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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Sep 14

Soft stitches. Sharp truths.
#SundayMusings #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw #FloralJustice #TruthInThread

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Sep 7

Florals really soften the felony energy.
#SundayServingLooks #BookedAndBloomed #NotABoudoirShoot

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sunday’s lesson: Know where you’re planting the seeds.
#FourSeasonsTotalEmbarrassment #SundayLOL #StillFunny

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Aug 24

Florals can’t hide the fact that we all heard it.
#HeSaidIt #SundayWhispers #TruthInBloom

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sunday truths, embroidered in denial.
#SoftButSpicy #SundaySeries #WeRemember

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Aug 10

Some things don’t pass the vibe check.
#SundayMusings #FloralForensics #DefinitelyNotTransparent #TaxReturnsInBloom

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sunday thoughts, wrapped in florals for your comfort. 🌸
#HeDidntWin #HesInTheFiles #TrumpIndicted #CrimingInCursive #AccountabilityLooksGoodOnLinen #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw #PrettyLittleFacts #SundayResistance #SoftButSpicy

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Mar 8

Trump just slapped 250% tariffs on Canada, but sure, tell me more about how Kamala was the emotional one.

#TrumpTariffs #Canada #TradeWar #EconomicGenius #SureJan #GOPLogic #TariffTantrum

Trump announces new 250% tariff on Canada starting almost immediately

Trump is imposing a new tariff on Canada, just 24 hours after he announced he was pausing the 25% tariff on most Canadian goods. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

www.newsweek.com

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Mar 5

So with Trump saying they’ll “no longer allow the sexual mutulation of youth”, and “children are made exactly as god made them…”

Circumcision is now banned…right? 🙃

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · Mar 3

A brilliant Banksy.

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 26

Much like everything else with this administration, the cruelty is the point. Cutting $880B from Medicare & Medicaid won’t lower costs—it just leaves seniors & low-income Americans without care. People paid into these programs. They deserve better.
#GOPTaxScam #StopTheCuts #SaveMedicare

Republican budget blueprint to fund Trump’s agenda narrowly passes House

Vote passes 217-215 in win for president as Democrats assail proposal over planned cuts to social safety-net programs

www.theguardian.com

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 24

A distress signal. But also, a statement. Park rangers are on the front lines of protecting our lands—and now, our democracy. When those who safeguard our national parks raise the alarm, we must listen. Stand with our parks. Stand with those resisting. #ElCapitan #ParksResist #DemocracyInDistress

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 23

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 16

The Trump admin is blocking the CDC from sharing critical health info, keeping the public in the dark as measles spreads. The largest outbreak is in West Texas and has now reached New Mexico. Why are they hiding this? Public health isn’t political. #MeaslesOutbreak #TrustScience

The measles outbreak in Texas is growing. #viral #outbreak #doctor

YouTube video by Dr. Zachary Rubin

youtube.com

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 16

No child in this country should go hungry. We feed prisoners without question, yet free school meals for kids are constantly debated. Why is feeding incarcerated adults a given, but feeding children a political fight? No one should go hungry - especially kids. #NoHungryKids #FundSchoolMeals

Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Was Blocked. But Confusion Among Schools Remains

The order sent school districts and others scrambling to determine which federal funds for schools could be stopped.

www.edweek.org

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 15

RFK Jr. thinking a farm staffed by unmedicated depressed & ADHD folks would be productive is peak delusion. Imagine the half-finished tasks, forgotten crops, and executive dysfunction. It’s not a labor camp, it’s a sad commune where nothing gets done. #RFKJr #MentalHealth #ADHD #Depression #Ableism

RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants

The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.

www.motherjones.com

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 15

Update: AP is now banned indefinitely from the White House and Air Force One for refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America.’ Silencing journalists for not parroting propaganda is authoritarian—plain and simple. A free press must be defended. #FirstAmendment #MediaSuppression

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

4/ Because the Trump admin is strong-arming institutions into submission.

And it gets worse:

🚨 The White House banned an AP reporter from the Oval Office for refusing to say “Gulf of America.”

Let that sink in. The executive branch is punishing journalists for using factual, historical language.

The Associated Press | Video, Photo, Text, Audio & Data News Agency

Discover a world of unbiased journalism, in-depth analysis, and real-time updates from every corner of the globe.

ap.org

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 14

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

5/ Sorry, Mitch, but history won’t forget.

You had the power to stop this. You chose not to. And now, all your hand-wringing and weak opposition doesn’t matter-because the authoritarian you protected is undoing democracy in real time.

Too little, too late.

#TooLittleTooLate #McConnell

The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

4/ McConnell didn’t just fail to stop Trump—he enabled him at every step when it benefited him politically.

✔️ He blocked impeachment.
✔️ He packed the courts for Trump.
✔️ He looked the other way while democracy was being dismantled.

And now he expects credit for resistance?

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

3/ Now, McConnell is playing the hero, positioning himself as the lone Republican voice of reason against Trump’s agenda.

He’s voting against Trump’s extreme policies. He’s warning about the dangers. He’s sounding the alarm.

But where was this courage when it actually mattered?

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

2/ Instead, McConnell let Trump off the hook, claiming the courts and elections would deal with him.

Well, here we are. Trump is back in power, gutting democracy, banning reporters, forcing propaganda, and purging gov’t agencies. This is on you, Mitch.

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

1/ Let’s be clear: Mitch McConnell is directly responsible for Trump’s return to power.

After the January 6 insurrection, McConnell admitted that Trump was guilty of inciting it. He could have voted to convict him in the Senate trial—ensuring Trump could never run again.

But he didn’t.

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

Mitch McConnell had one chance to bar Trump from ever holding office again after Jan. 6. Instead, he let him walk—and now, Trump is back, dismantling democracy in real time.

McConnell acting like the lone Republican standing up to Trump’s agenda now? Too little, too late. 🧵⬇️

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

8/ This isn’t just about a name.

This is about control. This is about coercion. This is about the erasure of fundamental freedoms.

We have to fight back. Call this out for what it is: authoritarianism in real time.

#GulfOfMexico #FreePress #FascismInRealTime #Resist

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The Liberal Lantern 🇺🇸 @theliberallantern.bsky.social · Feb 14

7/ The worst part? This is a test.

If they can rewrite history, force compliance, and punish journalists over a geographic name, what’s stopping them from doing the same with elections, laws, citizenship, or human rights?

What happens when the press is too afraid to resist?

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