Laura
@lbrpdx.bsky.social
Portland-based, feminist, pro-democracy, anti-capitalist, anti-racist, LGBTQIA ally, pro-disability rights, lover of cats and music (low key Gen X Swiftie) 🫶🏼🙋 I don't read DMs unless I know you IRL
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They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.
July 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.
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I'm biased. But there is not a more essential reporter/writer for the major health care/medicaid debate underway than @citizencohn.bsky.social . Today's newsletter is a must read.
www.thebulwark.com/p/3-prebutta...
www.thebulwark.com/p/3-prebutta...
3 ‘Prebuttals’ for MAGA’s Coming Health Care Cuts
Here’s what Republican leaders don’t want you to know about their Medicaid plans.
www.thebulwark.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I'm biased. But there is not a more essential reporter/writer for the major health care/medicaid debate underway than @citizencohn.bsky.social . Today's newsletter is a must read.
www.thebulwark.com/p/3-prebutta...
www.thebulwark.com/p/3-prebutta...
My fabulous friend and author, Johnnie Mazzocco, has started a Kickstarter to get her novel published. I hope you will help her by pledging to get 'Miranda's Garden" into print. Go check it out. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mir...
Miranda’s Garden
A magical, moon-soaked novel of grief, growth, and the gardens we carry inside us
www.kickstarter.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My fabulous friend and author, Johnnie Mazzocco, has started a Kickstarter to get her novel published. I hope you will help her by pledging to get 'Miranda's Garden" into print. Go check it out. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mir...
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It’s time for Congress to reign in the Mad King. These tariffs haven’t even hit for real and the world is off the rails.
Politically, it’s helpful to Dems, but this is why I’m not a good politician b/c I care too deeply about the harm on all people, even on those that hate my very existence.
Politically, it’s helpful to Dems, but this is why I’m not a good politician b/c I care too deeply about the harm on all people, even on those that hate my very existence.
April 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s time for Congress to reign in the Mad King. These tariffs haven’t even hit for real and the world is off the rails.
Politically, it’s helpful to Dems, but this is why I’m not a good politician b/c I care too deeply about the harm on all people, even on those that hate my very existence.
Politically, it’s helpful to Dems, but this is why I’m not a good politician b/c I care too deeply about the harm on all people, even on those that hate my very existence.
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Sign of the day…Chicago
April 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sign of the day…Chicago
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GOP Senators voted to cancel Donold’s tariffs on Canada. I almost forgot that Congress could rebuke him if they really wanted to.
April 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
GOP Senators voted to cancel Donold’s tariffs on Canada. I almost forgot that Congress could rebuke him if they really wanted to.
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Confirmed cases of measles
in the US.
2020: 13
2021: 49
2022: 121
2023: 59
2024: 285
Total cases: 527 (5-years)
2025: (first 90 days)
628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.
in the US.
2020: 13
2021: 49
2022: 121
2023: 59
2024: 285
Total cases: 527 (5-years)
2025: (first 90 days)
628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.
April 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Confirmed cases of measles
in the US.
2020: 13
2021: 49
2022: 121
2023: 59
2024: 285
Total cases: 527 (5-years)
2025: (first 90 days)
628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.
in the US.
2020: 13
2021: 49
2022: 121
2023: 59
2024: 285
Total cases: 527 (5-years)
2025: (first 90 days)
628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.
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The best case scenario is that this is a stock shorting scheme, and in a week, there will be masterful (non-existent) "dealmaking" that removes the tariffs after the billionaires buy the dip causing a massive transfer of wealth.
That's the *best* case scenario.
That's the *best* case scenario.
April 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The best case scenario is that this is a stock shorting scheme, and in a week, there will be masterful (non-existent) "dealmaking" that removes the tariffs after the billionaires buy the dip causing a massive transfer of wealth.
That's the *best* case scenario.
That's the *best* case scenario.
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Happy International Asexuality Day!!!🖤🩶🤍💜
April 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Happy International Asexuality Day!!!🖤🩶🤍💜
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We the people are taking action to stop a hostile government takeover. On April 5, 5.2 million people across the country stood up to say HANDS OFF our democracy!
Save the date for our next national day of action on April 19th.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #April5 #HandsOff
Save the date for our next national day of action on April 19th.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #April5 #HandsOff
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We the people are taking action to stop a hostile government takeover. On April 5, 5.2 million people across the country stood up to say HANDS OFF our democracy!
Save the date for our next national day of action on April 19th.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #April5 #HandsOff
Save the date for our next national day of action on April 19th.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #April5 #HandsOff
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He did it because those tux-wearing bastards never once said "thank you."
April 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
He did it because those tux-wearing bastards never once said "thank you."
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Reminder:
All
People
Had
To
Do
Was
Fill
In
A
Little
Oval
Next
To
The
Smart
Black
Lady’s
Name.
All
People
Had
To
Do
Was
Fill
In
A
Little
Oval
Next
To
The
Smart
Black
Lady’s
Name.
April 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Reminder:
All
People
Had
To
Do
Was
Fill
In
A
Little
Oval
Next
To
The
Smart
Black
Lady’s
Name.
All
People
Had
To
Do
Was
Fill
In
A
Little
Oval
Next
To
The
Smart
Black
Lady’s
Name.
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This is real. This is happening.
BREAKING NEWS: America Is Back in the Slave Trade
A Trump administration filing in federal court in Maryland may be the most shocking confession any presidential administration has made in generations—as it signals a reinstitution of the slave trade.
sethabramson.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is real. This is happening.
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April 6, 2025
April 6, 2025 (Sunday)
After President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars from the stock market, the Republican Party is scrambling.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
April 6, 2025
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when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
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Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
April 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
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(📣) To apologize for having to push back the PROOF report on the new American slave trade until tomorrow (Sunday), I am making free to the public this recent massive PROOF investigative report.
I hope you will check it out and share it.
I hope you will check it out and share it.
The Birth of the Trump Doctrine Lies in the 1987 Recruitment of Donald Trump By the KGB During His Trip to Moscow That Year
How Trump responded to his recruitment remains unclear. What is clear, however, is that it shaped his entrance into politics and his foreign policy in a way the world now ignores at its peril.
sethabramson.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
(📣) To apologize for having to push back the PROOF report on the new American slave trade until tomorrow (Sunday), I am making free to the public this recent massive PROOF investigative report.
I hope you will check it out and share it.
I hope you will check it out and share it.
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BREAKING: This is the crowd to see AOC in Greeley, Colorado where GOP Congressman Gabe Evans refuses to hold a town hall.
March 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
BREAKING: This is the crowd to see AOC in Greeley, Colorado where GOP Congressman Gabe Evans refuses to hold a town hall.
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Can’t make this up.
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can’t make this up.
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
America Chose the Monster
We all make mistakes.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
March 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.