Posts by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
The criminalization of dissent has made groups more cowardly and limited in their response to Trump, AND STILL he comes for them
I discuss the psychology behind inaction right now, and offer guidance to help you move from feeling helpless to taking meaningful steps toward social justice.
I know you care. Now it's time to move in the direction of fighting back.
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Out from the Ripple Effect Institute this week:
If current events leave you with a knot in your stomach but you're still in a state of inaction, this video is for you.
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All this just makes me like the Pope more, TBH. Long record of anti-racism and support for social justice.
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This guy also needs to resign, but MAGA isn't pushing it because it will lose them the last vote they need for a 218 majority in the House.
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Yesterday I was talking to a Hungarian friend about how she hopes the new government claws back the billions grifted by Orban while in office.
We’re going to need the same thing here. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
Best concert of my lifetime was Prince and Janelle Monae at Madison Square Garden. Cyndi Lauper was in the front row and jumped on stage for the finale. My mind was forever blown, and nothing will ever top it.
RIP, icon.
Maybe this will clear up the apparent yes/no confusion among VA voters!
A lot earlier than that, honestly.
AI call answering is a pox on humanity.
Does anyone ever do anything except say "let me speak to the staff?"
I mean dear lord I do not want to talk to a robot.
Today's the day, Virginia. Vote to save democracy. Vote yes.
You know, government can operate simply to make the lives of its constituents better.
Imagine that.
(you don’t have to, Mamdani is doing it in NYC)
Tim Cook personally donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee, and we all know where that money went.
Peace Talks Day is off to a great start.
It’s not an impossibility that they are murdering people and making snuff films of it to keep Trump’s spirits up as everything goes to pot.
This continues to be so evil I am at a loss for words.
WOOT.
Ahem, you know who else confirmed them? A handful of . . . oh never mind.
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For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:
When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?
Welp.
I was having this exact problem yesterday with the Dow. Nothing makes sense any more.
Oh God. She was so awful.
The Infowars news is funny, yes. But more importantly, it is an outright rebuke of Alex Jones' evil.
It's testament to the strength and resilience of the Sandy Hook families who survived this bullshit for more than a decade as well as the Onion, which didn't give up on this for the last 18 months.
We don't know which Cabinet secretary will be forced to resign next, but we know it'll be either Brooke Rollins or Linda McMahon because they're the last two women left.
Elections matter.
This is what we call lustration (or at least one version of it), and we are going to need it here.
Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!
Thirteen minutes fourteen seconds of straight genius.
More art. More beauty. We need it.
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Yo, this is my birthday. I would be greatly honored if you would join @detentionwatchnetwork.org’s day of action this Saturday!