Liz
@lizmalone.bsky.social
Ohioan, proud American and loyal Democrat. Looking to learn from and commiserate with others on this platform as we move forward through the next two years of Trump’s hellscape
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Less than 2 years ago. Trump bragging that he tried to ban TikTok 3 years before but Democrats stopped him.
January 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Less than 2 years ago. Trump bragging that he tried to ban TikTok 3 years before but Democrats stopped him.
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This is literally China trying to make Trump look good because they know his stupid presidency will weaken the USA.
January 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This is literally China trying to make Trump look good because they know his stupid presidency will weaken the USA.
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In the scheme of things, this is bad!
Speaker Johnson just fired Rep. Mike Turner as House Intel Chair, despite claiming he “admires” him and praising his leadership.
The real reason? Turner refused to bend the knee to Trump—we can bet his replacement will be a hardliner.
Speaker Johnson just fired Rep. Mike Turner as House Intel Chair, despite claiming he “admires” him and praising his leadership.
The real reason? Turner refused to bend the knee to Trump—we can bet his replacement will be a hardliner.
January 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In the scheme of things, this is bad!
Speaker Johnson just fired Rep. Mike Turner as House Intel Chair, despite claiming he “admires” him and praising his leadership.
The real reason? Turner refused to bend the knee to Trump—we can bet his replacement will be a hardliner.
Speaker Johnson just fired Rep. Mike Turner as House Intel Chair, despite claiming he “admires” him and praising his leadership.
The real reason? Turner refused to bend the knee to Trump—we can bet his replacement will be a hardliner.
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Jeff Bezos' Washington Post editorial board has endorsed Pam Bondi as a "qualified" and "serious" pick for Attorney General.
Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.
Billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.
Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.
Billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.
Jeff Bezos' Editorial Board Calls Trump's AG Pick, Who Lobbied for Amazon, 'Qualified'
The Washington Post's editorial board gave a thumbs up for Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi, who previously lobbied for Amazon.
www.rollingstone.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jeff Bezos' Washington Post editorial board has endorsed Pam Bondi as a "qualified" and "serious" pick for Attorney General.
Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.
Billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.
Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.
Billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.
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Context: the Governor of Texas is dishonoring a son of the South so he can honor a yankee felon.
January 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Context: the Governor of Texas is dishonoring a son of the South so he can honor a yankee felon.
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Dynamite reporting from @propublica.org; they obtained never-before-seen correspondence showing the drive to insinuate vouchers in schools going back decades.
Also worth noting Voinovich was fabulously corrupt even by Ohio’s standards and is in Hell.
www.propublica.org/article/scho...
Also worth noting Voinovich was fabulously corrupt even by Ohio’s standards and is in Hell.
www.propublica.org/article/scho...
The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers availab...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Dynamite reporting from @propublica.org; they obtained never-before-seen correspondence showing the drive to insinuate vouchers in schools going back decades.
Also worth noting Voinovich was fabulously corrupt even by Ohio’s standards and is in Hell.
www.propublica.org/article/scho...
Also worth noting Voinovich was fabulously corrupt even by Ohio’s standards and is in Hell.
www.propublica.org/article/scho...
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The folks at Fox News are so close to figuring out why parts of California are experiencing unprecedented wildfires. They won't use the words 'climate change' but they are right on the edge.
January 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The folks at Fox News are so close to figuring out why parts of California are experiencing unprecedented wildfires. They won't use the words 'climate change' but they are right on the edge.
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There are people who worked at Facebook who completely understand what a pathetic and self interested con Mark is trying to pull here. At the very least he remains breathtakingly superficial in his understanding of free speech and at the worst just as willfully ignorant about how dangerous he is.
January 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
There are people who worked at Facebook who completely understand what a pathetic and self interested con Mark is trying to pull here. At the very least he remains breathtakingly superficial in his understanding of free speech and at the worst just as willfully ignorant about how dangerous he is.
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Listen to Victor Newman….er, Eric Braeden. Over the years his voice in this subject has been on point. If you’ve ever heard him describe immigrating to this country and his feelings on the boat when he first saw the Statue of Liberty…He knows what fascism is.
Also, praying for his health.
Also, praying for his health.
Braedon: I come from a nation that believed in fascist ideology for a while. And we don’t want to go to that again. We are close to it because people want to simplify complex problems. The essence of fascism is to simplify complex problems and feed people who don't have time to read some bullshit.
January 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Listen to Victor Newman….er, Eric Braeden. Over the years his voice in this subject has been on point. If you’ve ever heard him describe immigrating to this country and his feelings on the boat when he first saw the Statue of Liberty…He knows what fascism is.
Also, praying for his health.
Also, praying for his health.
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President Jimmy Carter’s memorial service was today at the National Cathedral near where I live in DC. This seems like an apt quote when I think about his amazing legacy. We should all live our lives like this.
January 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
President Jimmy Carter’s memorial service was today at the National Cathedral near where I live in DC. This seems like an apt quote when I think about his amazing legacy. We should all live our lives like this.
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Governor @GavinNewsom on Trump grossly politicizing the fires: “I know what I want to say. I won’t.”
January 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Governor @GavinNewsom on Trump grossly politicizing the fires: “I know what I want to say. I won’t.”
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Get used to this playbook again, America
1) Trump says something outrageous/stupid/dangerous
2) Dems say, "Geez that thing Trump said was outrageous/stupid/dangerous"
3) Fox News hits Dems for "melting down" while minimizing the outrageous/stupid/dangerous thing Trump said
1) Trump says something outrageous/stupid/dangerous
2) Dems say, "Geez that thing Trump said was outrageous/stupid/dangerous"
3) Fox News hits Dems for "melting down" while minimizing the outrageous/stupid/dangerous thing Trump said
January 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Get used to this playbook again, America
1) Trump says something outrageous/stupid/dangerous
2) Dems say, "Geez that thing Trump said was outrageous/stupid/dangerous"
3) Fox News hits Dems for "melting down" while minimizing the outrageous/stupid/dangerous thing Trump said
1) Trump says something outrageous/stupid/dangerous
2) Dems say, "Geez that thing Trump said was outrageous/stupid/dangerous"
3) Fox News hits Dems for "melting down" while minimizing the outrageous/stupid/dangerous thing Trump said
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More than 600 people have been charged with ASSAULTING or RESISTING police officers at Capitol on Jan 6, 2021
(this is a potentially key piece of data, amid claims that the rioters were all/largely “peaceful”)
(this is a potentially key piece of data, amid claims that the rioters were all/largely “peaceful”)
January 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
More than 600 people have been charged with ASSAULTING or RESISTING police officers at Capitol on Jan 6, 2021
(this is a potentially key piece of data, amid claims that the rioters were all/largely “peaceful”)
(this is a potentially key piece of data, amid claims that the rioters were all/largely “peaceful”)
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Btw Herb Block is spinning in his grave right now, along with Katharine Graham, Ben Bradlee and Meg Greenfield and Mary McGrory. I knew all of them back in the day and they all had guts and, yes, swagger that is long gone.
January 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Btw Herb Block is spinning in his grave right now, along with Katharine Graham, Ben Bradlee and Meg Greenfield and Mary McGrory. I knew all of them back in the day and they all had guts and, yes, swagger that is long gone.
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And yet the NYT and the DC punditocracy will never forgive Biden for facing up to this reality and finally getting us the hell out of there
January 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
And yet the NYT and the DC punditocracy will never forgive Biden for facing up to this reality and finally getting us the hell out of there
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As @davidheath.bsky.social points out — the doc Trump/Andreessen took this chart from to praise tariffs is a White House report on how tariffs “increase inflation, benefit the wealthy, harm low and middle income Americans” 👇🏽🤔💰 🇺🇸
January 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
As @davidheath.bsky.social points out — the doc Trump/Andreessen took this chart from to praise tariffs is a White House report on how tariffs “increase inflation, benefit the wealthy, harm low and middle income Americans” 👇🏽🤔💰 🇺🇸
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This is why you do not put an utterly unqualified crackpot like Kash Patel in charge of FBI
January 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is why you do not put an utterly unqualified crackpot like Kash Patel in charge of FBI
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I keep seeing these headlines like “Trump Threatens to Expand the US” or “Trump Threatens Territorial Extension”
Dear Media: it’s called “imperialism”. Trump is threatening to wage war and imperialize.
Dear Media: it’s called “imperialism”. Trump is threatening to wage war and imperialize.
December 27, 2024 at 4:13 AM
I keep seeing these headlines like “Trump Threatens to Expand the US” or “Trump Threatens Territorial Extension”
Dear Media: it’s called “imperialism”. Trump is threatening to wage war and imperialize.
Dear Media: it’s called “imperialism”. Trump is threatening to wage war and imperialize.
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From @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social: “Give a man a sword and tell him he’s defending the cross, and there’s no end to the damage he can do.” (Gifted) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/o...
Opinion | Why Are So Many Christians So Cruel? (Gift Article)
It’s a simple question with a complicated answer.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:55 PM
From @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social: “Give a man a sword and tell him he’s defending the cross, and there’s no end to the damage he can do.” (Gifted) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/o...
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Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office.
Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is taking 37 people off federal death row to serve out life sentences behind bars — a decision that leaves only three federal prisoners awaiting execution ...
www.cnn.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office.
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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
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This Kash Patel interview shared by Musk is absolutely insane! It is NOT FBI “government gangsters” blocking Metro Nashville PD from releasing the shooter’s writings! It is a lawsuit filed by the Covenant families! (And it’s NOT a Catholic school, btw.) Patel has no clue!
December 12, 2024 at 3:38 PM
This Kash Patel interview shared by Musk is absolutely insane! It is NOT FBI “government gangsters” blocking Metro Nashville PD from releasing the shooter’s writings! It is a lawsuit filed by the Covenant families! (And it’s NOT a Catholic school, btw.) Patel has no clue!
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So, if you missed it, my Substack has gone live now that I'm no longer writing for the Times. First post here. Entirely free for now, although I'll probably have paid posts eventually paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse”
History repeats itself, the first time as farce, the second as clown show
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:44 PM
So, if you missed it, my Substack has gone live now that I'm no longer writing for the Times. First post here. Entirely free for now, although I'll probably have paid posts eventually paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
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Yesterday the New York Times instructed staff to avoid publishing photos of Luigi Mangione's face, internal company messages leaked to me reveal.
"The news value and public service of showing his face is diminishing," Times management told staff.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ny-times-d...
"The news value and public service of showing his face is diminishing," Times management told staff.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ny-times-d...
NY Times Doesn’t Want You to See Mangione’s Face
Management directs staff to “dial back” Luigi Mangione headshots
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Yesterday the New York Times instructed staff to avoid publishing photos of Luigi Mangione's face, internal company messages leaked to me reveal.
"The news value and public service of showing his face is diminishing," Times management told staff.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ny-times-d...
"The news value and public service of showing his face is diminishing," Times management told staff.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ny-times-d...