Rebecca I. Allen
@rebeccaallen.bsky.social
"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." Writer, former journalist, wife, mom, ASU alum. Likes: words, equity, democracy, and Disneyland
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Pinned
"Don't Be a Sucker" (1947) Reel America Preview
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My pinned tweet, 8/14/17:
"In this country, we have no 'other' people. We are American people—us." ✊🇺🇸
RT of Al Jazeera: In 1947, the US War Department released this video to tell Americans not to fall for fascist rhetoric. #Charlottesville
"In this country, we have no 'other' people. We are American people—us." ✊🇺🇸
RT of Al Jazeera: In 1947, the US War Department released this video to tell Americans not to fall for fascist rhetoric. #Charlottesville
The goal is to "prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible."
"...design includes instructions on how to best use the whistle—three short blasts to signal ICE is nearby, and three long ones for a 'code red.'"
"...design includes instructions on how to best use the whistle—three short blasts to signal ICE is nearby, and three long ones for a 'code red.'"
this is cool and people saying "just buy a whistle on amazon" did not read the story, have lost the light in their hearts, and will not enter heaven with that attitude www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The goal is to "prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible."
"...design includes instructions on how to best use the whistle—three short blasts to signal ICE is nearby, and three long ones for a 'code red.'"
"...design includes instructions on how to best use the whistle—three short blasts to signal ICE is nearby, and three long ones for a 'code red.'"
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"Ceisler hopes officials in other parts of the country are watching. “It sends a message to elected public safety leaders across the country that partnering with ICE is a loser in any district that’s remotely a swing district,” he said."
More great reporting from @burness.bsky.social
More great reporting from @burness.bsky.social
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Ceisler hopes officials in other parts of the country are watching. “It sends a message to elected public safety leaders across the country that partnering with ICE is a loser in any district that’s remotely a swing district,” he said."
More great reporting from @burness.bsky.social
More great reporting from @burness.bsky.social
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Oscar Isaac is “not so open to working with Disney” on ‘Star Wars’ return after Kimmel suspension: “If they can not succumb to fascism, that would be great." Read more: bit.ly/4oCdH7x
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Oscar Isaac is “not so open to working with Disney” on ‘Star Wars’ return after Kimmel suspension: “If they can not succumb to fascism, that would be great." Read more: bit.ly/4oCdH7x
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If at any point you are tempted to feel sorry for that miserable waste of skin please remind yourself that he has murdered a quarter of a million children and counting
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If at any point you are tempted to feel sorry for that miserable waste of skin please remind yourself that he has murdered a quarter of a million children and counting
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A quick explanation of the feckless, Trump-appeasing 8 Democrats who caved. 👇
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A quick explanation of the feckless, Trump-appeasing 8 Democrats who caved. 👇
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Last night, tragically, 8 Democrats caved.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Last night, tragically, 8 Democrats caved.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
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Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale success is "not due to me or the excellence of the book"
...if not for ongoing reproductive rights rolbacks and SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in '22, the 1985 novel would probably just, "be sitting on a shelf somewhere."
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mar...
...if not for ongoing reproductive rights rolbacks and SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in '22, the 1985 novel would probably just, "be sitting on a shelf somewhere."
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mar...
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale success is "not due to me or the excellence of the book"
...if not for ongoing reproductive rights rolbacks and SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in '22, the 1985 novel would probably just, "be sitting on a shelf somewhere."
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mar...
...if not for ongoing reproductive rights rolbacks and SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in '22, the 1985 novel would probably just, "be sitting on a shelf somewhere."
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mar...
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"A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot..., Pedro decided to play along with the world’s suspense.
...The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
In person, he is a bright, amused teenager who wandered, by accident, into a global story."
😂👏❤️🇫🇷
...The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
In person, he is a bright, amused teenager who wandered, by accident, into a global story."
😂👏❤️🇫🇷
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot..., Pedro decided to play along with the world’s suspense.
...The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
In person, he is a bright, amused teenager who wandered, by accident, into a global story."
😂👏❤️🇫🇷
...The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
In person, he is a bright, amused teenager who wandered, by accident, into a global story."
😂👏❤️🇫🇷
"From my work, Sawyer saw the good in the world, even when the stories were tragic, because things changed and people helped.
He learned how lucky we were.
Was juggling journalism and parenting hard? Yes. Would I do it all again?
In a heartbeat." ~Karina Bland, 2019
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
He learned how lucky we were.
Was juggling journalism and parenting hard? Yes. Would I do it all again?
In a heartbeat." ~Karina Bland, 2019
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"From my work, Sawyer saw the good in the world, even when the stories were tragic, because things changed and people helped.
He learned how lucky we were.
Was juggling journalism and parenting hard? Yes. Would I do it all again?
In a heartbeat." ~Karina Bland, 2019
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
He learned how lucky we were.
Was juggling journalism and parenting hard? Yes. Would I do it all again?
In a heartbeat." ~Karina Bland, 2019
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
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For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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Maybe he prefers the term “hoagie” instead of hero 😂
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Maybe he prefers the term “hoagie” instead of hero 😂
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“Sandwich guy” tells me it was “heartening” to get so much support from his fellow Washingtonians but that he’s “not comfortable” with the “hero” narrative. I asked him if he thought DC residents were registering their dissent by finding him not guilty, he said “perhaps.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Sandwich guy” tells me it was “heartening” to get so much support from his fellow Washingtonians but that he’s “not comfortable” with the “hero” narrative. I asked him if he thought DC residents were registering their dissent by finding him not guilty, he said “perhaps.”
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Republicans in Congress: you can stop it all anytime. Any. Time.
It’s important to know in advance that you will regret going along with it, but it’s also important to say to those who made the wrong decision that you can always stop going along with it, in fact it’s the best thing you could do
September 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Republicans in Congress: you can stop it all anytime. Any. Time.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes by the Gestapo. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Anne Frank, November 19, 1942.
Anne Frank, November 19, 1942.
October 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes by the Gestapo. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Anne Frank, November 19, 1942.
Anne Frank, November 19, 1942.
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Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.
They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
October 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.
They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
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President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Gender Passport Ruling Isn’t About ID (Gift Article)
And it defeats the basic purpose of the document.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
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Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
Read in NPR: apple.news/A4m9yPSN1RoS...
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
Read in NPR: apple.news/A4m9yPSN1RoS...
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people — NPR
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
apple.news
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
Read in NPR: apple.news/A4m9yPSN1RoS...
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
Read in NPR: apple.news/A4m9yPSN1RoS...
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You know it’s bad when even Frontier Airlines is telling you to have a backup plan
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
You know it’s bad when even Frontier Airlines is telling you to have a backup plan
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so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
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It's been 46 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's been 46 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.