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New Mexico Democratic liberal
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elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Fighting for our right to vote, in spite of the Republican-wing of the Supreme Court plus Red states and Trump efforts to suppress voting. This is what's going on:
youtube.com/live/d-50teA...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Revives Trump's Voter Purge Scheme
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtube.com
September 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Doesn't anyone with political power have a problem with the Trump administration abetting genocide?
Gift article, so you can see this atrocity:
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs (Gift Article)
The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Now it's Trump's EPA -Environmental POLLUTION Agency. "Under Trump, E.P.A. stopped estimating public health benefits of reducing pollution in analyses necessary for clean-air regs.. only costs to businesses"
EPA. to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Patagonia, the company, & the Ute Indian tribe fight back against Trump admin stripping Bears Ears National Monument & allowing companie$ to mine for uranium, coal, oil, gas & minerals. Some cos have already staked claims on the people's archeology-significant lands.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...
Patagonia Sues Trump Over Reduction of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah (Gift Article)
The outdoor apparel maker joined environmental and Native American groups in challenging President Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears National Monument.
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
I *wonder* what has caused this tragedy?? ~Climate change, causing more rain than usual, plus Trump had fired many of the workers who could have warned the campers and hikers beforehand that this flood was coming.
GIFT article:
wapo.st/4y78Krt
Two bodies found after Grand Canyon flash flood
Earlier, authorities said about 15 people may be missing or unaccounted for.
wapo.st
August 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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mikenellis.bsky.social
Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?
July 25, 2026 at 7:20 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
The Trump administration is trying to erase Native Americans and their land:

www.instagram.com/p/DbHJ7lMj6-...
Center for Western Priorities on Instagram: "✍🏼The ink is barely dry on last week’s proclamation, and its effects are already showing up on the landscape. The Tribal seals have been removed from sign...
48K likes, 2,744 comments - western.priorities on July 22, 2026: "✍🏼The ink is barely dry on last week’s proclamation, and its effects are already showing up on the landscape. The Tribal seals have b...
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July 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
If you're not enraged by the proposed Trump governt takeover, change &destruction of OUR public & tribal lands, cultural sites, natl monuments, historical bldgs, even "landscapes" -w/o ANY public input -then GET ENRAGED! Call your Sens & Reps! -before we're a totally fascist country!
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Trump officials seek to weaken historic-preservation reviews of projects
The Trump administration is moving to rewrite federal historic-preservation rules to give agencies broader authority to advance projects with less public input and narrower protections for historic si...
wapo.st
July 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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nashishereforit.bsky.social
This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.
July 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
So much for separation of powers. Hello authoritarianism.
The 6 MAGAts on the Supreme Court give Trump more total unitary executive control. No more independent agencies.
GIFT article:

wapo.st/3QIdy6Q
Supreme Court expands Trump’s power over the federal bureaucracy
The justices allowed the president to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, striking down a nearly century-old precedent intended to insulate independent agencies from political in...
wapo.st
June 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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thebulwark.com
"We do know that the strikes have not slowed cocaine traffic—which makes sense given that we now know that the government didn’t care if the boats had drugs aboard before blowing them up."
No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats?
Shocking new facts are still emerging about the campaign against ‘drug boats.’
lnk.thebulwark.com
June 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
How Trump creates his own twisted, untruthful reality, and tries to glorify himself, the malignant narcissist --
Interesting read for anyone interested in truthful history!
GIFT article:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Plaques on the Presidential ‘Walk of Fame,’ Fact-Checked and Annotated by Historians (Gift Article)
We asked eight historians to evaluate Trump’s gold plaques for each president.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
READ this!
While Trump's administration and Pete Hegseth's Pentagon try to whitewash the accomplishments and history of Black Americans - the accomplishments and history still exist.
GIFT article:
https://

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Being Black in Pete Hegseth’s Military
The secretary of defense is sending the message that Black service members are not welcome.
www.theatlantic.com
June 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Here's a good explanation of how the six MAGAts of the Supreme Court kowtow to racism and racist states in redistricting and destroying voting rights-- and how the high Court conspires with the Trump administration to manipulate law for Republican power:::
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
The Supreme Court Is Illegitimate
The court’s conservatives ripped the mask off the institution in a brief, unsigned decision allowing Alabama to use a racially discriminatory congressional map.
www.huffpost.com
June 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Another evil by the Trump Administration. They think if they don't monitor the changes in ocean and climate - then people won't notice what's happening. 🙄
GIFT article:

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Trump administration tyranny: using the Postal Service and questionable, illegal, made-up rules to block Americans from voting. Republicans can't win unless they cheat!

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Postal Service moving forward with Trump’s attack on mail voting
It signaled it plans to send ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government.
www.democracydocket.com
May 31, 2026 at 7:01 AM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Yet another sign of a corrupt and incompetent Trump administration:
GIFT article:
As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2026 at 8:18 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Just imagine! >Investing all that money &risk into using SOLAR & WIND power for energy! It'd be much cleaner, a fraction of the cost of nuclear! No risk of getting turned into nuclear weapons! What a novel idea! But I guess Trump's sycophant companies wouldn't profit!
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/c...
U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Start-Ups for Fuel
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
The actions of a malignant narcissist, Trump - "doubl[ing] down, presenting himself as politically all-powerful even in the face of indications that he is not."
GIFT article:

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/u...
Defiant After Bad Week, Trump Pushes Ahead on Politically Unpopular Ideas
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Republicans in a Freudian slip: their priority is to put government AHEAD of Americans. GOP V Chair Blake Moore speaks abt Republican priorities! They create policies that serve &profit themselves, not the people. Or they're saying the quiet part out loud, wo shame:
www.instagram.com/reel/DYkGTdM...
lincolnproject.us on Instagram: "GOP Vice Chair Blake Moore: "Our Republican priority will always be to put government ahead of Americans."They do not care about yo…"
GOP Vice Chair Blake Moore: "Our Republican priority will always be to put government ahead of Americans."They do not care about you.View all 1,076 comments
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May 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
This is what Trumpism has become: a hard right anti-woman philosophy where men are the ones who are aggrieved & discriminated against bc they don't have the supremacy & dominance over women that they used to have -bc of women's status & freedoms. MAGA masculinism:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet
A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right.
www.theatlantic.com
May 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
GIFT: The US political Right, entrenched in SCOTUS, is STEALING our rights &our system of representative government thru our right to vote for those who REPRESENT us &these so-called "Republicans" disable Congress where the PEOPLE historically have determined law:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Judicial Supremacy Has Arrived
Last week’s Supreme Court decision didn’t just undermine the Voting Rights Act. It foreclosed the possibility of any new Voting Rights Act in the future, too.
www.theatlantic.com
May 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
If racial #gerrymandering isn't lawful, why is Republicans cutting up black districts for more Republican seats allowed?? Is it just bc Republicans SAY their redistricting is for "PARTISAN" reasons, so courts look the other way? It's White Supremacy &obvious racism.
www.instagram.com/p/DX5OcPzmSl...
John Fugelsang on Instagram
1,565 likes, 27 comments - johnfugelsang on May 3, 2026
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May 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Trump's Autocracy struck down AGAIN! This time in Hegseth's unconstitutional re-attempt to "dictate the info received by the American people, to control the message so that the public hears & sees only what the Secretary & the Trump Admin want them to hear and see."
GIFT article:
wapo.st/4dzKtn2
Pentagon violated court order to restore press access, judge rules
Senior U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman also admonished the Trump administration, saying suppressing political speech is the “mark of an autocracy, not a democracy.”
wapo.st
April 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
elizabethmirra.bsky.social
Trump signed an illegal executive order to force states AND post offices to show list of eligible voters to election officials, in his attempt to abolish mail-in voting.
GIFT article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
Trump Signs Order Seeking Federal Control of Mail Voting as He Promotes False Claims
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM