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Elizabeth Majerus

@emajerus.bsky.social

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Teacher, poet, punk, feminist; author of Songs Are Like Tattoos, co-editor of Can I Teach That; anti-white-supremacy; pro-climate action, -reproductive justice, and -preserving democracy; 1/3 of Motes; private citizen, She/her, opinions my own

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Elizabeth Majerus @emajerus.bsky.social · Oct 27

Honored by Amy Penne's beautiful profile––deft & lovely readings of the poems in Songs Are Like Tattoos & great snapshot of interwoven strands of an utterly enjoyable cafe conversation! #SongsAreLikeTattoos www.smilepolitely.com/arts/art-wor...

Art Works: Mixtapes and Modernism with Elizabeth Majerus - Arts

We planned to meet at Urbana’s Caffé Paradiso, but with Paradiso’s truncated summer hours, we ended up a block away at Caffé Bene, its wide-open tables offering the perfect setting for an unhurried co...

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 4h

Grijalva should be sworn in on the Epstein Files discharge petition

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Look, folks, he's the *Speaker* of the House, not the Listener of the House or the Watcher of the House.

You can't expect him to be aware of major events that are unfolding right before him.

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 15h

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 23h

While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

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Hobbit Korkie @korkie.bsky.social · 20h

Amendment 4
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,... describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning everyone
Thank you ALL for yesterday's #NoKings
INSPIRATION

This morning I want to share with you in Congresswoman elect Adelita Grijalva's own WORDS WHY a judge just cannot swear her in
As so many of us have asked

Call SpeakerJohnson
Please
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SWEAR in ADELITA

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 18h

y’all I’m going to be real, the workers at the biggest music venues in DC are trying to unionize

we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily

that won’t happen without noise

please, bluesky, do what u do best

@930club.bsky.social
@theatlantisdc.bsky.social
@theanthemdc.bsky.social

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18h

Still appalled at how paltry and terrible the NYT coverage of the protests were and how nobody there feels any responsibility to address the criticism. This was not something that caught them off guard. This was many levels of decisions.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17h

I know it's risky, but we need more on the inside to speak out.

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17h

Ordered to lie, fired when he refused.

My thoughts on the 60 Minutes interview of former DOJ attorney turned whistleblower, Erez Reuveni, and why any prosecution in the Trump Regime must be viewed with skepticism, if not outright disgust.

youtu.be/GJcXaI7IeH8?...

Trump SCREWS His OWN DOJ as WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALS All

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1d

Tariffs are ruining everything — including the Texas State Fair.

$14 for fried oreos.
$15 for a funnel cake chicken sandwich.
$25 for a turkey leg.

DC politicians are pricing Texans out of our own state fair.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 2d

Tucson Arizona: Adelita Grijalva joins the #NoKings rally. Protesters chant “Swear her in”.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 18h

these are a different set of republican racist texts than the previous set of republican racist and nazi texts

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20h

So the dealbreaker is admitting you’re a Nazi

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Republicans set to reject Trump nominee Ingrassia after offensive texts

His confirmation to lead the Office of Special Counsel was already set to be rocky after previous allegations of sexual harassment.

www.semafor.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 19h

Exclusive: A group of big banks is struggling to put together a $20 billion loan to Argentina without leaving themselves on the hook to the virtually bankrupt country

U.S. Banks Are Hunting for Collateral to Back $20 Billion Argentina Bailout

American banks are looking for assets or guarantees from the U.S. government that would back a private-sector loan to support Argentine President Javier Milei.

on.wsj.com

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Elizabeth Majerus @emajerus.bsky.social · 18h

“I expected [the Trump admin] to try to eliminate the Department of Education, but not to deliberately wreck the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which helps communities in both red and blue states when they’re beset by disasters.” 4/

Elizabeth Majerus @emajerus.bsky.social · 18h

“Perhaps the most puzzling thing about the second Trump admin has been its attacks on pillars of American strength that pose no challenge to its ideology. It was predictable that the White House would gut support for the humanities, but not that it would defund pediatric cancer research…” 3/

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Elizabeth Majerus @emajerus.bsky.social · 18h

“The dominant aesthetic of the administration comes not from antiquity but from A.I. slop, the tackier and more juvenile the better. The Trump gang’s compulsion to debase and cheapen almost everything they touch is far more than a matter of style.” 2/

Elizabeth Majerus @emajerus.bsky.social · 18h

“What’s curious is not Trump’s eagerness to degrade us, but his uncontrollable urge to defile himself & his office. Most national leaders do not willingly associate themselves with diarrhea. Rulers…tend to jealously guard their dignity. But not Trump.”— Michelle Goldberg, NYT (10/20) 1/

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 1d

has the new york times investigation uncovered what the brown liquid is yet

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Miriam @miriam.blacksky.app · 1d

You can’t call it a big tent if to include some people you throw out others. That’s just a carousel.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Little joy update: I am exhausted because my little orange cat jumped into bed at 2 AM and purred so loud she woke me up.

This is not the first time it’s happened and I will never be mad about it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d

I’m old enough the remember when the media stationed camera crews at congressional town halls and treated it like the biggest protest ever when one Tea Party person asked a question

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 1d

James Comey responds to Lindsey Halligan's claim that his counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, ever "improperly disclosed classified material." Says the claim is "provably false" and an "effort to defame" Fitzgerald.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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