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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fighting for our right to vote, in spite of the Republican-wing of the Supreme Court plus Red states and Trump efforts to suppress voting. This is what's going on: youtube.com/live/d-50teA...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Revives Trump's Voter Purge Scheme
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Doesn't anyone with political power have a problem with the Trump administration abetting genocide? Gift article, so you can see this atrocity: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs (Gift Article)
The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Now it's Trump's EPA -Environmental POLLUTION Agency. "Under Trump, E.P.A. stopped estimating public health benefits of reducing pollution in analyses necessary for clean-air regs.. only costs to businesses" EPA. to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Patagonia, the company, & the Ute Indian tribe fight back against Trump admin stripping Bears Ears National Monument & allowing companie$ to mine for uranium, coal, oil, gas & minerals. Some cos have already staked claims on the people's archeology-significant lands. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...
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Patagonia Sues Trump Over Reduction of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah (Gift Article)
The outdoor apparel maker joined environmental and Native American groups in challenging President Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears National Monument.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I *wonder* what has caused this tragedy?? ~Climate change, causing more rain than usual, plus Trump had fired many of the workers who could have warned the campers and hikers beforehand that this flood was coming. GIFT article: wapo.st/4y78Krt
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Two bodies found after Grand Canyon flash flood
Earlier, authorities said about 15 people may be missing or unaccounted for.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Trump administration is trying to erase Native Americans and their land: www.instagram.com/p/DbHJ7lMj6-...
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Center for Western Priorities on Instagram: "✍🏼The ink is barely dry on last week’s proclamation, and its effects are already showing up on the landscape. The Tribal seals have been removed from sign...
48K likes, 2,744 comments - western.priorities on July 22, 2026: "✍🏼The ink is barely dry on last week’s proclamation, and its effects are already showing up on the landscape. The Tribal seals have b...
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If you're not enraged by the proposed Trump governt takeover, change &destruction of OUR public & tribal lands, cultural sites, natl monuments, historical bldgs, even "landscapes" -w/o ANY public input -then GET ENRAGED! Call your Sens & Reps! -before we're a totally fascist country! wapo.st/3RHza3D
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Trump officials seek to weaken historic-preservation reviews of projects
The Trump administration is moving to rewrite federal historic-preservation rules to give agencies broader authority to advance projects with less public input and narrower protections for historic si...
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So much for separation of powers. Hello authoritarianism. The 6 MAGAts on the Supreme Court give Trump more total unitary executive control. No more independent agencies. GIFT article: wapo.st/3QIdy6Q
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Supreme Court expands Trump’s power over the federal bureaucracy
The justices allowed the president to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, striking down a nearly century-old precedent intended to insulate independent agencies from political in...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/06/2026
"We do know that the strikes have not slowed cocaine traffic—which makes sense given that we now know that the government didn’t care if the boats had drugs aboard before blowing them up."
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No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats?
Shocking new facts are still emerging about the campaign against ‘drug boats.’
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
How Trump creates his own twisted, untruthful reality, and tries to glorify himself, the malignant narcissist -- Interesting read for anyone interested in truthful history! GIFT article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump’s Plaques on the Presidential ‘Walk of Fame,’ Fact-Checked and Annotated by Historians (Gift Article)
We asked eight historians to evaluate Trump’s gold plaques for each president.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
READ this! While Trump's administration and Pete Hegseth's Pentagon try to whitewash the accomplishments and history of Black Americans - the accomplishments and history still exist. GIFT article: https:// www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Being Black in Pete Hegseth’s Military
The secretary of defense is sending the message that Black service members are not welcome.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Here's a good explanation of how the six MAGAts of the Supreme Court kowtow to racism and racist states in redistricting and destroying voting rights-- and how the high Court conspires with the Trump administration to manipulate law for Republican power::: www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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The Supreme Court Is Illegitimate
The court’s conservatives ripped the mask off the institution in a brief, unsigned decision allowing Alabama to use a racially discriminatory congressional map.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Another evil by the Trump Administration. They think if they don't monitor the changes in ocean and climate - then people won't notice what's happening. 🙄 GIFT article: Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Trump administration tyranny: using the Postal Service and questionable, illegal, made-up rules to block Americans from voting. Republicans can't win unless they cheat! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Postal Service moving forward with Trump’s attack on mail voting
It signaled it plans to send ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Yet another sign of a corrupt and incompetent Trump administration: GIFT article: As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
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As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Just imagine! >Investing all that money &risk into using SOLAR & WIND power for energy! It'd be much cleaner, a fraction of the cost of nuclear! No risk of getting turned into nuclear weapons! What a novel idea! But I guess Trump's sycophant companies wouldn't profit! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/c...
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U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Start-Ups for Fuel
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The actions of a malignant narcissist, Trump - "doubl[ing] down, presenting himself as politically all-powerful even in the face of indications that he is not." GIFT article: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/u...
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Defiant After Bad Week, Trump Pushes Ahead on Politically Unpopular Ideas
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Republicans in a Freudian slip: their priority is to put government AHEAD of Americans. GOP V Chair Blake Moore speaks abt Republican priorities! They create policies that serve &profit themselves, not the people. Or they're saying the quiet part out loud, wo shame: www.instagram.com/reel/DYkGTdM...
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lincolnproject.us on Instagram: "GOP Vice Chair Blake Moore: "Our Republican priority will always be to put government ahead of Americans."They do not care about yo…"
GOP Vice Chair Blake Moore: "Our Republican priority will always be to put government ahead of Americans."They do not care about you.View all 1,076 comments
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is what Trumpism has become: a hard right anti-woman philosophy where men are the ones who are aggrieved & discriminated against bc they don't have the supremacy & dominance over women that they used to have -bc of women's status & freedoms. MAGA masculinism: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet
A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
GIFT: The US political Right, entrenched in SCOTUS, is STEALING our rights &our system of representative government thru our right to vote for those who REPRESENT us &these so-called "Republicans" disable Congress where the PEOPLE historically have determined law: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Judicial Supremacy Has Arrived
Last week’s Supreme Court decision didn’t just undermine the Voting Rights Act. It foreclosed the possibility of any new Voting Rights Act in the future, too.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
If racial #gerrymandering isn't lawful, why is Republicans cutting up black districts for more Republican seats allowed?? Is it just bc Republicans SAY their redistricting is for "PARTISAN" reasons, so courts look the other way? It's White Supremacy &obvious racism. www.instagram.com/p/DX5OcPzmSl...
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John Fugelsang on Instagram
1,565 likes, 27 comments - johnfugelsang on May 3, 2026
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Trump's Autocracy struck down AGAIN! This time in Hegseth's unconstitutional re-attempt to "dictate the info received by the American people, to control the message so that the public hears & sees only what the Secretary & the Trump Admin want them to hear and see." GIFT article: wapo.st/4dzKtn2
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Pentagon violated court order to restore press access, judge rules
Senior U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman also admonished the Trump administration, saying suppressing political speech is the “mark of an autocracy, not a democracy.”
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Trump signed an illegal executive order to force states AND post offices to show list of eligible voters to election officials, in his attempt to abolish mail-in voting. GIFT article: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
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Trump Signs Order Seeking Federal Control of Mail Voting as He Promotes False Claims
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#NoKings rally and march in Albuquerque NM March 28, 2026. There were tens of thousands of unpaid, local protesters; Stacie Abrams gave an amazing, rousing speech, and the mood was angry and defiant, but peaceful and determined. 10stepscampaign.org
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Trump and Republicans are trying anything to stop you from voting. The so-called "SAVE" act would prevent millions of Americans from voting, which is what Trump wants. www.instagram.com/reel/DVtg0xc...
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Cory Booker on Instagram: "Voters should choose their elected officials, not the other way around. op: @katiecouric"
7,995 likes, 243 comments - corybooker on March 10, 2026: "Voters should choose their elected officials, not the other way around. op: @katiecouric".
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It's a war crime & will make them hate us even more. Violence begets violence. GIFT article: (& Pete Hegseth via Trump wants to transform JAG so that the troops can commit "lethality," not legality) Strikes on Iran Damage Cultural Heritage Sites, Infuriating Iranians www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...
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Strikes on Iran Damage Cultural Heritage Sites, Infuriating Iranians
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
If this doesn't horrify and alarm you, it should! Not only is inserting religion into military instruction illegal - it's immoral - and a sign of a Christian Nationalist theocracy dictatorship: jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The Trump admin is trying to rewrite & hide history, truth & facts. Dictatorships rewrite history, refuse to show what they don't want people to know. But conservators, historians, teachers & librarians are fighting back -by preserving history & facts for future knowledge. GIFT: wapo.st/4aHub9Q
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A professor challenged the Smithsonian. Security shut the gallery.
As President Donald Trump seeks to reshape museums and other cultural institutions, historian James Millward has been “guerrilla teaching” visitors about changes that have been made.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Trump is stealing Midterm elections! He wants to declare a national emergency giving him executive power over elections & voting. Under the Constitution, ONLY STATES have this power: voting machines, mail-in voting, IDs. Trump wants executive power over elections= Dictatorship. GIFT: wapo.st/3N5cpEn
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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Gallup's decision not to poll presidential approval any more is based on "research goals & priorities"!? Now these are to please Trump, not show truth he wouldn't like -only obsequiousness is okay. Trump must be threatening Gallup. -This happens in Dictatorships. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years
Public opinion polling agency says decision ‘solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities’
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Sometimes, justice prevails! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
CALL your Senators, insist they vote NO on the "SAVE" Act -designed to suppress votes. The bill would require a birth certif &photo ID to vote & if they don't match, you can't vote. It's a Repub grab for power. Switchboard # -ask for your Senator: 202-224-3121 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls
In the past few weeks, passing the legislation has been a unifying rally cry for Republicans, a welcome distraction from the party’s cratering public opinion polls.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Here's a GIFT read, a remarkable and clarifying article. Maybe you can do the same in your community as these brave Minnesotans, as they push back against ICE.>>> www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A GIFT article, which clarifies and spells out how the United States under the Trump administration is now Fascist. SHARE and show your 'friends' who engage in both-sidesism and justification of fascist tactics, lies, cruelty, and seeking of power dominance: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
GIFT article about the Trump administration, like the Pentagon, Dept of Homeland Security, the Labor Dept, in the process of Nazifying the United States: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda
Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
GIFT, a must read. -the world wide repercussions caused by Trump's megalomania. "America’s influence in the world has derived from treating others as part of a community of democratic nations or of strategic partners" Not the Trump admin. He's destroying it all. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Every Republican accusation is a confession.. especially when it comes to voting and elections. Source: ABC News search.app/AtkyN
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Ex-Arizona lawmaker who questioned election integrity to be sentenced for using forged signatures
A former Republican lawmaker who questioned the integrity of Arizona’s elections and served as a leader for the conservative group Turning Point Action is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for using n...
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
GIFT article: Dismantling the NCAR which studies & predicts everything from hurricanes to wind shear to El Nino to ocean currents to drought & fire. Russell Vought thinks if we aren't warned about disasters, then Trump can say disasters don't happen under his watch. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
Sabrina Carpenter replies to WH video: This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Republican charade as they continue their unlawful terrorism on people seeking a better life (immigrants) and on American citizens. Sen. Padilla walks out of the hearing rather than listen to Republican lies. www.instagram.com/reel/DRQPKCY...
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Senator Alex Padilla on Instagram: "The American people are fed up with the lies from the Trump administration. This is not business as usual. And I refuse to take part in Republicans’ political th...
Sen. Padilla's bold move to walk out of a Republican-led immigration hearing has sparked widespread attention and demands for Congress to take concrete action on pressing immigration issues. In a scat...
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
GIFT article. Trump is doing what a Fascist regime does: criminalizing dissent. >>> www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The Trump Administration’s Favorite Tool for Criminalizing Dissent
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 100 people with Section 111 violations. Was their crime anything more than opposing Trump’s immigration policies?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A MUST read -if you care about how Trump, as President of the US, is grifting the American people, subverting Justice, knowingly violating the Constitution, and stealing billions of OUR tax money: Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare >>> share.google/wT1SIZsBJSxu...
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Transcript: Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare
As Representative Raskin’s broadside against Trump’s $230 million shakedown of DOJ hits home, a legal expert demystifies why this scheme is so appallingly corrupt—and what it says about MAGA’s ugliest...
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Violation of First Amendment rights by #ICE.
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Liztalk @elizabethmirra.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
All righty then! #censorship idea from @theonion.com theonion.com/in-defense-o...
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In Defense Of Mass Censorship
When The Onion’s editorial board convened to discuss the tumultuous events of the previous month, one conclusion became evident: The world stands at a crossroads. Two visions of our collective future ...
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