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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin

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Host, ResistanceLive; Founder, Gaia Leadership Project; political/leadership consultant; author; recovering Wall Street civil/human rights lawyer; ex-Columbia Law adjunct; organizer; NYer 4ever; daily on YT at https://www.youtube.com/@resistanceliveecm

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10d

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

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 · 7h

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 · 7h

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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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7h

“What is he afraid of?”
“Epstein!”

House Democrats have a message for Mike Johnson as he continues to avoid swearing in Rep.-elect Grijalva. (video via Ally Mutnick/Twitter)

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

Got mine!

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

DONE.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15h

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 8h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 8h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 13h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h

After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.

Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.

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Article excerpt: Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.

Article excerpt: ...They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 9h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 14h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 10h

They’re just roving around harassing different groups of protesters make racist jokes and asking people what they think of “illegals.” ISP agents are standing by just sorta watching.

Some iron workers from the nearby union building came to heckle them back, workers are getting a good laugh.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

Per SE Rapid Response, feds took at least nine people from their neighborhood so far today: instagram.com/p/DPzKRhNieBF/

serapidresponse on Instagram: "Federal agents have been seen moving throughout the East Side this morning and early afternoon. If you must be outside, stay calm, …"

Federal agents have been seen moving throughout the East Side this morning and early afternoon. If you must be outside, stay calm, avoid confrontation, and record any activity safely from a distance. We are urging everyone to stay away from the scene occurring at 105th & Ave N, for everyone’s safetyDo not open doors to unknown individuals claiming to be law enforcement without a warrant signed by a judge. Report any confirmed ICE or federal activity to the Family Support Network at 855-435-7693. Remember: You have rights. Stay silent. Ask to speak to a lawyer.~Agentes federales han sido vistos movilizándose por el East Side esta mañana y temprano en la tarde. Si necesitas salir, mantén la calma, evita cualquier confrontación y graba cualquier actividad de manera segura desde una distancia. Pedimos a todas las personas mantenerse alejadas del área de 105th y Ave N por la seguridad de todos.No abras la puerta a personas desconocidas que digan ser agentes de la ley sin una orden firmada por un juez. Reporta cualquier actividad confirmada de ICE o de agentes federales a la Red de Apoyo Familiar (Family Support Network) al 855-435-7693. Recuerda: Tienes derechos. Permanece en silencio. Pide hablar con un abogado.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 9h

Jesus.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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

WHAT

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 12h

This has to stop. It's extrajudicial, extraterritorial mass murder.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18h

Taking a swipe at the white gamer bros who support the Republican party is an interesting choice.

But, while we're here, Medicaid is intened for people who CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE. What you do, or don't do, SHOULDN'T MATTER when it comes to getting health care.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Mike Johnson says Medicaid is "intended for vulnerable populations, the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women, and not young able-bodied men without dependents who are playing video games."

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

Will take that win.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19h

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

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