L.R.Knost
@lrknost.bsky.social
Poet; Author; Feminist; Human Rights; Social Justice; 🌈Love is Love💕; Cancer Warrior; Bookworm📚; Mom of 6 kids, 3 cats, and a dog named Goose 💙🇺🇸🌊
📚Link to books by L.R.Knost: http://t.co/T8goym3P6Z
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L.R.Knost
@lrknost.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. -L.R.Knost
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So the border with Canada is an “artificial line” that was “drawn with a ruler” and should be erased.
But the border with Mexico needs military patrolling and a wall.
Got it.
But the border with Mexico needs military patrolling and a wall.
Got it.
May 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So the border with Canada is an “artificial line” that was “drawn with a ruler” and should be erased.
But the border with Mexico needs military patrolling and a wall.
Got it.
But the border with Mexico needs military patrolling and a wall.
Got it.
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
May 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
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Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
April 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
“I write because people are being crushed beneath the weight of a system rigged against them…waiting for justice that never comes. I write because the world is a cracked highway at dawn, slick with oil and desperation, with a storm rolling in fast and nowhere to run.”
@theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social
@theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social
The Weight of Silence
Dispatches from a Nation at War with Its Own People
open.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“I write because people are being crushed beneath the weight of a system rigged against them…waiting for justice that never comes. I write because the world is a cracked highway at dawn, slick with oil and desperation, with a storm rolling in fast and nowhere to run.”
@theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social
@theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social
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There are numerous calls to investigate whether Trump and his cronies engaged in insider trading, pump and dumps, etc.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
April 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There are numerous calls to investigate whether Trump and his cronies engaged in insider trading, pump and dumps, etc.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
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🚨 From a fellow BlueSky traveler: Homeland Security stormed LA schools without a warrant, targeting kids. Principals shut them down. Schools are not battlegrounds. We will not let our communities be terrorized. Stand up and fight back. #ProtectOurKids #DefendOurSchools
April 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🚨 From a fellow BlueSky traveler: Homeland Security stormed LA schools without a warrant, targeting kids. Principals shut them down. Schools are not battlegrounds. We will not let our communities be terrorized. Stand up and fight back. #ProtectOurKids #DefendOurSchools
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Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
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“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board
He wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Cory Booker has just crossed the 19 hour line.
Five hours and 13 minutes more and he will break Strom Thurmond's record for the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...
Five hours and 13 minutes more and he will break Strom Thurmond's record for the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...
Inside Cory Booker’s Plan To Disrupt ‘Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor
A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m....
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Cory Booker has just crossed the 19 hour line.
Five hours and 13 minutes more and he will break Strom Thurmond's record for the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...
Five hours and 13 minutes more and he will break Strom Thurmond's record for the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...
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Today is Election Day, Wisconsin!
Make sure to go vote for Judge Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and let Elon Musk know: Wisconsin is not for sale!
Make sure to go vote for Judge Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and let Elon Musk know: Wisconsin is not for sale!
April 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today is Election Day, Wisconsin!
Make sure to go vote for Judge Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and let Elon Musk know: Wisconsin is not for sale!
Make sure to go vote for Judge Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and let Elon Musk know: Wisconsin is not for sale!
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Are you listening? It’s the least you can do.
Powerful, substantive, passionate. A clarion call to stand.
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
Powerful, substantive, passionate. A clarion call to stand.
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Are you listening? It’s the least you can do.
Powerful, substantive, passionate. A clarion call to stand.
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
Powerful, substantive, passionate. A clarion call to stand.
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
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Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
www.wired.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
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tw: cancer
I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:
I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
tw: cancer
I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:
I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:
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SICKENING—Trump’s DHS just deported a surgeon from Brown—who is here legally on an H1B visa that doesn’t expire until 2027, & committed no crimes. Trained in the U.S. at Ohio State, University of Washington, and Yale as a **transplant surgeon**, she is a highly trained doctor on kidney transplants.
March 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
SICKENING—Trump’s DHS just deported a surgeon from Brown—who is here legally on an H1B visa that doesn’t expire until 2027, & committed no crimes. Trained in the U.S. at Ohio State, University of Washington, and Yale as a **transplant surgeon**, she is a highly trained doctor on kidney transplants.
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USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks
Millions of children could lose free school meals as food costs rise, warns School Nutrition Association president
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
March 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
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Barbara Jordan was the 1st African American woman from the south elected to Congress in 1972. Prior to that she had been elected as President of the Texas Senate. In the US Congress she served 3 terms on the Judiciary Committee. She gave the opening remarks in Nixon’s impeachment. A hero to many!
March 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Barbara Jordan was the 1st African American woman from the south elected to Congress in 1972. Prior to that she had been elected as President of the Texas Senate. In the US Congress she served 3 terms on the Judiciary Committee. She gave the opening remarks in Nixon’s impeachment. A hero to many!
Me. In Florida.🖖🏼
How many of you feel like blue dots in a sea of red? I understand how challenging that can be. If you're a blue dot, raise your hand ✋ so that more allies can rally around you!
March 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Me. In Florida.🖖🏼
Expressing horror at the *ATTACK ON* Zelenskyy. Not an argument. Not a spat. Words matter.
Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, signed a letter to US President Donald Trump expressing 'horror' at his argument with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy reut.rs/4br80n4
Polish Cold War hero Walesa writes to Trump expressing 'horror' at Zelenskiy spat
Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, signed a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump expressing "horror" at his argument with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
reut.rs
March 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Expressing horror at the *ATTACK ON* Zelenskyy. Not an argument. Not a spat. Words matter.
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There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
March 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
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