Elizabeth
@medializzy.bsky.social
Servant Leader + Survivor 🦋 currently, Museum Director. Formerly, and always: Dr. Denis Mukwege & 🇨🇩 🦋
Ew. Pelosi and Jeffries consistently undermined Harris and her team, in all the insidious & mean girl ways you might expect. If your adjacency to Pelosi, Jeffries, and the like is how you live your life - then this misogynoir fueled take is what I expect. Spare us the “insider take” b/c it is trash.
Kamala Harris’s new memoir, “107 Days,” is “almost entirely backward looking and doesn’t really seem to have an idea of where she or the party would go,” Michelle Cottle says in a round table discussion with the Opinion columnists Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen.
Opinion | Harris’s Memoir Is Another Example of the Democrats’ Problem
Three Opinion writers break down the former vice president’s book of excuses.
nyti.ms
September 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Ew. Pelosi and Jeffries consistently undermined Harris and her team, in all the insidious & mean girl ways you might expect. If your adjacency to Pelosi, Jeffries, and the like is how you live your life - then this misogynoir fueled take is what I expect. Spare us the “insider take” b/c it is trash.
Tune in. @karenattiah is an exemplar of journalism. She BUILT the Global Opinions pages at WaPo. Her firing by the WaPo is cowardly & deeply unjust. Unlike so many who prioritize their think tank adjacency over voices on the front lines. May she sell out every one of her @resistancestudiesseries!!!
New from me:
There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.
Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.
Read and judge for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.
Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.
Read and judge for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Why Washington Post fired me
Read the official termination letter for yourself.
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Tune in. @karenattiah is an exemplar of journalism. She BUILT the Global Opinions pages at WaPo. Her firing by the WaPo is cowardly & deeply unjust. Unlike so many who prioritize their think tank adjacency over voices on the front lines. May she sell out every one of her @resistancestudiesseries!!!
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We’re offering a training on how to identify, defuse, and prevent the spread of political violence. By standing up in defense of democracy and in opposition to violence, we spread the courage for more to do so.
Harnessing Our Political Power to End Political Violence (HOPE) Training · Indivisible
Indivisible is proud to partner with the folks from endpoliticalviolence.org to learn how to Harness Our Political Power to end Political Violence (HOPE). Please join Indivisible on Sunday, September ...
www.mobilize.us
September 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We’re offering a training on how to identify, defuse, and prevent the spread of political violence. By standing up in defense of democracy and in opposition to violence, we spread the courage for more to do so.
Nonviolence is the only way forward.
For all of us.
Sharing graphically violent images is destructive. It dehumanizes. It desensitizes. It numbs our souls to suffering.
It’s never ok. Humans have demonstrated that the more violence we see, the more violent we can be.
Enough.
For all of us.
Sharing graphically violent images is destructive. It dehumanizes. It desensitizes. It numbs our souls to suffering.
It’s never ok. Humans have demonstrated that the more violence we see, the more violent we can be.
Enough.
September 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Nonviolence is the only way forward.
For all of us.
Sharing graphically violent images is destructive. It dehumanizes. It desensitizes. It numbs our souls to suffering.
It’s never ok. Humans have demonstrated that the more violence we see, the more violent we can be.
Enough.
For all of us.
Sharing graphically violent images is destructive. It dehumanizes. It desensitizes. It numbs our souls to suffering.
It’s never ok. Humans have demonstrated that the more violence we see, the more violent we can be.
Enough.
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NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
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A few months ago, I got invited to go on the massively popular podcast, “Diary of a CEO.”
Here’s why I said no.
jessica.substack.com/p/anti-femin...
Here’s why I said no.
jessica.substack.com/p/anti-femin...
Enough of 'Just Asking Questions'
Platforming extremists is killing democracy—and women
jessica.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A few months ago, I got invited to go on the massively popular podcast, “Diary of a CEO.”
Here’s why I said no.
jessica.substack.com/p/anti-femin...
Here’s why I said no.
jessica.substack.com/p/anti-femin...
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The federal government is scaling back its role in preventing violent extremism.
🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding.
📌 RSVP:
🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding.
📌 RSVP:
ProPublica Event - Counterterrorism in the Trump Era
Join ProPublica for a conversation about recent changes to federal counter-extremism initiatives and their implications for domestic security and public safety.
events.propublica.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The federal government is scaling back its role in preventing violent extremism.
🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding.
📌 RSVP:
🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding.
📌 RSVP:
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Perfectionism estranges us from everyone else, a critic argues, and traps us in endless conflict with ourselves. Why can’t we give it up?
The Pain of Perfectionism
It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.
www.newyorker.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Perfectionism estranges us from everyone else, a critic argues, and traps us in endless conflict with ourselves. Why can’t we give it up?
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In a friend-of-the-court brief representing 157 members of Congress, the Brennan Center explains how the administration's withholding of congressionally appropriated funds violates the Constitution. bit.ly/44VZ4EK
The Court Fight to Stop the Federal Funding Freeze
A bipartisan coalition is standing up for checks and balances.
www.brennancenter.org
August 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In a friend-of-the-court brief representing 157 members of Congress, the Brennan Center explains how the administration's withholding of congressionally appropriated funds violates the Constitution. bit.ly/44VZ4EK
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"Taking rape from the realm of the sexual, placing it in the realm of the violent, allows one to be against it without raising questions about the extent to which the institution of heterosexuality has defined force as a normal part of [sex]." Catharine MacKinnon, Sexual Harassment of Working Women
July 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Taking rape from the realm of the sexual, placing it in the realm of the violent, allows one to be against it without raising questions about the extent to which the institution of heterosexuality has defined force as a normal part of [sex]." Catharine MacKinnon, Sexual Harassment of Working Women
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"Pregnancy has increasingly become a weapon to be wielded against domestic violence victims—and those who help them."
Read an excerpt from journalist @kylietcheung.bsky.social's new book on reproductive coercion:
Read an excerpt from journalist @kylietcheung.bsky.social's new book on reproductive coercion:
Reproductive Coercion Is State Abuse, Argues Kylie Cheung
"Pregnancy has increasingly become a weapon to be wielded against domestic violence victims—and those who help them."
www.teenvogue.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Pregnancy has increasingly become a weapon to be wielded against domestic violence victims—and those who help them."
Read an excerpt from journalist @kylietcheung.bsky.social's new book on reproductive coercion:
Read an excerpt from journalist @kylietcheung.bsky.social's new book on reproductive coercion:
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Columbia cancelled my class on race and media.
I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students.
And more than 3,100 in the waitlist.
Class starts tomorrow.
We MOVE✊🏾
karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students.
And more than 3,100 in the waitlist.
Class starts tomorrow.
We MOVE✊🏾
karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
July 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Columbia cancelled my class on race and media.
I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students.
And more than 3,100 in the waitlist.
Class starts tomorrow.
We MOVE✊🏾
karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students.
And more than 3,100 in the waitlist.
Class starts tomorrow.
We MOVE✊🏾
karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
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Two weeks ago, Marco Rubio said USAID “has little to show since the end of the Cold War.”
Days earlier, a Lancet study estimated that USAID global health programs have saved 90 million lives—not since 1991, but since just 2001.
Days earlier, a Lancet study estimated that USAID global health programs have saved 90 million lives—not since 1991, but since just 2001.
July 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Two weeks ago, Marco Rubio said USAID “has little to show since the end of the Cold War.”
Days earlier, a Lancet study estimated that USAID global health programs have saved 90 million lives—not since 1991, but since just 2001.
Days earlier, a Lancet study estimated that USAID global health programs have saved 90 million lives—not since 1991, but since just 2001.
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How will the Supreme Court’s rulings this term impact the future of democracy?
Join experts for a virtual discussion on Wed., July 9, at 3pm E.T. RSVP: bit.ly/4kaljv1
Join experts for a virtual discussion on Wed., July 9, at 3pm E.T. RSVP: bit.ly/4kaljv1
Supreme Court Term in Review
Join legal experts for a look at this year’s major decisions.
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July 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How will the Supreme Court’s rulings this term impact the future of democracy?
Join experts for a virtual discussion on Wed., July 9, at 3pm E.T. RSVP: bit.ly/4kaljv1
Join experts for a virtual discussion on Wed., July 9, at 3pm E.T. RSVP: bit.ly/4kaljv1
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July 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
July 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
July 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Read my post again.
This is about the attempts to convince Black and White voters not to vote for politicians who claim African/ Caribbean heritage-- by claiming they are fraudulently cosplaying as Black -- as if being Black grants power and privilege.
Yes, its absurd, and that is the point.
This is about the attempts to convince Black and White voters not to vote for politicians who claim African/ Caribbean heritage-- by claiming they are fraudulently cosplaying as Black -- as if being Black grants power and privilege.
Yes, its absurd, and that is the point.
It doesn’t *to me* in this case where the question is around his usage of African-American on a form… he hasn’t claimed to be Black or African-American as an ethnicity has he?
If not, this comparison and the reaches being made don’t really make sense to me.
If not, this comparison and the reaches being made don’t really make sense to me.
I am begging people to read closely.
I said *Black international*/ "African" heritage. Meaning Caribbean or African roots.
Harris- Jamaican
Obama-Kenyan
Mamadani- Ugandan.
Does this make sense?
I said *Black international*/ "African" heritage. Meaning Caribbean or African roots.
Harris- Jamaican
Obama-Kenyan
Mamadani- Ugandan.
Does this make sense?
July 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Read my post again.
This is about the attempts to convince Black and White voters not to vote for politicians who claim African/ Caribbean heritage-- by claiming they are fraudulently cosplaying as Black -- as if being Black grants power and privilege.
Yes, its absurd, and that is the point.
This is about the attempts to convince Black and White voters not to vote for politicians who claim African/ Caribbean heritage-- by claiming they are fraudulently cosplaying as Black -- as if being Black grants power and privilege.
Yes, its absurd, and that is the point.
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Immediately thought of how Kamala was raked over the coals barely a year ago for being biracial. She was “suddenly Black” according to Trump, and all the media outlets just gleefully platformed his racism. This is no different.
Correct.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
They pulled that on Obama too, or tried too.
July 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Immediately thought of how Kamala was raked over the coals barely a year ago for being biracial. She was “suddenly Black” according to Trump, and all the media outlets just gleefully platformed his racism. This is no different.
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Obama's Kenyan father, and his middle name being Hussein brought accusations of being an "anti-colonialist" and a "secret Muslim."
There are direct ties between normalized anti-Blackness, Africaness being disqualifying and suspicious --and normalized Islamophobia -- as we see with Mamdani.
There are direct ties between normalized anti-Blackness, Africaness being disqualifying and suspicious --and normalized Islamophobia -- as we see with Mamdani.
Used to hear "He's not even black! He's half white!" about Obama quite a bit back in the day
July 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Obama's Kenyan father, and his middle name being Hussein brought accusations of being an "anti-colonialist" and a "secret Muslim."
There are direct ties between normalized anti-Blackness, Africaness being disqualifying and suspicious --and normalized Islamophobia -- as we see with Mamdani.
There are direct ties between normalized anti-Blackness, Africaness being disqualifying and suspicious --and normalized Islamophobia -- as we see with Mamdani.
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If Mamdani had checked just Asian or say, Asian and white (bear with me) NYT would never have run that story.
The only reason they ran that story is because of the cultural belief that being Black gives you leg up in society despite research that says that isn't true.
The only reason they ran that story is because of the cultural belief that being Black gives you leg up in society despite research that says that isn't true.
July 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If Mamdani had checked just Asian or say, Asian and white (bear with me) NYT would never have run that story.
The only reason they ran that story is because of the cultural belief that being Black gives you leg up in society despite research that says that isn't true.
The only reason they ran that story is because of the cultural belief that being Black gives you leg up in society despite research that says that isn't true.
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Correct.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
They pulled that on Obama too, or tried too.
July 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Correct.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
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Also this.
Even more cynically, it shows a pretty clear intent to alienate Black voters from Mamdani by painting him as an imposter. They did the same thing to Harris a year ago!
July 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Also this.
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Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.
The Most Americans Are On Unemployment—Nearly 2 Milllion—Since Pandemic
Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.
www.forbes.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.