Lisa Cordes
@mothercordes.bsky.social
Recovering nonprofit executive turned blackjack dealer. Director of Operations for multi-generational household. Crone.
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"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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Kansas City. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Kansas City. No Kings.
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We are so humiliatingly deep into tinpot dictatorship territory. The government has just brokered the coerced sale of a major media platform to an ally of the president, who is openly boasting about converting it into (even more of) a partisan propaganda outlet.
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We are so humiliatingly deep into tinpot dictatorship territory. The government has just brokered the coerced sale of a major media platform to an ally of the president, who is openly boasting about converting it into (even more of) a partisan propaganda outlet.
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I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
www.wwltv.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting foreign nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. Thomas, Alito dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting foreign nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. Thomas, Alito dissent.
Straight racism. No chaser.
March 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Straight racism. No chaser.
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Still can’t get over Elon constantly worrying that he’s going to be assassinated, showing up to public events with a bulletproof vest while … carrying his toddler son on his shoulders.
March 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Still can’t get over Elon constantly worrying that he’s going to be assassinated, showing up to public events with a bulletproof vest while … carrying his toddler son on his shoulders.
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Creating art under Trump will become harder but it will remain vital | Seph Rodney
Creating art under Trump will become harder but it will remain vital | Seph Rodney
The president’s attacks on diversity and immigration have already affected many artists and will affect many more in the coming months
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Creating art under Trump will become harder but it will remain vital | Seph Rodney
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LMM: "We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...
‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover (Gift Article)
“We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
LMM: "We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...
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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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This is deeply disturbing. Minnesota stands with our LGBTQ neighbors against this unthinkable crime.
I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.
apnews.com/article/new-...
I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.
apnews.com/article/new-...
New York police find body of missing man they say was tortured for more than a month by 5 people
New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple i...
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is deeply disturbing. Minnesota stands with our LGBTQ neighbors against this unthinkable crime.
I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.
apnews.com/article/new-...
I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.
apnews.com/article/new-...
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Kansas governor vetoes gender-affirming care ban for minors; Republicans ready for override | via Anna Kaminski #ksleg
Kansas governor vetoes gender-affirming care ban for minors; Republicans ready for override • Kansas Reflector
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Republican-led legislation Tuesday that attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors, a move a top GOP lawmaker called “reckless and senseless.”
kansasreflector.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Kansas governor vetoes gender-affirming care ban for minors; Republicans ready for override | via Anna Kaminski #ksleg
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pursuant to stuff I’m not sure whether it’s smart to be loud about yet:
if anyone who follows me either works for the National Endowment for the Arts or knows someone who does who is willing to talk anonymously before the new grant guidelines officially drop on Monday, please reach out
if anyone who follows me either works for the National Endowment for the Arts or knows someone who does who is willing to talk anonymously before the new grant guidelines officially drop on Monday, please reach out
Contact Me! — Claire Willett
clairewillettwrites.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
pursuant to stuff I’m not sure whether it’s smart to be loud about yet:
if anyone who follows me either works for the National Endowment for the Arts or knows someone who does who is willing to talk anonymously before the new grant guidelines officially drop on Monday, please reach out
if anyone who follows me either works for the National Endowment for the Arts or knows someone who does who is willing to talk anonymously before the new grant guidelines officially drop on Monday, please reach out
A good summary of all the bad. And just how bad it all is.
February 2, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk’s team yesterday took control of the Treasury’s payment system, thus essentially gaining access to the checkbook with which the United States handles about $6 trillion annually a...
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A good summary of all the bad. And just how bad it all is.
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NEWS
A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s aid freeze and granted a temporary stay.
A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s aid freeze and granted a temporary stay.
January 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
NEWS
A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s aid freeze and granted a temporary stay.
A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s aid freeze and granted a temporary stay.
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Trump and his advisors are high on their own supply after getting away with so much in their first week. But they are going to regret this one. It’ll devastate red states that rely on this money for basic programs that keep people fed, clothed, alive. A huge unforced error politically and legally.
Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Trump and his advisors are high on their own supply after getting away with so much in their first week. But they are going to regret this one. It’ll devastate red states that rely on this money for basic programs that keep people fed, clothed, alive. A huge unforced error politically and legally.
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This purge is bone-chilling and unprecedented. It’s straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook. Inspectors General are a vital, independent check on misconduct and abuse within the executive branch. Trump is ousting them so he can break the law with zero oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
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The Trump administration fired the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Linda Fagan, within 24 hours of President Trump’s inauguration. The admiral, who was sworn in as the service chief on June 1, 2022, was the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces.
Trump Administration Fires U.S. Coast Guard Commandant
The first woman to lead a branch of the armed forces was relieved of command within 24 hours of President Trump’s inauguration.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Trump administration fired the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Linda Fagan, within 24 hours of President Trump’s inauguration. The admiral, who was sworn in as the service chief on June 1, 2022, was the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces.
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What the fuck
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
What the fuck
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AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.
January 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.