Liz Yates
@lizyates.bsky.social
Director, Momentum Program @wstatescenter.bsky.social. Sociologist. Come for cute dog pic, stay for the decade+ work on authoritarianism/conspiracy theories/organized bigotry. Views definitely my own.
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
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Christian nationalists failed to gain ground in Moscow, Idaho—a sign, says Western States Center’s Liz Yates, that voters are rejecting authoritarian politics once they see their real impact on freedom and equality.
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Christian nationalists failed to gain ground in Moscow, Idaho—a sign, says Western States Center’s Liz Yates, that voters are rejecting authoritarian politics once they see their real impact on freedom and equality.
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
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Nine Spokane protesters face federal conspiracy charges, a political prosecution meant to intimidate rather than seek justice. Citing the dangers of politicized prosecutions, Sen. Murray is blocking Pete Serrano’s nomination. This is federal overreach against dissent. bit.ly/spokane9
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Nine Spokane protesters face federal conspiracy charges, a political prosecution meant to intimidate rather than seek justice. Citing the dangers of politicized prosecutions, Sen. Murray is blocking Pete Serrano’s nomination. This is federal overreach against dissent. bit.ly/spokane9
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Western States Center's @lizyates.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social, calling on the entertainment industry to form a coalition in retaliation of the Trump administration's removal of Jimmy Kimmel and their flagrant violation of 1st Amendment rights.
LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean
LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean
September 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Western States Center's @lizyates.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social, calling on the entertainment industry to form a coalition in retaliation of the Trump administration's removal of Jimmy Kimmel and their flagrant violation of 1st Amendment rights.
LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean
LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean
Got to contribute to a really good article on the antisemitic background of a recent Fox News host. Check it out.
Our Momentum Program Director, Liz Yates, wants to remind you that streamers aren’t harmless, they’re the “cheerleaders and enforcers” of authoritarian assaults on multiracial democracy.
Read more: buff.ly/fFnQtb7
Read more: buff.ly/fFnQtb7
September 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Got to contribute to a really good article on the antisemitic background of a recent Fox News host. Check it out.
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The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
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NO COOPERATION, END THE OCCUPATION
August 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NO COOPERATION, END THE OCCUPATION
This is a must-read! Outlines the provocateur playbook and captures all of the frustration, anger, hurt, and absurdity that results. So good.
i talked to @katerqburns.bsky.social about one of the most annoying people on the planet, and how communities have repeatedly clocked and outplayed his manipulative strategies
A must read: The fantastic @katerqburns.bsky.social breaks down the controversy Christian Supremacist/Nationalist celeb Sean Feucht will try to manufacture in Seattle this weekend. You don't have to be a fortune teller to know what Feucht's up to.
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is a must-read! Outlines the provocateur playbook and captures all of the frustration, anger, hurt, and absurdity that results. So good.
Why is this legal? Someone explain it to me like I’m nearly forty and have never lived in a dictatorship before.
MPD and mystery federal agencies have set up a checkpoint on North Capitol by Michigan.
August 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Why is this legal? Someone explain it to me like I’m nearly forty and have never lived in a dictatorship before.
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Help put this critical convo on the SXSW EDU 2026 stage! 💥 Vote for Jay Breslow’s workshop: Confronting White Nationalism in Schools: A Toolkit Approach 💗 Voting ends Aug 24! Register + vote here 👉 buff.ly/GbnMtJF #SXSWEDU #EducationJustice #VoteNow
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August 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Help put this critical convo on the SXSW EDU 2026 stage! 💥 Vote for Jay Breslow’s workshop: Confronting White Nationalism in Schools: A Toolkit Approach 💗 Voting ends Aug 24! Register + vote here 👉 buff.ly/GbnMtJF #SXSWEDU #EducationJustice #VoteNow
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Fear-mongering over invented threats is a classic authoritarian strategy to grab power. We stand with the people of DC!
President Trump once again catapulted crime in D.C. into the national conversation.
“It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World,” he said in a Truth Social post.
Local and federal data, though, paint a contrasting picture: wapo.st/3UnYDNd
“It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World,” he said in a Truth Social post.
Local and federal data, though, paint a contrasting picture: wapo.st/3UnYDNd
August 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Fear-mongering over invented threats is a classic authoritarian strategy to grab power. We stand with the people of DC!
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Joe Kent’s record is clear:
❌ Smears human rights advocates
❌ Labels protesters as terrorists
❌ Pushes deportations w/out due process
The Senate must reject his nomination to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. Voters already rejected him twice. Your senators should do the same.
(⬇️ LINKS ⬇️)
❌ Smears human rights advocates
❌ Labels protesters as terrorists
❌ Pushes deportations w/out due process
The Senate must reject his nomination to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. Voters already rejected him twice. Your senators should do the same.
(⬇️ LINKS ⬇️)
July 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Joe Kent’s record is clear:
❌ Smears human rights advocates
❌ Labels protesters as terrorists
❌ Pushes deportations w/out due process
The Senate must reject his nomination to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. Voters already rejected him twice. Your senators should do the same.
(⬇️ LINKS ⬇️)
❌ Smears human rights advocates
❌ Labels protesters as terrorists
❌ Pushes deportations w/out due process
The Senate must reject his nomination to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. Voters already rejected him twice. Your senators should do the same.
(⬇️ LINKS ⬇️)
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NEW: With powerful allies in the pulpit and the Pentagon, the Christian Nationalist-led Idaho Family Policy Center seizes its moment.
For and by Christians: How Idaho’s influential Christian Nationalist group wants to reshape the state
With powerful allies in the pulpit and the Pentagon, the Idaho Family Policy Center seizes its moment
www.investigatewest.org
July 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: With powerful allies in the pulpit and the Pentagon, the Christian Nationalist-led Idaho Family Policy Center seizes its moment.
Glad to be able to contribute to this great piece outlining what some powerful Christian Nationalists today want the country to look like and exactly how they are out here trying to make it happen:
Our own @lizyates.bsky.social reflects on the Idaho Family Policy Center: “They are trying to install a theocracy in which the authority of government comes not from the people, but from the Bible. And people who don't subscribe to that form of Christianity are the ones who are excluded."
NEW: With powerful allies in the pulpit and the Pentagon, the Christian Nationalist-led Idaho Family Policy Center seizes its moment.
July 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Glad to be able to contribute to this great piece outlining what some powerful Christian Nationalists today want the country to look like and exactly how they are out here trying to make it happen:
The anti-immigrant movement is “flooding the zone” with a constant onslaught of threats, policies, rhetoric, and violence. Many of us are struggling to keep track of it, and that’s the point. In response, we at WSC launched The Xenophobia Report, check it out and subscribe! wsc500.substack.com
Xenophobia Report | WSC | Substack
The Xenophobia Report is a biweekly round up of anti-immigrant political activity. A project of Western States Center. Click to read Xenophobia Report, by WSC, a Substack publication with hundreds of ...
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June 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The anti-immigrant movement is “flooding the zone” with a constant onslaught of threats, policies, rhetoric, and violence. Many of us are struggling to keep track of it, and that’s the point. In response, we at WSC launched The Xenophobia Report, check it out and subscribe! wsc500.substack.com
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Have you checked out the April 30 issue of the #XenophobiaReport? From judicial arrests to border militarization, this issue breaks down how white nationalism is driving US policy.
🧵 Catch up + subscribe: bit.ly/xenophobiare...
🧵 Catch up + subscribe: bit.ly/xenophobiare...
Xenophobia Report | WSC | Substack
The Xenophobia Report is a biweekly round up of anti-immigrant political activity. A project of Western States Center. Click to read Xenophobia Report, by WSC, a Substack publication with hundreds of ...
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May 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Have you checked out the April 30 issue of the #XenophobiaReport? From judicial arrests to border militarization, this issue breaks down how white nationalism is driving US policy.
🧵 Catch up + subscribe: bit.ly/xenophobiare...
🧵 Catch up + subscribe: bit.ly/xenophobiare...
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Just your latest reminder that the “great replacement” fantasy — beloved by white extremist mass shooters, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists — is now doctrinal across the right.
May 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Just your latest reminder that the “great replacement” fantasy — beloved by white extremist mass shooters, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists — is now doctrinal across the right.
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Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
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Check out the latest Xenophobia Report from @wstatescenter.bsky.social
As the anti-immigrant forces flood the zone with xenophobic trash, this report is a helpful rundown of what is happening from the admin down to the local level.
As the anti-immigrant forces flood the zone with xenophobic trash, this report is a helpful rundown of what is happening from the admin down to the local level.
The Xenophobia Report
Immigration is not an invasion.
open.substack.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Check out the latest Xenophobia Report from @wstatescenter.bsky.social
As the anti-immigrant forces flood the zone with xenophobic trash, this report is a helpful rundown of what is happening from the admin down to the local level.
As the anti-immigrant forces flood the zone with xenophobic trash, this report is a helpful rundown of what is happening from the admin down to the local level.
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Zeskind's groundbreaking book on the history of white nationalism, Blood and Politics, was one of nearly 400 titles purged from the U.S. Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library, as part of a Trump administration directive to eliminate materials promoting DEI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library
Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and books on the Holocaust were among the works removed in response to an order from the office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Zeskind's groundbreaking book on the history of white nationalism, Blood and Politics, was one of nearly 400 titles purged from the U.S. Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library, as part of a Trump administration directive to eliminate materials promoting DEI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
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The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status.
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
'Federal government will be damaged': Former IRS official on plan to share immigrant data with ICE
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without l...
www.wbur.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status.
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
Counterterrorism nominee Joe Kent really sticking to his conspiracy-theory floating today:
Sen. Kelly: “So you believe the Washington Field Office [of the FBI] was involved in the planning of the violence in the building next door on January 6th?”
Mr. Kent: “It’s being looked into…
Sen. Kelly: “So you believe the Washington Field Office [of the FBI] was involved in the planning of the violence in the building next door on January 6th?”
Mr. Kent: “It’s being looked into…
April 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Counterterrorism nominee Joe Kent really sticking to his conspiracy-theory floating today:
Sen. Kelly: “So you believe the Washington Field Office [of the FBI] was involved in the planning of the violence in the building next door on January 6th?”
Mr. Kent: “It’s being looked into…
Sen. Kelly: “So you believe the Washington Field Office [of the FBI] was involved in the planning of the violence in the building next door on January 6th?”
Mr. Kent: “It’s being looked into…
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There’s a really good reason that most local and state police have stayed far far far away from immigration enforcement. It’s wildly corrosive to ordinary public relations and, thus, dangerous for police and communities alike.
April 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There’s a really good reason that most local and state police have stayed far far far away from immigration enforcement. It’s wildly corrosive to ordinary public relations and, thus, dangerous for police and communities alike.