@lisaandsaints.bsky.social
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Can someone please ask him how the GOP changed the 60 vote threshold twice in the last two months to approve 150+ trump appointees in one go? Cuz they are in charge and can change the rules to open the government. And they know it. They WANT the shutdown.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Can someone please ask him how the GOP changed the 60 vote threshold twice in the last two months to approve 150+ trump appointees in one go? Cuz they are in charge and can change the rules to open the government. And they know it. They WANT the shutdown.
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Kristi Noem’s America, folks. That poor dog. That poor family.
October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Kristi Noem’s America, folks. That poor dog. That poor family.
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“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
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I always think of this quote (from They Knew by Sarah Kendzior) when people say this.
"'nobody saw it coming' is an admission of whom the speaker considers to be nobody"
"'nobody saw it coming' is an admission of whom the speaker considers to be nobody"
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I always think of this quote (from They Knew by Sarah Kendzior) when people say this.
"'nobody saw it coming' is an admission of whom the speaker considers to be nobody"
"'nobody saw it coming' is an admission of whom the speaker considers to be nobody"
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this paragraph here is the perfect summary of why we don't see safety in this smarmy jagoff…just a different, more insidious kind of danger
![a screenshot of the linked article. it reads as follows, with the text in brackets highlighted in yellow for emphasis:
“Some may argue, as they often do when transgender people raise concerns about Gavin Newsom, that the alternative would be worse. And in many respects, Trump or whatever Trump-like candidate emerges in 2028 would be worse than Newsom on a host of issues. But even here, for transgender people, the calculation is not so straightforward. Right now, the community has one thing going for it: one major political party still passes protective legislation and has not joined the litany of anti-trans policies escalating in red states. [If that fragile dichotomy collapses—if Democrats too decide that transgender people can be sacrificed for political gain—the result will not be a lesser evil.] It will be a political consensus that our rights are gone, and that outcome could be even worse.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4ukhwc2uxzmdcccts6vlp23j/bafkreiao7ckt5xvfvy4qvxuratpr5hibgj6taitoutvqcrfkn27hfbtbme@jpeg)
September 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this paragraph here is the perfect summary of why we don't see safety in this smarmy jagoff…just a different, more insidious kind of danger
Why isn't this shared more?
This week on Assembly Required Stacey talks to the incredible Amber Ruffin about comedy in the (second) Trump era.
Listen to Assembly Required with @staceyabrams.com wherever you get your podcasts: Go.Crooked.com/Stacey
Listen to Assembly Required with @staceyabrams.com wherever you get your podcasts: Go.Crooked.com/Stacey
July 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Why isn't this shared more?
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This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
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Donald Trump's bill makes your life more expensive this year, next year, the year after that, and the year after that.
July 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Donald Trump's bill makes your life more expensive this year, next year, the year after that, and the year after that.
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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PLEASE read this thread.
It's vital.
And offers a way to fight this open threat.
It's vital.
And offers a way to fight this open threat.
The authoritarian script:
1) Court rules against leader
2) Attack judges as biased/dangerous
3) Delegitimize judicial system
4) Create permission for threats
5) IF NO MASS RESISTANCE → Purge the courts
6) IF MASS RESISTANCE → Forced to retreat
1) Court rules against leader
2) Attack judges as biased/dangerous
3) Delegitimize judicial system
4) Create permission for threats
5) IF NO MASS RESISTANCE → Purge the courts
6) IF MASS RESISTANCE → Forced to retreat
May 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
PLEASE read this thread.
It's vital.
And offers a way to fight this open threat.
It's vital.
And offers a way to fight this open threat.
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1. Good news for transgender people in Michigan.
Multiple state senators confirm with Erin In The Morning that they will NOT take up the transgender sports ban passed by the Michigan House.
Democrats are holding strong for trans youth in the state.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Multiple state senators confirm with Erin In The Morning that they will NOT take up the transgender sports ban passed by the Michigan House.
Democrats are holding strong for trans youth in the state.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Michigan Senate Vows To Not Take On Sports Ban After It Passes House
The bill passed the Michigan House nearly along party lines, but Senators tell EITM that they will not take up the bill.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
1. Good news for transgender people in Michigan.
Multiple state senators confirm with Erin In The Morning that they will NOT take up the transgender sports ban passed by the Michigan House.
Democrats are holding strong for trans youth in the state.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Multiple state senators confirm with Erin In The Morning that they will NOT take up the transgender sports ban passed by the Michigan House.
Democrats are holding strong for trans youth in the state.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Is the media aware that Joe Biden is no longer President?
Because I have heard more about a book on his age than I’ve heard about the fact Republicans are about to gut healthcare for 8.6 million people.
Because I have heard more about a book on his age than I’ve heard about the fact Republicans are about to gut healthcare for 8.6 million people.
May 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Is the media aware that Joe Biden is no longer President?
Because I have heard more about a book on his age than I’ve heard about the fact Republicans are about to gut healthcare for 8.6 million people.
Because I have heard more about a book on his age than I’ve heard about the fact Republicans are about to gut healthcare for 8.6 million people.
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Student: Teacher, why do we learn?
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
It’s really absurd that we’ve reached a point where the “common sense” view of education is that its primary purpose is to lower the future onboarding/training costs for companies hiring new employees.
April 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Student: Teacher, why do we learn?
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
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alright folks, here's my best stab at a roadmap for what to expect out of the next six months to a year of this administration
New It Could Happen Here
@iwriteok.bsky.social walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fascism's next power grab to the age of weird terrorism.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fascism's next power grab to the age of weird terrorism.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
April 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
alright folks, here's my best stab at a roadmap for what to expect out of the next six months to a year of this administration
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God it's so funny reading tweets about this before the Democrats unanimously voted for cloture for a Trump nominee
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Longest speaking filibuster ever was 24 hours, 18 minutes by Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
In a few hours, that record will be shattered by Sen. Cory Booker, a Black man, laying out the case for saving democracy from an aspiring despot.
In a few hours, that record will be shattered by Sen. Cory Booker, a Black man, laying out the case for saving democracy from an aspiring despot.
April 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
God it's so funny reading tweets about this before the Democrats unanimously voted for cloture for a Trump nominee
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Now I’m just a small town country lawyer but it feels as though rather than abandoning our most targeted and marginalized communities to win over 19 bigots, Democrats should run on “we’re going to impeach remove and imprison that demented evil criminal fuck and his pale ratty Nazi billionaire, too”
April 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Now I’m just a small town country lawyer but it feels as though rather than abandoning our most targeted and marginalized communities to win over 19 bigots, Democrats should run on “we’re going to impeach remove and imprison that demented evil criminal fuck and his pale ratty Nazi billionaire, too”
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April 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My new book is out today! Order THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP here:
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Gonna keep saying this: In the 1840s, Southerners insisted that they could kidnap any person they alleged was a slave without any state or federal process. This turned even minimal process into resistance and raised the salience of the issue, which radicalized a bunch of people against slavery.
Friendly reminder:
Due process is how we can be sure the people Miller and his henchmen are removing are legally subject to removal in the first place.
Due process is how we can be sure the people Miller and his henchmen are removing are legally subject to removal in the first place.
April 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Gonna keep saying this: In the 1840s, Southerners insisted that they could kidnap any person they alleged was a slave without any state or federal process. This turned even minimal process into resistance and raised the salience of the issue, which radicalized a bunch of people against slavery.
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LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Michigan is protesting. A LOT.
Medicaid cuts.Voter suppression. Solidarity with our allies. Attacks on the postal service.
We’re on overpasses, in town halls, on the street—every week.
But the media? Pretending it’s not happening.
👀 Read the story they won’t cover:
open.substack.com/pub/distills...
Medicaid cuts.Voter suppression. Solidarity with our allies. Attacks on the postal service.
We’re on overpasses, in town halls, on the street—every week.
But the media? Pretending it’s not happening.
👀 Read the story they won’t cover:
open.substack.com/pub/distills...
The Resistance Is Alive and Well in Michigan and across the country. So Why Isn’t the Media Covering It?
Thousands of Michiganders are protesting every week—from Medicaid cuts to voter suppression and corporate overreach. The resistance is real. So why is the media staying silent?
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Michigan is protesting. A LOT.
Medicaid cuts.Voter suppression. Solidarity with our allies. Attacks on the postal service.
We’re on overpasses, in town halls, on the street—every week.
But the media? Pretending it’s not happening.
👀 Read the story they won’t cover:
open.substack.com/pub/distills...
Medicaid cuts.Voter suppression. Solidarity with our allies. Attacks on the postal service.
We’re on overpasses, in town halls, on the street—every week.
But the media? Pretending it’s not happening.
👀 Read the story they won’t cover:
open.substack.com/pub/distills...
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The news media are focusing on how Trump is abusing federal workers and depriving the American people of vital services as he vandalizes government agencies. But the media need to say more often that these actions are ILLEGAL.
March 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The news media are focusing on how Trump is abusing federal workers and depriving the American people of vital services as he vandalizes government agencies. But the media need to say more often that these actions are ILLEGAL.
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Elon’s cryin’ about those mean ol’ Democrats
Commentary from @celiarivenbark.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/03/23/e...
Commentary from @celiarivenbark.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/03/23/e...
Elon’s cryin’ about those mean ol’ Democrats • Michigan Advance
Elon Musk, who has frequently and nauseatingly spoken out on the “dangers” of being empathetic to others this week, whined about his mistreatment by Democrats whom he always thought were the nice guys...
michiganadvance.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Elon’s cryin’ about those mean ol’ Democrats
Commentary from @celiarivenbark.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/03/23/e...
Commentary from @celiarivenbark.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/03/23/e...
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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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In 2021, McConnell successfully filibustered a Democratic CR ahead of a government shutdown and forced them to accept a clean one instead. What happened this week - a total cave on a totally partisan long-term funding bill - hasn’t happened in the 20 years I’ve covered Congress.
March 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In 2021, McConnell successfully filibustered a Democratic CR ahead of a government shutdown and forced them to accept a clean one instead. What happened this week - a total cave on a totally partisan long-term funding bill - hasn’t happened in the 20 years I’ve covered Congress.