Liz Hughes
@inventingliz.bsky.social
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Mom through adoption, perpetual do-gooder, wannabe world-traveler, life-long learner, soon-to-be empty nester so I'm looking for new hobbies! Opinions are my own. #bospoli #mapoli
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“Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. That includes four who were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.”
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
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They really thought most of white America would be high fiving them, crying in relief, thanking them for their work.

They really thought most of us were just too afraid to say it out loud.

While there are certainly plenty of people who agree, I think they're finding out it's not a majority.
I am convinced these DHS/ICE guys thought they were going to greeted as liberators, and this is what they get.
the logical endpoint of "debate me bro" culture right here
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Speaker Mike Johnson hits a new low as he tries to shame Adelita Grijalva for not “doing her job”

He’s the one stopping her!

He’s refused to swear her in to Congress for three weeks (and counting).

He’s the one who needs to do HIS job.
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I love being reminded every day that an unhinged eugenicist is our country's top health official
RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."
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Trump is bailing out Argentina with $40 billion while leaving American farmers twisting in the wind. At this point, it’s obvious he doesn’t want them to succeed.

I’m calling it now: this is going to turn into a land grab for pennies on the dollar.
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Man, this freaking guy.

"I have no staff ... The phones don't work. There's no computer," Grijalva says from her sparsely furnished office on Capitol Hill. "We don't have a government email." www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
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My quick read on the Bolton indictment--it is a substantive indictment, alleging that for each of 8 docs (in which he shared classified info), he sent, then retained the information.

If the classification descriptions are real, it is a very serious case.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/16/t...
The Bolton Indictment - emptywheel
The indictment against John Bolton charges him with sending, and then retaining, eight documents containing classified information.
www.emptywheel.net
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Jesus Christ these people are so goddamn creepy
RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."
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Men abusing women is not a "serious" issue, apparently.
Speaker Mike Johnson re court order against Rep. Cory Mills (R. Florida) - granting Mills' exgirlfriend-current Miss United States-protective order against after Mills allegedly threatened to post revenge porn..

"Let’s talk about some things that are really serious."

19thnews.org/2025/10/cory...
House speaker dismisses concern about restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills
Miss United States Lindsey Langston got a protective order against Mills, whom she accused of harassing her and threatening to release intimate videos.
19thnews.org
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NEW: John Bolton's criminal case has been assigned to Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama appointee who earlier this year issued one of the most sweeping rulings against DOGE.

The latest w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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30 people from one neighborhood in one day
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Still hard to believe that Trump and Vance joking about this wasn't seen as an enormous red flag to the purporting to have full confidence about the criminality of their targets.
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Devastation in western Alaska has been essentially ignored by our supposed "news" organizations. And by people like Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski.
Where is FEMA?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
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As a Jewish New Yorker, can I humbly ask the moderators of this debate to ask the candidates about their city policies, not their foreign policies?
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I was once whining to a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist that one of my key sources had cut me off. She said: "Access is overrated." And indeed it is. The press is not likely to miss out on any crucial Pentagon stories just because they can't roam the corridors.
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Jeanine Pirro’s office tried three times to indict a woman on bogus felony charges of assaulting an ICE agent. A DC grand jury turned her down each time. So Pirro brought a misdemeanor charge instead. And now a trial jury has acquitted her of that. www.huffpost.com/entry/sidney...
Jeanine Pirro Strikes Out Yet Again In Federal Court
Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman three times, then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge. Ouch.
www.huffpost.com
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Because it's illegal...
Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."
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Reportedly a 6th lawless US strike in the Caribbean.

This time reportedly with survivors.

If true, will the US military rescue the survivors?

Will the US military seek to detain the survivors, and if so, on what legal basis?

A phony war with real violence.

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US carries out new strike in Caribbean and there are survivors, US official says
By Phil Stewart
October 16, 2025 11:06 PM UTC · Updated ago



WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. military carried out a new strike on Thursday against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, and in what appeared to be a first, there were survivors among the crew, a U.S. official told Reuters.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not offer additional details about the incident, which has not been previously reported.
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The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Prior to Thursday's operation, U.S. military strikes against suspected drug boats off Venezuela killed at least 27 people, raising alarms among some legal experts and Democratic lawmakers, who question whether they adhere to the laws of war.
The Trump administration argues the United States is already engaged in a war with narcoterrorist groups from Venezuela, making the strikes legitimate.
Videos presented by the Trump administration of previous attacks showed vessels being completely destroyed, and there have been no prior accounts of survivors.
The strikes come against the backdrop of a military buildup in the Caribbean that includes U.S.-guided missile destroyers, F-35 fighter jets, a nuclear submarine and around 6,500 troops as President Donald Trump escalates a standoff with the Venezuelan government.
On Wednesday, Trump disclosed he had authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela, adding to speculation in Caracas that the United States is attempting to topple Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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*approaches podium*
*taps mic*
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"Immigrants"
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
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Because it is illegal
Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."
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“The Government sometimes makes brief investigative stops. . . . If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”

Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Pre-reading for ❌👑! ⤵️⤵️

"The biggest mistake I see: people treat rallies like fights. They’re not.

They’re public performance…political theater...

Showmanship matters. Legitimacy matters. Safety matters. Want to change minds and policy? Be the person who looks like they know what they’re doing."
The secret weapon every serious protester carries isn’t on their back...it’s between their ears.🔥👇

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