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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 34m

So . . . the "credible intelligence" is "according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)?"

Seems questionable.

Also -- has anyone confirmed any "hits" on ICE or other actions against them? All I've seen are instances of ICE doing the attacking.

abcnews.go.com/US/cartels-i...

Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents: DHS

Drug cartels have "disseminated a structured bounty program to incentivize violence against federal personnel," according to a press release from DHS.

abcnews.go.com

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 3h

@pbsnews.org -- you mean "Trump again illegally directed the murder of individuals on a boat off the waters of Venezuela, with no proof?"

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 3h

So . . . . how long is the rest of America going to ignore these illegal murders?

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 3h

Pretty sure the list of things that fit this definition should result in the majority of the current regime being removed/impeached.

Or do we have to wait until the country has been totally destroyed first?

KG @kathygilbertnet.bsky.social · 4h

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 3h

You've got to wonder how Johnson can even breathe with his head wedged so far up there.

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 3h

Because with our corrupt Justice Department and a Congress that has abdicated their responsibilities, there is no one to hold him accountable.

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 3h

There is something fundamentally wrong with our Democracy when a single individual, like Johnson, can block the House from performing the jobs they were elected to do.

He should be held in contempt.

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 3h

Isn't he the one who has been using his own mug-shot?

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 3h

Gee . . . it's almost like the current Regime is making things up to support their own false narrative.

If they were actually worried about criminal behavior, they'd be looking at themselves.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 6h

And yet, the current Regime insists those folks on the "left" who are fighting for democracy are the "problem."

Politico @politico.com · 7h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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.

www.politico.com

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 6h

SMH.

So . . . Altman is only looking to maximize users and revenue?

Also, really curious how he's "mitigated serous mental health issues." That seems like a highly unlikely claim.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 6h

Who needs fiction when "real-life" is so crazy?

Also -- sounds like this "attorney" needs to consider a new line of work.

404 Media @404media.co · 9h

An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month.

🔗 www.404media.co/lawyer-using...

Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI

The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion fo...

www.404media.co

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 8h

So . . . let me get this straight . . . the "Peace" document signed yesterday did not even include the two waring parties? One of which has already started limiting humanitarian aid after just a day or so?

Sounds like this was little more than a photo op from someone playing "leader."

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11h

Document signed at yesterday's peace summit in Egypt outlines only broad principles for Gaza's future, highlighting ongoing challenges to achieving lasting resolution to the conflict.
Trump, leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey signed the agreement. The warring parties—Israel and Hamas, did not.

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 8h

The current Regime clearly sees everyone (other than themselves) as completely expendable.

How long will it be before they start to turning on themselves?

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 8h

So . . . violating a court ruling by going after the press for doing their job isn't "crossing a line" for him?

Guess that makes it pretty clear what he thinks of the Constitution and the Rule of Law, proving yet again that he and the rest of this Regime are the biggest threat to this country.

Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 8h

Sure feels like they are looking for any excuse to start killing again, now that their live hostages have been returned.

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 21h

War torn Portland.
I am

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 23h

Glad to hear that there is push-back on this

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 1d

What a worthless excuse for a human "Speaker" Johnson is.

Also, apparently an unethical, immoral, spinless coward.

Ironic that he considers himself such a "Christian."

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 1d

If they are refusing to come to work and do their jobs, then they should be going with out pay (and elected out of office at the soonest opportunity).

In what other career could you willfully "not do your job" and still get paid?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 1d

I am so sick of people who claim there is so much homelessness because places are "too nice" to the homeless people and "give them too much."

It's clear that they've never met/talked to a homeless person in their whole life.

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 1d

And don't forget the homeless veterans, which make up a large percentage of the homeless populations.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

Group launches $1 million ad campaign to promote "No Kings" nationwide rallies on Oct. 18.

Ads running in more than 185 local papers across 31 states + full-page ads in NYT, WaPo and USA Today.

All call on Americans to “peacefully protest our false king.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Group Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign Boosting ‘No Kings’ Rallies On Oct. 18

www.huffpost.com

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Elizabeth @invisiblebetty.bsky.social · 1d

So, which is it @apnews.com? In two consecutive stories you reported that Netanyahu both will and won't travel to Egypt for the summit?

Sure makes it hard to trust your reporting about anything.