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Lisa Brooten

@lisabrooten.bsky.social
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Media watcher, researcher, professor of media studies, change advocate, mother, traveler, questioner, work-in-progress. I contain multitudes (and sometimes contradict myself).

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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Flyer with a picture of a flock camera and an eye overlooking a cityscape that says "Those who give up their liberties for safety get neither."
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Nyx, disgusted. 🤣
Picture of a tuxedo cat sitting in a white sink basin, looking very judgy.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Nyx dislikes the current situation, kinda camera shy...
Picture of a tuxedo cat looking very judgmental, sitting in a white sink basin
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Image of Rupert Murdoch and the Fox News logo with the words "I am convinced the absolute decline of American civilization started with the introduction of Fox News."
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Nyx sees you, says hello, sink sista!
Tuxedo cat sitting in a bathroom wash basin, looking judgmental.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Image of Melania walking to her recent speech in a white suit, her face blocked out with the words "Be Bot"
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Cartoon of an anchor desk at Fox News with a director saying "lights, camera, bullshit"
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Photograph of Chief Justice Roberts and the words " Chief Justice Roberts says the rule of law is eroding like we've rarely seen. Maybe he should have thought of that before ruling. The president is above the law. You don't get to burn the house down and act shocked. It's on fire."
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
" if you are national guard or active duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens, this is the number to the GI rights hotline 877-447-4487"
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Carbondale, Illinois represents!!! #NoKings
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This is Nyx. She thinks it's all a bit crazy, too. Happy Caturday!
Picture of a kitten looking a bit shell shocked. This is Nyx. She thinks it's all a bit crazy too. Happy Caturday!
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Picture of a white businessman sitting between a white white guy in a construction outfit on the right and a black guy on the left. The white construction worker has a plate with one cookie on it in front of him. The black guy has no plate and no cookie. The rich guy has a plate of many, many cookies and is saying to the white guy, " careful mate... That foreigner wants your cookie!"
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Happy Labor Day!!
Image of workers standing with signs. The title is "The Labor Movement! The folks that brought you..." And the signs the workers are holding represent all the benefits from unions such as health benefits, workers comp, the weekend, etc.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Image of an upside down flag flying in front of the Sun
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A graphic highlighting a quote from a Media-ite story about the Smartmatic voting machine case against Fox, listing words used by Fox employees to describe the claims they put on air and their sources: crazy, really crazy, f****** crazy, tons of crazy, so f****** crazy, b*******, BS, bonkers, kooky, wacky, bananas, etc
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Two signs that say "no faux-king way!" carried by two different women. Great minds run on the same track!Protesters along the street in Carbondale IllinoisTrump puppet with a sign that says no King's since 1776Inflated rooster with three people, with 2 signs that say "no Kings" and 2 folks wearing taco hats.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
June 14th 2025 Carbondale, Illinois represents yet again! This time we had mostly blue skies and just a sprinkling of rain at the very beginning... This one was the biggest one yet! Twice the size of the last one!!
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Cartoon with a man holding a sign that says no kings with three tanks heading toward him on the street with Trump flags flying above them. This recalls the iconic photo from the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is disgusting.
Charts showing far more attention to Biden 's mental acuity and age than to Trump's in five major newspapers
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We are being distracted from this...
An explanation that buried in the big budget bill is a clause forbidding courts to charge Trump and other government officials with contempt for defying court orders.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The text notes the provision in the bill that allows Trump to defy court orders and forbid the court to do anything about it.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Who did this??? 😂🤣
A picture of the orange idol falling asleep in a meeting with MS 13 photoshopped onto his closed eyelids. Text: " proof Trump is MS-13".
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Cartoon with four founding fathers sitting around a table signing the Declaration of Independence while one of them says, "we all agree to no King, but what about a three-term drama queen?"
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Carbondale, IL 4/19/25
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Carbondale, IL represents! In the rain, again, but with spirit!!
Sign that says "no to Cheeto King turd term" and another that says "hands off the VA"Effigy of 47 with a pin in his neck, and signs in the background that say "deport Nazi musk" and "save the Department of education"Sign that says save the US Department of education and honk if you've never sloppy texted war plansSign that says due process with the word process melting away in the rain - symbolic!!
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Sign says Donald on golf excursion 26 millSign says you choose dictator or democracySeveral folks with signs protestingTuba player with signs hands off taped to his tuba...
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Carbondale, IL 4/19/25
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Carbondale, IL represents, in the rain, again, but with much spirit and a lotta honking luv 💕
Protest signs- one says "no to Cheeto King turd term", the other says hands off the VAEffigy of 47 with a pin stuck in his neck, and behind that signs that say deport Nazi musk and save the US Department of education.Man with a sign that says I'm a veteran, not a sucker or a loserProtesters holding an American flag and a sign that says no to a despot
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
A sign that says hands off national forestsImage of many protesters along the road on a rainy day in a rural town, Carbondale, IllinoisMan dressed as one of the founding fathers with a sign that says "hands off my..." and then a copy of the first page of the ConstitutionSign says save the US Department of education-honk if you've never sloppy texted war plans.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Carbondale, IL 4/19/25. In the rain, again, but with much spirit and a lotta honking luv 💕
Trump effigy at today's protest.Two signs, one says "no to Cheeto King turd term," and the other says hands off the VA.Two signs- one has Smokey the Bear and says only you can prevent fascism, the other says under his eye.A man holding a sign that says I'm a veteran, not a sucker or a loser
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Carbondale, Illinois #HandsOff
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Small town Carbondale, Illinois represents!! Despite pouring rain and a cancellation, people came out anyway, in force for this town, and lots of honking and support, too! #HandsOff2025
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#HandsOff2025 Carbondale, Illinois represents! Despite the pouring rain, and a cancellation because of the rain, people showed up anyway!! - in force for this small town. A lot of honking in support, too!
A picture of people protesting at an intersection with cars going byMan playing a tuba with a sign hands off taped to it.Woman holding a sign that says "only you can prevent fascist liars" and a picture of Smokey the Bear.A protester with an anonymous mask and a sign that says deport musk! Hands off our $$$
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Quote from Rebecca Solnit: 

They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything. You are not going to let them. You are not giving up and neither am I. 

The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving. You may need to grieve or scream or take time off, but you have a role no matter what, and right now. Good friends and good principles are worth gathering in. 

Remember what you love. Remember what loves you. Remember in this tide of hate what love is. The pain you feel is because of what you love. The Wobblies used to say don't mourn, organize, but you can do both at once and you don't have to organize right away in this moment of furious mourning.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Good morning Bluesky! I just finished The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo and The Power by Naomi Alderman. Loved them both! Now on to The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Greene.
A picture of the cover of John Green's book the anthropocene reviewed, with this comment: Good morning Bluesky! I just finished The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo and The Power by Naomi Alderman. Loved them both! Now on to The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Greene.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Good evening everyone. The world is still so beautiful despite its ugliness. Peace.
Sunset view with message:
Good evening everyone. The world is still so beautiful despite its ugliness. Peace.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Blessed Ramadan for all who celebrate 🙏🏻
Image of a crescent moon composed of stars and the words. Ramadan Mubarak
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The image shows a piece of paper that says this: 

When I was in 7th grade, our teacher put on a video and told us to take notes. 10 minutes in, she threw the lights on and shouted at Steve Webb Sledke, telling him he wasn't taking notes and he should have been. But the thing was, Steve was taking notes. I saw it. We all saw it. The teacher asked if anyone wanted to stand up for Steve. A few of us choked out some words of defense but were immediately squashed. Quickly, we were all very silent. Steve was sent to the principal's office. The teacher came back in the room and said something like "See how easy that was?" We were reading Anne Frank. I started to understand. I just thought now is a good time to share this story. Don't ever let anyone tell you that what you see with your own eyes isn't happening.
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Upside down flag
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Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Graphic showing 31.78% voted for Trump, 30.84% voted for Harris, 1.06% voted third party, 36.33% did not vote. More. Americans voted for someone other than Trump. Not a landslide. Landslide. Not a mandate.
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