Lori Avirett
@reawakenadventure.bsky.social
I am an actual patriotic American, and know we must fight this fascism and defeat it promptly. I’m also a travel consultant who empowers people to rediscover themselves through transformational travel. Though magats need not apply 🙃
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Pressure grows on ‘reckless’ Hegseth as twin scandals engulf Pentagon chief
Pressure grows on ‘reckless’ Hegseth as twin scandals engulf Pentagon chief
Defense secretary defiant but allegations of war crimes and blistering watchdog report increase calls for him to go
Pete Hegseth is facing the most serious crisis of his tenure as defense secretary, engulfed by allegations of war crimes in the Caribbean and a blistering inspector general report accusing him of mishandling classified military intelligence. Yet despite the long list of trouble and as lawmakers from both parties call for his resignation, Hegseth shows no signs of stepping down and still holds Donald Trump’s support.
The twin crises have engulfed the former Fox News personality in separate but overlapping allegations that lawmakers, policy experts and former officials say reveal a pattern of dangerous recklessness at the helm of the Pentagon. Democratic legislators have reignited calls for his ouster after revelations that survivors clinging to wreckage from a September boat strike were deliberately killed in a “double-tap” attack, while a defense department investigation released on Thursday concluded he violated Pentagon policies by sharing sensitive details via the Signal messaging app hours before airstrikes in Yemen. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pressure grows on ‘reckless’ Hegseth as twin scandals engulf Pentagon chief
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Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
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FUCK ICE
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
FUCK ICE
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‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
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There isn’t much for our Supreme Court to hear, the Constitution is already clear. And just to be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the power to overrule or rewrite our Constitution.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
There isn’t much for our Supreme Court to hear, the Constitution is already clear. And just to be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the power to overrule or rewrite our Constitution.
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I've got big disdain use of "double-tap"
Thanks to @renatomariotti.bsky.social for his comment on the "It's Complicated" podcast:
"…I don’t like the word double-tap because to me, it sounds like something you do with your mouse, not the murder of people.”
cc: @asharangappa.bsky.social
Thanks to @renatomariotti.bsky.social for his comment on the "It's Complicated" podcast:
"…I don’t like the word double-tap because to me, it sounds like something you do with your mouse, not the murder of people.”
cc: @asharangappa.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've got big disdain use of "double-tap"
Thanks to @renatomariotti.bsky.social for his comment on the "It's Complicated" podcast:
"…I don’t like the word double-tap because to me, it sounds like something you do with your mouse, not the murder of people.”
cc: @asharangappa.bsky.social
Thanks to @renatomariotti.bsky.social for his comment on the "It's Complicated" podcast:
"…I don’t like the word double-tap because to me, it sounds like something you do with your mouse, not the murder of people.”
cc: @asharangappa.bsky.social
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Absolutely. This is utterly disgraceful. At some point, the perpetrators need to be brought to justice.
@normornstein.bsky.social Please cover the Amnesty International report documenting torture allegations at ICE detention centers.
Highlights:
- Detainees sleeping on the floor in proximity to raw sewage.
- Detainees locked outside in a 2’x2’ box.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Highlights:
- Detainees sleeping on the floor in proximity to raw sewage.
- Detainees locked outside in a 2’x2’ box.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policie...
www.amnesty.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Absolutely. This is utterly disgraceful. At some point, the perpetrators need to be brought to justice.
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King’s point is that it didn’t work because Trump was cutting SNAP benefits. But lower courts had required Trump to pay full SNAP, and while Trump *probably* would have won at SCOTUS, that outcome wasn’t guaranteed and would have been known soon anyway.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
King’s point is that it didn’t work because Trump was cutting SNAP benefits. But lower courts had required Trump to pay full SNAP, and while Trump *probably* would have won at SCOTUS, that outcome wasn’t guaranteed and would have been known soon anyway.
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Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
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You know democracy is going great when your senators turn off their voicemails so they don’t have to hear from voters.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You know democracy is going great when your senators turn off their voicemails so they don’t have to hear from voters.
Fuck the defecting/defective Dem senators. They’ve really wrecked so many millions of people now.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fuck the defecting/defective Dem senators. They’ve really wrecked so many millions of people now.
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Trump tried to hijack U.S. elections with an unlawful EO
Now a federal court has issued final judgment stopping him cold
It’s proof that the rule of law still works & why we must keep defending it
We dive in on Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social 👇 - TN www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQz...
Now a federal court has issued final judgment stopping him cold
It’s proof that the rule of law still works & why we must keep defending it
We dive in on Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social 👇 - TN www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQz...
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trump tried to hijack U.S. elections with an unlawful EO
Now a federal court has issued final judgment stopping him cold
It’s proof that the rule of law still works & why we must keep defending it
We dive in on Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social 👇 - TN www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQz...
Now a federal court has issued final judgment stopping him cold
It’s proof that the rule of law still works & why we must keep defending it
We dive in on Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social 👇 - TN www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQz...
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As we noted a few days ago, Trump appears to be defying court orders. He threatened to withhold food stamp benefits for roughly 42 million Americans until the government shutdown ends, even though a federal court has ordered his administration to continue the aid payments through the month.
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As we noted a few days ago, Trump appears to be defying court orders. He threatened to withhold food stamp benefits for roughly 42 million Americans until the government shutdown ends, even though a federal court has ordered his administration to continue the aid payments through the month.
Music for your Tuesday. You’re welcome:
ALLDAY PROJECT - ‘FAMOUS’ M/V
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November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Music for your Tuesday. You’re welcome:
apnews.com/live/donald-... updates: Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during the shutdown, judges rule
Live updates: Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during the shutdown, judges rule
Two federal judges ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, during the government shutdown.
apnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
apnews.com/live/donald-... updates: Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during the shutdown, judges rule
I’m likely late to the party but this podcast is fucking great!!
#liberalsunite #politics
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#liberalsunite #politics
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The Gospel According to Grifters
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October 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’m likely late to the party but this podcast is fucking great!!
#liberalsunite #politics
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#liberalsunite #politics
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One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
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Trump and Republicans shut down the government and are threatening the lives & livelihoods of folks across the MA-7th.
I held an emergency meeting to center the people most impacted and demand Republicans re-open the government & address the healthcare crisis they created.
I held an emergency meeting to center the people most impacted and demand Republicans re-open the government & address the healthcare crisis they created.
October 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Trump and Republicans shut down the government and are threatening the lives & livelihoods of folks across the MA-7th.
I held an emergency meeting to center the people most impacted and demand Republicans re-open the government & address the healthcare crisis they created.
I held an emergency meeting to center the people most impacted and demand Republicans re-open the government & address the healthcare crisis they created.
How about we all send the mango menace Happy Indigenous Peoples Day cards!! #makehimbatshitcrazy
October 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
How about we all send the mango menace Happy Indigenous Peoples Day cards!! #makehimbatshitcrazy
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1. He can fire all the prosecutors he wants but still a long way from getting a conviction without evidence. We'll see.
2. He's getting crazier by the hour now, isn't he? This is on top of talking about re-invading Afghanistan and no one is allowed to criticize him on TV...and that's just today.
2. He's getting crazier by the hour now, isn't he? This is on top of talking about re-invading Afghanistan and no one is allowed to criticize him on TV...and that's just today.
"President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources."
Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources
President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
1. He can fire all the prosecutors he wants but still a long way from getting a conviction without evidence. We'll see.
2. He's getting crazier by the hour now, isn't he? This is on top of talking about re-invading Afghanistan and no one is allowed to criticize him on TV...and that's just today.
2. He's getting crazier by the hour now, isn't he? This is on top of talking about re-invading Afghanistan and no one is allowed to criticize him on TV...and that's just today.
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This is a clearly impeachable offense he’s reportedly going to finish committing tomorrow. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...
Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources
President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is a clearly impeachable offense he’s reportedly going to finish committing tomorrow. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...
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it's also really important to spread the "this is illegal" message as far as you can because the majority of people are not exposed to it! most people do not even know the government is doing the illegal thing it's doing, let alone that it's illegal. when they learn about it they get mad!
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
September 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
it's also really important to spread the "this is illegal" message as far as you can because the majority of people are not exposed to it! most people do not even know the government is doing the illegal thing it's doing, let alone that it's illegal. when they learn about it they get mad!
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Please, please, Open audience... MAKE GOOD TROUBLE. Force Trump to leave and tell USTA to fuck off!
Fuck off, USTA. Who died and made you censor and protector of the king? To everyone at the Open: Protest so loud and long you cannot be ignored and silenced.
What the actual fuck.
US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
September 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Please, please, Open audience... MAKE GOOD TROUBLE. Force Trump to leave and tell USTA to fuck off!
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Honing in on Trump’s grand reopening of the freshly paved-over Rose “Garden” on Friday, Newsom rebranded the concreted area the “Predator Patio.”
www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...
Honing in on Trump’s grand reopening of the freshly paved-over Rose “Garden” on Friday, Newsom rebranded the concreted area the “Predator Patio.”
www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...
Newsom Christens Trump’s Rose Garden With Brutal New Nickname
“America’s favorite governor” has slammed the exclusive “Rose Garden Club.”
www.thedailybeast.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Honing in on Trump’s grand reopening of the freshly paved-over Rose “Garden” on Friday, Newsom rebranded the concreted area the “Predator Patio.”
www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...
Honing in on Trump’s grand reopening of the freshly paved-over Rose “Garden” on Friday, Newsom rebranded the concreted area the “Predator Patio.”
www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM