litzz11
@litzz11.bsky.social
Blue dot in a red state. Lifelong lefty, reader, writer, kitchen pyrotechnician, Adult ed/literacy advocate, cat and dog mamma. Where is my edit button? "Oh, a rhinoceros!" IYKYK.
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litzz11
@litzz11.bsky.social
· Aug 27
NO president should have this much power. NO ONE. The Supreme Court is wrong. The Federalist Society is wrong. When they give more power to the president, they are taking it AWAY from US. The people.
This is wrong. It's un-American and anti-democracy.
This is wrong. It's un-American and anti-democracy.
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
joe.kahn@nytimes.com
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
joe.kahn@nytimes.com
Gee, you mean that 51st state talk offended our Canadian neighbors and they still haven't forgiven us? Can't say I blame them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Gee, you mean that 51st state talk offended our Canadian neighbors and they still haven't forgiven us? Can't say I blame them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Dammit. The Sarah McLachlan music got me right in the feels 😭
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Dammit. The Sarah McLachlan music got me right in the feels 😭
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Kathy Ruemmler to Epstein: “Trump is truly stupid.”
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Trump is truly stupid.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fb3p4ffutjsf7ju53pvawfoz/bafkreic4i53ma6kqvga7v6artdgw5bej35h7l7xmmgr4iuur2sigd4i4my@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Kathy Ruemmler to Epstein: “Trump is truly stupid.”
This is a person you kill in prison. This is not a person you bribe with better conditions or dangle a pardon in front of.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This is a person you kill in prison. This is not a person you bribe with better conditions or dangle a pardon in front of.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
“Even if the measure were to pass the Republican-led House, it would almost certainly be dead on arrival in the Senate, and Mr. Trump would surely veto it.”
OH. NOW they tell us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
OH. NOW they tell us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. to Thwart Epstein Vote
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“Even if the measure were to pass the Republican-led House, it would almost certainly be dead on arrival in the Senate, and Mr. Trump would surely veto it.”
OH. NOW they tell us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
OH. NOW they tell us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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"Big Tech once fought the good fights. [...] These actions took place under presidents of both parties but shared a common goal — they put the needs of users ahead of the interests of those in power."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Big Tech once fought the good fights. [...] These actions took place under presidents of both parties but shared a common goal — they put the needs of users ahead of the interests of those in power."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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Trump has told Boebert, Mace and other Republicans that they must urgently remove their names from the Epstein petition, because the Epstein disclosures would be very harmful to the White House. Anyone surprised?
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Trump has told Boebert, Mace and other Republicans that they must urgently remove their names from the Epstein petition, because the Epstein disclosures would be very harmful to the White House. Anyone surprised?
I just learned about this from another source and it's not getting enough attention.
Republicans always scream about a "CLEAN BILL" but they mucked this one up with a ban on cannabis products.
Republicans always scream about a "CLEAN BILL" but they mucked this one up with a ban on cannabis products.
The continuing resolution that would re-open the government also includes a provision to close a loophole in the 2018 farm bill, which allowed the sales of CBD products across the country and sparked a hemp industry. (via @lpm.org)
McConnell, Paul clash over Senate provision that critics say will destroy US hemp industry
Kentucky GOP Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are clashing over a provision that opponents say will destroy the growing hemp industry in America.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I just learned about this from another source and it's not getting enough attention.
Republicans always scream about a "CLEAN BILL" but they mucked this one up with a ban on cannabis products.
Republicans always scream about a "CLEAN BILL" but they mucked this one up with a ban on cannabis products.
Tim Kaine on why he broke ranks to end to the shutdown.
What I hate is that once again, Dems are divided. Seems like every time we are united and winning, something comes along to split us apart, followed by a flurry of negative media. Stop hurting the brand.
GIFT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
What I hate is that once again, Dems are divided. Seems like every time we are united and winning, something comes along to split us apart, followed by a flurry of negative media. Stop hurting the brand.
GIFT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Tim Kaine: Why I Voted to End the Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tim Kaine on why he broke ranks to end to the shutdown.
What I hate is that once again, Dems are divided. Seems like every time we are united and winning, something comes along to split us apart, followed by a flurry of negative media. Stop hurting the brand.
GIFT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
What I hate is that once again, Dems are divided. Seems like every time we are united and winning, something comes along to split us apart, followed by a flurry of negative media. Stop hurting the brand.
GIFT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
I was told there were no documents. So now they were sitting on over 20,000 of them?
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I was told there were no documents. So now they were sitting on over 20,000 of them?
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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He's not wrong.
I don't understand it. Trump is all in on a dying industry that with every passing day is becoming increasingly irrelevant to the global economy. And ceding ground to China. Why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
I don't understand it. Trump is all in on a dying industry that with every passing day is becoming increasingly irrelevant to the global economy. And ceding ground to China. Why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
He's not wrong.
I don't understand it. Trump is all in on a dying industry that with every passing day is becoming increasingly irrelevant to the global economy. And ceding ground to China. Why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
I don't understand it. Trump is all in on a dying industry that with every passing day is becoming increasingly irrelevant to the global economy. And ceding ground to China. Why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
Imagine if any Democratic president -- Obama, Biden, etc. -- had met with an Al Qaeda member in the White House on freaking VETERANS DAY.
The outrage! Fox News would be apoplectic.
The outrage! Fox News would be apoplectic.
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Imagine if any Democratic president -- Obama, Biden, etc. -- had met with an Al Qaeda member in the White House on freaking VETERANS DAY.
The outrage! Fox News would be apoplectic.
The outrage! Fox News would be apoplectic.
Imported Italian pasta, which is most of the pasta on store shelves in the U.S., is about to disappear from stores thanks to Trump's tariff Tourtettes.
www.cbsnews.com/news/italian...
www.cbsnews.com/news/italian...
A 107% U.S. import tax on Italian pasta could make your favorite spaghetti pricier — or hard to find
The Trump administration is considering a new import duty on 13 of Italy's largest pasta exporters, including Barilla and La Molisana.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Imported Italian pasta, which is most of the pasta on store shelves in the U.S., is about to disappear from stores thanks to Trump's tariff Tourtettes.
www.cbsnews.com/news/italian...
www.cbsnews.com/news/italian...
Stock trading ban is back up for a vote ... but what about the Epstein Files?
finance.yahoo.com/news/the-hou...
finance.yahoo.com/news/the-hou...
The House will consider a stock trading ban once the government reopens — but the deadline keeps moving
The House of Representatives will formally consider a stock trading ban once the government reopens, but there's uncertainty on when lawmakers will ever face an up-or-down vote on the issue.
finance.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Stock trading ban is back up for a vote ... but what about the Epstein Files?
finance.yahoo.com/news/the-hou...
finance.yahoo.com/news/the-hou...
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The third red scare @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The third red scare @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
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From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
This resonated so hard. The Compassion Trap feels a lot like the Paradox of Tolerance. In both cases, liberalisms' best qualities are weaponized against itself
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-compas...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-compas...
The Compassion Trap: How the Shutdown Weaponized Democratic Values Against Democracy Itself
When Opposition Parties Stop Fighting Because the Cruelty Becomes Unbearable. And Why They Shouldn't.
data4democracy.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This resonated so hard. The Compassion Trap feels a lot like the Paradox of Tolerance. In both cases, liberalisms' best qualities are weaponized against itself
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-compas...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-compas...