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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Apr 7

Trump's tariffs sabotaging the US and world economy for now real good reasons other than a made up "emergency" are now being reported as an administrative mistake.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Apr 3

Tariffs kicked in yesterday. This is what it looks like today.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 28

"Loyalty to Trump is the national security crisis."

The incompetence that leads to careless mistakes by his unqualified Cabinet members works in his favor as they depend on him to avoid jail.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 27

Interesting data on very low approval rates of the Republicans coming out of Texas. It is not just the blue states that are feeling the pain of the current administration.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 27

I predict the Feds will take up the complaints about Williams and Lamar at the Super Bowl as part of their general DEI/Woke persecution although based on 125 complaints from 125 million viewers.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 25

Johnson floats the idea that the US Congress could eliminate the Federal Courts. Can the Congress take such a dramatic approach to solve their complaint that the courts are challenging Trumps many EOs. Paradoxically, a federal court--the Supreme one--would decide.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 24

US Supreme Court declines to accept case that would have challenged the "actual malice" requirement of defamation brought by a Trump donor suing the AP. A win for the media and freedom of speech.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 24

The US has lived a constant identity struggle that continues today. History shows us the push and pull from forces in favor of an oligarchy against the forces in favor of a liberal democracy. Here we are in yet another push and pull. How will it end?

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 23

No surprise...Republicans in Congress are being paid by Musk to seek impeachment of judges who rule against Musk's DOGE efforts. They don't even try to hide the corruption.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 20

During the Dirty Wars in Latin America, political activists and perceived "agitators" were "disappeared"....arrested by unidentifiable agents, not told what they did wrong, held incommunicado, denied any court proceeding. This is now happening in the U.S.
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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 20

For all those who thought it was an exaggeration that the "GREAT" in MAGA referred to a time when white supremacy reigned, you were wrong.

Benjamin Davis @yaybenjamindavis.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 19

Unhinged Miller.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 18

I hope so!
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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

On Point (NPR) provided an excellent analysis of the protests on Columbia's campus which form the basis of Mahmoud Khalil's recent detention. The interview of Prof. Cole on free speech in the US is very informative for anyone feeling like they need detail.
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil and how the Trump administration's actions threaten free speech

The Trump White House is using Department of Homeland Security intelligence to identify pro-Palestinian college protestors. Courts have ruled that campus protests are protected by the First Amendment....

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

Trump slashes another working class benefit given by Biden: taking away the higher minimum wage (which is still too low to live on).

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

Miller is the crazy man behind many of Trump's extreme measures. Unhinged and dangerous. My understanding is that many of the men sent to El Salvador had never even had a trial.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 17

an unhinged Stephen Miller on Fox News: "Andrew Weissmann is an absolute moron. He's a moron and he's a fool and he's a degenerate."

Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

US border czar declares: "I don't care what judges think." A complete assault on the rule of law.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

Trump now thinks he can declare null and void Biden's pardons to further persecute his perceived political enemies, including those who investigated the insurrection. He is drunk with power.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

Attacking higher education is always strategic in tyranny as it dismantles free thought. Trump is investigating 50 US universities for DEI programs, especially related to programs to advance traditionally marginalized populations. Hold on funding til compliant.
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Trump Administration Opens Investigations At More Than 50 Universities In Anti-DEI Campaign

“Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

The Constitutional Crisis has officially begun. The Trump Administration defied a court order to hold a legal immigrant's deportation for 24 hours pending an appeal. She is a scientist and professor at Brown University.

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Brown University Doctor Deported Despite Court Order Blocking Removal - EconoTimes

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a 34-year-old Rhode Island physician and assistant professor at Brown Universitys medical school, has been deported to Lebanon despite a judges order halting her removal. Alawieh, a...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 17

Dictator shit

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

The silence is deafening.

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Stay Silent and Stay Powerless Against Trump’s Tyranny - Ralph Nader

By Ralph Nader March 14, 2025 There are reasons why influential or knowledgeable Americans are staying silent as the worsening fascist dictatorship of the Trumpsters and Musketeers gets more entrenche...

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 17

No institution of higher education can sit this one out. It will be dominos without resistance.

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First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 16

Graham claiming top law firms deserve to be sanctioned by Trump for making up legal claims to politically persecute and ruin Trump. Funny how he says "we don't get it" when making statements about top lawyers and judges which reveal a complete detachment from reality.

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Lisa Laplante @lisalaplante.bsky.social · Mar 16

As predicted by Harris, Putin is eating Trump for lunch.

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