Lisa
@laoteri.bsky.social
Not staying quiet; staying through the end
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At the launch of a speaking tour intended to connect with Americans struggling with higher prices and stagnant wages, President Trump mocked the word “affordability” and touted how high the stock market had risen.
At the first stop on his affordability tour, Trump mocks affordability
What was supposed to be a speaking tour to connect with Americans struggling with higher prices and stagnant wages was instead a greatest hits campaign speech.
wapo.st
December 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
At the launch of a speaking tour intended to connect with Americans struggling with higher prices and stagnant wages, President Trump mocked the word “affordability” and touted how high the stock market had risen.
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Ed Dept. Calls Civil Rights Workers It’s Trying to Ax Back to Work https://bit.ly/4oFJvr5
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Ed Dept. Calls Civil Rights Workers It’s Trying to Ax Back to Work https://bit.ly/4oFJvr5
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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No matter what happens - another reminder every vote counts
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
No matter what happens - another reminder every vote counts
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The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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this is not at all embarrassing
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
this is not at all embarrassing
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What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
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It's the exact same ideology embraced by the elite enslavers before the Civil War: some people are better than others, and have the right-- and maybe the duty-- to rule. It was the Mudsill Theory then, and it's the Mudsill Theory today, dress it up in whatever elegant language you may.
When Hillary said there was a vast right wing conspiracy, she was, as usual, correct. It's become more entrenched, secretive, organized, & scary.
Armed w knowledge, we will #PushBack 🐸
#WeAreDemocracy
#DemocracyNotAutocracy
Gifted article. wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
#Voices4Victory
#USDemoctacy
Armed w knowledge, we will #PushBack 🐸
#WeAreDemocracy
#DemocracyNotAutocracy
Gifted article. wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
#Voices4Victory
#USDemoctacy
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's the exact same ideology embraced by the elite enslavers before the Civil War: some people are better than others, and have the right-- and maybe the duty-- to rule. It was the Mudsill Theory then, and it's the Mudsill Theory today, dress it up in whatever elegant language you may.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social Medicare freeze beneficiary secretly donates $2.5 million to Trump ballroom popular.info/p/update-med...
UPDATE: Medicare freeze beneficiary secretly donates $2.5 million to Trump ballroom
Earlier this year, Popular Information broke the news that Extremity Care – a company that sells bandages to Medicare for thousands of dollars per square inch – donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., Presid...
popular.info
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social Medicare freeze beneficiary secretly donates $2.5 million to Trump ballroom popular.info/p/update-med...
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Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.
Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
www.cbsnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.
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Here it is
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), vice-chair of Senate Intelligence Committee, tells Face the Nation that the shutdown won't end until Trump gets involved in brokering a deal
"My Republican colleagues can't move on anything without a Trump sign-off"
"My Republican colleagues can't move on anything without a Trump sign-off"
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here it is
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Día de los Muertos’s historical roots extend back thousands of years to ancient Aztec Indigenous traditions and are still being observed by descendants, the Nahua people.
Ancient Day of the Dead traditions live on with Aztec descendants
In Indigenous communities in Mexico, traditions to celebrate the dead have been around for centuries.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Día de los Muertos’s historical roots extend back thousands of years to ancient Aztec Indigenous traditions and are still being observed by descendants, the Nahua people.
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He's probably forgotten how to bang the gavel by now
November 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
He's probably forgotten how to bang the gavel by now
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The government has been closed for a full month — and federal workers who have missed two paychecks are now using credit cards to pay their bills and visiting food pantries to stock their kitchens.
After a month of the shutdown, workers face mounting bills, car repossessions
Missed paychecks and mounting bills are causing people to fall behind on rent and go hungry across the nation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The government has been closed for a full month — and federal workers who have missed two paychecks are now using credit cards to pay their bills and visiting food pantries to stock their kitchens.
We used to call this parody www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans
Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 AM
We used to call this parody www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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We can’t let this happen.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We can’t let this happen.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
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I have to stress how highly unusual it is for the most powerful military on the planet to be blowing up random boats in international waters.
I can’t help but feel that several criminal charges will ultimately come from these strikes.
It makes far more sense to interdict them.
I can’t help but feel that several criminal charges will ultimately come from these strikes.
It makes far more sense to interdict them.
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I have to stress how highly unusual it is for the most powerful military on the planet to be blowing up random boats in international waters.
I can’t help but feel that several criminal charges will ultimately come from these strikes.
It makes far more sense to interdict them.
I can’t help but feel that several criminal charges will ultimately come from these strikes.
It makes far more sense to interdict them.
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He wants OUR TAXPAYER MONEY HANDED TO HIM. He wants our money. He’s making OUR WH into his own home. He is plotting to never leave and use OUR MONEY for himself. He will bleed this country dry along with all of us until WE have nothing and he has everything!! Why is no one stopping this lunacy?
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
He wants OUR TAXPAYER MONEY HANDED TO HIM. He wants our money. He’s making OUR WH into his own home. He is plotting to never leave and use OUR MONEY for himself. He will bleed this country dry along with all of us until WE have nothing and he has everything!! Why is no one stopping this lunacy?
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Destroying the Peoples House to build the King's ballroom.
omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Destroying the Peoples House to build the King's ballroom.
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There are several bills to cut off Congress's pay checks during government shutdowns
Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown:
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown:
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
There are several bills to cut off Congress's pay checks during government shutdowns
Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown:
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown:
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Good reminder
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…”
~Patrick Henry
~Patrick Henry
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good reminder
If they don’t work, don’t pay them
Speaker Johnson has been adamant that he will not bring his lawmakers back into session until the Senate passes the House’s proposal to fund the government.
Time has only emboldened — and angered — him.
Time has only emboldened — and angered — him.
Government shutdown showcases Mike Johnson’s increasingly bold style
Johnson, nearly two years into his speakership, is taking a hard line in shutdown negotiations.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If they don’t work, don’t pay them