Lori Ferris
@loriferris.bsky.social
Idahoan at heart. Central Texas resident. Humanist. Progressive.
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When it’s gone, it’s gone. We’ll never get it back. We don’t need this money this way. We can’t undo the environmental damage that will follow. This is a bad idea.
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When it’s gone, it’s gone. We’ll never get it back. We don’t need this money this way. We can’t undo the environmental damage that will follow. This is a bad idea.
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From a new interview with @chenoweth.bsky.social, who coined the "3.5% rule":
"Most of the movements in our database never got to that threshold and still won with like 1.8% or something like that." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
"Most of the movements in our database never got to that threshold and still won with like 1.8% or something like that." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
From a new interview with @chenoweth.bsky.social, who coined the "3.5% rule":
"Most of the movements in our database never got to that threshold and still won with like 1.8% or something like that." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
"Most of the movements in our database never got to that threshold and still won with like 1.8% or something like that." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Energy matters in politics. It especially matters for Trump. Today, all the energy was with the pro-democracy team. Republicans in Congress should be very worried.
June 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Energy matters in politics. It especially matters for Trump. Today, all the energy was with the pro-democracy team. Republicans in Congress should be very worried.
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Live scene from the Washington Mall for Trump’s parade, via a local NBC4 reporter.
Meanwhile, millions are protesting nationally.
Meanwhile, millions are protesting nationally.
June 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Live scene from the Washington Mall for Trump’s parade, via a local NBC4 reporter.
Meanwhile, millions are protesting nationally.
Meanwhile, millions are protesting nationally.
My hometown! Way to show up, Boise!!
June 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My hometown! Way to show up, Boise!!
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Less than 5 months in:
☑️Arrested a judge
☑️Arrested a Democratic mayor
☑️Arrested a Democratic Congressperson
☑️Detained a Democratic Senator
☑️Threatening to arrest a Democratic Governor
☑️Investigating other political enemies
☑️Deploying Marines domestically
They are not hiding their intentions.
☑️Arrested a judge
☑️Arrested a Democratic mayor
☑️Arrested a Democratic Congressperson
☑️Detained a Democratic Senator
☑️Threatening to arrest a Democratic Governor
☑️Investigating other political enemies
☑️Deploying Marines domestically
They are not hiding their intentions.
June 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Less than 5 months in:
☑️Arrested a judge
☑️Arrested a Democratic mayor
☑️Arrested a Democratic Congressperson
☑️Detained a Democratic Senator
☑️Threatening to arrest a Democratic Governor
☑️Investigating other political enemies
☑️Deploying Marines domestically
They are not hiding their intentions.
☑️Arrested a judge
☑️Arrested a Democratic mayor
☑️Arrested a Democratic Congressperson
☑️Detained a Democratic Senator
☑️Threatening to arrest a Democratic Governor
☑️Investigating other political enemies
☑️Deploying Marines domestically
They are not hiding their intentions.
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No, we really shouldn't.
Donald Trump says America should "forget about" the separation of church and state - LGBTQ Nation
Trump said that instead of a separation of church and state, he will bring "religion back to our country."
www.lgbtqnation.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
No, we really shouldn't.
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"He ran through the entire annual budget of ICE in less than two months and accomplished nothing but violating our constitution and frightening the American public."
Mitt Romney, 2025
Mitt Romney, 2025
May 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"He ran through the entire annual budget of ICE in less than two months and accomplished nothing but violating our constitution and frightening the American public."
Mitt Romney, 2025
Mitt Romney, 2025
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Canada to Trump: “Go fuck yourself!” 🇨🇦
April 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Canada to Trump: “Go fuck yourself!” 🇨🇦
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We love Bluesky don’t we?
April 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We love Bluesky don’t we?
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My dad is at the protest in Boise, Idaho. He sent me these photos
April 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My dad is at the protest in Boise, Idaho. He sent me these photos
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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
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Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
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You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it?
He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
April 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it?
He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
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Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman.
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
April 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman.
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
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Letter: 250 years ago we declared independence from a king. Dear fellow patriots, why do you now kiss a king’s ring?
Letter: Dear fellow patriots: Isn’t kissing a king’s ring antithetical to what our nation stands for?
Letter: Dear fellow patriots: Isn’t kissing a king’s ring antithetical to what our nation stands for?
www.sltrib.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Letter: 250 years ago we declared independence from a king. Dear fellow patriots, why do you now kiss a king’s ring?
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Whenever this all ends, and who knows when that will be, the United States is going to need a Truth & Reconciliation Commission. There has to be a full accounting of the wrongdoing and the collaborators.
April 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Whenever this all ends, and who knows when that will be, the United States is going to need a Truth & Reconciliation Commission. There has to be a full accounting of the wrongdoing and the collaborators.
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Washington Post: 'NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.'
'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.'
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.'
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Washington Post: 'NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.'
'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.'
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.'
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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These protests are fucking massive, and they’re only going to get bigger and bigger. We’re in the first inning of this movement—and there’s a lot more of us than them.
April 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
These protests are fucking massive, and they’re only going to get bigger and bigger. We’re in the first inning of this movement—and there’s a lot more of us than them.
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
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people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.
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What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.
April 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.