Liz
@liz-vaagen.bsky.social
Public History/Critical Heritage grad student - raised kids and started late. Radical bleeding heart, exvangelical and recovering conservative. Just trying to learn the best way to keep this country together.
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“I am not willing to go public yet but I will say this: I don’t know if I would be this worried about what will happen to the economy if Bernie fucking Sanders were president,” one big Trump/GOP donor says. “That’s how bad this is…
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April 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“I am not willing to go public yet but I will say this: I don’t know if I would be this worried about what will happen to the economy if Bernie fucking Sanders were president,” one big Trump/GOP donor says. “That’s how bad this is…
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Markets are set to crash Monday
April 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Markets are set to crash Monday
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So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
Trump: "I spoke to a lot of leaders -- European, Asian, from all over the world. They are dying to make a deal, but I said 'we're not gonna have deficits with your country' ... to me a deficit is a loss. We're gonna have surpluses or at worst we're gonna be breaking even."
April 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Remind them that anyone who uses this sort of rhetoric is a FASCIST.
February 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Remind them that anyone who uses this sort of rhetoric is a FASCIST.
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It’s Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl. They keep leaving off the “Dr.”
Pay attention to how Idaho & the msm media infantilize her, calling her a “little girl” and ignoring her academic achievements. None of that is on accident.
Pay attention to how Idaho & the msm media infantilize her, calling her a “little girl” and ignoring her academic achievements. None of that is on accident.
February 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
It’s Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl. They keep leaving off the “Dr.”
Pay attention to how Idaho & the msm media infantilize her, calling her a “little girl” and ignoring her academic achievements. None of that is on accident.
Pay attention to how Idaho & the msm media infantilize her, calling her a “little girl” and ignoring her academic achievements. None of that is on accident.
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Here is a thread of all the emails, links & numbers to call regarding Teresa Borrenpohl’s unlawful arrest after being dragged from the Town Hall meeting in Kootenai County, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. 🧵 👇
February 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Here is a thread of all the emails, links & numbers to call regarding Teresa Borrenpohl’s unlawful arrest after being dragged from the Town Hall meeting in Kootenai County, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. 🧵 👇
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JFC! We’ve got a teenager with full access to the State Department’s data—one who joked about wiping servers after getting fired for leaking a security firm’s info to a competitor.
What could go possibly wrong—except permanent damage to our top national secrets and the trust of our allies.
What could go possibly wrong—except permanent damage to our top national secrets and the trust of our allies.
February 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
JFC! We’ve got a teenager with full access to the State Department’s data—one who joked about wiping servers after getting fired for leaking a security firm’s info to a competitor.
What could go possibly wrong—except permanent damage to our top national secrets and the trust of our allies.
What could go possibly wrong—except permanent damage to our top national secrets and the trust of our allies.
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once again, kathy hochul could literally oust him tonight. she has that legal right
Eric Adams pretty much agreed to sidestep NY sanctuary protections, & make his city's immigrant residents more vulnerable to iCE, in pursuit of naked personal gain & a shield from corruption charges.
February 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
once again, kathy hochul could literally oust him tonight. she has that legal right
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Excuse me while I vent for a moment
SHE IS THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR. SHE CAN SUBPOENA OFFICIALS, HOLD TELEVISED HEARINGS, HOLD UP ANYONE’S FUNDING, ZERO OUT THE WHITE HOUSE’S FUCKING ICE CREAM AND DIET COKE BUDGET, AND ENFORCE THE APPROPRIATIONS LAWS THAT ARE THE SOURCE OF HER PERSONAL POWER.
SHE IS THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR. SHE CAN SUBPOENA OFFICIALS, HOLD TELEVISED HEARINGS, HOLD UP ANYONE’S FUNDING, ZERO OUT THE WHITE HOUSE’S FUCKING ICE CREAM AND DIET COKE BUDGET, AND ENFORCE THE APPROPRIATIONS LAWS THAT ARE THE SOURCE OF HER PERSONAL POWER.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins slams the Trump admin’s NIH cuts as “poorly conceived” and says she has called RFK to “to express my strong opposition to these arbitrary cuts in funding for vital research.” She says he promised to “re-examine this initiative” if confirmed as HHS secretary.
February 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Excuse me while I vent for a moment
SHE IS THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR. SHE CAN SUBPOENA OFFICIALS, HOLD TELEVISED HEARINGS, HOLD UP ANYONE’S FUNDING, ZERO OUT THE WHITE HOUSE’S FUCKING ICE CREAM AND DIET COKE BUDGET, AND ENFORCE THE APPROPRIATIONS LAWS THAT ARE THE SOURCE OF HER PERSONAL POWER.
SHE IS THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR. SHE CAN SUBPOENA OFFICIALS, HOLD TELEVISED HEARINGS, HOLD UP ANYONE’S FUNDING, ZERO OUT THE WHITE HOUSE’S FUCKING ICE CREAM AND DIET COKE BUDGET, AND ENFORCE THE APPROPRIATIONS LAWS THAT ARE THE SOURCE OF HER PERSONAL POWER.
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One thing for Senate Democrats to do is announce they will use every tool at their disposal to block Bondi’s nomination until DOJ appoints a special counsel (ideally with beefed up firing protections) to investigate the widely reported crimes committed this week by Musk and his band of DOGE goons.
February 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
One thing for Senate Democrats to do is announce they will use every tool at their disposal to block Bondi’s nomination until DOJ appoints a special counsel (ideally with beefed up firing protections) to investigate the widely reported crimes committed this week by Musk and his band of DOGE goons.
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What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
February 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
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John Roberts can go shove Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito up his fucking ass
January 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
John Roberts can go shove Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito up his fucking ass
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John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
January 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
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Roberts had his chance to stop someone who did not care about the country or its institutions. We brought the Fourteenth Amendment case to SCOTUS.
Now he will reap what he sowed.
Now he will reap what he sowed.
Justice Roberts warns about ignoring court rulings & stresses the importance of an independent judiciary.
The problem is, we no longer have an independent judiciary.
When members of the Supreme Court are influenced by gifts from lobbyists, they are no longer credible.
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The problem is, we no longer have an independent judiciary.
When members of the Supreme Court are influenced by gifts from lobbyists, they are no longer credible.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/...
Roberts warns against ignoring Supreme Court rulings as tension with Trump looms | CNN Politics
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts slammed what he described as “dangerous” talk by some officials about ignoring federal court rulings, using an annual report weeks before President-elect Donal...
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January 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Roberts had his chance to stop someone who did not care about the country or its institutions. We brought the Fourteenth Amendment case to SCOTUS.
Now he will reap what he sowed.
Now he will reap what he sowed.
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The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.
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January 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
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Baldoni tried to weinstein Blake Lively (remember Harvey even used ex-Mossad agents to shut up women he abused) but the nice thing is that it seems to have backfired, thanks to this excellent journalism. But also this Nathan person sounds like she's made out of strychnine.
December 22, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Baldoni tried to weinstein Blake Lively (remember Harvey even used ex-Mossad agents to shut up women he abused) but the nice thing is that it seems to have backfired, thanks to this excellent journalism. But also this Nathan person sounds like she's made out of strychnine.
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This is who he is and has always been. I don't know why it's been so hard to explain to Americans that this man doesn't care if anyone lives or dies. There's not a charitable or caring bone in his body. He would let millions die for a minor profit. He's a sociopath. Anyone paying attention sees it.
'Mind-blowing': Trump wanted $90M for inauguration while cutting $190M from cancer research
The federal government narrowly averted a year-end shutdown after an 11th-hour effort in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives to cobble a bill that could pass the Democratic-run Senate and be s...
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December 22, 2024 at 7:06 AM
This is who he is and has always been. I don't know why it's been so hard to explain to Americans that this man doesn't care if anyone lives or dies. There's not a charitable or caring bone in his body. He would let millions die for a minor profit. He's a sociopath. Anyone paying attention sees it.
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he's a 78 year old incoming president via historically narrow margins promising fascism while ineligible for another term with a single vote to spare in the house, any democrat who looks at that situation and with a straight face says "we have to work with them" deserves to be ejected from the party
December 22, 2024 at 5:26 AM
he's a 78 year old incoming president via historically narrow margins promising fascism while ineligible for another term with a single vote to spare in the house, any democrat who looks at that situation and with a straight face says "we have to work with them" deserves to be ejected from the party
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Reminder that if you read the “Who Goes Nazi” essay, it describes Vance so accurately that you wonder if Dorothy Thompson had a crystal ball
i think it is very cool that the political press was basically uninterested in the fact that vance is openly adjacent to/pals around with far-right and Nazi-sympathetic maniacs
To those asking, here's Vance's comments.
When news broke that the terrorist in Germany was a Saudi immigrant, Vance implied blame on all immigrants/Muslims.
When it came out that the attacker was an Elon Musk fan, AfD supporter, and anti-Islam, Vance defended AfD.
He's said nothing else about it.
When news broke that the terrorist in Germany was a Saudi immigrant, Vance implied blame on all immigrants/Muslims.
When it came out that the attacker was an Elon Musk fan, AfD supporter, and anti-Islam, Vance defended AfD.
He's said nothing else about it.
December 22, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Reminder that if you read the “Who Goes Nazi” essay, it describes Vance so accurately that you wonder if Dorothy Thompson had a crystal ball
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Why I am fine with Eat the Rich:
Jeff Bezos announcing that he's marrying his next wife, Lauren Sanchez, in a lavish $600m ceremony. They live in Florida. $600m would cover 2 years of FL k-12 free lunch programs. Last year the state discontinued the office that helped schools file for free lunches.
Jeff Bezos announcing that he's marrying his next wife, Lauren Sanchez, in a lavish $600m ceremony. They live in Florida. $600m would cover 2 years of FL k-12 free lunch programs. Last year the state discontinued the office that helped schools file for free lunches.
December 22, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Why I am fine with Eat the Rich:
Jeff Bezos announcing that he's marrying his next wife, Lauren Sanchez, in a lavish $600m ceremony. They live in Florida. $600m would cover 2 years of FL k-12 free lunch programs. Last year the state discontinued the office that helped schools file for free lunches.
Jeff Bezos announcing that he's marrying his next wife, Lauren Sanchez, in a lavish $600m ceremony. They live in Florida. $600m would cover 2 years of FL k-12 free lunch programs. Last year the state discontinued the office that helped schools file for free lunches.
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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx