Niki Tennant
@nikitennant.bsky.social
Avid reader, gardening lover ( plumerias and orchids), enthusiastic traveler, proud and loving mom and grandma, government veteran with understandable war wounds (LA city hall, Long Beach city hall, Calif state assembly staffer)but still believes in people
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule newrepublic.com/article/2014... via @newrepublic.com
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule newrepublic.com/article/2014... via @newrepublic.com
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A massive drop in TESLA sales. It's not anal cancer, but it's a start.
#AnalCancerKIllsMusk #ElonPsychopath #MuskMegalomania #CryptKeeperMusk #MuskEqualsHitler #MuskIsLeatherface #TexasChainsaw
#RachelMaddow #MSNBC
#AnalCancerKIllsMusk #ElonPsychopath #MuskMegalomania #CryptKeeperMusk #MuskEqualsHitler #MuskIsLeatherface #TexasChainsaw
#RachelMaddow #MSNBC
Sidelined Trump mostly 'decorative' as Musk remains busy wrecking the government, reaping rewards
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
February 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A massive drop in TESLA sales. It's not anal cancer, but it's a start.
#AnalCancerKIllsMusk #ElonPsychopath #MuskMegalomania #CryptKeeperMusk #MuskEqualsHitler #MuskIsLeatherface #TexasChainsaw
#RachelMaddow #MSNBC
#AnalCancerKIllsMusk #ElonPsychopath #MuskMegalomania #CryptKeeperMusk #MuskEqualsHitler #MuskIsLeatherface #TexasChainsaw
#RachelMaddow #MSNBC
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The understaffed Social Security Administration faces further cuts and office closures at the same time as retiring Baby Boomers have caused a surge in the number of people receiving benefits.
https://propub.li/4ia5PX5
https://propub.li/4ia5PX5
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be…
propub.li
February 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The understaffed Social Security Administration faces further cuts and office closures at the same time as retiring Baby Boomers have caused a surge in the number of people receiving benefits.
https://propub.li/4ia5PX5
https://propub.li/4ia5PX5
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💥 "You know the rest of the poem."
First they came for the federal employees,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
February 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
💥 "You know the rest of the poem."
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Lindsey Graham says that Trump’s pardon of violent Jan. 6 defendants will encourage future violence and was a “mistake.” Says continued abuse of pardon power — including Biden’s pardons to family — could force revisiting the constitutional power altogether.
January 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Lindsey Graham says that Trump’s pardon of violent Jan. 6 defendants will encourage future violence and was a “mistake.” Says continued abuse of pardon power — including Biden’s pardons to family — could force revisiting the constitutional power altogether.
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It’s past time for Congress to take action and restore our reproductive rights: Join the @ACLU’s campaign to urge your reps to pass federal legislation that safeguards our reproductive freedom – including abortion and birth control. Take action now: action.aclu.org/reproductive...
January 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It’s past time for Congress to take action and restore our reproductive rights: Join the @ACLU’s campaign to urge your reps to pass federal legislation that safeguards our reproductive freedom – including abortion and birth control. Take action now: action.aclu.org/reproductive...
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Another #WhiteRose of peace and non-violent opposition
🌱 💮💮💮 🌱
🌱 💮💮💮 🌱
January 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Another #WhiteRose of peace and non-violent opposition
🌱 💮💮💮 🌱
🌱 💮💮💮 🌱
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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
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I wonder how Rep Senator Tim Young is feeling right now. The Revenge Tariffs from Columbia are really bad for our farmers (and also bad for Colombia. 96.7 % of their corn for livestock comes from the USA )
Again I think this ends fast. But it’s interesting
www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/vi...
Again I think this ends fast. But it’s interesting
www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/vi...
Young Leads Effort to Protect U.S. Corn Exports to Colombia - Sen. Todd Young Official Press Release | LegiStorm
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department...
www.legistorm.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I wonder how Rep Senator Tim Young is feeling right now. The Revenge Tariffs from Columbia are really bad for our farmers (and also bad for Colombia. 96.7 % of their corn for livestock comes from the USA )
Again I think this ends fast. But it’s interesting
www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/vi...
Again I think this ends fast. But it’s interesting
www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/vi...
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Anyone an expert in coffee futures and prices, that could comment on the impact of a 25 PCT tariff on Columbia on the price of coffee for American consumers ?
January 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Anyone an expert in coffee futures and prices, that could comment on the impact of a 25 PCT tariff on Columbia on the price of coffee for American consumers ?
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces after years of being barred from a segregated military, died on Jan. 8. She was 104.
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier
After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse in the regular U.S. armed forces. She was later an Air Force officer.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces after years of being barred from a segregated military, died on Jan. 8. She was 104.
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The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
January 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
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Sometimes they do accidentally tell the truth 🤣
Our new Sec of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, promoted this anti-drug slogan as Governor of S. Dakota. I wish I were kidding.
January 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes they do accidentally tell the truth 🤣
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The autocrat’s playbook:
1. Depict a “massive internal threat.”
2. “Demonstrate that [he] is .. successfully crushing that threat.”
3. Find “new ways to replenish the sense of emergency the original threat was supposed to create.”
@gregsargent.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1906...
1. Depict a “massive internal threat.”
2. “Demonstrate that [he] is .. successfully crushing that threat.”
3. Find “new ways to replenish the sense of emergency the original threat was supposed to create.”
@gregsargent.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1906...
Trump Aide Karoline Leavitt’s Creepy Flattery of Him Takes a Dark Turn
Social media posts by Trump’s new press secretary reveal the irresolvable paradox—and the massive scam—at the heart of his immigration policies.
newrepublic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The autocrat’s playbook:
1. Depict a “massive internal threat.”
2. “Demonstrate that [he] is .. successfully crushing that threat.”
3. Find “new ways to replenish the sense of emergency the original threat was supposed to create.”
@gregsargent.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1906...
1. Depict a “massive internal threat.”
2. “Demonstrate that [he] is .. successfully crushing that threat.”
3. Find “new ways to replenish the sense of emergency the original threat was supposed to create.”
@gregsargent.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1906...
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Good morning (well it is if you’re not long Melania shit coins)
January 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good morning (well it is if you’re not long Melania shit coins)
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(San Antonio Express-News) — President Donald Trump’s assault on federal diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has claimed a new victim – the Tuskegee Airmen
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Heeding Trump, Air Force won't teach recruits about Tuskegee Airmen
A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from an Air Force basic training curriculum this week.
www.expressnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
(San Antonio Express-News) — President Donald Trump’s assault on federal diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has claimed a new victim – the Tuskegee Airmen
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Imagine what the right would say if a Democrat congressman talked about deporting pastors for promoting conservative values.
January 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Imagine what the right would say if a Democrat congressman talked about deporting pastors for promoting conservative values.
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Repeat after me: DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
January 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Repeat after me: DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE