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Lisbeth Pierce

@lisbethp.bsky.social
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Lover of truth. Seeker of justice. Library advocate. Book & Coffee expert. Just trying to live by the Hard Rock motto: Love all, serve all. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 🚫DMs

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 22h
If the former U.S. ambassador to Greece tried to use her office for personal gain, she was only imitating her boss.
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Trump fired Kimberly Guilfoyle for influence peddling that pales next to his presidential profiteering
If the former ambassador tried to use her office for personal gain, she was only imitating her boss.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h
We scoured social media, court records and local stories for instances of immigration agents holding citizens against their will. The administration doesn’t track these cases. So we have. We’re sharing our database with you.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
As Trump praises Putin and pursues a Russian diesel deal, NATO's top military commander travels to Poland with an urgent warning: “If attacked, we are ready to fight tonight.” Ben Meiselas breaks down the extraordinary contrast between Trump's rhetoric and the general's message to Europe.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🔥 @angieforfl.bsky.social Nixon: “The biggest, greatest lie ever told is we don’t have the power to change anything... it’s not about Republican vs. Democrat anymore— it’s about people so rich they’re now becoming trillionaires and trying to wipe out the entire middle class.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23h
Disastrous. "More than 2 newspapers are lost for every startup created. Virtually all new news sources are urban, while rural America is increasingly arid news territory. Virtually all philanthropic support for local news is in metro regions..." localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/sta...
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The State of Local News 2026
The latest insights and trends on the local news landscape across the country. Through data and graphics, explore the state of local news outlets and learn about news deserts, network sites and pathwa...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
NEW: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger just revealed stunning early voting numbers ahead of the midterms. 450,000 Virginians have ALREADY voted, compared to just over 200,000 at this point in 2022. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social reports.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN
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🇺🇸IBWizard🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌻😷 🖖 @ibwizard.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
MAGA is way more angry at Talarico for having the flu than they were Paxton for leaving the country with his mistress for the Fourth of July
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This 👇
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THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We stand with
ZELENSKY ‼️
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
😩😩😩
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Banned Books Week is almost over! The Trump administration had at least 596 books removed from schools serving military families. Don’t forget to get out there and read some of the books they tried to keep off the shelves. Happy Banned Books Week!
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We are sanctioning the ICC because we are a country that commits war crimes. We are buying diesel from Russia to fund Putin’s war machine because we are a country that likes *other* countries that commit war crimes.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I can’t tell you how much I needed this message of hope from the great President Barack Obama. 💙👊
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It should come as no surprise that a mean, angry man married to an unpleasant kook is not in favor of allowing other people to be in happy marriages. But Christian Nationalists are notorious busybodies.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think in reality what socialism actually means in the American context is that trillionaire Elon Musk got $38 billion from the U.S. government and you got rejected trying to buy a $1 soda on SNAP benefits.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cassidy Hutchinson’s crime was providing honest testimony about what an unhinged lunatic Donald Trump is. This made the thin-skinned twit angry.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The MAGA regime has refused international election monitors for the first time in more over 20 years, once again aligning with Putin’s Russia. Yet another act of pure treason.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Everything that's wrong with everything right here.
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He wasn't joking. He wasn't misquoted. He wasn't being sarcastic. He said it. He meant it. He said it again.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/10/2026
Attacking Iran was never about stopping them from getting a nuclear weapon and always about distracting everyone from talking about how many children the president raped in the Epstein Files.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nothing says a country is serious about science than vanity science awards for the president who has launched a war on higher education
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The song below just got its first international chart placement, super excited Was nervous writing it because it is not much like my other songs
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 08/10/2026
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Projections of names standing in solidarity with survivors of SA on Cornell’s Washington DC campus 🫶🏽 I stand with you.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Absolutely 👇
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨Holy shit, brilliant animators just made a devastating ad against Republican corruption: “A massive flood of money… impacts every part of our democracy.” Trump’s corruption is putting our democracy, our rights, and our future up for sale. VOTE. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump says the Kennedy Center is too dangerous to walk into Unless you play in the National Symphony, which rehearses there most weekdays @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are still in court w/ @repbeatty.bsky.social. Say one thing, do another, as we told @nytimes.com👇 -TN
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If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?
The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“This is what crowd out looks like.” - Jason Furman
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Donald Trump has done & said so many appalling things, but siccing his racist fans on innocent Somali residents is disgustingly dangerous.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "This is guy who has not been serious about providing people healthcare his entire career. What he has been serious about is making sure he can monetize his time in office. $14, two yachts, a McMansion in Florida."
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The pattern is simple and it is everywhere now: donate to Trump or do business with his family, and the rules stop applying to you. Skip the donation, and the rules suddenly apply with a vengeance. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 08/10/2026
We don’t have to guess what Republicans would do. They’ve SHOWN US: ➡️ Tariffs raising grocery bills ➡️ Medicaid cuts for tax breaks ➡️ TRILLIONS in new debt ➡️ LONGEST shutdown in HISTORY ➡️ Troops in US cities ➡️ Hiding Epstein files ➡️ Shady stock trading We’re LIVING it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Every one of us deserves the right to explore ideas, to question them, and to decide which stories shape who we become." We are humbled by the wisdom of #BannedBooksWeek Youth Honorary Chair Azeemah Sadiq! #LetBooksBe ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/9672...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Mitch Kates @mitchkates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Donald Trump and his Republican enablers have a healthcare plan- ELIMINATE HEALTHCARE. 🤬 So far Trump and Republicans have successfully ripped away healthcare from MILLIONS of Americans and closed rural hospitals all across the country. Stop them at the ballot box. ✊🏼 #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis
Donald Trump and his Republican enablers have a healthcare plan- ELIMINATE HEALTHCARE. 🤬

So far Trump and Republicans have successfully ripped away healthcare from MILLIONS of Americans and closed rural hospitals all across the country. 

But We The People have the power to fight back. We need to show up, speak up, and RISE UP!!!

Stop them at the ballot box. ✊🏼

#RepublicanHealthcareCrisis
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