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Amanda Tornabene

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Wife, SAHM of 4, Former Project Manager, Music Therapist and Opera Singer. Born/raised in Chicago, living in Texas, but I’ll always be a NOLA girl at heart.

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05.03.2026 18:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

👋🏻Northside Bexar County voter here! I agree, it’s 🤯 how many people don’t vote! That is a crazy % of folks who stayed home Tues, but our usual “no line” site was PACKED from 4:30pm w/long lines to 7pm cutoff. Got in line @ 6:30, cast ours at 7:50pm, & people behind us still waiting to vote! A first!

05.03.2026 18:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Republican voters seem to have this duty in their dna. Sadly, too many Dem & Ind voters think they can sit out in protest if they aren’t “excited enough” about the candidates, or if said candidates aren’t “perfectly matched” to their expectations.

05.03.2026 18:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for sharing your time and commitment to ensuring our elections run smoothly!

05.03.2026 18:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

For the 1st time since moving to TX, exc. COVID voting, the line at our “no line” site was so long we didn’t get to cast our vote until 7:50pm. We got in line at 6:25pm. 👀 They ran out of sample D ballots, while the R pile loaded. This is atypical for the location, & an exciting sign for us!

05.03.2026 18:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’ve been pondering the same!

26.02.2026 20:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It posted on BlueSky 15 mins after the original on “X.” So thank you to everyone for adding links and such - much appreciated! Plus, I clearly just needed to be patient enough for his media team to get the post out to all his socials. I love that we are all ready to help each other find info!

26.02.2026 20:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ha! Good point… it looks like it was officially posted to BlueSky about 15 mins after the original. I don’t trust “the bad site” to publish accurate info, so I try to corroborate with what’s on here… but you are spot on! 😉

26.02.2026 20:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I see “X,” but why wouldn’t it be on all his social feeds?

26.02.2026 20:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Where is this post from? It’s not on BlueSky under his accounts?

26.02.2026 20:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 1

“Uncorroborated?” Why is this word even part of the headline here? Does PBS have insight into all the files (even unreleased ones) to unequivocally state they are so? Also, who are they appeasing by adding in a word not previously used so prominently to describe accusations against prior prez?

26.02.2026 19:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just want to emphasize how much I appreciate this exchange between you both. Thank you. 🙏🏼

26.02.2026 17:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

WHAT?!! I had to rewatch that clip multiple times bc I can’t wrap my head around his answer. 🤯

16.02.2026 02:09 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

… why in the world was he treated like an average citizen when it should have been considered crimes under the Patriot Act (you know GOP would have used that if the roles were reversed), much less just treason and espionage as stated in the constitution? Arrests should have occurred at 12:01pm.

15.02.2026 23:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I want to believe this, Eric. But why wasn’t there REAL accountability after 1/6? So much time spent dotting I’s and crossing T’s to ensure “fairness.” But we all witnessed treasonous acts - they were in public posts, recorded in interviews, seen by our own eyes via clips captured by journalists…

15.02.2026 23:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m sold! The bluey pj’s, apple, and award winning smile sank me! 💛

15.02.2026 23:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My mother emigrated to the US when she was 12. Even living in an Italian neighborhood amongst other immigrants in Chicago, she was targeted. The craziest thing is by the time I was her age, being Italian was “cool,” and the country was on to disparaging the next wave of immigrants.

15.02.2026 23:11 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am glad you pointed this out; the Irish weren’t “welcome” in the US, nor were the Italians, and every cultural wave of immigrants since. He is rewriting who “belongs” based on how white their nationality. Next level bs from this guy as usual.

15.02.2026 20:36 👍 189 🔁 7 💬 5 📌 0

The craziest thing for me is how low my bar for these officials has gotten in hearings. Like I’m appreciating Dir Lyons’ respectful and honest tone/approach… even though his agency is brutality. He comes across as the guy stuck answering for policies he doesn’t agree with.

14.02.2026 03:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wait… HE searched through legal arguments “not yet articulated…, etc.?” The whole text is nuts, but my brain can’t get past the incongruence of that statement alone.

14.02.2026 03:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What they *should* versus what they have the 🍒 to do… People wanted accountability after 1/6; we got an anemic majority. The only way the *should* happens is if the majorities in both houses consist of those willing to enforce constitutionally required actions.

12.02.2026 16:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This post and comments brought a level of entertainment and laughter to my morning I wasn’t expecting. I am grateful to @jamellebouie.net and all of my fellow commenters here for sharing your humor! 🙏🏼

12.02.2026 16:29 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That read more like a guy trying to cozy up to the investigators to suss out what they had and try to convince them he wasn’t part of it… and not at all like a truly “concerned citizen.”

12.02.2026 03:25 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Watching her reactions and hearing her trash talking retorts reminded me guests on the Jerry Springer show. She acted like she was ready to “throw down” and start a fight. Good grief.

12.02.2026 03:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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10.02.2026 22:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Proverbial Improv: “The less they know, the stronger their opinions.” 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

10.02.2026 22:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Someone should post a photo of the current administration and elected GOP in response. Disappointed there’s not enough diversity for those 15 minutes (once a year!) during the Super Bowl? This guy must be enraged by the lack of diversity in the majority party.

09.02.2026 22:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I would also add his election in 2016 re-traumatized many of us who’ve been SA as kids, teens, young adults; placing us in a state of constant hyper vigilance that has had debilitating effects on our ability to function as effectively as we once could.

06.02.2026 18:12 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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“High Tech”

06.02.2026 05:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whoa! Slow down there! We’re “aging like a fine wine;” we’re not “old,” yet… right? 😬

03.02.2026 06:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0