Toni Gatlin
@tonigatlin.com
Jesus follower.🕊️ Ex-fundygelical/cultie.❤️🩹 Married again.👩❤️👨 Dog mom.🐶 Wordy/bookish.🤓 Neurosparkly.✨ Contemplative.🧘🏻🙏🏻🌗 Methodist.💒 Seminarian.📚 Texan-American.🌮 Democracy defender.🇺🇸 Suffragette.🗳️ Slow hiker, busy admiring birds/bugs/flowers.🌻
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Buckle up for a roller coaster ride through the USAID budget process. To keep you reading, I will use memes.
Step 1.
Every year, the White House (via OMB) puts together a federal budget proposal to Congress. Every federal agency (incl USAID) sends OMB their budget wishlist.
Step 1.
Every year, the White House (via OMB) puts together a federal budget proposal to Congress. Every federal agency (incl USAID) sends OMB their budget wishlist.
a woman sitting at a table talking to a man who says money pleeeeease
ALT: a woman sitting at a table talking to a man who says money pleeeeease
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Buckle up for a roller coaster ride through the USAID budget process. To keep you reading, I will use memes.
Step 1.
Every year, the White House (via OMB) puts together a federal budget proposal to Congress. Every federal agency (incl USAID) sends OMB their budget wishlist.
Step 1.
Every year, the White House (via OMB) puts together a federal budget proposal to Congress. Every federal agency (incl USAID) sends OMB their budget wishlist.
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Maybe I’ll tell y’all about Thanksgiving in Uzbekistan, where I was in the peace corps 2000-2001.
I lived in a town; nearest American lived in a qishloq - a true village. A few of us somehow figured out to meet there. (How? No internet, no phones. No recollection of how we planned anything.) 1/
I lived in a town; nearest American lived in a qishloq - a true village. A few of us somehow figured out to meet there. (How? No internet, no phones. No recollection of how we planned anything.) 1/
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Maybe I’ll tell y’all about Thanksgiving in Uzbekistan, where I was in the peace corps 2000-2001.
I lived in a town; nearest American lived in a qishloq - a true village. A few of us somehow figured out to meet there. (How? No internet, no phones. No recollection of how we planned anything.) 1/
I lived in a town; nearest American lived in a qishloq - a true village. A few of us somehow figured out to meet there. (How? No internet, no phones. No recollection of how we planned anything.) 1/
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Sooo I'm in training to become a spiritual director, and apparently it's best to learn with real directees. 🤭 I could use more volunteers so I'm making a public invitation for the first time. 🙏 Could you use some (free!) (not-yet-professional!) (Jesus-centered!) companionship? 1/
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sooo I'm in training to become a spiritual director, and apparently it's best to learn with real directees. 🤭 I could use more volunteers so I'm making a public invitation for the first time. 🙏 Could you use some (free!) (not-yet-professional!) (Jesus-centered!) companionship? 1/
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My grandparents, who were children of Russian-Jewish immigrants, loved Thanksgiving cuz it was a holiday that they could celebrate too
As a civil (and not religious) holiday, Thanksgiving opens the door to a lot of new Americans to be able to participate in a broader America in their own way. No other public holiday comes close to the assimilating force of Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
My grandparents, who were children of Russian-Jewish immigrants, loved Thanksgiving cuz it was a holiday that they could celebrate too
Sooo I'm in training to become a spiritual director, and apparently it's best to learn with real directees. 🤭 I could use more volunteers so I'm making a public invitation for the first time. 🙏 Could you use some (free!) (not-yet-professional!) (Jesus-centered!) companionship? 1/
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sooo I'm in training to become a spiritual director, and apparently it's best to learn with real directees. 🤭 I could use more volunteers so I'm making a public invitation for the first time. 🙏 Could you use some (free!) (not-yet-professional!) (Jesus-centered!) companionship? 1/
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The republicans are building a permission structure for doing violence against their perceived enemies much in the same way the republicans and their online environments built the infrastructure for January 6th.
I really cannot explain as a researcher and academic how dangerous this is.
I really cannot explain as a researcher and academic how dangerous this is.
i said to a friend it was a slow news day and then had to remind myself the president called for the execution of congress members and it’s just crazy how his blood lust has become routine
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The republicans are building a permission structure for doing violence against their perceived enemies much in the same way the republicans and their online environments built the infrastructure for January 6th.
I really cannot explain as a researcher and academic how dangerous this is.
I really cannot explain as a researcher and academic how dangerous this is.
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Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
lolsob but mostly sob
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
lolsob but mostly sob
Deep thanks to the brave historians, lawyers, diplomats, journalists who serve as guiding lights & show us we’re actually NOT crazy to be alarmed at the state of our country.
What a gift to speak briefly with @vermontgmg.bsky.social at #TribFest25! Your work makes a difference and I’m grateful. 🙏🏻
What a gift to speak briefly with @vermontgmg.bsky.social at #TribFest25! Your work makes a difference and I’m grateful. 🙏🏻
November 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deep thanks to the brave historians, lawyers, diplomats, journalists who serve as guiding lights & show us we’re actually NOT crazy to be alarmed at the state of our country.
What a gift to speak briefly with @vermontgmg.bsky.social at #TribFest25! Your work makes a difference and I’m grateful. 🙏🏻
What a gift to speak briefly with @vermontgmg.bsky.social at #TribFest25! Your work makes a difference and I’m grateful. 🙏🏻
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"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.
If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.
If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.
For anyone interested in actually listening to what Pete said instead of reacting to a spectacularly dumb headline about a tiny portion of a long conversation, watch the talk here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Cp...
One on One with Pete Buttigieg
YouTube video by The Texas Tribune
m.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Fantastic session.
Watch live: Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation @petebuttigieg.bsky.social sits down with @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social of The Atlantic. #TribFest25
Watch Pete Buttigieg speak at the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival
The former U.S. secretary of transportation sits down with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic at 9 a.m. Friday.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Fantastic session.
I left this session feeling so sad… this is what we could have had, folks, it’s what could have been. What a loss for us all.
Watch live: Minnesota Governor @governorwalz.mn.gov sits down with Jennifer Palmieri, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and co-host of Showtime’s The Circus. #TribFest25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeCl...
One on One with Tim Walz
YouTube video by The Texas Tribune
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I left this session feeling so sad… this is what we could have had, folks, it’s what could have been. What a loss for us all.
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Watch live: Michael Curry, the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church sits down with @ruthgraham.bsky.social of The New York Times. #TribFest25
One on One with Bishop Michael Curry
YouTube video by The Texas Tribune
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Watch live: Michael Curry, the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church sits down with @ruthgraham.bsky.social of The New York Times. #TribFest25
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Everything @friendlyatheist.com says here is right.
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
Axios tried to shame Christian U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico—and ended up exposing itself
The so-called scandal over who a progressive Christian follows on Instagram says more about lazy journalism than it does about faith or politics
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Everything @friendlyatheist.com says here is right.
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
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If you’re trying to catch up on what went down with #SNAP late last night at #SCOTUS, here’s my attempt to read the breadcrumbs on the “administrative stay” issued by Justice Jackson—and why a justice so critical of the Court’s grants of emergency relief to Trump still granted temporary relief here:
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If you’re trying to catch up on what went down with #SNAP late last night at #SCOTUS, here’s my attempt to read the breadcrumbs on the “administrative stay” issued by Justice Jackson—and why a justice so critical of the Court’s grants of emergency relief to Trump still granted temporary relief here:
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Is there a way to buy a peerage these days? Because I would contribute cash money to get Sean Dunn named the Earl of Sandwich
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Is there a way to buy a peerage these days? Because I would contribute cash money to get Sean Dunn named the Earl of Sandwich
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Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🤣
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🤣
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Sandwich Guy, 1977 Topps style
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Sandwich Guy, 1977 Topps style
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"To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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This was hugely helpful to watch before heading to the polls today (early voting for the win, y'all!). An easy and straightforward way to learn what each of the proposed amendments would do, if passed.
#TexasElection #EarlyVoting
#TexasElection #EarlyVoting
There are seventeen, count'em, SEVENTEEN Constitutional Amendments on the Texas ballot! Do you understand what they all mean? Watch our non-partisan explainer video so you can know before you vote.
What's on the Ballot for November 2025
You can get the slides for this presentation using the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lntyehQ1DOJFdZEanccxTZupGmpZ74UU/view?usp=drive_link
Join LWV Wilco for a discussion about changes…
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This was hugely helpful to watch before heading to the polls today (early voting for the win, y'all!). An easy and straightforward way to learn what each of the proposed amendments would do, if passed.
#TexasElection #EarlyVoting
#TexasElection #EarlyVoting