Timna Sheffey
@timnasheffey.bsky.social
My political belief is empathy.
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on." - Samuel Butler
I am a proud Israeli/American/Jew/Zionist/Democrat/Ally🏳️🌈
medium.com/@timnasheffey
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on." - Samuel Butler
I am a proud Israeli/American/Jew/Zionist/Democrat/Ally🏳️🌈
medium.com/@timnasheffey
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The DOJ is now investigating D.C. crime stats because Trump needs a crisis to justify his federal takeover and power grabs.
Another page out of the authoritarian playbook.
Another page out of the authoritarian playbook.
Trump DOJ is investigating whether DC crime stats were manipulated | CNN Politics
The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated crime data, according to two sources.
www.cnn.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The DOJ is now investigating D.C. crime stats because Trump needs a crisis to justify his federal takeover and power grabs.
Another page out of the authoritarian playbook.
Another page out of the authoritarian playbook.
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Cowards.
Columbia University tarnished its name and reputation. Look at what they make you give?
Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia University tarnished its name and reputation. Look at what they make you give?
Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Cowards.
Columbia University tarnished its name and reputation. Look at what they make you give?
Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia University tarnished its name and reputation. Look at what they make you give?
Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
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"Marco Rubio has the tortured look of a man whose parents fled Cuba to give him a life free of dictatorship - only to have him prop up a dictator in America."
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June 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
"Marco Rubio has the tortured look of a man whose parents fled Cuba to give him a life free of dictatorship - only to have him prop up a dictator in America."
-US Democratic Socialists (fb page)
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352 drones and 16 missiles overnight.
Their main target was Kyiv.
If your media ‘was bored’ to tell.
Video source: Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klychko
Their main target was Kyiv.
If your media ‘was bored’ to tell.
Video source: Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klychko
June 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
352 drones and 16 missiles overnight.
Their main target was Kyiv.
If your media ‘was bored’ to tell.
Video source: Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klychko
Their main target was Kyiv.
If your media ‘was bored’ to tell.
Video source: Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klychko
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Kent State, where unarmed student protesters were gunned down by National Guard troops, offers stark warning. The federal deployment of military personnel now risks causing the same escalation, tragic error and lasting damage to what’s left of our democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...
Opinion | I Ran the L.A.P.D. I Know What Happens When Troops Are Sent to American Cities.
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Kent State, where unarmed student protesters were gunned down by National Guard troops, offers stark warning. The federal deployment of military personnel now risks causing the same escalation, tragic error and lasting damage to what’s left of our democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...
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apnews.com/article/tax-... tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns
GOP tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns
The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns.
apnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
apnews.com/article/tax-... tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns
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Awful: Trump just threatened to send troops into other cities. The conundrum is this: Faced with a president whose bad faith/willingness to invent fake pretexts for abusing his powers is limitless, the system is crashing, pushing us toward the abyss.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
Trump’s Threat to Unleash Troops in Cities Just Got Darker and Scarier
The president just won a temporary victory in court on his troops in Los Angeles. His unhinged reaction to it reveals the true depths of his malevolent intentions toward—well, us.
newrepublic.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Awful: Trump just threatened to send troops into other cities. The conundrum is this: Faced with a president whose bad faith/willingness to invent fake pretexts for abusing his powers is limitless, the system is crashing, pushing us toward the abyss.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
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Crickets from JD Vance.
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June 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Crickets from JD Vance.
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The DOGE-triggered brain drain has destroyed government science, endangered research, and left America fading to black.
When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
www.motherjones.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The DOGE-triggered brain drain has destroyed government science, endangered research, and left America fading to black.
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A message from Congressman Eric Swalwell
Thank you
WE NEED STRONG VOICES
More of this PLEASE
Thank you
WE NEED STRONG VOICES
More of this PLEASE
June 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A message from Congressman Eric Swalwell
Thank you
WE NEED STRONG VOICES
More of this PLEASE
Thank you
WE NEED STRONG VOICES
More of this PLEASE
Jake Tapper Sucks
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Jake Tapper Sucks
Who Needs Truth When You’ve Got an Advance?
open.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Jake Tapper Sucks
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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THIS is how Republicans end elections.
BREAKING: The North Carolina Supreme Court allows GOP to seize control of the state elections board as litigation continues.
Justice Riggs slammed the Court for abandoning over a century of legal precedent.
From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Justice Riggs slammed the Court for abandoning over a century of legal precedent.
From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Supreme Court Greenlights GOP Takeover of State Elections Board
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
THIS is how Republicans end elections.
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or visit: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help 🔗
May 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Cruelty is the point. If in crisis please call the leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ young people 🌈🧡
Reach a trained counselor 24/7 free & secure at 1-866-488-7386 📲
or visit: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help 🔗
Reach a trained counselor 24/7 free & secure at 1-866-488-7386 📲
or visit: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help 🔗
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First do churches!!!
April 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
First do churches!!!
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
April 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
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I'm so incredibly proud of my Senator, @vanhollen.senate.gov and grateful for his courage, dedication, and patriotism in standing up for truth and justice. THAT'S the US I'm proud of!
We are ALL Kilmar Abrego García.
We're ALL deserve due process!
We are ALL Kilmar Abrego García.
We're ALL deserve due process!
April 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I'm so incredibly proud of my Senator, @vanhollen.senate.gov and grateful for his courage, dedication, and patriotism in standing up for truth and justice. THAT'S the US I'm proud of!
We are ALL Kilmar Abrego García.
We're ALL deserve due process!
We are ALL Kilmar Abrego García.
We're ALL deserve due process!
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We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.
Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov
Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is demanding a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele over the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and says he’ll go to El Salvador himself if the Marylander isn’t returned.
April 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.
Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov
Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov
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This shows they are redesigning the government for the fuhrer.’
#Felon47 & they will not make it 4 yrs.
#BlueCrew #Democrats #TrueBlue #FuckTrump #Gverse #Resist
#Felon47 & they will not make it 4 yrs.
#BlueCrew #Democrats #TrueBlue #FuckTrump #Gverse #Resist
Trump’s cohorts have begun wearing Trump pins rather than the US Flag. 🇺🇸
This is no longer the United States of America to them.
It’s Trumpland.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
This is no longer the United States of America to them.
It’s Trumpland.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
April 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This shows they are redesigning the government for the fuhrer.’
#Felon47 & they will not make it 4 yrs.
#BlueCrew #Democrats #TrueBlue #FuckTrump #Gverse #Resist
#Felon47 & they will not make it 4 yrs.
#BlueCrew #Democrats #TrueBlue #FuckTrump #Gverse #Resist
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Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2
April 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2
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Loved this, “FREE” always tastes so good…
April 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Loved this, “FREE” always tastes so good…
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My favorite from the April 5th Protest so far.
April 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My favorite from the April 5th Protest so far.
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Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
April 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.