Lisa Tompkins
@lestompkins.bsky.social
Gardener. Native plants, mostly. Semi-retired landscape designer and native plant grower. Grandmother. Life-long North Carolinian from way back disgusted with its political turn.
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When we were deployed, some Afghans risked their lives to help us. Now Trump wants to send them out to be killed by the Taliban.
It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.
It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.
Exclusive: The U.S. government asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. Legal experts say the case could have consequences for Afghans the U.S. rescued and promised to support.
Trump administration makes misleading case in high-stakes asylum hearing
Homeland Security asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. The case could affect thousands of asylum seekers.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
When we were deployed, some Afghans risked their lives to help us. Now Trump wants to send them out to be killed by the Taliban.
It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.
It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.
It's been a while but I'm still smiling after Saturday's #NoKingsDay in small town North Carolina. Waxhaw and Belmont. ❤️🇺🇸❤️
October 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's been a while but I'm still smiling after Saturday's #NoKingsDay in small town North Carolina. Waxhaw and Belmont. ❤️🇺🇸❤️
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The White House said Trump "authorized" the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard members, after vowing to send troops into Chicago. Meanwhile, Guard members arrived in Oregon from California.
Trump federalizes the National Guard in Chicago, while troops arrive in Oregon
The White House said Trump "authorized" the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard members, after vowing to send troops into Chicago. Meanwhile, Guard members arrived in Oregon from California.
www.kuow.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The White House said Trump "authorized" the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard members, after vowing to send troops into Chicago. Meanwhile, Guard members arrived in Oregon from California.
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This judge had halted SC handing over voter data to the regime
SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
October 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This judge had halted SC handing over voter data to the regime
No surprise, there.
FOX MEMPHIS — STUDY: “States that weakened gun laws saw rise in child deaths… Tennessee is one of those states…. Policy matters…”
Imagine that.
Full: www.fox13memphis.com/news/states-...
Imagine that.
Full: www.fox13memphis.com/news/states-...
June 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
No surprise, there.
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Everything is breathtakingly stupid
April 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Everything is breathtakingly stupid
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Ashley Babbit's family is poised to recieve 30 million dollars (from tax payers) thanks to the Dept of Justice...
Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.
Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.
May 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ashley Babbit's family is poised to recieve 30 million dollars (from tax payers) thanks to the Dept of Justice...
Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.
Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.
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Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."
April 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."
He can't leave soon enough.
President Donald Trump took aim at the college accreditation process with a new executive order, his latest move to exact control over America’s higher education institutions.
Read more: cnn.it/3Yge7Fn
Read more: cnn.it/3Yge7Fn
April 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
He can't leave soon enough.
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“On Wednesday night, the Justice Department submitted a filing in district court in which it appears to openly describe steps the government took to essentially evade the court’s temporary restraining order.”
open.substack.com/pub/justsecu...
open.substack.com/pub/justsecu...
Switching from ICE to DoD Custody: An Alarming Violation of Court Order on Deportations to El Salvador
Earlier today, I discussed one of the “sleeper” immigration cases that had largely flown below the radar: D.V.D.
open.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“On Wednesday night, the Justice Department submitted a filing in district court in which it appears to openly describe steps the government took to essentially evade the court’s temporary restraining order.”
open.substack.com/pub/justsecu...
open.substack.com/pub/justsecu...
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Sec. Pete Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon, per CBS News
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
www.cbsnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sec. Pete Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon, per CBS News
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
Another rally for Freedom in bright red Monroe, NC yesterday. #NoKings #SeeSomethingSaySomething
April 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Another rally for Freedom in bright red Monroe, NC yesterday. #NoKings #SeeSomethingSaySomething
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A birth certificate is required to get a social security card, and that number is used to obtain a Real ID
Why do republicans claim a woman's ID is insufficient to vote?
Whatever paperwork is required to vote should also be required to buy a gun.
Why do republicans claim a woman's ID is insufficient to vote?
Whatever paperwork is required to vote should also be required to buy a gun.
April 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A birth certificate is required to get a social security card, and that number is used to obtain a Real ID
Why do republicans claim a woman's ID is insufficient to vote?
Whatever paperwork is required to vote should also be required to buy a gun.
Why do republicans claim a woman's ID is insufficient to vote?
Whatever paperwork is required to vote should also be required to buy a gun.
Hmmmm...
Question: Why didn’t Trump impose tariffs on Russia like he did on the rest of the world?
Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett: “There is an ongoing negotiation with Russia and Ukraine. And I think the president made the decision not to conflate the two issues”
(Trump imposed tariffs on Ukraine)
Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett: “There is an ongoing negotiation with Russia and Ukraine. And I think the president made the decision not to conflate the two issues”
(Trump imposed tariffs on Ukraine)
April 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hmmmm...
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This one’s a favorite so far. Also grab em by the Teslacles. I need to go find that picture.
April 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This one’s a favorite so far. Also grab em by the Teslacles. I need to go find that picture.
Too true.
"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
Why Cory Booker’s Speech Matters
Booker didn’t “accomplish” anything. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. And that’s how you build a dissident movement: with simple acts of witness.
www.thebulwark.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Too true.
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