@LilithRises
@lilithrises.bsky.social
She/her | Inclusive Liberal Activist.
Believer in the power of story to transform. Literature and the arts ARE political. A woman's place is in the resistance—& it's intersectional.
📚 ✊🏼 💙 #Love #Equality #Resistance #Hope
Believer in the power of story to transform. Literature and the arts ARE political. A woman's place is in the resistance—& it's intersectional.
📚 ✊🏼 💙 #Love #Equality #Resistance #Hope
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October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes.
Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.
Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.
July 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes.
Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.
Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.
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just want to share this Lincoln line from his "electric cords" speech.
"So I say in relation to the principle that all men are created equal, let it be as nearly reached as we can. If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature."
"So I say in relation to the principle that all men are created equal, let it be as nearly reached as we can. If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature."
July 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
just want to share this Lincoln line from his "electric cords" speech.
"So I say in relation to the principle that all men are created equal, let it be as nearly reached as we can. If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature."
"So I say in relation to the principle that all men are created equal, let it be as nearly reached as we can. If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature."
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Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
July 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets?
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets?
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
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By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
June 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
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It looks like RFK Jr has resurrected the vaccines haven’t been tested against saline placebos malarky. Cindy and I explain why he is just demonstrating his ignorance of the correct way to evaluate medical products and monitor safety.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IX...
Why ANTIVAXXERS are wrong about placebo vaccine trials
YouTube video by Back to the Science
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It looks like RFK Jr has resurrected the vaccines haven’t been tested against saline placebos malarky. Cindy and I explain why he is just demonstrating his ignorance of the correct way to evaluate medical products and monitor safety.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IX...
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Look, I’m just saying, if you have a billionaire saying the same shit as me;
hold up
If you have a CHICAGO BEARS FAN AGREEING WITH THE FORMER VIKINGS PUNTER, it’s time to put your boots on and hit the streets.
hold up
If you have a CHICAGO BEARS FAN AGREEING WITH THE FORMER VIKINGS PUNTER, it’s time to put your boots on and hit the streets.
Pritzker calls for mass protests and disruption - “Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” he says, swaying their portraits will one day be put in museums “reserved for tyrants and traitors”
April 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Look, I’m just saying, if you have a billionaire saying the same shit as me;
hold up
If you have a CHICAGO BEARS FAN AGREEING WITH THE FORMER VIKINGS PUNTER, it’s time to put your boots on and hit the streets.
hold up
If you have a CHICAGO BEARS FAN AGREEING WITH THE FORMER VIKINGS PUNTER, it’s time to put your boots on and hit the streets.
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An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
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Fun Tariff Facts: during the depression the US lost access to many imported paper products. They were replaced with an unusually tough paper stock made of hemp from the Philippines (then a US colony, and tariff exempt).
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
April 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fun Tariff Facts: during the depression the US lost access to many imported paper products. They were replaced with an unusually tough paper stock made of hemp from the Philippines (then a US colony, and tariff exempt).
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
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We have a call script for that 👍
5calls.org/issue/consum...
5calls.org/issue/consum...
April 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We have a call script for that 👍
5calls.org/issue/consum...
5calls.org/issue/consum...
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
—Louis Brandeis
—Louis Brandeis
April 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
—Louis Brandeis
—Louis Brandeis
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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House sparrows go completely silent and disappear from my yard whenever a hawk flies over. They don’t help the hawk.
I wish US voters were as smart as birds.
I wish US voters were as smart as birds.
April 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
House sparrows go completely silent and disappear from my yard whenever a hawk flies over. They don’t help the hawk.
I wish US voters were as smart as birds.
I wish US voters were as smart as birds.
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The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
April 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
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According to the NY Times (and its UN vote), America’s new friends under Trump (instead of under God) are Russia and North Korea.
February 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
According to the NY Times (and its UN vote), America’s new friends under Trump (instead of under God) are Russia and North Korea.
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February 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Someone previously posted this article but I lost that reference. Apologies...
This letter from Martin Luther King, Jr was so compelling I wanted to repost it. It is worth the read...
If we want to see freedom and justice in this next 4 yrs...pay attention.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
This letter from Martin Luther King, Jr was so compelling I wanted to repost it. It is worth the read...
If we want to see freedom and justice in this next 4 yrs...pay attention.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’
‘The Atlantic’ published this landmark document of the civil-rights movement in the August 1963 issue
www.theatlantic.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Someone previously posted this article but I lost that reference. Apologies...
This letter from Martin Luther King, Jr was so compelling I wanted to repost it. It is worth the read...
If we want to see freedom and justice in this next 4 yrs...pay attention.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
This letter from Martin Luther King, Jr was so compelling I wanted to repost it. It is worth the read...
If we want to see freedom and justice in this next 4 yrs...pay attention.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Smoke inhalation — even for seconds - can impair consciousness.
To anyone in the immediate vicinity of this unprecedented fire in the nations most populous county, urgently heed the evacuation orders NOW.
Smoke is as dangerous as the flames behind them.
To anyone in the immediate vicinity of this unprecedented fire in the nations most populous county, urgently heed the evacuation orders NOW.
Smoke is as dangerous as the flames behind them.
January 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Smoke inhalation — even for seconds - can impair consciousness.
To anyone in the immediate vicinity of this unprecedented fire in the nations most populous county, urgently heed the evacuation orders NOW.
Smoke is as dangerous as the flames behind them.
To anyone in the immediate vicinity of this unprecedented fire in the nations most populous county, urgently heed the evacuation orders NOW.
Smoke is as dangerous as the flames behind them.