Tara Thomas
readeverything61.bsky.social
Tara Thomas
@readeverything61.bsky.social
Third generation educator from the eastern Montana prairie. Care about kids, fixing generational poverty, politics, winning pitch tournaments, and seeing every piece of art ever made.
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Corruption is the brand
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Fascinating experiment in how much money people can be made to lose before they can no longer afford the luxury of owning the libs.
April 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.
April 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Public service is a noble use of one's life.
It is a necessary function of a healthy society.
It should be encouraged, appreciated, and rewarded.

Public parks
Public schools
Public broadcasting

These things enrich us all
and should be defended.
March 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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January 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Who here agrees? 🖐🏾
January 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
January 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Good morning from my geriatric cat, Gunky Eye.
November 25, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.

His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
November 25, 2024 at 2:50 AM