Liz Abdnour
@abdnoure.bsky.social
Education, civil rights, & employment lawyer in Lansing, MI
"Dismissive & bombastic." -City of Lansing
"Too much of an advocate." -Lou Anna K. Simon
"Dismissive & bombastic." -City of Lansing
"Too much of an advocate." -Lou Anna K. Simon
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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This is absolutely the best thing I’ve ever read about elite news-media bothsiderism, as well the relationship between knowledge-production and journalism.
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is absolutely the best thing I’ve ever read about elite news-media bothsiderism, as well the relationship between knowledge-production and journalism.
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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Here's how to support my work:
I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social.
The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social.
The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Here's how to support my work:
I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social.
The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social.
The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
OMG fuck this. Solidarity, @karenattiah.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OMG fuck this. Solidarity, @karenattiah.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
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Astounding bravery on the part of the women and a very well-done and spartanly told story. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How 36 Mayan Women in Guatemala Came Together to Prosecute Their Attackers
Systematically assaulted during Guatemala’s civil war, 36 Mayan women made a final bid for justice.
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Astounding bravery on the part of the women and a very well-done and spartanly told story. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Let’s talk for a moment about some of the more subtle ways that the press acts as a mouthpiece for law enforcement.
Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime.
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Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime.
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June 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Let’s talk for a moment about some of the more subtle ways that the press acts as a mouthpiece for law enforcement.
Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime.
/1
Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime.
/1
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Read the linked piece below all the way to the end.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
Amazing account of ChatGPT's sycophancy and confabulation on steroids.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Read the linked piece below all the way to the end.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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Very, very important piece about a part of the CECOT story that's gone barely discussed. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...
April 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very, very important piece about a part of the CECOT story that's gone barely discussed. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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Today @vanhollen.senate.gov was denied entry to the same prison.
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today @vanhollen.senate.gov was denied entry to the same prison.
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Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
April 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
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If you are National Guard or active duty military & you are ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of your fellow Americans, call the Gl Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487
There is support, you don't have to go through with it.
There is support, you don't have to go through with it.
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you are National Guard or active duty military & you are ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of your fellow Americans, call the Gl Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487
There is support, you don't have to go through with it.
There is support, you don't have to go through with it.
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This isn't going to end until the judges start holding lawyers and DOJ officials in contempt and throwing them in jail.
Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.
Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.
NEW: DOJ doubles down on refusing to follow Judge Xinis's orders. Today's status report contains nothing new. It again fails to provide information about steps they're taking to bring Mr. Abrego back), and arguably violates her command that a declaration be made by someone with personal knowledge.
April 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This isn't going to end until the judges start holding lawyers and DOJ officials in contempt and throwing them in jail.
Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.
Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.
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Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
April 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
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If other Senators come to support Cory Booker and extend this effort indefinitely
Democrats can put a stop to Trump and Musk-at least temporarily
And that could save thousands of lives
THIS is the kind of fight we want from Democrats @schumer.senate.gov
If you can't do it
Get out of the way
Democrats can put a stop to Trump and Musk-at least temporarily
And that could save thousands of lives
THIS is the kind of fight we want from Democrats @schumer.senate.gov
If you can't do it
Get out of the way
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
If other Senators come to support Cory Booker and extend this effort indefinitely
Democrats can put a stop to Trump and Musk-at least temporarily
And that could save thousands of lives
THIS is the kind of fight we want from Democrats @schumer.senate.gov
If you can't do it
Get out of the way
Democrats can put a stop to Trump and Musk-at least temporarily
And that could save thousands of lives
THIS is the kind of fight we want from Democrats @schumer.senate.gov
If you can't do it
Get out of the way
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A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days.
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
March 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days.
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
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🚨SPEAK UP FOR WOLVES 🚨
On Tuesday, 3/25, the House Cmte on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, + Fisheries will hold a hearing on several bills, 2 of which directly attack wolves + the Endangered Species Act.
Call on your reps to vote NO on HR 845 + HR 1897 ➡️ bit.ly/43UB7gG
On Tuesday, 3/25, the House Cmte on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, + Fisheries will hold a hearing on several bills, 2 of which directly attack wolves + the Endangered Species Act.
Call on your reps to vote NO on HR 845 + HR 1897 ➡️ bit.ly/43UB7gG
March 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨SPEAK UP FOR WOLVES 🚨
On Tuesday, 3/25, the House Cmte on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, + Fisheries will hold a hearing on several bills, 2 of which directly attack wolves + the Endangered Species Act.
Call on your reps to vote NO on HR 845 + HR 1897 ➡️ bit.ly/43UB7gG
On Tuesday, 3/25, the House Cmte on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, + Fisheries will hold a hearing on several bills, 2 of which directly attack wolves + the Endangered Species Act.
Call on your reps to vote NO on HR 845 + HR 1897 ➡️ bit.ly/43UB7gG
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My dear friend’s niece, who in October developed sepsis when a Georgia hospital refused her a D&C after a miscarriage, will be taken off life support tomorrow.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
March 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
My dear friend’s niece, who in October developed sepsis when a Georgia hospital refused her a D&C after a miscarriage, will be taken off life support tomorrow.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
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If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
March 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
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France: Can we get the Statue of Liberty back?
Naomi Osaka: Can Haiti Get Its Money Back?
EXACTLY NAOMI. EXACTLY. #blacksky
www.bellanaija.com/2025/03/naom...
Naomi Osaka: Can Haiti Get Its Money Back?
EXACTLY NAOMI. EXACTLY. #blacksky
www.bellanaija.com/2025/03/naom...
Naomi Osaka Calls for Haiti Reparations from France: “Can Haiti Get Their Money Back?”
Naomi Osaka flips the script on France with one powerful question about reparations:
www.bellanaija.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
France: Can we get the Statue of Liberty back?
Naomi Osaka: Can Haiti Get Its Money Back?
EXACTLY NAOMI. EXACTLY. #blacksky
www.bellanaija.com/2025/03/naom...
Naomi Osaka: Can Haiti Get Its Money Back?
EXACTLY NAOMI. EXACTLY. #blacksky
www.bellanaija.com/2025/03/naom...
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they’re arresting people for performing abortions, they’re deporting people for liking pro-palestine posts on social media, they’re sending immigrants to forced labor camps in south america, we are living under fascism right now
March 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
they’re arresting people for performing abortions, they’re deporting people for liking pro-palestine posts on social media, they’re sending immigrants to forced labor camps in south america, we are living under fascism right now