Liz R
@lizr2301.bsky.social
Celebrating rural/urban life: 35 years in NYC bracketed by decades in the boondocks. Following news, politics, tech. I am a quilter, reader, fan of gardens, wildlife, science, music. In long term recovery from alcohol and cigarettes. Potato chips next!
Tragic that children are dying to prove the harm of blanket anti-vaccination sentiments and politics.
How many more unnecessary martyrs to willful ignorance will land in the dreadful medical history of the USA in the 21st century?
How many more unnecessary martyrs to willful ignorance will land in the dreadful medical history of the USA in the 21st century?
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
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Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Tragic that children are dying to prove the harm of blanket anti-vaccination sentiments and politics.
How many more unnecessary martyrs to willful ignorance will land in the dreadful medical history of the USA in the 21st century?
How many more unnecessary martyrs to willful ignorance will land in the dreadful medical history of the USA in the 21st century?
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WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
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in the spirit of the wampanoag’s kindness and generosity—please consider supporting and donating to indigenous and food banks/soup kitchens in your community this holiday season
When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
in the spirit of the wampanoag’s kindness and generosity—please consider supporting and donating to indigenous and food banks/soup kitchens in your community this holiday season
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The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
Well said. I just hope we CAN get through it. Some days I really wonder. I have never before seen an American administration work so hard at deliberately tearing apart the fabric of our lives. 😢
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Well said. I just hope we CAN get through it. Some days I really wonder. I have never before seen an American administration work so hard at deliberately tearing apart the fabric of our lives. 😢
Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
WaPo finally wakes up and draws a line as Trump sinks to new low in asserting that "things happen" re brutal murder of the Post's contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was weak, crass and of no strategic benefit to America, the Editorial Board writes.
Opinion | ‘Things happen’
Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
WaPo finally wakes up and draws a line as Trump sinks to new low in asserting that "things happen" re brutal murder of the Post's contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
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Doug Jones won before & if you doubt he can do it again, you’re not paying attention to Alabama.
Tuberville has a record, but so does Jones.
If Jones jumps in, the contrast couldn’t be greater. A real Alabaman who prosecuted a KKK cold case vs Florida man who treats the state like rental property.
Tuberville has a record, but so does Jones.
If Jones jumps in, the contrast couldn’t be greater. A real Alabaman who prosecuted a KKK cold case vs Florida man who treats the state like rental property.
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Doug Jones won before & if you doubt he can do it again, you’re not paying attention to Alabama.
Tuberville has a record, but so does Jones.
If Jones jumps in, the contrast couldn’t be greater. A real Alabaman who prosecuted a KKK cold case vs Florida man who treats the state like rental property.
Tuberville has a record, but so does Jones.
If Jones jumps in, the contrast couldn’t be greater. A real Alabaman who prosecuted a KKK cold case vs Florida man who treats the state like rental property.
The world was made beautiful to entice us all to help care for it...
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The world was made beautiful to entice us all to help care for it...
It's illegal and immoral for Trump's #ICE thugs to interfere when an immigrant is following the legal process by showing up to a scheduled court heating.
Hold the #GOP accountable in 2026 and vote Trump's cowardly and willfully blind sycophants out of Congress.
#FamilyValues
#VoteBlue
Hold the #GOP accountable in 2026 and vote Trump's cowardly and willfully blind sycophants out of Congress.
#FamilyValues
#VoteBlue
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It's illegal and immoral for Trump's #ICE thugs to interfere when an immigrant is following the legal process by showing up to a scheduled court heating.
Hold the #GOP accountable in 2026 and vote Trump's cowardly and willfully blind sycophants out of Congress.
#FamilyValues
#VoteBlue
Hold the #GOP accountable in 2026 and vote Trump's cowardly and willfully blind sycophants out of Congress.
#FamilyValues
#VoteBlue
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
The #GOP apparently needs more time to browbeat their side into buying the deal cut in the Senate last night.
First votes were going to be tomorrow but now (per Dome Watch note from the Dems' minority whip re an announcement from Speaker Johnson), not 'til Friday. So the shutdown lingers...
First votes were going to be tomorrow but now (per Dome Watch note from the Dems' minority whip re an announcement from Speaker Johnson), not 'til Friday. So the shutdown lingers...
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The #GOP apparently needs more time to browbeat their side into buying the deal cut in the Senate last night.
First votes were going to be tomorrow but now (per Dome Watch note from the Dems' minority whip re an announcement from Speaker Johnson), not 'til Friday. So the shutdown lingers...
First votes were going to be tomorrow but now (per Dome Watch note from the Dems' minority whip re an announcement from Speaker Johnson), not 'til Friday. So the shutdown lingers...
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An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
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Dems held out for 40 days for nothing?
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Dems held out for 40 days for nothing?
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Trump can direct $20B to his buddy Milei to bail out Argentina (and twist arms in private sector for another $20B) but he can't expedite funds for food on the table for American #SNAP recipients?
He and the #GOP are incompetent, contemptuous of law or all that and just plain sadistic.
😡🔥
He and the #GOP are incompetent, contemptuous of law or all that and just plain sadistic.
😡🔥
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.
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17 GOP Reps standing behind Shutdown Mike today. Were the rest on the golf course as usual? In Cancun? Anywhere but doing the job in D.C.?
Johnson: I don't think the loss last night was any reflection about Republicans at all
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
17 GOP Reps standing behind Shutdown Mike today. Were the rest on the golf course as usual? In Cancun? Anywhere but doing the job in D.C.?
Gotta love it that the Solicitor General is so desperate to get any traction in #SCOTUS hearing on Trump's assumption of power to lay tariffs that he directly contradicts Trump's boasts (about making the USA rich), via arguing it's not about raising revenue, just regulation of foreign affairs.
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Gotta love it that the Solicitor General is so desperate to get any traction in #SCOTUS hearing on Trump's assumption of power to lay tariffs that he directly contradicts Trump's boasts (about making the USA rich), via arguing it's not about raising revenue, just regulation of foreign affairs.
So-called #AI is out there operating in critical societal functions without clearly needed supervision, years before it should be trusted.
Two federal judges last week admitted to releasing rulings that contained errors generated by artificial intelligence, underscoring a lack of uniform, permanent AI guidelines for U.S. courts as the technology spreads through the legal profession reut.rs/3WvrEYr
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So-called #AI is out there operating in critical societal functions without clearly needed supervision, years before it should be trusted.
When you realize you can watch the World Series with the commentary muted:
"Well I wanna make somethin' clear... pitchers pitch differently after somethin' happens."
#MLB
"Well I wanna make somethin' clear... pitchers pitch differently after somethin' happens."
#MLB
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When you realize you can watch the World Series with the commentary muted:
"Well I wanna make somethin' clear... pitchers pitch differently after somethin' happens."
#MLB
"Well I wanna make somethin' clear... pitchers pitch differently after somethin' happens."
#MLB
In 2026 my priority will be to help throw the #GOP out of #Congress since they have lost the plot on how to provide checks and balance vs this unfit President they still help prop up despite his lies, incompetence, cronyism and disdain for the American electorate.
#NoKings
#NoEmperors
#NoMoreLies
#NoKings
#NoEmperors
#NoMoreLies
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In 2026 my priority will be to help throw the #GOP out of #Congress since they have lost the plot on how to provide checks and balance vs this unfit President they still help prop up despite his lies, incompetence, cronyism and disdain for the American electorate.
#NoKings
#NoEmperors
#NoMoreLies
#NoKings
#NoEmperors
#NoMoreLies
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