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Methodical Vortex

@lizhartman.bsky.social
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DC resident, cellist, gardener, cyclist, (plant-based) foodie, and Buffalo Bills fan. Black lives matter. Trans rights are human rights.

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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: DC Council, Pass the District bottle bill to clean up litter at no cost to the District government or residents. . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/dc...
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DC Council, Pass the District bottle bill to clean up litter at no cost to the District government or residents. https://bit.ly/3rcbottlebillpetition
The District is drowning in littered bottles and cans, especially plastic bottles. More than 75% of the bottles and cans sold in DC are not recycled. Instead they end up in landfills and suffocate our...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
DoorDash has been silent as its delivery drivers are hunted and killed by federal agents. Now, the company is backing #HR9720, a bill attacking DC Home Rule. We are calling on everyone to #DeleteDoordash. Let us know you've deleted your account and share your reasons why: deletedoordash.com
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Delete DoorDash: our demands
Our demands for DoorDash on H.R. 9720, ICE raids, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.
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Drew Courtney @drewcourt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I deleted my DoorDash account. You should too.
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm attending Popular Democracy's event, “Let's Get Free! March & Concert” - sign up now to join me! #POPULARDEMOCRACY www.mobilize.us/cpda/event/9...
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Let's Get Free! March & Concert · Popular Democracy
In America, power belongs to the people. Right now, an authoritarian movement is threatening our rights, our votes, and our place in this country. They want to divide us, silence us, and rewrite the...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops w/o plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning...This struggle may be moral or physical; but it must be a struggle. -Frederick Douglass
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/07/2026
Today marks 250 years since a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed a document declaring our nation's independence — a truth that feels self-evident now but was revolutionary then.
What a privilege us Americans have, to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What an honor us New Yorkers have, to look out over our city's waters from the shores where so many Americans bravely entered their country for the first time.
Today and all days, let us remember that patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent — because loving our country means fighting for the best version of it.
Happy Fourth of July, New York City.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
For America: 🎂? #MakeAmericaNormalAgain 🇺🇸
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I'm attending Popular Democracy's event, “Let's Get Free! March & Concert” - sign up now to join me! #POPULARDEMOCRACY www.mobilize.us/cpda/event/9...
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Let's Get Free! March & Concert · Popular Democracy
In America, power belongs to the people. Right now, an authoritarian movement is threatening our rights, our votes, and our place in this country. They want to divide us, silence us, and rewrite the...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Great writeup in @theatlantic.com about how the proposed OMB rule changes will impact American science, plus good background information on unitary executive theory: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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An Ascendant Constitutional Theory Is a Threat to American Science
The idea of a “unitary executive” is now being extended to America’s scientific establishment, with potentially devastating effects.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"Old Man Yells at Cloud," illustrated by Dave Whamond
 cartoon, titled "Old Man Yells at Cloud," was illustrated by Dave Whamond.It is a parody of a famous scene from The Simpsons featuring Abe Simpson.The cartoon features a caricatured Donald Trump yelling at a cloud
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/06/2026
The White House is now beefing with the weather
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monkeybutter.bsky.social @monkeybutter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The tiny hand is a nice touch 😂
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Hopefully will resume shortly after a rain delay (just in time for everyone to be off work): www.youtube.com/live/BslwLBR...
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Take the Name Down: Kennedy Center Live Cam
YouTube video by Hands Off the Arts
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/06/2026
WHITESIDES: The truth is the cheapest form of energy on a per unit basis is daytime solar. Is that not true? CHRIS WRIGHT: It depends-- WHITESIDES: No it doesn't depend! It's true. You are amazingly misleading the American public. WRIGHT: It depends-- WHITESIDES: No!
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪 What's the problem? arstechnica.com/science/2026... elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Centering Trans Leadership and Accountable Allyship” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Centering Trans Leadership and Accountable Allyship · Indivisible
Deepen your understanding of systemic oppression and violence facing trans people while honoring the leadership, resilience, and contributions of trans and gender-diverse communities. Explore how to p...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/03/2026
Since Mahmoud Khalil's initial immigration hearing, new evidence has come to light that makes clear the government targeted him solely for his speech. That's why we have filed a new motion with the Board of Immigration Appeals urging them to consider these documents.
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Pro-Palestine International Students Have Won in Court. Why Hasn’t Mahmoud Khalil Won His Freedom?
One of Trump’s tricks is to send people to Louisiana where they get harsher treatment. Mahmoud Khalil is pointing out the iniquity of it.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I'm attending MoveOn's event, “DC People's State of the Union” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
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DC People's State of the Union · MoveOn
At the State of the Union (SOTU), Republicans in Congress are once again bending the knee to Trump and hanging their constituents out to dry. Nobody should participate in Trump’s vanity project, and t...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/02/2026
Democrats have introduced legislation to fund all of DHS except for ICE and CBP while negotiations on reforms continue, but at the moment Republicans think the chaos of the shutdown gives them more leverage. It’s up to us to change that.
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Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “FREE MN, ICE OUT: An International Call For Solidarity” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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FREE MN, ICE OUT: An International Call For Solidarity · May Day Strong
Showing up and turning out are not enough to win in this moment. Join this call to hear why Minnesota is calling for a corporate campaign strategy to force ICE OUT and what we can all do to transform ...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/02/2026
This is a good start from Democratic leadership with demands that would halt the regime’s terror campaign and protect our communities. But we need to know where Schumer and Jeffries stand on DHS funding levels. ICE and CBP are already flush with cash — what are Democrats going to do about that?
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YarnDC ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿 @yarndc.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
cold was no deterrent That an essentially southern city can turn out this many pissed-off people at 4 locations in sub-20-degree temperatures should worry the regime and its corporate lackeys. #FreeDC
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/01/2026
As early as tomorrow morning, the Senate could hold its first procedural vote on the DHS funding bill — and it can’t pass without Democratic votes. Tell your senators to hold the line and vote NO on giving more money to the regime’s death squads.
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Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good. These killings are a dire...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Rest in power Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Keith Porter, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Parady La, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Silverio Villegas-González. @fedworkersunited.bsky.social #iceout
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Target, stop cooperating with ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/targ...
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Target, stop cooperating with ICE
The same week that federal ICE agents murdered Renee Good in Minneapolis, they kidnapped two U.S. citizens from a Target store in Richfield and filmed propaganda in a store in St. Paul. Target is Minn...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Justice for Alex & How to Be a Fighting Union. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/how-t...
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How to Be a Fighting Union
Join us!
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I do not just throw out praise for Senate Dem leadership, but this is good. It’s what we need now - Dems using their leverage where they’ve got it and refusing to budge. Make GOP own this lawless goon squad. No Dem votes for it. Support Dems who are fighting back now regardless of past beefs.
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 24/01/2026
Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country. As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/01/2026
WHO removing Us Flag
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Want to support the brave peaceful protestors in MN? Consider joining today’s economic boycott. Shop small local businesses & skip the national chains. Here’s a link to write to leadership of Target, Hilton, & Enterprise—all work with ICE freedcproject.org/news/solidar... #FreeDC #ICEoutforGood
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Solidarity with Minnesota: Email the CEOs of Target, Hilton, and Enterprise — Free DC
In solidarity with community leaders in Minneapolis, MN, send a letter to three corporate CEOs who are enabling ICE.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Update: Now 120 cities are holding Minneapolis General Strike solidarity actions paydayreport.com/minneap/
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MAP: Minneapolis General Strike Movement Spreads to 120 Cities on Friday
At least 80 cities plan to hold actions in solidarity with the Minneapolis General Strike.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/01/2026
While ICE is killing innocent people, teargassing babies and pastors, and kidnapping our neighbors to ship them off to foreign torture prisons, seven House Democrats just voted with the GOP to give the regime’s secret police even more funding.
THESE DEMOCRATS JUST VOTED WITH REPUBLICANS TO GIVE ICE MORE MONEY

> JARED GOLDEN
(202) 225-6306
> HENRY CUELLAR
(202) 225-1640
› DON DAVIS
(202) 225-3101
> TOM SUOZZI
(202) 225-3335
> LAURA GILLEN
(202) 225-5516
> VICENTE GONZALEZ
(202) 225-2531
> MARIE GLUESENKAMP PEREZ
(202) 225-3536
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
#FreeDC!
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
#PAWAToThePeople
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This is NOT symbolic. If Dems adopt this position as a caucus, ICE get reined in. Full stop. Not after Trump, not after the midterms - NOW. Call your Dem rep and senators and tell them to back this play today.
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Tomorrow! Let me know if you want to meet up!
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/01/2026
In under 48 hours, you organized nearly 1,200 marches and vigils in all 50 states and DC for Renee Nicole Good. There are more of us than there are of them — and We the People won’t stop demanding accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee. #ICEOutForGood
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
ICE Out for Good DC! @freedcproject.bsky.social @indivisible.org
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I’ve signed up to attend an Ice Out for Good rally in DC with Indivisible after work tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026). Are you free to join me? Use this link to sign up: mobilize.us/s/JfkWl0
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"Tell Congress: ICE Out For Good" Rally & Vigil at CBP · Indivisible
### Join Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, Public Citizen, ACLU, Movimiento Migrante DC, Free DC, and more in Washington, D.C. to tell Congress: take action now to get ICE Out for Good. On Wednesday...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I'm attending “Rally for America's Workforce: PAWA to the People” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Rally for America's Workforce: PAWA to the People · Indivisible
#### It's time to rally for PAWA! In March, the Trump Administration signed an executive order to end collective bargaining for 85% of the unionized federal workforce. This amounted to more than 1 mi...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us to Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local an...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This didn't age well...
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This almost got buried admist all the other terrible news this week
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/01/2026
Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Methodical Vortex @lizhartman.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Mr. Oil Man, start your machines
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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