Laurie Porter
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writing. editing. dogs. democracy.
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“It’s not hard to imagine future generations one day asking: ‘When there was so much at stake for our country, what did you do?’ The only acceptable answer is: ‘Everything we could.’”
-Cecile Richards
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“It’s not hard to imagine future generations one day asking: ‘When there was so much at stake for our country, what did you do?’ The only acceptable answer is: ‘Everything we could.’”
-Cecile Richards
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The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to *protect people* in a pandemic eagerly wear one to *kidnap people* in Gestapo cosplay.
May 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to *protect people* in a pandemic eagerly wear one to *kidnap people* in Gestapo cosplay.
The recent executive orders from the Trump Administration represent an unprecedented attack on American democracy by targeting the institutions that safeguard public knowledge, history, and civic participation.
bit.ly/4jl5n9C via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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The Trump Administration Is Attacking Democracy | Opinion
This is about control—an attempt to control our history, and with it, the future of American democracy.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The recent executive orders from the Trump Administration represent an unprecedented attack on American democracy by targeting the institutions that safeguard public knowledge, history, and civic participation.
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Whew!
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
April 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Whew!
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Worcester, Massachusetts
April 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Worcester, Massachusetts
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Read this.
Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
March 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Read this.
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This is the result of decades of civic poisoning by Fox News and right-wing echo chambers and channels.
March 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is the result of decades of civic poisoning by Fox News and right-wing echo chambers and channels.
This is how you say it out loud.
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This is how you say it out loud.
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Unsparing.
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Unsparing.
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Protect your peace.
I’m not watching nonsense.
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Protect your peace.
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This is the tweet of 2025. We will return to it again and again.
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is the tweet of 2025. We will return to it again and again.
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Not my most eloquent letter, but utterly sincere....
March 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not my most eloquent letter, but utterly sincere....
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“People are doing things.” Have you dropped in yet on the 24-hour livestream of Black leaders giving the “State of the People”? This is an extraordinary gathering of leaders, activists and journalists.
Will go on until midnight tonight. Get on it!
stateofthepeople.media
Will go on until midnight tonight. Get on it!
stateofthepeople.media
State of the People | 24 Hour Marathon
The State of the People is a 24-hour livestream where we will center the truth for the people instead of letting disinformation go unchecked.
stateofthepeople.media
March 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“People are doing things.” Have you dropped in yet on the 24-hour livestream of Black leaders giving the “State of the People”? This is an extraordinary gathering of leaders, activists and journalists.
Will go on until midnight tonight. Get on it!
stateofthepeople.media
Will go on until midnight tonight. Get on it!
stateofthepeople.media
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Trump Vance must be impeached
That's it
That's the post.
Impeached for treason
That's it
That's the post.
Impeached for treason
March 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trump Vance must be impeached
That's it
That's the post.
Impeached for treason
That's it
That's the post.
Impeached for treason
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He’s unhinged. And we are unprotected.
20 minutes apart. On top of being a fascist this is door knob IQ shit.
February 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
He’s unhinged. And we are unprotected.
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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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"At 9:21 a.m. on Monday, E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’
A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"At 9:21 a.m. on Monday, E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
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Reposting with alt text. In case it inspires anyone else out there to hold the line.
![[department redacted]
Mon 2/3/2025 7:56 AM
To: ANDREA LUCAS
Cc: ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES: +29 others
Good morning, Andrea. Apparently no one in leadership is willing to ring the alarm bells so it falls upon one of us to do it. The tactics you are employing and actions you have taken in lock step with this new administration are illegal and unconstitutional. You are not fit to be our chair much less hold a license to practice law. I will not participate in attempts to target private citizens and colleagues through the recent illegal executive orders. I swore an oath to the Constitution of the United States, and the Commission serves the people of the United States. If you want to continue following the illegal and unethical orders of our president and the unelected leader of "doge" that's on you.
As I said in the email I sent to my colleagues yesterday (which was mysteriously deleted not only from their inboxes, but from my sent box), I know I take a great personal risk in sending out this message. But, at the end of the day, my actions align with what the EEOC was charged with doing under the law. I will not compromise my ethics and my duty to uphold the law. I will not cower to bullying and intimidation.
If upon reflection, you feel like now would be a good time to take a vacation and resign from your position, please 'reply all' to this email and put "I'd Like to Occupy Mars!" in the subject line. We will take this as notification that you are resigning your position as acting chair.
P.S. Happy Black History Month!
Sincerely, [redacted]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hwmmdl5nok26w3zhmg2d3fvt/bafkreidlbkziqjzlfrzdecxngor36vw35f6f6sr3jld2yicmku7g623poe@jpeg)
February 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposting with alt text. In case it inspires anyone else out there to hold the line.
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hello! just putting this here. please share in your signal groups and slacks.
www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
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February 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
hello! just putting this here. please share in your signal groups and slacks.
www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
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Also remember that politicizing it means actually just figuring out what went wrong and making the American people actually aware of it. Because where we have failed over and over and over again is actually connecting the dots between harmful GOP overreach and people's real lives.
Think about this and how Fox and the GOP would politicize an Army helicopter crashing into a commercial airplane days after a Black woman president tried to gut air safety & installed the least qualified man ever as Defense Secretary.
THAT is the degree to which Dems should politicize this crash.
THAT is the degree to which Dems should politicize this crash.
The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, resigned on January 20 — one year into his 5 year term — after facing relentless criticism from Musk for not approving SpaceX missions quickly enough.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
January 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Also remember that politicizing it means actually just figuring out what went wrong and making the American people actually aware of it. Because where we have failed over and over and over again is actually connecting the dots between harmful GOP overreach and people's real lives.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a halt to Donald Trump's sweeping aid freeze, issuing a "brief administrative stay" to preserve the status quo for at least a few days while further litigation plays out.
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a halt to Donald Trump's sweeping aid freeze, issuing a "brief administrative stay" to preserve the status quo for at least a few days while further litigation plays out.
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