Alison
@fourbees.bsky.social
Polisci prof/Writer/Storyteller/Unpaid chauffeur | Philly Girl | Dog/cat/t(w)een mom | If you can’t be decent, don’t follow me. 🌈
Call Pritzker’s office 3128142122 or the state’s attorney’s office. Their office doesn’t want any national attention suggesting that his office is working with ICE.
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Call Pritzker’s office 3128142122 or the state’s attorney’s office. Their office doesn’t want any national attention suggesting that his office is working with ICE.
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Snapped this pic of DHS conferring with the IL state police just before ICE attacked the crowd, while state and county police assisted them. ICE said, "This is your first and only warning" and then instantly attacked. We were not in the road at that time. They just wanted to assault us and film it.
October 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Snapped this pic of DHS conferring with the IL state police just before ICE attacked the crowd, while state and county police assisted them. ICE said, "This is your first and only warning" and then instantly attacked. We were not in the road at that time. They just wanted to assault us and film it.
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Eman talked about why she was taking the risks involved with attending these protests here.
Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship
“There is no neutral ground in this moment. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.
truthout.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Eman talked about why she was taking the risks involved with attending these protests here.
Thanks @kuow.org for inviting me to chat about Obergefell!
Could the Supreme Court overturn same-sex marriage?
A former Kentucky county clerk is making a long-shot bid to convince the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark ruling legalizing gay marriage. We'll talk about the future of LGBTQ rights before a con...
www.kuow.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thanks @kuow.org for inviting me to chat about Obergefell!
Thanks for chatting yesterday @joanesposito.bsky.social! It was fun—even if it was about seriously questionable Court doctrine.
Thanks @washingtonmonthly.com for making it happen!
Thanks @washingtonmonthly.com for making it happen!
WCPT 820 Interview: Alison Gash - Joan Esposito Live, Local & Progressive
Joan Esposito is joined by Alison Gash, professor of political science at the University of Oregon, author of “Below the Radar: How Silence Can Save Civil Rights,” and contributor to Washington Monthl...
omny.fm
July 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thanks for chatting yesterday @joanesposito.bsky.social! It was fun—even if it was about seriously questionable Court doctrine.
Thanks @washingtonmonthly.com for making it happen!
Thanks @washingtonmonthly.com for making it happen!
Ten Years After Obergefell: Is Same-Sex Marriage Safe? washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/09/i...
Ten Years After Obergefell: Is Same-Sex Marriage Safe? | Washington Monthly
Threatened by conservative justices, the war on trans rights, and the Trump's hostility to civil rights, can marriage equality survive?
washingtonmonthly.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Ten Years After Obergefell: Is Same-Sex Marriage Safe? washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/09/i...
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BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Check out the letters at www.wearehighered.org/campus-lette.... Add your voice!
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Check out the letters at www.wearehighered.org/campus-lette.... Add your voice!
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Brief from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and more than 80 universities says arrests and deportations of student protesters create a “climate of fear” at universities across the country. This is a big deal—the first time universities have weighed in. knightcolumbia.org/documents/eh...
April 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Brief from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and more than 80 universities says arrests and deportations of student protesters create a “climate of fear” at universities across the country. This is a big deal—the first time universities have weighed in. knightcolumbia.org/documents/eh...
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ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
April 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
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Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News.
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
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February 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News.
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
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I’m on the Morrison Bridge in Portland where thousands of protesters are marching. The bridge is completely closed to traffic, as people protest President Trump’s administration
April 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I’m on the Morrison Bridge in Portland where thousands of protesters are marching. The bridge is completely closed to traffic, as people protest President Trump’s administration
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Wow.
I’m on the Morrison Bridge in Portland where thousands of protesters are marching. The bridge is completely closed to traffic, as people protest President Trump’s administration
April 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Wow.
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April 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
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I still think this is the reason Trump is tanking the economy.
April 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I still think this is the reason Trump is tanking the economy.
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here in Pittsburgh, even the conservative media is covering the event:
triblive.com/news/politic...
triblive.com/news/politic...
What to know about 'Hands-Off' protests opposing Trump in Pittsburgh
Grassroots organizations are set to rally on Saturday in Pittsburgh — joining the Hands Off! National Day of Action centered on opposition of the Trump administration and its policies. Hands Off...
triblive.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
here in Pittsburgh, even the conservative media is covering the event:
triblive.com/news/politic...
triblive.com/news/politic...
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Tomorrow, join a nationwide protest to tell Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Hands Off! #HandsOff #April5. Find your local event at handsoff2025.com
Who's joining?
Let's see your signs and posters (include alt text on images please!)!
Who's joining?
Let's see your signs and posters (include alt text on images please!)!
April 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Tomorrow, join a nationwide protest to tell Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Hands Off! #HandsOff #April5. Find your local event at handsoff2025.com
Who's joining?
Let's see your signs and posters (include alt text on images please!)!
Who's joining?
Let's see your signs and posters (include alt text on images please!)!
Thanks Rick @chronicle.com for talking with @daniellaurison.bsky.social and I about We Are Higher Ed and the groundswell of faculty resistance to attacks on Higher Ed. Here’s what we talked about—which includes a link to our letter and website.
Apr. 2: Can Trump’s opponents organize?
Feds freeze Princeton grants. Who loses in a world with federal graduate-loan limits? Michigan dean walks back his DEI proclamation. And more.
www.chronicle.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thanks Rick @chronicle.com for talking with @daniellaurison.bsky.social and I about We Are Higher Ed and the groundswell of faculty resistance to attacks on Higher Ed. Here’s what we talked about—which includes a link to our letter and website.
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Sen. @booker.senate.gov's speech on the Senate floor, now live for almost 25 hours, has been liked on TikTok a staggering 350 million times www.tiktok.com/@senbooker/l...
April 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sen. @booker.senate.gov's speech on the Senate floor, now live for almost 25 hours, has been liked on TikTok a staggering 350 million times www.tiktok.com/@senbooker/l...
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Democrats in the northwest suburbs of Chicago are having themselves a good night so far. With over half of the vote in, they appear to:
-Have flipped both the Wheeling & Elk Grove Township Boards of Trustees from 4-0 R to 4-0 D
-Flipped several Township offices held by the GOP
-Have flipped both the Wheeling & Elk Grove Township Boards of Trustees from 4-0 R to 4-0 D
-Flipped several Township offices held by the GOP
April 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Democrats in the northwest suburbs of Chicago are having themselves a good night so far. With over half of the vote in, they appear to:
-Have flipped both the Wheeling & Elk Grove Township Boards of Trustees from 4-0 R to 4-0 D
-Flipped several Township offices held by the GOP
-Have flipped both the Wheeling & Elk Grove Township Boards of Trustees from 4-0 R to 4-0 D
-Flipped several Township offices held by the GOP
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If you want to join this fight and show your own support for science and education and their essential role in democracy, you can join the 3700+ others who have already signed this open letter from @wearehighered.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education
Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign if you are having trouble signing at the above linked form you can ...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
If you want to join this fight and show your own support for science and education and their essential role in democracy, you can join the 3700+ others who have already signed this open letter from @wearehighered.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
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A big win for voting rights in a long-running PA case for @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social & @adambonin.bsky.social
JUST IN: A federal judge has rejected a Pa. requirement that ballots in misdated vote-by-mail envelopes be thrown out.
The judge, Susan Baxter — a Trump appointee — said the requirement has no state interest despite causing 1000s of rejected ballots.
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The judge, Susan Baxter — a Trump appointee — said the requirement has no state interest despite causing 1000s of rejected ballots.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A big win for voting rights in a long-running PA case for @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social & @adambonin.bsky.social
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For the love of god, please stop using the antisemitism excuse. It has zero to do with that , and everything to do with asserting control over societal institutions that create independent knowledge and promote critical thinking.
Breaking News: The Trump administration said it was reviewing billions in federal grants to Harvard, accusing the school of allowing antisemitism to run unchecked on its campus.
Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard
The administration has already canceled hundreds of millions in federal grants and contracts at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
For the love of god, please stop using the antisemitism excuse. It has zero to do with that , and everything to do with asserting control over societal institutions that create independent knowledge and promote critical thinking.