tamsin💙wtaf
@tamsinnolana.bsky.social
Democrat. Feminist. #BLM. She,her. INFJ. GenX. #indivisibleNOLA. 🗡pledged. Oaths spoken. 🌴🥥. Se habla español. Gay gay gay gay gay gay gay. 😷 🇨🇦🍁🇲🇽🇵🇦🇬🇱🇺🇦🇵🇸
I steal memes. Keep DEI, ffs.
I steal memes. Keep DEI, ffs.
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I like these suggestions from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for Giving Tuesday - immigrants rights organizations -
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
Opinion | Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I like these suggestions from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for Giving Tuesday - immigrants rights organizations -
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
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How wonderful it must be to have cultured, talented, and conscientious leaders.
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
How wonderful it must be to have cultured, talented, and conscientious leaders.
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Affluent Palm Beach voted 70% for Trump, so they’re getting just what they voted for. Gifted article:
wapo.st/4itKjOu
wapo.st/4itKjOu
New Mar-a-Lago no-fly zone means endless plane noise for neighbors
Flight rules altered in October by the Secret Service route planes over the Palm Beach homes of millionaires and billionaires, even when President Donald Trump is not there.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Affluent Palm Beach voted 70% for Trump, so they’re getting just what they voted for. Gifted article:
wapo.st/4itKjOu
wapo.st/4itKjOu
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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We are seeing what happens when public service becomes a vehicle for private plunder. Fixing it will require sustained citizen engagement.
bit.ly/4oV46sG
bit.ly/4oV46sG
A New Era of Crony Capitalism
Washington hasn’t seen graft like this for at least a century.
www.brennancenter.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We are seeing what happens when public service becomes a vehicle for private plunder. Fixing it will require sustained citizen engagement.
bit.ly/4oV46sG
bit.ly/4oV46sG
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It’s not a bias. It’s a transaction. Tens of millions of Ukrainian lives and the remnants of American respectability in exchange for an increase in the private fortunes of a few people.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday defended President Trump’s special envoy against accusations of pro-Kremlin bias.
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
The Russian leader called the U.S. special envoy “an intelligent man” who is properly representing his country in peace negotiations.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s not a bias. It’s a transaction. Tens of millions of Ukrainian lives and the remnants of American respectability in exchange for an increase in the private fortunes of a few people.
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The journalist who got this scoop and reported it is a former U.S. Army infantry soldier and Iraq War vet
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The journalist who got this scoop and reported it is a former U.S. Army infantry soldier and Iraq War vet
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This headline wins the internet today. 🏆
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This headline wins the internet today. 🏆
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I interviewed Aftyn Behn, who is running in a special election in TN7 — if you know anyone in the district, please remind them to vote for Aftyn.
She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...
She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...
Feed Kids. Fix Roads. Fund Hospitals.
Aftyn Behn
jesspiper.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I interviewed Aftyn Behn, who is running in a special election in TN7 — if you know anyone in the district, please remind them to vote for Aftyn.
She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...
She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...
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Once men start murdering for the state, once men start using the weapons of war (believing their actions are sanctioned by God and country)—this is a train rolling downhill. It is what resided at the heart of all inquisitions. Killing people on presumption is lawless, tyrannical, irrational, immoral
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Once men start murdering for the state, once men start using the weapons of war (believing their actions are sanctioned by God and country)—this is a train rolling downhill. It is what resided at the heart of all inquisitions. Killing people on presumption is lawless, tyrannical, irrational, immoral
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Trump has trampled the Constitution, trashed the economy, and ceded the next century to China. Someone in my replies on Bluesky used the word "Latinx". I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trump has trampled the Constitution, trashed the economy, and ceded the next century to China. Someone in my replies on Bluesky used the word "Latinx". I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Wrote a thing.
An Insult Is a Confession: Notes on Journalism in the Time of Trump
There's been a lot of fuss about Trump recently calling female journalists "stupid" and "piggy" though there's nothing really new about his misogyny toward that sub-population (I am so old I remember ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wrote a thing.
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“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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So, they're locking people inside the Home Depot so they can kidnap them??!! 🥶🤬
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So, they're locking people inside the Home Depot so they can kidnap them??!! 🥶🤬
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So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
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Pure, uncut Nazism.
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Pure, uncut Nazism.
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Louisiana...Nuevas leyes antiinmigrantes entran en vigor el 1 de agosto de 2025.
Desde la criminalización de la compasión hasta la persecución de familias mediante identificaciones codificadas, estas leyes (Leyes 399, 351, 292, 419 y 264) están diseñadas para intimidar, excluir y vigilar.
Desde la criminalización de la compasión hasta la persecución de familias mediante identificaciones codificadas, estas leyes (Leyes 399, 351, 292, 419 y 264) están diseñadas para intimidar, excluir y vigilar.
July 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Louisiana...Nuevas leyes antiinmigrantes entran en vigor el 1 de agosto de 2025.
Desde la criminalización de la compasión hasta la persecución de familias mediante identificaciones codificadas, estas leyes (Leyes 399, 351, 292, 419 y 264) están diseñadas para intimidar, excluir y vigilar.
Desde la criminalización de la compasión hasta la persecución de familias mediante identificaciones codificadas, estas leyes (Leyes 399, 351, 292, 419 y 264) están diseñadas para intimidar, excluir y vigilar.
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Louisiana.New anti-immigrant laws take effect August 1, 2025.
From criminalizing compassion to targeting families through coded IDs, these laws—Acts 399, 351, 292, 419 & 264—are designed to intimidate, exclude, and surveil.
We must resist fear-based policy and stand united for dignity and inclusion.
From criminalizing compassion to targeting families through coded IDs, these laws—Acts 399, 351, 292, 419 & 264—are designed to intimidate, exclude, and surveil.
We must resist fear-based policy and stand united for dignity and inclusion.
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Louisiana.New anti-immigrant laws take effect August 1, 2025.
From criminalizing compassion to targeting families through coded IDs, these laws—Acts 399, 351, 292, 419 & 264—are designed to intimidate, exclude, and surveil.
We must resist fear-based policy and stand united for dignity and inclusion.
From criminalizing compassion to targeting families through coded IDs, these laws—Acts 399, 351, 292, 419 & 264—are designed to intimidate, exclude, and surveil.
We must resist fear-based policy and stand united for dignity and inclusion.
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Compassion is not a crime.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Compassion is not a crime.