Sara Jane La Liberté
@sarajanemaki.bsky.social
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I complain a lot.
I complain a lot.
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Help me out here:
1. Looking to connect with my Massachusetts people.
2. What kind of posts do you want to see from the AGO? Know your rights? Videos? News? Infographics? More information about some of our lawsuits? Particular policy issues? Consumer protection? I’m all ears.
1. Looking to connect with my Massachusetts people.
2. What kind of posts do you want to see from the AGO? Know your rights? Videos? News? Infographics? More information about some of our lawsuits? Particular policy issues? Consumer protection? I’m all ears.
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Gov. Tim Walz Calls Trump’s Tirade Against Somalis in Minnesota ‘Vile’
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Tim Walz Calls Trump’s Tirade Against Somalis in Minnesota ‘Vile’
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Gov. Tim Walz Calls Trump’s Tirade Against Somalis in Minnesota ‘Vile’
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
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The Supreme Court majority has decided that they are the fact-finders, and the facts are what they want them to be, and quite frankly if District Courts disagree, they can pound sand because they're not the ones in charge.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Supreme Court majority has decided that they are the fact-finders, and the facts are what they want them to be, and quite frankly if District Courts disagree, they can pound sand because they're not the ones in charge.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
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As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
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Everyone at @tulaneu.bsky.social, @lsuscience.bsky.social and elsewhere in Louisiana need to stand up now. It's not just about ACIP, it's about attacks on NIH, on universities, etc. presided over by RFK Jr. Bill Cassidy is more than a coward. He is now an accomplice.
Every time ACIP meets, Bill Cassidy (R, Coward City) makes pathetic mewling sounds about how bad the committee is.
It is Bill Cassidy’s fault that ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Sir, you are a fucking U.S. Senator. Impeach RFK Jr or STFU.
It is Bill Cassidy’s fault that ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Sir, you are a fucking U.S. Senator. Impeach RFK Jr or STFU.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Everyone at @tulaneu.bsky.social, @lsuscience.bsky.social and elsewhere in Louisiana need to stand up now. It's not just about ACIP, it's about attacks on NIH, on universities, etc. presided over by RFK Jr. Bill Cassidy is more than a coward. He is now an accomplice.
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UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds
UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds
Obtaining an eVisa to prove their status or right to legally reside in Britain is causing migrants high levels of stress
The UK’s new digital-only immigration system is creating stress, fear and exclusion for immigrants who rely on their status, a new report has found.
The digitalisation of immigration status began in 2018 and in the middle of this year the government set out that nearly all migrants entering or legally residing in the UK would have to obtain an eVisa to prove their rights. This would make them the first migrants to experience a mandatory digital-only identification system. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
The number of overseas nurses and midwives coming to the UK is collapsing, figures reveal, with rising racism and changes to immigration rules blamed for the fall.
Between April and September, 6,321 nurses and midwives from abroad joined the register of those licensed to practice in the UK, compared with 12,534 who did so in the same period in 2024. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
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This is not a legitimate Supreme Court. This is a court that wants to lock in white-supremacist, right-wing rule.
Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas’ Gerrymandered House Maps talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas’ Gerrymandered House Maps
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 order, has put on hold a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is not a legitimate Supreme Court. This is a court that wants to lock in white-supremacist, right-wing rule.
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When asked about immigration officers’ misuse of “less lethal” weapons, a DHS spokesperson told ProPublica its officers show “incredible restraint” but sometimes must use force as they “put their lives on the line.”
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When asked about immigration officers’ misuse of “less lethal” weapons, a DHS spokesperson told ProPublica its officers show “incredible restraint” but sometimes must use force as they “put their lives on the line.”
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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Well worth your time to read about these successful programs full of smart and caring people.
Powerful & important journalism. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Powerful & important journalism. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
She was pregnant and addicted to fentanyl. Getting to keep her baby saved them both
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Well worth your time to read about these successful programs full of smart and caring people.
Powerful & important journalism. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Powerful & important journalism. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Congress is considering a drastic, first-of-its-kind federal ban on abortion coverage in private health insurance plans that receive tax credits through the Affordable Care Act.
Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now.
Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now.
Protect Abortion Coverage in the ACA
Congress is locked in negotiations over whether to make healthcare affordable or let costs skyrocket. Anti-abortion groups are trying to exploit the debate to push abortion out of reach. We must take action.
action.aclu.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Congress is considering a drastic, first-of-its-kind federal ban on abortion coverage in private health insurance plans that receive tax credits through the Affordable Care Act.
Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now.
Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now.
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The rest of us are ranting about his rigged Supreme Court.
Trump rants about the "rigged election" at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The rest of us are ranting about his rigged Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court endorses minority rule. Says democracy is for suckers.
Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections #ELB
You can find the order. a concurrence, and a dissent at this link. All the Republican-appointed Justices are letting Texas engage in re-redistricting, at least for the 2026 elections, and all the Demo...
electionlawblog.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Supreme Court endorses minority rule. Says democracy is for suckers.
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RIP the Voting Rights Act
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
RIP the Voting Rights Act
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If you're taking from this story that he shouldn't have been granted asylum because of his mental illness then you're doing humanity wrong
More than a year before the Trump administration granted asylum to the suspect in the gunning down of two National Guard troops near the White House, a volunteer’s emails raised concerns that he was unraveling.
A Volunteer’s Dire Warnings About the National Guard D.C. Shooting Suspect
More than a year before the Trump administration granted asylum to the Afghan immigrant, the volunteer’s emails raised concerns that he was unraveling.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If you're taking from this story that he shouldn't have been granted asylum because of his mental illness then you're doing humanity wrong
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The world is already in a worldwide war with fascism. They just won’t call it that yet, but we will come to look back at moments like this as part of a longer term fascist war against Democratic Society and opening shots in a global war for the future.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The world is already in a worldwide war with fascism. They just won’t call it that yet, but we will come to look back at moments like this as part of a longer term fascist war against Democratic Society and opening shots in a global war for the future.
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also balanced budgets are dumb
the govt should do what it can to help the people
its not a business
the govt should do what it can to help the people
its not a business
The last time we had a balanced budget was in the 1990s under a Democratic President.
Republicans have no room to talk about wanting to “balance the budget” after they passed the Big Bad Betrayal — selling us out for a tax break for the rich.
Republicans have no room to talk about wanting to “balance the budget” after they passed the Big Bad Betrayal — selling us out for a tax break for the rich.
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
also balanced budgets are dumb
the govt should do what it can to help the people
its not a business
the govt should do what it can to help the people
its not a business
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Absolutely despicable. If you had one iota of doubt that Trump’s plan all along was to take food off the tables of vulnerable families, let that doubt be crushed.
This is about causing maximum pain and playing political games with people’s lives.
This is about causing maximum pain and playing political games with people’s lives.
Trump administration will block SNAP management funds for blue states
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said officials won’t send money to administer food stamps to states that don’t share information about benefits recipients with the federal government.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Absolutely despicable. If you had one iota of doubt that Trump’s plan all along was to take food off the tables of vulnerable families, let that doubt be crushed.
This is about causing maximum pain and playing political games with people’s lives.
This is about causing maximum pain and playing political games with people’s lives.
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Last thing I'll note is that I also have letters from 2 of the contractors that are building the ballroom, AECOM and Clark Construction.
Both said hey thanks for asking for details about this project, senator, and also our contracts require us to say nothing about what we're doing.
Both said hey thanks for asking for details about this project, senator, and also our contracts require us to say nothing about what we're doing.
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Last thing I'll note is that I also have letters from 2 of the contractors that are building the ballroom, AECOM and Clark Construction.
Both said hey thanks for asking for details about this project, senator, and also our contracts require us to say nothing about what we're doing.
Both said hey thanks for asking for details about this project, senator, and also our contracts require us to say nothing about what we're doing.
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I probably spend too much time thinking about this but we've never seen an administration seek and receive open, craven influence peddling from the world's largest corporations and CEO's. As Trump's popularity and power sinks like a stone how will the prudent disentangle?
The savvy political pivot for corporate leaders in 2026 is probably something like “We have to be mindful that future administrations could have a range of views and we don’t want to become a target by anchoring too much to the views of this administration.”
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I probably spend too much time thinking about this but we've never seen an administration seek and receive open, craven influence peddling from the world's largest corporations and CEO's. As Trump's popularity and power sinks like a stone how will the prudent disentangle?
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Others, like Nvidia and the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, confirmed they donated to the trust specifically to aid Trump’s project.
Credit to them for being upfront about it, I suppose. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Credit to them for being upfront about it, I suppose. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump’s Ballroom Donors Blow Off Senator’s Questions About How Much They Gave
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked for dollar amounts and Trump contacts. Donors responded by boasting about their philanthropy and love of America.
www.huffpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Others, like Nvidia and the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, confirmed they donated to the trust specifically to aid Trump’s project.
Credit to them for being upfront about it, I suppose. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Credit to them for being upfront about it, I suppose. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Was genuinely surprised to see the auto CEO buy-in yesterday, absolute failing by media if none of them gets asked about why they sat through the racist rant.
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Was genuinely surprised to see the auto CEO buy-in yesterday, absolute failing by media if none of them gets asked about why they sat through the racist rant.