Tamra Moon
@tamramoon.com
Storyteller, copywriter, and essayist. Digital Media Specialist for Gay Valimont @GayForCongress.
Mom and wife. Queer and Southern. Humanist and Exvangelical. 🏳️🌈🍉
Mom and wife. Queer and Southern. Humanist and Exvangelical. 🏳️🌈🍉
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Tamra Moon
@tamramoon.com
· Nov 14
Hi, Bluesky! My name is Tamra. I am a freelance essayist and copywriter, a Democratic volunteer and grassroots organizer in Florida's Panhandle, a mom and wife, and a proudly Queer Southern woman. It's nice to finally meet you. 💙☁️
An idea for anyone moving away from a state due to GOP:
Write a letter to your former mayor's office informing them that you have moved away. Tell them how much income you brought to the city. Tell them the places you used to get groceries. Tell them if you owned or rented & how much you paid. 👇
Write a letter to your former mayor's office informing them that you have moved away. Tell them how much income you brought to the city. Tell them the places you used to get groceries. Tell them if you owned or rented & how much you paid. 👇
February 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
An idea for anyone moving away from a state due to GOP:
Write a letter to your former mayor's office informing them that you have moved away. Tell them how much income you brought to the city. Tell them the places you used to get groceries. Tell them if you owned or rented & how much you paid. 👇
Write a letter to your former mayor's office informing them that you have moved away. Tell them how much income you brought to the city. Tell them the places you used to get groceries. Tell them if you owned or rented & how much you paid. 👇
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PROP - PR Over Policy.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PROP - PR Over Policy.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
We in the US need to take accountability for what our lack of voter turnout is doing to people outside the US. Our new leadership isn't just a threat to people HERE. It is an immediate threat to innocent people elsewhere. Our individualism has caused significant harm beyond our borders.
January 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We in the US need to take accountability for what our lack of voter turnout is doing to people outside the US. Our new leadership isn't just a threat to people HERE. It is an immediate threat to innocent people elsewhere. Our individualism has caused significant harm beyond our borders.
We're watching Babylon 5 again and I think y'all should probably be watching it too.
January 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We're watching Babylon 5 again and I think y'all should probably be watching it too.
The hardest part of managing someone else's social media is remembering to log out of their account before you start posting memes while stoned.
Speaking of. Look at these memes. I'm stoned.
Speaking of. Look at these memes. I'm stoned.
January 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The hardest part of managing someone else's social media is remembering to log out of their account before you start posting memes while stoned.
Speaking of. Look at these memes. I'm stoned.
Speaking of. Look at these memes. I'm stoned.
There are people alive today who protested the Civil Rights Act. People who closed their public pools just so Black children could not enjoy them, even if it meant their own children would lose those things as well.
But, their time is running out. And as Sam Cooke told us, "A change is gonna come."
But, their time is running out. And as Sam Cooke told us, "A change is gonna come."
They Filled In Swimming Pools Instead Of Sharing Them
Our white great-grandparents filled in the pools instead of sharing them with Black folks. But, their time is running out. And they know it.
www.tamramoon.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
There are people alive today who protested the Civil Rights Act. People who closed their public pools just so Black children could not enjoy them, even if it meant their own children would lose those things as well.
But, their time is running out. And as Sam Cooke told us, "A change is gonna come."
But, their time is running out. And as Sam Cooke told us, "A change is gonna come."
Hi, BlueSky. I'm Tamra Moon. I'm a writer and essayist from the Deep South. I'm also the Digital Media Specialist for Gay Valimont, a Democrat running for Congress in Florida.
I talk politics, writing, and whatever comes to mind.
I talk politics, writing, and whatever comes to mind.
January 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Hi, BlueSky. I'm Tamra Moon. I'm a writer and essayist from the Deep South. I'm also the Digital Media Specialist for Gay Valimont, a Democrat running for Congress in Florida.
I talk politics, writing, and whatever comes to mind.
I talk politics, writing, and whatever comes to mind.
We celebrated our anniversary recently. Here we are, early 20's, broke and pregnant. Just babies.
For nearly two decades we have been a team. And I would do it all over again if given the choice. I would choose him again. Here's why. 👇
www.tamramoon.com/post/i-would...
For nearly two decades we have been a team. And I would do it all over again if given the choice. I would choose him again. Here's why. 👇
www.tamramoon.com/post/i-would...
I Would Choose Him Again.
For two decades we've been a team. It isn't perfect, because we aren't perfect, but I am so grateful for him. And I would choose him again.
www.tamramoon.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
We celebrated our anniversary recently. Here we are, early 20's, broke and pregnant. Just babies.
For nearly two decades we have been a team. And I would do it all over again if given the choice. I would choose him again. Here's why. 👇
www.tamramoon.com/post/i-would...
For nearly two decades we have been a team. And I would do it all over again if given the choice. I would choose him again. Here's why. 👇
www.tamramoon.com/post/i-would...
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Ravi bought insurance thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health care providers. After 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
“I don’t want to die,” he told his mom.
“I don’t want to die,” he told his mom.
“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could…
propub.li
November 25, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Ravi bought insurance thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health care providers. After 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
“I don’t want to die,” he told his mom.
“I don’t want to die,” he told his mom.
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This starts GayforCongress 2.0!
I am the Democratic nominee who ran against Matt Gaetz, and lost, on Nov. 5th, only for him to resign 9 days later so ethics investigation into sex crimes would go away or perhaps AG!
My focus remains the same-The people of FL's 1st.
Gayforcongress.com
I am the Democratic nominee who ran against Matt Gaetz, and lost, on Nov. 5th, only for him to resign 9 days later so ethics investigation into sex crimes would go away or perhaps AG!
My focus remains the same-The people of FL's 1st.
Gayforcongress.com
Gay Valimont for Congress
Gayforcongress.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:58 PM
This starts GayforCongress 2.0!
I am the Democratic nominee who ran against Matt Gaetz, and lost, on Nov. 5th, only for him to resign 9 days later so ethics investigation into sex crimes would go away or perhaps AG!
My focus remains the same-The people of FL's 1st.
Gayforcongress.com
I am the Democratic nominee who ran against Matt Gaetz, and lost, on Nov. 5th, only for him to resign 9 days later so ethics investigation into sex crimes would go away or perhaps AG!
My focus remains the same-The people of FL's 1st.
Gayforcongress.com
Bluesky algorithm: please bring me some #RedStateBlueDots. Bonus points for being Southern too.
a young boy is covering his face with his hands while sitting at a table .
ALT: a young boy is covering his face with his hands while sitting at a table .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Bluesky algorithm: please bring me some #RedStateBlueDots. Bonus points for being Southern too.
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NEW: UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
propub.li
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
NEW: UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
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our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
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Corporate logic:
You pay us for our product.
But you don’t own that product, we do.
And when that product breaks you can’t fix it unless you pay us more money.
Right to repair laws will fix this scam.
You pay us for our product.
But you don’t own that product, we do.
And when that product breaks you can’t fix it unless you pay us more money.
Right to repair laws will fix this scam.
NEW: John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors.
Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own.
It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...
Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own.
It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...
How John Deere Robs Farmers of $4 Billion a Year
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
m.youtube.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Corporate logic:
You pay us for our product.
But you don’t own that product, we do.
And when that product breaks you can’t fix it unless you pay us more money.
Right to repair laws will fix this scam.
You pay us for our product.
But you don’t own that product, we do.
And when that product breaks you can’t fix it unless you pay us more money.
Right to repair laws will fix this scam.
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The worst part about this is there’s an entire right-wing industry out there today devoted to marketing this “customized education” and “parents rights”
NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2024 at 8:16 PM
The worst part about this is there’s an entire right-wing industry out there today devoted to marketing this “customized education” and “parents rights”
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Listening to David Yambio, spokesperson of Refugees in Libya at DAIR's Surveillance/Resistance conference. Telling a personal story of war, being kidnapped, tortured, serving as a child soldier, and encountering European discriminatory refugee systems needs incredible courage. I am in awe.
Human rights defender’s story: David Yambio, from South Sudan
David told us about his work, the difficult path that led him to it, and his aspirations for a future where migration is recognised as 'a natural right'. David was also one of the participants in ISHR...
ishr.ch
November 18, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Listening to David Yambio, spokesperson of Refugees in Libya at DAIR's Surveillance/Resistance conference. Telling a personal story of war, being kidnapped, tortured, serving as a child soldier, and encountering European discriminatory refugee systems needs incredible courage. I am in awe.
How I came to understand "privilege" despite growing up in poverty, experiencing homelessness, and not having access to higher education.
Most of my peers haven't experienced the things I have. That's because I'm one of those people who fell between society's cracks.
Most of my peers haven't experienced the things I have. That's because I'm one of those people who fell between society's cracks.
November 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM
How I came to understand "privilege" despite growing up in poverty, experiencing homelessness, and not having access to higher education.
Most of my peers haven't experienced the things I have. That's because I'm one of those people who fell between society's cracks.
Most of my peers haven't experienced the things I have. That's because I'm one of those people who fell between society's cracks.
Get To Know Me, Bluesky!
Generation: Xennial
Gender: Woman
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexuality: Pansexual/Queer
Location: Florida
Occupation: Writer
Hobbies: Volunteering, Scrapbooking, Blogging, Gaming, MTG
Beliefs: Leftist, Secular Humanist
Relationship(s): Married Co-Parent
Favorite Selfie:
Generation: Xennial
Gender: Woman
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexuality: Pansexual/Queer
Location: Florida
Occupation: Writer
Hobbies: Volunteering, Scrapbooking, Blogging, Gaming, MTG
Beliefs: Leftist, Secular Humanist
Relationship(s): Married Co-Parent
Favorite Selfie:
November 18, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Get To Know Me, Bluesky!
Generation: Xennial
Gender: Woman
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexuality: Pansexual/Queer
Location: Florida
Occupation: Writer
Hobbies: Volunteering, Scrapbooking, Blogging, Gaming, MTG
Beliefs: Leftist, Secular Humanist
Relationship(s): Married Co-Parent
Favorite Selfie:
Generation: Xennial
Gender: Woman
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexuality: Pansexual/Queer
Location: Florida
Occupation: Writer
Hobbies: Volunteering, Scrapbooking, Blogging, Gaming, MTG
Beliefs: Leftist, Secular Humanist
Relationship(s): Married Co-Parent
Favorite Selfie:
A new week has begun. On the calendar I have:
An article due, a city council meeting, a doctor's appointment, and a ton of errands and housework to do before a networking event I'm hosting next weekend.
And I've started the week with a migraine. THE HORRORS PERSIST.
An article due, a city council meeting, a doctor's appointment, and a ton of errands and housework to do before a networking event I'm hosting next weekend.
And I've started the week with a migraine. THE HORRORS PERSIST.
a cat is laying on a bed with its mouth open and its eyes closed .
Alt: a cat is laying on a bed with its mouth open and its eyes closed .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:21 PM
A new week has begun. On the calendar I have:
An article due, a city council meeting, a doctor's appointment, and a ton of errands and housework to do before a networking event I'm hosting next weekend.
And I've started the week with a migraine. THE HORRORS PERSIST.
An article due, a city council meeting, a doctor's appointment, and a ton of errands and housework to do before a networking event I'm hosting next weekend.
And I've started the week with a migraine. THE HORRORS PERSIST.
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Matt Gaetz practiced law for two years at a private law firm. That is the extent of his legal career. He has been under legal investigation almost 10xs longer than he’s practiced law. This is not only a disgrace to all Americans, but the legal profession.
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Matt Gaetz practiced law for two years at a private law firm. That is the extent of his legal career. He has been under legal investigation almost 10xs longer than he’s practiced law. This is not only a disgrace to all Americans, but the legal profession.
I did not desire to argue with strangers before, but certainly don't desire it now. It's too consuming & pointless. So I'm working very hard to release the need to be understood.
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I did not desire to argue with strangers before, but certainly don't desire it now. It's too consuming & pointless. So I'm working very hard to release the need to be understood.
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Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
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The line between skepticism and cynicism is thin, and once you cross it, returning can be difficult. Skepticism encourages critical thinking, openness, and adaptability, while cynicism fosters apathy and mistrust, creating a downward spiral.
November 16, 2024 at 3:13 PM
The line between skepticism and cynicism is thin, and once you cross it, returning can be difficult. Skepticism encourages critical thinking, openness, and adaptability, while cynicism fosters apathy and mistrust, creating a downward spiral.
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