lauren
@elledeejo.bsky.social
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lauren
@elledeejo.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Scenes from last night's Rally to Protect Trans Kids (& to shame NYU Langone for halting trans youth gender-affirming care after Trump's EO) 📸
🙏 thank you 🙏
@socialists.nyc 🌹
@jfrejnyc.bsky.social
@pflag.org
etc.
🙏 thank you 🙏
@socialists.nyc 🌹
@jfrejnyc.bsky.social
@pflag.org
etc.
From today's @wsj.com CMO Today: cmo.cmail19.com/t/d-e-gttsjt...
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
From today's @wsj.com CMO Today: cmo.cmail19.com/t/d-e-gttsjt...
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I will venmo any reporter $400 to ask trump “what did marco rubio tell you in your cabinet meeting yesterday”
I will Venmo any reporter $300 to ask trump “what is the name of the man who passed out standing next to you today”
I will venmo any reporter $250 to ask chuck schumer why he voted with donald trump in the new york mayoral race
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I will venmo any reporter $400 to ask trump “what did marco rubio tell you in your cabinet meeting yesterday”
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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Showing me a needle shot on a story about a measles outbreak gets me to associate vaccination with disease... which is wrong.
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Showing me a needle shot on a story about a measles outbreak gets me to associate vaccination with disease... which is wrong.
very annoying that going outside, walking 30 minutes to take a mat pilates class, then walking home, cured me of being moody & mopey.
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
very annoying that going outside, walking 30 minutes to take a mat pilates class, then walking home, cured me of being moody & mopey.
the rad thing about being almost 40 is all the parties your 40-year-old friends throw for a whole year
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
the rad thing about being almost 40 is all the parties your 40-year-old friends throw for a whole year
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The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
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o/u 2.5 months until he says a slur
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
o/u 2.5 months until he says a slur
has any theater person made the crossover joke, re: Nuzzi?
"Bobby is my hobby,
And I'm givin' it up!"
"Bobby is my hobby,
And I'm givin' it up!"
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
has any theater person made the crossover joke, re: Nuzzi?
"Bobby is my hobby,
And I'm givin' it up!"
"Bobby is my hobby,
And I'm givin' it up!"
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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I clicked on this video because I love this production of Merrily We Roll Along, and something so bad happens in the first ten seconds that I am now forming a commission to investigate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAlV...
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I clicked on this video because I love this production of Merrily We Roll Along, and something so bad happens in the first ten seconds that I am now forming a commission to investigate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAlV...
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if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
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shout-out to good PR when it's about your brother www.atlantichealth.org/health-artic...
A Police Officer’s Complex Heart Surgery Gives New Life | Atlantic Health
When a police officer from Lake Hopatcong started experiencing extreme chest pressure, doctors found a rare, life-threatening heart condition. With the help of Atlantic Health, he has a second chance ...
www.atlantichealth.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
shout-out to good PR when it's about your brother www.atlantichealth.org/health-artic...
PSA to all the gem-heads out there: Digby & Iona is 20% off through midnight (not sure if that's tonight or *next* Sunday tbh) digbyandiona.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
PSA to all the gem-heads out there: Digby & Iona is 20% off through midnight (not sure if that's tonight or *next* Sunday tbh) digbyandiona.com
even if it wasn't part of the plan, it is now.
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
even if it wasn't part of the plan, it is now.
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And yes, honey, I recognize the signs of disordered eating and body dysmorphia. I turned 13 in the year 2000. I been there.
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
And yes, honey, I recognize the signs of disordered eating and body dysmorphia. I turned 13 in the year 2000. I been there.
An unsurprisingly execellent list nymag.com/strategist/a...
The Best and Most Giftable New York City Merch
For the person who thinks it’s a helluva town.
nymag.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
An unsurprisingly execellent list nymag.com/strategist/a...
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Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Opinion | I believed Hillary Clinton was a sex trafficker because one of her donors owned a pizza restaurant and "cheese pizza" has the same initials as "child pornography." Here's why I don't think Donald Trump's multi-decade best friendship with a sex trafficker connects him to sex trafficking.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Opinion | I believed Hillary Clinton was a sex trafficker because one of her donors owned a pizza restaurant and "cheese pizza" has the same initials as "child pornography." Here's why I don't think Donald Trump's multi-decade best friendship with a sex trafficker connects him to sex trafficking.
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New: In an extraordinary appearance at a @socialists.nyc meet tonight, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani urged the leftist group to not endorse Chi Osse's run against Hakeem Jeffries, saying the move would make it "more difficult" to enact his agenda in NYC, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/m...
Mamdani pleads directly with NYC-DSA to not back Chi Osse’s run against Hakeem Jeffries
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appeared at a Democratic Socialists of America meeting Wednesday night to urge the group to not endorse his onetime campaign surrogate Chi Osse’s 2026 challenge aga…
www.nydailynews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
New: In an extraordinary appearance at a @socialists.nyc meet tonight, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani urged the leftist group to not endorse Chi Osse's run against Hakeem Jeffries, saying the move would make it "more difficult" to enact his agenda in NYC, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/m...
"Was the penny discontinued because of woke? Something to consider. Many people are saying this." - R. Eric Thomas
letter.rericthomas.com/penny/
letter.rericthomas.com/penny/
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Was the penny discontinued because of woke? Something to consider. Many people are saying this." - R. Eric Thomas
letter.rericthomas.com/penny/
letter.rericthomas.com/penny/
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In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.