Lauren Stevens
@tlaurenstevens.bsky.social
Brain & rectal cancer patient. Nana to Hayden. Doing my best to keep hanging in there! Huge liberal! 🔵
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Members of Congress say they were just denied entry to USAID headquarters on orders of Elon Musk and DOGE and were told to contact the State Department for any further information.
February 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Members of Congress say they were just denied entry to USAID headquarters on orders of Elon Musk and DOGE and were told to contact the State Department for any further information.
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A man identifying himself as a career employee of USAID (but not senior executive service) declines to allow members of Congress from the Democratic Party entry to the aid agency's headquarters.
February 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A man identifying himself as a career employee of USAID (but not senior executive service) declines to allow members of Congress from the Democratic Party entry to the aid agency's headquarters.
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People know I support this bill. As a human being we should all be afforded autonomy over our own bodies
🔴Assisted Dying: ‘My Friend’s Dignified Death Convinced Me We Need to Let the Light In’
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice, writes @tom--scott.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/a...
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice, writes @tom--scott.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/a...
Assisted Dying: 'My Friend's Dignified Death Convinced Me We Need to Let the Light In'
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice
bylinetimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:14 PM
People know I support this bill. As a human being we should all be afforded autonomy over our own bodies
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I implore you to read this. There was an inevitable year-long privilege battle with 8 key witnesses. There’d have been no case without those witnesses. It took over a year because of the court schedule. Not garland. Garland won and the case survived. bsky.app/profile/muel...
THREAD: A timeline for you of facts. I'm just sharing facts, so no need to get yelly or upset.
1. DoJ opened two investigations into Trump and the coup in January 2021 within two weeks of the attack on the Capitol 1/
1. DoJ opened two investigations into Trump and the coup in January 2021 within two weeks of the attack on the Capitol 1/
November 27, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I implore you to read this. There was an inevitable year-long privilege battle with 8 key witnesses. There’d have been no case without those witnesses. It took over a year because of the court schedule. Not garland. Garland won and the case survived. bsky.app/profile/muel...
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I continue to blame Garland for waiting much too long before appointing Smith and don’t agree that the delay the Sup Court deliberately engineered made Garland’s own delay irrelevant — but @barbmcquade.bsky.social convinces me here that Smith’s motion was exactly right
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Jack Smith didn't really have a choice
Smith's move could be an effort to keep the cases alive in the long term.
www.msnbc.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I continue to blame Garland for waiting much too long before appointing Smith and don’t agree that the delay the Sup Court deliberately engineered made Garland’s own delay irrelevant — but @barbmcquade.bsky.social convinces me here that Smith’s motion was exactly right
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Lawrence Tribe agrees.
Trump doesn’t have unlimited power, says Laurence Tribe, and the Constitution isn’t just a “piece of prose.”
“We are about to see all of the institutions activated in a way that we haven’t had to see before.” #Velshi
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
“We are about to see all of the institutions activated in a way that we haven’t had to see before.” #Velshi
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Laurence Tribe: It’s not over. The resistance is about to ignite
Unlike the sudden slide into authoritarianism seen in other countries, the United States benefits from a decentralized government that can serve as a strong counterweight to Trump’s authoritarian ambi...
www.msnbc.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Lawrence Tribe agrees.
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Made a starter pack of orgs working on dis/info and the online machine. I expect it will grow as more orgs join so please check back! I'll repost too!
go.bsky.app/G19H8Ps
go.bsky.app/G19H8Ps
November 17, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Made a starter pack of orgs working on dis/info and the online machine. I expect it will grow as more orgs join so please check back! I'll repost too!
go.bsky.app/G19H8Ps
go.bsky.app/G19H8Ps
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Here’s another bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 16, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Here’s another bsky.app/profile/did:...
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This is a good block list. Best part is that as MAGA are added, once you subscribe and block all, all the new adds are blocked, too. bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 16, 2024 at 5:38 PM
This is a good block list. Best part is that as MAGA are added, once you subscribe and block all, all the new adds are blocked, too. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Good morning Blue Sky family. I hope you all have a wonderful day! 🦋
November 16, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Good morning Blue Sky family. I hope you all have a wonderful day! 🦋
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Republicans sure do admire sex offenders, don't they?
RFK Jr., Trump's pick for HHS, sex assault.
Gaetz, Trump's pick for DOJ, sex assault on a minor.
Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for the Pentagon, sex assault.
Trump, THE p**** grabber and adjudicated rapist.
RFK Jr., Trump's pick for HHS, sex assault.
Gaetz, Trump's pick for DOJ, sex assault on a minor.
Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for the Pentagon, sex assault.
Trump, THE p**** grabber and adjudicated rapist.
November 16, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Republicans sure do admire sex offenders, don't they?
RFK Jr., Trump's pick for HHS, sex assault.
Gaetz, Trump's pick for DOJ, sex assault on a minor.
Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for the Pentagon, sex assault.
Trump, THE p**** grabber and adjudicated rapist.
RFK Jr., Trump's pick for HHS, sex assault.
Gaetz, Trump's pick for DOJ, sex assault on a minor.
Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for the Pentagon, sex assault.
Trump, THE p**** grabber and adjudicated rapist.
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There seems to be a lot of misinformation going around so please allow me to clarify.
Matt Gaetz did not have sex with a 17 year old girl.
Matt Gaetz raped a trafficked 17 year old girl and then venmoed the guy who trafficked the girl; aka her pimp.
Matt Gaetz did not have sex with a 17 year old girl.
Matt Gaetz raped a trafficked 17 year old girl and then venmoed the guy who trafficked the girl; aka her pimp.
November 15, 2024 at 1:27 PM
There seems to be a lot of misinformation going around so please allow me to clarify.
Matt Gaetz did not have sex with a 17 year old girl.
Matt Gaetz raped a trafficked 17 year old girl and then venmoed the guy who trafficked the girl; aka her pimp.
Matt Gaetz did not have sex with a 17 year old girl.
Matt Gaetz raped a trafficked 17 year old girl and then venmoed the guy who trafficked the girl; aka her pimp.
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Fox Contrib Ben Domenech: “Gaetz is a sex trafficking drug addicted piece of shit. He smells like Axe Body Spray & Astroglide. He’s a hypocritical ass with the worst Botox money can buy, pushing an ever-thinner nose & higher cheekbones like a Real Housewife gone mad for fillers.”
November 15, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Fox Contrib Ben Domenech: “Gaetz is a sex trafficking drug addicted piece of shit. He smells like Axe Body Spray & Astroglide. He’s a hypocritical ass with the worst Botox money can buy, pushing an ever-thinner nose & higher cheekbones like a Real Housewife gone mad for fillers.”
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Here's incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a Project 2025 training video, taking credit for suggesting that Trump send letters to families of gun violence victims.
"If I had not had the confidence...those families would've never received that joyous letter from the President."
"If I had not had the confidence...those families would've never received that joyous letter from the President."
Project 2025 Private Training Video: The Art of Professionalism
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Here's incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a Project 2025 training video, taking credit for suggesting that Trump send letters to families of gun violence victims.
"If I had not had the confidence...those families would've never received that joyous letter from the President."
"If I had not had the confidence...those families would've never received that joyous letter from the President."
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"My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor," Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News.
Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says
An attorney tells ABC News that one of his clients told the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed then-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor.
abcnews.go.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:24 AM
"My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor," Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News.
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My son’s school is not your church.
November 15, 2024 at 2:06 PM
My son’s school is not your church.
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If you’re “strongly discouraging” the release of an ethics report, you’re on the wrong side of history.
CC: Speaker Johnson
CC: Speaker Johnson
November 15, 2024 at 5:25 PM
If you’re “strongly discouraging” the release of an ethics report, you’re on the wrong side of history.
CC: Speaker Johnson
CC: Speaker Johnson
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So the GOP is just currently covering up potential sex crimes against children by one of their members and instead of releasing the report, they are trying to make that person the Attorney General of the United States? Do we have that right?
November 15, 2024 at 5:17 PM
So the GOP is just currently covering up potential sex crimes against children by one of their members and instead of releasing the report, they are trying to make that person the Attorney General of the United States? Do we have that right?
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a “skeptic” of vaccines. He has said there are no safe or effective vaccines. He is a foe of vaccines.
November 15, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a “skeptic” of vaccines. He has said there are no safe or effective vaccines. He is a foe of vaccines.
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MAGA screeched about VP Kamala Harris drinking wine with her family but don't have an issue with the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Michael McCaul, who has access to classified documents, getting hammered on sedatives and booze and being arrested at an airport.
SMH.
SMH.
November 14, 2024 at 7:24 PM
MAGA screeched about VP Kamala Harris drinking wine with her family but don't have an issue with the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Michael McCaul, who has access to classified documents, getting hammered on sedatives and booze and being arrested at an airport.
SMH.
SMH.
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This X account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
November 14, 2024 at 6:10 PM
This X account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.