@lizmarkiewicz.bsky.social
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This is extraordinary, and I think I should play it for myself once a week or so.
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is extraordinary, and I think I should play it for myself once a week or so.
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You know how DOJ has a policy of not prosecuting a sitting president?
That policy does NOT apply to cabinet members.
Or the vice president.
That policy does NOT apply to cabinet members.
Or the vice president.
March 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
You know how DOJ has a policy of not prosecuting a sitting president?
That policy does NOT apply to cabinet members.
Or the vice president.
That policy does NOT apply to cabinet members.
Or the vice president.
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I was ripped to shreds on #CNN for standing up for the safety of the American military before Hegseth was hired. Told I was a “disgrace” who should be “ashamed of myself”, berated through the commercial break and threatened with defamation. Look where we are now.
March 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I was ripped to shreds on #CNN for standing up for the safety of the American military before Hegseth was hired. Told I was a “disgrace” who should be “ashamed of myself”, berated through the commercial break and threatened with defamation. Look where we are now.
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"With 🇺🇸 President Donald Trump threatening to take over Greenland, the country’s prime minister has called a visit by a U.S. delegation a provocation and highly aggressive."
Canada 🇨🇦 stands with Greenland 🇬🇱 & Denmark 🇩🇰.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Canada 🇨🇦 stands with Greenland 🇬🇱 & Denmark 🇩🇰.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Greenland PM calls U.S. delegation’s visit a provocation
With U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to take over Greenland, the country’s prime minister has called a visit by a U.S. delegation a provocation and highly aggressive. The Americans on the trip...
www.cbc.ca
March 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"With 🇺🇸 President Donald Trump threatening to take over Greenland, the country’s prime minister has called a visit by a U.S. delegation a provocation and highly aggressive."
Canada 🇨🇦 stands with Greenland 🇬🇱 & Denmark 🇩🇰.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Canada 🇨🇦 stands with Greenland 🇬🇱 & Denmark 🇩🇰.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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The US national security clusterfuck is leading the BBC News in the UK.
Anchor Clive Myrie doesn’t know whether to laugh or just stare down the camera lens and scream, “WTF?!”
Vance & Hegseth trash-talking Europe is picked up strongly.
Trump’s US is a global laughing stock.
Anchor Clive Myrie doesn’t know whether to laugh or just stare down the camera lens and scream, “WTF?!”
Vance & Hegseth trash-talking Europe is picked up strongly.
Trump’s US is a global laughing stock.
March 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The US national security clusterfuck is leading the BBC News in the UK.
Anchor Clive Myrie doesn’t know whether to laugh or just stare down the camera lens and scream, “WTF?!”
Vance & Hegseth trash-talking Europe is picked up strongly.
Trump’s US is a global laughing stock.
Anchor Clive Myrie doesn’t know whether to laugh or just stare down the camera lens and scream, “WTF?!”
Vance & Hegseth trash-talking Europe is picked up strongly.
Trump’s US is a global laughing stock.
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Joe Biden on life support would have been better than this
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Joe Biden on life support would have been better than this
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Was it Mr. Lutnick—the Baghdad Bob of trade negotiations for the United States—who said that Canada wasn’t showing that we were grateful?
Are you kidding me? You’ve threatened our nation, and now you’re saying we’re not being grateful?
Are you kidding me? You’ve threatened our nation, and now you’re saying we’re not being grateful?
March 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Was it Mr. Lutnick—the Baghdad Bob of trade negotiations for the United States—who said that Canada wasn’t showing that we were grateful?
Are you kidding me? You’ve threatened our nation, and now you’re saying we’re not being grateful?
Are you kidding me? You’ve threatened our nation, and now you’re saying we’re not being grateful?
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As @amoneyresists.bsky.social pointed out, Elon Musk is a mass murderer.
March 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As @amoneyresists.bsky.social pointed out, Elon Musk is a mass murderer.
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Gina McCarthy, an Obama E.P.A. administrator, said it was “the most disastrous day in EPA history. Rolling these rules back is not just a disgrace, it’s a threat to all of us. The agency has fully abdicated its mission to protect Americans’ health and well being.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Gina McCarthy, an Obama E.P.A. administrator, said it was “the most disastrous day in EPA history. Rolling these rules back is not just a disgrace, it’s a threat to all of us. The agency has fully abdicated its mission to protect Americans’ health and well being.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
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British parliamentarian calls on the U.K. to rally around Canada, throws poutine party
Leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats positions himself as Canada’s champion #Canada #UnitedKingdom
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
Leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats positions himself as Canada’s champion #Canada #UnitedKingdom
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
British parliamentarian calls on the U.K. to rally around Canada, throws poutine party | CBC News
Ed Davey leads the third party in Britain’s parliament, the Liberal Democrats, and he’s calling on European nations to rally around Canada to help fight off Donald Trump’s tariffs.
www.cbc.ca
March 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
British parliamentarian calls on the U.K. to rally around Canada, throws poutine party
Leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats positions himself as Canada’s champion #Canada #UnitedKingdom
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
Leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats positions himself as Canada’s champion #Canada #UnitedKingdom
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
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Melanne Verveer and Kristine Baekgaard explore how Meta's decision to end its fact checking program could lead to more digital violence against women and vulnerable communities and what can be done about it.
Meta’s Move to Limit Fact-Checking Endangers Women—and Democracy
Zuckerberg’s decision is a profound step backward that will amplify the spread of hate and misogyny—and further erode American democracy.
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Melanne Verveer and Kristine Baekgaard explore how Meta's decision to end its fact checking program could lead to more digital violence against women and vulnerable communities and what can be done about it.
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"In just a few minutes, the behavior of Donald Trump and J. D. Vance created a brand new stereotype for America: not the quiet American, not the ugly American, but the brutal American"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Europe Confronts the Rise of the Brutal American
This is how the bad guys act.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"In just a few minutes, the behavior of Donald Trump and J. D. Vance created a brand new stereotype for America: not the quiet American, not the ugly American, but the brutal American"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Slotkin: While we are on the subject of Elon Musk, is there anyone in America who's comfortable with him and his gang using his own computer servers to poke to your tax returns, your health information, your bank accounts?
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Slotkin: While we are on the subject of Elon Musk, is there anyone in America who's comfortable with him and his gang using his own computer servers to poke to your tax returns, your health information, your bank accounts?
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The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
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Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
March 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
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Exclusive: The SEC is offering eligible employees a $50,000 incentive to resign or retire by April 4
SEC Dangles $50,000 Incentive for Employees to Resign or Retire
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is offering eligible employees a $50,000 incentive to resign or retire by April 4, according to an email reviewed by Bloomberg.
www.bloomberg.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Exclusive: The SEC is offering eligible employees a $50,000 incentive to resign or retire by April 4
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Another strong woman speaks
the TRUTH…
the TRUTH…
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Another strong woman speaks
the TRUTH…
the TRUTH…
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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Republicans are too chickenshit to hold town halls. Shocker.
Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.
Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.
February 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Republicans are too chickenshit to hold town halls. Shocker.
Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.
Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.
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Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
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Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...
Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality
Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending
www.thetimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...
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Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
February 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.