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Human•Kind. Be both. Love Nature & Dogs & Democracy. The truth matters. 💙🟧 Colorful Colorado 🌲🦅🏔️
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Just a reminder, this is what Pete Hegseth's mother wrote to him:
"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just a reminder, this is what Pete Hegseth's mother wrote to him:
"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
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America's Letter to Aftyn Behn: Thank You.
America's Letter to Aftyn Behn: Thank You.
Dear Aftyn...
johnnypalmadessa.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
America's Letter to Aftyn Behn: Thank You.
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I wish there was a precedent for what happens when a demagogue picks out a vulnerable minority group and labels them as subhuman. I wonder what the next step is and whether any innocent people get hurt. And I wonder whether the demagogue's followers go on trial when the whole thing is over.
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I wish there was a precedent for what happens when a demagogue picks out a vulnerable minority group and labels them as subhuman. I wonder what the next step is and whether any innocent people get hurt. And I wonder whether the demagogue's followers go on trial when the whole thing is over.
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There was a 13 point swing last night in TN-07.
If we see a 13 point swing in South Carolina in Nov 2026 Lindsey Graham will be retired and I will be the first ever pediatrician Senator.
If we see a 13 point swing in South Carolina in Nov 2026 Lindsey Graham will be retired and I will be the first ever pediatrician Senator.
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There was a 13 point swing last night in TN-07.
If we see a 13 point swing in South Carolina in Nov 2026 Lindsey Graham will be retired and I will be the first ever pediatrician Senator.
If we see a 13 point swing in South Carolina in Nov 2026 Lindsey Graham will be retired and I will be the first ever pediatrician Senator.
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Cartoon by Rob Rogers | Andrews McMeel
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Cartoon by Rob Rogers | Andrews McMeel
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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
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From where I am standing, I know this is the movement I have been working toward. I feel the rafters shaking and the walls moving. I feel the aftershock of the work that went into Aftyn’s race and how it’s rippling out into red states across the country.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Stress Fractures
Running everywhere
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
From where I am standing, I know this is the movement I have been working toward. I feel the rafters shaking and the walls moving. I feel the aftershock of the work that went into Aftyn’s race and how it’s rippling out into red states across the country.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
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Appreciation post for @aftynbehn.bsky.social! What an incredible candidate, organizer, and leader. She scared the entire regime and all their donors. The swing we're seeing tonight implies a blue tsunami next year if Dem voters choose fighters like Aftyn in the coming primaires. Thank you Aftyn!!!
We’re so grateful to @aftynbehn.bsky.social for running an incredible grassroots campaign that made Republicans sweat in a deep-red district. Thank you to everybody in #TN07, across Tennessee, and nationwide for making this special election closer than anyone imagined it could be.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Appreciation post for @aftynbehn.bsky.social! What an incredible candidate, organizer, and leader. She scared the entire regime and all their donors. The swing we're seeing tonight implies a blue tsunami next year if Dem voters choose fighters like Aftyn in the coming primaires. Thank you Aftyn!!!
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December 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Omg this one is so brutal. Looking more like it’s time to call it. Shut it down. youtube.com/shorts/efcvM...
Donald Trump is having a bad week (again)
YouTube video by Amanda's Mild Takes
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December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Omg this one is so brutal. Looking more like it’s time to call it. Shut it down. youtube.com/shorts/efcvM...
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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We've got a trillion reasons to push back against the rich hoarding everything.
Layoffs everywhere, SNAP cuts, healthcare premiums about to go through the roof.. but one man is about to be "worth" a trillion? Nahhhh..
Layoffs everywhere, SNAP cuts, healthcare premiums about to go through the roof.. but one man is about to be "worth" a trillion? Nahhhh..
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We've got a trillion reasons to push back against the rich hoarding everything.
Layoffs everywhere, SNAP cuts, healthcare premiums about to go through the roof.. but one man is about to be "worth" a trillion? Nahhhh..
Layoffs everywhere, SNAP cuts, healthcare premiums about to go through the roof.. but one man is about to be "worth" a trillion? Nahhhh..
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2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net
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We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
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Aftyn Behn is surging because people are done with chaos, done with cruelty, and done being ignored. This race is a dead heat in a Trump+22 district.
If you’re in TN-07, raise hell the legal way: VOTE like you’re about to flip the whole damn script🔥
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
If you’re in TN-07, raise hell the legal way: VOTE like you’re about to flip the whole damn script🔥
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Aftyn Behn is surging because people are done with chaos, done with cruelty, and done being ignored. This race is a dead heat in a Trump+22 district.
If you’re in TN-07, raise hell the legal way: VOTE like you’re about to flip the whole damn script🔥
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
If you’re in TN-07, raise hell the legal way: VOTE like you’re about to flip the whole damn script🔥
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
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NOW is the time, TN-07!
Get yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, your whole community to the polls to vote for Aftyn Behn, TODAY!
Healthcare, food, energy, schools, roads—she’ll fight to fix what’s broken and make life affordable for Tennesseans!
Need a ride? See below!👇
Get yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, your whole community to the polls to vote for Aftyn Behn, TODAY!
Healthcare, food, energy, schools, roads—she’ll fight to fix what’s broken and make life affordable for Tennesseans!
Need a ride? See below!👇
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NOW is the time, TN-07!
Get yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, your whole community to the polls to vote for Aftyn Behn, TODAY!
Healthcare, food, energy, schools, roads—she’ll fight to fix what’s broken and make life affordable for Tennesseans!
Need a ride? See below!👇
Get yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, your whole community to the polls to vote for Aftyn Behn, TODAY!
Healthcare, food, energy, schools, roads—she’ll fight to fix what’s broken and make life affordable for Tennesseans!
Need a ride? See below!👇
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NOW is the time, TN-07!
Get yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, your whole community to the polls to vote for Aftyn Behn, TODAY!
Healthcare, food, energy, schools, roads—she’ll fight to fix what’s broken and make life affordable for Tennesseans!
Problems voting? See below!👇
Get yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, your whole community to the polls to vote for Aftyn Behn, TODAY!
Healthcare, food, energy, schools, roads—she’ll fight to fix what’s broken and make life affordable for Tennesseans!
Problems voting? See below!👇
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NOW is the time, TN-07!
Get yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, your whole community to the polls to vote for Aftyn Behn, TODAY!
Healthcare, food, energy, schools, roads—she’ll fight to fix what’s broken and make life affordable for Tennesseans!
Problems voting? See below!👇
Get yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, your whole community to the polls to vote for Aftyn Behn, TODAY!
Healthcare, food, energy, schools, roads—she’ll fight to fix what’s broken and make life affordable for Tennesseans!
Problems voting? See below!👇
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All eyes are on Tennessee as Aftyn Behn takes on #TN07 in the today’s special election. Polls are open—let’s show the country the South stands for truth and community. Aftyn fights for everyday Tennesseans, not billionaires. Spread the word, vote early, and let’s do this.
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
All eyes are on Tennessee as Aftyn Behn takes on #TN07 in the today’s special election. Polls are open—let’s show the country the South stands for truth and community. Aftyn fights for everyday Tennesseans, not billionaires. Spread the word, vote early, and let’s do this.
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TN7 includes my home town of Waverly. Waverly has been through a lot, from the propane tank car explosion back in the 70’s (which was a tipping point that gave us FEMA) to the recent flooding. Maybe it’s time to return to being a democratic stronghold. Lots of good-hearted folks back home.
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
TN7 includes my home town of Waverly. Waverly has been through a lot, from the propane tank car explosion back in the 70’s (which was a tipping point that gave us FEMA) to the recent flooding. Maybe it’s time to return to being a democratic stronghold. Lots of good-hearted folks back home.
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The Central Labor Council backs @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The Central Labor Council backs @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7
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🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
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Funny thing about donald trump.
The demented, immoral and corrupt criminal president.
The only empathy that donald trump is capable of feeling is criminal empathy.
And it shows #USDemocracy
The demented, immoral and corrupt criminal president.
The only empathy that donald trump is capable of feeling is criminal empathy.
And it shows #USDemocracy
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Funny thing about donald trump.
The demented, immoral and corrupt criminal president.
The only empathy that donald trump is capable of feeling is criminal empathy.
And it shows #USDemocracy
The demented, immoral and corrupt criminal president.
The only empathy that donald trump is capable of feeling is criminal empathy.
And it shows #USDemocracy