Lise McClendon
@lisemcclendon.bsky.social
Author, editor, scribbler, dreamer
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Arizona 7th is not the only Democratic district in Congress that is not being represented due to GOP interference. Tx.18 Houston has been vacant since Sylvester Turner died in March. Gov Abbott refused to call a special election for months. Now Tx 18 will not be filled until March 2026. #ProudBlue
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Arizona 7th is not the only Democratic district in Congress that is not being represented due to GOP interference. Tx.18 Houston has been vacant since Sylvester Turner died in March. Gov Abbott refused to call a special election for months. Now Tx 18 will not be filled until March 2026. #ProudBlue
🤑Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🤑Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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Exiled Russian journalists left ‘high and dry’ after US cuts radio funding
Exiled Russian journalists left ‘high and dry’ after US cuts radio funding
Journalists working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty at risk of being stranded without legal status after Trump administration decision
Exiled Russian journalists are being left “high and dry” and at risk of being stranded overseas without any legal…
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Exiled Russian journalists left ‘high and dry’ after US cuts radio funding
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” erasing $4 billion in additional savings that the group said it had made for U.S. taxpayers.
March 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” erasing $4 billion in additional savings that the group said it had made for U.S. taxpayers.
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
Corruption 101- is he teaching a class? #50501
February 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Corruption 101- is he teaching a class? #50501
As of noon on Thursday, Trump will have been president for 31 full days. He will have spent all or part of 16 of those days at four Trump Organization properties. He will have played golf on 10 of those days. 19 nights at the White House and 12 nights at properties owned by his private business.
Lazier than ever.
As of noon on Thursday, Trump was president for 31 full days. He spent all or part of 16 of those days at four Trump Organization properties.
from @pbump.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
from @pbump.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
February 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As of noon on Thursday, Trump will have been president for 31 full days. He will have spent all or part of 16 of those days at four Trump Organization properties. He will have played golf on 10 of those days. 19 nights at the White House and 12 nights at properties owned by his private business.
Trump and Musk want you, your pets, your children, your elderly parents to just go off and die. As long as they make money off the government, everything is just peachy. Thank you #NPR for your unstinting reporting.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
February 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Trump and Musk want you, your pets, your children, your elderly parents to just go off and die. As long as they make money off the government, everything is just peachy. Thank you #NPR for your unstinting reporting.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Dark Pence is back.
February 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dark Pence is back.
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Ok that made me laugh
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Ok that made me laugh
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
Vance to Europe: Stop being mean to your Nazis! 🙄
February 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Vance to Europe: Stop being mean to your Nazis! 🙄
You can’t make this shit up. Graft right out in the open.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks (Gift Article)
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You can’t make this shit up. Graft right out in the open.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
Way beyond 🤯
Beyond. Parody.
The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies
February 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Way beyond 🤯
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In America, we don’t pledge loyalty under threat of consequence.
February 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In America, we don’t pledge loyalty under threat of consequence.
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Could it be that @kpmgus.bsky.social, as the internal control auditors of the Treasury, is the most important firewall to protect the country now ?
@aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social
Can someone interview them ?
@aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social
Can someone interview them ?
February 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Could it be that @kpmgus.bsky.social, as the internal control auditors of the Treasury, is the most important firewall to protect the country now ?
@aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social
Can someone interview them ?
@aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social
Can someone interview them ?
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Well said and well done Senator @schatz.bsky.social
At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought.
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Democrats To Take Over Senate Floor All Night To Oppose White House Budget Office Nominee
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” Sen. Brian Schatz, one of dozens taking part in a 30-hour talkathon, said of Russell Vought.
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Well said and well done Senator @schatz.bsky.social
Hey, Ma, look what your a-hole kids are up to
The men carrying out Musk's coup are
Akash Bobba,
Edward Coristine,
Luke Farritor,
Gautier Cole Killian,
Gavin Kliger, and
Ethan Shaotran.
Akash Bobba,
Edward Coristine,
Luke Farritor,
Gautier Cole Killian,
Gavin Kliger, and
Ethan Shaotran.
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey, Ma, look what your a-hole kids are up to
Wake up 😱
Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.
February 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Wake up 😱
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Darren Beattie, the new head of public diplomacy at State, spent January 6 telling various black people — including Tim Scott — to “learn their place” and “take a knee to MAGA”
www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...
February 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Darren Beattie, the new head of public diplomacy at State, spent January 6 telling various black people — including Tim Scott — to “learn their place” and “take a knee to MAGA”
www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...
This is horrifying and clearly illegal. Calling the DOJ. Where is your loyalty? To US citizens or the Emperor in chief?
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is horrifying and clearly illegal. Calling the DOJ. Where is your loyalty? To US citizens or the Emperor in chief?
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Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
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Zuckerberg/Meta launched Threads as an alternative to Twitter/X, capturing a largely liberal userbase unhappy w/ Musk's management. Now that Zuckerberg is supporting the Trump presidency, his replies on Threads are just a deluge of dunks. It's like someone creating their own personal wedgie machine.
January 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Zuckerberg/Meta launched Threads as an alternative to Twitter/X, capturing a largely liberal userbase unhappy w/ Musk's management. Now that Zuckerberg is supporting the Trump presidency, his replies on Threads are just a deluge of dunks. It's like someone creating their own personal wedgie machine.
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#currentlyreading The Girl in the Empty Dress (Bennett Sisters Book 2) by @lisemcclendon.bsky.social
#booksky #reading
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#booksky #reading
The Girl in the Empty Dress (Bennett Sisters Book 2) a.co/d/cN9bFV6
November 24, 2024 at 8:29 AM
#currentlyreading The Girl in the Empty Dress (Bennett Sisters Book 2) by @lisemcclendon.bsky.social
#booksky #reading
The Girl in the Empty Dress (Bennett Sisters Book 2) a.co/d/cN9bFV6
#booksky #reading
The Girl in the Empty Dress (Bennett Sisters Book 2) a.co/d/cN9bFV6