Christine Becksted
@tazzmeyer.bsky.social
💙 An advocate for my mom in the last stage of ALZ; I have a serious plant affliction and I’m a sucker for stray cats that wander onto the property and never leave. Plants and cats help keep balance.
We found an unwelcome surprise lurking in our retirement portfolio. The following helps you figure out whether you are inadvertently investing in companies that holding people illegally.
Your 401(k) Is Likely Financing the Detention Economy Without Your Consent
Retirement funds routinely include private prison and detention stocks, turning ordinary Americans into unwilling benefactors of a system they would never knowingly support.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We found an unwelcome surprise lurking in our retirement portfolio. The following helps you figure out whether you are inadvertently investing in companies that holding people illegally.
On Oct 31, 2025 at the Republican Jewish Coalition Lindsey Graham said the following: "...The Republican Party is doing great! We're cutting taxes and killing all the right people."
He needs to go.
Unacceptable.
He's up for re-election 2026 - South Carolina make a stand and don't let back.
He needs to go.
Unacceptable.
He's up for re-election 2026 - South Carolina make a stand and don't let back.
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
On Oct 31, 2025 at the Republican Jewish Coalition Lindsey Graham said the following: "...The Republican Party is doing great! We're cutting taxes and killing all the right people."
He needs to go.
Unacceptable.
He's up for re-election 2026 - South Carolina make a stand and don't let back.
He needs to go.
Unacceptable.
He's up for re-election 2026 - South Carolina make a stand and don't let back.
Reposted by Christine Becksted
We need more Jasmines
September 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We need more Jasmines
Reposted by Christine Becksted
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
My newest substack commentary....
Confidence Isn’t Competence: The Dunning–Kruger Effect And Our Cultural Shift
You may have read the recent piece I wrote about the 1980s mantra, “fake it till you make it.” It’s a catchy idea: if you act confident enough, even while learning, you can eventually grow into compet...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My newest substack commentary....
Today's post on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tazzmeye...
Grieving My Mother, My Sister — and My Country
“In the flutter of a dragonfly’s wings, there is a whisper of hope.”
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September 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today's post on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tazzmeye...
Need some suggestions for background music that will help bring a little tranquility to your space?
The Hidden Power of Sound
How Music Frequencies Can Calm Your Mind
open.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Need some suggestions for background music that will help bring a little tranquility to your space?
Blurring the Lines: A New Blueprint for Schools, Faith, and Community
Blurring the Lines: A New Blueprint for Schools, Faith, and Community
We are overdue for a cultural pivot.
open.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Blurring the Lines: A New Blueprint for Schools, Faith, and Community
This.
It’s time.
It’s time.
We The People Act Now (@wethepeopleactnow)
When a party is bullying, threatening, and attacking their colleagues, they need to be removed from office.
substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This.
It’s time.
It’s time.
If one side just decides to stop honoring the documents that formed the nation, they become the enemies within. Full stop.
Not Old Rules—Broken Foundations
Republicans are using every tool—legal or not—to hold power. But they are forgetting to honor the foundations that gave them the freedom of privilege.
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If one side just decides to stop honoring the documents that formed the nation, they become the enemies within. Full stop.
Cracks of disillusionment are starting to show. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of all people, is finally realizing the GOP treats women like disposable props. Meanwhile, the Trump Burger owner is reportedly facing deportation. Bet he didn’t see that coming. But hey—thoughts and prayers, right?
August 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Cracks of disillusionment are starting to show. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of all people, is finally realizing the GOP treats women like disposable props. Meanwhile, the Trump Burger owner is reportedly facing deportation. Bet he didn’t see that coming. But hey—thoughts and prayers, right?
My latest article on substack
Ruination (@tazzmeyer)
It is so hard to shift focus out of our own disaster zone, but we have to keep what is happening in Gaza on the radar. This strip of land has always been contentious but are we seriously okay with the...
substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My latest article on substack
Keep that BS meter going!
July 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Keep that BS meter going!
Quorum break! This is how you do it. Fight fire with fire!
My name is Isaiah Martin and I’m running for Congress.
We can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s politics.
Repost and follow if you’re ready to send Donald Trump a message that Democrats are ready to FIGHT BACK!
We can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s politics.
Repost and follow if you’re ready to send Donald Trump a message that Democrats are ready to FIGHT BACK!
July 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Quorum break! This is how you do it. Fight fire with fire!
Take a breath from the Epstein drama and pay attention. Gov Abott and his merry band of derelicts are maneuvering to rig the midterms. This is important.
Don't Wait for 2026: Gerrymandering Is Happening in Texas Right Now—And It Could Decide the Midterms
While America watches celebrity scandals and courtroom drama, political power is quietly being redrawn behind closed doors.
open.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Take a breath from the Epstein drama and pay attention. Gov Abott and his merry band of derelicts are maneuvering to rig the midterms. This is important.
Reposted by Christine Becksted
When things get redonkulous, press play. You’re welcome. 😝 #goodmusicvibes #AOK
AOK
Tai Verdes · AOK · Song · 2021
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July 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
When things get redonkulous, press play. You’re welcome. 😝 #goodmusicvibes #AOK
In case you hadn’t noticed, the Republican Party has morphed into a platform that most people don’t recognize. I’m attempting to understand where it went off piste. This part 1. More on my Substack account by the same name.
How Lincoln’s Republicans Became MAGA’s Opponents, and Dixiecrats Became MAGA
One of the most common political misconceptions in the U.S.
open.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In case you hadn’t noticed, the Republican Party has morphed into a platform that most people don’t recognize. I’m attempting to understand where it went off piste. This part 1. More on my Substack account by the same name.
Absolutely. It's so frustrating. And the righteousness in the defense of what they KNOW is wrong, is just so hard to stomach. Maybe they all have brain worms....it makes zero sense otherwise.
July 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Absolutely. It's so frustrating. And the righteousness in the defense of what they KNOW is wrong, is just so hard to stomach. Maybe they all have brain worms....it makes zero sense otherwise.
