Laura Toffenetti
ltoff.bsky.social
Laura Toffenetti
@ltoff.bsky.social
retired teacher, writer, quilter, native flowers fan, Senior advisor to Rohingya Culture Center in Chicago which provides support to Rohingya refugees who have fled the genocide in Myanmar.
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Rep Chrissy Houlahan also forcefully points out that virtually no Republicans have condemned Trump's call for Democrats' execution. How is that not a bigger story?

I also asked her if Dems should file impeachment articles. Here's the key exchange on all this:

newrepublic.com/article/2034...
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Trump has reportedly been in conversation with Paramount and his billionaire ally Larry Ellison about a potential takeover of CNN that would include firing journalists he dislikes.

Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Holy moly! Just in time for Christmas!
this Trump Watches commercial is now running on Fox & Friends as well
Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Six veterans posted a video reminding our troops that they swore allegiance to the Constitution-not to Donald Trump-and that they must not obey illegal orders

Because of this, Donald Trump now thinks they should be executed

FOR TELLING OUR TROOPS TO FOLLOW THE LAW

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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
YES YES YES
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
These Ukrainians are brilliant!
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
He keeps getting more dangerous.
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Short jail stays for minor crimes turn deadly when filth and a lack of care let infections run out of control, a USA TODAY investigation found.
Sepsis is 'very treatable.' For inmates, it's often a death sentence.
Short jail stays for minor crimes turn deadly when filth and a lack of care let infections run out of control, a USA TODAY investigation found.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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So MAGA, You see these two? One of them is your dear leader, the other is a Prince in a country where CHRISTIANITY IS BANNED. Where you can be arrested for being a CHRISTIAN, for displaying CHRISTIAN symbols and even, for having a bible.
But go ahead, tell me how much fucking MONEY he's investing.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Oh my.

James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.

Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The release of the Epstein files will never happen. It's not to protect Trump's "friends." What friends? Trump is loyal to no one. I think he ordered Epstein's death. It's always smelled fishy. Guards both take a break at the same time. Camera misfunctions... And Epstein had evidence on Trump.
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Dear GOP,

If you’re gonna do anything with the tariff money, stop bailing out Argentina and passing out checks so Trump can pretend he’s personally writing these checks.

Pay down the debt. For once
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BUT... if the insurance companies work together they can even increase the cost with no repercussions... idiot.
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
She’s so amazing!
Listen…If y’all want to talk honesty, then let’s be honest about all of it.

The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.

Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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📽️ WATCH: Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history.

Listen to parent and education advocate Erika Wright talk about the crisis she believes is happening in her state’s public school system: https://propub.li/4qXq3Zv
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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NEW: Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims.

For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Portland should sue FOX news. They should lose their license to broadcast. Just imagine what will happen when AI perfects itself. We will be fighting world wars for made up shit.
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.

How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.

www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
so my husbands hospital bill was $142,000. Will he just send me a check for that? idiot
Could someone please ask him -- or any Republican -- how this is supposed to reduce costs?
Trump: "We want a healthcare system where we pay the money to the people instead of the insurance companies. We're gonna be working on that very hard over the next short period of time. Where the people get the money. We're talking about trillions and trillions of dollars."
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Of course they are...
Republican senators are trying to sneak in a nationwide abortion ban. Hear that again: Republican senators are trying to *sneak* in a *nationwide abortion ban*.

ABORTION CARE IS HEALTHCARE.

#shutdown #GOPshutdown #abortion #healthcare
Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for letting us know the MAGA Senate Republicans are trying to slide a nationwide abortion ban into the shutdown negotiations.

Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.

F the patriarchy.
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
yes
THIS.
One of the few positive aspects of this era in American history is that it's super-easy to identify the villains.
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM