Tish Toren
craftyshepherdess.bsky.social
Tish Toren
@craftyshepherdess.bsky.social
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Democracy isn’t dying in darkness it’s being dismantled at the hands of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. @allisonjriggs.bsky.social won this election fair and square back in November. Her opponent is a petulant Confederate cosplayer who can’t handle losing. Concede Jefferson Griffin.
April 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A leaked memo reveals that DOGE's next target is the VA, with plans to fire more than 80,000 agency workers who provide critical services to veterans and their families.

More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves. 

How is this "efficiency"?
Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I’ll be in rural Kansas next week. I’d love to see you in Iola on March 20th at 6pm.
March 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Hey, everyone!

Here are some of my favorite online markets to use instead of Amazon:

etrailer.com - DIY products, RV focused
bhphotovideo.com - Tech products, Jewish owned
chewy.com - everything pets, including prescriptions
bookshop.org - buy books, support local bookstores

Share yours below!
March 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Democrats should be out in force in red states and districts every second they aren’t in session…
March 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Elon Musk called Social Security a "ponzi scheme." This is absolute rubbish. Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American for 85 years. Perhaps the bigger "ponzi scheme" is the $38 billion spent by taxpayers to prop up his corporations?
March 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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March 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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It is March 2, 2025. My plan was to leave the world on March 2, 2024.

What a difference in a year. I still have bad days. But reasons to stay are easier to find each day.

Thankful for family, for friends, for library kids who ARE going to save the world. Once a library kid, always a library kid 💚
March 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM