TimmyTvdP
@timmytvdp.bsky.social
fmr National Foreign Language Teacher Aide in CA, ID, WA, MA, WI, OH
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In February, Elon Musk posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He asked if we suffered childhood trauma and concluded by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This was my response.
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My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In February, Elon Musk posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He asked if we suffered childhood trauma and concluded by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This was my response.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Merry Christmas!
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"It's A Wonderful Life" isn't just a feel-good holiday classic (and my favorite movie of all time).
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
Robert Reich Reacts: “It's a Wonderful Life”
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"It's A Wonderful Life" isn't just a feel-good holiday classic (and my favorite movie of all time).
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier ermutigt in seiner Weihnachtsansprache zu Zusammenhalt – auch mit Blick auf die Aggressionen Russlands. Sehen Sie hier seine vollständige Rede.
Weihnachtsansprache des Bundespräsidenten: "Unsere demokratische Selbstbestimmung geben wir nicht auf"
Frank-Walter Steinmeier ermutigt in seiner Weihnachtsansprache zu Zusammenhalt – auch mit Blick auf die Aggressionen Russlands. Sehen Sie hier seine vollständige Rede.
www.zeit.de
December 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Frank-Walter Steinmeier ermutigt in seiner Weihnachtsansprache zu Zusammenhalt – auch mit Blick auf die Aggressionen Russlands. Sehen Sie hier seine vollständige Rede.
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J. D. Vance has "clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid," Franklin Foer argues. theatln.tc/aaUENxUw
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
J. D. Vance has "clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid," Franklin Foer argues. theatln.tc/aaUENxUw
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This is VERY high up on my list of things we need to do better in 2026: Find a way to use the Admin's claim they oppose antisemitism to impose a cost for the antisemitism they routinely push out.
There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!
There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!
As a Jew, it’s fun watching the administration post Christian nationalist messages while also saying they are doing everything they can to curb antisemitism.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is VERY high up on my list of things we need to do better in 2026: Find a way to use the Admin's claim they oppose antisemitism to impose a cost for the antisemitism they routinely push out.
There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!
There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!
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My 14yo son and I have really bonded over music. This summer, I took him to his first concert -- Black Keys at the Stone Pony -- and he had a blast.
He just unwrapped his big present for Christmas, tickets for us to go see his favorite band AC/DC in concert, and just immediately burst into tears.
He just unwrapped his big present for Christmas, tickets for us to go see his favorite band AC/DC in concert, and just immediately burst into tears.
December 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My 14yo son and I have really bonded over music. This summer, I took him to his first concert -- Black Keys at the Stone Pony -- and he had a blast.
He just unwrapped his big present for Christmas, tickets for us to go see his favorite band AC/DC in concert, and just immediately burst into tears.
He just unwrapped his big present for Christmas, tickets for us to go see his favorite band AC/DC in concert, and just immediately burst into tears.
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I’m an atheist, yet this remains the most Christlike Presidential Christmas Message of my lifetime.
It overflows with love, good cheer and hope for our country. It will lifts your spirits today and inspire you to make sure 2026 is the year we return to our American values.
youtu.be/PtKBjuQblqI?...
It overflows with love, good cheer and hope for our country. It will lifts your spirits today and inspire you to make sure 2026 is the year we return to our American values.
youtu.be/PtKBjuQblqI?...
Weekly Address: Merry Christmas from the President and the First Lady
YouTube video by The Obama White House
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December 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I’m an atheist, yet this remains the most Christlike Presidential Christmas Message of my lifetime.
It overflows with love, good cheer and hope for our country. It will lifts your spirits today and inspire you to make sure 2026 is the year we return to our American values.
youtu.be/PtKBjuQblqI?...
It overflows with love, good cheer and hope for our country. It will lifts your spirits today and inspire you to make sure 2026 is the year we return to our American values.
youtu.be/PtKBjuQblqI?...
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
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“Americans are seeing what it looks like when you send masked people out to pick people off the street in vans… and this is not what they had in mind.” trib.al/ef6dSuh
Transcript: Trump Explodes Over Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Worsen
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfiring politically.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Americans are seeing what it looks like when you send masked people out to pick people off the street in vans… and this is not what they had in mind.” trib.al/ef6dSuh
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CHristmas came early www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
CHristmas came early www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
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Wishing everyone in Maryland’s Eighth District, across America and the world a Merry Christmas. May you and your loved ones gather and rejoice in love and peace this holiday season.
December 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Wishing everyone in Maryland’s Eighth District, across America and the world a Merry Christmas. May you and your loved ones gather and rejoice in love and peace this holiday season.
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From my eternally happy grandson and the rest of my family: A very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Let’s hope it’s a good one without any fear! (John Lennon)
Christmas Day will always be just as long as we have we. Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart, and hand in hand. (Dr. Seuss)
Let’s hope it’s a good one without any fear! (John Lennon)
Christmas Day will always be just as long as we have we. Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart, and hand in hand. (Dr. Seuss)
December 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From my eternally happy grandson and the rest of my family: A very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Let’s hope it’s a good one without any fear! (John Lennon)
Christmas Day will always be just as long as we have we. Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart, and hand in hand. (Dr. Seuss)
Let’s hope it’s a good one without any fear! (John Lennon)
Christmas Day will always be just as long as we have we. Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart, and hand in hand. (Dr. Seuss)
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Happy Holidays all
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Happy Holidays all
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Merry Christmas, Canada.
December 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Merry Christmas, Canada.
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my Canadian brothers & sisters and as well to all of my dear BlueSky friends and family! Wishing you all a safe and joyous Christmas!
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🎄❤️🇨🇦🎅💙🧑🎄🇺🇸🎄
December 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my Canadian brothers & sisters and as well to all of my dear BlueSky friends and family! Wishing you all a safe and joyous Christmas!
🎄❤️🇨🇦🎅💙🧑🎄🇺🇸🎄
🎄❤️🇨🇦🎅💙🧑🎄🇺🇸🎄
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Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a season filled with peace, joy, and love.
December 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a season filled with peace, joy, and love.
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Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel
Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel
When the president targeted me and my TV show, millions said no. So don’t give up on us – and always remember, we’re not all like him, says US talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel
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You can watch the 60 Minutes piece (with a link in my story) about the abuse & torture migrants received in the El Salvador gulag after being deported by the Trump regime without due process & lies about their criminality. This horror is what Trump apologist Bari Weiss didn’t want Americans to see.
Bullseye from 60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi in response to Bari Weiss: “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
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www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-r...
Snapshot: Rejecting the Regime's 'Kill Switch'
CBS News' Bari Weiss blocked a rigorous '60 Minutes' story about the brutal CECOT prison. This is not tolerable.
www.americaamerica.news
December 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You can watch the 60 Minutes piece (with a link in my story) about the abuse & torture migrants received in the El Salvador gulag after being deported by the Trump regime without due process & lies about their criminality. This horror is what Trump apologist Bari Weiss didn’t want Americans to see.
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Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus reut.rs/4sbgSVO
In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across...
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December 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus reut.rs/4sbgSVO
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The Constitution's "wall of separation" between Church & State was a phrase coined in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Convention presenting his views on the relationship between religion and the role of the state in the new nation. #ChristianNationalism
December 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Constitution's "wall of separation" between Church & State was a phrase coined in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Convention presenting his views on the relationship between religion and the role of the state in the new nation. #ChristianNationalism
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Even truth without justice helps authoritarianism rise. That is what we are seeing with the Epstein file dumps. The rich and powerful perpetrators faced no consequences, and accountability is treated as optional.
December 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Even truth without justice helps authoritarianism rise. That is what we are seeing with the Epstein file dumps. The rich and powerful perpetrators faced no consequences, and accountability is treated as optional.
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Birthright citizenship has been part of our constitution for over 150 years. The Trump administration wants to change that. Here are the facts: bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
Birthright Citizenship Under the U.S. Constitution
The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
www.brennancenter.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Birthright citizenship has been part of our constitution for over 150 years. The Trump administration wants to change that. Here are the facts: bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!