Tonya
@tonyahamilton.bsky.social
Nonfiction book aficionado, lifelong learner, lover of democracy, the outdoors, and visual arts. MBA. Proud Badger, Packer owner, Brewers fan, Bucks fan. Museum buff. (She, her) #wokebookclub
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Painted Octopus!
By Lumen Street Theatre in Limerick, Ireland.
More clever here! - This Is Clever! (9 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2025/12/09/t...
By Lumen Street Theatre in Limerick, Ireland.
More clever here! - This Is Clever! (9 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2025/12/09/t...
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Painted Octopus!
By Lumen Street Theatre in Limerick, Ireland.
More clever here! - This Is Clever! (9 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2025/12/09/t...
By Lumen Street Theatre in Limerick, Ireland.
More clever here! - This Is Clever! (9 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2025/12/09/t...
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It's not "free-market conservatism" when Trump uses government power to sabotage farmers' markets and then spends taxpayer money to bail them out, making them more dependent on the government. It's what dictators want: everyone dependent on their personal whims.
Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
A White House official says President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion aid package for U.S. farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president r...
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's not "free-market conservatism" when Trump uses government power to sabotage farmers' markets and then spends taxpayer money to bail them out, making them more dependent on the government. It's what dictators want: everyone dependent on their personal whims.
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“table-sized”
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“table-sized”
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This is totalitarianism. Not rule of law democracy. And everyone who excused thus is potentially signing this nation’s death warrant.
The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.
Woman forcefully detained in Keys was driving ‘illegal’ boyfriend’s car, feds say
The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is totalitarianism. Not rule of law democracy. And everyone who excused thus is potentially signing this nation’s death warrant.
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The Golden Age.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Golden Age.
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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“We need Democrats to continue to be crazy, to say crazy things and be for crazy things,” said Corry Bliss, a veteran Republican strategist who guided the party’s leading House super PAC during the 2018 midterm elections. “It helps to provide a contrast.”
Really? Repubs casting Dems as crazy?!
Really? Repubs casting Dems as crazy?!
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“We need Democrats to continue to be crazy, to say crazy things and be for crazy things,” said Corry Bliss, a veteran Republican strategist who guided the party’s leading House super PAC during the 2018 midterm elections. “It helps to provide a contrast.”
Really? Repubs casting Dems as crazy?!
Really? Repubs casting Dems as crazy?!
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Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara notes the MPD will not work with federal agents & says "In moments like this, I know how real the fear is in our community. People are going to want to speak out, protest, & exercise their 1st Amendment rights. We will absolutely defend people's right to do just that"
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara notes the MPD will not work with federal agents & says "In moments like this, I know how real the fear is in our community. People are going to want to speak out, protest, & exercise their 1st Amendment rights. We will absolutely defend people's right to do just that"
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
My local news is all: this is closing due to funding cuts, Republicans block postpartum care, the first-of-its-kind public legislative access will be shuttered if they can’t raise private funds…Everything being dismantled systematically everywhere, all at once.
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My local news is all: this is closing due to funding cuts, Republicans block postpartum care, the first-of-its-kind public legislative access will be shuttered if they can’t raise private funds…Everything being dismantled systematically everywhere, all at once.
Gobble-gobble and turn up the volume.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Gobble-gobble and turn up the volume.
Gobble-gobble. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Gobble-gobble. Happy Thanksgiving!
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this kind of thing also happens every day
Ukrainian drone operators wiped out a Russian assault group in Zaporizhzhia after spotting a tank-led column forming in fog
Russia attacked with tanks, MT-LBs, and six Ulan vehicles near Verbove but was caught completely off guard by Ukrainian FPVs euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Russia attacked with tanks, MT-LBs, and six Ulan vehicles near Verbove but was caught completely off guard by Ukrainian FPVs euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Russian media claimed Mala Tokmachka “secured forever.” Ukrainian FPV drones destroyed entire column hours later
A small drone unit stops Russian tanks, Ulans, MT-LBs.
euromaidanpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
this kind of thing also happens every day
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
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A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Such incredibly sickening stuff…
When I heard someone say Epstein trafficked more than a thousand women, it stopped me cold. Then I remembered this and it clicked: it all ties back to white supremacy.
Epstein was obsessed with genetic engineering, eugenics, and “improving” humanity, including his own DNA. It’s documented.
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Epstein was obsessed with genetic engineering, eugenics, and “improving” humanity, including his own DNA. It’s documented.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Such incredibly sickening stuff…
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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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