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Dr. Tara L. Conley

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · Feb 1

Today is my birthday.

My only wish is for you to repost and share *everywhere* the official trailer of my feature length documentary film DRY BONES.

drybonesfilm.com

Thank you 🫶🏾

youtu.be/v4uNleUXvu0?...

DRY BONES Trailer 2025

YouTube video by MEDIA MAKE CHANGE

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 5h

why would the most vocal member
of a party [cult]
turn against the party [cult]
and the party’s [cult’s] leadership
without directly blaming
the cult’s leader [i mean, president]?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."

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🦀 Shawn Morris 🦀 @theshawnmorris.bsky.social · 5h

Left wing governments needs to wake the fuck up to the fact that Conservative Authoritarianism is an international movement.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 6h

add: chicago is roasting

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 6h

yes, it’s low key brilliant for making visible and plain the absurdity of tyranny

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 6h

absurdity as strategy

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 7h

kinda obsessed with weird as fuck as strategy right now.

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 18h

I ran Senator Bill Nelson's Fort Myers office during the Great Recession/Housing Crisis and Cape Coral (where my parents live) was the #2 most foreclosed market leading into the crisis, following Las Vegas. People came to the office every day for help.

This time, Florida is in way bigger trouble.

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 9h

now, floridians? god speed, yall for real.

Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 9h

silver lining? cleveland-elyria has been depressed since the 80s, so folks here know how to weather this type of storm.

i guess it’s our time to shine! 🤪

image shows map of top ten foreclosure areas in the US. Cleveland-Elyria is ranked #4

Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 9h

jesus mary and joseph! 😐🫤😑🫨

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“.. Foreclosure rates have surged across the country and are up almost 20% from this time last year.”

www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

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Meg Trevey @megglin.bsky.social · 13h

I know I shared this yesterday, but I cannot stop thinking about this piece, especially this part:

"I thought I was the hopelessly broken one. But I was a fire alarm among people who couldn't smell smoke...

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 11h

letitia james said you come for me you bet not miss

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 11h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 14h

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 14h

⛪️

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 17h

as you should be! 👏🏽👏🏽

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Andrew Hammond @ahamm.bsky.social · 18h

Teenjus?

Page Six @pagesix.com · 1d

Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel to star new Jesus, cast

Gibson's long-gestating sequel will start shooting in Rome, but with a completely new cast, an insider told Page Six.

pagesix.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

Incredibly alarming—after the whole ridiculous antifa roundtable at the White House, as Mark was moving with his family to Europe after threats…

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 1d

Play, uniqueness, creativity, invention, multiplicities, humour: all things authoritarianism can't handle and doesn't want.

The more of that shown in resistance, the better. It means people are alive to it.

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 1d

“Now, only 39,870 employees, or 53.6%, will remain working as the shutdown continues.”

WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 1d

IRS to furlough nearly half of its workforce as shutdown enters second week | Click on the image to read the full story

IRS to furlough nearly half of its workforce as shutdown enters second week

The government shutdown forces the IRS to furlough thousands, leaving most operations closed

www.wcvb.com

Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 1d

lolol

Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 1d

right?! in the very least, music that inspires something, anything.

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 1d

also did miller stop talking bc something in his ear or in the background waved him off??

so many questions unanswered.

Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 1d

Sanchez ignored that whole exchange like his paycheck depended on it.

Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 1d

“It appears we had a technical issue before the break, but you said something important that I want to get clarification on.

Why did you say Trump has plenary authority? For our viewers, can you explain what plenary authority is and why you believe it applies here?”

Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 1d

“The show then cut to a break and later resumed the interview with Miller. Sanchez told the audience, ‘wires got crossed’. Neither Sanchez nor Miller mentioned Trump wielding ‘plenary authority’ again.”

WHY AREN’T JOURNALISTS ASKING BASIC FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS??

Dave Min @daveminca.bsky.social · 1d

Title 10, which gives the president limited authority to federalize the National Guard, does not provide the president with plenary (i.e. absolute and unchecked) authority.

Stephen Miller is claiming the powers of a tyrant. We must have oversight.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Plenary authority, the dictator phrase that caused Stephen Miller to stop talking

Miller suggests Trump wields absolute power over decisions to send in the National Guard, before suddenly stopping speaking in an awkward interview moment

www.independent.co.uk

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