LPH
@laurenhood.bsky.social
Interior Designer • Pisces • Mom • Wife • Eldest Daughter
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC
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Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
August 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority
National and state support from Republicans and Democrats poured into the race for Iowa Senate District 1 with the GOP supermajority in the balance.
www.desmoinesregister.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
Our Children Are Not the Price of Freedom
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Our Children Are Not the Price of Freedom
Just because we cannot do good perfectly, doesn't mean we shouldn't do all the good we can.
open.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Our Children Are Not the Price of Freedom
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#MorningVibe
Language matters. #ReframeTheNarrative
As I tell my 29 y/o granddaughter, wear what you want, know who you are. No one has the right to cross your boundaries. And if they attempt it, remind them of your true nature.
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights
Language matters. #ReframeTheNarrative
As I tell my 29 y/o granddaughter, wear what you want, know who you are. No one has the right to cross your boundaries. And if they attempt it, remind them of your true nature.
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights
August 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#MorningVibe
Language matters. #ReframeTheNarrative
As I tell my 29 y/o granddaughter, wear what you want, know who you are. No one has the right to cross your boundaries. And if they attempt it, remind them of your true nature.
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights
Language matters. #ReframeTheNarrative
As I tell my 29 y/o granddaughter, wear what you want, know who you are. No one has the right to cross your boundaries. And if they attempt it, remind them of your true nature.
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) doesn't create policy. It reports data. It has strict statistical methods, peer-reviewed models and decades of insulation from political pressure.
Firing the commissioner because the numbers are politically inconvenient is a direct attack on objective reality.
Firing the commissioner because the numbers are politically inconvenient is a direct attack on objective reality.
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report
The president implied that the BLS commissioner, longtime federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."
www.nbcnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) doesn't create policy. It reports data. It has strict statistical methods, peer-reviewed models and decades of insulation from political pressure.
Firing the commissioner because the numbers are politically inconvenient is a direct attack on objective reality.
Firing the commissioner because the numbers are politically inconvenient is a direct attack on objective reality.
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Newt Gingrich: Resigned in shame.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: Spineless “Christian.”
American politics isn’t broken, just the GOP.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: Spineless “Christian.”
American politics isn’t broken, just the GOP.
July 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Newt Gingrich: Resigned in shame.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: Spineless “Christian.”
American politics isn’t broken, just the GOP.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: Spineless “Christian.”
American politics isn’t broken, just the GOP.
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It feels like nobody understands that at college you take actual classes with actual topics. Conservatives think every class is "Marxist Theory and How to Overthrow the State" and a lot of other people think they're all "Job Skills for Jobbing" but they're usually things like "Russian Literature."
July 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It feels like nobody understands that at college you take actual classes with actual topics. Conservatives think every class is "Marxist Theory and How to Overthrow the State" and a lot of other people think they're all "Job Skills for Jobbing" but they're usually things like "Russian Literature."
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With the Epstein debacle and MAGA infighting, it’s easy to want to believe they’re waking up. But, at the end of the day, even if his base ‘turns’ on Trump, they have not turned on Trumpism, and will just turn to the next racist. Unless they turn on THAT, my grace only goes so far.
July 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
With the Epstein debacle and MAGA infighting, it’s easy to want to believe they’re waking up. But, at the end of the day, even if his base ‘turns’ on Trump, they have not turned on Trumpism, and will just turn to the next racist. Unless they turn on THAT, my grace only goes so far.
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As predicted, the House Republicans folded like napkins and decided to kill fellow Americans to give tax cuts to the richest people on Earth.
The damage Trump has done in 6 months is going to be generational.
We destroyed ourselves.
The damage Trump has done in 6 months is going to be generational.
We destroyed ourselves.
July 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
As predicted, the House Republicans folded like napkins and decided to kill fellow Americans to give tax cuts to the richest people on Earth.
The damage Trump has done in 6 months is going to be generational.
We destroyed ourselves.
The damage Trump has done in 6 months is going to be generational.
We destroyed ourselves.
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"A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob... to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to the Justice Department task force that President Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob... to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to the Justice Department task force that President Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
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4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times
Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care
In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and her parents, who live in Bakersfield, have been told they must leave.
www.latimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times
Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
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Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
May 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
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Americans work more hours,
take less vacation,
work longer days,
& retire later.
But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.
take less vacation,
work longer days,
& retire later.
But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.
May 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Americans work more hours,
take less vacation,
work longer days,
& retire later.
But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.
take less vacation,
work longer days,
& retire later.
But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.
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Are we great yet?
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Are we great yet?
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Tariffs were NEVER going to “bring manufacturing back to the US.” There are many reasons, including:
•Even with tariffs, US labor is prohibitively expensive
•America’s supply chain isn’t ready
•Most Americans don’t want to do manufacturing jobs
•Not enough unemployed workers to fill new factories
•Even with tariffs, US labor is prohibitively expensive
•America’s supply chain isn’t ready
•Most Americans don’t want to do manufacturing jobs
•Not enough unemployed workers to fill new factories
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Tariffs were NEVER going to “bring manufacturing back to the US.” There are many reasons, including:
•Even with tariffs, US labor is prohibitively expensive
•America’s supply chain isn’t ready
•Most Americans don’t want to do manufacturing jobs
•Not enough unemployed workers to fill new factories
•Even with tariffs, US labor is prohibitively expensive
•America’s supply chain isn’t ready
•Most Americans don’t want to do manufacturing jobs
•Not enough unemployed workers to fill new factories
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
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The Trump admin is ripping families apart - tearing babies from mothers.
Heidy Sánchez, with no criminal record, a sick 1-year-old, and a U.S. citizen husband, was deported to Cuba despite doing everything right.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Heidy Sánchez, with no criminal record, a sick 1-year-old, and a U.S. citizen husband, was deported to Cuba despite doing everything right.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Tampa woman deported to Cuba gets separated from one-year-old and U.S. citizen husband
“The girl is distressed and doesn´t want to eat,” her father said.
www.miamiherald.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Trump admin is ripping families apart - tearing babies from mothers.
Heidy Sánchez, with no criminal record, a sick 1-year-old, and a U.S. citizen husband, was deported to Cuba despite doing everything right.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Heidy Sánchez, with no criminal record, a sick 1-year-old, and a U.S. citizen husband, was deported to Cuba despite doing everything right.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Medical devices have a highly integrated global supply chain. A typical medical infusion pump manufactured in the US, for example, can contain parts of more than 20 other countries on.ft.com/42qrJjY
April 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Medical devices have a highly integrated global supply chain. A typical medical infusion pump manufactured in the US, for example, can contain parts of more than 20 other countries on.ft.com/42qrJjY
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I mean, it's not like we didn't point out that a loudmouth drunkard with poor impulse control and a history of abuse wouldn't make a great SECDEF...
April 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I mean, it's not like we didn't point out that a loudmouth drunkard with poor impulse control and a history of abuse wouldn't make a great SECDEF...
Who woulda thunk it 🙄
The Pentagon is in "total chaos" and Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role, according to its former top spokesperson, who painted a scene of dysfunction, backstabbing and missteps at the highest levels of the department.
"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth
“The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.
www.politico.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Who woulda thunk it 🙄
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definitive evidence that trump hates this dude
Trump is preparing to make JD Vance the “tariff czar” to deal with the rising prices and other problems that are about to arise because of their tariffs on China.
🔗: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
🔗: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
April 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
definitive evidence that trump hates this dude
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The way they are exploiting this woman’s suffering to try to justify sending a random guy to an El Salvadoran gulag is truly sick
April 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The way they are exploiting this woman’s suffering to try to justify sending a random guy to an El Salvadoran gulag is truly sick