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Tamara Turner-Ottke

@tamlturner.bsky.social

Retired Teacher, Biologist, Quaker, Serb,

157 Followers  |  388 Following  |  37 Posts  |  Joined: 13.11.2024  |  2.0445

Latest posts by tamlturner.bsky.social on Bluesky

The first honest thing Steve Bannon has ever said.

07.11.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2935    ๐Ÿ” 632    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 285    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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How old was #JDvance when he was blowing #PeterThiel after his fake hillbilly campaign & suddenly receive $14 million in his bank account to became an antichrist Nazi fascist.
It took $140m from #Epsteinlist, #pedophile to purchase #Ohio

๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆIโ€™d blow Pete for $14m but I couldnโ€™t be a republican!
Ew๐Ÿคข

16.10.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. Theyโ€™ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally โ€” almost certainly incomplete โ€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

16.10.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4514    ๐Ÿ” 2768    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 75    ๐Ÿ“Œ 240
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Whoa! Employees at the SBA received a template for their suggested โ€œout of officeโ€ email. They were advised to blame the Democrats.

๐Ÿšจ A clear violation of the Hatch Act

02.10.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1082    ๐Ÿ” 571    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 113    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes' office has released video of federal agents handcuffing her at Humboldt Park Health, as she asked them to present a judicial warrant for another arrest.

03.10.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 640    ๐Ÿ” 339    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

30.09.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9588    ๐Ÿ” 4559    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 439    ๐Ÿ“Œ 397
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ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

"ICE agents assaulted amNewYorkโ€™s own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of individuals attending immigration court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan." -- www.amny.com/immigration/...

30.09.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 188    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Screenshot from Chap Petersen's latest email...this time about Sen. Tim Kaine talking about where our rights, laws, etc. come from

Screenshot from Chap Petersen's latest email...this time about Sen. Tim Kaine talking about where our rights, laws, etc. come from

This is bizarre...former VA State Sen. Chap Petersen (used to be a D, definitely not anymore) actually believes that Tim Kaine was "trying to satisfy partisan activists" when he talked the other day about rights coming from laws/government. Wuuuut? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...

08.09.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DeSantis and Ladapo to โ€˜end all vaccine mandates in Florida lawโ€™ Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move in Hillsborough County on Wednesday.

The Republican party is the party of mass death. This will result in thousands of dead children.

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

03.09.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 604    ๐Ÿ” 149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Let's go. This is it. We need to wake up. We cannot survive if he rigs not just Texas, but he goes to Indiana, goes to Missouri, goes to Ohio, goes to Florida. We have to have other governors of like mind, and there are many, to now do something, not just say something."

16.08.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17562    ๐Ÿ” 5671    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 458    ๐Ÿ“Œ 273
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AMERICAโ€™S FAVORITE GOVERNOR GAVIN C. NEWSOM IS THE ONLY ONE WILLING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FOR US AMERICAN PATRIOTS AGAINST THE DEEP STATE! THANK GOD FOR YOU MR. GOVERNOR!!!! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

16.08.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4647    ๐Ÿ” 1114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 201    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68

Worth remembering that National Guard are people with regular jobs and families who are increasingly being asked to leave those behind to serve Trump's control of Democratic cities

16.08.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 911    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Federal Agent in D.C.: โ€œProud Boys? Theyโ€™re great guys. They love the United States.โ€

This is who Trump is sending into our cities to terrorize Black & Brown communities.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZldGb...

16.08.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3913    ๐Ÿ” 1898    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 287    ๐Ÿ“Œ 219

They are refusing to let health inspectors inside

Jfc

06.08.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what donald trump wants more than anything is video of american soldiers gunning down american citizens

16.08.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6287    ๐Ÿ” 1759    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 227    ๐Ÿ“Œ 119
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This federal takeover is not about crime or safety. It is about instilling fear in Americans, starting in our nation's capital. Catch The Breakdown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn9AgsLWkEU

16.08.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2502    ๐Ÿ” 902    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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Two huge protests are happening right now. A big one in DC thatโ€™s growing and a giant one in NY.

16.08.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1188    ๐Ÿ” 422    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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BREAKING: Massive protest in Washington DC against Donald Trump right now.

16.08.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7075    ๐Ÿ” 2200    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 196    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100
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What a bitch. Soft on Russians; hard on Americans.

16.08.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1839    ๐Ÿ” 565    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 115    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

Excellent

16.08.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Federal agent during violent DC arrest: โ€œLiberals already ruinedโ€ this country Trump's thugs are proving their skull-bashing loyalty in broad daylight.

New โ€” I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.

16.08.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3136    ๐Ÿ” 1337    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 120    ๐Ÿ“Œ 130

one reason it is especially frustrating that centrist writers keep doing this "well crime is a problem" two-step is that the administration's approach to "fighting violent crime" is basically guaranteed to make actually reducing violent crime even more difficult

16.08.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4839    ๐Ÿ” 983    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 190    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58
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DC right now!!!!
8-15-25
We love this music festival.
Free DC โœŠ

16.08.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1568    ๐Ÿ” 555    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Limiting the Militaryโ€™s Role in Law Enforcement The Posse Comitatus Act bars the armed forces from serving as civilian police, but loopholes and exceptions undermine its effectiveness.

The federal governmentโ€™s use of the National Guard in DC violates the centuries-old ban on using the military as a domestic police force โ€” a principle critical to democracy. bit.ly/3NaSobU

16.08.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 265    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yesterday a judge ordered ICE to improve conditions in holding cells at ICE's field office in NYC. It's a good decision, yet many of the responses here are along the lines of "none of this matters" or "they'll just ignore this." Those responses are wrong. Here's a quick thread on why.

13.08.2025 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2572    ๐Ÿ” 701    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

This is a criminal betrayal that will hurt so many, but that's a tactic and more money for other crimes. We are better than this!

13.08.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israel has assassinated the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza, Netanyahu's government carried out the assassination after the team of journalists spent months reporting on Israeli war crimes, collecting daily evidence of ongoing atrocities.

11.08.2025 04:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1956    ๐Ÿ” 1174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100
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Governors Can Not Remove Elected Legislators. Period. A democracy must have an independent legislature. Only voters elect and unelect representatives.

History and Article IVโ€™s Guarantee Clause makes clear that a stateโ€™s governor cannot remove members of the legislature. No governor has ever claimed such power. It runs against the full history of Texas and American democracy as a whole.

open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

11.08.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8962    ๐Ÿ” 3549    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 302    ๐Ÿ“Œ 163
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Boeing defense union goes on strike Boeing defense union announces strike after machinists in Missouri and Illinois voted to reject the latest contract offer.

Thousands of machinists who build fighter jets and munitions at Boeingโ€™s defense hub went on strike at midnight Monday for the first time since the mid-1990s.

04.08.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5202    ๐Ÿ” 1293    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 135    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68

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