LCR 💙
Blue dot in a red state. 💙💙💙💙
Artist, Educator, Traveller, 🏳️🌈 ally Mom
‘Be curious, not judgmental’ ~ T. Lasso
- Reposted by LCR 💙this is an important bit of history it's gotten buried
- From 1982-2018, the Republican National Committee was barred from "ballot security measures" because of their record of using state actors to intimidate minority voters. (H/t @rickhasen.bsky.social) www.npr.org/2018/01/09/5...
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- Reposted by LCR 💙NEW: Senator Ed Markey just introduced a critical bill that would ban ICE and CBP from buying or using facial recognition technology to go after our communities. Congress must pass the ICE Out of My Face Act and use their funding power to rein in these out-of-control agencies.
- Reposted by LCR 💙Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.
- Reposted by LCR 💙Some context… Bezos is killing the Post by choice, not by necessity…
- Reposted by LCR 💙“This is a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.” www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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- Reposted by LCR 💙What should alarm us about the Epstein files isn’t just the appalling details, which are horrific and criminal. It’s that here is a growing sense that there is small number of elite who see themselves as above the law.
- Reposted by LCR 💙Jeff Bezos' wedding last summer cost somewhere around $50M. That, alone, could have saved all 300 positions cut today at The Washington Post for a year. Of course, he wouldn't have to choose. He could do both because he's worth $250B, which is nearly the GDP of New Zealand.
- Reposted by LCR 💙I AM CALLING for AGs and District Attorneys in every State to begin opening investigations and issuing subpoenas into those who may be implicated in the Epstein Files. Start doing this NOW. WHO’S WITH ME?
- Reposted by LCR 💙For those keeping score at home:
- Reposted by LCR 💙It is terrible to see what is happening at The Washington Post. Democracy Docket is a small newsroom, but it is growing. If you want to work for an independent, pro-democracy media outlet, I encourage you to apply. ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...
- Reposted by LCR 💙🚨🚨Poland to examine “increasingly likely possibility that pedophilia scandal was co-organized by intelligence services” in Moscow. Read the full story below. 🖇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
- Reposted by LCR 💙That would make him the main character.
- Reposted by LCR 💙I wish I lived in a country where our elected officials in Congress had at least half the balls of E. Jean Carroll, Stormy Daniels, Christine Blasey Ford, Anita Hill, or the Epstein survivors.
- Reposted by LCR 💙Guys they are really, really not winning It sucks what they’re doing to our country, and my city especially God only knows how much damage they’ll do before they’re stopped, much of it irreversible But they are very much not winning
- Reposted by LCR 💙If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
- Reposted by LCR 💙Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
- Reposted by LCR 💙Jacob Frey: "The continued presence of 2,000 federal agents in a city that only has 600 police officers is still not deescalation"
- Reposted by LCR 💙We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
- Reposted by LCR 💙Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
- Reposted by LCR 💙Timeline Cleanse Sound Up Because every day is like this Isn't it ? So I hope @aaronparnas.bsky.social enjoy this and I thank him for keeping us informed Hope this brings you a smile This wonderful pup🐾 #TimelineCleanse
- Reposted by LCR 💙I keep saying to people in my life that the problem with writing in these days is that you sound absolutely off your nut for simply saying what is happening.
- Reposted by LCR 💙When Hillary called them a basket of deplorables I didn’t think she meant pedophiles.
- Reposted by LCR 💙I've heard from people in other cities "I'd like to see them try that in __!" No. No, you wouldn't. We have guns pointed in our faces in MN. I think you'd change your tune if this was happening to you, your family & your neighbors. Nobody knows EXACTLY how to do this. This is NEW to all of US.
- Reposted by LCR 💙"Voters have a right to be free to cast their votes without walking past a phalanx of Trump’s private army.” Former Governor Jay Inslee is out with a new warning and a call to action concerning the upcoming midterm elections.
- Reposted by LCR 💙Rafael Cruz: “Sir, is there any way to get my name slipped into the Epstein files? I’d like to be one of the cool kids.” “Not a chance in hell. You look like Fidel Castro, and your wife is ugly as hell.” “Understood. Thank you for your time, sir.”
- Reposted by LCR 💙www.mediaite.com/media/news/f... the fucking spineless press corps could stop his by reasking her question. What is wrong with you people?
- Reposted by LCR 💙not saying he's necessarily in the organization, but this skull face mask was popular among members of the Proud Boys a few years ago
- Reposted by LCR 💙Public outcry pushed DOJ to investigate the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota. But can we trust the outcome? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/5S-Wgd
- Reposted by LCR 💙Go Janet Mills!
- Reposted by LCR 💙this unprecedented momentum behind a single issue sure might be a useful fulcrum to try and wrench this country back from over the brink
- Reposted by LCR 💙New agents not getting paid and “A lot of the guys are honestly pretty sketchy,” a recent ICE recruit said on the condition of anonymity. “I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect.” www.rawstory.com/ice-26750722...
- Reposted by LCR 💙Why has the DOJ deleted 234 mentions of Trump’s name in the Epstein files?
- Reposted by LCR 💙After a lifetime spent denigrating women He repeatedly called the Epstein files a hoax, demeaning over 1,000 victims while simultaneously protecting his pedophile friends And now-when asked about it all by a female reporter-he lashes out in a typical sexist fashion Trump is a loathsome toad
- Reposted by LCR 💙I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...
- Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
- Reposted by LCR 💙A reminder that Mitch McConnell is one of the most corrupt evil beings in US/world history and is one of the few repugnant traitors responsible for the destructive fascist takeover we are seeing today.
- Reposted by LCR 💙Sometimes you just want to ask John Roberts, you destroyed the United States for ****Donald Trump*****
- Reposted by LCR 💙I wrote about Minnesota and ICE and how average Americans are reclaiming the power that the administration is abusing. www.pbump.net/o/this-is-wh...
- Reposted by LCR 💙Where did these Epstein folks find the time to do anything given the volume of their emailing? It’s almost parodic how much they liked to chat about crimes in their dumb emails.
- Reposted by LCR 💙ICE rammed her car, shot her five times giving her 7 bullet wounds & absconded her out of the hospital after three hours wrapped in bandages. These agents are savages! #FundHealthcareOverICE If this could happen to Marimar Martinez, it could happen to you or your loved one! Congress: 202-224-3121
- Imagine your sweet, little 9-year-old girl was abducted and taken to a torture mill. This is happening in our name on our dime. Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water. #FundHealthcareOverICE Congress: 202-224-3121
- Reposted by LCR 💙"power holds no value unless it is exercised"
- I wrote about Minnesota and ICE and how average Americans are reclaiming the power that the administration is abusing. www.pbump.net/o/this-is-wh...
- Reposted by LCR 💙A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
- Reposted by LCR 💙In no functioning country is this allowed.
- Reposted by LCR 💙We have one more week to force Congress to clean up DHS. And the fight to impeach Kristi Noem is far from over. So let’s push harder than ever!
- Reposted by LCR 💙Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else. newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
- Reposted by LCR 💙This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
- Reposted by LCR 💙I’ll never forget fascist republicans closing polling locations to make it harder to vote or banning people from giving water to those standing in long lines to vote or removing ballot dropboxes or threatening officials to manufacture votes. I’ll always believe Kamala Harris won.
- Reposted by LCR 💙ICYMI — Marge: “I think people are realizing MAGA was all a big lie for the people. What MAGA is really serving in this administration is the big donors.” Gotta be disorienting to have voted to “drain the swamp” only to realize you installed the biggest swamp monster ever.
