Teresa
@tesszm.bsky.social
Dachshund mom, Red Sox fan, pessimist (realist?), married to an engine guy
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
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Important PSA - please share!
![Lilies Kill Kitties
Many cat lovers don't realize that Lilies are
EXTREMELY toxic to cats. Ingestion of any part of the plant, including licking pollen from their fur, can result in kidney failure and death.
[photo of lily in pot with skull and crossbones poison symbol and big red X, next to Persian kitty in a bunny costume.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:moxxymenkppwjub46t72oem3/bafkreigijmobbweuchntopwldkl3x4h37a677uhb2cg7cer7as5zzmedoq@jpeg)
April 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Important PSA - please share!
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seems notable bc this will be a constraint on post trump era
April 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
seems notable bc this will be a constraint on post trump era
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In 1941, the US Ambassador to Belgium interviewed Hitler. When Life magazine published it, they prefaced it like this:
April 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In 1941, the US Ambassador to Belgium interviewed Hitler. When Life magazine published it, they prefaced it like this:
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LET ‘EM KNOW YOU’RE
NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE
NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE
April 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
LET ‘EM KNOW YOU’RE
NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE
NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE
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Historian here posting for no reason at all.
U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
April 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Historian here posting for no reason at all.
U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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This isn't The Art of the Deal.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This isn't The Art of the Deal.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
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When billionaires hoard wealth like it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet, the rest of us are left licking crumbs off the floor. Poverty isn’t a scarcity problem—it’s a gluttony problem. Let’s stop feeding the rich and start feeding justice. #EatTheRich #WealthGap #FairShare
April 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
When billionaires hoard wealth like it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet, the rest of us are left licking crumbs off the floor. Poverty isn’t a scarcity problem—it’s a gluttony problem. Let’s stop feeding the rich and start feeding justice. #EatTheRich #WealthGap #FairShare
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The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐
April 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐
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FUNDSTRAT tonight:
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
April 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
FUNDSTRAT tonight:
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
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“anything we can actually do, we can afford”
stamp this on the head of anyone who asks how we can afford universal health care or universal child care or public pensions or free college
stamp this on the head of anyone who asks how we can afford universal health care or universal child care or public pensions or free college
Posting this extract from a lecture by John Maynard Keynes, speaking on the BBC in the middle of the Second World War, to every Labour cabinet minister
April 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“anything we can actually do, we can afford”
stamp this on the head of anyone who asks how we can afford universal health care or universal child care or public pensions or free college
stamp this on the head of anyone who asks how we can afford universal health care or universal child care or public pensions or free college
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Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS.
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
April 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS.
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
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Reckless cruelty isn’t strength.
Capitulation isn’t courage.
Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.
We used to know the difference.
Capitulation isn’t courage.
Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.
We used to know the difference.
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Reckless cruelty isn’t strength.
Capitulation isn’t courage.
Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.
We used to know the difference.
Capitulation isn’t courage.
Cultish allegiance isn’t patriotism.
We used to know the difference.
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I know others have said this, but all this tomfoolery could end literally tonight if Congress had 1 ounce of its historical forebears’ gumption
April 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I know others have said this, but all this tomfoolery could end literally tonight if Congress had 1 ounce of its historical forebears’ gumption
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Something I've been thinking about, inarticulately for a while that I want to try and put to paper: why our judicial branch is - and should be - political. Thread:
April 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Something I've been thinking about, inarticulately for a while that I want to try and put to paper: why our judicial branch is - and should be - political. Thread:
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“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”
Allison Riggs: 'This is a fight for the very soul of democracy'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”
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