Tamara Phalen
@tamaraphalen.bsky.social
Airstreamer, news junkie, technophile, book lover, law librarian. From the Mitten State. ✋
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Information is power!
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Information is power!
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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this looks like an after school program where young people help out seniors at home
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
this looks like an after school program where young people help out seniors at home
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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What Trump has accomplished in the Chicago area is a dramatic increase in distrust of the federal government and widespread disgust toward his masked, armed thugs. On the plus side, it’s brought Chicagoans together in defense of their neighbors and in opposition to a would-be dictator.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What Trump has accomplished in the Chicago area is a dramatic increase in distrust of the federal government and widespread disgust toward his masked, armed thugs. On the plus side, it’s brought Chicagoans together in defense of their neighbors and in opposition to a would-be dictator.
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Truth Social added AI and it's gone woke as hell 🤣
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Truth Social added AI and it's gone woke as hell 🤣
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Scientists Struggle to Find Purpose of Chuck Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Scientists Struggle to Find Purpose of Chuck Schumer
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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Guy with a sandwich: “Fuck you armed agent of the state.”
Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”
Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Guy with a sandwich: “Fuck you armed agent of the state.”
Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”
Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”
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Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani is STILL out chatting it up with the people. He was trying to do content but the voters kept popping up.🥹
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani is STILL out chatting it up with the people. He was trying to do content but the voters kept popping up.🥹
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'Hope is much stronger than fear, than apathy, and though we have a long way to go to make sure that Aurorans are safe, and are truly thriving, it is only the beginning'
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora...
#AuroraCO #COpolitics #ElectionDay
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora...
#AuroraCO #COpolitics #ElectionDay
Aurora City Council's apparent new progressive majority talks post-election goals - Sentinel Colorado
“This election was about people coming together to end demonizing our city and our community"
sentinelcolorado.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
'Hope is much stronger than fear, than apathy, and though we have a long way to go to make sure that Aurorans are safe, and are truly thriving, it is only the beginning'
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora...
#AuroraCO #COpolitics #ElectionDay
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora...
#AuroraCO #COpolitics #ElectionDay
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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This is heart breaking.
This is what Trump and Republicans are doing to CHILDREN and families with their fascist, racist policies. It is grotesque, ANTI-American and totally unacceptable.
We all deserve to live in America without fear. These heinous attacks by Trump’s ICE Gestapo must stop.
We must ERADICATE TRUMPISM.
We all deserve to live in America without fear. These heinous attacks by Trump’s ICE Gestapo must stop.
We must ERADICATE TRUMPISM.
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is heart breaking.
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This is what I meant yesterday when I said the blue wave wasn’t about the Democratic Party
The Party didn’t do much. In some cases, it risked doing damage by approving or disapproving candidates regardless of what voters wanted
The wave was created by voters DESPITE the Party
And that’s democracy
The Party didn’t do much. In some cases, it risked doing damage by approving or disapproving candidates regardless of what voters wanted
The wave was created by voters DESPITE the Party
And that’s democracy
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is what I meant yesterday when I said the blue wave wasn’t about the Democratic Party
The Party didn’t do much. In some cases, it risked doing damage by approving or disapproving candidates regardless of what voters wanted
The wave was created by voters DESPITE the Party
And that’s democracy
The Party didn’t do much. In some cases, it risked doing damage by approving or disapproving candidates regardless of what voters wanted
The wave was created by voters DESPITE the Party
And that’s democracy
Yes we can!!
BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yes we can!!
I second this.
Thank you Speaker Pelosi - you have made history and served your country and San Francisco with honor, dignity, grace, and style. You have helped millions, from AIDS to Chinese grad students fearing Tiananmen Square backlash, from the Great Recession to the ACA, to the pandemic. The greatest!
a woman in a red coat is standing in front of a white house with a man in a marine uniform standing behind her .
Alt: Nancy Pelosi in a red coat is standing in front of a white house with a man in a marine uniform standing behind her .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I second this.
Despicable
8+ weeks of ICE/CBP induced chaos in our city. Chicagoans are furious.
i’m at damen/belle plaine in chicago’s north center neighborhood for an emergency anti-ice rally.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Despicable
Buh bye Danielle.
NEW: Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky has conceded. A stunning defeat for a MAGA media fixture who built a national profile on claims of a "complete gang takeover" of Aurora that led President Trump to visit and falsely proclaim the city "conquered" by an immigrant gang
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Buh bye Danielle.
I believe that is called the kiss of death
Reportedly, Trump endorsed 53 candidates before elections yesterday… it looks like 50+ of them lost. (One report claimed all he endorsed lost.)
Turns out he was on the ballot 😎
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Turns out he was on the ballot 😎
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump endorses dozens ahead of Tuesday elections — but doesn’t name Earle-Sears
The president has yet to officially endorse the Virginia gubernatorial hopeful.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I believe that is called the kiss of death
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Folks - let them think this. I’ve spent 25 years doing campaigns - when you think like this after a loss like last night, you are doomed to lose again.
Mike Johnson: "What happened last night is blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night's election results."
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Folks - let them think this. I’ve spent 25 years doing campaigns - when you think like this after a loss like last night, you are doomed to lose again.
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"Instead, the best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November, but now they do — and they don’t like it." (3/3)
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Instead, the best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November, but now they do — and they don’t like it." (3/3)
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really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know