lauriechip
@lauriechip.bsky.social
Artist, animal lover, reader of books, gardener, Democracy supporter
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Democrats won big in November—now @jasonberlin.bsky.social shares how his 35,000 volunteers plan to register even more Democratic voters ahead of the midterms.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/planning-for-the-next-blue-wave-jason
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/planning-for-the-next-blue-wave-jason
Planning for the Next Blue Wave: Jason Berlin on Getting Voters to the Polls in 2026
"Our mission is register Democrats, save the world."
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December 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Democrats won big in November—now @jasonberlin.bsky.social shares how his 35,000 volunteers plan to register even more Democratic voters ahead of the midterms.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/planning-for-the-next-blue-wave-jason
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/planning-for-the-next-blue-wave-jason
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A U.S. senator is justifying war crimes: the military acting as judge, jury, and executioner for non-capital offenses. A reminder that there is evidence innocent passengers were onboard these vessels.
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A U.S. senator is justifying war crimes: the military acting as judge, jury, and executioner for non-capital offenses. A reminder that there is evidence innocent passengers were onboard these vessels.
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So, to recap:
Washington Post story breaks on Hegseth.
Pentagon says fake news.
White House confirms the story roughly 12 hours later - and defends it.
Press Sec confirms that Hegseth personally ordered the execution of the two stranded men.
This isn’t going well.
Washington Post story breaks on Hegseth.
Pentagon says fake news.
White House confirms the story roughly 12 hours later - and defends it.
Press Sec confirms that Hegseth personally ordered the execution of the two stranded men.
This isn’t going well.
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So, to recap:
Washington Post story breaks on Hegseth.
Pentagon says fake news.
White House confirms the story roughly 12 hours later - and defends it.
Press Sec confirms that Hegseth personally ordered the execution of the two stranded men.
This isn’t going well.
Washington Post story breaks on Hegseth.
Pentagon says fake news.
White House confirms the story roughly 12 hours later - and defends it.
Press Sec confirms that Hegseth personally ordered the execution of the two stranded men.
This isn’t going well.
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Trump: we’re going to keep America safe. We’re keeping the drugs out!
Also Trump: pardons a guy convicted of trying to bring *hundreds of tons* of cocaine into the US.
Also Trump: pardons a guy convicted of trying to bring *hundreds of tons* of cocaine into the US.
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump: we’re going to keep America safe. We’re keeping the drugs out!
Also Trump: pardons a guy convicted of trying to bring *hundreds of tons* of cocaine into the US.
Also Trump: pardons a guy convicted of trying to bring *hundreds of tons* of cocaine into the US.
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You don’t need “special secret sauce” to run for office. Just run.
@amandalitman.bsky.social explains: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/you-should-run-for-office-amanda
@amandalitman.bsky.social explains: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/you-should-run-for-office-amanda
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
You don’t need “special secret sauce” to run for office. Just run.
@amandalitman.bsky.social explains: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/you-should-run-for-office-amanda
@amandalitman.bsky.social explains: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/you-should-run-for-office-amanda
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December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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"As heavily armed and camouflage-clad Border Patrol agents crowded into the plaza outside the Japanese American museum...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"As heavily armed and camouflage-clad Border Patrol agents crowded into the plaza outside the Japanese American museum...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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Jeffries on the WH's explanation of Hegseth's reported double tap strike: "The White House is lying, but that's no surprise, because they lie for a living and the American people know it."
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Jeffries on the WH's explanation of Hegseth's reported double tap strike: "The White House is lying, but that's no surprise, because they lie for a living and the American people know it."
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What a bunch of shady creepers.
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What a bunch of shady creepers.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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"U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US manufacturing stuck in doldrums as tariff headwinds persist
U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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Thank you to all the volunteers helping today in this final push! We’re just hours away from the Get Out the Vote Rally for Rep. Aftyn Behn’s campaign for U.S. Congress. Virtual rally tonight at 7:00 p.m. Central Time. 🌊✊
GOTV ZOOM Rally · Aftyn for Congress
Join us for our GOTV Zoom Rally with Rep. Aftyn Behn — your last chance to hear from Aftyn before Election Day!
📅 Monday, December 1
⏰ 7:00 PM CT
📍 [Register Here](https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/reg...
www.mobilize.us
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Thank you to all the volunteers helping today in this final push! We’re just hours away from the Get Out the Vote Rally for Rep. Aftyn Behn’s campaign for U.S. Congress. Virtual rally tonight at 7:00 p.m. Central Time. 🌊✊
Oscarina gave birth to her son without her husband after he was deported from Missouri months earlier. Advocates, activists and attorneys say many undocumented mothers forego medical care out of fear of being detained and deported missouriindependent.com/2025/12/01/u...
Undocumented mothers in Missouri navigate pregnancy, postpartum as ICE threats loom • Missouri Independent
Many undocumented women in Missouri are facing labor or postpartum in isolation, the fear of deportation keeping them housebound.
missouriindependent.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Oscarina gave birth to her son without her husband after he was deported from Missouri months earlier. Advocates, activists and attorneys say many undocumented mothers forego medical care out of fear of being detained and deported missouriindependent.com/2025/12/01/u...
A Biden administration program aimed to increase the resilience of local food systems following by helping small and midsized farms with things like market access & technical assistance. But under Trump administration budget cuts, USDA terminated the program. missouriindependent.com/2025/11/28/u...
USDA defunded a program that helped Missouri farmers. What's next for those who relied on it? • Missouri Independent
A federal program that provided financial and technical assistance for small farmers was canceled earlier this year.
missouriindependent.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A Biden administration program aimed to increase the resilience of local food systems following by helping small and midsized farms with things like market access & technical assistance. But under Trump administration budget cuts, USDA terminated the program. missouriindependent.com/2025/11/28/u...
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
We knocked 13,000 doors yesterday and learned that hasn’t happened since Harold Ford Jr.’s 2006 Senate campaign! We’ve got 48 hours left to get out the vote and MAKE HISTORY.
Sign up to volunteer via the link in our BIO!
We knocked 13,000 doors yesterday and learned that hasn’t happened since Harold Ford Jr.’s 2006 Senate campaign! We’ve got 48 hours left to get out the vote and MAKE HISTORY.
Sign up to volunteer via the link in our BIO!
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
We knocked 13,000 doors yesterday and learned that hasn’t happened since Harold Ford Jr.’s 2006 Senate campaign! We’ve got 48 hours left to get out the vote and MAKE HISTORY.
Sign up to volunteer via the link in our BIO!
We knocked 13,000 doors yesterday and learned that hasn’t happened since Harold Ford Jr.’s 2006 Senate campaign! We’ve got 48 hours left to get out the vote and MAKE HISTORY.
Sign up to volunteer via the link in our BIO!
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And frankly, if we’re talking about influencing the military, we can certainly say that the video reminding service members they must refuse illegal orders (like being told to fire on shipwreck survivors) is still firmly intact. That’s not disloyalty; that’s literally military law.
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
And frankly, if we’re talking about influencing the military, we can certainly say that the video reminding service members they must refuse illegal orders (like being told to fire on shipwreck survivors) is still firmly intact. That’s not disloyalty; that’s literally military law.
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In the last two years, victims in Clay County have lost $3 million to scammers who fabricate fees for missing jury duty and other cons. The scammers then have them convert money into Bitcoin so it's hard to trace or recover.
Clay County residents have lost millions to a new scam. Bitcoin makes it hard to trace
In the last two years, victims in Clay County have lost $3 million to scammers who fabricate fees for missing jury duty and other cons. The scammers then have them convert money into Bitcoin so it's hard to trace or recover.
www.kcur.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the last two years, victims in Clay County have lost $3 million to scammers who fabricate fees for missing jury duty and other cons. The scammers then have them convert money into Bitcoin so it's hard to trace or recover.
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BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Monday found Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is serving unlawfully as US attorney for New Jersey, dealing a legal blow to the Trump administration that could have far-reaching consequences on other appointments across the country.
—CNN
—CNN
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Monday found Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is serving unlawfully as US attorney for New Jersey, dealing a legal blow to the Trump administration that could have far-reaching consequences on other appointments across the country.
—CNN
—CNN
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Trump’s authoritarianism won’t collapse because we convince people it’s authoritarian.
It’ll collapse because it makes life harder: higher costs, lost healthcare, and empty kitchen tables.
It’ll collapse because it makes life harder: higher costs, lost healthcare, and empty kitchen tables.
It’s the economy, fascist
How to actually defeat Trump’s authoritarianism
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December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump’s authoritarianism won’t collapse because we convince people it’s authoritarian.
It’ll collapse because it makes life harder: higher costs, lost healthcare, and empty kitchen tables.
It’ll collapse because it makes life harder: higher costs, lost healthcare, and empty kitchen tables.