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Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
Tonight, the American people sent a clear message — they want a politics that brings people together rather than divides them, and leaders who offer concrete solutions to the challenges they face.
These results were only possible because outstanding candidates stepped forward in every region of the country — including in areas once considered long shots. They came from different backgrounds and represented a range of political perspectives, but were united by shared values, a belief in public service, and a commitment to putting the people of their districts and states first.
We also owe a debt of gratitude to the thousands of election officials and volunteers from both parties who helped ensure a smooth election and carried out one of the most essential functions of our democracy.
While this administration has another two years in office, our job now is to roll up our sleeves, make changes wherever we have the power to do so, prevent further damage, and lay the groundwork for the future.
Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
A Savannah police officer gave her Flock login to her husband.
Her husband is an ICE agent.
He ran 983 license plate searches.
Across six states.
788 were in South Carolina.
Mostly looking for cars registered to Hispanic owners.
An investigator asked her: "Did you run these searches?"
She said no.
Then admitted it was her husband.
Her husband said: "Every name that I ever ran was an ICE target."
Translation: I was using the police department's surveillance system to hunt people.
She got fired. Along with five other Savannah PD employees.
All for Flock misuse.
ICE is investigating its own agent.
Which means nothing will happen to him.
Georgia law apparently lets Savannah police share plate data with ICE.
But Savannah never agreed to that.
So she just decided it was fine.
Gave him the password.
He turned it into a deportation tool.
Now there's a paper trail showing Flock was used to target Hispanic drivers across state lines.
Using a police officer's credentials.
With her knowledge.
The surveillance network designed to catch criminals became a hunting tool for immigration enforcement.
One password away from working.
Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
Reminder for anyone worrying about this: armed agents at the polls is a crime, not a gray area. The law doesn’t care what uniform they’re wearing.
If you see it, write down where and when, take a photo if it’s safe, and call 866-OUR-VOTE.
Rape Culture: It's time to start calling cnts, cnts writteninkink.com/blog/rape-… by @JMSeaborn.
Looking at you @NCGOP.
Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
Dolly Parton on her Imagination Library program that Republicans defunded:
"[My daddy] was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew [...] his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission."
Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
Republicans defunded her childhood reading program this year btw
Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
Even in the unlikely event that AI ever became capable of producing high-quality music and fiction, we must still refuse to engage with it. Regardless of its potential utilities in STEM, AI has no place in the humanities. Art is for human beings.
Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
Men (and yes, some women): no more body shaming. Big or small, short or tall, none of us are beautiful if we tear others down to build ourselves up.
Sincerely,
E 💚❤️
Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
Senator Raphael Warnock's proposal to ban private equity firms from buying up single-family homes is now federal law.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The claim that Senator Warnock's proposal “banned private equity from owning single-family homes” is false.
The new law caps the number of single-family homes that can be owned by private equity at 350, it is not a ban.
npr.org/2026/07/10/nx-…
Lisa (she/her/y’all/ma’am) retweeted
There’s an episode from Cheers where Frasier and another guy are quoting from Richard II and Cyrano de Bergerac.
34 million Americans watched this episode.
