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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier

@losangelista.bsky.social
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Journalist | Editor | Writer | Managing Director of @wordinblacknews | Depeche Mode is my love language. House music all night long. Also? #ilovela

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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 20h
The old caricature was: California is weird. The new one is: California is what happens to America if they take over—and people in Los Angeles (and now San Diego!) deserve to suffer and die. bylizcl.substack.com/p/before-ame...
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Before America Hated California
A crowd cheering for the destruction of Los Angeles and San Diego is terrified of a future that's already here.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I got asked if I'm safe and I was like, um, why? "Because I saw on Tik Tok that Black kids are burning France down." SIGH. bylizcl.substack.com/p/everyone-l...
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Everyone Loves a French Protest Until Black Teenagers Show Up
And apparently, Brown teens need to sit down and shut up, too.
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
What does healing actually look like for Black folks — and what's standing in the way? Join us March 4 as we talk with Dr. Joy DeGruy & Dr. Bahia Overton about why the emotional, spiritual, and communal work of healing matters — especially when so many feel overwhelmed, unheard, and exhausted.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"Michael, if you’re reading, we love being Black, too. And nothing — not snubs, not America doing what America does — can take that away from us." wordinblack.com/2026/03/mich...
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Michael B. Jordan Loves Being Black. We Do Too
Two acting awards in two days. Two weeks until the Oscars. Let's go.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"Google’s excuse — that the N-word was 'accidentally applied' — sounds technical and contained, as if the slur were corrupted data rather than a word steeped in violence and pain." wordinblack.com/2026/02/goog...
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If It Wasn’t AI, Who Put the N-Word in Google’s Push Alert?
The tech giant says its BAFTA notification was just a system error.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The things our ancestors had to do for freedom. 😭
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence Americans are learning to “trust the citations” in AI-generated answers—but AI doesn’t reward credibility, it rewards access. cyberscoop.com/the-quiet-wa...
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The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence
Americans are learning to “trust the citations” in AI-generated answers—but AI doesn’t reward credibility, it rewards access.
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery. I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
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Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
"And now that the violence has reached people who did not expect it, it does us no good to shout, 'WE TOLD Y’ALL THIS WOULD HAPPEN!'" wordinblack.com/2026/01/this...
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This Is the America Black People Have Always Known
Renee Nicole Good’s killing is part of a system we've long warned about.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
From my 2022 book THEY KNEW: "It is very bad in America to be right too early." www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/how-trump-follows-in-the-footsteps-of-a-notorious-con-artist
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The cruelty of that person's Truth Social post about the tragic murder of Rob Reiner and his wife. Just petty partisan meanness. SMH. It's not for nothing that Toni Morrison said when someone shows you who they are the first time, believe them.
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Your doctor just told you that you need an organ transplant — now what? During our “On Borrowed Time” live event, kidney transplant recipient Craig Merritt shares steps to help you care for yourself through the organ transplant process. Watch more: youtu.be/UMa_2BNjuAs?...
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
AT&T looked at Target and said "Hold my beer."
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Houston resident Brandon Jerrod needs a heart. He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2024. He kept gaining weight. "I kept going to doctors & they were like, oh whatever" They dismissed his concerns. He developed severe edema & lost ability to walk. Tune in here: bit.ly/WIBOnBorrowedTime
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Riverside.FM | Webinar
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Happening today! Join us for “On Borrowed Time: A Virtual Conversation on Organ Donation and Black Health” at 1:30 p.m. EST/10:30 a.m. PST. We're diving into the systems that hurt or help Black patients in need of an organ transplant. Tune in here: bit.ly/WIBOnBorrowe...
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
We’re opening the door to conversations that save lives. On Dec 3 at 1:30 p.m. EST, join Word In Black for “On Borrowed Time,” a live, virtual event exploring the realities of organ donation in the Black community. RSVP: bit.ly/WIBOnBorrowe...
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
It's Cyber Monday, but if it's not Black-owned, we're not buying it. wordinblack.com/2025/11/if-y...
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If You’re Gonna Shop, Make it Black-Owned
Because boycotts do not apply to Black businesses.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
This is one of the most enlightening and thought-provoking things I’ve read in awhile.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
BOYCOTTS DON’T APPLY TO BLACK BUSINESSES. On Black Friday (and every day!) we’re skipping the companies walking back DEI & riding for fascism. So Word In Black pulled together the Black-owned brands we actually spend money on — from skincare to books to apparel. wordinblack.com/2025/11/if-y...
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If You’re Gonna Shop, Make it Black-Owned
Because boycotts do not apply to Black businesses.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I wrote about what happened to Mario because ABSOLUTELY NOT. wordinblack.com/2025/11/yes-...
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Yes, Mario Was Sexually Assaulted. No, it’s Not OK
An incident in Detroit is a reminder that Black men deserve protection, too.
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Viola Ford Fletcher witnessed what no child should — and died knowing no one was ever held accountable for the trauma she carried for more than a century. wordinblack.com/2025/11/olde...
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Viola Ford Fletcher Can Finally Rest
Her passing at 111 leaves a legacy of truth about the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
You would think last Tuesday didn’t happen the way these folks are acting about the shutdown.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Never forget, #wearetheresistance youtube.com/watch?v=1kdf...
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We Are the Resistance | Word In Black
YouTube video by Word In Black
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This line of people waiting to vote… Los Angeles said NOT TODAY SATAN. (And this is after 30 mins waiting on the street.)
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
LOS ANGELES FOREVER AND EVER. WOW that was the longest game in World Series history.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Dodgers fans are about to stroke out. THIS IS WILD.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Bottom of the 13th... Can the Dodgers please score already so this can be done, and we can go to bed?
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Millions are marching on Oct 18 for #NoKingsDay, a nationwide protest against authoritarianism. In our latest Q&A, @statevoices.bsky.social CEO Alexis Anderson-Reed describes how their network across 32 states is turning resistance into real civic power. #noking wordinblack.com/2025/10/no-k...
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'No Kings' Is the Message. Collective Action Is the Plan
State Voices CEO Alexis Anderson-Reed says people have the power.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This times 10,000.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
An organizer friend says, repeatedly, that if it weren’t for Black women leaders there’d be no organizing. The church, naacp, D9 teach them how to organize, from the ground up in many cases. That and Heritage about the other massive training infrastructures left.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Does he WANT TYLENOL TO SUE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT???
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Today would be a excellent day to donate to the Black Press. Start with @wordinblacknews.bsky.social givebutter.com/rnV3yA 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Guy on MSNBC just said Charlie Kirk is NOT A POLITICAL FIGURE. What in the revisionist history simulation hell is this?
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
SO much revisionist history BS being spouted on cable news right now.
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Acknowledging the existence of #racism does no good unless we're ready to make systemic changes to improve the situation. Americans Say Racism Exists, but Shrug at Solutions wordinblack.com/2025/08/amer... by @losangelista.bsky.social via @wordinblacknews.bsky.social
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“Follow the money. Oil companies. Coal barons. Gas conglomerates. They win by weakening science and strengthening silence. They win when no one is watching. They win when the people’s voices are buried beneath lobbying dollars and propaganda.”https://wordinblack.com/2025/07/the-endangerment-is-us/
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The Endangerment Is Us
As the EPA guts the legal basis for addressing climate change, Dr. Mustafa Ali warns Black, Brown, and poor communities will pay the price.
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Join us on July 30 for a conversation with world-renowned experts Dr. Joy DeGruy & Dr. Bahia Cross about how we support Black youth growing up in a society shaped by anti-Black systems that too often fail to see their full humanity — and can do lasting harm. wordinblack.com/2025/07/word...
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TUNE IN: Word In Black With Dr. Joy DeGruy and Dr. Bahia Cross
Join us on Wednesday, July 30, for a must-watch convo on healing Black youth from racial trauma with Dr. Joy DeGruy and Dr. Bahia Cross.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
So it’s convict leasing.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
loving this so far!
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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
“There is a myth we tell ourselves about #Juneteenth, as if #freedom arrived suddenly, like a thunderclap, on June 19, 1865, with General Granger reading General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas.” @wordinblacknews.bsky.social @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social
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Juneteenth: The Freedom We Knew, the Truth They Couldn't Handle
Activist and poet Dr. Mustafa Ali says Juneteenth isn’t when freedom arrived — it’s when America could no longer deny it.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
You need to read this piece by @losangelista.bsky.social. wordinblack.com/2025/06/shou...
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Justice vs. 'Just Us': Should Black People Care About ICE?
As ICE raids sweep L.A., some African Americans say protesting is not our fight — raising questions about racial solidarity. Are they right?
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Folks need to stop getting on planes clearly FEVERISH and mask-free while hacking up a lung, sounding like they're at death's door. It's just rude, and I don't care what illness you have, I DO NOT WANT IT.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
ALSO MY SON GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE TODAY!
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Happy Heavenly 100th Birthday to our Beloved El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Team @wordinblacknews.bsky.social put together some beautiful stories honoring the life, ideas, and legacy of Malcolm X. Whole series is here: wordinblack.com/category/ser...
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright. Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
“It’s humiliating — humiliating for the United States to have Qatar provide the plane for the president of the United States." – Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter, who served in a Republican administration
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Is Pope Leo Black? “Here’s another situation where, potentially, it’s a chance to revisit our assumptions about what makes race in the first place. Is it ancestry? Is it geography? Is it language? Is it biological?” says Phillipe Copeland, a professor & racial justice expert @bostonu.bsky.social.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Last day of #teacherappreciationweek so shout out to all the Black teachers. And special love to @selmekki.bsky.social who has dedicated his all to ensuring Black folks become teachers. He wrote this for @wordinblacknews.bsky.social about how to fight for schools wordinblack.com/2025/05/5-th...
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5 Things You Can Do to Support Public Education Today
Sharif El-Mekki of the Center for Black Educator Development says protecting schools is everyone’s duty, and he has a roadmap for doing it.
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Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier @losangelista.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
As Brandon Johnson, @mayorofchicago.bsky.social put it, "Chicago has been at the center of the labor rights movement," making Pope Leo's election a “true sign that the rights of workers will be prioritized” by the Catholic church.
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