Liztalk
@elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Known as Liztalk_ in other circles.
New Mexico Democratic liberal
New Mexico Democratic liberal
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
A MUST read -if you care about how Trump, as President of the US, is grifting the American people, subverting Justice, knowingly violating the Constitution, and stealing billions of OUR tax money:
Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare >>>
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Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare >>>
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Transcript: Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare
As Representative Raskin’s broadside against Trump’s $230 million shakedown of DOJ hits home, a legal expert demystifies why this scheme is so appallingly corrupt—and what it says about MAGA’s ugliest...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A MUST read -if you care about how Trump, as President of the US, is grifting the American people, subverting Justice, knowingly violating the Constitution, and stealing billions of OUR tax money:
Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare >>>
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Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare >>>
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GIFT article:
Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC Chairman enforces the idea of it's only "free speech" and "in the public's interest" if the speech is to Trump's liking. If the speakers are liberal or criticize Trump, then they are punished:
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Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC Chairman enforces the idea of it's only "free speech" and "in the public's interest" if the speech is to Trump's liking. If the speakers are liberal or criticize Trump, then they are punished:
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Trump’s media enforcer is relishing his Jimmy Kimmel moment
Brendan Carr has become the personification of the president’s crusade against the mainstream media, and he’s just getting started.
wapo.st
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
GIFT article:
Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC Chairman enforces the idea of it's only "free speech" and "in the public's interest" if the speech is to Trump's liking. If the speakers are liberal or criticize Trump, then they are punished:
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Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC Chairman enforces the idea of it's only "free speech" and "in the public's interest" if the speech is to Trump's liking. If the speakers are liberal or criticize Trump, then they are punished:
wapo.st/4pxe2t0
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Worth mentioning that we once had policies to resist foreign influence operations, and that these have been undone by Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
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Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Worth mentioning that we once had policies to resist foreign influence operations, and that these have been undone by Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech
September 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech
GIFT read. ABC/Nexstar/Disney cancelled Jimmy Kimmel's Show bc they need Trump's FCC to approve Nexstar's merger w Tegna, a $6.2 billion deal.
Theyd need to change FCC regs to allow any one company from reachng more than 39% of US homes. FCC head Brendan Carr will CHANGE those rules.
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Theyd need to change FCC regs to allow any one company from reachng more than 39% of US homes. FCC head Brendan Carr will CHANGE those rules.
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Column | Kimmel’s suspension confirms what many suspected after Colbert’s cancellation
Media companies must punish Trump critics if they want their mega-mergers approved.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
GIFT read. ABC/Nexstar/Disney cancelled Jimmy Kimmel's Show bc they need Trump's FCC to approve Nexstar's merger w Tegna, a $6.2 billion deal.
Theyd need to change FCC regs to allow any one company from reachng more than 39% of US homes. FCC head Brendan Carr will CHANGE those rules.
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Theyd need to change FCC regs to allow any one company from reachng more than 39% of US homes. FCC head Brendan Carr will CHANGE those rules.
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Please READ and SHARE - the best explanation of how it's NOT "both sides" who are fomenting and using political violence -
By Thom Hartmann:::
By Thom Hartmann:::
When pundits blame tone instead of truth, they let one party weaponize threats and lies without consequence…
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The “Both Sides” Scam: How False Balance Fuels Extremism
When pundits blame tone instead of truth, they let one party weaponize threats and lies without consequence…
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September 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Please READ and SHARE - the best explanation of how it's NOT "both sides" who are fomenting and using political violence -
By Thom Hartmann:::
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One of Hitler’s first actions was to declare the socialist party domestic terrorists and outlaw them. He then proceeded to “dismantle“ his opposition. This is what happens when Reagan cuts funding for education and kills civics and history classes in public schools.
Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff, said that he and the president will use law enforcement to "dismantle" the left, which he called a "domestic terrorism movement" after the Charlie Kirk shooting.
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Miller Says He and Trump Will Use Law Enforcement to 'Dismantle' the Left After Kirk Shooting | Common Dreams
Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff, said that he and the president will use law enforcement to "dismantle" the left, which he called a "domestic terrorism movement" after the Charlie Kirk s...
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September 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
One of Hitler’s first actions was to declare the socialist party domestic terrorists and outlaw them. He then proceeded to “dismantle“ his opposition. This is what happens when Reagan cuts funding for education and kills civics and history classes in public schools.
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
GIFT article:
Closing down weather / climate satellites because the Trump administration doesn't want to acknowledge or share information on climate change seems like a very very bad idea! They think that you what we don't know won't hurt us. Idiots.
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Closing down weather / climate satellites because the Trump administration doesn't want to acknowledge or share information on climate change seems like a very very bad idea! They think that you what we don't know won't hurt us. Idiots.
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Trump is cutting climate satellites. That could affect weather prediction.
The Trump administration is scrapping satellite observations of Earth that officials say go beyond the essential task of predicting the weather.
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September 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
GIFT article:
Closing down weather / climate satellites because the Trump administration doesn't want to acknowledge or share information on climate change seems like a very very bad idea! They think that you what we don't know won't hurt us. Idiots.
wapo.st/4p70Lao
Closing down weather / climate satellites because the Trump administration doesn't want to acknowledge or share information on climate change seems like a very very bad idea! They think that you what we don't know won't hurt us. Idiots.
wapo.st/4p70Lao
Labor Day protest and march against fascism and oligarchy.
Downtown Albuquerque NM.
#WorkersOverBillionaires
Downtown Albuquerque NM.
#WorkersOverBillionaires
September 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Labor Day protest and march against fascism and oligarchy.
Downtown Albuquerque NM.
#WorkersOverBillionaires
Downtown Albuquerque NM.
#WorkersOverBillionaires
Protest marching against tyranny, fascism, and oligarchy in Albuquerque, NM on Labor Day, 2025.
#WorkersNotBillionaires
#WorkersNotBillionaires
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Protest marching against tyranny, fascism, and oligarchy in Albuquerque, NM on Labor Day, 2025.
#WorkersNotBillionaires
#WorkersNotBillionaires
This headline is deceptive & shows bias. Calling The Environmental Law Proj "activist" shows Republicans are for profit$ & ignorance against inconvenient truths & knowledge abt damage of climate change. If judges tote the false GOP line then we have alternative reality:
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West Virginia wants EPA to stop funding climate activist group
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey joined a 23-state coalition of attorneys general urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel grants to the Environmental Law Institute…
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August 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This headline is deceptive & shows bias. Calling The Environmental Law Proj "activist" shows Republicans are for profit$ & ignorance against inconvenient truths & knowledge abt damage of climate change. If judges tote the false GOP line then we have alternative reality:
www.wtrf.com/west-virgini...
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😡 How to steal and ruin forested public lands for profit of the few, brought to you by Republicans:
Feds takes next step in removing protections from 6.4 million acres of Montana’s national forests • Daily Montanan share.google/v039gjeVBy2n...
Feds takes next step in removing protections from 6.4 million acres of Montana’s national forests • Daily Montanan share.google/v039gjeVBy2n...
Feds takes next step in removing protections from 6.4 million acres of Montana’s national forests • Daily Montanan
Since 2001, ‘Roadless Rule’ has prevented new road construction across 58 million acres of national forest land across the country, minimizing logging and development
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August 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
😡 How to steal and ruin forested public lands for profit of the few, brought to you by Republicans:
Feds takes next step in removing protections from 6.4 million acres of Montana’s national forests • Daily Montanan share.google/v039gjeVBy2n...
Feds takes next step in removing protections from 6.4 million acres of Montana’s national forests • Daily Montanan share.google/v039gjeVBy2n...
A GIFT article about the maligning of the CDC by RFK and the Trump administration over the FALSEHOODS and ANTI-SCIENCE that vaccines are harmful. RFK Jr wants scientists at the CDC to LIE about the EFFICACY and SAFETY of vaccines.
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CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking lives
As the CDC reels from the firing of its director, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Fox News the agency is “in trouble and we need to fix it.”
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August 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A GIFT article about the maligning of the CDC by RFK and the Trump administration over the FALSEHOODS and ANTI-SCIENCE that vaccines are harmful. RFK Jr wants scientists at the CDC to LIE about the EFFICACY and SAFETY of vaccines.
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A MUST read -- and SHARE --
How and why America is now a fascist country. All the proof with examples in article, by Garrett Graff:
Slouching Into Fascism – Mother Jones share.google/e20NZPYhsTMp...
How and why America is now a fascist country. All the proof with examples in article, by Garrett Graff:
Slouching Into Fascism – Mother Jones share.google/e20NZPYhsTMp...
Slouching into fascism
Are we already past the tipping point?
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August 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A MUST read -- and SHARE --
How and why America is now a fascist country. All the proof with examples in article, by Garrett Graff:
Slouching Into Fascism – Mother Jones share.google/e20NZPYhsTMp...
How and why America is now a fascist country. All the proof with examples in article, by Garrett Graff:
Slouching Into Fascism – Mother Jones share.google/e20NZPYhsTMp...
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Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
August 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
"Telling the truth abt slavery is not ‘indoctrination’ "
MAGA want to ignore &shut down this painful true history "bc having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history wd mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves."
GIFT
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MAGA want to ignore &shut down this painful true history "bc having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history wd mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves."
GIFT
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Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"Telling the truth abt slavery is not ‘indoctrination’ "
MAGA want to ignore &shut down this painful true history "bc having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history wd mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves."
GIFT
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
MAGA want to ignore &shut down this painful true history "bc having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history wd mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves."
GIFT
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
We're @ the stage of the authoritarian Trump regime where they tell us "not to believe evidence of our eyes &ears" -but insist we believe only what they tell us &they create alternative "facts," (lies) &manipulate data. If we contradict their lies w reality, then we must be punished. wapo.st/3HGULnJ
Justice Department investigating D.C. police over alleged fake crime data
The launch of the criminal investigation — run out of the federal prosecutor’s office in D.C. — escalates the tense relationship between the Trump administration and local D.C. officials.
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August 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We're @ the stage of the authoritarian Trump regime where they tell us "not to believe evidence of our eyes &ears" -but insist we believe only what they tell us &they create alternative "facts," (lies) &manipulate data. If we contradict their lies w reality, then we must be punished. wapo.st/3HGULnJ
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How to stop concentration camp prisoners being used for slave labor:
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August 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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How to stop concentration camp prisoners being used for slave labor:
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How to stop concentration camp prisoners being used for slave labor:
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Fox host Will Cain accusing Dem Rep Talarico, who is protesting gerrymandering, "for abandoning" his office & TX, is like accusing a woman of not being loyal, for abandoning her partner, if she leaves a violent, abusive relationship & finds a safe haven away from abuse.
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Fox News host rages at rising Democrat for accusing him of abruptly ending interview
‘I just went on Fox News to tell the truth about the redistricting power grab in Texas,’ James Talarico tweeted. ‘He refused to answer — and cut the interview early.’
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August 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Fox host Will Cain accusing Dem Rep Talarico, who is protesting gerrymandering, "for abandoning" his office & TX, is like accusing a woman of not being loyal, for abandoning her partner, if she leaves a violent, abusive relationship & finds a safe haven away from abuse.
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Trump admin steals OUR public lands, then claims they're "fixing" the same problem they caused. Then STEAL for their own profits.
Stealing from the Land & Water Conservation Fund
Robbing the LWCF Would Hurt America's Public Lands. Maybe That's the Point | Outdoor Life share.google/l5ir0j0Uqbr7...
Stealing from the Land & Water Conservation Fund
Robbing the LWCF Would Hurt America's Public Lands. Maybe That's the Point | Outdoor Life share.google/l5ir0j0Uqbr7...
Robbing the LWCF Would Hurt America's Public Lands. Maybe That's the Point
By diverting money from the successful Land and Water Conservation fund, the Trump Administration is intentionally dismantling the federal lands system.
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August 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Trump admin steals OUR public lands, then claims they're "fixing" the same problem they caused. Then STEAL for their own profits.
Stealing from the Land & Water Conservation Fund
Robbing the LWCF Would Hurt America's Public Lands. Maybe That's the Point | Outdoor Life share.google/l5ir0j0Uqbr7...
Stealing from the Land & Water Conservation Fund
Robbing the LWCF Would Hurt America's Public Lands. Maybe That's the Point | Outdoor Life share.google/l5ir0j0Uqbr7...