Lainie
@brainylainie.bsky.social
Vegan, lefty, hanging in there. She/her.
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1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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3) The docs show Trump knew it was Ghislaine, not Epstein, who did the stealing. The woman whose sentence he is prepping to commute.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/12/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/12/t...
Trump Already Confessed He Knew about "the Girls" - emptywheel
In July, Trump confessed he knew that Jeffrey Epstein had "stolen" girls from Mar-a-Lago -- but he suggested he dealt with Epstein directly on that. A new email release makes clear he spoke to Ghislai...
www.emptywheel.net
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
3) The docs show Trump knew it was Ghislaine, not Epstein, who did the stealing. The woman whose sentence he is prepping to commute.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/12/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/12/t...
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Try removing the passive voice with only information from the story:
Matt Gaetz raped a homeless teenager who was trying to save money for braces, and was repeatedly drugged and raped by a sex trafficker at a GOP party while other political operatives watched and laughed.
Matt Gaetz raped a homeless teenager who was trying to save money for braces, and was repeatedly drugged and raped by a sex trafficker at a GOP party while other political operatives watched and laughed.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Try removing the passive voice with only information from the story:
Matt Gaetz raped a homeless teenager who was trying to save money for braces, and was repeatedly drugged and raped by a sex trafficker at a GOP party while other political operatives watched and laughed.
Matt Gaetz raped a homeless teenager who was trying to save money for braces, and was repeatedly drugged and raped by a sex trafficker at a GOP party while other political operatives watched and laughed.
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Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members?
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members?
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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He's on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
He's on a mission from God.
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in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Must-read from Alexis Coe at Rolling Stone.
"They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
"They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Congress Enjoys Ultraluxe Health Care as It Fights to Gut Yours
Congress has ensured its members receive ultraluxe health care as Republican keep the government closed over stripping it from Americans.
www.rollingstone.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Must-read from Alexis Coe at Rolling Stone.
"They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
"They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What if they they were masked secret police violently kidnapping brown people from their jobs and holding them at a black site in deplorable conditions?
(Their lives weren’t threatened but that’s beside the point)
(Their lives weren’t threatened but that’s beside the point)
Khojasteh cites his youth and says he couldn't imagine a circumstance when he and his friends would have surrounded police and threatened their lives.
"Is there a world in which anyone would say that's protected speech?"
"Is there a world in which anyone would say that's protected speech?"
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What if they they were masked secret police violently kidnapping brown people from their jobs and holding them at a black site in deplorable conditions?
(Their lives weren’t threatened but that’s beside the point)
(Their lives weren’t threatened but that’s beside the point)
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MAGA Catholics pick a side. Your etetnal salvation depends on it. Pope Leo.
“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?”
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?”
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected - Vatican News
In remarks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants in the United States, urges
www.vaticannews.va
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
MAGA Catholics pick a side. Your etetnal salvation depends on it. Pope Leo.
“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?”
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?”
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
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Heartbreaking: Under Trump's ICE terror, a 2-year-old Chicago girl was tear-gassed while walking with her mom-burning eyes, screams of
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
Chicago residents say kids tear-gassed due to nearby immigration enforcement
A Chicago mother tells NBC News she and her 2-year-old were hit with a chemical agent. Many residents say the city wasn’t a “war zone”— until immigration agents swept through.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Heartbreaking: Under Trump's ICE terror, a 2-year-old Chicago girl was tear-gassed while walking with her mom-burning eyes, screams of
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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Jesus fucking Christ.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jesus fucking Christ.
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Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
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Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
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But the other guy had dementia.
Trump: "They spent $900,093,000 on the catapults trying to get them to work. And they had steam, which worked so beautifully and it has for 50 years, right? So we're gonna go back. Seriously fellas, I want to make that change. I'm gonna do an executive order."
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
But the other guy had dementia.
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The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.