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@lisajkb.bsky.social
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Retired mathematics and computer science teacher. Lifelong Liberal!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/05/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Mayor Mamdani Keeps Raising The Bar, For Other Mayors To Follow His Successful Path.......
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We're All Standing With Ted Lieu....
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
TODAY — and every day until we have justice for all: We fight for equal rights and we join together to support each other in this battle. blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/
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All Roads Lead to the South — National Day of Action for Voting Rights
The voting rights they marched for are being stripped away right now. We're going back. Are you coming?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I’ve now seen videos from both the mayor of Minneapolis and the governor Tim Walz, and both of them look like they have not slept in weeks
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This is what criminals & soon-to-be-sanctioned dictators do: set up a cozy personal nest egg in a country that won't extradite them & has no agreements that would compel them to enforce other countries' sanctions. That's why sanctioned Russian oligarchs made a beeline for the UAE in 2022.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 14/01/2026
ICE just confronted us in our car saying it’s our first & final warning. There’s nothing illegal about driving your car safely on Stinson, Lowry, or any street in our community. They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Donald Trump is a criminal who should be in jail and not the White House. ICE is a band of lawless goons who shouldn't be allowed to carry guns or badges. And the citizens who peacefully protest the Administration's violence against our nation are the true patriots.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
U.S. billionaires got an astounding $1.5 TRILLION richer in the first year of Trump's second term. Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else. "New Golden Age" for who?
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
They aren’t spending your money well.
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Trump isn’t just fueling protests. He’s changing how Americans see ICE, immigrants, and themselves. Tomorrow, Todd Beeton looks at how Trump’s second term is reshaping the electorate. Yesterday, Jay Kuo dug into why Kristi Noem and DHS are lying about what happened to Renee Nicole Good.
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This Week In The Big Picture
As we saw from the protests throughout last summer and fall, as well as the results of November’s elections, the resistance to Donald Trump in his second term has shown itself to be incredibly strong.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Prompting this response: www.cbsnews.com/news/denmark...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Republicans claim they’re better for the economy, but it hasn't been true for a century. Don't fall for it. They're better for the wealthy and that's it.
Screenshot of an X post referencing a 2021 New York Times analysis comparing economic outcomes under Democratic and Republican presidents. Below the text is an image of the NYT headline reading, “Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy?” with a subhead about GDP and job growth.
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
It’s not “patriotic” to bail out Argentina while Americans are struggling, to build a ballroom while cutting SNAP benefits, or to pad your own pockets while claiming “affordability” is a hoax.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
It’s not our duty to just smile and nod when a man with this much power demonstrates that he’s a pathological liar and an imbecile. Quite the contrary. Real patriots say out loud this is just plain nuts and he’s unfit to hold office.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Can't believe I have to say this, but it's 2025 still and apparently this is how this year has gone: IF YOU HAVE MEASLES PLEASE DON'T GET ON A PLANE. patch.com/new-jersey/n...
patch.com
Possible Measles Exposure At Newark Airport Amid Holiday Travel: Health Officials
The non-NJ resident was in at least two terminals while infected with measles, officials said.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/12/2025
even if the Supreme Court says we can never touch Trump for any of this shit, the next admin should go after everyone involved in buying and selling pardons and they should do it loudly and aggressively
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 17/12/2025
Why did Elon Musk’s DOGE goons transfer our Social Security data to a private server?
A graphic with a dark background with Elon Musk and Donald Trump looking at each other. The text in white and yellow font says, It doesn’t matter if you’re 16 or 61, none of your private Social Security data should have been uploaded to a private server by an unaccountable billionaire.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
How about no?! Trump would do anything to avoid releasing the Epstein Files. Even engage in an illegal war against Venezuela or free Ghislaine Maxwell. The only outcome that matters to him is to evade responsibilities for his crimes and actions. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to set aside her 20-year prison sentence
It comes as the US justice department faces a 19 December deadline to release all files related the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 17/12/2025
Today MAGA brought anti-abortion health care legislation to the House Floor that will make the American people sicker, undermine preexisting condition coverage, and drive up health insurance costs. I voted ‘hell no’ on this poison pill prescription.
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,Fine Artist-painter sculptor Mc Goo @uncle57.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 12/12/2025
Republicans control the White House, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. Millions of Americans they represent will see health insurance premiums double or even triple in just days. Congressional Republicans need to stand up for the people they represent.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 12/12/2025
We spend twice as much per capita on health care as almost any nation on Earth. We pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world. 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured. Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
What’s at stake in the fight between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros? The power of a wannabe tyrant to interfere in any business transaction he wishes, to enlarge his own power and stifle criticism. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/what-hap…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/12/2025
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 01/12/2025
70 years ago today, Rosa Parks changed history. Her quiet act of courage sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal part of the Civil Rights Movement. We must honor her bravery by continuing the fight for our democracy and rights.
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
While Pete Hegseth commits murder in international waters, Kristi Noem continues to spew propaganda on TV and defy court orders. I react to the unlawful actions of Trump's goons and explain why the American people need to take action. Watch here: youtu.be/Qb-AlYDDZSU
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Hegseth's Crimes and Noem's Defiance of the Courts Undermine America
YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Trump’s echo chamber: Very little U.S travel No rallies or contact with supporters Right-wing media Dinners with rich donors and billionaires Truth Social Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 23/11/2025
Sen. Mark Kelly delivered a warning every American should hear: a president who calls for lawmakers to be hanged for speaking truth is stochastic terrorism. He’s trying to rule by fear. Our democracy survives only when its leaders answer to the Constitution, not to one moron’s fury.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Meanwhile, on the right, they're still talking about Jussie Smollett.
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The Seneca Project @senecaproject.us · 19/11/2025
🚨🚨NEW AD: Trump betrayed our military. Republicans backed him. Cuts to healthcare. Cuts to VA services. Cuts to veteran jobs. TN-07 needs a defender, not a follower. That's @aftynbehn.bsky.social #TN07 #Tennessee #Tennessee07 #AftynBehn youtu.be/aS3fZZtn5eg
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DEFEND THE BRAVE: Vote Aftyn Behn
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Trump pardons allies who boost his crypto coin. Trump invests in corporations that he's supposed to be regulating. Trump cuts deals with autocrats to advance his family's real estate business. The list goes on. We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 20/11/2025
U.S. Army Captain Willibald Bianchi of New Ulm showed extraordinary courage in WWII, fighting through multiple wounds and earning the Congressional Medal of Honor. After more than 80 years, his remains have been identified, and his family will finally be able to lay him to rest.
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care. “Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10/11/2025
Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting. Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Front page of the NY Times says it all. Trump hands out hundreds of billions in tax cuts to corporations and wealthy investors and tells states to stop providing full food stamp benefits to low-income families. Plutocracy in action. Thanks, Trump voters.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This should be getting more attention.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I am just overwhelmed with sadness and rage that I fail to properly phrase my feelings. Ban the Icestapo, bring those monsters and the Trump admin to The Hague to be judged for their crimes against humanity.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Breaking: A federal appeals court just denied a last-minute bid by the Trump admin to temporarily halt some SNAP funding during the shutdown.
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