Lisa Lessard
@lisalessard.bsky.social
Senior Californian Dog Lover and Democrat looking for good information to live by and be happy
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They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
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Still hard to believe that there are videos and witnesses to someone shooting a woman in the face three times. Yet the shooter has not been arrested even though the police know who and where he is.
January 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Still hard to believe that there are videos and witnesses to someone shooting a woman in the face three times. Yet the shooter has not been arrested even though the police know who and where he is.
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Open it. Look inside.
This is one I could get behind.
January 18, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Open it. Look inside.
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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It’s also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectuals’ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
Scientific conferences are where the exchange of important ideas happen. It’s where new collaborations come forth and innovation dreamed up. It’s really disheartening that NIH scientists and representatives are being banned from attending. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 PM
It’s also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectuals’ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
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It increasingly seems like many of these ICE goons are masking not because they're worried we'll learn who they are out of uniform and more because they're worried what other uniforms they've worn.
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
It increasingly seems like many of these ICE goons are masking not because they're worried we'll learn who they are out of uniform and more because they're worried what other uniforms they've worn.
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Pedocon Theory
A former South Carolina Republican lawmaker and member of the ultra-Conservative Freedom Caucus, who supported drag and trans healthcare bans “to protect childhood innocence”, has been handed a prison sentence for distributing vile child sexual abuse material.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3NNbW9K
Read more: https://bit.ly/3NNbW9K
January 18, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Pedocon Theory
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I think it’s fair to say that under any previous president a White House staffer who spoke about a NATO ally like this would have been hog tied and throw bodily out over the White House fence in propitiation of the ravening congressional committees marching down Pennsylvania Ave to investigate.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I think it’s fair to say that under any previous president a White House staffer who spoke about a NATO ally like this would have been hog tied and throw bodily out over the White House fence in propitiation of the ravening congressional committees marching down Pennsylvania Ave to investigate.
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The Pentagon failed its eighth audit in a row just last month.
It's past time to rein in spending on ineffective programs and end waste, fraud, and abuse!
It's past time to rein in spending on ineffective programs and end waste, fraud, and abuse!
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The Pentagon failed its eighth audit in a row just last month.
It's past time to rein in spending on ineffective programs and end waste, fraud, and abuse!
It's past time to rein in spending on ineffective programs and end waste, fraud, and abuse!
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Congress is quietly rejecting almost all of the deepest cuts to federal programs that Trump requested, turning back his efforts to slash foreign aid, global health, scientific research, the arts and more in a bipartisan repudiation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Congress Is Spurning Many of Trump’s Proposed Spending Cuts
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Congress is quietly rejecting almost all of the deepest cuts to federal programs that Trump requested, turning back his efforts to slash foreign aid, global health, scientific research, the arts and more in a bipartisan repudiation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
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Pass this on please
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Pass this on please
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Sen. Murkowski: “When you ask the American people whether or not they think it is a good idea for the United States to acquire Greenland, the vast majority, some 75%, will say, we do not think that that is a good idea. This senator from Alaska does not think it is a good idea.”
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Sen. Murkowski: “When you ask the American people whether or not they think it is a good idea for the United States to acquire Greenland, the vast majority, some 75%, will say, we do not think that that is a good idea. This senator from Alaska does not think it is a good idea.”
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NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Restaurant people in other cities (and Minneapolis too):
Is your back of house staff mostly immigrant?
Do you get doordash / third party drivers?
What is the language spoken by them the most? Figure that out.
Order:
www.redcardorders.com
You can also print them, here:
www.ilrc.org/redcards
Is your back of house staff mostly immigrant?
Do you get doordash / third party drivers?
What is the language spoken by them the most? Figure that out.
Order:
www.redcardorders.com
You can also print them, here:
www.ilrc.org/redcards
Know Your Rights Cards | Red Card Orders | Immigrant Rights
A UV coated, double sided 3.5x2 card with your rights. Available in 15 languages including English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Hmong and Traditional Chinese. Union Printed.
www.redcardorders.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Restaurant people in other cities (and Minneapolis too):
Is your back of house staff mostly immigrant?
Do you get doordash / third party drivers?
What is the language spoken by them the most? Figure that out.
Order:
www.redcardorders.com
You can also print them, here:
www.ilrc.org/redcards
Is your back of house staff mostly immigrant?
Do you get doordash / third party drivers?
What is the language spoken by them the most? Figure that out.
Order:
www.redcardorders.com
You can also print them, here:
www.ilrc.org/redcards
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Uh, the Pierce County (Tacoma), Washington sheriff just threatened to secede and overthrow the county government by force if they try to fire him.
Like no shit. No exaggeration. Watch it.
Like no shit. No exaggeration. Watch it.
Pierce County, are you guys okay? This is absolutely insane. Video from @hannahkrieg.bsky.social.
Neo Nazi Sheriff Swank basically threatened elected officials with violent retribution. Also, he sounds exactly like Steven Miller.
Neo Nazi Sheriff Swank basically threatened elected officials with violent retribution. Also, he sounds exactly like Steven Miller.
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Uh, the Pierce County (Tacoma), Washington sheriff just threatened to secede and overthrow the county government by force if they try to fire him.
Like no shit. No exaggeration. Watch it.
Like no shit. No exaggeration. Watch it.
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LA Times sums up the state of our government: federal Nazi propaganda.
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
Nazi-esque slogans on official government communications? Yes, that's where we're at
Official U.S. government accounts are posting content with direct ties to white supremacy and even Nazi Germany.
www.latimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
LA Times sums up the state of our government: federal Nazi propaganda.
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
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Gestapo
"Two to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota.
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota
YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Gestapo
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1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
January 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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ICE officer leaves ICE “battle plan” on the bus. This is the quality that virtually no screening and only 47 days of training gets you.
January 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
ICE officer leaves ICE “battle plan” on the bus. This is the quality that virtually no screening and only 47 days of training gets you.
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New independent media outlet The LA Local, launched in response to how legacy media is failing Angelenos, expands on the Boyle Heights Beat channel with coverage of Inglewood, South LA, Koreatown, Pico Union and Westlake.
thelalocal.org/news/welcome...
thelalocal.org/news/welcome...
Welcome to The LA Local: We built this newsroom for you | LA Local
We interviewed hundreds of residents from across Los Angeles County and designed our newsroom to meet your needs.
thelalocal.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
New independent media outlet The LA Local, launched in response to how legacy media is failing Angelenos, expands on the Boyle Heights Beat channel with coverage of Inglewood, South LA, Koreatown, Pico Union and Westlake.
thelalocal.org/news/welcome...
thelalocal.org/news/welcome...
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We are told there isnt enough money for healthcare. Yet Trump is using 30 Billion taxpayer dollars to put more ICE thugs on our streets
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 AM
We are told there isnt enough money for healthcare. Yet Trump is using 30 Billion taxpayer dollars to put more ICE thugs on our streets
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...