Liz
merpmerp22.bsky.social
Liz
@merpmerp22.bsky.social
Navy veteran, liberal, millennial
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😲 They’re going to destroy VA healthcare so they can privatize it.

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VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Max Rose calls out the Trump admin for seeking "vengeance and retribution" against our Afghan allies who saved US lives. Rose says this administration "hates all immigrants," particularly those who served alongside our troops, calling it "horrifying".
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Without Birthright Citizenship, you too could be ripped from your home in the middle of the night.

Without the Equal Protection, the Privilege and Immunities and the Due Process Clauses, you and everyone you love could be declared subhuman and stripped of your most basic and fundamental freedoms.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.

A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Schools, libraries, and other organizations can make private browsing the norm by deploying Privacy Badger on devices they manage. If you work at an organization with managed devices, talk to your IT team about Privacy Badger. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
From Libraries to Schools: Why Organizations Should Install Privacy
​​In an era of pervasive online surveillance, organizations have an important role to play in protecting their communities’ privacy. Schools, libraries, and other organizations can make private
www.eff.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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I think this video will be historic in the future / JB Pritzker, speaking at the protest: "stay the HELL out of Chicago"

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From the PritzkerPosting community on Reddit: I think this video will be historic in the future / JB Pritzker, speaking at the protest: "stay the HELL out of Chicago"
Explore this post and more from the PritzkerPosting community
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October 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Organizers have reported 7 million attendees at the No Kings events and we’re happy to confirm 7 million and counting! More events are still happening across the country today, so we’ll need additional time to fully certify the final numbers.
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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You don’t say!
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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NEW: A top Texas Republican revealed in federal court Monday he didn’t tell legislators about a phone call with the national GOP operative who drew the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Testimony, Top Texas Republican Remembers Another Conversation With GOP Mapmaker
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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So glad to see Joshua Aaron on Maddow. You can watch our 20 minute interview here. No paywalls. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Oc...
ICEBlock App Developer Speaks Out After Being Removed From Apple and Android App Stores
YouTube video by MSW Media
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October 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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"“If the deputy director wants to do something and needs a legal opinion about whether or not he can do it, he can’t advise himself...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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No corruption here, folks! Totally normal stuff the deputy director of the CIA(Michael Ellis) just demoted the acting general counsel and decided to make himself the top lawyer while still being the No. 2 in charge.
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Trump’s order to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is illegal, immoral, and must be stopped by the courts. ICE is already wreaking havoc in our communities. Let’s call this what it is: an invasion by out-of-state troops coming here only with the purpose of tormenting Chicagoans.
October 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Bari Weiss launched The Free Press with funding from Peter Thiel allies Marc Andreessen and David Sacks. She’s the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. 1/
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident.

Release Steve Held.
NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.

A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE
Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.
thetriibe.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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President Trump said he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.
Trump to place import taxes on drugs, home furnishings and heavy trucks
President Trump said he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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They pepper sprayed us after this. We washed our faces and are back to singing we shall overcome. They’ll never win.
At the Broadview ICE facility, an ICE agent tried to run dozens of protesters over with an SUV as we walked on a public crosswalk.

He kept driving for about a full football field until ICE barraged us with pepper balls.
September 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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BREAKING: DOJ sues six states (California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania) for refusing to hand over private voter data. Story TK.
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll:

Overall approval: 38-54
Approval on economy: 39-56
Approval on trade: 39-54
On National Guard into cities: 42-55
On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55

Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:
Trump/MAGA are trying to gaslight us into believing that anti-Jimmy Kimmel America is vast and deep, that MAGA's grip on the culture is unshakable, that mobilization is futile.

But this episode has demonstrated the opposite. Let's not forget it.

Thoughts on this:

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September 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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We are calling for actions at Nexstar and Sinclair Corporate locations *this* Friday, September 26th nationwide! Even though Jimmy has returned in some markets, he has not returned in all of them due to Nexstar and Sinclair continuing to preempt his show. friendseverywhere.network
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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This is the fishiest shit I've ever seen. We're supposed to believe the shooter wrote "Anti-ICE" in pen on a bullet and then shot detainees but not ICE officers?
Honest question - does Kash Patel know about court?
September 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Trump couldn’t understand why “people didn’t understand that Palm Beach in the 90s was a different time.”

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.
September 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM