Lisa Schmoetzer ❌👑
@lisadragon.bsky.social
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Schools. Parks. Libraries. Roads. Mail delivery...
These are provided by our government. They're paid for by the public and are available to everyone.
What happens to these public goods when you try to "run the government like a business"? Privatization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqn1uD_B70U
These are provided by our government. They're paid for by the public and are available to everyone.
What happens to these public goods when you try to "run the government like a business"? Privatization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqn1uD_B70U
The Dangerous Myth of Running America Like a Corporation
I keep hearing that the government should be "run like a business.” Bunk.
www.youtube.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Schools. Parks. Libraries. Roads. Mail delivery...
These are provided by our government. They're paid for by the public and are available to everyone.
What happens to these public goods when you try to "run the government like a business"? Privatization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqn1uD_B70U
These are provided by our government. They're paid for by the public and are available to everyone.
What happens to these public goods when you try to "run the government like a business"? Privatization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqn1uD_B70U
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ON TYRANNY lesson 18
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
June 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
ON TYRANNY lesson 18
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
I'm attending Working Families Power's event, “Mass Call: Hands Off Our Health Care” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/crooked/even...
Mass Call: Hands Off Our Health Care · Vote Save America PAC
Trump and Republicans in Congress want to cut taxes for billionaires and big corporations—and pay for it by gutting Medicaid.
But they're already feeling the heat from their constituents and afraid t...
www.mobilize.us
May 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm attending Working Families Power's event, “Mass Call: Hands Off Our Health Care” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/crooked/even...
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
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😳 what's going on here 🤷♂️
April 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
😳 what's going on here 🤷♂️
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"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."
Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."
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On June 6 veterans will march in DC to demonstrate that our oaths to the Constitution still hold. This is not partisan; it’s about service, particularly the essential work of veterans in the government and those who care for them. Unite4veterans.org
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Veterans Organizing 'Call to Action' Rally on D-Day Anniversary in Nation's Capital
The march, touted as a non-partisan, pro-veterans employment and benefits protection rally, is expected to draw veterans, advocacy organizations, musical groups and some celebrities.
www.military.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
On June 6 veterans will march in DC to demonstrate that our oaths to the Constitution still hold. This is not partisan; it’s about service, particularly the essential work of veterans in the government and those who care for them. Unite4veterans.org
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Fauquier Indivisible held a candlelight vigil to honor and acknowledge those illegally abducted without due process.
#candlelightvigil
#WarrentonVa
#candlelightvigil
#WarrentonVa
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Fauquier Indivisible held a candlelight vigil to honor and acknowledge those illegally abducted without due process.
#candlelightvigil
#WarrentonVa
#candlelightvigil
#WarrentonVa
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
Sounds like Collegiate NATO! @maddow.msnbc.com
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sounds like Collegiate NATO! @maddow.msnbc.com
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Thank you to Rep Suhas for holding town halls!
Thank you to everyone who came to tonight’s Rappahannock County town hall. We heard from Democrats and Republicans. Let’s keep fighting for our schools, veterans, seniors, and kids being hurt by this Administration’s actions.
April 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Thank you to Rep Suhas for holding town halls!
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One little-known company has made billions running detention camps for asylum-seekers at the border.
It's now repurposing its tents to hold some of the thousands of people arrested by ICE and facing deportation.
By @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
It's now repurposing its tents to hold some of the thousands of people arrested by ICE and facing deportation.
By @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans
The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to…
www.propublica.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
One little-known company has made billions running detention camps for asylum-seekers at the border.
It's now repurposing its tents to hold some of the thousands of people arrested by ICE and facing deportation.
By @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
It's now repurposing its tents to hold some of the thousands of people arrested by ICE and facing deportation.
By @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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Big numbers like this lead to local quotas and the desire to fill them which leads to haste and abuse and lawlessness and terror.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump’s push for mass deportations.
Immigration officers and analysts are increasingly skeptical the Trump administration can deport that many immigrants in a single year.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Big numbers like this lead to local quotas and the desire to fill them which leads to haste and abuse and lawlessness and terror.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
April 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
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Join your local protest on April 19th. Spread the word.
April 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Join your local protest on April 19th. Spread the word.
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🚨 April 19 is happening — and it’s more than just a protest.
Yes, people will be in the streets again. Others will be organizing food drives, volunteering at shelters, hosting teach-ins, and finding other creative ways to show up for their communities and push back against this administration.
Yes, people will be in the streets again. Others will be organizing food drives, volunteering at shelters, hosting teach-ins, and finding other creative ways to show up for their communities and push back against this administration.
April 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
🚨 April 19 is happening — and it’s more than just a protest.
Yes, people will be in the streets again. Others will be organizing food drives, volunteering at shelters, hosting teach-ins, and finding other creative ways to show up for their communities and push back against this administration.
Yes, people will be in the streets again. Others will be organizing food drives, volunteering at shelters, hosting teach-ins, and finding other creative ways to show up for their communities and push back against this administration.
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We’re fed up with Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoing common-sense gun safety laws that would help protect us from gun violence. We need a governor who will prioritize our safety, not the gun lobby’s bottom line, and Abigail Spanberger will be that governor‼️
Virginians deserve a leader who cares about their safety—not someone who will sell them out to appease gun extremists. Abigail Spanberger is exactly that leader.
We are ready to do what it takes to make Abigail Spanberger the next Governor of Virginia.
We are ready to do what it takes to make Abigail Spanberger the next Governor of Virginia.
April 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We’re fed up with Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoing common-sense gun safety laws that would help protect us from gun violence. We need a governor who will prioritize our safety, not the gun lobby’s bottom line, and Abigail Spanberger will be that governor‼️
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Live shot of MAGA as they praise Trump while he destroys the economy
April 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Live shot of MAGA as they praise Trump while he destroys the economy
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Peace Corps is a voluntary national service organization. Volunteers. Volunteers. They get paid in local currency amounts based on local economies. It averages about $50 a month. There is no “savings” in eliminating this agency. DO NOT LET THEM TAKE PC. It’s the best of us.
U.S. Peace Corps says Musk's DOGE has arrived at its HQ
Members of Elon Musk's cost-cutting team arrived at Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, the agency told Reuters, a signal it could become the latest U.S. government agency to face job cuts.
www.reuters.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Peace Corps is a voluntary national service organization. Volunteers. Volunteers. They get paid in local currency amounts based on local economies. It averages about $50 a month. There is no “savings” in eliminating this agency. DO NOT LET THEM TAKE PC. It’s the best of us.
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Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)
April 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)