ElizabethH
@betshampton.bsky.social
Wife, mother, grandmother, FSU alum, reader, reluctant writer, retired horsewoman
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Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
September 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
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Earlier this week, Judd reported on a new Elon Musk scam. Musk is spending millions of dollars pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which advertises itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine. Judd joins us tonight to explain:
joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
Five Questions with Judd Legum
American journalist, lawyer, and political writer
joycevance.substack.com
September 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Earlier this week, Judd reported on a new Elon Musk scam. Musk is spending millions of dollars pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which advertises itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine. Judd joins us tonight to explain:
joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
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🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
September 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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All eight major streamers together cost about $151/month without ads or bundles, up from $90 in 2022, as prices rose more than 3x faster than inflation (James Hibberd/The Hollywood Reporter)
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September 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM
All eight major streamers together cost about $151/month without ads or bundles, up from $90 in 2022, as prices rose more than 3x faster than inflation (James Hibberd/The Hollywood Reporter)
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The 40-hour work week. The weekend itself. Lifesaving safety standards.
Organized labor has changed our country for the better.
This Labor Day, we recognize the achievements of our unions and the workers who make the American way of life possible.
Organized labor has changed our country for the better.
This Labor Day, we recognize the achievements of our unions and the workers who make the American way of life possible.
September 7, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The 40-hour work week. The weekend itself. Lifesaving safety standards.
Organized labor has changed our country for the better.
This Labor Day, we recognize the achievements of our unions and the workers who make the American way of life possible.
Organized labor has changed our country for the better.
This Labor Day, we recognize the achievements of our unions and the workers who make the American way of life possible.
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Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
September 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
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🚨EMERGENCY EPISODE: A bombshell whistleblower complaint, submitted to Sen. Richard Blumenthal's office, reveals that the U.S. Postal Service allegedly kept building a new system to restrict mail-in ballots even after federal courts ordered it to stop it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySb4...
BREAKING: Whistleblower Exposes Trump's Secret USPS Plan to Reject Thousands of Ballots at Once
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
🚨EMERGENCY EPISODE: A bombshell whistleblower complaint, submitted to Sen. Richard Blumenthal's office, reveals that the U.S. Postal Service allegedly kept building a new system to restrict mail-in ballots even after federal courts ordered it to stop it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySb4...
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This is Apple Maps. This is Apple bowing down to Donald Trump. This is what happens when oligarchs reveal themselves to be cowards in service to the almighty dollar over our democracy, sanity and the truth. Shame on Apple.
September 2, 2026 at 12:49 AM
This is Apple Maps. This is Apple bowing down to Donald Trump. This is what happens when oligarchs reveal themselves to be cowards in service to the almighty dollar over our democracy, sanity and the truth. Shame on Apple.
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Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in between providing free books to children. That’s not a joke. That woman saved lives and taught kids how to read, while be stunningly beautiful and entertaining us all. What a legend.
August 26, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in between providing free books to children. That’s not a joke. That woman saved lives and taught kids how to read, while be stunningly beautiful and entertaining us all. What a legend.
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Terrific piece by Dana Frank in the Guardian about how the New York Times likes to call the left “polarizing” and “divisive” when it's just doing politics the way it's supposed to be done in a democracy.
Why does the New York Times keep calling the left ‘divisive’?
The newspaper often uses the word to describe elections with progressive contenders, implying a previous whole destroyed by the left
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Terrific piece by Dana Frank in the Guardian about how the New York Times likes to call the left “polarizing” and “divisive” when it's just doing politics the way it's supposed to be done in a democracy.
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after the indy car race today, that's pretty much a wrap for the commemoration of america's 250th.
if it's all felt a little underwhelming, don't forget that there was supposed to be a lot more celebrating all across the country, but trump cut funding for all of it:
www.notus.org/agencies/dog...
if it's all felt a little underwhelming, don't forget that there was supposed to be a lot more celebrating all across the country, but trump cut funding for all of it:
www.notus.org/agencies/dog...
DOGE Cut Off Small Town America’s 250th Birthday Money
Then Trump redirected the money for his own beautification projects.
www.notus.org
August 23, 2026 at 6:56 PM
after the indy car race today, that's pretty much a wrap for the commemoration of america's 250th.
if it's all felt a little underwhelming, don't forget that there was supposed to be a lot more celebrating all across the country, but trump cut funding for all of it:
www.notus.org/agencies/dog...
if it's all felt a little underwhelming, don't forget that there was supposed to be a lot more celebrating all across the country, but trump cut funding for all of it:
www.notus.org/agencies/dog...
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16 months ago: Never forget how it started.
BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
August 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
16 months ago: Never forget how it started.
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We’ve seen too much cowardice from large law firms ahead of the 2026 midterms.
“We can’t just send the voters out by themselves,” Marc Elias says. “We need the lawyers to do their part.”
We’re stepping up and speaking out for voters like you: https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
“We can’t just send the voters out by themselves,” Marc Elias says. “We need the lawyers to do their part.”
We’re stepping up and speaking out for voters like you: https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
August 24, 2026 at 12:30 AM
We’ve seen too much cowardice from large law firms ahead of the 2026 midterms.
“We can’t just send the voters out by themselves,” Marc Elias says. “We need the lawyers to do their part.”
We’re stepping up and speaking out for voters like you: https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
“We can’t just send the voters out by themselves,” Marc Elias says. “We need the lawyers to do their part.”
We’re stepping up and speaking out for voters like you: https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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This. We don't need leaders who view compromising with fascists as a higher priority than unifying the party and understanding what Dem voters want and the country needs. Put this meeting alongside his failure to endorse Mamdani and his attacks on the DSA and it is clear he's not the leader we need.
🤢 This is more than disqualifying as a future speaker. It’s a betrayal of everything our party should stand for.
 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly (Gift Article)
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This. We don't need leaders who view compromising with fascists as a higher priority than unifying the party and understanding what Dem voters want and the country needs. Put this meeting alongside his failure to endorse Mamdani and his attacks on the DSA and it is clear he's not the leader we need.
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A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs.
Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year.
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year.
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
August 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs.
Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year.
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year.
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Forget about Trump and politics and everything else, and ask yourself:
If the leader of a country said he planned to allow 300,000 metric tons of cheap, tariff-free ground beef into the country but refused to tell the public where it would come from, wouldn't you consider that strange?
If the leader of a country said he planned to allow 300,000 metric tons of cheap, tariff-free ground beef into the country but refused to tell the public where it would come from, wouldn't you consider that strange?
August 23, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Forget about Trump and politics and everything else, and ask yourself:
If the leader of a country said he planned to allow 300,000 metric tons of cheap, tariff-free ground beef into the country but refused to tell the public where it would come from, wouldn't you consider that strange?
If the leader of a country said he planned to allow 300,000 metric tons of cheap, tariff-free ground beef into the country but refused to tell the public where it would come from, wouldn't you consider that strange?
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The real COVID scandal? U.S. did FAR too little! www.economist.com/united-state...
"...many Americans died because so many failed to take the vaccines..."
"America’s lethal underperformance once again went ignored when the Senate recently questioned Fauci..."
"...many Americans died because so many failed to take the vaccines..."
"America’s lethal underperformance once again went ignored when the Senate recently questioned Fauci..."
The real covid-19 scandal is still unfolding
The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier
www.economist.com
August 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The real COVID scandal? U.S. did FAR too little! www.economist.com/united-state...
"...many Americans died because so many failed to take the vaccines..."
"America’s lethal underperformance once again went ignored when the Senate recently questioned Fauci..."
"...many Americans died because so many failed to take the vaccines..."
"America’s lethal underperformance once again went ignored when the Senate recently questioned Fauci..."
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It's a choice when headline writers use the first names of female newsmakers instead of their last names. In this case, it infantilizes a 35-year-old.
August 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
It's a choice when headline writers use the first names of female newsmakers instead of their last names. In this case, it infantilizes a 35-year-old.
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Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely.
Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt.
The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt.
The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
August 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely.
Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt.
The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt.
The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
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Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country.
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
August 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country.
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
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It still just kills me—I mean it's completely insane—that Trump was allowed to let an arrogant billionaire who'd spent almost $300 million to put him in office just swoop in and wreak havoc on the government and its ability to function, costing the nation immensely. Savings? Precisely the opposite.
Elon Musk’s DOGE promised savings, but it's cost us a fortune
A new report from the Government Accountability Office misses the point entirely.
www.motherjones.com
August 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It still just kills me—I mean it's completely insane—that Trump was allowed to let an arrogant billionaire who'd spent almost $300 million to put him in office just swoop in and wreak havoc on the government and its ability to function, costing the nation immensely. Savings? Precisely the opposite.
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August 20, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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ICYMI: Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social on why the supposed war between “establishment” and progressive Democrats may be more myth than reality.
#dailybeanspod 🫘 with @muellershewrote.com & @dgcomedy.bsky.social #mswmedia
the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/081...
#dailybeanspod 🫘 with @muellershewrote.com & @dgcomedy.bsky.social #mswmedia
the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/081...
August 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
ICYMI: Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social on why the supposed war between “establishment” and progressive Democrats may be more myth than reality.
#dailybeanspod 🫘 with @muellershewrote.com & @dgcomedy.bsky.social #mswmedia
the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/081...
#dailybeanspod 🫘 with @muellershewrote.com & @dgcomedy.bsky.social #mswmedia
the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/081...
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The usual excuse behind the rush to build these data centers is "we can't let China get ahead of us".
But we seem to have no problem letting China lap us when it comes to renewable energy.
Odd, ain't it?
But we seem to have no problem letting China lap us when it comes to renewable energy.
Odd, ain't it?
August 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The usual excuse behind the rush to build these data centers is "we can't let China get ahead of us".
But we seem to have no problem letting China lap us when it comes to renewable energy.
Odd, ain't it?
But we seem to have no problem letting China lap us when it comes to renewable energy.
Odd, ain't it?
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We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Remember this.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Remember this.
August 18, 2026 at 4:28 PM
We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Remember this.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Remember this.