Aunt Tifa
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Aunt Tifa
@ammarshall.bsky.social
· Aug 15
The precinct captain's guide to political victory
The precinct captain's guide to political victory - Kindle edition by Marshall, Alice Marie. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The precinct captain's guide to political victory.
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Almost one third of eligible voters in the US do not vote. Most of the are Democrats. We can, in effect, redistrict the entire country by turning them out. It is difficult, but it can be done and it is not expensive.
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Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know
Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know
Hello, how are you, my daughter Wafaa? She is very sick. She has a very high fever and a headache. Can you donate to me so I can buy her medicine? Every $20 is enough from each person. Please help me.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know
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Israel-backed militia to oversee ‘rehabilitation’ of Rafah city
Israel-backed militia to oversee ‘rehabilitation’ of Rafah city
Israel-backed militia to oversee ‘rehabilitation’ of Rafah city
An Israel-backed armed group that has been accused of stealing aid in Gaza is set to oversee the “rehabilitation” of Rafah city, according to Israeli media.
Kan News reports that the Popular Forces - a militia led by former smuggler Yasser Abu Shabab - have been given the go-ahead by Israel to facilitate the work in areas it controls.
Two Israeli sources, speaking to the outlet, confirmed the plan while adding that the Israeli government did not have a wider plan for the anti-Hamas militias operating in Gaza following the army’s long-mooted withdrawal from the enclave.
Abu Shahab has characterised the Popular Forces as a group of Palestinians opposed to Hamas’s rule in the Gaza Strip.
However, there have been numerous reports of the group engaging in extortion, looting of humanitarian aid and coordinating with the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF), which has been accused of overseeing the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians at aid sites.
Read more: Israel-backed militia to oversee ‘rehabilitation’ of Rafah city
Palestinians carry humanitarian aid, they gathered after an aid drop, as they walk in the Mawasi area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 18 August 2025 (AFP)
www.middleeasteye.net
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Israel-backed militia to oversee ‘rehabilitation’ of Rafah city
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After you read this, then… read this by @robertamazza.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/histor...
Stolen Fragments | Stanford University Press
In 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact—a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines from...
www.sup.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
After you read this, then… read this by @robertamazza.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/histor...
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This kind of piece is so damn weird, real pundit brain
Everyone focused on Zohran Mamdani's win. But Sherrill and Spanberger did better than Mamdani with nonwhites, whites without degrees, independents, white college grads and low-income people. centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
The 2025 Elections and Future of the Democratic Party: Why Spanberger and Sherrill Provide a More Plausible Model for Success than Mamdani - Sabato's Crystal Ball
Sherrill and Spanberger performed better with traditional swing demographic groups than Mamdani did, suggesting they provide a better model for Democrats in future competitive races.
centerforpolitics.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This kind of piece is so damn weird, real pundit brain
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Masked ICE goons are scanning people's retinas this morning in northwest DC. Outside the @wmata.com Georgia Ave station
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Masked ICE goons are scanning people's retinas this morning in northwest DC. Outside the @wmata.com Georgia Ave station
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Dear MAHA—you’ve been conned by Trump and RFK Jr… food safety laws now decimated by industry lobbyists for their profits and your future diarrhea. Fun fact— food borne illness already surging since EFK Jr slashed CDC tracking system for food borne outbreaks. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Dear MAHA—you’ve been conned by Trump and RFK Jr… food safety laws now decimated by industry lobbyists for their profits and your future diarrhea. Fun fact— food borne illness already surging since EFK Jr slashed CDC tracking system for food borne outbreaks. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
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Langston Hughes wrote in 1943, in “My Adventures as a Social Poet,” that “Fascism is no new thing for us.” Fascism is a new name for the terror Black people have always faced in America.”
He drew a powerful parallel between fascism abroad and the systemic racism at home, showing that what white 👇🏾
He drew a powerful parallel between fascism abroad and the systemic racism at home, showing that what white 👇🏾
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Langston Hughes wrote in 1943, in “My Adventures as a Social Poet,” that “Fascism is no new thing for us.” Fascism is a new name for the terror Black people have always faced in America.”
He drew a powerful parallel between fascism abroad and the systemic racism at home, showing that what white 👇🏾
He drew a powerful parallel between fascism abroad and the systemic racism at home, showing that what white 👇🏾
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Capital Pride files anti-stalking complaint against local LGBTQ activist
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/11/10/c...
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/11/10/c...
www.washingtonblade.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Capital Pride files anti-stalking complaint against local LGBTQ activist
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/11/10/c...
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/11/10/c...
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Gov. Wes Moore had a five letter response to a scathing editorial criticizing his redistricting push in Maryland: "IDGAF."
His colorful retort came on the same day his redistricting commission's first meeting.
w/ @pwoodreporter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yc6sejtp
His colorful retort came on the same day his redistricting commission's first meeting.
w/ @pwoodreporter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yc6sejtp
Gov. Moore to critic of redistricting push: ‘IDGAF’
Gov. Wes Moore’s high-profile attempt to push Maryland into the national fray of redistricting got off to a low-profile start on Tuesday.
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Gov. Wes Moore had a five letter response to a scathing editorial criticizing his redistricting push in Maryland: "IDGAF."
His colorful retort came on the same day his redistricting commission's first meeting.
w/ @pwoodreporter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yc6sejtp
His colorful retort came on the same day his redistricting commission's first meeting.
w/ @pwoodreporter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yc6sejtp
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did you know that much of the rise in the price of electricity comes from utilities passing on the costs of repair after extreme weather to ratepayers?
and now this 👇
the climate crisis is intertwined with the affordability crisis – say it loud and often!
#EndClimateSilence
and now this 👇
the climate crisis is intertwined with the affordability crisis – say it loud and often!
#EndClimateSilence
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH
It's harder to get home insurance. That's changing communities across the U.S.
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
did you know that much of the rise in the price of electricity comes from utilities passing on the costs of repair after extreme weather to ratepayers?
and now this 👇
the climate crisis is intertwined with the affordability crisis – say it loud and often!
#EndClimateSilence
and now this 👇
the climate crisis is intertwined with the affordability crisis – say it loud and often!
#EndClimateSilence
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Love this @willbunch.bsky.social focus on the courage & persistence of my fellow Chicagoans. What the Trump admin is doing here should frighten all Americans; what the residents are doing to fight back can be an inspiration.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Love this @willbunch.bsky.social focus on the courage & persistence of my fellow Chicagoans. What the Trump admin is doing here should frighten all Americans; what the residents are doing to fight back can be an inspiration.
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The villain of Toy Story 5 being an iPad (technically a LilyPad in the movie) is a fantastic way of keeping up with the times.
Really curious to see how they play this without making iPad parents feel guilty.
Really curious to see how they play this without making iPad parents feel guilty.
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The villain of Toy Story 5 being an iPad (technically a LilyPad in the movie) is a fantastic way of keeping up with the times.
Really curious to see how they play this without making iPad parents feel guilty.
Really curious to see how they play this without making iPad parents feel guilty.
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Physicist Alan Sokal is best known for his 1996 hoax of “Social Text,” but just as important might be his advocacy against the Israeli occupation.
Belittled Magazine | Bruce Robbins
Thirty years after the Sokal affair, whither the little magazine?
thebaffler.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Physicist Alan Sokal is best known for his 1996 hoax of “Social Text,” but just as important might be his advocacy against the Israeli occupation.
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Community Ice Watch poster spotted in #southarlington
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Community Ice Watch poster spotted in #southarlington
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Gospel of Mark:
When the secret is NOT A SECRET ANYMORE !!!! 🤥😎
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Gospel of Mark:
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More than worth your time.
A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter
#Politics #Chicago
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A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter
#Politics #Chicago
www.inquirer.com/columnists/att…
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
More than worth your time.
A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter
#Politics #Chicago
www.inquirer.com/columnists/att…
A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter
#Politics #Chicago
www.inquirer.com/columnists/att…
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@vanhollen.senate.gov will take Schumer’s place. Just one Senate Democrat can call for a vote on the validity of Schumer’s leadership. Any Democrat saying they don’t have faith in Schumer and not requesting a vote to remove him now is not committed to our success.
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
@vanhollen.senate.gov will take Schumer’s place. Just one Senate Democrat can call for a vote on the validity of Schumer’s leadership. Any Democrat saying they don’t have faith in Schumer and not requesting a vote to remove him now is not committed to our success.
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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“No Senate Democrats have joined their colleagues in seeking Schumer’s resignation and none responded to requests for comment”
prospect.org/2025/11/11/o...
prospect.org/2025/11/11/o...
One Weird Trick to Get Rid of Chuck Schumer - The American Prospect
Multiple Democratic groups, House members, and candidates say it’s time for the Senate minority leader to go. It turns out any single Senate Democrat can force a vote on Schumer’s job.
prospect.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“No Senate Democrats have joined their colleagues in seeking Schumer’s resignation and none responded to requests for comment”
prospect.org/2025/11/11/o...
prospect.org/2025/11/11/o...
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🔥 @RepJoeNeguse: “Most of 🇺🇸 will find this REPUGNANT. These senators are guaranteeing themselves million-dollar paydays.”
Bipartisan horror at @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn’s greedy money grab snuck inside the funding bill— rewarding themselves for getting investigated.
Bipartisan horror at @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn’s greedy money grab snuck inside the funding bill— rewarding themselves for getting investigated.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
🔥 @RepJoeNeguse: “Most of 🇺🇸 will find this REPUGNANT. These senators are guaranteeing themselves million-dollar paydays.”
Bipartisan horror at @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn’s greedy money grab snuck inside the funding bill— rewarding themselves for getting investigated.
Bipartisan horror at @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn’s greedy money grab snuck inside the funding bill— rewarding themselves for getting investigated.
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EMPATHY:
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
~Elon Musk
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
~Hannah Arendt
"Love nurture and protect our children. The greatest gift is love.”
~Santa Claus
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
~Elon Musk
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
~Hannah Arendt
"Love nurture and protect our children. The greatest gift is love.”
~Santa Claus
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
EMPATHY:
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
~Elon Musk
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
~Hannah Arendt
"Love nurture and protect our children. The greatest gift is love.”
~Santa Claus
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
~Elon Musk
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
~Hannah Arendt
"Love nurture and protect our children. The greatest gift is love.”
~Santa Claus
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Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans
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Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
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Matriarchs of the East African coast
Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900CE)
Many coastal societies followed matrilineal principles of descent and inheritance, and nearly all followed a matrilocal residence rule
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/matriarchs...
Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900CE)
Many coastal societies followed matrilineal principles of descent and inheritance, and nearly all followed a matrilocal residence rule
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/matriarchs...
Matriarchs of the East African coast: Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900 CE)
Historical traditions of several pre-colonial African societies are awash with stories of titled women who played prominent roles in the continent’s political history, such as the Candaces of ancient ...
www.africanhistoryextra.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Matriarchs of the East African coast
Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900CE)
Many coastal societies followed matrilineal principles of descent and inheritance, and nearly all followed a matrilocal residence rule
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/matriarchs...
Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900CE)
Many coastal societies followed matrilineal principles of descent and inheritance, and nearly all followed a matrilocal residence rule
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/matriarchs...
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"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby
The Department of Homeland Security has denied it.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."