Reposted by LizCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru... 1511284700
Reposted by LizPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Shouldn't the Democrats have something like an Elon Donations Tracker posted on all of their websites and social media? Make this SALIENT? Might it make sense to point out repeatedly that he is a white supremacist and ask the public why he would be backing the GOP? 211135364
Reposted by LizThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/20261. Let's not say goodbye to Eric Schmitt just yet. His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States. 361611534
Reposted by LizThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/202623. But the story does not end with Schmitt, because his story is part of a larger story – a conspiracy, you might say – to stop the public from fully understanding what the president did in the wake of his defeat to Joe Biden, which is to say that he's guilty of treason. 447592
Reposted by LizKai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Dems need to commit to finding every one of these renditioned people, repatriating them with full citizenship and reparations. They can use the money from nationalizing Elon's companies and zeroing out DHS/ICE's budget 316930
Reposted by LizAmerican Oversight @americanoversight.org · 17/09/2026NEW—With @accountableorg.bsky.social, we sued the Trump admin over its plan to give subscribers early access to government announcements posted on Truth Social—if they pay $100k/ month to a company where Trump has a $1 billion stake. This is textbook corruption. americanoversight.org/press-releas...americanoversight.orgWatchdogs Sue Trump Admin Over “Textbook Pay to Play” Truth Social $100K-a-Month Scheme - American OversightAmerican Oversight and Campaign for Accountability’s lawsuit argues the Truth API proposal violates the Constitution and laws that protect public access to information. 11810
Reposted by LizNBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.nbcnews.toNew wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers sayA type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest. 13156481873
Reposted by LizFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is an elementary school. National Guard and FBI plus a circling helicopter showed up this morning at yet another DC elementary school, this time in Ward 1. These gangs of armed agents terrify children and cause fear among families. It's time for federal agents to leave our communities alone.washingtonsun.comNeighbors Upset Over Federal Agents’ Presence at D.C. SchoolAgents and National Guard troops handed out fliers outside a Northwest elementary school, as a helicopter hovered overhead. 07536
Reposted by LizDeborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Get Ready To Vote Are you registered to vote? Do you know early voting dates in your state ? #GetReadyToVote #VoteBlue #Blues go.bsky.app/HSVpvpr 65213140
Reposted by LizMindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🧐 From starting trade wars with your closest allies to starting shooting wars because another president's name was on a nuclear agreement you tore up, thinking is difficult. That's why Trump ran for president as a Republican. And why Republicans are their own worst enemies. 26440
Reposted by LizAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me 2069280293777
Reposted by LizDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026With the exception of the Soros family, all of the people pictured are donating to Republicans. Most are in the tech/crypto sector. With the exception of the Soros family and Miriam Adelson, all of these people stand to financially benefit from deregulation. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comMeet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the MidtermsThe leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans. 24808266
Reposted by LizJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A 5-year-old Texan just spent the first day of school in an ICE detention center. ICE kidnapped Liam Tadeo on his way to a soccer game with his dad. Liam should be in kindergarten. Instead, our government has thrown him in a prison camp hundreds of miles from home. 357107014147
Reposted by LizRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“Local media has been dying all over America, which means there’s essentially no way to hold local governments accountable— they can do whatever they want,” he told the white nationalists meeting. “You should be fantasizing about this. This is a good thing.” www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...confrontthehate.comAs Local News Dies, White Nationalists See an OpeningAt an invitation-only gathering in Italy, far-right leaders mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes. 771802954
Reposted by LizBen Alpers @benalpers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Deplatforming people works. There have always been American Nazis. But they used to be marginal people, despised in our public discourse. But then the way American Nazis had been treated for decades on end suddenly became "cancel culture." And now our public discourse is filled with Nazis. 740173
Reposted by LizRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I was going to my job when suddenly I saw that two trucks stopped in front of me, and out of fear, because of all that, I tried to run. I am from Mexico. I had a problem with ICE this Tuesday. From there, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I woke up in the Washington hospital, all beaten up. 86997620
Reposted by LizMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026NEWS: Trump says he has ordered Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump says he is helping North Korea because South Korea refused to join his failed war against Iran. 5452355878
Reposted by LizAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie. 1814214028944
Reposted by LizGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026Hey Virginia, ICE appears to be moving its BWI route to Dulles. Two round-up flights of shackled captives in the last week. And their flights out of Richmond have picked up recently, too. 1486234
Reposted by LizSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 24/07/2026Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies 20078582051
Reposted by Lizicookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I can’t stress enough how you need to carve out the time to read this. 76933
Reposted by LizKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 22/07/2026I am absolutely begging Democratic politicians to make media reform a centerpiece of their policy platformskarlbode.comLocal U.S. TV News Will Soon Be Entirely Right Wing PropagandaThanks to the destruction of media consolidation limits, Republicans will soon enjoy propaganda and market domination over what's left of local U.S. news. 12946931404
Reposted by LizPresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 25/05/2026This site will select a Rothko based on the weather where you are, just choose your location. rothko.joonas.wtf 7381137
Reposted by LizPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.cnn.com/2026/07/20/p... If you're like me you're not only crying but literally sick TRUMP IS TO BLAME SO YOUNG TO DIE 1st.Lt Tyler James Freehan 25 years old !! He is from Hawaii 🙏😥🕊 Pvt. Isabella Gonzales ONLY 19 YEARS OLD ! A TEENAGER ! She is from Carrollton TX 🕊🙏😥🙏 MY HEART BREAKScnn.comUS military identifies 2 soldiers killed during Iranian strikes in Jordan | CNN PoliticsThe Department of Defense on Monday identified two US soldiers who were killed in Iranian strikes in Jordan. 37487228
Reposted by LizGemma Matthews - The Sewing Songbird @thesewingsongbird.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Good morning, a collage full of nature, colour and texture for you today. 16 little photo snippets taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope it brightens your timeline. 😉🪡🌿🌺🪻 #embroidery #thesewingsongbird 33660104
Reposted by LizProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2026Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits. In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline.propublica.orgMore Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food ProgramRepublican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch... 40723418
Reposted by LizAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This isn’t vandalism, it’s art – and reminds me I must watch They Live again 74114831
Reposted by LizGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/07/2026“The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.” Fleeing. The vehicle was driving away. That’s murder. A legal resident of the United States is now dead. The threat to public safety is ICE. It must be eliminated. 1118177905661
Reposted by LizMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10746505120334
Reposted by LizAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Buttigieg: You can see it in the carnival of corruption that is Washington, D.C., today. The leader of the free world flying around in a secondhand jumbo jet from a foreign country while he makes a billion dollars on crypto deals propped up by foreign leaders. 288167115057
Reposted by LizCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 12/07/2026Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting a comment to stop the administration from dismantling U.S. science. There are nearly 280,000 public comments filed so far! But! Do not assume they are all, or even most, against the proposal. This is a key pillar of Project 2029 - wind down federal R&D. 17261
Reposted by LizRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Comments due by Monday on the attempt to politicize science/aka kill American research as we know it. Do it at the link (counter the ton of Heritage-foudnatoin-prompted comments): www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... 25441315
Reposted by LizProPublica @propublica.org · 11/07/2026Cherise Doyley never expected to see a judge while in labor. Yet she found herself fighting a court for the right to make medical decisions about her own body — from her hospital bed. Here’s how her case unfolded. (Published March)propublica.orgShe Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like. 18372147
Reposted by LizAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/07/2026ICE detained three eyewitnesses and is pressuring them to self-deport so they can't testify in court about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's killing. ICE also claims it didn't have body cams at the time of the homicide. 22490222
Reposted by LizBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 10/07/2026There's an OMB rule change that would require political oversight of scientific grants, and could pull any that don't "reflect presidential priorities" Another country has tried this before! It was the USSR and it was called Lysenkoism. By @thsaey.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/omb-...sciencenews.orgHere’s what happens when you put politicians in charge of scienceProposed federal rules would rely on political appointees to decide how a lot of U.S. science gets done. History shows the consequences of such actions. 22871431
Reposted by LizBudd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days. 343213685863
Reposted by LizIrish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Let America Be America Again By Langston Hughes "Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be." 12513
Reposted by LizMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/07/202645 years ago today. Buried on page 20 on a holiday Friday just like this one, news that changed the world. www.nytimes.com/1981/07/03/u...nytimes.comRARE CANCER SEEN IN 41 HOMOSEXUALS (Published 1981) 9443131477
Reposted by LizBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 03/07/2026Soccer is my favorite sport and always will be, but Jesus Christ they've got to do something about this VAR issue. Every exciting moment devolves into legalistic nitpicking and standing around. For a match like this to end with Zapruder analysis and trigonometry is simply not fun!!! 4070093
Reposted by LizDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I’ll vote for anyone who pledges to remove all replay reviews from every sport in the world 2123737
Reposted by LizAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...nytimes.comImmigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down 14329632045
Reposted by LizBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Congress fully funded the local humanities nonprofits that should be putting on these celebrations and Trump is illegally withholding it to instead spend the money on his arch. 0106
Reposted by LizKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026And nobody cares except us. I’m on like six unemployed black woman listservs, where everyone’s freaking out, and nobody’s like “I’m running on trying to get y’all jobs.” It’s like we’re being erased from American society. 402575945
Reposted by LizMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Money once used for financing our National Parks is being used by Trump for his vanity projects A reporter asked Trump who was paying for the enhancements. “Paid for by me,” he replied. But that wasn’t true. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.com'Rush Project at Request of POTUS': Trump Is Draining the National Parks to Pay for His ProjectsMoney once used for crucial national-park repairs is now financing Trump’s redecorating projects. 21326136
Reposted by LizGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Now think about what this means if all federal grant making is under political control as per new OMB rule. Crony capitalism at its worst: do you want these people fixing your bridges, making sure your water supply is safe? @donmoyn.bsky.social 5322124