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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 4h

Keep protests peaceful. Document.

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The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 14h

The problems that we as a nation have sought to illuminate, so that we can remedy them, are disappearing — not because the problems are disappearing or have been remedied, but because we will no longer know about them.

Turning out the lights on the economy

How Trump is systematically concealing America from Americans

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 1d

An important read every day.

October 6, 2025

If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 2d

BRAND-AID

In stories we trust.

People believe people, not ads.

Every time someone tells a story about an experience with a product, service or organization it’s called word-of-mouth.

BRAND-AID — Blue Cube Marketing Solutions

Tips to adhere your brand to the hearts and minds of your customers, employees, volunteers, donors and the community. In stories we trust. People believe people, not ads. Every time someone ...

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 3d

What keeps you up at night?

Sunday thought: A national trauma

We need to talk about it openly

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 4d

Tis the season for hiding behind masks.
Trust your instincts instead of their trickery.
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Where The Narcissist Eventually Ends Up | DR. RAMANI MOTIVATION |

YouTube video by Zephoric

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 4d

“If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem,” he said. “Indifference could be all that the president needs to consolidate total power in this country.”

Pete Buttigieg's EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Meidas Amid Trump Shutdown

In a wide-ranging interview with MeidasTouch anchor Luke Radel, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses the government shutdown, Trump’s escalating attacks on universities, and more.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 5d

BRAND-AID

Tips to adhere your brand to the hearts and minds of your customers, employees, volunteers, donors and the community.

It’s true!

Marketing is too important to be left to one department.

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BRAND-AID — Blue Cube Marketing Solutions

Tips to adhere your brand to the hearts and minds of your customers, employees, volunteers, donors and the community. It’s true! Marketing is too important to be left to one department.

www.1bluecube.com

Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 7d

In the aftermath, our community showed the world Las Vegas is much more than a Strip. Countless acts of kindness put a spotlight beyond the neon skyline. Neighbors, strangers & heroes came together to do whatever was needed. Tourists returned our hospitality, helping the healing process.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 8d

You Can’t Rewrite Facts

This is a short history of an attack on our democracy perpetrated by the sitting president. It is a story that must be preserved for the ages.

You Can’t Rewrite Facts

Trump is trying to gaslight the country by whitewashing January 6

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IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org · 10d

Here is a timeline of events in Portland leading up to the impending invasion. HCR's letter explains all this further. These are the highlights.

The city has been legally pushing back, and you know how these fascists treat the law.

Read more: open.substack.com/pub/heath...

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 16d

Step 1: Autocrats Announce Themselves

Usually the Last Free & Fair Election

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 16d

Are you ready to unlock the hidden treasure trove of stories inside your organization that will build your brand?

Enroll in Branding Your Story today at www.1bluecube.com/classes

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 21d

There are many ways stories can spark conversations, engage your desired audience and build relationships that shape your brand.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 24d

He continues to drill holes in the Ship of State under the Jolly Roger of authoritarian leadership.

OPINION: With senseless killing at sea, Trump administration’s credibility sinks further - The Nevada Independent

OPINION: With senseless killing at sea, Trump administration’s credibility sinks further. Read more at The Nevada Independent.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 24d

The refusal of Republican lawmakers to challenge MAGA’s creation of its own reality has opened the way for believers to try to put that world into place through violence. Their victory would end the rule of law which the US was founded & base the government on the whims of an authoritarian cabal.

September 13, 2025

President Donald J.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d

Buttigieg: "We are not getting the leadership we need to bring this country together from the White House ... in order to deprive political violence of its power, we have to reject anyone who would try to exploit political violence. The response to this cannot be for the government to crack down."

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 26d

It is not enough to do important work.
We need to know our work makes a difference.
We need to know we matter.

And we need this now more than ever.
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Why we need to know our lives matter

It’s not enough to do important work — we need to know it truly matters, says journalist Jennifer Wallace. Drawing on her research into firefighters, caregivers and more, she shows how simple acts of ...

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · 26d

Everyone has a story someone in the world needs to hear for insight, inspiration or to know they're not alone.

It has been an honor to help share stories for more than 3 decades.

What's your story?

Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · Sep 5

A little much needed comic relief.

The Siren Podcast: Steve Hofstetter, Trae Crowder, & Brent Terhune

Laughter is the best medicine - especially in this moment.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · Sep 5

A conversation filled with ways to resist this regime.
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Strategies against U.S. autocracy — Live with Stacey Abrams

From Hungary to the United States, there are 10 steps in the autocrat's playbook, but there are also 10 steps to fight back, Abrams says.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · Sep 5

September 4, 2025 (Thursday)
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September 4, 2025 (Thursday)

Senators challenged the decisions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great article!

@jfouts.bsky.social expertise, authenticity and ability to tap in to what delivers real results have remained a driving force throughout her career.

Vulnerability Isn’t Weakness. It’s the Connection We’ve Been Missing.
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Vulnerability Isn’t Weakness. It’s the Connection We’ve Been Missing.

In letting go of the masks we wear, we make space to love us as we are.

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Tami Belt @tamibelt.bsky.social · Sep 3

It is hard to watch, yet necessary. Releasing every name of abusers and those complicit is not about politics, it's about justice for unspeakable crimes . . . .
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LIVE: Epstein Victims PRESS CONFERENCE in DC

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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