Liz B.
@lizblevinz.bsky.social
Making a living in the project management field…otherwise living life as a mom, cat mom, & wife. Run recreationally, & read often while sprinkling a few rounds of Wordle to keep the ticker healthy and the brain fresh… I’m basically fully realized ;)
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Executive producer of the powerful new film, “Words of War,” Hollywood legend Sean Penn calls collapse of USAID “‘negligent homicide.” Watch the full video here youtu.be/qVvBqi5TD0s?...
May 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Executive producer of the powerful new film, “Words of War,” Hollywood legend Sean Penn calls collapse of USAID “‘negligent homicide.” Watch the full video here youtu.be/qVvBqi5TD0s?...
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This is a major blow to the Trump regime’s deportation blitz — issued by a Trump appointed judge. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-alien-enemies-act-does-not-give
May 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is a major blow to the Trump regime’s deportation blitz — issued by a Trump appointed judge. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-alien-enemies-act-does-not-give
the most wholesome moment this week is watching @booker.senate.gov meet Kathryn Baker, one of the fired Fed Workers whose message he read during his filibuster speech… it was like someone meeting their idol for the first time ♥️
May 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
the most wholesome moment this week is watching @booker.senate.gov meet Kathryn Baker, one of the fired Fed Workers whose message he read during his filibuster speech… it was like someone meeting their idol for the first time ♥️
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WAPO: “.. ocean-container bookings from China to the U.S. are down by more than 60 percent ..
“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”
@davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social
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“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”
@davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social
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April 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
WAPO: “.. ocean-container bookings from China to the U.S. are down by more than 60 percent ..
“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”
@davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social
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“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”
@davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social
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A growing number of Americans are using buy now, pay later loans to buy groceries, and more people are paying those bills late, according to new Lending Tree data.
More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says
A Lending Tree survey found 25% of buy now, pay later users are funding grocery purchases with the loans, up from 14% in 2024.
nbcnews.to
April 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A growing number of Americans are using buy now, pay later loans to buy groceries, and more people are paying those bills late, according to new Lending Tree data.
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
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April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There is no strategy behind Trump’s tariff chaos — it’s all about revenge, says @timobrien.bsky.social 🎥
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There is no strategy behind Trump’s tariff chaos — it’s all about revenge, says @timobrien.bsky.social 🎥
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Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
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His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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Reminder: Tariffs aren't paid by other countries.
They're eventually paid by us at the check out line.
And they're regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
They're eventually paid by us at the check out line.
And they're regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
April 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reminder: Tariffs aren't paid by other countries.
They're eventually paid by us at the check out line.
And they're regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
They're eventually paid by us at the check out line.
And they're regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
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Good.
The First Amendment ensures freedom of the press for all news organizations, not just the president's preferred outlets.
The First Amendment ensures freedom of the press for all news organizations, not just the president's preferred outlets.
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Good.
The First Amendment ensures freedom of the press for all news organizations, not just the president's preferred outlets.
The First Amendment ensures freedom of the press for all news organizations, not just the president's preferred outlets.
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"Nah I was wondering why dude was in the Cheesecake Factory" 😂
April 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Nah I was wondering why dude was in the Cheesecake Factory" 😂
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President Trump claims the escalating trade war will return manufacturing to the U.S.
But data and economists suggest America's economy isn't ready for a wholesale shift to manufacturing and that it would take years to reskill a labor force and rebuild the necessary infrastructure.
But data and economists suggest America's economy isn't ready for a wholesale shift to manufacturing and that it would take years to reskill a labor force and rebuild the necessary infrastructure.
The White House is using tariffs to restore manufacturing. Data suggests it will take time.
Manufacturing jobs and infrastructure have shrunk since the 1970s, and it would take years to raise them back up.
nbcnews.to
April 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
President Trump claims the escalating trade war will return manufacturing to the U.S.
But data and economists suggest America's economy isn't ready for a wholesale shift to manufacturing and that it would take years to reskill a labor force and rebuild the necessary infrastructure.
But data and economists suggest America's economy isn't ready for a wholesale shift to manufacturing and that it would take years to reskill a labor force and rebuild the necessary infrastructure.
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New estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office: permanently extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will cost $4.6 trillion over a decade. This letter comes in response to a query from Democratic ranking members. www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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April 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office: permanently extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will cost $4.6 trillion over a decade. This letter comes in response to a query from Democratic ranking members. www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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"The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom," President Trump says as the Dow sees its worst day in more than two years.
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom," President Trump says as the Dow sees its worst day in more than two years.
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Can you imagine if Obama or Biden or Bush had purposely crashed everyone’s 401k’s then flew to Florida on a Thursday for a golf tournament?
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Can you imagine if Obama or Biden or Bush had purposely crashed everyone’s 401k’s then flew to Florida on a Thursday for a golf tournament?
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LATEST: Global markets react sharply and swiftly after President Trump revealed his much-anticipated tariff plans, with investors fleeing U.S. stock indexes and companies that rely on global supply chains seeing their stocks plummet.
Investors flee U.S. stocks as markets react sharply to Trump's tariff plan
Initial market indications on early Wednesday evening were that many investors had expected Trump’s tariffs to be far less expansive.
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April 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
LATEST: Global markets react sharply and swiftly after President Trump revealed his much-anticipated tariff plans, with investors fleeing U.S. stock indexes and companies that rely on global supply chains seeing their stocks plummet.
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The new budget resolution is upside down – it hurts families the President pledged to serve and showers tax cuts on the wealthy and powerful. See my statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
New Budget Resolution Is Upside Down, Hurting Families the President Pledged to Serve to Shower Tax Cuts on the Wealthy and Powerful | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Congress is speeding down a path to a deeply harmful budget and tax “reconciliation” bill that showers tax cuts on millionaires, billionaires, and corporations — and pays for it in part by raising hea...
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April 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The new budget resolution is upside down – it hurts families the President pledged to serve and showers tax cuts on the wealthy and powerful. See my statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
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Kid Rock's White House outfit somehow made Kanye look normal
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Kid Rock's White House outfit somehow made Kanye look normal
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Republicans and DOGE are attacking public broadcasting, claiming it's "wasteful" and promotes an "agenda."
But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support.
This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support.
This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
March 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Republicans and DOGE are attacking public broadcasting, claiming it's "wasteful" and promotes an "agenda."
But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support.
This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support.
This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
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Even the state concedes that the unconstitutional 6 week ban – which banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected - is overridden by Ohio's Reproductive Freedom Amendment. ohiocapitaljournal.c...
Ohio AG's office lays out argument in appeal that avoids fighting the six-week abortion ban • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office does not plan to fight a court ruling overturning the six-week abortion ban, but he wants an appellate court to roll back rulings that overturned other parts of the same law.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Even the state concedes that the unconstitutional 6 week ban – which banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected - is overridden by Ohio's Reproductive Freedom Amendment. ohiocapitaljournal.c...
This is horrible to watch…The brazenness has reached an all time high. This is how the 1st amendment dies unless we collectively come together to fight against these injustices
An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is horrible to watch…The brazenness has reached an all time high. This is how the 1st amendment dies unless we collectively come together to fight against these injustices
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal - The Atlantic
Getting these texts in a Safeway parking lot and all you wanted to do was pickup some damn milk….
Getting these texts in a Safeway parking lot and all you wanted to do was pickup some damn milk….
March 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal - The Atlantic
Getting these texts in a Safeway parking lot and all you wanted to do was pickup some damn milk….
Getting these texts in a Safeway parking lot and all you wanted to do was pickup some damn milk….
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Literally grabbing people off the streets.
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Literally grabbing people off the streets.