Laura Phillips
@lauraphillips99.bsky.social
1-time print journo, Emmy-nom’d filmmaker, B’lyn SciFi Film Fest juror, member of the bar in 2 states & not by reciprocity. 🇺🇦🇮🇱
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this is gamedev
People are not lying about what happens when you do this. I've had five kids so far take potatoes and three take apples.
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
this is gamedev
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Drug testing people for food assistance is just telling people who have addiction (which is a disease) that they should fuck off and starve to death.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Drug testing people for food assistance is just telling people who have addiction (which is a disease) that they should fuck off and starve to death.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
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Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
September 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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A new agreement allows ICE to tap Medicaid data for deportation purposes.
HHS shares Medicaid enrollees' data for immigration enforcement
The arrangement raises questions about whether the information is being used to deport undocumented immigrants.
www.axios.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A new agreement allows ICE to tap Medicaid data for deportation purposes.
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This is disgusting. Even in the era of no shame, it’s shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is disgusting. Even in the era of no shame, it’s shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
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Direct File exists. We already paid for it. So we are now trashing software that we have already paid for, that people are using, that people *love*, in the name of "efficiency." Yes, blame the Trump administration for this, but Intuit has been desperate to murder Direct File for years.
SCOOP: DOGE moved to kill Direct File, the IRS's popular free tax filing tool, days after meeting with private tax filing software lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
A key operative from DOGE initiated plans to potentially kill Direct File, the free tax filing tool developed by the IRS, after offering assurances it would be spared from cuts.
www.wired.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Direct File exists. We already paid for it. So we are now trashing software that we have already paid for, that people are using, that people *love*, in the name of "efficiency." Yes, blame the Trump administration for this, but Intuit has been desperate to murder Direct File for years.
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More than 200 people remain locked in prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration, without any right to trial.
Carlos should be spending #Father’sDay with his family. Instead, he has been disappeared to the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador, with no way for his partner or daughter to contact him. We demand the immediate release of all those disappeared to CECOT. We must #BringThemBack.
June 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
More than 200 people remain locked in prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration, without any right to trial.
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one of the really challenging asymmetries in american politics is that democrats are asked to answer for the actions of every single hypothetical democratic voter in the country but republican lawmakers are not even asked about the behavior of their own elected peers
i would like some political reporter - any political reporter - to get one of the following reps on the record about mike lee and bernie moreno's comments:
- brad finstad
- tom emmer
- michelle fischbach
- pete stauber
both finstad and emmer served with her. ask them what they think of these lies.
- brad finstad
- tom emmer
- michelle fischbach
- pete stauber
both finstad and emmer served with her. ask them what they think of these lies.
It’s not just Mike Lee — Bernie Moreno is pretending that a registered Republican evangelical anti-abortion Trump voter who assassinated a Democrat and had more on his hit list is a representative of “the extreme left”
June 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
one of the really challenging asymmetries in american politics is that democrats are asked to answer for the actions of every single hypothetical democratic voter in the country but republican lawmakers are not even asked about the behavior of their own elected peers
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I'm loving all the videos of yesterday's protest but especially this wedding party that decided to join in
June 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm loving all the videos of yesterday's protest but especially this wedding party that decided to join in
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"Fortunate Son" seems to be one of Trump's favorite songs - it was played three times at his rally on Jan 6.
June 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"Fortunate Son" seems to be one of Trump's favorite songs - it was played three times at his rally on Jan 6.
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Republicans won’t defy Trump unless their constituents absolutely force them to. That means our job is to make Trump’s Tax Scam politically toxic. If you live in a GOP district, let your representative know they risk losing their job by defunding Medicaid and SNAP to make billionaires richer.
CALL NOW: Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks
indivisible.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Republicans won’t defy Trump unless their constituents absolutely force them to. That means our job is to make Trump’s Tax Scam politically toxic. If you live in a GOP district, let your representative know they risk losing their job by defunding Medicaid and SNAP to make billionaires richer.
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Giving political donors “dedicated VIP experiences” with the US military is not only corrupt, it will damagingly make Americans think of our military as partisan. Congress should prevent this.
Exclusive | Donors Promised ‘VIP Experience’ at Military Events With Trump
Top donors to a committee supporting events celebrating America’s 250th birthday will receive special access to a military parade and other festivities.
www.wsj.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Giving political donors “dedicated VIP experiences” with the US military is not only corrupt, it will damagingly make Americans think of our military as partisan. Congress should prevent this.
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As I said on MSNBC, in 1960 white evangelical christians accused JFK that he would put the Pope over our Constitution. Today we have a new Pope who supports our Constitution more than our current President. And the white christians support this anti-constitutional President and attack the Pope.
May 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
As I said on MSNBC, in 1960 white evangelical christians accused JFK that he would put the Pope over our Constitution. Today we have a new Pope who supports our Constitution more than our current President. And the white christians support this anti-constitutional President and attack the Pope.
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Country picking fights with everyone at once, actively damaging its own economy, with a leader openly desperate for anything he can call a deal: Gimme what I want, or else!
Other countries: Nah.
Other countries: Nah.
May 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Country picking fights with everyone at once, actively damaging its own economy, with a leader openly desperate for anything he can call a deal: Gimme what I want, or else!
Other countries: Nah.
Other countries: Nah.
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Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines
Emergency Triad: Are we now a country of political prisoners and gulags?
www.thebulwark.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
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STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
April 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
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His name is Andry Hernandez Romero. He is a young professional from Venezuela. He is a makeup artist. He is a gay man.
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
April 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
His name is Andry Hernandez Romero. He is a young professional from Venezuela. He is a makeup artist. He is a gay man.
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
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Only 154 letters away from 10,000! Send yours now to help us get there! Speak out against this voter suppression bill called the SAVE Act! Send your letters here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
April 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Only 154 letters away from 10,000! Send yours now to help us get there! Speak out against this voter suppression bill called the SAVE Act! Send your letters here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
March 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
Lindsey Graham is a shanda of a human being.
“It was [a] shameful moment…And while the focus of opprobrium should be on Trump and his smarmy understudy, a special shame also attaches to the explainer class of analysts who, without even the excuse of fearing voters, perform pirouettes on their principles.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vanc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vanc...
Where Would Trump Be Without His Spineless Defenders?
It’s amazing how men who prided themselves on strength and toughness will submit to a gangster.
www.thebulwark.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Lindsey Graham is a shanda of a human being.