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Lisa Dickey

@lisawritesbooks.bsky.social
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Author / book collaborator on 25+ books, including The Situation Room by George Stephanopoulos w/me. 12 NYT best sellers. Parents still unimpressed. lisadickey.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
History says the 9/11 attacks began at 8:46 a.m.—but that's not how most, from NYC officeworkers to the President, experienced it. Instead, the "attack" begins at 9:03, when we saw the second plane strike. I wrote abt the fascinating 17 minutes in between: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/grap...
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The 17 Minutes That Changed America
The earliest moments of the September 11 attacks did not unfold the way we often remember. Here’s how those surreal 17 minutes changed America forever.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Melrose and La Brea is just a river right now.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/01/2026
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 19/01/2026
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Funny how right wing radicals now love the masks they refused to wear just a few years ago when their only purpose was to keep people safe.
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The United Kingdom and Germany are literally considering sending troops to Greenland to try and calm US threats. What the hell are we doing? Why are we turning our closest allies against us?
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Downtown LA, 2:40 pm. Crowd is growing. JUSTICE FOR GOOD
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Hi, friends. PLEASE come out tomorrow for an ICE OUT protest near you. ICE agents are terrorizing and murdering innocent people. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. Saturday, January 10, 2 – 4:30pm PST Pershing Square / 532 S Olive St Los Angeles, CA 90013 www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Ice Out For Good Los Angeles · Mobilize
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Meanwhile, here are the top two stories on Fox News. I kid you not — these are what they think are the most critical issues today.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
BREAKING: Today's emails contradict Ghislaine Maxwell's interview with Todd Blanche. She said she never saw Trump at Epstein's house. In a newly released 2011 email Epstein tells Maxwell that Trump spent time with a victim at Epstein's house.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Yoshinobu Yamamoto says he’s available for Game 8.
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
If you’re a fan of baseball and great analysis and excellent writing, you MUST follow @mollyknight.bsky.social
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Or bail out Argentina, for that matter?
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 31/10/2025
HOW CAN WE AFFORD TO INVADE VENEZUELA IF THERE'S NO MONEY FOR SNAP???
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Please buy this book. Sending it to the best-seller list is the best way to keep the pressure up for getting the E*stein files released. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712958...
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Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: 9780593493120 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghi...
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck. "I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!" Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door. Hoffman Estates, Illinois
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2025
"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Republicans just unanimously voted to BLOCK the release of the Epstein files.
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Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I think one of the reasons you hear so much visceral anger coming from Dems about politics these days is bc for years now we’ve been expected to respond with dignity and respect (which we do) when political violence touches the GOP. But when it touches us - we get the Mike Lee’s of the world.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 17/06/2025
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‘Have you no decency?’ Read the scathing letter a Minnesota US Senate staffer sent to Mike Lee
After Utah Sen. Mike Lee promoted right-wing conspiracy theories about the man who killed Melissa Hortman and her husband, a senior staffer for Sen. Tina Smith wrote a blistering email to Lee’s staff.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@smith.senate.gov: "I think [Mike Lee] was sort of stunned to be coming face to face with somebody who was really calling him out on his bullshit... The way that people like Mike Lee and others on the right take advantage of the worst kind of human tragedy and political violence... is unacceptable."
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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full emails below
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/06/2025
An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/06/2025
Tina Smith on Mike Lee: "I went to him and I said, 'Your message on social media showed the image of the man who killed my friend ... and your message is, this is what happens? You need to take responsibility and accountability ...' And I wanted him to hear that from me directly."
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Say what? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The time is now. Click the link below, find the gathering nearest you, and let's make Saturday the biggest peaceful protest this country has ever seen. www.nokings.org#map
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No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Germany’s Chancellor Merz presented Trump the birth certificate of his German grandfather, Friedrich Trump. It was a clever jab to remind Trump he’s a German immigrant.
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Two Presidents. Two illegal gifts. Only one with morals.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
EXCLUSIVE: We dug up a video of Donald Trump trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Can confirm. When I worked in the White House, I had to be careful to split the bill with anyone when having lunch. (Of course that was under a president who sold his peanut farm rather than be suspected of any conflict of interest.)
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/05/2025
June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
(next to an image of Trump wearing a crown that has been crossed out) NO KINGS
MASS PROTEST
JUNE 14, 2025
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Every podcast should have these miners , the mayor of the town and others from the area on their podcasts and shows. Trumps name should never be mentioned. They know who caused it. I would love to hear what they feel needs to happen next and how to get there. Not what politicians think
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Every time I read about a justice dying years after retiring from SCOTUS, I get upset with RBG all over again. Dammit.
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Anthony Scaramucci @scaramucci.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
People are talking about his Pope trolling and Alcatraz, rather than the billion dollar corruption scheme.
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Congrats to Ann Telnaes! And shame on the Post's ownership for denying her the right to practice her art and express her always-insightful commentary, and losing her in the process.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I listened to President Trump call Rep. Jasmine Crockett a "low IQ individual" and I realized I had heard that before, so put the question to ChatGPT.
Donald Trump has a history of using the term "low IQ" to insult various individuals, particularly women and political opponents. Here are some notable instances:
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Jasmine Crockett
In April 2025, Trump referred to Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) as a "low IQ person" during an interview on NBC's Meet the Press. This comment followed Crockett's criticism of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, whom she nicknamed "Governor Hot Wheels" . In response, Crockett appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and challenged Trump to take a public IQ test against her .
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Kamala Harris
Trump has repeatedly targeted Vice President Kamala Harris with similar insults. During a rally in Milwaukee in November 2024, he called her a "low-IQ person" while criticizing her competence . He reiterated this insult at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, in October 2024 .
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Maxine Waters
In 2018, Trump labeled Representative Maxine Waters (D-California) as "an extraordinarily low IQ person" after she called for public confrontations with Trump administration officials .
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Mika Brzezinski
Trump also targeted MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski in 2017, referring to her as "low I.Q. Crazy Mika" in a tweet. He further insulted her by claiming she was "bleeding badly from a face-lift" during a visit to Mar-a-Lago .
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These instances reflect a pattern in Trump's rhetoric, where he uses derogatory terms to belittle critics and opponents, often focusing on their intelligence or appearance.
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
congress should consider stopping the stupidest person who has ever lived from destroying the economy
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Read this if you want to understand who Jill Sobule was as a person and an artist. A brilliant summation of a singular human being. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...
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Singer-Songwriter Jill Sobule “Filled The Room With This Whirlwind of Whimsy”
Michelle Lewis, CEO of the Songwriters of North America and a close friend of Sobule’s, remembers the groundbreaking artist after she tragically died in a house fire.
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Posting a photo of himself dressed as the pope to distract us from what matters: the failing economy and the deportations. Keep eyes on the ball, please.
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Hilarious, moving, fabulous art that truly moved the needle for LGBTQ+ people in the 90s. Thank you, Jill Sobule. m.youtube.com/watch?v=LUi1...
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I Kissed A Girl [Jill Sobule ~ OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This is just horrifically sad. What a loss. Jill was a gorgeous singer and guitarist, a lyricist without peer, a loyal and hilarious friend, and a woman possessed of the purest heart and most brilliant soul of anyone I knew. I love you, Jill, and will miss you forever. variety.com/2025/music/n...
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Jill Sobule, Singer-Songwriter of Groundbreaking 1995 Song ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dies in House Fire
Jill Sobule, whose 1995 hit 'I Kissed a Girl' is considered the first openly gay-themed song to crack the Billboard Top 20, died in a fire Thursday.
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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Constitution, and every ounce of law interpreting it, you blithering idiot.
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“He is granting audiences to people who buy his meme coin. When the sitting president of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him. There is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense.” Sen. Jon Ossoff
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Lisa Dickey @lisawritesbooks.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Horrifically sad. All of it.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22/04/2025
SCOTUS oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor are in 5 minutes. What is Mahmoud v. Taylor? The Don't Say Gay case out of Maryland and the Fourth Circuit. Gather round. 🧵
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