Laura Madden
@lauraphoenixstl.bsky.social
Focused on reparation, restoration, regeneration - of community, of Nature, of heart. Lived and worked 30 years in DC bubble. Back home STL #Nature #Spirit #Love #Truth
Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
January 29, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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If you are
🇺🇸 using TEAR GAS on a SIX-MONTH-OLD INFANT
🇺🇸 DEPORTING a FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
🇺🇸 ARRESTING PREGNANT WOMEN
🇺🇸 DETAINING DISABLED MILITARY VETERANS
🇺🇸 BODY-SLAMMING a 79-YEAR-OLD MAN
Then it was never about
PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY!
U.S. CITIZENS or NOT
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
🇺🇸 using TEAR GAS on a SIX-MONTH-OLD INFANT
🇺🇸 DEPORTING a FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
🇺🇸 ARRESTING PREGNANT WOMEN
🇺🇸 DETAINING DISABLED MILITARY VETERANS
🇺🇸 BODY-SLAMMING a 79-YEAR-OLD MAN
Then it was never about
PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY!
U.S. CITIZENS or NOT
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
January 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
If you are
🇺🇸 using TEAR GAS on a SIX-MONTH-OLD INFANT
🇺🇸 DEPORTING a FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
🇺🇸 ARRESTING PREGNANT WOMEN
🇺🇸 DETAINING DISABLED MILITARY VETERANS
🇺🇸 BODY-SLAMMING a 79-YEAR-OLD MAN
Then it was never about
PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY!
U.S. CITIZENS or NOT
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
🇺🇸 using TEAR GAS on a SIX-MONTH-OLD INFANT
🇺🇸 DEPORTING a FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
🇺🇸 ARRESTING PREGNANT WOMEN
🇺🇸 DETAINING DISABLED MILITARY VETERANS
🇺🇸 BODY-SLAMMING a 79-YEAR-OLD MAN
Then it was never about
PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY!
U.S. CITIZENS or NOT
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
Can somebody please explain to me how Donald Trump can sell oil of another country and bank the money for in a Qatari account? It is Venezuela’s asset, isn’t it?
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Can somebody please explain to me how Donald Trump can sell oil of another country and bank the money for in a Qatari account? It is Venezuela’s asset, isn’t it?
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We have to make our reaction to today's murder of Renee Nicole Good too big to spin.
Do you agree?
#SayHerName
Do you agree?
#SayHerName
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
We have to make our reaction to today's murder of Renee Nicole Good too big to spin.
Do you agree?
#SayHerName
Do you agree?
#SayHerName
Reposted by Laura Madden
Perfect summation
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Perfect summation
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Yes in The Round
Peter Frampton Live
Celtic Women
Moody Blues
BB King w/Buddy Guy open
Yes in The Round
Peter Frampton Live
Celtic Women
Moody Blues
BB King w/Buddy Guy open
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Tears for Fears
Chicago
Robert Cray
John Prine
Sade
Tears for Fears
Chicago
Robert Cray
John Prine
Sade
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Been to a lot too, but these stand out…
Tom Waits with Rickie Lee Jones
Miles Davis (small venue)
Pink Floyd
Steely Dan
Son House
Been to a lot too, but these stand out…
Tom Waits with Rickie Lee Jones
Miles Davis (small venue)
Pink Floyd
Steely Dan
Son House
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Yes in The Round
Peter Frampton Live
Celtic Women
Moody Blues
BB King w/Buddy Guy open
Yes in The Round
Peter Frampton Live
Celtic Women
Moody Blues
BB King w/Buddy Guy open
Reposted by Laura Madden
VIDEO: Under the perverse priorities of Trump’s shadow president, Stephen Miller, DHS lets pedophiles, child abusers, human traffickers, terrorists and terrorism funders breathe easy, while focusing on deporting immigrants without criminal records in the US.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: How Trump Is Diverting Resources Toward Immigration Enforcement
President Trump’s immigration crackdown is diverting resources from other law enforcement operations. Nicholas Nehamas, a Washington correspondent, describes how federal agents investigating sexual cr...
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
VIDEO: Under the perverse priorities of Trump’s shadow president, Stephen Miller, DHS lets pedophiles, child abusers, human traffickers, terrorists and terrorism funders breathe easy, while focusing on deporting immigrants without criminal records in the US.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
@kaine.senate.gov maybe you should have a long talk with your constituents to find out if they truly want you to capitulate to the demands of the Republicans taking apart the very institutions they work in. Short term Game does not work. Please do NOT break with the Democrats on the spending bill.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@kaine.senate.gov maybe you should have a long talk with your constituents to find out if they truly want you to capitulate to the demands of the Republicans taking apart the very institutions they work in. Short term Game does not work. Please do NOT break with the Democrats on the spending bill.
Such deceit is sickening. Does he think people won’t figure this out? 30% fewer items in the box and none of them are name brand as before. No thanks Walmart.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Such deceit is sickening. Does he think people won’t figure this out? 30% fewer items in the box and none of them are name brand as before. No thanks Walmart.
Reposted by Laura Madden
Reposted by Laura Madden
👊🏼 we are coming for Republicans 🤨
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
👊🏼 we are coming for Republicans 🤨
Beautiful words!
#TruthWarriors❕#MirthWarriors 🐸 #HearthWarriors 🫂
we recognize a "natural morality" rooted in human #empathy
WE MUST: Defend the hearth. Care. Hug. 🫂 Hold hands. Protect the Earth! Forget any "Father"land; Love Mother Earth! Play music. Community. #STRIKE #VOTE Recapture the soul. One Heart.
we recognize a "natural morality" rooted in human #empathy
WE MUST: Defend the hearth. Care. Hug. 🫂 Hold hands. Protect the Earth! Forget any "Father"land; Love Mother Earth! Play music. Community. #STRIKE #VOTE Recapture the soul. One Heart.
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Beautiful words!
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Sen. Rosen: "This is a Republican shutdown...You are in control of the White House, the House, and the Senate. If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-A-Lago...while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents. You are blind to the suffering."
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Sen. Rosen: "This is a Republican shutdown...You are in control of the White House, the House, and the Senate. If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-A-Lago...while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents. You are blind to the suffering."
This is about tearing down our government to create libertarian nationalist regime to control the masses and benefit multimillionaires and billionaires.
Republicans have officially caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Folks aren’t getting paid, families are wondering if they'll have food on the table — and now they’re closing off airspace right before the holidays. (1/2)
Folks aren’t getting paid, families are wondering if they'll have food on the table — and now they’re closing off airspace right before the holidays. (1/2)
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is about tearing down our government to create libertarian nationalist regime to control the masses and benefit multimillionaires and billionaires.
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🚨 Dear Democrats: I'm the guy who's moving heaven & earth to get the #ACA enhanced tax credits extended, and I'm telling you NOT to cave for a short-term fix:
acasignups.net/25/09/11/dea...
acasignups.net/25/09/11/dea...
Dear Democrats: I'm the guy who's moving heaven & earth to get the tax credits extended, and I'm telling you not to cave for a short-term fix.
This is gonna be one of the stranger references I've made on this site, but bear with me. Back in 1996 there was an HBO movie called "The Late Shift" which told the story of the Late Night TV show bat...
acasignups.net
September 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🚨 Dear Democrats: I'm the guy who's moving heaven & earth to get the #ACA enhanced tax credits extended, and I'm telling you NOT to cave for a short-term fix:
acasignups.net/25/09/11/dea...
acasignups.net/25/09/11/dea...
Maybe if we return the US to the Native Peoples we can get back on track. I vote yes.
Shitty jobs report yet Labor Sec. Lori Chavez-DeRemer boasts that "all job growth this year has been in the private sector among native-born Americans."
Really sums up so much of what the administration is doing.
Really sums up so much of what the administration is doing.
September 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Maybe if we return the US to the Native Peoples we can get back on track. I vote yes.
I finally have a diagnosis I can submit for an insurance claim! Thanks Congressman Davidson!
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I finally have a diagnosis I can submit for an insurance claim! Thanks Congressman Davidson!
pres says he wont consider pardon for S Combs bec he said mean things. pardon for G Maxwell is still on table bec she’s willing to pander, lie & possibly obscure his guilt in association with Epstein. Yet she was 100% guilty of trafficking lots of young girls. Seems standard for pardon is not facts.
August 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
pres says he wont consider pardon for S Combs bec he said mean things. pardon for G Maxwell is still on table bec she’s willing to pander, lie & possibly obscure his guilt in association with Epstein. Yet she was 100% guilty of trafficking lots of young girls. Seems standard for pardon is not facts.
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Academics & others need to understand a few things.
A 🧵
I) First, fascism is not inevitable.
Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them.
Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends.
That why visible resistance matters.
1/
A 🧵
I) First, fascism is not inevitable.
Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them.
Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends.
That why visible resistance matters.
1/
In addition to going through the website, I strongly encourage people to read the letter from Harvard's President, Dr. Garber.
We need more scientific institutions to show this level of courage, no matter the risk. In fact, we need *all* institutions to stand up*.
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
We need more scientific institutions to show this level of courage, no matter the risk. In fact, we need *all* institutions to stand up*.
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
The Promise of American Higher Education
No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue
www.harvard.edu
April 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Academics & others need to understand a few things.
A 🧵
I) First, fascism is not inevitable.
Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them.
Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends.
That why visible resistance matters.
1/
A 🧵
I) First, fascism is not inevitable.
Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them.
Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends.
That why visible resistance matters.
1/
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Reposted by Laura Madden
Musk is trying to BUY a seat on the WI Supreme Court so Tesla can open dealerships there. MAGA Brad, who doesn’t take rape seriously, is his man.
Susan Crawford will protect WI from violent criminals and MAGA overreach.
Who do you trust?
Vote for Susan Crawford by April 1st.
Susan Crawford will protect WI from violent criminals and MAGA overreach.
Who do you trust?
Vote for Susan Crawford by April 1st.
March 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Musk is trying to BUY a seat on the WI Supreme Court so Tesla can open dealerships there. MAGA Brad, who doesn’t take rape seriously, is his man.
Susan Crawford will protect WI from violent criminals and MAGA overreach.
Who do you trust?
Vote for Susan Crawford by April 1st.
Susan Crawford will protect WI from violent criminals and MAGA overreach.
Who do you trust?
Vote for Susan Crawford by April 1st.
Reposted by Laura Madden
Reposted by Laura Madden
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!