Ali M
@alijmcc.bsky.social
Cis ally - she/her - Glasgow Warriors and Celtic and politics addict. Pro choice and hate bigotry of any type. Love to read and annoy idiots.
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For context, the staffer was fired because he posted, "I just want a eugenic immigration policy, is that too much to ask," "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity," and "Normalize Indian hate."
February 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For context, the staffer was fired because he posted, "I just want a eugenic immigration policy, is that too much to ask," "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity," and "Normalize Indian hate."
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Let's talk about some of the reporting on the ICE raids that took place in Denver/Aurora yesterday.
There are clearly some inaccuracies circulating online right now
Let's start with this one
It's categorically not true.
(this aired this morning on @FoxNews)
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There are clearly some inaccuracies circulating online right now
Let's start with this one
It's categorically not true.
(this aired this morning on @FoxNews)
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February 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Let's talk about some of the reporting on the ICE raids that took place in Denver/Aurora yesterday.
There are clearly some inaccuracies circulating online right now
Let's start with this one
It's categorically not true.
(this aired this morning on @FoxNews)
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There are clearly some inaccuracies circulating online right now
Let's start with this one
It's categorically not true.
(this aired this morning on @FoxNews)
1/
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it's hard to overstate who fucking stupid every single reporter and pundit was who denied their responsibility in preventing this eventuality, not just for the complete and total lack of professional ethics, but also zero survival instinct
The FCC has opened an investigation into a radio station's news coverage of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
February 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
it's hard to overstate who fucking stupid every single reporter and pundit was who denied their responsibility in preventing this eventuality, not just for the complete and total lack of professional ethics, but also zero survival instinct
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It's even worse.
"We were DIRECTED by the Office of the Deputy Attorney General to provide the lists identifying employees by name."
- Acting FBI Director Driscoll (h/t: @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social)
What DOJ did contradicts what DOJ told the federal judge in writing (see my post below).
"We were DIRECTED by the Office of the Deputy Attorney General to provide the lists identifying employees by name."
- Acting FBI Director Driscoll (h/t: @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social)
What DOJ did contradicts what DOJ told the federal judge in writing (see my post below).
February 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It's even worse.
"We were DIRECTED by the Office of the Deputy Attorney General to provide the lists identifying employees by name."
- Acting FBI Director Driscoll (h/t: @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social)
What DOJ did contradicts what DOJ told the federal judge in writing (see my post below).
"We were DIRECTED by the Office of the Deputy Attorney General to provide the lists identifying employees by name."
- Acting FBI Director Driscoll (h/t: @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social)
What DOJ did contradicts what DOJ told the federal judge in writing (see my post below).
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Your colleagues, your profession, your teachers and your workplace are, again and again, making it clear that they will not protect you.
From the Chronice of Higher Ed's daily newsletter email. The first ICE arrest on a college campus happened at Spokane Community College yesterday. The Chronicle, however, is here to tell us that in "the bigger picture," it's no big deal, even if "the loudest voices" say it is.
February 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Your colleagues, your profession, your teachers and your workplace are, again and again, making it clear that they will not protect you.
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Free speech absolutist Elon Musk calls for the firing of a journalist who revealed that one of the people Musk hired for DOGE bragged about being racist on social media
February 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Free speech absolutist Elon Musk calls for the firing of a journalist who revealed that one of the people Musk hired for DOGE bragged about being racist on social media
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You know all of this is happening because a billionaire wants to populate Mars and the Christian nationalists want to bring about the rapture…
February 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You know all of this is happening because a billionaire wants to populate Mars and the Christian nationalists want to bring about the rapture…
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JK Rowling after years of amplifying transphobic hate and misinformation: The fascists are saying the same thing as me and it's YOUR FAULT
February 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
JK Rowling after years of amplifying transphobic hate and misinformation: The fascists are saying the same thing as me and it's YOUR FAULT
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It is notable that Big Law is completely absent from the legal fights to protect democracy. In 2017, they bragged about their pro bono work for the resistance. Now, they are silent -presumably cowering in fear of Trump and Musk.
Support the non-profit law orgs and small firms doing this hard work.
Support the non-profit law orgs and small firms doing this hard work.
February 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It is notable that Big Law is completely absent from the legal fights to protect democracy. In 2017, they bragged about their pro bono work for the resistance. Now, they are silent -presumably cowering in fear of Trump and Musk.
Support the non-profit law orgs and small firms doing this hard work.
Support the non-profit law orgs and small firms doing this hard work.
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New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
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Today Shetland Islands Council are flying the Pride flag above the Lerwick Town Hall and one of my old primary teachers is asking why we don't have a straight flag 🫠 hen, you were a teacher in the '90s, how the fuck did you not remember Section 28 was a thing?
February 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Today Shetland Islands Council are flying the Pride flag above the Lerwick Town Hall and one of my old primary teachers is asking why we don't have a straight flag 🫠 hen, you were a teacher in the '90s, how the fuck did you not remember Section 28 was a thing?
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This report is especially notable because it seems that, just hours before it was published, Treasury Secretary Bessent lied to GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee about this exact issue.
(And props to @murray.senate.gov for calling BS on it.)
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
(And props to @murray.senate.gov for calling BS on it.)
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This report is especially notable because it seems that, just hours before it was published, Treasury Secretary Bessent lied to GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee about this exact issue.
(And props to @murray.senate.gov for calling BS on it.)
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
(And props to @murray.senate.gov for calling BS on it.)
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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There’s a media dynamic to this too I think. When Biden pushed limits the press coverage was often like “Preposterous! A dog can’t play basketball.” But with Trump we’re getting a lot of “Golden Retriever stuns onlookers with flawless dunk.”
Imagine Biden coming into office and just signing an executive order that extends Medicare to everyone
February 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There’s a media dynamic to this too I think. When Biden pushed limits the press coverage was often like “Preposterous! A dog can’t play basketball.” But with Trump we’re getting a lot of “Golden Retriever stuns onlookers with flawless dunk.”
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By complete coincidence, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan's CEO, was singing the praises of tariffs the other day. Now it turns out JPMorgan's about to make a tonne of money on demand for gold, driven by - you guessed it - fear of tariffs.
JPMorgan’s $4bn delivery of gold bullion adds to fears Trump’s tariffs will reshape global trade
US bank, world’s biggest bullion dealer, says it will deliver raw material against contracts that will expire in February
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
By complete coincidence, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan's CEO, was singing the praises of tariffs the other day. Now it turns out JPMorgan's about to make a tonne of money on demand for gold, driven by - you guessed it - fear of tariffs.
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I've been adding a load of new SIGNED books onto my adorable website.
I will no doubt be posting stuff on here about each of them, but before I do that, if you wanna get in early, here's ten of them.
There are some absolute BEAUTIES.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
I will no doubt be posting stuff on here about each of them, but before I do that, if you wanna get in early, here's ten of them.
There are some absolute BEAUTIES.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
SIGNED COPIES - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I've been adding a load of new SIGNED books onto my adorable website.
I will no doubt be posting stuff on here about each of them, but before I do that, if you wanna get in early, here's ten of them.
There are some absolute BEAUTIES.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
I will no doubt be posting stuff on here about each of them, but before I do that, if you wanna get in early, here's ten of them.
There are some absolute BEAUTIES.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
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Freedom my arse. It was your fucking deal - you agreed it and boasted about - and it was shit, you shameless, lying, self-serving charlatan.
January 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Freedom my arse. It was your fucking deal - you agreed it and boasted about - and it was shit, you shameless, lying, self-serving charlatan.
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They’re gonna push this brand and the same old are gonna fall for it.
This is genuinely getting ridiculous now.
They’re gonna push this brand and the same old are gonna fall for it.
This is genuinely getting ridiculous now.
February 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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They’re gonna push this brand and the same old are gonna fall for it.
This is genuinely getting ridiculous now.
They’re gonna push this brand and the same old are gonna fall for it.
This is genuinely getting ridiculous now.
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the democratic party will never learn
February 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
the democratic party will never learn
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If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
February 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
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I'm serious about archiving stories & literature that is written by & for the trans/queer/disabled/black/indigenous communities. I already have one off-site server that volunteered to back it up 💙📚 🌈📚
If you are an author that would like your book included DM me
#BookSky #queer #trans #disabled
If you are an author that would like your book included DM me
#BookSky #queer #trans #disabled
Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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So that’s a federal subsidy for the media platform owned by the president’s biggest donor, which he’s made a gathering place for nazis
There it is. NTSB only sending info out via X now. Expect the same from CDC FDA etc. soon.
February 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So that’s a federal subsidy for the media platform owned by the president’s biggest donor, which he’s made a gathering place for nazis
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Saving to post on FB 😂
January 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Saving to post on FB 😂