Allyson Hogan
@allysonhoganwrites.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Watcher of movies/TV/plays. Cat owner. Not necessarily in that order.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Someone must stop these low-wage servants from buying all the houses!
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Someone must stop these low-wage servants from buying all the houses!
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It's easy to get inured to the crazy, but this is Trump referring to the main exterior window of the East Room, a part of the White House that has been there since 1800, as "a knock-out panel," a construction term for a temporary part of a wall designed to be easily demolished to allow for expansion
Trump: "Right behind me by the way, in about 2 years from now, is a much bigger room. This will be the entrance. That's a knockout panel. It looks pretty nice right now but it'll look a lot better in a little while... The future entrance to something that's really become very popular, the ballroom."
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It's easy to get inured to the crazy, but this is Trump referring to the main exterior window of the East Room, a part of the White House that has been there since 1800, as "a knock-out panel," a construction term for a temporary part of a wall designed to be easily demolished to allow for expansion
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Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
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"taking jobs from Americans" really gives away the game. This guy just hates immigrants and thinks they don't belong here, and can be treated as sub-humans.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"taking jobs from Americans" really gives away the game. This guy just hates immigrants and thinks they don't belong here, and can be treated as sub-humans.
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Even if it were true, "taking jobs from Americans" is not a criminal offense that calls for committing human right abuses against said person and potentially renditioning them to third countries with poor human rights records
"This person is undocumented" does not mean "this person has ZERO rights"
"This person is undocumented" does not mean "this person has ZERO rights"
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Even if it were true, "taking jobs from Americans" is not a criminal offense that calls for committing human right abuses against said person and potentially renditioning them to third countries with poor human rights records
"This person is undocumented" does not mean "this person has ZERO rights"
"This person is undocumented" does not mean "this person has ZERO rights"
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Moral vacuity aside, I don’t see how you could properly phrase a question for survey research along the lines of “do you approve of how the president and his team been concealing his personal involvement with the notorious child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his victims?”
Enten: "Trump is 39 below water on the Epstein case. 39 points in the negative! My goodness gracious. What Trump has been selling on the Epstein files, the Epstein case, the American people have not been buying at all ... less than half of Republicans are buying it. This is his worst issue by far"
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Moral vacuity aside, I don’t see how you could properly phrase a question for survey research along the lines of “do you approve of how the president and his team been concealing his personal involvement with the notorious child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his victims?”
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The White House: There is no inflation and anyone who claims otherwise is pushing a "con job."
Also the White House: There's plenty of inflation, but we're blaming the president who left office nearly a year ago.
Also the White House: There's plenty of inflation, but we're blaming the president who left office nearly a year ago.
Peter Navarro: "They want to blame Donald Trump for what is Biden legacy inflation"
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The White House: There is no inflation and anyone who claims otherwise is pushing a "con job."
Also the White House: There's plenty of inflation, but we're blaming the president who left office nearly a year ago.
Also the White House: There's plenty of inflation, but we're blaming the president who left office nearly a year ago.
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There were literally congressional hearings where whistleblowers in the insurance industry cried while discussing being forced by superiors to repeatedly illegally deny payment for lifesaving care in the run up to the passage of the ACA. That’s what republicans want us to return to.
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There were literally congressional hearings where whistleblowers in the insurance industry cried while discussing being forced by superiors to repeatedly illegally deny payment for lifesaving care in the run up to the passage of the ACA. That’s what republicans want us to return to.
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Wait, is Pete Hegseth for some reason so against beards that it even polarizes him against some expressions of white nationalism???
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wait, is Pete Hegseth for some reason so against beards that it even polarizes him against some expressions of white nationalism???
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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It's really incredible how the norm against the deployment of the military against Americans at home has completely degraded. What this man is describing is a flagrant violation of Posse Comitatus.
Rep. Pat Harrigan: "I have asked Josh Stein, our governor, to consider working with President Trump to allow the National Guard to come into Charlotte ... use the National Guard as a force multiplier and they can a lot of load off the Charlotte PD."
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's really incredible how the norm against the deployment of the military against Americans at home has completely degraded. What this man is describing is a flagrant violation of Posse Comitatus.
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Insulating Republicans from consequences is never the answer
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Insulating Republicans from consequences is never the answer
Mo Morrison, Lightyear
I was pleasantly surprised with Lightyear, and it was fun to discover some pretty decent figures from it (only fitting, I suppose, since the origins of the movie trace back to Toy Story!) Mo is my favorite--'cause Taika, of course 😄
I was pleasantly surprised with Lightyear, and it was fun to discover some pretty decent figures from it (only fitting, I suppose, since the origins of the movie trace back to Toy Story!) Mo is my favorite--'cause Taika, of course 😄
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Mo Morrison, Lightyear
I was pleasantly surprised with Lightyear, and it was fun to discover some pretty decent figures from it (only fitting, I suppose, since the origins of the movie trace back to Toy Story!) Mo is my favorite--'cause Taika, of course 😄
I was pleasantly surprised with Lightyear, and it was fun to discover some pretty decent figures from it (only fitting, I suppose, since the origins of the movie trace back to Toy Story!) Mo is my favorite--'cause Taika, of course 😄
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The press lost its shit for weeks at the mere thought of referring to Trump and his political movement as "fascist."
Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.
Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.
Ted Cruz: "The heart of the Democratic Party today is communist and jihadist and extremist."
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The press lost its shit for weeks at the mere thought of referring to Trump and his political movement as "fascist."
Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.
Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.
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Let them eat ballroom
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Let them eat ballroom
Joe the Postman, Paddington
Hey, I'd already watched two Paddington movies for Peter Capaldi, and now I revisited one and watched a third for Joel Fry. Both are very cute, although neither film has much in the way of screentime for Joel 1/
#JoelFry-days
Hey, I'd already watched two Paddington movies for Peter Capaldi, and now I revisited one and watched a third for Joel Fry. Both are very cute, although neither film has much in the way of screentime for Joel 1/
#JoelFry-days
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Joe the Postman, Paddington
Hey, I'd already watched two Paddington movies for Peter Capaldi, and now I revisited one and watched a third for Joel Fry. Both are very cute, although neither film has much in the way of screentime for Joel 1/
#JoelFry-days
Hey, I'd already watched two Paddington movies for Peter Capaldi, and now I revisited one and watched a third for Joel Fry. Both are very cute, although neither film has much in the way of screentime for Joel 1/
#JoelFry-days
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Ted Cruz: "I think right now the 2 frontrunners for the Democratic nomination in 2028 are AOC and Mamdani. Now, he's not even eligible, but what do they care? Law doesn't mean anything to them. That's where their party is."
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Ted Cruz: "I think right now the 2 frontrunners for the Democratic nomination in 2028 are AOC and Mamdani. Now, he's not even eligible, but what do they care? Law doesn't mean anything to them. That's where their party is."
I loved the design aesthetic for Namor and Talokan in Wakanda Forever. This awesome Namor art is from @morguedesign.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I loved the design aesthetic for Namor and Talokan in Wakanda Forever. This awesome Namor art is from @morguedesign.bsky.social
www.etsy.com/shop/morgued...
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Captain Rex, The Clone Wars
The Clone Wars is a little daunting to me because of its length. I've been making my way through it in spurts, in between other things, but I've definitely gotten into it. I really enjoy getting to know some of the clones, and Rex is my favorite!
The Clone Wars is a little daunting to me because of its length. I've been making my way through it in spurts, in between other things, but I've definitely gotten into it. I really enjoy getting to know some of the clones, and Rex is my favorite!
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Captain Rex, The Clone Wars
The Clone Wars is a little daunting to me because of its length. I've been making my way through it in spurts, in between other things, but I've definitely gotten into it. I really enjoy getting to know some of the clones, and Rex is my favorite!
The Clone Wars is a little daunting to me because of its length. I've been making my way through it in spurts, in between other things, but I've definitely gotten into it. I really enjoy getting to know some of the clones, and Rex is my favorite!
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Democrats are expected to provide think tank level policy proposals for every societal ill under the sun (fully paid for too, natch!!) while Republicans are just like "we'll figure something out" and the media nods along.🙃
Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Republicans' healthcare plan: "The plan is to come up with something better."
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Democrats are expected to provide think tank level policy proposals for every societal ill under the sun (fully paid for too, natch!!) while Republicans are just like "we'll figure something out" and the media nods along.🙃
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The GOP campaigned on "We are better at government than the Democrats"
Enough voters believed them and gave them the keys to the government.
And now its "Its all Democrats' fault that we suck at governing"
Enough voters believed them and gave them the keys to the government.
And now its "Its all Democrats' fault that we suck at governing"
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The GOP campaigned on "We are better at government than the Democrats"
Enough voters believed them and gave them the keys to the government.
And now its "Its all Democrats' fault that we suck at governing"
Enough voters believed them and gave them the keys to the government.
And now its "Its all Democrats' fault that we suck at governing"
Creature, Stitch Head
This is my second time seeing Joel Fry on the big screen (well, it’s an animated film, so “seeing” is relative)—the first was Yesterday, back in the pre-OFMD days. The film is a bit flimsy, feeling long even at 90 minutes, but I still had a good time 1/
#JoelFry-days
This is my second time seeing Joel Fry on the big screen (well, it’s an animated film, so “seeing” is relative)—the first was Yesterday, back in the pre-OFMD days. The film is a bit flimsy, feeling long even at 90 minutes, but I still had a good time 1/
#JoelFry-days
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Creature, Stitch Head
This is my second time seeing Joel Fry on the big screen (well, it’s an animated film, so “seeing” is relative)—the first was Yesterday, back in the pre-OFMD days. The film is a bit flimsy, feeling long even at 90 minutes, but I still had a good time 1/
#JoelFry-days
This is my second time seeing Joel Fry on the big screen (well, it’s an animated film, so “seeing” is relative)—the first was Yesterday, back in the pre-OFMD days. The film is a bit flimsy, feeling long even at 90 minutes, but I still had a good time 1/
#JoelFry-days
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Pritzker makes a direct appeal to Greg Bovino to not terrorize kids over the Halloween weekend
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pritzker makes a direct appeal to Greg Bovino to not terrorize kids over the Halloween weekend