Mimi Lysa
@4kidsmom.swifties.social
"If we do not wake up to this threat, then we, as a country, will die in our sleep" “There is no cavalry. We are the cavalry!” #Beto
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Revisiting this piece I wrote in April 2025. "State Terror: A brief guide for Americans"
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State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
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September 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Revisiting this piece I wrote in April 2025. "State Terror: A brief guide for Americans"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
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"When right-wing extremists come after public education...They are coming after your ability to consume information, to read books that speak to your identity, to develop empathy for your peers, to think critically about the world around you."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
We Took on Book Bans in Our Small Conservative Community — and Won
The documentary Banned Together tells the story of three high school activists in South Carolina.
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April 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"When right-wing extremists come after public education...They are coming after your ability to consume information, to read books that speak to your identity, to develop empathy for your peers, to think critically about the world around you."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
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On Texas, from THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP:
April 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
On Texas, from THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP:
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Fees, Fees, Fees, - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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April 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Just finished a very necessary conversation with @sarahkendzior.bsky.social about her new book The Last American Road Trip, the state of the American crisis, and, most importantly, what it is that we must fight to preserve and protect.
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A Live Conversation With Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior and I discuss her new book The Last American Road Trip, the state of America, and what we must fight for.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Just finished a very necessary conversation with @sarahkendzior.bsky.social about her new book The Last American Road Trip, the state of the American crisis, and, most importantly, what it is that we must fight to preserve and protect.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-live-con...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-live-con...
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“The only people Jesus condemned were those who used religion to hurt others.
I refuse to let Christian Nationalists twist a religion of love to justify their hate.”
I refuse to let Christian Nationalists twist a religion of love to justify their hate.”
April 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“The only people Jesus condemned were those who used religion to hurt others.
I refuse to let Christian Nationalists twist a religion of love to justify their hate.”
I refuse to let Christian Nationalists twist a religion of love to justify their hate.”
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85% of deportation flights are conducted by chartered civilian airlines. What goes on inside those flights, as told by the attendants themselves. www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
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April 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
85% of deportation flights are conducted by chartered civilian airlines. What goes on inside those flights, as told by the attendants themselves. www.propublica.org/article/insi...
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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"We cannot predict the contours of America’s political system or societal order five or 1o years from now. In a stable democracy, the range of plausible outcomes should be narrow. But for America, it now includes complete democratic breakdown and full-blown authoritarian rule."
Opinion | What America could look like a decade from now
Political scientists and historians weigh in on authoritarianism’s impact on the United States.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"We cannot predict the contours of America’s political system or societal order five or 1o years from now. In a stable democracy, the range of plausible outcomes should be narrow. But for America, it now includes complete democratic breakdown and full-blown authoritarian rule."
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Featured story: A Third Future Schools-Texas elementary school in Midland has been accused of neglecting social studies and physical education.
Did Mike Miles' Former Charter School Network Fail to Provide Required Classes?
A Third Future Schools-Texas elementary school in Midland has been accused of neglecting social studies and physical education.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Featured story: A Third Future Schools-Texas elementary school in Midland has been accused of neglecting social studies and physical education.
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The Texas school districts of Keller and Richardson are only 30 miles apart.
But since 2019, their school boards have been on divergent paths over how to teach race and gender.
What sets them apart? The voting method upon which they elect candidates.
But since 2019, their school boards have been on divergent paths over how to teach race and gender.
What sets them apart? The voting method upon which they elect candidates.
How Texas Conservatives Use At-Large School Board Elections to Influence What Students Learn
In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational…
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March 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Texas school districts of Keller and Richardson are only 30 miles apart.
But since 2019, their school boards have been on divergent paths over how to teach race and gender.
What sets them apart? The voting method upon which they elect candidates.
But since 2019, their school boards have been on divergent paths over how to teach race and gender.
What sets them apart? The voting method upon which they elect candidates.
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Greg Abbott hasn’t visited a Texas public school in years.
Public schools are closing across our state, but the governor is nowhere to be seen.
This is Abbott's school closure crisis.
Public schools are closing across our state, but the governor is nowhere to be seen.
This is Abbott's school closure crisis.
March 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Greg Abbott hasn’t visited a Texas public school in years.
Public schools are closing across our state, but the governor is nowhere to be seen.
This is Abbott's school closure crisis.
Public schools are closing across our state, but the governor is nowhere to be seen.
This is Abbott's school closure crisis.
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Beshear: Bullying is always wrong, and standing up for people is always right.
This isn’t an either-or. As a Democrat, stand up for what you believe in.
We’ve got to show people that you can stand up for your principles while being there for every working family.
This isn’t an either-or. As a Democrat, stand up for what you believe in.
We’ve got to show people that you can stand up for your principles while being there for every working family.
March 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Beshear: Bullying is always wrong, and standing up for people is always right.
This isn’t an either-or. As a Democrat, stand up for what you believe in.
We’ve got to show people that you can stand up for your principles while being there for every working family.
This isn’t an either-or. As a Democrat, stand up for what you believe in.
We’ve got to show people that you can stand up for your principles while being there for every working family.
After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/t... via @texastribune.org
After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic
Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/t... via @texastribune.org
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Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go
March 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go