@laurathor.bsky.social
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My sign from yesterday's @50501mi.bsky.social protest in Portage, MI. The message is courtesy of my new favorite series called "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by @mattdinniman.bsky.social
An anti-fascist book series for an anti-fascism movement.
An anti-fascist book series for an anti-fascism movement.
April 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My sign from yesterday's @50501mi.bsky.social protest in Portage, MI. The message is courtesy of my new favorite series called "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by @mattdinniman.bsky.social
An anti-fascist book series for an anti-fascism movement.
An anti-fascist book series for an anti-fascism movement.
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People need to be hearing about this shit every single day. Zoom in on literally anything here.
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
People need to be hearing about this shit every single day. Zoom in on literally anything here.
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Something my mind cannot stop thinking about is that in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump admin ADMITTED that he was wrongfully deported and they they still are fighting as hard as they can to not bring an innocent man home because it will make them look bad.
April 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Something my mind cannot stop thinking about is that in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump admin ADMITTED that he was wrongfully deported and they they still are fighting as hard as they can to not bring an innocent man home because it will make them look bad.
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Sanders: When Trump looks out at this crowd… they pay attention to this stuff, Elon Musk does. You are scaring the hell out of them. Because they know what we know: They are the 1% and we are the 99%
April 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sanders: When Trump looks out at this crowd… they pay attention to this stuff, Elon Musk does. You are scaring the hell out of them. Because they know what we know: They are the 1% and we are the 99%
Me and 300ish Democracy supporters in Big Rapids MI today.
April 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Me and 300ish Democracy supporters in Big Rapids MI today.
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1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com
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Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
The government ignored his protective legal status & deported Abrego Garcia. “Now they claim that the court is powerless to order any relief. If that’s true, the immigration laws are meaningless because the government can deport ANYONE & no court can do anything about it once it’s done.”
March 31, 2025
On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln.
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
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"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant
March 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant
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So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
International tourism is worth $200 billion every year to the US economy.
Sorry, *was.
Sorry, *was.
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
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If they won't lift em up
We will
Sgt William Carney
Escaping slavery Sgt Carney volunteered in the union army.
At the battle of Fort Wagner, after every member of the color guard was killed and despite being shot four times Wagner led the charge.
He received the medal of honor on May 23 1900
We will
Sgt William Carney
Escaping slavery Sgt Carney volunteered in the union army.
At the battle of Fort Wagner, after every member of the color guard was killed and despite being shot four times Wagner led the charge.
He received the medal of honor on May 23 1900
March 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If they won't lift em up
We will
Sgt William Carney
Escaping slavery Sgt Carney volunteered in the union army.
At the battle of Fort Wagner, after every member of the color guard was killed and despite being shot four times Wagner led the charge.
He received the medal of honor on May 23 1900
We will
Sgt William Carney
Escaping slavery Sgt Carney volunteered in the union army.
At the battle of Fort Wagner, after every member of the color guard was killed and despite being shot four times Wagner led the charge.
He received the medal of honor on May 23 1900
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Also a work in progress… feel free to update, copy, paste and post it. No credit necessary.
March 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Also a work in progress… feel free to update, copy, paste and post it. No credit necessary.
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Reup: I've been trying to track the things Trump has taken away. This is VERY much a work in progress, imperfectly presented.
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
Work in Progress: What Trump Took Away - emptywheel
A preliminary list of the things Trump has taken away.
www.emptywheel.net
March 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reup: I've been trying to track the things Trump has taken away. This is VERY much a work in progress, imperfectly presented.
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
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This is the final step on the road to authoritarian fascism.
If the President can rule by decree and cannot be scrutinized or reviewed by the other two branches, then this experiment in democracy is done.
If the President can rule by decree and cannot be scrutinized or reviewed by the other two branches, then this experiment in democracy is done.
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is the final step on the road to authoritarian fascism.
If the President can rule by decree and cannot be scrutinized or reviewed by the other two branches, then this experiment in democracy is done.
If the President can rule by decree and cannot be scrutinized or reviewed by the other two branches, then this experiment in democracy is done.
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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump made a “decision to sabotage” the Department of Education’s civil rights functions, the complaint from parents and advocates alleges.
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social
Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth…
propub.li
March 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump made a “decision to sabotage” the Department of Education’s civil rights functions, the complaint from parents and advocates alleges.
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social Rep Jamie Raskin has created a FOIA form letter for people to demand details on if and how their data stored on government systems has been used.
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
jamieraskin.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Rep Jamie Raskin has created a FOIA form letter for people to demand details on if and how their data stored on government systems has been used.
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
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Trump declares US citizens protesting Tesla are “garbage” and that if he catches you doing it he’s going to declare you a domestic terrorist. #3E #TeslaTakeDown
March 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump declares US citizens protesting Tesla are “garbage” and that if he catches you doing it he’s going to declare you a domestic terrorist. #3E #TeslaTakeDown
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Correct ⤵️⤵️⤵️
The way people act like they won’t actually cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security gives similar vibes to when they acted like they wouldn’t actually overturn Roe
Stop underestimating them
Stop underestimating them
March 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Correct ⤵️⤵️⤵️
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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
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In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests?
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.
February 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests?
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
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This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own:
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own: