Tipi Hayes Word
@tipiword.bsky.social
I am curious, independent, and confident. I am a free thinker who has no patience for bigotry, misogyny, and people who won't get their hands dirty standing up for others. I'm brave and have paid the price for being outspoken. I'm also pretty funny.
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Should be impeached and removed from office for this alone
"President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources."
Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources
President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Should be impeached and removed from office for this alone
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Hey House Republicans, fixed your work for you. If you want to condemn political violence pass a resolution without lies and poison pills that unites not divides. Kirk manufactured lies and hate, including about me & twin and poisoned young minds.
September 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hey House Republicans, fixed your work for you. If you want to condemn political violence pass a resolution without lies and poison pills that unites not divides. Kirk manufactured lies and hate, including about me & twin and poisoned young minds.
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Corporate America’s playbook:
1) Exploit workers to maximize profits
2) Use profits to buy Congress
3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws
4) Use these laws to further exploit workers
5) Repeat
Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
1) Exploit workers to maximize profits
2) Use profits to buy Congress
3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws
4) Use these laws to further exploit workers
5) Repeat
Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
How Corporations Crush the Working Class | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Corporate America’s playbook:
1) Exploit workers to maximize profits
2) Use profits to buy Congress
3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws
4) Use these laws to further exploit workers
5) Repeat
Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
1) Exploit workers to maximize profits
2) Use profits to buy Congress
3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws
4) Use these laws to further exploit workers
5) Repeat
Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
August 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for:
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
August 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for:
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
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"The US government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely...
"A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*"
Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero:
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
"A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*"
Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero:
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole
The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.
www.advocate.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"The US government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely...
"A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*"
Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero:
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
"A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*"
Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero:
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
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how about this main-stream media: YES IT IS DO YOUR FRIKKEN JOB
August 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
how about this main-stream media: YES IT IS DO YOUR FRIKKEN JOB
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A large portion of our press is owned by billionaires who want to do businesses with our federal government. They aren't going to allow bad stories about Trump to get published because T will get even with them. Disgusting.
August 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A large portion of our press is owned by billionaires who want to do businesses with our federal government. They aren't going to allow bad stories about Trump to get published because T will get even with them. Disgusting.
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Aside from MSNBC, every single television news org is cowering in fear that Donald Trump might say mean things about them.
Think about that. Donald Trump is the most easily fact-checked President in history, yet these “journalists” stand down.
They are the ones that allowed our republic to fall.
Think about that. Donald Trump is the most easily fact-checked President in history, yet these “journalists” stand down.
They are the ones that allowed our republic to fall.
August 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Aside from MSNBC, every single television news org is cowering in fear that Donald Trump might say mean things about them.
Think about that. Donald Trump is the most easily fact-checked President in history, yet these “journalists” stand down.
They are the ones that allowed our republic to fall.
Think about that. Donald Trump is the most easily fact-checked President in history, yet these “journalists” stand down.
They are the ones that allowed our republic to fall.
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Like McCarthyism meets 1984
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Like McCarthyism meets 1984
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The rich don’t spend the money they have, and the poor don’t have money to spend.
This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.
Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.
Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
The Real Reason the Economy Might Collapse | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The rich don’t spend the money they have, and the poor don’t have money to spend.
This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.
Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.
Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
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Just like Trump inviting the Taliban to Camp David, inviting Putin to Alaska stinks. The only legitimate reason for Putin to set foot in the U.S. is to arrest him as a war criminal and send him to The Hague for trial. Trump looks like a weakling trying to “Reset” with Russia.
August 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just like Trump inviting the Taliban to Camp David, inviting Putin to Alaska stinks. The only legitimate reason for Putin to set foot in the U.S. is to arrest him as a war criminal and send him to The Hague for trial. Trump looks like a weakling trying to “Reset” with Russia.
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And here it is. Property rights and a market economy cannot survive this authoritarian assault.
The Commerce Department threatening to take over Harvard's patents shows the extent to which the federal government is trying to pressure the university into a settlement. They are trying everything possible. (gift link)
Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents
The move is the latest escalation in the White House’s battle with the Ivy League school.
www.wsj.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
And here it is. Property rights and a market economy cannot survive this authoritarian assault.
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Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
August 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
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Unprecedented corruption
NEW: Trump’s team appears to be considering pardoning Binance founder CZ.
He pleaded guilty in 2023 to money laundering violations that allowed terrorist groups to move $.
Since then, Binance has done a $2B deal that benefited Trump’s crypto firm.
A pardon could allow more deals +access to the US
He pleaded guilty in 2023 to money laundering violations that allowed terrorist groups to move $.
Since then, Binance has done a $2B deal that benefited Trump’s crypto firm.
A pardon could allow more deals +access to the US
Flattery, Lobbyists and a Business Deal: Crypto’s Richest Man Campaigns for a Pardon
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Unprecedented corruption
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A $1B shakedown of UCLA. Columbia and Harvard weren't the end; they were the beginning.
August 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A $1B shakedown of UCLA. Columbia and Harvard weren't the end; they were the beginning.
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What do Musk-linked roles, dark money and undisclosed stock sales reveal about Trump’s second-term officials?
We're breaking down our latest reporting in a live virtual discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. ET.
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ProPublica Event - The Trump Administration’s Apparent Conflicts of Interest
A look at the ethical and legal questions facing top Trump officials amid Musk-linked roles, stock sales and dark money deals.
events.propublica.org
August 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do Musk-linked roles, dark money and undisclosed stock sales reveal about Trump’s second-term officials?
We're breaking down our latest reporting in a live virtual discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. ET.
RSVP below 👇
We're breaking down our latest reporting in a live virtual discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. ET.
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Dear #bluewizards, Sadly, it is time to stop looking to #NATO countries for leadership. #Kyiv now leads the Western coalition.
johnrraymondesq.medium.com/the-hidden-c...
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@aoc.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @realjakebroe.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @avindman.bsky.social
The Hidden Capital of the Free World: Kyiv Holds the Line the West Will Not
We must begin with an admission, and with an apology. We cannot truly explain what is at stake here. The human mind has no frame of…
johnrraymondesq.medium.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Dear #bluewizards, Sadly, it is time to stop looking to #NATO countries for leadership. #Kyiv now leads the Western coalition.
johnrraymondesq.medium.com/the-hidden-c...
@aoc.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @realjakebroe.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @avindman.bsky.social
johnrraymondesq.medium.com/the-hidden-c...
@aoc.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @realjakebroe.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @avindman.bsky.social
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Many job applicants are turning down offers to work for Veterans Affairs, worried that the positions are not stable and uneasy with the overall direction of the agency.
Records show nearly 40% of the ~2,000 doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down.
Records show nearly 40% of the ~2,000 doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down.
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
August 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Many job applicants are turning down offers to work for Veterans Affairs, worried that the positions are not stable and uneasy with the overall direction of the agency.
Records show nearly 40% of the ~2,000 doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down.
Records show nearly 40% of the ~2,000 doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down.
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New — I wrote about Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and his harrowing stories of what he witnessed while being there under the guise of distributing food aid to starving Palestinian civilians:
The Green Beret of Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation contractor Anthony Aguilar describes witnessing war crimes.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
New — I wrote about Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and his harrowing stories of what he witnessed while being there under the guise of distributing food aid to starving Palestinian civilians:
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i really want to thank paramount and CBS news for further eroding trust in the media, something with which we definitely needed help. the journalism community is grateful for your sacrifice.
July 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
i really want to thank paramount and CBS news for further eroding trust in the media, something with which we definitely needed help. the journalism community is grateful for your sacrifice.
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
July 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
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Worth remembering that Pete Hegseth’s National Guard unit did not trust him to serve in DC post Jan. 6th. His own unit commanders who knew him best.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Worth remembering that Pete Hegseth’s National Guard unit did not trust him to serve in DC post Jan. 6th. His own unit commanders who knew him best.
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I thought that rules of engagement came before deployment.
The Pentagon was scrambling Monday to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles.
Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protests
The Pentagon is scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump adminis...
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I thought that rules of engagement came before deployment.
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NEW: Seven years after North Dakotans voted to amend the constitution and create an ethics commission, state officials are claiming the agency cannot actually impose penalties for ethics violations.
North Dakota Ethics Commission Has No Authority to Punish Officials Violating Ethics Laws, State Leaders Argue
Voters created an ethics watchdog agency seven years ago. But officials keep pushing to weaken it, even as North Dakotans are filing a record number of complaints.
www.propublica.org
June 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
NEW: Seven years after North Dakotans voted to amend the constitution and create an ethics commission, state officials are claiming the agency cannot actually impose penalties for ethics violations.