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High school history teacher, passionate about saving the planet and democracy

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Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social : "If we can pull off this victory on December 2nd, it will stun Washington."

As of today the polls are now OPEN in the TN-7 special election. πŸ—³οΈ

12.11.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1347    πŸ” 546    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 25
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Early voting starts tomorrow! Together, we can vote someone in that will back working class Tennesseans! A vote for Aftyn is a vote for a positive vision of the future, we don’t have to settle for politicians who make excuses about why we can’t do better!

election info ⬇️

sos.tn.gov/elections/se...

12.11.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
Image of Mike Johnson swearing in Adelita Grijalva on a stack of Epstein Files

Image of Mike Johnson swearing in Adelita Grijalva on a stack of Epstein Files

#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoverup

Trump's Little Johnson is exposed in public!

12.11.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.

12.11.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5602    πŸ” 1096    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 87
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Complete List of Local and State Agencies Working With ICE Currently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has about 1154 agreements with local and state agencies to enforce Trump’s mass deportation machine

I analyzed the entire list of local and state agencies participating in ICE’s 287g program. Of the 1154 agreements, Florida has the most with 334. Texas has 220.

I compiled this list for posterity to maintain public access. Find out if there are any in your state.

open.substack.com/pub/antagoni...

12.11.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4

I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.

I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.

12.11.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 663    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 8
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If he spent time with her to me, "𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕" should be in quotations, italicized and bolded!

Trump is a sexual predator & if you said he's a pedophile just about any person with half a brain would believe it.

12.11.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?

12.11.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5156    πŸ” 1835    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 86
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Why this isn’t a happy Veterans Day OPINION: With the military being used to occupy American cities, honoring veterans without acknowledging unlawful deployment stateside is a disservice to the nation, Joseph Holsworth writes.

🧡A veteran speaks out on Trump this Veteran's Day.

"There is not a single man or woman in uniform who signed up to deploy to American cities for this mission. There is no honor in this service. "

"Wantonly deploying our service members to do the bidding of a dictatorial regime...

(Gift article)

11.11.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 800    πŸ” 380    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 8
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Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger

250 MILLION people displaced in a world approaching 1.4C above pre-industrial temperatures.

We’re on track for…
2C in years.
3C in decades.
4C likely in our children’s lifetimes.

When scientists warn of BILLIONS of deaths they’re not kidding.

11.11.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 203    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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DeLauro: The president went to the supreme court to deprive kids of food. Unbelievable. And now wants to deny their parents healthcare.

12.11.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 15889    πŸ” 4960    πŸ’¬ 311    πŸ“Œ 163
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Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches

🧡Did you hear?

Tucked into the CR is a measure that would allow 8 Republican senators to sue the US govt for $500k each over Jack Smith investigating them for Jan 6 & searching their phone records.

A measure that would pay them half a million dollars each for breaking the law.

11.11.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 15
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Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.

A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11.

New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...

10.11.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1109    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 19
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267,000 U.S. Veterans to Lose Their Coverage without Health Care Tax Credit As many as 267,000 U.S. military veterans are set to lose their health coverage next year because Congress has so

Republicans refuse to even discuss this issue!

267,000 U.S. VETERANS TO LOSE THEIR COVERAGE WITHOUT HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT

americanscovered.org/267000-u-s-v...

10.11.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9

What do you think about children being detained by Trump in facilities where they have to fight for clean drinking water?

Where the water is cloudy, smells & upsets stomachs & the soap for showers causes rashes & they have to sleep on concrete floors?
#ICELawlessness
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10.11.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 460    πŸ” 379    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 19

Trump is not a skillful manipulator he is just one of the dumbest idiots imaginable bullshitting his way through life. The fact that he fools so many people is not a testament to any kind of skill on his part but the lack thereof in his victims.

10.11.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

The pardons are primarily symbolic: No one on the list has been charged with federal crimes, and Trump can't pardon those facing state charges in GA, AZ, NV and WI.

But it's another effort by Trump to recast the history of his bid to seize a second term in 2020. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

10.11.2025 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1328    πŸ” 362    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 15
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I’m no great fan of the ACA.

I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.

But β€” at minimum β€” we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.

09.11.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4413    πŸ” 934    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 50

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

10.11.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 62325    πŸ” 15148    πŸ’¬ 2092    πŸ“Œ 639

Thank you!

10.11.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. How do Dem electeds not understand this dynamic? After all these years?

09.11.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1469    πŸ” 262    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 5
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.

Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.

09.11.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 15388    πŸ” 3804    πŸ’¬ 610    πŸ“Œ 227

Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care?

What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.

09.11.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2357    πŸ” 590    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of caving, the Dems need to grow a pair and get out to the people, march, rally, parade, hit the streets, find ways to get on the news and say, β€œThe Republicans are holding up everything because they want to dump YOUR Health Care.
We don’t want that for you.”

09.11.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump ruins EVERYTHING!

09.11.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you fucking kidding- vote to cave NOW???

09.11.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1332    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 36

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.

It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.

09.11.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5083    πŸ” 2026    πŸ’¬ 250    πŸ“Œ 260
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We’re told the WILSON COUNTY man who wrapped his van to back @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7 is 93 years old.

www.facebook.com/share/p/17Yg...

08.11.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4995    πŸ” 1097    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 36
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Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.

09.11.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4438    πŸ” 2153    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 72

Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have β€œthe worst health care” of any major country.

Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.

The solution: Medicare for All.

09.11.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 16108    πŸ” 4075    πŸ’¬ 460    πŸ“Œ 166

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