Liz Vladeck
@lvladeck.bsky.social
“Power without love is reckless & abusive, & love without power is sentimental & anemic.” Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. Lifelong NY-er, Mets fan, proud mama. Слава україні! Tweets/opinions mine alone.
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Grandma Pearl shouting “it’s about time” from the election party in the sky.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Grandma Pearl shouting “it’s about time” from the election party in the sky.
...the issue is...who decides the facts when it comes to domestic use of the military. That...meant one thing when we had presidents who, for whatever reason, were constrained to acknowledge reality. It means something else altogether in an administration for which, to borrow from Orwell, 2 + 2 = 5.
Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
...the issue is...who decides the facts when it comes to domestic use of the military. That...meant one thing when we had presidents who, for whatever reason, were constrained to acknowledge reality. It means something else altogether in an administration for which, to borrow from Orwell, 2 + 2 = 5.
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Judge: I got a call at 2:36 a.m. because the govt chose this time on a holiday weekend to execute this plan. I have been up since then. I haven't been able to reach anyone from govt until this morning at 9:30 a.m. So absent this intervention, all children would already have been sent to Guatemala!
August 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Judge: I got a call at 2:36 a.m. because the govt chose this time on a holiday weekend to execute this plan. I have been up since then. I haven't been able to reach anyone from govt until this morning at 9:30 a.m. So absent this intervention, all children would already have been sent to Guatemala!
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It's disturbing that the story has hardly been told, so people hardly grasp how profoundly different (as in better) the possibilities are than they were not long ago. And that California, among other places, is realizing those possibilities. @billmckibben.bsky.social did a great piece on that:
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's disturbing that the story has hardly been told, so people hardly grasp how profoundly different (as in better) the possibilities are than they were not long ago. And that California, among other places, is realizing those possibilities. @billmckibben.bsky.social did a great piece on that: