Reposted by Lisa PDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/09/2026If only there were a law that said: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned" We could call it 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting 16048451587
Lisa P @lcp007.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened.The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true. 000
Reposted by Lisa PLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 24/03/2026🔴 Stella Creasy nails it 👏 You can’t say our energy system has left us vulnerable… and then oppose the only things that actually make us independent. Oil and gas tie us to global markets. Renewables break that link. It really is that simple. 22579156
Reposted by Lisa PSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Fortunately some of us are…. 293101681609
Reposted by Lisa PSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Why should the Court have to figure it out. You make stupid power grabs, you have to clean up the mess you made. This is Trump & Lutnick’s problem. 35719156
Reposted by Lisa PMJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Facts: The federal government has no authority over elections. States certify their own elections. Mail in voting is still legal. Any chance to Election Clause of the Constitution requires 2/3 of both House and Senate and 3/4 of States to amend the Constitution....that ain't happening. 1412811966
Reposted by Lisa PCongresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The SAVE America Act isn’t saving anyone. Congress should be expanding access to the ballot box—not restricting it. This bill could make it harder for millions of married women to vote if it passes. It’s voter suppression disguised in the name of election security. I will be voting HELL no. 15432331043
Lisa P @lcp007.bsky.social · 19/01/2026I watched this little hummingbird build her nest and she lets me get close enough to take this pic. 131
Reposted by Lisa PAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Starmer vows action against Elon Musk's X: "The actions of Grok and X are disgusting... We're absolutely determined to take action... We're not going to back down. They must act. We will take the necessary measures. We will strengthen existing laws.. This is weaponising images of women & children." 901488351
Reposted by Lisa P🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less. 8358611697
Reposted by Lisa PLynniek @lynniekell.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Dear Politicians, PLEASE do not use "thoughts and prayers" when commenting on the latest gun slaughter . It has lost its meaning and is code for we are powerless to help. We are sick to death of you not finding a way to ban assault weapons and strengthen gun laws. Sincerely, Majority of Americans 1011865607
Reposted by Lisa PSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/12/2025open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...open.substack.comIs It Too Late?No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle 834998
Reposted by Lisa PSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/12/2025It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question. 423134965033
Reposted by Lisa PMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/10/2025i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it. 123102672829
Reposted by Lisa PGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 20/10/2025No other U.S. president has used the military as their own personal police force against the American people. We implore the courts to reject Donald Trump's ongoing, illegal actions and definitively affirm states' sovereign right to handle public safety matters. 11948791397
Reposted by Lisa PJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 16/10/2025"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” -Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation. 26839222
Reposted by Lisa PScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Amid an ongoing wave of conspiracy theories and bogus claims about Jan 6, I’ll note this from our reporting: Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial 100% 216131784607
Reposted by Lisa PMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy. 28803150110630
Reposted by Lisa PRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/07/2025We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law. A new generation that gives meaning to the “we” in “we the people.” Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as the future. 769161323735
Reposted by Lisa PRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence. 710143962107
Reposted by Lisa PCrazyUs @crazyus.com · 19/06/2025Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill. Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸 Pass it on! 324165764974
Reposted by Lisa PSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Mom & minor daughters are citizens who just moved from MD to Oklahoma. This statement from the Mom should be read, absorbed & circulated. ICE cannot be allowed to terrorize vulnerable families. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social kfor.com/news/local/w... 17252422178
Reposted by Lisa PAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/04/2025Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets." 10614163811881
Reposted by Lisa PRuss @pappyparki.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Johnson & House Republicans are determined to pass the SAVE Act to deny millions of people, especially women, access to the ballot box This is a test of Schumer's leadership in the Senate Republicans do not have 60 votes for cloture The SAVE Act must die on Thune's desk never seeing Senate floor 10316107
Reposted by Lisa PChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us. 20356916012000
Reposted by Lisa PFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Stop listening to dinosaurs. Stop paying the consultants that got us here. Stop asking for money instead of telling us what you’re going to do to fight back. The DC bubble has never been more glaring to me than ever. People out here are absolutely pissed and scared. Figure that out fast! 27657041483
Reposted by Lisa PRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952 13491922497
Reposted by Lisa PChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...hamiltonnolan.comThey Are a MinorityGet your mind right. 1137399009164
Reposted by Lisa PAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin. 9466362415063
Reposted by Lisa PPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15/02/2025What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted. 476179785644
Reposted by Lisa PAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters. 281193805686
Reposted by Lisa PHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would. 4102146514813
Reposted by Lisa PAndrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 03/02/2025AOC needs to primary Chuck Schumer 1734373517
Reposted by Lisa PFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025It isn’t “alarming.” It isn’t “outrageous.” It isn’t “unusual.” It sure as shit isn’t “arousing.” It’s fucking unacceptable and we don’t want more letters or statements or demands for investigations. We want action! We want sand thrown in the machine! We want leaders to lead! Right now! 15448981106
Reposted by Lisa PBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Senate needs to respond to mass firings of Jan 6 attack prosecutors by rejecting Trump nominees. Have a spine and stand up to this autocratic effort to rewrite history and embolden political violence. Block Bondi and Patel. 22962131671
Reposted by Lisa POlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Dem leaders need to start holding national security press conferences explaining to Americans how Elon and Trump are dismantling agencies and seeking sensitive information on federal workers and all Americans. What Elon and co are doing will endanger everything from flying to attacks in U.S. 1222080810
Reposted by Lisa PAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 30/01/2025Well said, Pete Buttigieg 9375186912005
Reposted by Lisa PRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Russell Vought is the Project 2025 author that Trump wants to run OMB. He also supports the illegal practice of impoundment — which Trump tried to use yesterday. If Democrats want to be an actual opposition party, they'll do everything in their power to fight his nomination. 773355692
Reposted by Lisa PDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025This is Phyllis Fong. I very much respect that she made them physically remove her from her office, which remains hers by right, because she hasn’t been legally terminated. 8566011799
Reposted by Lisa PFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 29/01/2025They’re testing. It wasn’t a “glitch” that turned off Medicaid portals. They’re seeing which things they can delete without a fight. Vets benefits? Abuse shelters? Aid to children? Cancer research? They don’t care who gets hurt. Just what they can get away with. Keep. Fighting. Back. 391133614344
Reposted by Lisa PGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 29/01/2025Let me say this in no uncertain terms: the President’s actions today are illegal. Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel. The State of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have. 362175612660
Reposted by Lisa PChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/01/2025The freezing of federal grants, the firing of all inspector generals, the immunization of political violence - does everybody not see what’s happening? In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy - and seize control. Call it what it is. 52145301553
Reposted by Lisa PMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Anxious Nation Waits For Democratic Party To Do Something, Anything In Face of Republican Assault On Life And Liberty 17762821392
Reposted by Lisa PGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 21/01/2025This is unconstitutional.washingtonpost.comTrump signs executive order attempting to end birthright citizenshipThe president issued several actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement. 1151638238
Reposted by Lisa PDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 17/01/2025New Marist poll: Trump starts with a net-negative favorability rating, 44% favorable, 49% unfavorable. This destroys the idea Trump has a mandate. Wish Democratic leaders would see these polls and realize Trump is not popular. Stop talking common ground and start fighting! 24861451686
