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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Diametric Opposite of Donald Trump? Dolly Parton, and Barbie. It all connects: Krugman warns of fascism, Dolly passes, Faludi declares a Barbie backlash. Follow my dots... lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/diametric-...

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Diametric Opposite of Donald Trump? Dolly Parton, and Barbie

Economist Paul Krugman and journalist Susan Faludi issue dire warnings, as a true hero of our time, singer Dolly Parton, passes away. It all connects.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026

Enten: "Hispanic men on Trump -- in 2024 he won by 10 points. Look now where his net approval is -- minus 41 points! That is a 51 point switcheroo against the president ... these numbers are bonkers."

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

HIP HIP HOORAY! Trump may try, RFK Jr may try, but American parents aren't bloody fools.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/07/2026

He was a young dad, working to give his daughter a stable life, before he was shot and killed by ICE after an attempted traffic stop. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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He was a young dad, working to give his daughter a stable life, before ICE killed him

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was remembered as a devoted family man “with many dreams to fulfill.”

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The air pollution due to the Canadian wildfires is now so thick in NYC that Manhattan is disappearing from view and the Sun barely peeks through the thick blanket. Posting some photos.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

LOVING DAVID HOCKNEY For six decades he has blown the minds of the art world. I love it all, but treasure two etchings, and the one that got away. open.substack.com/pub/lauriega...

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'm screaming for the Knicks till I'm hoarse! But when it comes to the emotionalism of NYC sports nothing can compare to the wondrous Yankees playing the World Series 56 days after the 9/11 attacks. open.substack.com/pub/lauriega...

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Terrific performance unfolding LIVE now -- workers removing Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm...

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LIVE: See Donald Trump’s name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens

YouTube video by MS NOW

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Is SpaceX a Sick Joke? Unlike most of the so-called financial experts out there telling you to jump on this IPO, I actually read the entire Prospectus. And folks, it's BANANAS. open.substack.com/pub/lauriega...

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Is SpaceX a Sick Joke?

Elon wants you to give him money and then let him do absolutely anything he wants with it, even disregarding his Board of Directors and shareholder votes.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Japan is shrinking, and most of Asia is following suit. The reasons are mirrored here in the USA, and could well push us in the same direction. Why is this happening? Young men and women aren't "coupling". Read this to figure out what that means: open.substack.com/pub/lauriega...

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JAPAN IS SHRINKING (and the rest of Asia is following suit)

America’s conservatives are freaked out about depopulation of the U.S., but Japan is leading the way for the rest of the world in both shrinking, and possibly solving.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ted Turner was the real deal: a billionaire who was crazy, humane, generous & world-shaking. I worked w/Ted, the sort of American man of wealth our country used to admire. Inconceivable that any of the 3,400+ billionaires today, worth >$20T, can compare. lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/the-last-b...

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The Last Bold Billionaire

There will never be another billionaire like Ted Turner. He was the real deal, in every imaginable way.

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

One of the best parts of the SOTU. Classic.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 25/02/2026

"Holy shit, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

An Atmosphere of Great Drama The winter of '26 is one for the history books -- and there's more to come. The Polar Vortex is weakening, as systems of ice-building, albedo reflection, and sea currents yield to climate change. More snow coming in '26. open.substack.com/pub/lauriega...

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An Atmosphere of Great Drama

Our planet is undergoing historic changes that are caused by their greenhouse gas emissions. The enormous storms and big chills across the eastern USA this winter are case-in-point.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

There's a type of insect -- midge -- that lives in Antarctica, and nowhere else, on the ice. Analysis: They are packed with microplastics. So, there is no animal on Earth that is now free of the curse of plastic. e360.yale.edu/digest/antar...

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Even in Antarctica, Insects Are Eating Microplastics

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

“So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,” says UN human rights council . www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts

Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Upset about the terrible skiing conditions in Colorado and Utah this year? Well their record-low snowpacks may also be bad news for the region’s water supply.

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What A Snow Drought In The West Means For The Rest Of 2026

States like Utah and Colorado have had abysmal snow totals this winter. It’s not a good sign for a region struggling to maintain its water.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/02/2026

Scientists showed in a new study that they could use blood draws to build a “clock” for Alzheimer’s disease that could roughly predict when symptoms will develop, findings that could eventually transform how the illness is diagnosed and treated.

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Blood tests show potential for predicting start of Alzheimer’s symptoms

The technique is not yet precise enough to predict a patient’s exact trajectory but could help find long-sought preventive treatment.

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Missouri Workers Center @moworkers.org · 18/02/2026

“I reject the lie that deporting my neighbor is how I win better pay and working conditions. We’re fighting for a country where families stay together without living in terror, so we’re ALL better off!”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days. Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work. Details on thehandbasket.co later today!

me and my RCFP lawyers outside the courthouse this morning

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 19/02/2026

Another fun-packed graphic: In 2025, Earth experienced the planetary heating equivalent of about 379,000,000 (379 million) Hiroshima bombs, or about 23.9 zetajoules, the 4th highest gain on record. The Climate 8-ball says: "whale oil beef hooked."

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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Oh, my goodness, this is a huge breakthrough in cancer research. This is another example of why it is crucially important to fund basic scientific research. Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good share.google/WFhMJP5m3AK4...

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Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good

A new study shows that targeting key epigenetic proteins may permanently switch off cancer genes. Scientists at Monash University, working with Harvard University, report they have found a way to perm...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

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The Economist @economist.com · 19/02/2026

Even Vladimir Putin’s repressive regime cannot paper over the many ways that the war has changed Russians’ lives

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How four years of war have changed Russia

The fighting in Ukraine has reshaped everyday life

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Who is REALLY paying for Trump's tariffs? JP Morgan Chase data shows it's you, and small-to-midsize American companies and businesses. This is pushing the affordability crisis in the USA. www.jpmorganchase.com/institute/al...

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Tracking international payments: How are midsize firms reacting to tariffs?

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The $2 trillion Wellness Industry, under RFK Jr's MAHA banner, is taking over Washington, and the Republican zeitgeist. No more burgers at fundraisers -- it's carrots and protein powders. Listen to the lawyer, not the MD - eschew those medicines. Eat fat. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

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RFK Jr. is now a wellness guru for Republicans in Washington

Conservatives in the capital are taking up the health secretary’s advice, eating their vegetables and eschewing pharmaceuticals.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

If the agencies of our government completely ignore hundreds of State and Federal court orders, do we have rule of law in America? NO. If you, or I, defied a court order we'd be slapped in jail SNAP! - JUST LIKE THAT. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

A conversation with the law professor Ryan Goodman, who has been cataloguing the Trump Administration’s defiance of court orders since the start of the President’s second term.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/02/2026

Trump wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past. For the latest issue of our magazine, @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social explain how the president is weaponizing history to wage his never-ending cultural and legal battles. Read it here: tinyurl.com/32n7948b

The March+April 2026 cover of Mother Jones magazine, depicting President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller marching in colonial garb, a parody of the famous "The Spirit of ’76," painting.

The president's cornsilk hair is being blown off his scalp. In the background, Pete Hegseth, dressed in a soldier's uniform, is holding a bottle of wine in celebration.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The Doomsday Clock reset to just 85 seconds before Midnight -- “Catastrophic risks are on the rise, cooperation is on the decline, and we are running out of time,” said Alexandra Bell, president and chief executive of the Bulletin. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

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Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer Than Ever to Apocalypse

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Trump said he'd attack the regime if it killed protestors. It did. TACO Trump did nothing. "Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters." www.theguardian.com/global-devel... and www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous

I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Pres. Trump vowed: if the regime attacked its citizens, he would take swift action against the Ayatollah and Iranian government. Thinking Trump would protect them, millions poured into Irainian streets. They were slaughtered. Trump did nothing. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?

Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Republican Cong. Mike Lawler addressed constituents. Two -- both Vets -- asked where he draws the line on agreeing with Trump, especially on ICE. As they were forcibly hauled out the audience roared, "Shame! Shame!" newrepublic.com/post/206042/...

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Army Veterans Forced Out of Republican Town Hall as Crowd Erupts

Representative Mike Lawler, a swing-district Republican, faced overwhelming anger at his own town hall.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Judge: “Sec. Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immig.-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight." newrepublic.com/post/206074/... "This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them.”

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You Won’t Believe the Righteous Language This Judge Used Against DHS

A judge tore into Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem for trying to end TPS for Haitians in the U.S.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 03/02/2026

Is ICE leading us into a constitutional crisis? Isaac Chotiner spoke with the law professor Ryan Goodman, who has been cataloguing the Trump Administration’s defiance of court orders since the start of the President’s second term. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_97ltB

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Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

A conversation with the law professor Ryan Goodman, who has been cataloguing the Trump Administration’s defiance of court orders since the start of the President’s second term.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/02/2026

WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Three rules in FBI firearm training: 1. Always point your weapon downrange 2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot 3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026

Rep. Carlos Gimenez on Trump's lies about the 2020 election: "You may say 100 times that it's 'false claims,' but there are a number of people in this country that don't believe that, okay? They believe that something happened."

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I was honored to do this Q&A with @newyorker.com's @ichotiner.bsky.social "Stephen Miller suggested, in May, that the Administration was 'looking at' suspending habeas corpus. Now, lo and behold, what Judge Schiltz is describing is a form of effectively suspending habeas corpus."

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Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

A conversation with the law professor Ryan Goodman, who has been cataloguing the Trump Administration’s defiance of court orders since the start of the President’s second term.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"This is batshit crazy" Has a president of the United States ever before sued the executive branch over which he presides? He has not. Until now. newrepublic.com/article/2059...

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Trump’s Lawsuit Against the IRS Is Even More Outrageous Than It Seems

You don’t know the half of it.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

It's called the EPA -- environmental PROTECTION. But the agency is considering allowing use of pesticide dicamba -- which has twice in federal courts been ruled unsafe. Big Ag loves this. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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EPA set to reapprove dicamba, an herbicide previously banned by courts

A draft EPA statement obtained by The Post acknowledges concerns from some growers and environmentalists.

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"The world is poised to overshoot the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5 C, as for the first time, a 3-year period, ending in 2025, has breached the threshold. And climate scientists are predicting devastating consequences..." e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...

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Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate

With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice...

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

While we in eastern USA struggle with DEEP freeze, on the other side of the world -- Australia -- record heat is killing people. "What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Doctors warn... exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack

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lauriegarrett.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"...the US has become a predatory hegemon...it is exactly the wrong way to act...It is a direct reflection of Trump’s transactional approach to all relationships & his belief that the US has enduring leverage over nearly every country in the world." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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The Predatory Hegemon

Ever since Donald Trump first became U.S. president, in 2017, commentators have searched for an adequate label to describe his approach to U.S. foreign relations. Writing in these pages, the political...

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