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Laura Barisonzi retweeted
Mussolini ordered everyone to refer to him as Him, as though he was some kind of infallible God. Then he entered Italy into a losing war and his incompetence was revealed.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
When historians write about this time they will explore why no one stopped him: why no one in his govt or the GOP or the elites in finance that prop him back pretending they don't see the disintegration or not caring as long as they make $ did anything meaningful.
I feel sick to my stomach waiting around today to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom that our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's really an indictment not just of the electorate but of our whole system of government. We're ruled by a mad king.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
Often, when autocrats are doing badly at home, they become more imperialist. It’s impossible to think about the War with Iran without thinking about Trump’s hubris and Netanyahu’s desired expansionism.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
Trump’s clean energy war is actually hurting red states, says @USCleanPower board chair David Carroll.
"There's nearly half a million people that are directly employed by the clean energy industry," he tells our @kelseytam on Politico Energy podcast👇
🎧 politico.com/podcasts/energy
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
Susan Collins 30 years ago: “I’ve pledged that if I’m elected I will only serve two terms. 12 years is long enough to be in public service.”
GOOD NEWS! I am ALL-IN for 2026.
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Laura Barisonzi retweeted
One thing Pam Bondi has made clear throughout this hearing: her client is Donald Trump, not the American people.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
Do you have a passport? Do you know where your birth certificate is?
If the answer to both is no, then you cannot vote under the SAVE Act.
The SAVE Act is NOT a voter ID bill. It’s a voter suppression bill.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
As a doctor, I am horrified by what I saw at the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
No medical protocols.
No real medical care.
No nurse on site when I visited.
No beds. No real blankets. Extremely cold temperatures. Minimal food.
These conditions are inhumane and unacceptable.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
Jeff Bezos, who could keep the Wash Post a pillar of American democracy with the change dug out from his limousine seats, sets an example of surrender to authoritarianism for every other business person and institution in America.
The @WashPost has now laid off its Asia editor, its New Delhi bureau chief, its Sydney bureau chief, its Cairo bureau chief, the entire Middle East reporting team, China correspondents, Iran correspondents, Turkey correspondents, and many more. The world is becoming less America-centric by the minute while the United States is becoming more America-centric than ever. It is just a depressing yet somehow perfect summation of our current moment that one of the most important newspapers in the history of the country - one that has actually shaped the history of the United States - doesn't think reporting on the world is of any use anymore. What an utterly perfect encapsulation of where we have arrived.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
After meeting with Jeffrey Epstein in 2005, Howard Lutnick said he vowed to “never be in a room with that disgusting person ever again.”
Documents released today by Trump's DOJ say otherwise.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
ICE agent threatens someone in Minnesota:
“You raise your voice, I erase your voice.”
From @MinnMaxShow:
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
When state violence is made public, it’s never accidental—it’s a warning. This is how fascism enforces obedience: spectacle, fear, impunity. Minneapolis is resisting anyway. That courage matters.
Read more at Lucid.Substack.com
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
I love my job. Every day, I put my life on the line for my job. And I would very much like to keep my job, telling stories from the front lines of a war that is reshaping the world. (I think Washington Post readers would agree int’l coverage is vital.) Please, @JeffBezos.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
When armed federal agents kill civilians on U.S. streets and nothing happens, silence becomes complicity. Speak up. Organize. Act.
#Minneapolis #AbolishICE #AccountabilityNOW
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
Even in Russia, they don’t shoot protestors on the street. They do that in Iran.
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We’re in an Oversight Committee hearing & @RepPressley motioned to “subpoena @DHSgov and @ICEgov for all documents, communications, videos, and other materials related to the murder of a woman by federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
Not a single Republican voted for it.
Laura Barisonzi retweeted
Trump aides celebrated with cake after dismantling USAID, thrilled that they had set in motion a process that will lead to some 88 deaths per minute for the rest of the Trump presidency: propublica.org/article/usaid… An examination by @propublica of Trump's most lethal policy.
