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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin

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Host, ResistanceLive; Founder, Gaia Leadership Project; political/leadership consultant; author; recovering Wall Street civil/human rights lawyer; ex-Columbia Law adjunct; organizer; NYer 4ever; daily on YT at https://www.youtube.com/@resistanceliveecm

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 5d

NEW PROGRAM ALERT

If you're terrified and outraged, but unsure how to get involved or feel like what you've done before isn’t working, we’ve got you.

Introducing POWER LAB: A 7-Week Course for Emerging Organizers to Overcome Outrage and Build Community Action.

gaialeadershipproject.com/power-lab

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17h

The internet HATES happy women. Just despises them, lol.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12h

Something is going on in Oklahoma.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

The Republican shutdown continues.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

Please thank your comrades. We are cheering you all on from afar. ❤️

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7h

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10h

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

Good luck to you. Stay safe.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h

he does not regret to inform you and neither do I

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 7h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

I had a call today with someone in OR who was talking about the need for more “agitation theater” in street protests to humiliate ICE and make people laugh.

Well done Portland chicken and Portland frog.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

LOL

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

Weeeeeeeeak

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Indictment alleges that James claimed the property as a 2nd home but used it as a rental investment property.

It says she rented the property out but conveniently doesn’t specify the timeframe or duration.

That’s notable bc you can rent out a 2nd home and the rider allows short-term rentals.

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On or about August 17, 2020, JAMES, as sole borrower, purchased the three (3) bedroom,
(1) bathroom property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23509 (the
"Peronne Property"), for approximately $137,000, financed with a mortgage loan of approximately $109,600 (Loan #4430025978) backed by Fannie Mae.
6. The loan was originated by OVM Financial under a signed Second Home Rider, which required JAMES, as the sole borrower to occupy and use the property as her secondary residence, and prohibited its use as a timesharing or other shared ownership arrangement or agreement that requires her either to rent the property or give any other person any control over the occupancy or use of the property.
7. Despite these representations, the Peronne Property was not occupied or used by JAMES as a secondary residence and was instead used as a rental investment property, renting the property to a family of (3).
8. This misrepresentation allowed JAMES to obtain favorable loan terms not available for

In addition to the covenants and agreements made in the security Instrument Borrower and Lender further covenant and agree that Sections 6 and 8 of the Security Instrument are deleted and are replaced by the following:
6. Occupancy, Borrower will occupy and use the Property as Borrower's second home. Borrower will maintain exclusive control over the occupancy of the Property, including short-term rentals, and will not subject the Property to any timesharing or other shared ownership arrangement or to any rental pool or agreement that requires Borrower either to rent the Property or give a management firm or any other person or entity any control over the occupancy or use of the Property. Borrower will keep the Property available primarily as a residence for Borrower's personal use and enjoyment for at least one year after the date of this Second Home Rider, unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably with-held, or unless extenuating circumstances exist which are beyond Borrower's control.
8. Borrower's Loan Application. Borrower shall be in default it, during the Loan application process, Borrower or any persons or entities acting at the direction of Borrower or with Borrower's knowledge or consent gave materally false, mislead-ing, or inaccurate information or statements to Lender (or failed to provide Lender with material information) in connection with the Loan. Material representations include, but are not limited to, representations concerning Borrower's occupancy of the Property as Borrower's second home.
BY SIGNING BELOW, Borrower accepts and agrees to the terms and covenants
contained in this Second Home Rider.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

They are all just evil, evil people.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 6h

this is the weakest person who has ever lived

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 9h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10h

Gooooooooo!

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10h

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10h

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

"I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper." - @newyorkstateag.bsky.social

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

INBOX — New York AG Tish James' statement on Trump's retaliatory indictment of her:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2025

Attorney General’s Press Office/212-416-8060 nyag.pressoffice@ag.ny.gov

Attorney General Letitia James Issues Statement on Donald Trump’s Weaponization of the Department of Justice

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued the following statement after she was indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern District of Virginia.

“This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.

“These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost. The president’s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties.

“His decision to fire a United States Attorney who refused to bring charges against me – and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law, but to the president – is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country. This is the time for leaders on both sides of the aisle to speak out against this blatant perversion of our system of justice.

“I stand strongly behind my office’s litigation against the Trump Organization. We conducted a two-year investigation based on the facts and evidence – not politics. Judges have upheld the trial court’s finding that Donald Trump, his company, and his two sons are liable for fraud.

“I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job.”

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10h

Man this video from Tish James is FEROCIOUS.

Whew so good

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10h

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

HELL YEAH

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10h

💯

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10h

She's still ruling from the bench but this looks hopeful.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10h

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10h

This is really useful if you want to understand how trumped up the charges against Tish James are

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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 13h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h

Lindsey Halligan is now asking a grand jury in ED VA to indict the New York attorney general on mortgage fraud claims. The decision comes after Halligan was told by her professional staff that no basis for such indictments existed. This information will be withheld from the grand jury.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 11h

They're gonna fail at this so wildly.

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 11h

3/ Last month:

"Justice Department prosecutors in Virginia believe they have not gathered enough evidence to indict Letitia James."

DOJ struggles to build mortgage fraud case against Trump adversary Letitia James, sources tell CNN | CNN Politics

Justice Department prosecutors in Virginia believe they have not gathered enough evidence to indict Letitia James, the New York Attorney General and long term adversary of President Donald Trump, for ...

www.cnn.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 11h

Trump and RFKjr are trying to demonize autistic people. Do NOT allow this. Push TF back.

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