LRS
@abbylincolnlrs.bsky.social
Badger & Hawkeye mom | Abe Lincoln fan | Justice40 freelancer
Reposted by LRS
Pro tip: find a midterm campaign to get involved with and help all year.
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Pro tip: find a midterm campaign to get involved with and help all year.
Reposted by LRS
The constant, simmering background stress and anxiety I felt when they were in Chicago this fall was unlike anything I had ever experienced. They fucking suck.
For people who have not yet had ICE descend on their city, I think it’s hard to convey how all-encompassing their presence is. You constantly hear about the neighbors they’ve taken, get texts about where not to go that day, see signs from where people were taken, hear whistles from down your block.
ICE killed a member of our community today. ICE showed up at my kid’s daycare today. ICE is bragging about the number of families they’ve torn apart in a matter of days, and promising that their campaign of terror isn’t done.
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The constant, simmering background stress and anxiety I felt when they were in Chicago this fall was unlike anything I had ever experienced. They fucking suck.
Reposted by LRS
FLASHBACK: Lindsey Graham explodes on Trump on Jan. 6, 2021:
“All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
“All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
January 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
FLASHBACK: Lindsey Graham explodes on Trump on Jan. 6, 2021:
“All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
“All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
Reposted by LRS
Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead the country because she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize rather than demanding it be given to Trump, which was viewed as an “ultimate sin.”
January 5, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead the country because she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize rather than demanding it be given to Trump, which was viewed as an “ultimate sin.”
Reposted by LRS
Trump: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and the European Union needs us to have it. And they know it.”
Where’s Congress?
Where’s Congress?
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Trump: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and the European Union needs us to have it. And they know it.”
Where’s Congress?
Where’s Congress?
Reposted by LRS
Reposted by LRS
Quick planners.
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Quick planners.
Reposted by LRS
How long until Maduro is pardoned in exchange for American companies' access to Venezuelan oil fields?
A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
How long until Maduro is pardoned in exchange for American companies' access to Venezuelan oil fields?
A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Reposted by LRS
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
Reposted by LRS
The United States Postal Service (USPS) finalized a rule on postmarks to reflect changes in its mail pickup processes that could cause an uptick in blown deadlines for documents sent by post, including mail-in ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Rural Mail-In Ballots at Risk as Post Office Finalizes Changes to Postmark Dates
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The United States Postal Service (USPS) finalized a rule on postmarks to reflect changes in its mail pickup processes that could cause an uptick in blown deadlines for documents sent by post, including mail-in ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Reposted by LRS
Please continue to pass this on to everyone you know because this issue is too important to overlook: 👇🏻
Trump acolytes at the US Postal Service quietly issued a rule on Christmas Eve that will allow some branches, in critical electoral battleground locations, to reject a ballot by delaying a postmark. shero.substack.com/p/new-usps-m...
New USPS Mailbox Rule Will Hinder Mail-in Voting
SHERO is a reader-supported publication that makes most articles free and available to the public.
shero.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Please continue to pass this on to everyone you know because this issue is too important to overlook: 👇🏻
Reposted by LRS
Fire and fury, signifying nothing: Elon and his merry band of DOGE saboteurs lied through their teeth about savings. It was never about saving money; it was about ruthlessly consolidating power.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Fire and fury, signifying nothing: Elon and his merry band of DOGE saboteurs lied through their teeth about savings. It was never about saving money; it was about ruthlessly consolidating power.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Reposted by LRS
Excellent question.
December 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Excellent question.
Reposted by LRS
I am once again asking everyone to convert to the international fixed calendar. 13 months, 28 days, four week long all year. You'll know what day of the week it is based on the date.
December 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I am once again asking everyone to convert to the international fixed calendar. 13 months, 28 days, four week long all year. You'll know what day of the week it is based on the date.
Reposted by LRS
This year’s Presidential Christmas card.
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This year’s Presidential Christmas card.
Reposted by LRS
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
Reposted by LRS
ICE’s Illinois arrests during Trump’s crackdown were among the nation’s highest — and most people arrested didn’t have criminal records.
Here are 4 other findings our investigative team discovered from ICE's own data: blockclubchi.co/3YM9x1i
Here are 4 other findings our investigative team discovered from ICE's own data: blockclubchi.co/3YM9x1i
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ICE’s Illinois arrests during Trump’s crackdown were among the nation’s highest — and most people arrested didn’t have criminal records.
Here are 4 other findings our investigative team discovered from ICE's own data: blockclubchi.co/3YM9x1i
Here are 4 other findings our investigative team discovered from ICE's own data: blockclubchi.co/3YM9x1i
Reposted by LRS
hello milwaukee and chicago
December 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
hello milwaukee and chicago
Reposted by LRS
New tool in the works: alongside partners to develop a Flood and Sewage Vulnerability Tool, which aims to highlight neighborhoods at risk of and impacted by flooding. With this project we are centering residents’ experience to address flood risks and correct inequities. Read more: bit.ly/3KWkeLt
Flood and Sewage Coalition
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New tool in the works: alongside partners to develop a Flood and Sewage Vulnerability Tool, which aims to highlight neighborhoods at risk of and impacted by flooding. With this project we are centering residents’ experience to address flood risks and correct inequities. Read more: bit.ly/3KWkeLt
Reposted by LRS
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
So horrible
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
So horrible
Reposted by LRS
Tell me again about how Trump is really running the country and that everyone respects him…
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Tell me again about how Trump is really running the country and that everyone respects him…
Reposted by LRS
Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
Reposted by LRS
This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...