Liz
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Liz
@llzzi.bsky.social
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Must read by Ta-Nehisi Coates on what happened on Minnesota.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Paywall bypass here.

archive.ph/0TUGt
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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“Trump campaigned on terrorizing immigrants and restricting trade. Release the clutch on your pearls, this is precisely what America bargained for, and Iowa in particular. Sixty percent say they think he has gone too far. Just where did you think he was going?”
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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Lest we forget:

On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...

...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.

Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
January 26, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Again Don't stop talking about the Epstein Files.
Everything this convicted felon an adjudicated Rapist is doing is to distract his sycophants loyaltist from learning he's a child trafficker & Rapist.
Release the unredacted Epstein files
sincerely the radical left scum 🥰
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Machado presenting Trump a prize and testifying to his love of liberty and democracy while masked secret police invade Minneapolis, abduct people, and beat peaceful protestors is an affront to every American trying to preserve democracy at home. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nob...
Trump's Nobel Peace Lies
María Corina Machado was given the choice between dictatorship and dishonor. In the end, she will get both.
www.thebulwark.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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In case you haven't seen the Jesse Ventura video, see it now:

www.youtube.com/shorts/cnF-D...

These Minnesota people — Frey, Walz, Sens Smith + Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, now Ventura — are not fooling around.
Jesse Ventura reacts to Minneapolis ICE shooting
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Not staying at Hilton or Hampton ever again
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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A note on the Venezuela attack.

When I began thinking about joining the military, in the lead up to Iraq in 2003, I thought that even in the worse case scenario, Iraq would be better off without a dictator.
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©

#NoKings
We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela

We are a rogue state, a global pariah

Trump is ruling as a dictator, period

An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations

The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
America launches its 250th birthday year by becoming a rogue state | Will Bunch
Trump's illegal war on Venezuela cemented his claim to dictatorship and marked the U.S. as a global pariah.
www.inquirer.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Remember that interview Trump gave in February 2017 when he admiringly agreed that Putin was a killer, and suggested that was no different from how US Presidents should be? I think about that moment a lot. youtu.be/y7ErFCqCXcg?...
January 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela?

60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.

Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Seems bad
December 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Here it is
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Dear Democrats: please hit Trump hard on tariffs. They're bad and unpopular. Take the easy win.

Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
Why Aren’t Dems Going After Trump’s Tariffs?
They don’t work and Americans hate them. Layup.
www.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Emerging markets are now driving the global growth of BEV sales. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
The EV leapfrog - how emerging markets are driving a global EV boom | Ember
Growth in emerging markets has turbocharged global EV sales in 2025, with over a quarter of new cars sold being electric.
ember-energy.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.

The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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At what point exactly will the behavior of the American Gestapo become a true national flashpoint?

This is actually the subject of my next missive, out in a few minutes.
ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.

The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.

These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.

We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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With the latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.

It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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We need renewable energy to take a bite out of the climate crisis but also the authoritarianism crisis

Right now we’re just doing oil piracy

open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Pirates of the Anthropocene
"I assume we're going to keep the oil."
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM