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lizziemulligan.bsky.social
Democracy fan It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. -Lena Horne
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I asked @mariaressa.bsky.social what advice she has for Americans, based on what she experienced under Rodrigo Duterte. One thing she told me: You can’t flinch in a game of chicken with an autocrat. And, she observed, too many Americans are now flinching.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

SO proud of the outcome in this case we @nipnlg.bsky.social litigated on behalf of the most wonderful human beings and the amazing outcome we were able to achieve.

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

I got animated. (For a reason.)

submitted 2 days ago • 54 comments

🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."

submitted 4 days ago • 778 comments

Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes? Fuck ALL the way off.

submitted 5 days ago • 719 comments

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 5 days ago • 751 comments

💙💛 Mother and son, Margarita and Ruslan Vynograd, unexpectedly met at today's POW exchange after 3 years in Russian captivity. They were captured in Mariupol after they came out of ‘Azovstal’ in May 2022 and since then knew nothing about each other's fate. 🔽🔽🔽

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

I'm going to go through the "HHS passback" in this 🧵. This is what the White House sent back to HHS, based on HHS's guidance. It's Trump's budget plan, though can still be changed. To start off, they call to eliminate Head Start, which helps fund free pre-k and learning programs for poor families.

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

submitted 10 days ago • 275 comments

Chinese firms now trolling the US prez- it's like we've stepped through a portal into some mad, fever-dream alt-universe #tariffs

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments