Rachel Lavine
@rachellavine.bsky.social
New Yorker. Mother. Lesbian. Very, very Jewish. Lover of strong women, strong coffee, strong opinions.
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Breaking News: A court upheld E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation judgment against President Trump after she accused him of rape.
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
The judges rejected President Trump’s argument that the Supreme Court’s decision extending presidential immunity should shield him from liability for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.
nyti.ms
September 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Breaking News: A court upheld E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation judgment against President Trump after she accused him of rape.
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n... JUSTICE.
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
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September 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n... JUSTICE.
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For fans of purple irises here's the stunning 'Prince Of Monaco' from 1958. The beard adds such a beautiful contrast. I love everything about this variety. And it looks so nice with the alliums.
#iris 🌱
#iris 🌱
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
For fans of purple irises here's the stunning 'Prince Of Monaco' from 1958. The beard adds such a beautiful contrast. I love everything about this variety. And it looks so nice with the alliums.
#iris 🌱
#iris 🌱
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Hello Gardening Friends,
I'm not sure who recommended this book to me, but it is fantastic. I am in the midst of Chapter 3 and just finished the section on prisoners at Rikers Island and their gardens. Inspiring and confirming, the power of Gardening.
I highly recommend it. 🌱
I'm not sure who recommended this book to me, but it is fantastic. I am in the midst of Chapter 3 and just finished the section on prisoners at Rikers Island and their gardens. Inspiring and confirming, the power of Gardening.
I highly recommend it. 🌱
August 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hello Gardening Friends,
I'm not sure who recommended this book to me, but it is fantastic. I am in the midst of Chapter 3 and just finished the section on prisoners at Rikers Island and their gardens. Inspiring and confirming, the power of Gardening.
I highly recommend it. 🌱
I'm not sure who recommended this book to me, but it is fantastic. I am in the midst of Chapter 3 and just finished the section on prisoners at Rikers Island and their gardens. Inspiring and confirming, the power of Gardening.
I highly recommend it. 🌱
Trumpand RFK Jr. Plan to Scrap Covid Vaccine, Because Why Not newrepublic.com/post/199515/... via @newrepublic.com I know - it's insane, it's impossible & therefore it will likely happen. Perhaps it is to distract attention from the #EpsteinFiles #Epstein
Trump
and RFK Jr. Plan to Scrap Covid Vaccine, Because Why Not
The Trump administration reportedly plans to pull it from shelves within months.
newrepublic.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Trumpand RFK Jr. Plan to Scrap Covid Vaccine, Because Why Not newrepublic.com/post/199515/... via @newrepublic.com I know - it's insane, it's impossible & therefore it will likely happen. Perhaps it is to distract attention from the #EpsteinFiles #Epstein
"As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan “Fuck your feelings” are impossibly delicate souls." Satire is a double-barrelled gift: enraging to its confounded targets, fabulously funny to all anti-Trumpers.
Gavin Newsom is parodying Donald Trump online—and the reaction from Trump’s supporters is proof that Newson is on to something, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.
MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It
Gavin Newsom’s parodies are riling people up—and they don’t quite seem to understand why.
bit.ly
August 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan “Fuck your feelings” are impossibly delicate souls." Satire is a double-barrelled gift: enraging to its confounded targets, fabulously funny to all anti-Trumpers.
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🌱 Can you really surpass this gorgeousness?
August 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🌱 Can you really surpass this gorgeousness?
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Conservation and protecting #NativePlants— like all other flora and fauna essential to a healthy #ecosystem —takes hard work, funding, and is never done. Illinois making an effort. 🌱
www.wcia.com/news/agricul...
www.wcia.com/news/agricul...
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August 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Conservation and protecting #NativePlants— like all other flora and fauna essential to a healthy #ecosystem —takes hard work, funding, and is never done. Illinois making an effort. 🌱
www.wcia.com/news/agricul...
www.wcia.com/news/agricul...
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If you're anywhere near Fredericksburg, VA (and a VA resident), you can score 5 free native trees and buy a bunch more trees and shrubs for pretty reasonable prices: treefredstg.wpenginepowered.com/2025-tree-fr... 🌱
2025 Tree Fredericksburg Fall Native Plant Festival | Tree Fredericksburg
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August 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you're anywhere near Fredericksburg, VA (and a VA resident), you can score 5 free native trees and buy a bunch more trees and shrubs for pretty reasonable prices: treefredstg.wpenginepowered.com/2025-tree-fr... 🌱
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"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."
June 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."
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Did we hire her from North Korea?
Tammy Bruce: "We live in a fascinating, exciting time where we've got a man who can make the difference, and he's generous about making that difference. He could've chosen to have his term be about anything other than peace and making America great again ... all of us are grateful."
June 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Did we hire her from North Korea?
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SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.
Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Seen at Jan. 6 Riot Flown Above Government Agency in DC
The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.
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June 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.
Minnesota's Senator @smith.senate.gov reminding Mike Lee that real humans who were parents were assassinated & his vicious & dishonest words help validate a culture of cruelty & disinformation that spurs these kinds of murders. No words for how soulless Mike Lee is.
Photo from The Hill's Al Weaver (from Xitter) catches Tina Smith confronting Mike Lee.
June 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Minnesota's Senator @smith.senate.gov reminding Mike Lee that real humans who were parents were assassinated & his vicious & dishonest words help validate a culture of cruelty & disinformation that spurs these kinds of murders. No words for how soulless Mike Lee is.
Really? Because "Intifada Now" is what Hamas chanted as they murdered children & babies on Oct 7th, nailed women to trees & then raped them, and set people on fire. Your "solidarity" @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social terrifies me. And it should terrify every New Yorker. jewishinsider.com/2025/06/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani says ‘globalize the intifada’ is expression of Palestinian rights
Queens assemblyman and New York City mayoral candidate refuses to condemn the phrase as example of antisemitism on the left
jewishinsider.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Really? Because "Intifada Now" is what Hamas chanted as they murdered children & babies on Oct 7th, nailed women to trees & then raped them, and set people on fire. Your "solidarity" @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social terrifies me. And it should terrify every New Yorker. jewishinsider.com/2025/06/zohr...
Extraordinary woman, extraordinary book! Go, go, go @ejeancarroll.bsky.social - your bravery is an example to us all! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...
In ‘Not My Type,’ E. Jean Carroll Gets the Last Gab About the Trump Trials
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June 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Extraordinary woman, extraordinary book! Go, go, go @ejeancarroll.bsky.social - your bravery is an example to us all! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...
Thank you @bradlander.bsky.social. This is outrageous, illegal, and happening every day to people in the U.S. Rule of law matters.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Thank you @bradlander.bsky.social. This is outrageous, illegal, and happening every day to people in the U.S. Rule of law matters.
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
www.reuters.com/investigates... Or why refusing to vote for Kamala Harris to make a point about the Democrats is actually only making a point about your privilege and/or ignorance.
Ohio food banks strain as Trump slashes federal aid programs
The Mid-Ohio Food Collective feeds some 35,000 families a week across the state which Donald Trump won in the last three elections. Now his cuts are hurting.
www.reuters.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
www.reuters.com/investigates... Or why refusing to vote for Kamala Harris to make a point about the Democrats is actually only making a point about your privilege and/or ignorance.
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NEW: The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
By @maxblau.bsky.social
He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.
The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental h...
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
By @maxblau.bsky.social
And as far as I can tell the only Democrat who knows how to use power is Nancy Pelosi. Maybe AI can clone her.
Almost by definition, stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment. Either that characterization is wrong - or we are no longer a stable democracy.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret Police Are Here
Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.
www.thebulwark.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
And as far as I can tell the only Democrat who knows how to use power is Nancy Pelosi. Maybe AI can clone her.
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Lots of people asking about my plans for the 2028 election. I have a new, radical two-step process I intend to deploy:
1. Vote for my preferred candidate in the primary
2. Vote for whichever dem wins the primary in the general
1. Vote for my preferred candidate in the primary
2. Vote for whichever dem wins the primary in the general
June 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Lots of people asking about my plans for the 2028 election. I have a new, radical two-step process I intend to deploy:
1. Vote for my preferred candidate in the primary
2. Vote for whichever dem wins the primary in the general
1. Vote for my preferred candidate in the primary
2. Vote for whichever dem wins the primary in the general
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I was sitting quietly in the forest this morning, watching a Royal Flycatcher nest when this wonderful Keel-billed Motmot perched near me for a few minutes. These are one of the toughest motmots. They're quiet, small, and love the dark forest. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social
#costarica #birds #nature
#costarica #birds #nature
June 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I was sitting quietly in the forest this morning, watching a Royal Flycatcher nest when this wonderful Keel-billed Motmot perched near me for a few minutes. These are one of the toughest motmots. They're quiet, small, and love the dark forest. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social
#costarica #birds #nature
#costarica #birds #nature
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Raise your hand if you’re not even a meteorologist and you still know there’s a hurricane season.
June 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Raise your hand if you’re not even a meteorologist and you still know there’s a hurricane season.
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This guy has the his fumbling fingers on the nuclear weapons button? I thought all the Biden brouhaha is about the fact we want Presidents who aren't
suffering from mental decline? Right @nytimes.com @freepress.bsky.social? www.esquire.com/news-politic...
suffering from mental decline? Right @nytimes.com @freepress.bsky.social? www.esquire.com/news-politic...
Surely Trump’s Wacko West Point Commencement Speech Proves He’s Mentally Unfit to Serve
Trophy wives. Short golfers. This guy is really our president?
www.esquire.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This guy has the his fumbling fingers on the nuclear weapons button? I thought all the Biden brouhaha is about the fact we want Presidents who aren't
suffering from mental decline? Right @nytimes.com @freepress.bsky.social? www.esquire.com/news-politic...
suffering from mental decline? Right @nytimes.com @freepress.bsky.social? www.esquire.com/news-politic...