Lisa D. T. Rice #MaskUp
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This was me, a little over a year ago, dressed in suffragette white, wearing a sandwich board stating: I CANNOT VOTE TODAY ASK ME WHY. As a registered unaffiliated (independent) voter, I'm barred from voting in DC's taxpayer-funded primary elections. 73% of voters here want to change that. 1/2
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I don't think we talk enough about the fact that what underpins their belief is a corruption of the bible - prosperity gospel. They think because they are rich , they are blessed by god.
also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I don't think we talk enough about the fact that what underpins their belief is a corruption of the bible - prosperity gospel. They think because they are rich , they are blessed by god.
also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
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Old enough to remember when raping children was a dealbreaker in politics.
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Old enough to remember when raping children was a dealbreaker in politics.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
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this is the policy side of the impunity some elites enjoy in their personal lives btw
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
this is the policy side of the impunity some elites enjoy in their personal lives btw
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This is dope. In the spirit of the BPP free breakfast program, but fancy.
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.
www.nydailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is dope. In the spirit of the BPP free breakfast program, but fancy.
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This Veterans Day, Americans may like to know a wide coalition of Dutch political parties in Limburg are fighting back against the removal of 2 panels commemorating black veterans at Margraten US WOII cemetery ↘️ www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/call...
Calls for permanent memorial in Limburg to black US liberators - DutchNews.nl
Provincial councillors in Limburg have called for a permanent memorial to black American servicemen to be erected next to the US war cemetery in Margraten after it emerged that panels commemorating th...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This Veterans Day, Americans may like to know a wide coalition of Dutch political parties in Limburg are fighting back against the removal of 2 panels commemorating black veterans at Margraten US WOII cemetery ↘️ www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/call...
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Trump didn't write that. No ALL-CAP SENTENCES like he uses when he's really pissed off.
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Trump didn't write that. No ALL-CAP SENTENCES like he uses when he's really pissed off.
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This little B!tch is spiraling
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This little B!tch is spiraling
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who has written the piece on the 'pop culturefication of religion'?
“Bible teaching, he noted, is to have ‘special care for strangers, aliens and sojourners.’
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
U.S. Bishops Elect New Leader as Concerns Mount Over Treatment of Migrants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
who has written the piece on the 'pop culturefication of religion'?
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AOC: How can we, as members of congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people? That is what this legislation does. In fact, Senator Graham said he was going to seek well over $1 million from the American people, from this.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
AOC: How can we, as members of congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people? That is what this legislation does. In fact, Senator Graham said he was going to seek well over $1 million from the American people, from this.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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I mean, think about it.
If she DID find a way to record it, she would own the first born of the AG, DAG, and FBI Director.
If she DID find a way to record it, she would own the first born of the AG, DAG, and FBI Director.
One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I mean, think about it.
If she DID find a way to record it, she would own the first born of the AG, DAG, and FBI Director.
If she DID find a way to record it, she would own the first born of the AG, DAG, and FBI Director.
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Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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A reminder that the crises routinely treated as separate—housing, food, climate, healthcare, electricity—are anything but.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A reminder that the crises routinely treated as separate—housing, food, climate, healthcare, electricity—are anything but.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
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“Travelers and anyone else who was at the airport’s terminals A and B between 8:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health”
Philadelphia airport passengers may have been exposed to measles, health officials warn
Passengers may have been exposed to the measles at Philadelphia International Airport on Sunday, health officials said.
www.mcall.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Travelers and anyone else who was at the airport’s terminals A and B between 8:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health”
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Another person taken by immigration enforcement — after being stopped by MPD.
Why is MPD making stops if this is the result? The mayor and Chief Smith have said MPD isn't supposed to do immigration enforcement — so why does this keep happening? www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/v...
Why is MPD making stops if this is the result? The mayor and Chief Smith have said MPD isn't supposed to do immigration enforcement — so why does this keep happening? www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/v...
Video shows apparent immigration detention in DC
Dramatic video shows a man being taken into U.S. Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in D.C. as he pleads for help. This is just the latest traffic stop by D.C. police that led to an immi...
www.nbcwashington.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Another person taken by immigration enforcement — after being stopped by MPD.
Why is MPD making stops if this is the result? The mayor and Chief Smith have said MPD isn't supposed to do immigration enforcement — so why does this keep happening? www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/v...
Why is MPD making stops if this is the result? The mayor and Chief Smith have said MPD isn't supposed to do immigration enforcement — so why does this keep happening? www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/v...
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About last night ... I had the honor to listen to *the* Black Jewish Afroculinarian himself, live and in-person, Michael Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social. 🥰 He discussed his new book, Recipies From the American South, which was released on the 15th. My copy is now signed! 🫶🏽 #fangirl #historygeek #cook
October 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
About last night ... I had the honor to listen to *the* Black Jewish Afroculinarian himself, live and in-person, Michael Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social. 🥰 He discussed his new book, Recipies From the American South, which was released on the 15th. My copy is now signed! 🫶🏽 #fangirl #historygeek #cook
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Recently, we were chatting about voting. My 2 deepest held beliefs? First, voting is important, esp in primaries. Did you know 87% of U.S. House seats are safe? #theprimaryproblem Second, local elections matter. The 3 most important races? Sheriff. Secretary of State. Judge. #localelectionsmatter
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Recently, we were chatting about voting. My 2 deepest held beliefs? First, voting is important, esp in primaries. Did you know 87% of U.S. House seats are safe? #theprimaryproblem Second, local elections matter. The 3 most important races? Sheriff. Secretary of State. Judge. #localelectionsmatter
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Generally, I love anything with Idris Elba. We just watched the Netflix movie A House of Dynamite. Without giving away the plot, let's just say that we all deserve a better ending. *sigh*
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Generally, I love anything with Idris Elba. We just watched the Netflix movie A House of Dynamite. Without giving away the plot, let's just say that we all deserve a better ending. *sigh*
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I suggest everyone make a plan to vote in the primaries. #theprimaryproblem
Also, I'll keep preaching to know who you're voting for the officies of secretary of state, sheriff, and judge. #localelectionsmatter
Also, I'll keep preaching to know who you're voting for the officies of secretary of state, sheriff, and judge. #localelectionsmatter
NBC's new poll say the most important issue for deciding who to support for Congress is: "Protecting constitutional rights/protecting democracy."
If you agree, I suggest you subscribe the news outlet that focuses like a laser on just that. Sign up for Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
If you agree, I suggest you subscribe the news outlet that focuses like a laser on just that. Sign up for Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I suggest everyone make a plan to vote in the primaries. #theprimaryproblem
Also, I'll keep preaching to know who you're voting for the officies of secretary of state, sheriff, and judge. #localelectionsmatter
Also, I'll keep preaching to know who you're voting for the officies of secretary of state, sheriff, and judge. #localelectionsmatter
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Since Bowser's 2023 trip is back in the news, I went through an old FOIA I filed on it. Interesting to note that Bowser's people initially told the Qataris they'd pay their own way: wonder what changed?
Also amusing to note Bowser dined with Bloomberg and Fenty in the UAE...
Also amusing to note Bowser dined with Bloomberg and Fenty in the UAE...
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Since Bowser's 2023 trip is back in the news, I went through an old FOIA I filed on it. Interesting to note that Bowser's people initially told the Qataris they'd pay their own way: wonder what changed?
Also amusing to note Bowser dined with Bloomberg and Fenty in the UAE...
Also amusing to note Bowser dined with Bloomberg and Fenty in the UAE...
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You'll want to bundle up like it's the middle of winter this morning!
But good news if you're not a fan of the cold. Temperatures quickly rebound to near average tomorrow into the weekend.
Full forecast at cwg.live
(Photo by Brian Paeth)
But good news if you're not a fan of the cold. Temperatures quickly rebound to near average tomorrow into the weekend.
Full forecast at cwg.live
(Photo by Brian Paeth)
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
You'll want to bundle up like it's the middle of winter this morning!
But good news if you're not a fan of the cold. Temperatures quickly rebound to near average tomorrow into the weekend.
Full forecast at cwg.live
(Photo by Brian Paeth)
But good news if you're not a fan of the cold. Temperatures quickly rebound to near average tomorrow into the weekend.
Full forecast at cwg.live
(Photo by Brian Paeth)