Alison Johnson
aljwriter.bsky.social
Alison Johnson
@aljwriter.bsky.social

Can't cook, so I feed folks with words. Taste: Democracy. Bearing witness. Art. Tea. Trees. Feminism. Oh, and movies. #PublicPolicy #FairElections

Communication & Media Studies 18%
Philosophy 13%

Yes. And I always call that man in the Oval “the Occupant” , so as never to say (or write) his name.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com

And it’s not “asked for”, it’s “required to be disclosed”. 😠

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W @interfaithalliance.org we just launched a six-figure ad buy contrasting the holiday spirit with what ICE is doing to our neighbors.

@raushenbush.bsky.social and I on why and the need for a new Great Awakening to turn away from the hate all around us. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-need-a-...
We Need a New Great Awakening
This dire moment in our nation’s moral life cries out for a renewal of hearts.
www.thebulwark.com
Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
Between 1870 and 1975, more than 11,660 people were convicted for performing or seeking an abortion, according to official estimates.
www.lemonde.fr
NEW: During a week at immigration court in Connecticut, I didn't see ICE once. During a day at the Federal Plaza in New York City, ICE was everywhere.

My tale of two immigration courts, with illustrator Matt Stevens, at @ctinsider.bsky.socialwww.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
Many CT immigration cases are transferred to NYC court, where ICE is far more active
It’s much more common to see federal officers waiting in hallways and lingering outside courtrooms in Manhattan.
www.ctinsider.com
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.

Watched once, still think about years later, and too painful for me to see again:

Dead Man Walking

Gorillas in the Mist

Room

🌷

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Trump & Vance are literally banning the use of the word women but not banning the use of the word men. The toxic masculinity administration.
More pages of that list of words forbidden from being used by Head Start programs:
The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Supreme Court Is About to Give Trump His Crony State
During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and reorder the separation of powers.
www.thenation.com

And it’s stressful and distracting when I’d much rather be reflecting on the movie and letting its energy continue to wash over me. Ugh! 🙁
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Because you still listen, because in times like these
to have you listen at all, it’s necessary
to talk about trees. 🌷

Just thinking of that episode makes me cry - “It’s me - the probe is me”. And the flute! 😢🌷❤️

I knew there was a reason this space is special, Your Grace. 🌷☺️🌷
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving for many, but for some it is the National Day of Mourning.

The event will be broadcast. It's worth watching.
United American Indians of New England - UAINE
UAINE is a Native-led organization of Native people and our supporters who fight back against racism and for the freedom of Leonard Peltier and other politic...
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Love how you put this! Wish you coulda been there when a friend met 2 of us for lunch and said “So, there’s nothing to talk about, is there?” 😉.

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🗣🗣🗣BUT HIS EMAILS

It’s heartbreaking and infuriating..

Thank you for all that you are doing - proud to call you my Senator!
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Am currently on my 3rd listen of the Bright Sessions- love it!

Are you ever in a situation where you find yourself thinking about how a character from the Bright Sessions universe would respond? ☺️

Thank you for bringing your creative gifts to the world! 🌷
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.

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We have evidence now going back to 2018 that when Trump isn't on the ballot, it's grim scenes for Republicans.

And he'll never (lawfully) be on the ballot again.