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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson

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(She/Her) Snarky, mostly harmless USAT bestselling author of 🌶️📚 HEAs. Geek, ♉️Pagan witch, Oxford comma ♥️er. Fiber artist. 🧶🧵🪡 Gives good brain. Spoonie. Neurospicy. #AuDHD #Romancelandia #VoteBlue #BLM 🦄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Ally 🚫AI - I write my own books. tymberdalton.com

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hello new arrivals! I’m Lesli Richardson/Tymber Dalton, writer of HEAs, spoonie (fibromyalgia and long covid), late dx AuDHD, solitary eclectic Pagan witch. Blue FL native. I also crochet and have an Etsy shop @madmumbler.bsky.social I block mǎgats and bigots and nazïs and -phobes of all flavors.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

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Rebecca (Rebexagliflozin)🌤️ @rdrpharmacist.bsky.social · 5d

Too perfect.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6d

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s efforts to militarize ICE & send federalized Nat'l Guard troops onto American streets, firing government employees during the shutdown, it's all part of Project 2025, which he disavowed all knowledge of during the campaign because it was so unpopular.

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Project 2025: Taking on the Constitution

Another Saturday night in America.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

The new term of Court starts today. Here’s what I am paying attention to. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Week Ahead

October 5, 2025

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

Happy first Monday in October to all who celebrate. The Supreme Court is back in session. Here’s what you need to know about key cases this term. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The Week Ahead

October 5, 2025

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

To be clear, the Judge scheduled a hearing for Thursday, saying she needed the time for the parties to provide her with more information before she made a decision. This is hardly a win for the Trump administration.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: A federal judge declined to immediately block President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois. The judge’s ruling came as a military official said 200 troops from the Texas Guard were headed to the state.

Live Updates: Illinois Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployments to Chicago

Illinois officials had sought to block the deployment as 200 National Guard troops from Texas headed to Chicago. Gov. JB Pritzker called the mobilization “an unconstitutional invasion.”

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Starting to wonder how the National Guard troops Trump is treating like pawns in a game of chess feel about this commander in chief?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi refuses to answer questions about allegations Trump's border czar Tom Homan took $50K in cash in exchange for his promise to funnel government contracts to "businessmen" who turned out to be FBI agents in 2024. After Bondi became AG, the investigation was terminated.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Was Tuberville counted at his residence in Florida or in Alabama where he serves in the Senate?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Tommy Tuberville on the 2020 census: "The Democrats were letting illegals come in for a different count. They obviously had a census going that was all rigged. The 2020 election basically was rigged."

(Believe it or not, Donald Trump was president in 2020.)

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

The sheriff in Mobile, Alabama reportedly has a Halloween “display” featuring skeletons dressed like ICE agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and serapes. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13h

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution

This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

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Agreatgadsby @agreatgadsby.bsky.social · 13h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Common Cause @commoncause.org · 1d

Cesar Chavez was a civil rights and labor leader who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.

We have better pay and working conditions today because of him. #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth

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Tiffany Muller @tiffanymuller.bsky.social · 19h

Corrupt Trump gutted the FEC and gave license to other corrupt politicians to ignore campaign finance laws.

Former FEC commissioner and @endcitizensunited.bsky.social senior fellow @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social gave much-needed insight as to how this will impact our elections.

The Federal Election Commission is down to 2 members. So its work is at a standstill

The Federal Election Commission, which regulates campaign finance, has lost another member. But the FEC has actually been without a quorum for months, leaving the agency unable to do much of its work.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 22h

Last chance to sign up for my Consent & Negotiation Class tonight, 10/8, 8pm. You do NOT have to be present; all students will get the video to download. Only $5, or more if you want to pay.
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Consent & Negotiation Intensive with Tymber Dalton

[Online Zoom Class]Class: Consent & Negotiation IntensiveInstructor: Lesli Richardson (Tymber Dalton) She/HerDate: Wednesday, 10/8/2025Time: 8pm - 11pm EasternMust be 18 to attend due to subject conte...

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 3d

Thank goodness!

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: California joins Oregon's existing suit over National Guard deployment, both request Judge Immergut issue TRO against CA guard being sent to OR, argue Trump admin move is attempt to circumvent court order. Docs: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Judge Immergut has called a 10PM (ET) hearing on Trump's effort to circumvent her National Guard order by calling up California troops.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 3d

Many are getting an introduction to what it's like to be Black in America. We've dealt with this for more than 400 years; and because of that, we are very resilient.

Unfortunately, White allies are getting a bite of the shyt sandwich we had to eat for years.

No one is safe in Trump's America.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 3d

A proposed 2% wealth tax in France would affect 1800 people, and bring in $20 billion a year. It’s overwhelmingly popular, but it seems that Macron would rather let the far-right take power than tax the super-rich. From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/Snv1jbR

Taxing the Rich and the Survival of Emmanuel Macron

Today on TAP: A crucial political meeting in Paris today will force a choice between a popular wealth tax and a deepening political crisis.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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