Lisa Runge
@goldendogma.bsky.social
Still bereft Golden Retriever humom, Rehab Counselor (ret.), devout democratarian, will fight a buzzsaw to protect your rights. In honor of #WalkForPeace, may you & all beings be well, happy and at peace.
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Lisa Runge
@goldendogma.bsky.social
· Mar 23
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
www.theatlantic.com
Trump is a patrimonialist. "Patrimonialism is corrupt by definition.""Corruption is patrimonialism’s Achilles’ heel because the public understands it & doesn’t like it. "...helping the public understand [this] vulnerability...requires relentless messaging. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
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Yes this is also happening….
Embarrassing floor meltdown has House Republicans questioning their leaders
Embarrassing floor meltdown has House Republicans questioning their leaders
A group of pro-labor holdouts handed the GOP its latest setback and underscored the tough path for party-line legislation this year.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Yes this is also happening….
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Lisa Murkowski is who Susan Collins pretends to be.
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Lisa Murkowski is who Susan Collins pretends to be.
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NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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U.S. billionaires got an astounding $1.5 TRILLION richer in the first year of Trump's second term.
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
U.S. billionaires got an astounding $1.5 TRILLION richer in the first year of Trump's second term.
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
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#EradicatingPoverty is one of the core impact areas for the SPLC’s work, and we're ready to expand on this work with our new #PovertyIsNotALine campaign.
Read how this campaign aims to reshape the public and personal narratives about poverty 🔗: https://bit.ly/4b0hac4
Read how this campaign aims to reshape the public and personal narratives about poverty 🔗: https://bit.ly/4b0hac4
January 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
#EradicatingPoverty is one of the core impact areas for the SPLC’s work, and we're ready to expand on this work with our new #PovertyIsNotALine campaign.
Read how this campaign aims to reshape the public and personal narratives about poverty 🔗: https://bit.ly/4b0hac4
Read how this campaign aims to reshape the public and personal narratives about poverty 🔗: https://bit.ly/4b0hac4
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🚨BREAKING: The Virginia House of Delegates approved a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment Wednesday that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts mid-decade, a significant step toward countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Virginia House passes amendment allowing redistricting to counter GOP gerrymanders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Virginia House of Delegates approved a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment Wednesday that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts mid-decade, a significant step toward countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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🚨SPECIAL REPORT
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January 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
🚨SPECIAL REPORT
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NEWS: The United Auto Workers union throws their support behind the Ford factory worker who was suspended for calling Trump a "pedophile protector" — and slams Trump for targeting workers with "vulgar language or behavior"
January 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
NEWS: The United Auto Workers union throws their support behind the Ford factory worker who was suspended for calling Trump a "pedophile protector" — and slams Trump for targeting workers with "vulgar language or behavior"
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Mike Johnson, who famously knows nothing about anything, admits that ICE is a state-sponsored domestic terrorist operation.
We should take him at his word, abolish ICE, and prosecute its terrorists.
We should take him at his word, abolish ICE, and prosecute its terrorists.
January 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Mike Johnson, who famously knows nothing about anything, admits that ICE is a state-sponsored domestic terrorist operation.
We should take him at his word, abolish ICE, and prosecute its terrorists.
We should take him at his word, abolish ICE, and prosecute its terrorists.
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Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
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now that's more like it
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
now that's more like it
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🚨BREAKING: As Black students silently protested, Republican state officials denied their request to provide a primary election early voting location at North Carolina A&T State University, the largest of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities.
North Carolina election board rejects early voting site at country’s largest Black university
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
🚨BREAKING: As Black students silently protested, Republican state officials denied their request to provide a primary election early voting location at North Carolina A&T State University, the largest of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities.
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BREAKING via NYT
FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the possible sharing of government secrets.
Searches of a reporter’s home are extremely rare, even in investigations involving classified docs.
Full Story: bit.ly/4jIxUHd
FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the possible sharing of government secrets.
Searches of a reporter’s home are extremely rare, even in investigations involving classified docs.
Full Story: bit.ly/4jIxUHd
January 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING via NYT
FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the possible sharing of government secrets.
Searches of a reporter’s home are extremely rare, even in investigations involving classified docs.
Full Story: bit.ly/4jIxUHd
FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the possible sharing of government secrets.
Searches of a reporter’s home are extremely rare, even in investigations involving classified docs.
Full Story: bit.ly/4jIxUHd
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Key detail: Natanson was told that she is not a target of the investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter, which suggests that the FBI is pursuing one or more of her sources inside the federal government.
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Key detail: Natanson was told that she is not a target of the investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter, which suggests that the FBI is pursuing one or more of her sources inside the federal government.
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Confirming the NYT's reporting: FBI agents arrived at Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home this morning and conducted a search. Natanson penned this outstanding first-person piece last month about being "the federal government whisperer." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Confirming the NYT's reporting: FBI agents arrived at Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home this morning and conducted a search. Natanson penned this outstanding first-person piece last month about being "the federal government whisperer." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Productivity up. Profits up. Wages down.
The economy is performing exactly as the 1% designed it.
The economy is performing exactly as the 1% designed it.
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Productivity up. Profits up. Wages down.
The economy is performing exactly as the 1% designed it.
The economy is performing exactly as the 1% designed it.
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Trump’s message to America.
January 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Trump’s message to America.
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How F[ucking] A[sshole] Bill Essayli attempts to deal w/fact that the guy who assaulted & injured David Huerta assumed protected speech was a crime from the start.
Huerta's argument on right, FA Essayli's attempt to downplay Ribner's centrality on left.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Huerta's argument on right, FA Essayli's attempt to downplay Ribner's centrality on left.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![The government’s interpretation here demonstrates its susceptibility to
misinterpretation. According to the Arrest Investigation Report, Agent Ribner “has
knowledge from incidents and at least one investigation that there have been past
criminal activities with a few activist groups.” Ex. B at 6. Examples of this
“criminal activity,” as written in the report, include:
• “[W]orking in a concerted effort to provide training videos to the public
on how to spot DHS law enforcement vehicles”
• “[U]tiliz[ing] two-way radios and patrol neighborhoods to identify
HSI/ICE operations.”
• “[Y]ell[ing and mak[ing] threatening remarks aimed at intimidating
agents”
• “[U]tiliz[ing] social media and verbal yelling to obtain compliance
from LAPD officers to leave traffic control positions during HSI search
warrants”
• “[A]ct[ing] as ‘agent provocateurs’ by using megaphones to amplify
emotionality within the crowd.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreidu7p5msboocza75umz7bf6rsyavx2hrcnftqppm6dffbdvrvypcu@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 1:51 PM
How F[ucking] A[sshole] Bill Essayli attempts to deal w/fact that the guy who assaulted & injured David Huerta assumed protected speech was a crime from the start.
Huerta's argument on right, FA Essayli's attempt to downplay Ribner's centrality on left.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Huerta's argument on right, FA Essayli's attempt to downplay Ribner's centrality on left.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A protester is currently lying in a hospital bed with a piece of shrapnel in his neck 7mm from his carotid artery.
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
A protester is currently lying in a hospital bed with a piece of shrapnel in his neck 7mm from his carotid artery.
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
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Good morning and happy Wednesday to everyone. Schools shutting down to shield kids from their own government should make every American furious. This is not normal. This is not acceptable. ¡CHINGA LA MIGRA!
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Good morning and happy Wednesday to everyone. Schools shutting down to shield kids from their own government should make every American furious. This is not normal. This is not acceptable. ¡CHINGA LA MIGRA!
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The latest escalation:
Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The latest escalation:
Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...