Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
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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How to Stop Authoritarianism In Its Tracks (and Why You've Had It All Along)
YouTube video by The Ripple Effect Institute
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You’ve been told that you’re powerless-- that without thousands of followers, millions in the bank, or a seat in Congress, there’s nothing you can do to stop the rise of authoritarianism. But that’s a lie that keeps regimes in power.
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Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk was detained by 🇨🇦 customs agents and, for four hours, was asked a series of questions about his participation in the conference, his involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and his position on Israel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Border officers detain well-known legal scholar travelling to conference on Palestine | CBC News
A prominent academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk was detained by 🇨🇦 customs agents and, for four hours, was asked a series of questions about his participation in the conference, his involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and his position on Israel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city has begun, as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations.
Federal immigration crackdown begins in Charlotte, North Carolina, spreading fear and prompting some businesses to shutter | CNN
Charlotte (AP) — Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city has begun, as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations.
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city has begun, as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations.
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
Bovino is such a psychotic tool.
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Bovino is such a psychotic tool.
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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TW: violence by federal agents
Video posted by @ Durham Downtown on IG. Shows border patrol operations in Charlotte. Bovino is seen on one of the clips.
Video posted by @ Durham Downtown on IG. Shows border patrol operations in Charlotte. Bovino is seen on one of the clips.
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
TW: violence by federal agents
Video posted by @ Durham Downtown on IG. Shows border patrol operations in Charlotte. Bovino is seen on one of the clips.
Video posted by @ Durham Downtown on IG. Shows border patrol operations in Charlotte. Bovino is seen on one of the clips.
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The infighting is a splintering of the base. Trumps base just includes too many disparate groups. You just can’t have a tent that holds both antisemites and Zionists, billionaires and populists……
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The infighting is a splintering of the base. Trumps base just includes too many disparate groups. You just can’t have a tent that holds both antisemites and Zionists, billionaires and populists……
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I would like to say that the online MAGA people are NOT in fact the persuadables. They aren't going to be brought *onboard.* That will happen or not in actual community with people. Sorry.
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I would like to say that the online MAGA people are NOT in fact the persuadables. They aren't going to be brought *onboard.* That will happen or not in actual community with people. Sorry.
Operation Enormous Tool
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Operation Enormous Tool
Same. At least once a week I think about this. Especially on behalf of my friend who lost both parents in four days, and my friend whose son lost his dad before he could say goodbye.
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Same. At least once a week I think about this. Especially on behalf of my friend who lost both parents in four days, and my friend whose son lost his dad before he could say goodbye.
The MAGA podcast bros are turning on Trump in ever greater numbers and that means his media ecosystem is fracturing.
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The MAGA podcast bros are turning on Trump in ever greater numbers and that means his media ecosystem is fracturing.
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Larry Summers needs to resign or be pushed out of Harvard. This is absolutely unacceptable.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Larry Summers needs to resign or be pushed out of Harvard. This is absolutely unacceptable.
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The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
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No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
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Border Patrol protest today in Charlotte, NC. 11/15
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Border Patrol protest today in Charlotte, NC. 11/15
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Relationships are cultivated and nurtured not owed. I wish more people truly understood this.
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Relationships are cultivated and nurtured not owed. I wish more people truly understood this.
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Humans need other human beings to survive. I'm sorry that this makes some people lose their shit but it's one of the key truths of life.
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Humans need other human beings to survive. I'm sorry that this makes some people lose their shit but it's one of the key truths of life.
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MTG isn't speaking truth to power. She is trying to grab a seat on a lifeboat after she helped steer the ship into an iceberg.
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
MTG isn't speaking truth to power. She is trying to grab a seat on a lifeboat after she helped steer the ship into an iceberg.
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The culture of disposability around criminalized people set us up for this moment, and to fight fascism, we are going to have to rage against that culture of disposal. Submitting to it (or hiding behind it) is an egregious form of surrender.
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The culture of disposability around criminalized people set us up for this moment, and to fight fascism, we are going to have to rage against that culture of disposal. Submitting to it (or hiding behind it) is an egregious form of surrender.
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
This.
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This.