LRS
@abbylincolnlrs.bsky.social
Badger & Hawkeye mom | Abe Lincoln fan | Justice40 freelancer
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
So horrible
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
So horrible
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Tell me again about how Trump is really running the country and that everyone respects him…
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Tell me again about how Trump is really running the country and that everyone respects him…
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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Under NITA, we have the opportunity -- nay, the duty -- to make sure the "city's" rail transit agency and the "suburban" rail transit agency stop defending their respective silos.
Regional rail is for the entire region: connectivity by cooperation and coordination, not competition and coincidence.
Regional rail is for the entire region: connectivity by cooperation and coordination, not competition and coincidence.
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Under NITA, we have the opportunity -- nay, the duty -- to make sure the "city's" rail transit agency and the "suburban" rail transit agency stop defending their respective silos.
Regional rail is for the entire region: connectivity by cooperation and coordination, not competition and coincidence.
Regional rail is for the entire region: connectivity by cooperation and coordination, not competition and coincidence.
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there is woke font now?
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
there is woke font now?
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The House voted UNANIMOUSLY to repeal this yesterday. The fact that Thune continues to defend it is unconscionable. 8 Senators got caught asking for free money. Show some personal accountability and admit you messed up. But don’t keep demeaning yourself and the institution.
As the Senate tries to defend a million dollar payday to 8 of their own - and as the House GOP tries to explain why they refused to amend the CR to strip it out, let's review exactly what it is they want restitution for. Brief thread:
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The House voted UNANIMOUSLY to repeal this yesterday. The fact that Thune continues to defend it is unconscionable. 8 Senators got caught asking for free money. Show some personal accountability and admit you messed up. But don’t keep demeaning yourself and the institution.
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All you need to know about Chicago is this: we put our literal shit into the Chicago River, which flowed into Lake Michigan, which is where we got our drinking water, and where a lesser city would’ve said “let’s stop throwing our shit into the river” we reversed the flow of the goddamn river instead
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
All you need to know about Chicago is this: we put our literal shit into the Chicago River, which flowed into Lake Michigan, which is where we got our drinking water, and where a lesser city would’ve said “let’s stop throwing our shit into the river” we reversed the flow of the goddamn river instead
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welp.
this headline sums everything up pretty well
this headline sums everything up pretty well
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
welp.
this headline sums everything up pretty well
this headline sums everything up pretty well
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Another downside of the “Metra is just for the suburbs” silo that we desperately need to tear down is how many suburbanites end up with a “here be dragons” approach to all city neighborhoods that aren’t adjacent to the downtown train terminals
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Another downside of the “Metra is just for the suburbs” silo that we desperately need to tear down is how many suburbanites end up with a “here be dragons” approach to all city neighborhoods that aren’t adjacent to the downtown train terminals
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On any other day, Trump hosting de facto Saudi ruler MBS at the White House would be the only thing on the newscycle
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On any other day, Trump hosting de facto Saudi ruler MBS at the White House would be the only thing on the newscycle
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Join me on 12/12 for a public online workshop focused on deepening our social change commitments for 2026. Register at www.socialchangemap.com.
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Join me on 12/12 for a public online workshop focused on deepening our social change commitments for 2026. Register at www.socialchangemap.com.
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NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
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THREAD 👇
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
THREAD 👇
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The feds have released the names of more than 600 people detained by ICE agents, and whose arrests may have violated a court order, and only 16 are identified by the federal government as a "high public safety risk" because of alleged criminal histories.
Only 16 of over 600 detained by ICE in Chicago area have criminal histories, records show
The Trump administration has released the names of more than 600 people detained by immigration agents, and whose arrests might have violated a court order, and only 16 of them have been identified by the federal government as a "high public safety risk" because of their alleged criminal histories.
www.cbsnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The feds have released the names of more than 600 people detained by ICE agents, and whose arrests may have violated a court order, and only 16 are identified by the federal government as a "high public safety risk" because of alleged criminal histories.
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The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
— The New Yorker
— The New Yorker
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
— The New Yorker
— The New Yorker
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