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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17m

History doesnt repeat but it does rhyme.

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Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18m

Because he’s a white supremacist.

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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h

@elienyc.bsky.social is live skeeting the SCOTUS oral arguments this a.m.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h

Sitting here thinking about the group of white ROTC skin-headed men who ran right through an anti-Gulf War protest while I was speaking chanting "USA! USA! USA!"

It was 1990.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4h

Evergreen skeet: Mike Johnson doesn't "know" about anything for which he doesn't want to be held accountable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: A judge in Florida issued a restraining order against Cory Mills for threatening and harassing his ex-girlfriend. Do you think this is an ethical violation?

MIKE JOHNSON: I have not heard or looked into the details of that. I've been a little busy.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks! You should check it out in your (*cough*) spare time LOL.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4h

Hearing from folks this a.m. who were finally able to stream our beautiful film that "it was so, so good" and creates "a newfound compassion for West Virginia" and how exploitation has harmed the state and it's people.

I hope you all enjoy it. We behind the scenes hopes it makes a real difference.

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

Some very big news this morning: the documentary film on which I was Impact Producer concerning Joe Manchin and his evisceration of the Democratic Party to benefit big energy and poison WV is now available for streaming on Prime.

www.primevideo.com/detail/Runni...

Watch Running for the Mountains online – Prime Video

An eye-opening documentary reveals how fossil fuel extraction and deregulation have irreparably harmed Appalachia and set the stage for environmental destruction nationally. Dynamic footage and underc...

www.primevideo.com

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4h

Coming up at 11 am, we're talking about the Insurrection Act, and Trump's threat to invoke it, the horrifying Young Republicans chat scandal, Grijalva's election is certified but Johnson is still not swearing her in, and way more.

Join us live or on the replay.

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Trump Ramps Up THREATS to Invoke the Insurrection Act! What's Next

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 6h

Haley Robson, a survivor of Epstein’s abuse — and a Trump voter — asked Speaker Johnson if he’s keeping the House out of session to delay Rep. Thomas Massie & my bill to release the files. She hasn’t gotten a response.

This isn’t about politics. It’s about justice for survivors.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 7h

Slots are filling up fast for this one, and class starts in a little over two weeks.

Join us in Power Lab and learn how to turn your outrage into action, right when we need it the most.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 11d

NEW PROGRAM ALERT

If you're terrified and outraged, but unsure how to get involved or feel like what you've done before isn’t working, we’ve got you.

Introducing POWER LAB: A 7-Week Course for Emerging Organizers to Overcome Outrage and Build Community Action.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8h

Everything is stupid. And violent. And stupid.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 16h

This is a real “or barbarism” situation.

Value the work you wish to reward. With dollars and clicks and attention and time. Or suffer the consequences of the world you’ve built.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17h

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 17h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 16h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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KellyK🌺 @azkellyk.bsky.social · 16h

Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens to sue U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson over Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in delay.

“Our aim is to get her sworn in ASAP because her constituents in Arizona deserve that.” 👏👏👏

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Attorney General Mayes demands immediate swearing-in for Adelita Grijalva | Arizona Capitol Times

Attorney General Kris Mayes is threatening to sue U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson if he doesn't say exactly when Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 18h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 16h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8h

Here for once is a book that not only do I have no interest in reading, but which actively makes me nauseous to even think about reading.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8h

The Speaker of the House thinks a naked bike ride is terrorism.

This is a sentence I never thought I’d write when I got a degree in professional writing for journalism.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17h

FROGS OVER FASCISTS!

🐸 > 🧊

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A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 17h

Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community.

Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟

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