Lizzie
@lizz9942.bsky.social
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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He is such a good human. Why are almost all* of the billionaires such terrible ones?
(*invoking the Mackenzie Scott exception)
(*invoking the Mackenzie Scott exception)
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
He is such a good human. Why are almost all* of the billionaires such terrible ones?
(*invoking the Mackenzie Scott exception)
(*invoking the Mackenzie Scott exception)
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
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Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.
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The deal would put one of the biggest social media into the hands of an autocratic president's close allies
* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ
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December 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The deal would put one of the biggest social media into the hands of an autocratic president's close allies
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With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com and @evidentmedia.org, we investigate the aftermath of June’s US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear programme, with Frontline reporters on the ground, exclusive interviews and open source analysis. Watch at 10pm EST/9pm CST, on Frontline, PBS.
In the new documentary "Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question," FRONTLINE, @washingtonpost.com, @evidentmedia.org and @bellingcat.com investigate the impact of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear program.
Premieres Tuesday, Dec. 16, on PBS and online.
Premieres Tuesday, Dec. 16, on PBS and online.
Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch FRONTLINE's documentary in collaboration with The Washington Post, Evident Media & Bellingcat investigating Iran’s nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.
www.pbs.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com and @evidentmedia.org, we investigate the aftermath of June’s US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear programme, with Frontline reporters on the ground, exclusive interviews and open source analysis. Watch at 10pm EST/9pm CST, on Frontline, PBS.
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The FDA says four major retailers including Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons continued to sell ByHeart baby formula products for days or weeks after the Nov. 11 recall. n.pr/4rQtjGm
Retailers didn't pull ByHeart baby formula fast enough after botulism recall, FDA says
The FDA says four major retailers including Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons continued to sell ByHeart baby formula products for days or weeks after the Nov. 11 recall.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The FDA says four major retailers including Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons continued to sell ByHeart baby formula products for days or weeks after the Nov. 11 recall. n.pr/4rQtjGm
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BREAKING: The Eleventh Circuit grants Florida’s request to limit the injunction against the anti-drag law to cover only Hamburger Mary’s of Orlando.
The preliminary injunction blocking all enforcement had been in place for nearly two-and-a-half years at this point. www.lawdork.com/p/florida-an...
The preliminary injunction blocking all enforcement had been in place for nearly two-and-a-half years at this point. www.lawdork.com/p/florida-an...
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
BREAKING: The Eleventh Circuit grants Florida’s request to limit the injunction against the anti-drag law to cover only Hamburger Mary’s of Orlando.
The preliminary injunction blocking all enforcement had been in place for nearly two-and-a-half years at this point. www.lawdork.com/p/florida-an...
The preliminary injunction blocking all enforcement had been in place for nearly two-and-a-half years at this point. www.lawdork.com/p/florida-an...
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President Donald Trump and his MAGA enablers are on a campaign to erase history, tearing down monuments to hard-won progress and whitewashing the past to conform to their white Christian nationalist agenda.
From Rosa Parks to National Parks: Trump’s Racism and Bigotry Demand Resistance
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
This month marks the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Her courageous act trigger...
www.democracynow.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
President Donald Trump and his MAGA enablers are on a campaign to erase history, tearing down monuments to hard-won progress and whitewashing the past to conform to their white Christian nationalist agenda.
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The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday that he narrowly avoided colliding with a U.S. military aircraft over the Caribbean after an Air Force refueling tanker passed in front of the commercial plane without broadcasting its position, according to air traffic control radio communications.
U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows
The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.
nyti.ms
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday that he narrowly avoided colliding with a U.S. military aircraft over the Caribbean after an Air Force refueling tanker passed in front of the commercial plane without broadcasting its position, according to air traffic control radio communications.
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A top National Park Service official has instructed park superintendents to limit the number of staff who get top marks in performance reviews, a move that experts say violates federal code and could make it easier to lay off staff.
Park Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
Lower performance ratings could be used as a factor in layoff decisions and will demoralize staff, advocates say.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A top National Park Service official has instructed park superintendents to limit the number of staff who get top marks in performance reviews, a move that experts say violates federal code and could make it easier to lay off staff.
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Read this on air to @sifill.bsky.social tonight.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Read this on air to @sifill.bsky.social tonight.
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Please, let’s make this happen! The Center for Biological Diversity is pushing to have Trump’s image taken off the 2026 national park passes and they’ve filed a lawsuit to do it. Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which requires the
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Please, let’s make this happen! The Center for Biological Diversity is pushing to have Trump’s image taken off the 2026 national park passes and they’ve filed a lawsuit to do it. Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which requires the
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reminder
What Democrats ACTUALLY offered farmers (buried in their platform):
$19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act for climate-smart agriculture
Support for independent meat processors to break up Big Ag monopolies
Right-to-repair legislation so farmers can fix their own John Deere equipment
$19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act for climate-smart agriculture
Support for independent meat processors to break up Big Ag monopolies
Right-to-repair legislation so farmers can fix their own John Deere equipment
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
reminder
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The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks
A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
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Trying to guess now how many sitting Supreme Court justices want to attend Trump rallies and would if they thought they could get away with it. I think my answer is five. It’s definitely not less than four.
Emil Bove Will Always Be a Trump Rallygoer First
Trump demands loyalty from his judicial nominees. As Emil Bove demonstrated on Tuesday, his nominees are very comfortable with displaying that loyalty in public.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Trying to guess now how many sitting Supreme Court justices want to attend Trump rallies and would if they thought they could get away with it. I think my answer is five. It’s definitely not less than four.
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A post from a few years ago.
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A post from a few years ago.
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It just keeps getting worse.
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It just keeps getting worse.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has raised potential antitrust concerns for Netflix’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, noting that the market share of the combined entity may pose problems.
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
The $72 billion deal would combine the world’s No. 1 streaming player with the No. 4 service HBO Max, which has raised red flags from antitrust regulators.
ebx.sh
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump has raised potential antitrust concerns for Netflix’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, noting that the market share of the combined entity may pose problems.
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Lawmakers were shocked and appalled Thursday after they were shown video footage of the September 2 double tap that killed two survivors of an airstrike in the Caribbean. trib.al/3vAwlZQ
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Lawmakers were shocked and appalled Thursday after they were shown video footage of the September 2 double tap that killed two survivors of an airstrike in the Caribbean. trib.al/3vAwlZQ
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Trump has spent years fuming that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. So a deeply compromised organization invents a “FIFA Peace Prize” just for him. It’s authoritarian ego-management 101: if reality won’t deliver a trophy, make one up. #holdfast #SteadyState
You can hear a CNN panelist off camera laughing as Trump gets the “2025 FIFA Peace Prize.”
December 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump has spent years fuming that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. So a deeply compromised organization invents a “FIFA Peace Prize” just for him. It’s authoritarian ego-management 101: if reality won’t deliver a trophy, make one up. #holdfast #SteadyState
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“in a model where clicks are king to maintain the industry, fact-checking is less and less common as publications focus on breaking the story first, rather than dedicating resources to fact-checking and accuracy. This leads to the rapid spread of misinformation and erodes public trust in the media”
Today on @theflytrapmedia.com the incredible @nicolefroio.bsky.social talking about why the current journalism model is so broken, and how much it harms all of us. I keep coming back to the ways we get trapped in cycles of writing superficial quick hits just to pay rent.
The Current Journalism Model Isn't Working.
One journalist reflects on how easy it is to burn out in her industry.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“in a model where clicks are king to maintain the industry, fact-checking is less and less common as publications focus on breaking the story first, rather than dedicating resources to fact-checking and accuracy. This leads to the rapid spread of misinformation and erodes public trust in the media”
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With his approval number plummeting, Trump turns to a familiar strategy: launch a culture war against journalists.
The White House Press Tracker Is a Parody of Media Criticism
With his approval number plummeting, Trump turns to a familiar strategy: launch a culture war against journalists.
www.thenation.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
With his approval number plummeting, Trump turns to a familiar strategy: launch a culture war against journalists.