Cathy
@cathytiedemann.bsky.social
Wife. Mom. Nature lover. Science rules! Our democracy is worth fighting for! Will not obey in advance. #InfoHo 🖖🏻💙🇺🇸
It’s not left vs right. It’s right vs wrong. It’s the non-rich vs the rich. It’s acceptance vs intolerance. It’s respect vs disrespect.
It’s not left vs right. It’s right vs wrong. It’s the non-rich vs the rich. It’s acceptance vs intolerance. It’s respect vs disrespect.
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"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Providence Police just released this video of the person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University today. Call police at 401-652-5767 if you recognize him.
Live updates here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/13/m...
Live updates here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/13/m...
December 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Providence Police just released this video of the person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University today. Call police at 401-652-5767 if you recognize him.
Live updates here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/13/m...
Live updates here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/13/m...
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🚨 Recent court decisions should make it clear how vitally important JUDGES are.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🚨 Recent court decisions should make it clear how vitally important JUDGES are.
NEXT UP: State Supreme Court seats in WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, NORTH CAROLINA and more!
Donate today!
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NEXT UP: State Supreme Court seats in WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, NORTH CAROLINA and more!
Donate today!
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It’s time to get shit done, California.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It’s time to get shit done, California.
Boycott National Parks on Trumps birthday. When is it?
National Park Service to offer free admission Trump’s birthday
thehill.com
National Park Service to offer free admission Trump’s birthday
twp.ai
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Boycott National Parks on Trumps birthday. When is it?
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We’re within striking distance of flipping this TN seat! Aftyn is a strong candidate and the best choice for this district. Dems are doing well in early voting, but more Rs may turn out on Election Day. Help boost Dem turnout—sign up to make calls and help elect her!
Remote Phone Bank with Team Aftyn! · Aftyn for Congress
Hey Tennessee! Ready to make an impact? Join Team Aftyn online as we reach out to voters across the district through our remote phonebook!
We'll kick things off with a short training, provide sample ...
www.mobilize.us
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We’re within striking distance of flipping this TN seat! Aftyn is a strong candidate and the best choice for this district. Dems are doing well in early voting, but more Rs may turn out on Election Day. Help boost Dem turnout—sign up to make calls and help elect her!
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Clarksville! Canvass with Team Aftyn
Canvassing in Montgomery County
Sat., Nov. 29th, 10-12:00 noon CST or
3:00-5:00 pm CST
Register Here: www.mobilize.us/aftynforcong...
For more volunteer opportunities please go to: tinyurl.com/TnVolunteerHub
Canvassing in Montgomery County
Sat., Nov. 29th, 10-12:00 noon CST or
3:00-5:00 pm CST
Register Here: www.mobilize.us/aftynforcong...
For more volunteer opportunities please go to: tinyurl.com/TnVolunteerHub
North Cheatham County! Canvass with Team Aftyn! · Aftyn for Congress
Join Team Aftyn on the doors to help us connect directly with voters in North Cheatham County! You’ll talk with neighbors about what’s at stake in this special election and why Aftyn is the fearless l...
www.mobilize.us
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Clarksville! Canvass with Team Aftyn
Canvassing in Montgomery County
Sat., Nov. 29th, 10-12:00 noon CST or
3:00-5:00 pm CST
Register Here: www.mobilize.us/aftynforcong...
For more volunteer opportunities please go to: tinyurl.com/TnVolunteerHub
Canvassing in Montgomery County
Sat., Nov. 29th, 10-12:00 noon CST or
3:00-5:00 pm CST
Register Here: www.mobilize.us/aftynforcong...
For more volunteer opportunities please go to: tinyurl.com/TnVolunteerHub
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Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
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So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
And there we have it.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
And there we have it.
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If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
Sign-up now to stay informed and support its work. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
Sign-up now to stay informed and support its work. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Sign-up now to stay informed and support its work. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
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We’ve got one more chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025: @aftynbehn.bsky.social (a state representative and former Indivisible organizer) can flip a Tennessee district that Trump won by double-digits if we turn enough voters out: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We’ve got one more chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025: @aftynbehn.bsky.social (a state representative and former Indivisible organizer) can flip a Tennessee district that Trump won by double-digits if we turn enough voters out: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Please read. I got Mad, and wrote a thing again
How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
"In a sane and healthy democracy, a president behaving in this way – as he has many times over the past decade – would quite possibly trigger impeachment proceedings," writes @swin24.bsky.social.
Read: zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
"In a sane and healthy democracy, a president behaving in this way – as he has many times over the past decade – would quite possibly trigger impeachment proceedings," writes @swin24.bsky.social.
Read: zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
Is this what we’ve become, at this failing stage of the grand American democratic experiment?
zeteo.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Please read. I got Mad, and wrote a thing again
This 💯
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This 💯
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com/article/pets...
apnews.com/article/pets...
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com/article/pets...
apnews.com/article/pets...
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We’re got one more election to win this year and it’s in Tennessee: @aftynbehn.bsky.social, a state representative and former Indivisible group leader, is running in a special election to flip #TN-07. Join us on Thursday to learn how you can help Aftyn win: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We’re got one more election to win this year and it’s in Tennessee: @aftynbehn.bsky.social, a state representative and former Indivisible group leader, is running in a special election to flip #TN-07. Join us on Thursday to learn how you can help Aftyn win: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
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Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.
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