Lisle
@leezlelou.bsky.social
First of all, I'm a DELIGHT. Minnesotan, pottery enthusiast, animal lover, advocate, reader, mother. I'd rather be in a kayak.
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The Pentagon threatening to recall Mark Kelly for a court-martial is not normal.
A sitting senator, a Navy captain, being targeted for reminding troops they can refuse illegal orders - that is the system showing its teeth.
This isn’t “discipline,” it is authoritarian drift in plain sight.
A sitting senator, a Navy captain, being targeted for reminding troops they can refuse illegal orders - that is the system showing its teeth.
This isn’t “discipline,” it is authoritarian drift in plain sight.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Pentagon threatening to recall Mark Kelly for a court-martial is not normal.
A sitting senator, a Navy captain, being targeted for reminding troops they can refuse illegal orders - that is the system showing its teeth.
This isn’t “discipline,” it is authoritarian drift in plain sight.
A sitting senator, a Navy captain, being targeted for reminding troops they can refuse illegal orders - that is the system showing its teeth.
This isn’t “discipline,” it is authoritarian drift in plain sight.
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.
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As ICE descends on San Francisco City Lights has posted Ferlingheti’s own words…
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As ICE descends on San Francisco City Lights has posted Ferlingheti’s own words…
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
October 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU TRY TO DISAPPEAR PEOPLE
Heroic Chicagoans intervene to save a terrified man from being kidnapped by the fascist goons.
October 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU TRY TO DISAPPEAR PEOPLE
So many bleak and hard things out there, but we have a brand-new rescue pup in our house to bring some good into every day
October 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So many bleak and hard things out there, but we have a brand-new rescue pup in our house to bring some good into every day
Look, I'm ready to call it. The time has come for carcinization! Commence crabbing, my friends!
August 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Look, I'm ready to call it. The time has come for carcinization! Commence crabbing, my friends!
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"But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last."
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
July 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last."
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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In a less imperfect world, Musk and Trump would be forever cast as killers of children, and this would be front-page news for months and the subject of Sunday sermons in every church.
NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In a less imperfect world, Musk and Trump would be forever cast as killers of children, and this would be front-page news for months and the subject of Sunday sermons in every church.
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I miss having a human president.
June 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I miss having a human president.
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Yosemite climbers unfurl transgender pride flag on iconic El Capitan
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Yosemite climbers unfurl transgender pride flag on iconic El Capitan
The group of LGBTQ activist climbers said the flag, which is 55 feet by 35 feet, is the largest ever displayed on the face of the world-famous rock climbing destination.
www.nbcnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
April 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
Recommend reading the whole thread
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Recommend reading the whole thread
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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
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Flying over Milwaukee
March 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Flying over Milwaukee
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Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
theins.press/en/news/280037
theins.press/en/news/280037
Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance
A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scient...
theins.press
March 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
theins.press/en/news/280037
theins.press/en/news/280037
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.