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Lisa Tozzi

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Everything’s going to be just fine. Now go upstairs, pack your bags. We're going to begin a new life under the sea I sometimes write things https://www.rollingstone.com/author/lisa-tozzi/ lisatozzi @ gmail dot com Signal: @lisatozzi.44

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20h

Illinois sued to block Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, saying “the American people…should not live under the threat of occupation…particularly not because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor.” https://bit.ly/4q4KEL4

Illinois Sues to Block Trump’s Deployment of Texas National Guard in Chicago

Read more here.

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

At least the memes are pretty good

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

That sounds lovely

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Dude. I consider it a personal assault that this is all happening as I have been laid off.

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I remember joining the NYT as a web news editor in 2000 and being constantly reminded over my 13 years there that I had not done the “stations of the cross” of working as a reporter on metro and national and fore… whew. Good night and good luck!

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I need to stop buying T-shirts

Also me: take my money!

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I was yelling at the TV

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

A coalition of solar energy companies, labor unions, nonprofit groups and homeowners sued the EPA on Monday over its termination of $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes.

Groups Sue E.P.A. Over $7 Billion in ‘Solar for All’ Grants

The lawsuit accused the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally revoking the money without congressional approval.

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I have several low- genius pitches I’ve been saving for the day someone decides to reward us for our brilliant but maybe a tic less brilliant ideas

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Hail St Nick

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Hahahah 🍻

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly! I don’t romanticize these giant institutions, especially in recent years, but it is insane that they are putting her in charge and I can’t imagine the staff being chill about it

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Political Points. A NYT-ABC News joint. You could watch on Real Player, or more reliably on the big ABC screen in Times Square. It was during the 2000 presidential election and part of my job was to convince the NYT that the internet was not going away and they should embrace new things. Hahahahahah

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I was like “do you remember when hardly anyone had high speed internet? Yeah, well I worked on a daily politics show you could only watch on Real Player” (crickets)

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I made a Real Player reference lately and felt 100 years old

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Remember the days of beer, wine, sangria, and all the shrimp you can eat? Well…

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Due to the new tariffs, the price of shrimp — the most popular seafood in America — is “going up not gradually, but quite drastically.”

(And 90 per cent of the US shrimp supply is farmed abroad)

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Shrimp caught in tariff net as US buyers are forced to shell out more

Wholesale shrimp prices have risen 21 per cent since April as Trump imposed heavy tariffs on their biggest supplier India

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry! I think they could come back in the next couple games tho!

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I have had Verizon for many years but the icky “mouth in the chest” ads during the MLB playoffs are making me consider switching

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so tired of people who do not live in NYC thinking they should get to say who the people who actually live here should vote for.

Mamdani Is More Foe Than Friend in the Suburbs, Even Among Democrats

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

Who is Anika Nilles? Meet the German virtuoso who's just been hired as Rush's new drummer, replacing the late, great Neil Peart.

Who is Anika Nilles? Meet Rush's New Virtuosic Drummer

When Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced plans to reform Rush, they stunned fans by saying that German drummer Anika Nilles was joining the group.

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 2d

This is going to be what makes me go full Hulk, isn’t it?

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization