L Smith
@laurasmith.bsky.social
🌱 because why should humans find it acceptable to harm others? J.D. with faded dream of living under rule of law.
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Person with extensive experience in legislative and executive branches and expertise in Congress and the operation of government—who worked for Dems while in the minority and majority—states the fact that there are things the minority can do.
Ignorami eager to excuse inaction: "nO tHeRe aiN't!"
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Ignorami eager to excuse inaction: "nO tHeRe aiN't!"
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January 6, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Person with extensive experience in legislative and executive branches and expertise in Congress and the operation of government—who worked for Dems while in the minority and majority—states the fact that there are things the minority can do.
Ignorami eager to excuse inaction: "nO tHeRe aiN't!"
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Ignorami eager to excuse inaction: "nO tHeRe aiN't!"
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Pigs who may be sick or weak are often removed from the pens and left in the aisle with no food, water, or veterinary care until they die. 😢 This is the cruel reality of factory farming around the world.
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Pigs who may be sick or weak are often removed from the pens and left in the aisle with no food, water, or veterinary care until they die. 😢 This is the cruel reality of factory farming around the world.
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The good news, and what Stanton’s work in particular has focused on, is that early and widespread condemnation can stop the move toward genocide.
The bad news is that people who should know better are failing to stand up against trans targeting.
The bad news is that people who should know better are failing to stand up against trans targeting.
Genocide Watch- Ten Stages of Genocide
The Ten Stages of Genocide by Founder and President, Dr. Gregory Stanton: Classification, Symbolization, Discrimination, Dehumanization, Organization, more...
www.genocidewatch.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The good news, and what Stanton’s work in particular has focused on, is that early and widespread condemnation can stop the move toward genocide.
The bad news is that people who should know better are failing to stand up against trans targeting.
The bad news is that people who should know better are failing to stand up against trans targeting.
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#News: #Palmoil co. razes @UNESCO Biosphere in #Borneo, displacing #orangutans, #Dayak communities. Tainted palm oil is labeled “zero-deforestation” it's #Greenwashing! 🧐🔥⛔️ #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indi...
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
#News: #Palmoil co. razes @UNESCO Biosphere in #Borneo, displacing #orangutans, #Dayak communities. Tainted palm oil is labeled “zero-deforestation” it's #Greenwashing! 🧐🔥⛔️ #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indi...
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Congestion pricing is working as expected in New York City. Here's why. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/05/h...
How Congestion Pricing Proved the Haters Wrong and Is Changing New York for the Better - Streetsblog New York City
Happy birthday to the toll cameras! Congestion pricing is working as promised — defying haters and doubters, including President Trump. Here's why.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Congestion pricing is working as expected in New York City. Here's why. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/05/h...
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Nicolas Maduro is a monster. Among other things, he overthrew a presidential election that, deep down, he knew he lost.
by Donald J. Trump
by Donald J. Trump
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Nicolas Maduro is a monster. Among other things, he overthrew a presidential election that, deep down, he knew he lost.
by Donald J. Trump
by Donald J. Trump
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What do we owe those who feel? 🐮💔
👉 Make 2026 the year you try vegan! 🌱 Veganuary makes it easy: https://bit.ly/Veganuary26 💚
#animalrights #vegan #cow #cows #animals
👉 Make 2026 the year you try vegan! 🌱 Veganuary makes it easy: https://bit.ly/Veganuary26 💚
#animalrights #vegan #cow #cows #animals
January 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
What do we owe those who feel? 🐮💔
👉 Make 2026 the year you try vegan! 🌱 Veganuary makes it easy: https://bit.ly/Veganuary26 💚
#animalrights #vegan #cow #cows #animals
👉 Make 2026 the year you try vegan! 🌱 Veganuary makes it easy: https://bit.ly/Veganuary26 💚
#animalrights #vegan #cow #cows #animals
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You should direct your reporters to not use the Aryan+ filter on their phone cameras
July 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You should direct your reporters to not use the Aryan+ filter on their phone cameras
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Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
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Look now is not the time to investigate who made hundreds of thousands of dollars in betting markets as the Maduro operation launched
Now is the time to rally behind our president
Now is the time to rally behind our president
January 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Look now is not the time to investigate who made hundreds of thousands of dollars in betting markets as the Maduro operation launched
Now is the time to rally behind our president
Now is the time to rally behind our president
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another elected who somehow was able to lay out the situation without having to preface it with "Maduro was no angel!"
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
another elected who somehow was able to lay out the situation without having to preface it with "Maduro was no angel!"
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There is no humane dairy. Calves are removed soon, male calves confined and killed for veal. The exhausted cows are later slaughtered. Dairy industry is the meat industry 🐄 💔
#DairyCruelty #AnimalRights #Veal #EndFactoryFarming #EndAnimalAbuse #VeganFTA
Credit: www.instagram.com/p/DRzjbqZCZL8/
#DairyCruelty #AnimalRights #Veal #EndFactoryFarming #EndAnimalAbuse #VeganFTA
Credit: www.instagram.com/p/DRzjbqZCZL8/
January 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
There is no humane dairy. Calves are removed soon, male calves confined and killed for veal. The exhausted cows are later slaughtered. Dairy industry is the meat industry 🐄 💔
#DairyCruelty #AnimalRights #Veal #EndFactoryFarming #EndAnimalAbuse #VeganFTA
Credit: www.instagram.com/p/DRzjbqZCZL8/
#DairyCruelty #AnimalRights #Veal #EndFactoryFarming #EndAnimalAbuse #VeganFTA
Credit: www.instagram.com/p/DRzjbqZCZL8/
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Sir, let us know when you are done with the situation room so we can set up the omelet station.
January 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Sir, let us know when you are done with the situation room so we can set up the omelet station.
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It was an honor that Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com asked me to speak with him on the arrest and prosecution of Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro.
Tl;dr - Judge Hellerstein has the ability to make this a bumpy ride for Trump & his DOJ.
open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
Tl;dr - Judge Hellerstein has the ability to make this a bumpy ride for Trump & his DOJ.
open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
Maduro's Indictment: What to Look Out for in Court
A recording from Mitchell Epner and Adam Klasfeld's live video
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
It was an honor that Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com asked me to speak with him on the arrest and prosecution of Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro.
Tl;dr - Judge Hellerstein has the ability to make this a bumpy ride for Trump & his DOJ.
open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
Tl;dr - Judge Hellerstein has the ability to make this a bumpy ride for Trump & his DOJ.
open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
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good rundown of how many democrats are, in fact, coming out against this shit
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
The Dem Reaction - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Where are the Democrats right now? Friend of the blog Jamie Mayerfeld has done the research: I saw someone write on Facebook: “Only a short matter of time before we see establishment liberals falling ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
good rundown of how many democrats are, in fact, coming out against this shit
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
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The Maduro kidnapping, the demolition of the East Wing, the attempted renaming of the Kennedy Center and the Department of Defense, the deportation of graduate students, these are all the same story. Trump has completely rejected the rule of law. The only remedy is impeachment.
you think this is a one-off? don’t be deluded. we are firmly in the zone of lawlessness & impunity. repression at home and aggression abroad. and a sleeping congress.
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The Maduro kidnapping, the demolition of the East Wing, the attempted renaming of the Kennedy Center and the Department of Defense, the deportation of graduate students, these are all the same story. Trump has completely rejected the rule of law. The only remedy is impeachment.
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The aging pedophile who wants to be a king has kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation without congressional approval.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The aging pedophile who wants to be a king has kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation without congressional approval.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
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The U.S. is going to end up in a deep depression while our military is fighting insurgencies in Panama, Yemen, and Iran all while China and the EU rebuild the global trade order, Canada and Mexico adopt the Euro, and we get duty-free FTAs with Haiti, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Russia. Good luck to us.
April 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The U.S. is going to end up in a deep depression while our military is fighting insurgencies in Panama, Yemen, and Iran all while China and the EU rebuild the global trade order, Canada and Mexico adopt the Euro, and we get duty-free FTAs with Haiti, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Russia. Good luck to us.
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Congressional leaders must immediately act to prevent further destabilization to the region and prevent this spiraling into another war.
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Congressional leaders must immediately act to prevent further destabilization to the region and prevent this spiraling into another war.
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18 USC 1201
Again, not joking, there's very clear language that makes it quite applicable to those involved in this, especially if the Admin fiddlefucks whatever kangaroo court charges they're going to try for with this
Again, not joking, there's very clear language that makes it quite applicable to those involved in this, especially if the Admin fiddlefucks whatever kangaroo court charges they're going to try for with this
Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM
18 USC 1201
Again, not joking, there's very clear language that makes it quite applicable to those involved in this, especially if the Admin fiddlefucks whatever kangaroo court charges they're going to try for with this
Again, not joking, there's very clear language that makes it quite applicable to those involved in this, especially if the Admin fiddlefucks whatever kangaroo court charges they're going to try for with this
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
