@lauriejkc.bsky.social
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Never forget.
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Never forget.
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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Let’s talk about ICE. This post is long, but it’s worth reading to understand how to protect your right to privacy.
It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.
It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Let’s talk about ICE. This post is long, but it’s worth reading to understand how to protect your right to privacy.
It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.
It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The images we’ve now all seen of the East Wing being demolished are heartbreaking,” Patti Davis writes. “Over the centuries, many presidents have altered the White House, and certainly older buildings need to be updated and repaired. But this is complete destruction.”
“The images we’ve now all seen of the East Wing being demolished are heartbreaking,” Patti Davis writes. “Over the centuries, many presidents have altered the White House, and certainly older buildings need to be updated and repaired. But this is complete destruction.”
Opinion | I Resented the White House Bitterly. Now I Mourn It.
The East Wing was where Eleanor Roosevelt walked. It was where Jacqueline Kennedy planned the Rose Garden. Now it’s all but gone.
nyti.ms
October 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The images we’ve now all seen of the East Wing being demolished are heartbreaking,” Patti Davis writes. “Over the centuries, many presidents have altered the White House, and certainly older buildings need to be updated and repaired. But this is complete destruction.”
“The images we’ve now all seen of the East Wing being demolished are heartbreaking,” Patti Davis writes. “Over the centuries, many presidents have altered the White House, and certainly older buildings need to be updated and repaired. But this is complete destruction.”
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Seems like an important detail
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Seems like an important detail
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Annual inflation picked up slightly to 3% last month in a report that came out nine days late due to the government shutdown.
U.S. Inflation Picked Up to 3% in September
Consumer prices rose 3% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said, hotter than August’s increase of 2.9%. Economists had expected a rise of 3.1%
on.wsj.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Annual inflation picked up slightly to 3% last month in a report that came out nine days late due to the government shutdown.
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We’re sure many of you have seen the video of the protester playing the Star Wars “Imperial March.” He was arrested for no reason. A Washington, D.C., resident who protested while playing the “Imperial March” theme from Star Wars has filed a federal lawsuit against
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We’re sure many of you have seen the video of the protester playing the Star Wars “Imperial March.” He was arrested for no reason. A Washington, D.C., resident who protested while playing the “Imperial March” theme from Star Wars has filed a federal lawsuit against
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
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Please read. Thoughts:
(1) some of this precedes Trump and is bigger than Trump.A story about how we allowed our rights to be eroded post 9/11
(2)Trump takes that pre-existing condition and pours gasoline on it
(3) a gov’t that treats its own citizens as the enemy is not fit to govern in a democracy
(1) some of this precedes Trump and is bigger than Trump.A story about how we allowed our rights to be eroded post 9/11
(2)Trump takes that pre-existing condition and pours gasoline on it
(3) a gov’t that treats its own citizens as the enemy is not fit to govern in a democracy
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action. www.wired.com/story/dhs-te...
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
www.wired.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Please read. Thoughts:
(1) some of this precedes Trump and is bigger than Trump.A story about how we allowed our rights to be eroded post 9/11
(2)Trump takes that pre-existing condition and pours gasoline on it
(3) a gov’t that treats its own citizens as the enemy is not fit to govern in a democracy
(1) some of this precedes Trump and is bigger than Trump.A story about how we allowed our rights to be eroded post 9/11
(2)Trump takes that pre-existing condition and pours gasoline on it
(3) a gov’t that treats its own citizens as the enemy is not fit to govern in a democracy
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One of these photos are the camp bunks of Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz. Meant to hold ICE detainees. The other is LITERALLY the bunks of Auschwitz-Birkenau nearly a century later, that held deportees. Yes, if you support Trump and these camps, you are on the wrong side of history. You are complicit.
July 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of these photos are the camp bunks of Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz. Meant to hold ICE detainees. The other is LITERALLY the bunks of Auschwitz-Birkenau nearly a century later, that held deportees. Yes, if you support Trump and these camps, you are on the wrong side of history. You are complicit.
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A CBO analysis finds far deeper Medicaid cuts in the GOP budget bill than previous versions: 11.8M would become uninsured in the next decade & more than $1T in Medicaid cuts
Our @pbsnews.org conversation @lbarronlopez.bsky.social with @larrylevitt.bsky.social @kff.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Our @pbsnews.org conversation @lbarronlopez.bsky.social with @larrylevitt.bsky.social @kff.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Who would be affected by health care cuts in Senate version of Trump's budget bill
Recent changes to President Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut roughly $1.1 trillion in health care spending over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It als...
www.pbs.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A CBO analysis finds far deeper Medicaid cuts in the GOP budget bill than previous versions: 11.8M would become uninsured in the next decade & more than $1T in Medicaid cuts
Our @pbsnews.org conversation @lbarronlopez.bsky.social with @larrylevitt.bsky.social @kff.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Our @pbsnews.org conversation @lbarronlopez.bsky.social with @larrylevitt.bsky.social @kff.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Just an idea - start a recall of your representatives (Congress or Senate) and get them on the next ballot to replace them.
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just an idea - start a recall of your representatives (Congress or Senate) and get them on the next ballot to replace them.
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The Trump administration has begun firing employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science.
Mass Layoffs Begin at NOAA
The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Trump administration has begun firing employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science.
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🔥WATCH: “My people used to write country songs about this and march with coal miners. Now look at us— singing the boss man’s praises, marching straight towards the cliff’s edge with smiles on.”
TN’s own trae crowder on Trump & Elon’s DOGE rampage.
FULL: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2P77fEy/
TN’s own trae crowder on Trump & Elon’s DOGE rampage.
FULL: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2P77fEy/
February 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🔥WATCH: “My people used to write country songs about this and march with coal miners. Now look at us— singing the boss man’s praises, marching straight towards the cliff’s edge with smiles on.”
TN’s own trae crowder on Trump & Elon’s DOGE rampage.
FULL: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2P77fEy/
TN’s own trae crowder on Trump & Elon’s DOGE rampage.
FULL: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2P77fEy/
FYI This was on Next-door
Christine Drazen at New China Buffet, 9th ST Corvallis 2/24 12pm Items to discuss Park Svc, Consumer Protection, IRS layoffs, air traffic controllers layoffs
5. Eject Musk&his minions no security clearance/no approval by congress
6.Social Security - increase salary limit
Christine Drazen at New China Buffet, 9th ST Corvallis 2/24 12pm Items to discuss Park Svc, Consumer Protection, IRS layoffs, air traffic controllers layoffs
5. Eject Musk&his minions no security clearance/no approval by congress
6.Social Security - increase salary limit
February 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
FYI This was on Next-door
Christine Drazen at New China Buffet, 9th ST Corvallis 2/24 12pm Items to discuss Park Svc, Consumer Protection, IRS layoffs, air traffic controllers layoffs
5. Eject Musk&his minions no security clearance/no approval by congress
6.Social Security - increase salary limit
Christine Drazen at New China Buffet, 9th ST Corvallis 2/24 12pm Items to discuss Park Svc, Consumer Protection, IRS layoffs, air traffic controllers layoffs
5. Eject Musk&his minions no security clearance/no approval by congress
6.Social Security - increase salary limit
So what is the goal of the new Administration.. Tarriffs hurt the USA economy and other nations are gleefully creating new trade agreements without the USA. The Administration wants to keep the tax or deepen tax cuts and cut programs.. IMHO it is to get a few more rich richer and destroy our nation
February 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So what is the goal of the new Administration.. Tarriffs hurt the USA economy and other nations are gleefully creating new trade agreements without the USA. The Administration wants to keep the tax or deepen tax cuts and cut programs.. IMHO it is to get a few more rich richer and destroy our nation
Latest executive orders IMHO will create international chaos and provide openings for Russia and China. Also guts social service nets for those scraping by.. foodbanks, utility assistance and housing assistance. Way to kick people struggling. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Orders Federal Grants Pause
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Latest executive orders IMHO will create international chaos and provide openings for Russia and China. Also guts social service nets for those scraping by.. foodbanks, utility assistance and housing assistance. Way to kick people struggling. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Holy shit. Trump didn’t put his hand on the Bible when taking the oath of office.
January 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Holy shit. Trump didn’t put his hand on the Bible when taking the oath of office.