Lisa Z
banner
lzarick.bsky.social
Lisa Z
@lzarick.bsky.social
Reposted by Lisa Z
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Reposted by Lisa Z
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.

But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.

Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.

All Black. All doing their jobs.
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
He's. Not. Pivoting.
He's NOT. De-escalating.
He's. STILL. Blaming Pretti for his own death.
He's. STILL. Not allowing independent investigations.
He's. JUST. Replacing one fascist lunatic with another.

He's. The same. Exact. Authoritarian. Piece of shit. He's always been
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.

Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Exactly right.

Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.

Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.

Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.

Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Even if Bovino gets fired, ICE has to go.
Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go.
Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go.

As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: Top Border Patrol official Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis as Trump sends Homan to the state | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Reposted by Lisa Z
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:

When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Hey Megyn, do you know why so many American citizens have been beaten, shot, trampled, humiliated, abducted, tortured, murdered, had their homes trashed, their families threatened, and had their constitutional rights trampled top to bottom?

Same. Exact. Fucking. Reason.

You fucking smug grape.
Megyn Kelly: “Do you know why I wasn't shot by Border Patrol this weekend? Because I kept my ass inside and out of their operations.”
Megyn Kelly: Minnesota protesters are “terrorists” who must “behave well and submit immediately”
www.mediamatters.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Every Democratic member of Congress should be on a plane to Minneapolis right now to join the people protesting in the streets. Federal elected officials should physically place themselves between the public and these dangerous thugs sent to terrorize this American city.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Abolish DHS. Prosecute collaborators. Imprison ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
I'm sorry for the person who was beat to death and killed. My sincere condolences to their loved ones. ICE is going to continue to kill people because the purpose of a system is what it does. It is not what it says it does or what you hope it does. Maybe USians will finally confront this truth.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Any decent human being who is an ICE agent should resign immediately. Any decent cop who sees ICE should be prepared to protect their community from ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
"abolish ICE and prosecute everyone involved" is the moderate position
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
this photo. minneapolis. 💜

📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
There are Democrats in Congress earnestly posting that the problem with ICE is we haven’t spent billions of dollars training them.

If you think this is happening because they didn’t take a class explaining it’s bad then you’re probably too gullible to hold office.
January 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Reposted by Lisa Z
I Would Start A War In Your Arms
A Heated Rivalry Notebook
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Reposted by Lisa Z
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.

You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM