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Liz Lukehart

@lizlukehart.bsky.social
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Writer & environmental/climate comms consultant. Lefty suburban mom with ADHD and a chaotic native garden in Chicago area. Thinking about post-capitalist futures, always. elizabethlukehart.substack.com

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
2/ We found at least 79 children hurt by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation blitz. It’s likely a vast underestimate. Kids were at home, sitting in strollers or attending a daytime protest with their parents. Then, chemicals left them gasping for air.
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters
All you do is take all the sex out, and use little short words, and little dumb ideas, and don't be too scary, and be sure there's a happy ending. Right? Nothing to it. Write down. Right on.

If you do all that, you might even write Jonathan Livingston Seagull and make twenty billion dollars and have every adult in America reading your book.

But you won't have every kid in America reading your book. They will look at it, and they will see straight through it, with their clear, cold, beady little eyes, and they will put it down, and they will go away. Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 26/04/2026
Have they claimed the shooter is trans yet?
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
may we all strive to fulfill the promise of the Virginia state flag (tits out, tyrants underfoot)
the Virginia state flag, which features a vaguely roman woman with on tit bared, standing on the neck of a guy who might be Caesar. the motto below is sic semper tyrannis--thus always to tyrants. extremely baller tbh
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Nothing to worry about, just the Heritage Foundation publishing an article on how the Republican Congress can refuse to seat Democrats www.heritage.org/election-int...
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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Fox News doc on lower fertility rate: "The problem is teens and young adults, from ages 15-19 the fertility rate is down 7%, and it's down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we're telling people that are young not have babies, to wait until they're in a more stable life situation"
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
what a glorious time capsule of this broken moment we are in
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
And she has since been deported. Link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Lord Arse! 🕹️ @lordarse.com · 04/04/2026
SUPER NINTENDO CHALMERS
Custom Super Nintendo console with a cartoon character in a suit painted on a blue surface. Two yellow controllers are placed nearby on a reflective black surface.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/03/2026
This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...
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San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody
Hanne Engan, whom ICE arrested at her green card appointment, said her diabetes quickly escalated while at Otay Mesa Detention Center due to medical negligence. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited...
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)
Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
It must be *infuriating* to TSA agents, who are NOT getting paid, to see lazy ICE agents, who ARE getting paid, lounging about the airport and doing nothing to help either them or passengers.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This horrific story gets worse when you find out how this young woman originally came to the US: as a 17-year-old on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane
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Mira @thefreeradical.org · 19/03/2026
im glad people are saying it. im so tired of everyone and everything donating to some generic large nonprofit, meanwhile almost every trans person i know is struggling to make ends meet and no one - including these very nonprofits - will hire us. ive never once felt the benefit of a glaad donation
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18/03/2026
ICE agents detained a Texas father trying to deliver milk to his infant daughter in the neonatal intensive care unit, disregarding his status as a DACA recipient. trib.al/BOeMew3
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ICE Seizes DACA Recipient on His Way to Visit Baby in NICU
ICE knew he was a DACA recipient—and detained him anyway.
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
CBP-owned chopper N203Z is part of the combined city-state-federal vehicular hijacking task force and is primarily used in coordinated operations with local police agencies. That doesn't mean it *isn't* or *hasn't been* used for immigration enforcement, but it is a regular presence in local skies.
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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Holy shit. These people must be stopped. "By the end of 2025, an estimated 39% of the gas power capacity being developed in the US was designed to serve data centers...up from 5% at the end of 2024."
nytimes.com
Why Tech Giants Are Ditching the Power Grid (Gift Article)
Seeking power for data centers, Meta and other companies plan to use equipment that is expensive and polluting.
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Liz Lukehart @lizlukehart.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
How long until these things are patrolling our streets and we start calling them “paw patrollers?”
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
theguardian.com
ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’
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Metroplex @metroplex.northsky.social · 10/03/2026
It's not enough to prevent hormonal transition, they want to enforce gender stereotypes now, claiming they are divinely ordained despite the fact that the bulk of them come from an idealized version of the 1950s and are ridiculously ahistorical even within the limited western context.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
this is literally right wing propaganda. cbs news cannot be trusted.
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GOP senator joins police in ejecting anti-war protester from Capitol Hill hearing
A Senate Republican assisted several police officers in ejecting a man who interrupted a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday to object to the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Bro, ICE is still here kidnapping people, now they’ve even got transit vans advertising fake companies.
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Liz Lukehart @lizlukehart.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Tehran is a city of nine million people, with 17 million in the larger metropolitan area. Saturday is the first day of the week for Iranians. Millions of people are at work, and children are in school.
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The attacks have come on a Saturday morning, the first day of the week in Iran, with millions of people at work and children in school. Residents in Tehran described scenes of panic and chaos.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 26/02/2026
Netflix won't counter Ellison's offer. Ladies and gentleman, the full right wing power grab is here and will now be beamed into every home on CBS, CNN, HBO, movies from Warner and Paramount. about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
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Netflix Declines to Raise Offer for Warner Bros. - About Netflix
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
✨ It’s a yes or no question ✨
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A British grandmother with a valid visa detained by ICE for 6 weeks. "So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. 'Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,' Karen says."
theguardian.com
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“A federal agent fired shots through the driver’s side window”. Sound familiar? That’s exactly how Renee Nicole Good was killed. This 23 year old lost his life and ICE’s involvement was covered up for a year. They’re killing people and hiding the evidence.
newsweek.com
Third American death linked to ice uncovered by Newsweek
While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Two issues I'm pondering. One is that you can't move this many people without inflicting tremendous physical and psychological harm on those deported and on society itself. The second is that left in place for years, mass detention on a whole new level will be normalized. It rarely vanishes. [1/3]
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I don’t know, might be significant to point out as we teeter on the brink of war that all major countries are now relying on the same group of oligarchs for weaponry and surveillance and oppression and that any large scale conflict would be the best thing to happen to those oligarchs.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
So....the Fourth Reich?
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Seaman Bryan K. Lee was never found.
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Liz Lukehart @lizlukehart.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This whole thread is a must read.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
so about the relationship between the state and capital
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is such a wild thing to say to someone who just shot an unarmed person bsky.app/profile/jmet...
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
One swift blow from above will sever your home from the panopticon's icy grasp. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/remove-you...
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Remove Your Ring Camera With a Claw Hammer
Home and life improvement.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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JBlanchard @jbatnc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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