tmccarthy
@teemccarthy.bsky.social
A Long Island native, a lover of Jesus, a lifelong servant of teens, a mega fan of their ridiculously funny & random humor, an avid reader, a music explorer, a curse word aficionado, and a 💔confronter of Christo-fascism, 💙 INFP, she/her
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· Aug 12
Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) | Playing For Change | Song Around the World
YouTube video by Playing For Change
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“He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.”
Deuteronomy 10:18 NIV
Deuteronomy 10:18 NIV
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Trump Wants to Send in Troops to Save … Commercial Real Estate? newrepublic.com/post/203016/... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Wants to Send in Troops to Save ... Commercial Real Estate?
What exactly does Donald Trump expect the National Guard to do about a shopping district?
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Trump Wants to Send in Troops to Save … Commercial Real Estate? newrepublic.com/post/203016/... via @newrepublic.com
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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RAW STORY: “The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — military sources blame Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.” 🤔 www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
RAW STORY: “The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — military sources blame Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.” 🤔 www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
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when your trump-loving relatives ask what you think about the election...
free sticker, even free shipping, zero strings attached. get yours here: www.bannedcamppodcast.com/cult
why are we doing this? we read banned books on our podcast every week. this felt like the least we could do.
free sticker, even free shipping, zero strings attached. get yours here: www.bannedcamppodcast.com/cult
why are we doing this? we read banned books on our podcast every week. this felt like the least we could do.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
when your trump-loving relatives ask what you think about the election...
free sticker, even free shipping, zero strings attached. get yours here: www.bannedcamppodcast.com/cult
why are we doing this? we read banned books on our podcast every week. this felt like the least we could do.
free sticker, even free shipping, zero strings attached. get yours here: www.bannedcamppodcast.com/cult
why are we doing this? we read banned books on our podcast every week. this felt like the least we could do.
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SEATTLE: If you know someone who lives in Seattle and guess they probably voted for Katie Wilson for Mayor, your contribution to this fight is to text them this information about making sure they voted with their signature on the envelope! TEXT them NOW.
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
SEATTLE: If you know someone who lives in Seattle and guess they probably voted for Katie Wilson for Mayor, your contribution to this fight is to text them this information about making sure they voted with their signature on the envelope! TEXT them NOW.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
It’s something…I guess…
Jeffries is whipping NO votes in the House on the shutdown deal. From Jake Sherman at Punchbowl:
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It’s something…I guess…
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That’s all for this evening folks
Leave y’all with a bit of fun 🤣😂
See you all tomorrow evening
Good Night and Fuck Trump
Leave y’all with a bit of fun 🤣😂
See you all tomorrow evening
Good Night and Fuck Trump
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
That’s all for this evening folks
Leave y’all with a bit of fun 🤣😂
See you all tomorrow evening
Good Night and Fuck Trump
Leave y’all with a bit of fun 🤣😂
See you all tomorrow evening
Good Night and Fuck Trump
“If you’ve got a Senate Dem who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem. We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.”
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“If you’ve got a Senate Dem who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem. We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.”
The Progressives are definitely progressing this year, and that makes me smile.
💞😎💞
💞😎💞
New: Katie Wilson has taken the lead over Bruce Harrell by just 91 votes. Not enough for anyone to declare victory or concede defeat, but it likely makes her the favorite with roughly 6400 ballots left.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson takes lead over Bruce Harrell in Seattle mayor race
Katie Wilson, a progressive challenger to the incumbent mayor, is benefiting from the leftward trend of voters who send or drop ballots close or on election day.
www.seattletimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Progressives are definitely progressing this year, and that makes me smile.
💞😎💞
💞😎💞
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no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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This is nearly at 47k signatures, by the way. Join us.
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
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Sign the Petition
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is nearly at 47k signatures, by the way. Join us.
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If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court
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Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the Petition
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
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KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
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If you really have to put it in all caps, I would suggest this framing instead
SHOCKINGLY, CORRUPT MAGA SUPREME COURT COURT DECIDES NOT TO DISCRIMINATE FURTHER AGAINST THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BY RESCINDING SAME SEX MARRIAGE
Don't celebrate SCOTUS for this decision. They don't deserve it
SHOCKINGLY, CORRUPT MAGA SUPREME COURT COURT DECIDES NOT TO DISCRIMINATE FURTHER AGAINST THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BY RESCINDING SAME SEX MARRIAGE
Don't celebrate SCOTUS for this decision. They don't deserve it
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS CASE THAT THREATENED ITS LANDMARK 2015 RULING RECOGNIZING A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you really have to put it in all caps, I would suggest this framing instead
SHOCKINGLY, CORRUPT MAGA SUPREME COURT COURT DECIDES NOT TO DISCRIMINATE FURTHER AGAINST THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BY RESCINDING SAME SEX MARRIAGE
Don't celebrate SCOTUS for this decision. They don't deserve it
SHOCKINGLY, CORRUPT MAGA SUPREME COURT COURT DECIDES NOT TO DISCRIMINATE FURTHER AGAINST THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BY RESCINDING SAME SEX MARRIAGE
Don't celebrate SCOTUS for this decision. They don't deserve it
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moms for liberty-backed candidates just lost again. voters are catching on: “parental rights” was never about parents — it was about control.
this is what backlash looks like. keep going.
this is what backlash looks like. keep going.
Three new members elected for Akron Board of Education
Three newcomers to the Akron School Board will join incumbent Gregory Harrison after defeating Carla Jackson and Diana Autry.
signalakron.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
moms for liberty-backed candidates just lost again. voters are catching on: “parental rights” was never about parents — it was about control.
this is what backlash looks like. keep going.
this is what backlash looks like. keep going.
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"But there is no way to defend this. And you are right to be angry about it."
I know people think the entire caucus is performing kayfabe (many of them are), but either Murphy is an Oscar-worthy actor (he could be!), or he is not in step with much of the caucus (which is the right place to be). 1/x
I know people think the entire caucus is performing kayfabe (many of them are), but either Murphy is an Oscar-worthy actor (he could be!), or he is not in step with much of the caucus (which is the right place to be). 1/x
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"But there is no way to defend this. And you are right to be angry about it."
I know people think the entire caucus is performing kayfabe (many of them are), but either Murphy is an Oscar-worthy actor (he could be!), or he is not in step with much of the caucus (which is the right place to be). 1/x
I know people think the entire caucus is performing kayfabe (many of them are), but either Murphy is an Oscar-worthy actor (he could be!), or he is not in step with much of the caucus (which is the right place to be). 1/x
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Who can pay $1455 per month? Thats >17K per year. Thats only premiums. Add to it high deductibles, non covered costs, etc. And this is only healthcare. Then we are surprised people are not conpliant with labs, tests & meds. Because it is f*cking unaffordable to be compliant.
watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Who can pay $1455 per month? Thats >17K per year. Thats only premiums. Add to it high deductibles, non covered costs, etc. And this is only healthcare. Then we are surprised people are not conpliant with labs, tests & meds. Because it is f*cking unaffordable to be compliant.
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$1455? What a deal!
My 2026 Blue Shield is $1975/mo — wife’s is similar
~$46K per year for a couple
Plus deductibles ($2600 each)
And co-pays (up to $7K each out of pocket), non covered costs etc. —
All-in $50-$60K+
Most people w/employer-sponsored plans or ACA subsidies have NO idea
My 2026 Blue Shield is $1975/mo — wife’s is similar
~$46K per year for a couple
Plus deductibles ($2600 each)
And co-pays (up to $7K each out of pocket), non covered costs etc. —
All-in $50-$60K+
Most people w/employer-sponsored plans or ACA subsidies have NO idea
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
$1455? What a deal!
My 2026 Blue Shield is $1975/mo — wife’s is similar
~$46K per year for a couple
Plus deductibles ($2600 each)
And co-pays (up to $7K each out of pocket), non covered costs etc. —
All-in $50-$60K+
Most people w/employer-sponsored plans or ACA subsidies have NO idea
My 2026 Blue Shield is $1975/mo — wife’s is similar
~$46K per year for a couple
Plus deductibles ($2600 each)
And co-pays (up to $7K each out of pocket), non covered costs etc. —
All-in $50-$60K+
Most people w/employer-sponsored plans or ACA subsidies have NO idea