Alan Nissila
@pianistalan.bsky.social
Living in California, native Oregonian, working in liturgy and music for the Catholic Church (Roman), enjoy hiking and RVing, primarily a pianist, but also direct a small choir, and dabble at the pipe organ. Sacramento, CA
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If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.
May 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.
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If Chief Justice Roberts gives a damn about American democracy and the credibility of the Supreme Court, he would be working frantically at this moment to get a 9-0 consensus slapping Trump down when the case of Trump ignoring court orders gets to him soon.
April 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If Chief Justice Roberts gives a damn about American democracy and the credibility of the Supreme Court, he would be working frantically at this moment to get a 9-0 consensus slapping Trump down when the case of Trump ignoring court orders gets to him soon.
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Just so I am keeping everything straight…the government can’t tell you to wear a mask because FREEDOM!!!!, but it can decide you are a “terrorist” and send you to a foreign gulag without due process and throw away the key.
That right?
That right?
April 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just so I am keeping everything straight…the government can’t tell you to wear a mask because FREEDOM!!!!, but it can decide you are a “terrorist” and send you to a foreign gulag without due process and throw away the key.
That right?
That right?
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Dear Decent Human Beings in the Military and Law Enforcement,
If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey.
The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.
If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey.
The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.
April 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Dear Decent Human Beings in the Military and Law Enforcement,
If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey.
The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.
If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey.
The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.
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You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it?
He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
April 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it?
He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
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My grandparents were natural born German citizens. Until they weren't. I have copies of their documents, stamped "cancelled" by the government.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My grandparents were natural born German citizens. Until they weren't. I have copies of their documents, stamped "cancelled" by the government.
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Medication for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria - which may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars - is just sitting in warehouses around the world, about to expire, because of his 90-day freeze on foreign aid. They aren't uncovering government waste. They're creating it.
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Medication for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria - which may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars - is just sitting in warehouses around the world, about to expire, because of his 90-day freeze on foreign aid. They aren't uncovering government waste. They're creating it.
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Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
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This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
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It's literally insane how the right has been parroting a "deep state" conspiracy theory only to create a real shadow government led by Elon Musk and Project 2025.
February 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's literally insane how the right has been parroting a "deep state" conspiracy theory only to create a real shadow government led by Elon Musk and Project 2025.
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Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
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Having criticized the Democratic responses a lot let me state clearly, this was a smart move. They showed spine and got coverage for their objections. This is opposition.
January 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Having criticized the Democratic responses a lot let me state clearly, this was a smart move. They showed spine and got coverage for their objections. This is opposition.
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"The first coup was violent insurrection. The second coup is administrative. We failed to ensure Donald Trump could never return to power again after the first coup; our job right now in this moment is to acknowledge reality and halt the second."
via @marisakabas.bsky.social
via @marisakabas.bsky.social
Did you hear about the Friday coup?
Elon Musk is in control.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"The first coup was violent insurrection. The second coup is administrative. We failed to ensure Donald Trump could never return to power again after the first coup; our job right now in this moment is to acknowledge reality and halt the second."
via @marisakabas.bsky.social
via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Would be super cool if you Senate Democrats would pull a page out of McConnell's playbook and THROW UP EVERY CONCEIVABLE ROADBLOCK
Because soft platitudes on social media ain't cutting it, fam
Because soft platitudes on social media ain't cutting it, fam
February 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Would be super cool if you Senate Democrats would pull a page out of McConnell's playbook and THROW UP EVERY CONCEIVABLE ROADBLOCK
Because soft platitudes on social media ain't cutting it, fam
Because soft platitudes on social media ain't cutting it, fam
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This. The president is violating the constitution, firing the civil servants who keep us safe on airplanes, defunding research into cancer and Alzheimer’s, and even cutting foreign aid that will result in child deaths.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This. The president is violating the constitution, firing the civil servants who keep us safe on airplanes, defunding research into cancer and Alzheimer’s, and even cutting foreign aid that will result in child deaths.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump and his GOP rubber stamps are planning decimation of programs helping low and moderate income Americans. This includes Medicaid, Obamacare, food assistance like school lunches, and climate change programs. Is this what kind of country we want to leave to future generations?
January 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trump and his GOP rubber stamps are planning decimation of programs helping low and moderate income Americans. This includes Medicaid, Obamacare, food assistance like school lunches, and climate change programs. Is this what kind of country we want to leave to future generations?
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‘‘Twas the night before Black History Month, and all through the house,
The mood was one of overwhelming sadness and rage at the racist bastard in the all-too-aptly-named White House.
The mood was one of overwhelming sadness and rage at the racist bastard in the all-too-aptly-named White House.
January 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
‘‘Twas the night before Black History Month, and all through the house,
The mood was one of overwhelming sadness and rage at the racist bastard in the all-too-aptly-named White House.
The mood was one of overwhelming sadness and rage at the racist bastard in the all-too-aptly-named White House.
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Trump fired the heads of TSA, the Coast Guard and key aviation safety advisors. Trump needs to be held accountable for the DC airplane/helicopter crash.
Who here agrees?
Who here agrees?
January 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Trump fired the heads of TSA, the Coast Guard and key aviation safety advisors. Trump needs to be held accountable for the DC airplane/helicopter crash.
Who here agrees?
Who here agrees?
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Maybe they should have thought about that before telling Trump he is immune from prosecution and effectively all powerful.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/chi...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/chi...
Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation’s judicial system.
abcnews.go.com
January 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Maybe they should have thought about that before telling Trump he is immune from prosecution and effectively all powerful.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/chi...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/chi...