Laura Summers
@lauraisalot.bsky.social
Organizer, therapist, writer, adoptee, knitter, mom, wife.
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Have you contacted your Democratic senators yet?
Demand that your Democratic senators call on Chuck Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We need new leadership that will actually fight for us.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/dem-sen...
Demand that your Democratic senators call on Chuck Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We need new leadership that will actually fight for us.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/dem-sen...
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Have you contacted your Democratic senators yet?
Demand that your Democratic senators call on Chuck Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We need new leadership that will actually fight for us.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/dem-sen...
Demand that your Democratic senators call on Chuck Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We need new leadership that will actually fight for us.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/dem-sen...
Mutual aid is growing, communities are reconnecting, we are standing up for our vulnerable neighbors. When I hear “Americans aren’t doing anything!” I want those people to know that there are millions of us who are. This country will be rebuilt with kindness and immense courage, it is the only way.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Mutual aid is growing, communities are reconnecting, we are standing up for our vulnerable neighbors. When I hear “Americans aren’t doing anything!” I want those people to know that there are millions of us who are. This country will be rebuilt with kindness and immense courage, it is the only way.
I think all of us who knew all of this already about the E files truly underestimate the amount of emotional awareness and concerted effort it takes to leave MAGA. I promise you this will not cause a mass exodus in the way we want it to. Should it? Of course (cont)
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I think all of us who knew all of this already about the E files truly underestimate the amount of emotional awareness and concerted effort it takes to leave MAGA. I promise you this will not cause a mass exodus in the way we want it to. Should it? Of course (cont)
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…new MSNBC reports reveal federal prosecutors pushing back, refusing to go to trial against Fmr. FBI Dir. James Comey and vowing not to buckle to pressure to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James.
youtube.com/watch?v=3j3b...
youtube.com/watch?v=3j3b...
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors won't comply with Trump retribution campaign, MSNBC reporting reveals
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
…new MSNBC reports reveal federal prosecutors pushing back, refusing to go to trial against Fmr. FBI Dir. James Comey and vowing not to buckle to pressure to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James.
youtube.com/watch?v=3j3b...
youtube.com/watch?v=3j3b...
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It's sunrise, and Republicans are scrambling behind closed doors to get the votes for their big ugly bill.
Here's what we know: this bill would slash vital programs, and those huge cuts don't even cover the cost of their billionaire tax breaks.
Stay tuned today.
Here's what we know: this bill would slash vital programs, and those huge cuts don't even cover the cost of their billionaire tax breaks.
Stay tuned today.
Morning update on the big ugly bill
YouTube video by Senator LBR (Lisa Blunt Rochester)
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July 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It's sunrise, and Republicans are scrambling behind closed doors to get the votes for their big ugly bill.
Here's what we know: this bill would slash vital programs, and those huge cuts don't even cover the cost of their billionaire tax breaks.
Stay tuned today.
Here's what we know: this bill would slash vital programs, and those huge cuts don't even cover the cost of their billionaire tax breaks.
Stay tuned today.
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I offer you these reasons for very modest hope not because I want you to deny the awfulness of what’s occurring, but because I want you to see we are not necessarily doomed.
Here’s this week’s summary of 10 reasons for very modest optimism. robertreich.substack.com/p/even-more-...
Here’s this week’s summary of 10 reasons for very modest optimism. robertreich.substack.com/p/even-more-...
Even more reasons for very modest optimism
Ten more.
robertreich.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I offer you these reasons for very modest hope not because I want you to deny the awfulness of what’s occurring, but because I want you to see we are not necessarily doomed.
Here’s this week’s summary of 10 reasons for very modest optimism. robertreich.substack.com/p/even-more-...
Here’s this week’s summary of 10 reasons for very modest optimism. robertreich.substack.com/p/even-more-...
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As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
March 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
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March 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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5 former Secretaries of Defense call on Congress to exercise oversight responsibility on Trump-Hegseth firing of senior military leaders:
The "dismissals raise troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military and to remove legal constraints on the President’s power."
The "dismissals raise troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military and to remove legal constraints on the President’s power."
February 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
5 former Secretaries of Defense call on Congress to exercise oversight responsibility on Trump-Hegseth firing of senior military leaders:
The "dismissals raise troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military and to remove legal constraints on the President’s power."
The "dismissals raise troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military and to remove legal constraints on the President’s power."
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What’s maddening is that these folks are fine with abortion bans because they don’t believe it impacts them. Yet all reproductive health is tied. The anti-abortion movement doesn’t support fertility treatments either. They reject the concept of reproductive health and “unnatural” technologies.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What’s maddening is that these folks are fine with abortion bans because they don’t believe it impacts them. Yet all reproductive health is tied. The anti-abortion movement doesn’t support fertility treatments either. They reject the concept of reproductive health and “unnatural” technologies.
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MAGA has a bill that would disenfranchise someone you know. The SAVE Act is the GOP’s attempt at mass voter suppression disguised as an election integrity bill: indivisibleteam.medium.com/maga-has-a-b...
Stop the SAVE Act
YouTube video by Indivisible
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February 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
MAGA has a bill that would disenfranchise someone you know. The SAVE Act is the GOP’s attempt at mass voter suppression disguised as an election integrity bill: indivisibleteam.medium.com/maga-has-a-b...
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On Being in Community joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...
February 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
On Being in Community joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...
Important 🧵: Stanford political scientist uses data to show DOGE is attacking “liberal” agencies, not focusing on waste & inefficiency: “The hardest hit agencies are those that regulate industry, protect public health, and expand access to education.”
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
February 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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This is the lesson of Gilda Radner’s too-short life, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes: For God’s sake, don’t bother with fear. Just go for the thing you want, with your whole heart.
Do It For Gilda
The too-short life of a comedy genius is a reminder to the rest of us to make good use of the time we are given.
www.theatlantic.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is the lesson of Gilda Radner’s too-short life, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes: For God’s sake, don’t bother with fear. Just go for the thing you want, with your whole heart.
Anyone else listening to the Wicked soundtrack and sobbing? Extra appropriate these days. 😭💔
February 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Anyone else listening to the Wicked soundtrack and sobbing? Extra appropriate these days. 😭💔
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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This fight will not be easy.
What we're dealing with now is one of the worst stress tests our nation has ever endured.
But I believe that we will survive.
Do not descend into despair.
What we're dealing with now is one of the worst stress tests our nation has ever endured.
But I believe that we will survive.
Do not descend into despair.
We Can (And Must) Keep Up The Fight
This fight will not be easy. What we're dealing with now is one of the worst stress tests our nation has ever endured. But I believe that we will survive. Do not descend into despair.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This fight will not be easy.
What we're dealing with now is one of the worst stress tests our nation has ever endured.
But I believe that we will survive.
Do not descend into despair.
What we're dealing with now is one of the worst stress tests our nation has ever endured.
But I believe that we will survive.
Do not descend into despair.
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oh no do tariffs cause inflation?
"Unexpectedly" is actually not an accurate descriptor of polices historically know to .... raise inflation
February 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
oh no do tariffs cause inflation?
It’s almost like this was their plan all along
It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.
February 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It’s almost like this was their plan all along
Lovinggg the #ingridsweater in Magpie quartet worsted in Spicy Beaver. Always something fun going on.
February 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Lovinggg the #ingridsweater in Magpie quartet worsted in Spicy Beaver. Always something fun going on.