Lisa
@lmncombs50.bsky.social
🗳️💙 ~ Always
Gen X mom of Gen Z boys; Teacher of early literacy; Proud Union member; Fan of human & civil rights, public education, libraries, books, science, nature, the Great Lakes, history, genealogy, travel, rescue dogs, coffee, and the Detroit Lions
Gen X mom of Gen Z boys; Teacher of early literacy; Proud Union member; Fan of human & civil rights, public education, libraries, books, science, nature, the Great Lakes, history, genealogy, travel, rescue dogs, coffee, and the Detroit Lions
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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What happened today reeks of insider trading. Trump’s tweet wasn’t random—it was a signal. Someone cashed in, and the public deserves to know who and how much. Follow. The. Money.
“This entire White House is one giant grift.”
—Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social shining a spotlight on it! 🔥
“This entire White House is one giant grift.”
—Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social shining a spotlight on it! 🔥
April 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
What happened today reeks of insider trading. Trump’s tweet wasn’t random—it was a signal. Someone cashed in, and the public deserves to know who and how much. Follow. The. Money.
“This entire White House is one giant grift.”
—Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social shining a spotlight on it! 🔥
“This entire White House is one giant grift.”
—Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social shining a spotlight on it! 🔥
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Elon Musk is grifting off the American taxpayers. The government waste and fraud are right here.
March 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Elon Musk is grifting off the American taxpayers. The government waste and fraud are right here.
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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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America is, currently, the bad guys
In case it wasn’t clear before, the U.S. is officially aligned with Russia
February 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
America is, currently, the bad guys
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It's never good when the richest person in the world and the worst person in the world are the same person.
February 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It's never good when the richest person in the world and the worst person in the world are the same person.
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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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The CFPB has:
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
February 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The CFPB has:
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
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Musk has sicced his followers on the WSJ writer who reported on a DOGE staffer’s racist online, history demanding her firing. This is a tactic Silicon Valley’s neoreactionaries have been advocating for years: Pick a reporter, dox and harrass, make an example of them, make everyone else afraid.
February 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Musk has sicced his followers on the WSJ writer who reported on a DOGE staffer’s racist online, history demanding her firing. This is a tactic Silicon Valley’s neoreactionaries have been advocating for years: Pick a reporter, dox and harrass, make an example of them, make everyone else afraid.
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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It really says a lot about the state of the world when this is one of the least alarming headlines I've read all day.
Asteroid's chances of hitting Earth have nearly doubled in a week, ESA scientist warns
An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.
uk.news.yahoo.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It really says a lot about the state of the world when this is one of the least alarming headlines I've read all day.
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Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
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This is not at all normal.
And the greatest collective and individual sin of those of us witnessing it all, would be to let it become normal.
So, sustain your anger, hold on to your soul, and refuse to grow comfortable with this madness.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-don...
And the greatest collective and individual sin of those of us witnessing it all, would be to let it become normal.
So, sustain your anger, hold on to your soul, and refuse to grow comfortable with this madness.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-don...
Please, Don't Normalize This Madness
Something often happens to people exposed to repeated trauma.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is not at all normal.
And the greatest collective and individual sin of those of us witnessing it all, would be to let it become normal.
So, sustain your anger, hold on to your soul, and refuse to grow comfortable with this madness.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-don...
And the greatest collective and individual sin of those of us witnessing it all, would be to let it become normal.
So, sustain your anger, hold on to your soul, and refuse to grow comfortable with this madness.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-don...
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No cooperation.
No collaboration.
No compromise.
Maximum resistance.
Maximum disruption.
Start there and get tougher.
No collaboration.
No compromise.
Maximum resistance.
Maximum disruption.
Start there and get tougher.
February 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
No cooperation.
No collaboration.
No compromise.
Maximum resistance.
Maximum disruption.
Start there and get tougher.
No collaboration.
No compromise.
Maximum resistance.
Maximum disruption.
Start there and get tougher.
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We passed a law. They don’t get to force people to petition the king for mercy. We are still a democracy and this will be found illegal.
Asked how organizations that rely on federal funding should make payroll, Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says they should call Russ Vought and make a case
January 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We passed a law. They don’t get to force people to petition the king for mercy. We are still a democracy and this will be found illegal.
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Jesuit Priest 👇🏽
February 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Jesuit Priest 👇🏽
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Tag them and call them out publicly on every social media platform
This is not the time to be disappointed this is the time to hold them accountable
This is not the time to be disappointed this is the time to hold them accountable
February 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Tag them and call them out publicly on every social media platform
This is not the time to be disappointed this is the time to hold them accountable
This is not the time to be disappointed this is the time to hold them accountable
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Press needs to ask every single Republican representing Central CA to explain how this lie works.
And then ask every single Republican representing Los Angeles to verify that this is a lie.
And then ask every single Republican representing Los Angeles to verify that this is a lie.
Trump: "I opened up the water for California. It's a great thing. It's too bad they didn't do it themselves. I had to do it and it was not easy. We did it a very rough way. And I didn't like to do it a rough way, we shouldn't have to do it a rough way."
February 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Press needs to ask every single Republican representing Central CA to explain how this lie works.
And then ask every single Republican representing Los Angeles to verify that this is a lie.
And then ask every single Republican representing Los Angeles to verify that this is a lie.
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It's clear that we're heading towards at least one major catastrophe -- economic collapse, government failure, health crisis, maybe all of them -- and it's baffling to me that some Senate Democrats seem downright *eager* to claim their share of responsibility for the coming wreck.
Snipping one part of this to again note: it seems very few members of Congress realize what their lives are going to be like in the near future when Trump/Musk rip out some of these gears that run the America machine. They will face angry mobs everywhere they go, including their homes.
February 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's clear that we're heading towards at least one major catastrophe -- economic collapse, government failure, health crisis, maybe all of them -- and it's baffling to me that some Senate Democrats seem downright *eager* to claim their share of responsibility for the coming wreck.