Julia
@elizak.bsky.social
Mostly read. Seldom post. Researcher and Writer with many pseudonyms.
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Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.
Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and military leader had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
on.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.
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SHOTS FIRED, 2 National Guard, downtown DC, just now. At least one dead. Near Farragut metro.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
SHOTS FIRED, 2 National Guard, downtown DC, just now. At least one dead. Near Farragut metro.
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No idea if they’d call off the briefing because of this, but I’m seeing reports of a possible national guard involved shooting in Farragut Square.
is there a WH press briefing today?
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
No idea if they’d call off the briefing because of this, but I’m seeing reports of a possible national guard involved shooting in Farragut Square.
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@wmata.com east exit of Farragut West station inaccessible due to police activity.
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@wmata.com east exit of Farragut West station inaccessible due to police activity.
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Boston EMS is deeply saddened to announce the passing of active-duty EMT Regina Suprin, Badge 1066. A lifelong Boston resident, Regina proudly served her city for more than 13 years.
Throughout her career, EMT Suprin built a reputation as a consummate professional and a steadfast colleague.
Throughout her career, EMT Suprin built a reputation as a consummate professional and a steadfast colleague.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Boston EMS is deeply saddened to announce the passing of active-duty EMT Regina Suprin, Badge 1066. A lifelong Boston resident, Regina proudly served her city for more than 13 years.
Throughout her career, EMT Suprin built a reputation as a consummate professional and a steadfast colleague.
Throughout her career, EMT Suprin built a reputation as a consummate professional and a steadfast colleague.
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c... [gift link]
Her dad was taken by immigration agents. Now a 12-year-old girl fears she’s lost her only living parent.
The separation illustrates a tragic consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown: children left behind after a parent is detained or deported.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c... [gift link]
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Anti-DEI is just pro white supremacy.
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Anti-DEI is just pro white supremacy.
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Olivia Nuzzi—who has allegedly has sex with two of her sources—has a job and a book deal. Meanwhile, I am begging people on the Internet to subscribe to my indie publication so I don’t go bankrupt. (it’s @autonomynews.co)
In a Substack post about Olivia Nuzzi, her former fiancé accuses her of sleeping with Mark Sanford as well: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Olivia Nuzzi—who has allegedly has sex with two of her sources—has a job and a book deal. Meanwhile, I am begging people on the Internet to subscribe to my indie publication so I don’t go bankrupt. (it’s @autonomynews.co)
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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This is a point that has almost entirely been lost over the past week. If Trump can unilaterally dismantle a National Park Service site like The White House, he can do it at Gettysburg and any other historic site in the system. #NationalParks www.npca.org/articles/112...
www.npca.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This is a point that has almost entirely been lost over the past week. If Trump can unilaterally dismantle a National Park Service site like The White House, he can do it at Gettysburg and any other historic site in the system. #NationalParks www.npca.org/articles/112...
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…without public comment or environmental review, per the Hous Chron article
Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling
The Trump administration plans to open whole swaths of the East and West Coasts to offshore drilling, including areas previously protected for environmental reasons, documents show.
www.yahoo.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
…without public comment or environmental review, per the Hous Chron article
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Nominee to be the Office of Special Counsel, ie., the guy federal employees must appeal to if they think they have been treated unfairly
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Nominee to be the Office of Special Counsel, ie., the guy federal employees must appeal to if they think they have been treated unfairly
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Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/
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Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
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Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?
HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?
HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
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Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin have arrived at the Broadview ICE facility.
October 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin have arrived at the Broadview ICE facility.
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Reuters: U.S. JUDGE SAYS SHE WILL BLOCK THE DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN ILLINOIS, FOR NOW
October 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reuters: U.S. JUDGE SAYS SHE WILL BLOCK THE DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN ILLINOIS, FOR NOW
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There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.
We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.
We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.
I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes
Are we great yet?
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
October 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.
We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.
We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.
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the epstein files aren’t dropping & this isn’t a distraction from them.
this is a fascist setting up the field to eliminate every point of friction that might impede an attempt to seize absolute power.
quippy posts about epstein are delaying your realization of, & motivation to fight, that fact.
this is a fascist setting up the field to eliminate every point of friction that might impede an attempt to seize absolute power.
quippy posts about epstein are delaying your realization of, & motivation to fight, that fact.
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
the epstein files aren’t dropping & this isn’t a distraction from them.
this is a fascist setting up the field to eliminate every point of friction that might impede an attempt to seize absolute power.
quippy posts about epstein are delaying your realization of, & motivation to fight, that fact.
this is a fascist setting up the field to eliminate every point of friction that might impede an attempt to seize absolute power.
quippy posts about epstein are delaying your realization of, & motivation to fight, that fact.
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US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza | Click on the image to read the full story
US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza
The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private sector players, U.S. officials say.
www.wcvb.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza | Click on the image to read the full story
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@darthbluesky.bsky.social update: So sad to report that Frankie is still @ the shelter today, 9/29. But that just means his fam is still out there! If you know anyone in the SW who wants a silly floof, check out his profile (he’s still open, give them a call!)
animalhumanenm.org/adopt/adopta...
animalhumanenm.org/adopt/adopta...
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social update: So sad to report that Frankie is still @ the shelter today, 9/29. But that just means his fam is still out there! If you know anyone in the SW who wants a silly floof, check out his profile (he’s still open, give them a call!)
animalhumanenm.org/adopt/adopta...
animalhumanenm.org/adopt/adopta...
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This is fucking horrifying.
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is fucking horrifying.
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Patel is basically admitting on camera that the FBI no longer adheres to the Attorney General Guidelines, which prohibits investigating U.S. persons based solely on First Amendment activity (including membership in a group).
Patel on left-wing groups: "We are properly going to chase them down like the domestic terrorists that they are."
September 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Patel is basically admitting on camera that the FBI no longer adheres to the Attorney General Guidelines, which prohibits investigating U.S. persons based solely on First Amendment activity (including membership in a group).