisemitism really is impacting Jews standing against the genocide. We are fighting the weaponization but we’re fighting antisemitism directed at us too. Please stop saying antisemitism isn’t an issue in the US
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The daily onslaught of actual antisemitism side by side w/ bad faith weaponization of antisemitism really is impacting Jews standing against the genocide. We are fighting the weaponization but we’re fighting antisemitism directed at us too. Please stop saying antisemitism isn’t an issue in the US
See Rule #3.
The I’m Rubber You’re Glue Principle
The I’m Rubber You’re Glue Principle
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
See Rule #3.
The I’m Rubber You’re Glue Principle
The I’m Rubber You’re Glue Principle
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.