Lisa Barrett

In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine One of my favorite books when I was young was T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, and one of its central themes is the attempt of King Arthur to replace an ethos of “might is right” with someth…

Me, 2019: "Epstein gambled on the differential between his power and voice in the world and theirs and for the most part he won, because the game was rigged by dozens of people around him... Monsters rule over us, on behalf of monsters." lithub.com/in-patriarch...

Kentucky health advocates ask U.S. House to reject Senate’s version of ‘big beautiful bill’  • Kentucky Lantern Kentucky health advocates are urging the U.S. House to reject Senate changes to a budget bill, warning it will leave many without access to medical care or food assistance.

“The human toll that these sweeping reductions will have on one of the poorest and most health challenged states is unfathomable." - Kentucky Hospital Association, urging KY's U.S. reps to reject Senate cuts to Medicaid.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil submits a letter to Judge Farbiarz asking the court to order his release.

The letter says he has posted bond, and the government has not filed a notice of appeal for the court's preliminary injunction (which went into effect at 9:30am this morning).

I’ll be there, will you?

No kings. No cults. Just the Constitution—and the people who hold the line.

Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.

I legit just spit my coffee out laughing. 👏👏💙

Cool.

So we’re arresting ICE now?

Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

Join me on June 14

While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/b8vP8BcK

Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE

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Mohsen Mahdawi is free! Judge said “One more day of incarceration is intolerable.”

'See How This Works?': Trump Drops Cases Against Corporations That Funded His Inauguration | Common Dreams "Corporations facing federal lawsuits and investigations aren't giving millions to Trump's inauguration out of the kindness of their hearts. They are trying to buy goodwill."

'See How This Works?': Trump Drops Cases Against Corporations That Funded His Inauguration www.commondreams.org/news/trump-c...

Russian-born Kseniia Petrova worked at a Harvard University lab until her arrest in mid-February. She is now being held in Louisiana, and fighting possible deportation to Russia, where she said she fears persecution and jail time over her protests against the war in Ukraine.
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I wonder what Jesus would say about cutting off aid to people who are starving and facing deadly diseases overseas. Would he cheer shutting down pediatric cancer research and making it easier for big financial companies to exploit consumers? Yeah, we’re really a Christian nation.

Aw!

Thanks for the shout out @meiselasb.bsky.social and @meidastouch.com!

Shout out to you guys for all you do!

‘I just ask God that he’s OK’: family of Venezuelan musician sent to El Salvador prison agonizes over his fate Arturo Suárez Trejo was caught up in Trump’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina and sent to a notorious Salvadorian prison

So many people have been disappeared by the US regime, and we haven't heard about most of them.
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Rip Chief Pontiac, Odawa leader, died this day 1769.

"They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved."

Harvard pushes back on claim that Trump team mistakenly sent demand letter Harvard on Saturday balked at claims that the letter was sent in error, pointing out that the Trump administration had “doubled down” on its threats.

“‘Even assuming the Administration now wishes to take back its litany of breathtakingly intrusive demands,’ the university said in its statement, ‘it appears to have doubled down on those demands through its deeds in recent days.

‘Actions speak louder than words.’”

History always has a lesson.

In Haverford, 80-somethings and 90-somethings take to the road to protest Trump They saw the Holocaust, WWII and Vietnam, and these senior protesters on Philly's Main Line have seen enough of Trump.

They saw WWII and the Holocaust, opposed Vietnam, and now that they're in their 80s and even 90s, they've seen enough of Donald Trump

So the residents of a senior living complex on Philly's Main Line are out on the road, with a protest like no other. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Yet another reason to boycott Meta, YouTube, and Amazon

YouTube video by Troublemakers Tesla Regret Syndrome PSA

Are you or a loved one suffering from TRS? Millions are suffering from this affliction across the country and around the world. But @troublemakers.bsky.social and #teslatakedown want you to know there are cures and treatments available. Learn more and take action today. youtu.be/tQOvkgZL9eU?...

Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. (Gift Article) It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

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David Brooks supports a mass movement

Here’s the clip.

1. Short everything 2. Announce tariffs 3. Close out short positions 4. Buy the dip 5. Call off the tariffs 6. Sell the spike 7. Repeat Is there any reason to believe Trump's entire inner circle isn't doing this?

I’m not a money guy. This is just a meme I saw.

Jewish Students Chain Themselves to Columbia Fence to Protest Khalil Detention | Common Dreams Jewish Columbia University students chained themselves to a fence in protest of the school's cooperation with ICE to arrest a pro-Palestinian leader. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

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