LizR
@lizrbherenow.bsky.social
Wife & mom in Oklahoma. Old stage Actor, Film/Book nerd. Hippie mostly in an arthritic sense. Pro Democracy Democrat, kindness/empathy. Fighting Ehlers Danlos & Bronchiectasis. Survive and write everything down. Seek JOY!
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The Defenders of Democracy are thrilled to introduce our new team member!
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The Defenders of Democracy are thrilled to introduce our new team member!
hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social
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Please be sure to check out our starter pack and give hopeful a follow if you’re not already doing so!!
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December 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The Defenders of Democracy are thrilled to introduce our new team member!
hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social
has joined the team!
Please be sure to check out our starter pack and give hopeful a follow if you’re not already doing so!!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
The Defenders of Democracy are thrilled to introduce our new team member!
hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social
has joined the team!
Please be sure to check out our starter pack and give hopeful a follow if you’re not already doing so!!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
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Join a local indivisible. Listen to the daily good trouble suggestions on the Daily Beans podcast. Go door to door and register people to vote while collecting blankets to give to the unhoused. Get the five calls app and use it. Show up to ICE raids and take video. Start a YouTube channel.
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Join a local indivisible. Listen to the daily good trouble suggestions on the Daily Beans podcast. Go door to door and register people to vote while collecting blankets to give to the unhoused. Get the five calls app and use it. Show up to ICE raids and take video. Start a YouTube channel.
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Every now and then, there's a story that really gets to me regarding the terror Russia's been unleashing upon Ukraine, and this is one of those stories. I will cry tears of joy when Vladimir Putin dies, he's the fucking anti christ. #RussiaIsATerroristState
On September 7, during a Russian attack on #Kyiv, Tetiana suffered burns over 95% of her body.
Tetiana was in the seventh month of her pregnancy. The doctors had to perform an emergency C-section to save her baby.
Tetiana was in the seventh month of her pregnancy. The doctors had to perform an emergency C-section to save her baby.
December 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Every now and then, there's a story that really gets to me regarding the terror Russia's been unleashing upon Ukraine, and this is one of those stories. I will cry tears of joy when Vladimir Putin dies, he's the fucking anti christ. #RussiaIsATerroristState
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Trump has removed National Parks free entry days for two national holidays - MLK and Juneteenth.
He’s replaced them with his birthday.
He’s replaced them with his birthday.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trump has removed National Parks free entry days for two national holidays - MLK and Juneteenth.
He’s replaced them with his birthday.
He’s replaced them with his birthday.
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this sentence alone, my goodness
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
this sentence alone, my goodness
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Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
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So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
www.businessinsider.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
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Biden: So, folks, that's my message to all of us today, to all who love our country, to all of us are dismayed by the present state of the union: it's time to get up, get up and fight back. Get up. Continue to fight. What's the fight all about? Protecting the constitution.
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Biden: So, folks, that's my message to all of us today, to all who love our country, to all of us are dismayed by the present state of the union: it's time to get up, get up and fight back. Get up. Continue to fight. What's the fight all about? Protecting the constitution.
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We unsubscribed. They are also running ICE ads #boycottspotify
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
We unsubscribed. They are also running ICE ads #boycottspotify
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Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated. n.pr/4phxzwN
Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated. n.pr/4phxzwN
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A Utah university gives a visiting Native American speaker a list of words she is forbidden to utter. Censorship, Utah GOP style. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
An Indigenous author felt compelled to cancel her Utah appearance after this university gave her a list of banned DEI words
Darcie Little Badger, a member of the Lipan Apache Tribe, said she was “taken aback” by the prohibitions under HB261 and calls it censorship.
www.sltrib.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A Utah university gives a visiting Native American speaker a list of words she is forbidden to utter. Censorship, Utah GOP style. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
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Unreported in US media, Israel continues its steady annexation of the West Bank. www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Unreported in US media, Israel continues its steady annexation of the West Bank. www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
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Cattle ranchers are suddenly at odds with a president who was once their champion, @willgottsegen.com writes in The Atlantic Daily.
Cattle Ranchers Are Beefing With Trump
Torn between supporting ranchers and bringing down prices, the president is trying to have it both ways on beef.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Cattle ranchers are suddenly at odds with a president who was once their champion, @willgottsegen.com writes in The Atlantic Daily.
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Kegseth fired Admiral Holsey after repeated clashes over the legality of proposed drug interdiction operations in the Caribbean, WSJ reports. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and military leader had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Kegseth fired Admiral Holsey after repeated clashes over the legality of proposed drug interdiction operations in the Caribbean, WSJ reports. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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A lawyer for a key witness against Ghislaine Maxwell urged federal judges not to let the DOJ use a renewed bid to unseal grand jury records as "a backdoor avenue to continue to cover up" the Epstein files.
My latest at All Rise News
www.allrisenews.com/p/epstein-an...
My latest at All Rise News
www.allrisenews.com/p/epstein-an...
Epstein survivor to judges: Don't give Trump DOJ a "backdoor" for a "cover up"
A lawyer for a key witness against Ghislaine Maxwell suspected the motives behind an attempt to unseal grand jury minutes.
www.allrisenews.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A lawyer for a key witness against Ghislaine Maxwell urged federal judges not to let the DOJ use a renewed bid to unseal grand jury records as "a backdoor avenue to continue to cover up" the Epstein files.
My latest at All Rise News
www.allrisenews.com/p/epstein-an...
My latest at All Rise News
www.allrisenews.com/p/epstein-an...
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NEW: Another purge of immigration judges just happened, this time in New York City. This latest purge includes one of the smartest people I know, an immigration judge who dutifully served on the bench for 10 years. She was unceremoniously fired in violation of civil service laws.
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
NEW: Another purge of immigration judges just happened, this time in New York City. This latest purge includes one of the smartest people I know, an immigration judge who dutifully served on the bench for 10 years. She was unceremoniously fired in violation of civil service laws.
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...Acting State Comptroller Kevin Walsh said... “It is a naked power grab designed to weaken accountability, undermine oversight, and shield the powerful from scrutiny. It would also thwart the governor-elect’s administration’s ability to investigate corruption and protect tax dollars.”
And now, late at night before the holiday, the bill to gut the comptroller has dropped. Sponsored by Sen. Nick Scutari, whose buddies who run Union County were investigated by the comptroller. jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/17/n...
New Jersey watchdog warns proposal to weaken his office would benefit the powerful and undermine accountability • The Jersey Vindicator
Legislative leaders want to take away the comptroller's investigatory power.
jerseyvindicator.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
...Acting State Comptroller Kevin Walsh said... “It is a naked power grab designed to weaken accountability, undermine oversight, and shield the powerful from scrutiny. It would also thwart the governor-elect’s administration’s ability to investigate corruption and protect tax dollars.”
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For those who need the background, here you go open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
What's the Real Quid Pro Quo with Bukele?
Hint: It's not about fighting "terrorism," or stopping illegal immigration.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
For those who need the background, here you go open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
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We have a fascist regime attempting to take total control and their disrespect of the military and scapegoating of its leaders is far, far from an insignificant thing.
There is much to be decided in the near future, but these things are not small.
There is much to be decided in the near future, but these things are not small.
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We have a fascist regime attempting to take total control and their disrespect of the military and scapegoating of its leaders is far, far from an insignificant thing.
There is much to be decided in the near future, but these things are not small.
There is much to be decided in the near future, but these things are not small.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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THIS... false claims should not make it into headlines
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News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
THIS... false claims should not make it into headlines
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.