Liz Spikol
@lizspikol.bsky.social
Journalist, nonprofit comms,
mental health advocate
mental health advocate
One of the cardinals who elected Pope Francis spoke of his humility:
“Nobody told him to pay his hotel bill in Rome the day after he was elected Pope. Nobody tells him to carry his beat-up old briefcase. He just does it as a decent, courteous human being.”
RIP.
www.phillymag.com/2015/05/10/p...
“Nobody told him to pay his hotel bill in Rome the day after he was elected Pope. Nobody tells him to carry his beat-up old briefcase. He just does it as a decent, courteous human being.”
RIP.
www.phillymag.com/2015/05/10/p...
The Spikol Chronicles: Pope Francis and Me
Just your average Jewish-girl-falls-for-a-pope kind of love story.
www.phillymag.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
One of the cardinals who elected Pope Francis spoke of his humility:
“Nobody told him to pay his hotel bill in Rome the day after he was elected Pope. Nobody tells him to carry his beat-up old briefcase. He just does it as a decent, courteous human being.”
RIP.
www.phillymag.com/2015/05/10/p...
“Nobody told him to pay his hotel bill in Rome the day after he was elected Pope. Nobody tells him to carry his beat-up old briefcase. He just does it as a decent, courteous human being.”
RIP.
www.phillymag.com/2015/05/10/p...
“This administration, however, is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers. It sees the press not as an institution with an explicit constitutional privilege but as a barrier to overcome.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“This administration, however, is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers. It sees the press not as an institution with an explicit constitutional privilege but as a barrier to overcome.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
“The real crisis is not Elon Musk or DOGE, but a Congress that remains in thrall to Trump and will not provide the normal checks and balances that our government needs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...
Opinion | Pay Attention to the Words Elon Musk Uses With DOGE
Elon Musk’s team has only the powers that Congress gives it, or doesn’t give it — explicitly or implicitly, actively or passively.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“The real crisis is not Elon Musk or DOGE, but a Congress that remains in thrall to Trump and will not provide the normal checks and balances that our government needs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...
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February 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Reposted by Liz Spikol
Ah the Orban playbook. Unfortunately, Trump has no culture.
2 weeks...look at how much he is destroying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
2 weeks...look at how much he is destroying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman
The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Ah the Orban playbook. Unfortunately, Trump has no culture.
2 weeks...look at how much he is destroying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
2 weeks...look at how much he is destroying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
“Nothing is inevitable. Do not be alone and do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire and join them.”
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“Nothing is inevitable. Do not be alone and do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire and join them.”
Reposted by Liz Spikol
Every day that large media outlets fail to put words like “illegal” and “unconstitutional” into their headlines is a day they are choosing to normalize a national crisis
Top headlines:
Guardian: Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’,
NYT: Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration With Mexico
Washington Post: Trump’s fierce attacks on DEI reflect a longtime GOP focus
US media is not giving a sense of the scale of the threats
Guardian: Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’,
NYT: Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration With Mexico
Washington Post: Trump’s fierce attacks on DEI reflect a longtime GOP focus
US media is not giving a sense of the scale of the threats
February 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Every day that large media outlets fail to put words like “illegal” and “unconstitutional” into their headlines is a day they are choosing to normalize a national crisis
Hi everyone. I am here now and paralyzed by political anxiety and writer’s block. But I will share anti-authoritarian good news as often as I can, probably featuring birds.
February 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Hi everyone. I am here now and paralyzed by political anxiety and writer’s block. But I will share anti-authoritarian good news as often as I can, probably featuring birds.