Tina Traster (@ttraster.bsky.social)

Tina Traster

@ttraster.bsky.social

Journalist, Documentary Maker, Thinker, Animal Lover, Protector of the First Amendment

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Tina Traster

@ttraster.bsky.social

This is what Democracy looks like #nokings #kingston

Tina Traster

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Still Singing tinatraster.substack.com/p/songs-of-p...

tinatraster.substack.comSongs of Protest Draws A Crowd Familiar With Songs of ProtestThe Silver Generation Is Leading the Resistance in Suburbia

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tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] Gripped By A Gang-Rape; College Campuses Highlight Issues With American CultureLiving In An Era Of Extreme Misogyny Highlights Women’s Place in Society

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What A Gang Rape Says About Our Culture tinatraster.substack.com/p/gripped-by...

tinatraster.substack.comGripped By A Gang-Rape; College Campuses Highlight Issues With American CultureLiving In An Era Of Extreme Misogyny Highlights Women’s Place in Society

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tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-a-lo...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] A Local Library Is Forced To Brush Up On The First AmendmentTaxpayer-Funded Public Libraries Cannot Discriminate On View Point

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First Amendment Lessons For The Library Board tinatraster.substack.com/p/a-local-li...

tinatraster.substack.comA Local Library Is Forced To Brush Up On The First AmendmentTaxpayer-Funded Public Libraries Cannot Discriminate On View Point

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19 Sept

We've lost so much tinatraster.substack.com/p/a-bout-wit...

tinatraster.substack.comA Bout With COVID Reminds Us How Much We’ve LostWe Are So Much Worse Off Than We’ve Ever Been

Tina Traster

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12 Sept

9/11 rcbizjournal.com/2026/09/11/n...

rcbizjournal.comNyack Mayor Joe Rand Leads Solemn 9-11 Memorial Service: A Pictorial -Rand Urged Those Who Attended Ceremony To Remember Who We Were On 9/11 2001 -- A Nation That Came Together To Grieve and Recover; He Said We Need To Find Our Way Back To That Place

Tina Traster

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9 Sept

Weighted Down, Seeking Meaning tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-the-...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] The Specter of Loss in America Today Makes Death More SymbolicThe Erosion Of Our Nation In These Times Puts Other Losses in Stark Relief

Tina Traster

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7 Sept

Death by 1,000 cuts tinatraster.substack.com/p/the-specte...

tinatraster.substack.comThe Specter of Loss in America Today Makes Death More SymbolicThe Erosion Of Our Nation In These Times Puts Other Losses in Stark Relief

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27 Aug

Leaning In To Authoritarian Times tinatraster.substack.com/p/county-exe...

tinatraster.substack.comCounty Exec’s BusPatrol Fetish Turns To RetaliationLeaning In During These Authoritarian Times -- I’m On “BusParole”

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16 Aug

A Bit of Thrilling Danger Helps Subdue A Throbbing Existential Fear tinatraster.substack.com/p/a-bit-of-t...

tinatraster.substack.comA Bit of Thrilling Danger Helps Subdue A Throbbing Existential FearWhat Watching a Sunset and a Meteor Shower Means In An Era Of Constant Uncertainty

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6 Aug

Hansard’s death allowed us to stop and take stock of his life and our own without Donald’s static. tinatraster.substack.com/p/once-we-we... PLEASE SUBSCRIBE/SUPPORT

tinatraster.substack.comOnce We Were A Community. That's What Glen Hansard's Death Reminded UsWe've Forgotten What It Feels Like To Have a Collective Experience Without Donald's Static

Tina Traster

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29 July

Treading in the deep end tinatraster.substack.com/p/washington...

tinatraster.substack.comWashington Vibe Trickles Down To Small Town Powerbrokers, Making A Mockery of the Justice SystemA Saga About Bathing Suit Material Morphs Into a Story About Pool Rules, Policing and Political Maneuvering Ahead of the November Election

Tina Traster

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27 July

if you couldn't attend last week's screening and post-film panel of Steal This Story, Please! -- here is the panel discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM-k...

youtube.comSteal This Story, Please Panel DiscussionYouTube video by broken hearted

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27 July

What the Sam Hill is going on here? rcbizjournal.com/2026/07/26/o...

rcbizjournal.comOctogenarian's Park Trespassing Charges Dropped Hours After Arrest - Rockland County Business JournalOctogenarian's Park Trespassing Charged Dropped Hours After Arrest; Mary Wallace Happy To Be Back in the Pool, But Will She Stay in Her Lane?

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24 July

With #amygoodman and ZAZU before screening of #stealthisstoryplease. Followed by a panel I moderated on the Fourth Estate, Independent Media and Democracy. #DemocracyNow!

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22 July

Not afraid to show who she is tinatraster.substack.com/p/cait-conle...

tinatraster.substack.comCait Conley Is Not Afraid To Show Voters Who She Is Or Who She’s Worked ForNew York Congressional District 17 Candidate Talks Cyber Security, Drones, Trans Rights in the Military, and Her Hopes of Restoring Inclusivity in America

Tina Traster

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15 July

Town Engineer Stands By Claims rcbizjournal.com/2026/07/14/c...

rcbizjournal.comClarkstown Residents Challenge Town Board On Disciplinary Action Taken Against Director Of Engineering - Rockland County Business JournalTown Attorney Kevin Conway Says Gianatasio Was Under Year-Long Investigation & Failed To Disclose Business Interests

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14 July

A free press is not an ornament of democratic government; it is one of its load-bearing walls. tinatraster.substack.com/p/one-journa...

tinatraster.substack.comOne Journalist's Win is a Win For AllRCBJ Wins FOIL Case Against Rockland Green: Public Authority Ordered To Produce Documents, Pay Attorney’s Fees

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13 July

“A local journalist tracking how a public authority spends $18 million taxpayer dollars is engaged in exactly the work the First Amendment was written to protect – unglamorous, granular, and indispensable.” rcbizjournal.com/2026/07/12/r...

rcbizjournal.comRCBJ Wins FOIL Case Against Rockland Green: Public Authority Ordered To Produce Documents, Pay Attorney's Fees - Rockland County Business JournalRCBJ Wins FOIL Case Against Rockland Green: Public Authority Ordered To Produce Documents, Pay Attorney's Fees; Judge Invokes First Amendment

Tina Traster

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7 July

Betting on Cait to Win Back the House tinatraster.substack.com/p/cait-is-th...

tinatraster.substack.comCait Is The "It" Girl But She's Got A Tough Road AheadThe Ex-Military District 17 Candidate Will Need A Broad Tent

Tina Traster

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2 July

Let's Call It The 'Declaration of the Preservation of Independence' open.substack.com/pub/tinatras...

open.substack.comLet's Call It The 'Declaration of the Preservation of Independence'Time To Do It Again -- Renew Our Vows To American Democracy & Reclaim Our Freedoms

Tina Traster

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29 June

2.0 is needed tinatraster.substack.com/p/lets-call-...

tinatraster.substack.comLet's Call It The 'Declaration of the Preservation of Independence'Time To Do It Again -- Renew Our Vows To American Democracy & Reclaim Our Freedoms

Tina Traster

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20 June

There’s something comforting about grounded veterans repurposing their skills to fight an administration that is at war with us. We need more of this, which is just one reason I’m enamored with Cait Conley tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-ex-m...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] Ex-Military Electeds Are Showing Us How To Fight the RegimeCait Conley's Pitch Is A Good Fit For This Perilous Moment

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17 June

tinatraster.substack.com/p/ex-militar... Military Chops To Fight The Regime

tinatraster.substack.comEx-Military Electeds Are Showing Us How To Fight the RegimeCait Conley's Pitch Is A Good Fit For This Perilous Moment

Tina Traster

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11 June

tinatraster.substack.com/p/girls-gone... The Story and the Situation

tinatraster.substack.comGirls Gone Missing Wasn't the Real StoryTensions Between Hasidic & Secular in a New York County Shape Everything

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3 June

tinatraster.substack.com/p/use-july-f... MAKE AMERICA AMERICA AGAIN

tinatraster.substack.comUse July Fourth To Start A Movement: Make America America AgainDonald Will Try To Hijack Our 250th Birthday; Don't Let Him

Tina Traster

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30 May

tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-dona... And what I realized is that it was more disturbing to witness the crowd than it was to watch Donald’s hackneyed act because while Donald will eventually be gone, the fruits of his poison will permeate our world for a long time.

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] Donald Trots Out Every Hackneyed Stunt at Rockland BundBut Watching The Mesmerized Crowd Is What Was Truly Disturbing

Tina Traster

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27 May

tinatraster.substack.com/p/donald-tro... In the ROOM SUBSCRIBE & SHARE

tinatraster.substack.comDonald Trots Out Every Hackneyed Stunt at Rockland BundBut Watching The Mesmerized Crowd Is What Was Truly Disturbing

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24 May

On Every Channel tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-grab...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] Grab the Remote: From Reality Show To RomComs -- Donald is the StarHe Plays A Host, A Housewife, A Contestant & A Spurned Husband

Tina Traster

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20 May

He's on Every Channel tinatraster.substack.com/p/grab-the-r...

tinatraster.substack.comGrab the Remote: From Reality Show To RomComs -- Donald is the StarHe Plays A Host, A Housewife, A Contestant & A Spurned Husband

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18 May

Where are the men in white coats? tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-its-...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] It's Time for the Men in the White Coats -- and MAGA Knows ItDonald Is Drowning In A Soup of Daily -- and Nightly --Demented Miasma

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13 May

Where are the men in the white coat? tinatraster.substack.com/p/its-time-f...

tinatraster.substack.comIt's Time for the Men in the White Coats -- and MAGA Knows ItDonald Is Drowning In A Soup of Daily -- and Nightly --Demented Miasma

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11 May

While too many of us are treading water, or worse, the Emperor is conspiring to remake Washington D.C. in his image. tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-dona...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] Donald's Nero Period Is Bringing Us Rome 2.0Remaking The Nation's Capital In His Image With Arches, Statuary, & A Billion-Dollar Ballroom

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6 May

Donaldwood? Despot Center anyone?

tinatraster.substack.comDonald's Nero Period Is Bringing Us Rome 2.0Remaking The Nation's Capital In His Image With Arches, Statuary, & A Billion-Dollar Ballroom

Tina Traster

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3 May

And while you were distracted... tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-just...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] Just When You Think It Can't Get Worse: Let's Bring Back Firing Squads To Execute Death Row PrisonersDonald's Barbarism Is An Olympic Sport

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29 Apr

Cruelty and Spectacle: That's his brand

tinatraster.substack.comJust When You Think It Can't Get Worse: Let's Bring Back Firing Squads To Execute Death Row PrisonersDonald's Barbarism Is An Olympic Sport

Tina Traster

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25 Apr

The Uninvited tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-the-...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] The White House Correspondents' Association Must Uninvite DonaldNo President Has Done More To Undermine The Principles of Democracy & The First Amendment, and The Press Corps Knows It

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22 Apr

Uninvite Him

tinatraster.substack.comThe White House Correspondents' Association Must Uninvite DonaldNo President Has Done More To Undermine The Principles of Democracy & The First Amendment, and The Press Corps Knows It

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19 Apr

We need to talk about what we're talking about tinatraster.substack.com/p/icymi-shou...

tinatraster.substack.com[ICYMI] Should They Say The Hard Bits Out LoudYom HaShoah Asks Us To Remember. It's Also A Call To Action

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15 Apr

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tinatraster.substack.comShould They Say The Hard Bits Out LoudYom HaShoah Asks Us To Remember. It's Also A Call To Action

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12 Apr

youtu.be/ZcgbZcVhHxM Take a look/listen if you weren't there. This is a condensed version of a talk I gave at Sparkle Bookstore on Friday

youtu.beTina Traster talks local media with the RBA Women's Leadership Council at Sparkle BooksYouTube video by Rockland County Business Journal - RCBJ Connect

Tina Traster

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9 Apr

Get up on the desk SUBSCRIBE

tinatraster.substack.comTime To Get Up On The Desk, Like They Did In Dead Poets SocietyWe Have To Exit Donald's Grip; The Media and the Military To Lead

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8 Apr

Get Up on the Desk tinatraster.substack.com

tinatraster.substack.comTime To Get Up On The Desk, Like They Did In Dead Poets SocietyWe Have To Exit Donald's Grip; The Media and the Military To Lead

Tina Traster

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3 Apr

Like nature’s cycles, “No Kings” is becoming a regularly scheduled migration to vent frustration, fear and fury. We sing “We Shall Overcome” because we have in the past and we tell ourselves we will again. tinatraster.substack.com/p/there-will...

tinatraster.substack.comThere Will Be No Springtime In AmericaDonald's Desecration of Our Nation Makes Me Want To Clean House

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1 Apr

Springtime in America tinatraster.substack.com

tinatraster.substack.comThere Will Be No Springtime In AmericaDonald's Desecration of Our Nation Makes Me Want To Clean House

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26 Mar

The Twin Cities are America’s latter-day Ground Zero, where hope and humanity rise from the ashes of a protracted ethnic cleansing campaign SUBSCRIBE/SHARE/SUPPORT tinatraster.substack.com/p/meet-benso...