Lori O.
@loriao.bsky.social
Liberty. Equality. Opportunity. And justice for all. Lifelong Democrat.
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On Presidents' Day:
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."
-- Abraham Lincoln
February 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
On Presidents' Day:
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."
-- Abraham Lincoln
Today's @Smerconish poll question: is Trump the most consequential president. Always mystified by Michael's obsessive need to focus on the trivial.
February 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Today's @Smerconish poll question: is Trump the most consequential president. Always mystified by Michael's obsessive need to focus on the trivial.
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Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
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Examples of "the best government that money can buy" are becoming more depressing. Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted accepted more than $115,000 in campaign contributions from Les Wexner, one of 6 people listed as Epstein's co-conspirators, and then voted against releasing the Epstein files.
Husted took donations from Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner, then voted to block file release
Campaign records show Sen. Jon Husted took $116,892 from Les Wexner since 2001, including months before voting to block release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents.
tiffinohio.net
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Examples of "the best government that money can buy" are becoming more depressing. Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted accepted more than $115,000 in campaign contributions from Les Wexner, one of 6 people listed as Epstein's co-conspirators, and then voted against releasing the Epstein files.
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CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
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Late last night, the FAA announced a ban on all air travel over El Paso, Texas for the next ten days. No flights in or out until Feb. 20th. They offered no explanation.
This seems really bad. It hasn't happened since 9/11.
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
This seems really bad. It hasn't happened since 9/11.
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
El Paso, New Mexico airspace closed by FAA without explanation; flights restricted under national defense noticeWithout explanation, FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days, cites natio...
The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under a national defense designation, offering no explanation for the rare move.An une...
elpasomatters.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Late last night, the FAA announced a ban on all air travel over El Paso, Texas for the next ten days. No flights in or out until Feb. 20th. They offered no explanation.
This seems really bad. It hasn't happened since 9/11.
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
This seems really bad. It hasn't happened since 9/11.
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
So, apparently the @washingtonpost.com won't allow customers to cancel their subscriptions. I just spent 30 minutes talking to a customer service rep who asked me twice why I wanted to cancel, to which I responded I don't have to give a reason. She then said I could only cancel thru Google Play. No.
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
So, apparently the @washingtonpost.com won't allow customers to cancel their subscriptions. I just spent 30 minutes talking to a customer service rep who asked me twice why I wanted to cancel, to which I responded I don't have to give a reason. She then said I could only cancel thru Google Play. No.
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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Two stories that should be read together on government surveillance of and pressure against dissenting speech. This one: wapo.st/4rtfCw8
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Two stories that should be read together on government surveillance of and pressure against dissenting speech. This one: wapo.st/4rtfCw8
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Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
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Now THIS is how you do anti-ICE messaging:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRC...
Absolute Immunity
YouTube video by Lincoln Project Advocacy
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Now THIS is how you do anti-ICE messaging:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRC...
@shanegoldmacher.bsky.social Hi Shane. I just read your analysis of this moment in our country. Your use of Elliott Forhan as an example of a Democratic candidate representative of how the left is as incendiary as the right is off. Forhan has been fully rejected by Democrats in Ohio because
January 29, 2026 at 12:19 PM
@shanegoldmacher.bsky.social Hi Shane. I just read your analysis of this moment in our country. Your use of Elliott Forhan as an example of a Democratic candidate representative of how the left is as incendiary as the right is off. Forhan has been fully rejected by Democrats in Ohio because
I completely disagree with Trump's removal of Maduro because it was all spectacle and no solution. I will grant Rubio a modicum of respect, however, for acting with decorum and professionalism during this hearing.
January 28, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I completely disagree with Trump's removal of Maduro because it was all spectacle and no solution. I will grant Rubio a modicum of respect, however, for acting with decorum and professionalism during this hearing.
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It’s just nuts to me that senior DOJ officials are on social media all day shitposting and trolling. The unprofessionalism and psychosis is unfathomable to anyone who has ever worked for any DOJ agency - especially the posts about pending investigations and prosecutions.
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
It’s just nuts to me that senior DOJ officials are on social media all day shitposting and trolling. The unprofessionalism and psychosis is unfathomable to anyone who has ever worked for any DOJ agency - especially the posts about pending investigations and prosecutions.
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“You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you human anymore?”👇
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
“You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you human anymore?”👇
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CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
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Reminder: Vivek Ramaswamy chose a running mate who was the architect of the failed policies that are making life unaffordable for so many while benefitting special interests….like taking $600M from Ohioans’ unclaimed funds to hand to a billionaire.
January 27, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Reminder: Vivek Ramaswamy chose a running mate who was the architect of the failed policies that are making life unaffordable for so many while benefitting special interests….like taking $600M from Ohioans’ unclaimed funds to hand to a billionaire.
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We should have all known that the moment progressives pulled out their own guns and the black panthers were back in the news defending their communities, that would be the time for common sense gun control. Not 20 some school shootings back, don't be silly.
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 PM
We should have all known that the moment progressives pulled out their own guns and the black panthers were back in the news defending their communities, that would be the time for common sense gun control. Not 20 some school shootings back, don't be silly.
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If Stephen Miller is still in the White House, that means the white nationalist gameplan is still all systems GO.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
If Stephen Miller is still in the White House, that means the white nationalist gameplan is still all systems GO.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.