Libby
@libertybellina.bsky.social
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When people don’t know what to believe, they believe nothing. “They all lie.” “Both sides are corrupt.” The goal isn’t persuasion—it’s disillusionment. Make truth feel futile. Make facts feel fake. Get people to give up—and the GOP wins by default through disengagement.
When people don’t know what to believe, they believe nothing. “They all lie.” “Both sides are corrupt.” The goal isn’t persuasion—it’s disillusionment. Make truth feel futile. Make facts feel fake. Get people to give up—and the GOP wins by default through disengagement.
April 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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When people don’t know what to believe, they believe nothing. “They all lie.” “Both sides are corrupt.” The goal isn’t persuasion—it’s disillusionment. Make truth feel futile. Make facts feel fake. Get people to give up—and the GOP wins by default through disengagement.
When people don’t know what to believe, they believe nothing. “They all lie.” “Both sides are corrupt.” The goal isn’t persuasion—it’s disillusionment. Make truth feel futile. Make facts feel fake. Get people to give up—and the GOP wins by default through disengagement.
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16/ That’s Hungary’s warning, and its lesson. Elections can remove the ppl directing propaganda. They can’t instantly undo years of fear, captured institutions, or damaged professional judgment. Defending democracy means protecting independent journalism now & rebuilding what political control broke
October 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
16/ That’s Hungary’s warning, and its lesson. Elections can remove the ppl directing propaganda. They can’t instantly undo years of fear, captured institutions, or damaged professional judgment. Defending democracy means protecting independent journalism now & rebuilding what political control broke
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12/ Even journalists who welcomed liberation struggled with responsibility. Under the old system, managers decided what could run. Now reporters had to make their own calls and stand behind them. Some still feared publishing perfectly legitimate stories. Political control had become a habit of mind.
October 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
12/ Even journalists who welcomed liberation struggled with responsibility. Under the old system, managers decided what could run. Now reporters had to make their own calls and stand behind them. Some still feared publishing perfectly legitimate stories. Political control had become a habit of mind.
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9/ Those pages matter because propaganda isn’t always a politician barking orders on camera. It can be an editor quietly killing a story, a manager removing a name, or a reporter learning which facts are too dangerous to print. Eventually, people stop waiting for orders. They censor themselves.
October 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
9/ Those pages matter because propaganda isn’t always a politician barking orders on camera. It can be an editor quietly killing a story, a manager removing a name, or a reporter learning which facts are too dangerous to print. Eventually, people stop waiting for orders. They censor themselves.
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The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
October 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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Maybe he has them confused with ICE.
Trump on migrants: "They kill old. They kill young. They kill them all."
October 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Maybe he has them confused with ICE.
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Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted."
www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
www.npr.org
October 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted."
www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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We live in the dumbest timeline with the dumbest, greediest, worst people in charge. It’s incredible.
BAIER: The president says 'SI.' Are you into SI or AI?
BEZOS: I do like SI, because 'artificial' is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring.
BEZOS: I do like SI, because 'artificial' is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring.
October 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
We live in the dumbest timeline with the dumbest, greediest, worst people in charge. It’s incredible.
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The DHS Secretary is riffing on the “great replacement theory” - a white nationalist conspiracy theory that holds the elites (or other conspirators - in this case, “socialists”) are set on changing society through immigration and illegal voting.
The GRT is everywhere on the American right now.
The GRT is everywhere on the American right now.
October 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The DHS Secretary is riffing on the “great replacement theory” - a white nationalist conspiracy theory that holds the elites (or other conspirators - in this case, “socialists”) are set on changing society through immigration and illegal voting.
The GRT is everywhere on the American right now.
The GRT is everywhere on the American right now.
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No, not everyone else, and he had nine years by the time to vote in ‘24. What part of this was quiet?
October 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
No, not everyone else, and he had nine years by the time to vote in ‘24. What part of this was quiet?
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🇺🇸 Florida, please vote for Angie Nixon for US Senate. 🔵
(And David Jolly for Governor)
(And David Jolly for Governor)
Angie Nixon: Impeach Trump AND His Whole Damn Cabinet! | Bulwark Daily
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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October 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
🇺🇸 Florida, please vote for Angie Nixon for US Senate. 🔵
(And David Jolly for Governor)
(And David Jolly for Governor)
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DELAWARE: "Nurse Monica Ryadi and her husband couldn’t wait to take their 3yo son to Disneyland... They didn’t get there. The Delco nurse has lived legally in 🇺🇸 since childhood. ICE arrested her as she took her son to Disneyland." #AbolishICE
www.instagram.com/p/DeAFDW5jEW0
www.instagram.com/p/DeAFDW5jEW0
October 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
DELAWARE: "Nurse Monica Ryadi and her husband couldn’t wait to take their 3yo son to Disneyland... They didn’t get there. The Delco nurse has lived legally in 🇺🇸 since childhood. ICE arrested her as she took her son to Disneyland." #AbolishICE
www.instagram.com/p/DeAFDW5jEW0
www.instagram.com/p/DeAFDW5jEW0
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NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty.
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
meidasnews.com
October 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty.
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
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BILELLO: “.. Tariffs were pitched as the fix for America’s trade deficit.
Instead, .. The deficit didn’t shrink. It increased 8%.”
Instead, .. The deficit didn’t shrink. It increased 8%.”
October 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
BILELLO: “.. Tariffs were pitched as the fix for America’s trade deficit.
Instead, .. The deficit didn’t shrink. It increased 8%.”
Instead, .. The deficit didn’t shrink. It increased 8%.”
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🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
www.democracydocket.com
October 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
www.democracydocket.com
October 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Either there’s rule of law or there’s not. Either we are defined by a system of justice that holds the guilty accountable or we aren’t. Either we have a democracy that limits abuse to define our public life and the rights of citizens or we have a country collapsing into strongman authoritarianism.
October 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Either there’s rule of law or there’s not. Either we are defined by a system of justice that holds the guilty accountable or we aren’t. Either we have a democracy that limits abuse to define our public life and the rights of citizens or we have a country collapsing into strongman authoritarianism.
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An authoritarian government forcing people to use new politically-driven language in their speech -- call it "newspeak," if you will
The state of Alabama imposed a state law that requires pubic schools and universities to use the term “Gulf of America.” And obvious and flagrant authoritarian move and textbook example of what Barrett Taylor and I call postliberal governance.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Alabama’s New “Gulf of America” Mandate Impacts Colleges
Republican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too.
www.insidehighered.com
October 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
An authoritarian government forcing people to use new politically-driven language in their speech -- call it "newspeak," if you will
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The state of Alabama imposed a state law that requires pubic schools and universities to use the term “Gulf of America.” And obvious and flagrant authoritarian move and textbook example of what Barrett Taylor and I call postliberal governance.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Alabama’s New “Gulf of America” Mandate Impacts Colleges
Republican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too.
www.insidehighered.com
October 7, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The state of Alabama imposed a state law that requires pubic schools and universities to use the term “Gulf of America.” And obvious and flagrant authoritarian move and textbook example of what Barrett Taylor and I call postliberal governance.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East:
“Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
“Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
October 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East:
“Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
“Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Mike Rogers wants Michiganders to forget that he’s backed Trump’s reckless trade war from the beginning — while you’ve been paying more for everything, he’s been a rubber stamp. #MISen 🧵
October 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Mike Rogers wants Michiganders to forget that he’s backed Trump’s reckless trade war from the beginning — while you’ve been paying more for everything, he’s been a rubber stamp. #MISen 🧵