Alice
@abenson19.bsky.social
Reader and writer. Married to Deborah, love being a mother and grandmother. Author of Trapped in a Tablet to be published by Watchful Wizard. Hopefully, doing my small part to save democracy. (She/her) No DMs.
Did anyone else think 911 jumped the shark on Thursday? Or the whale?
October 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Did anyone else think 911 jumped the shark on Thursday? Or the whale?
Join me tomorrow on Booked! youtube.com/live/XBIOqH1...
September 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Join me tomorrow on Booked! youtube.com/live/XBIOqH1...
Cover Reveal. My granddaughter and I collaborated on this middle-grade chapter book. It is now available for preorder and will be launched on June 12.
May 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Cover Reveal. My granddaughter and I collaborated on this middle-grade chapter book. It is now available for preorder and will be launched on June 12.
Important point that is being overlooked.
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Important point that is being overlooked.
AOC: Together, without exception, is the only way we can win.
AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together
March 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
AOC: Together, without exception, is the only way we can win.
We shouldn't have to beg senators to do the right thing. I've made my calls. They should be fighting for us, and we shouldn't have to beg them to do it.
March 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We shouldn't have to beg senators to do the right thing. I've made my calls. They should be fighting for us, and we shouldn't have to beg them to do it.
Wow what an opening!! Oscars!!
March 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Wow what an opening!! Oscars!!
Love this idea. Education. People, including myself, don't understand what is being cut and why it's needed.
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Love this idea. Education. People, including myself, don't understand what is being cut and why it's needed.
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Dems you are the OPPOSITION party!!
ACT LIKE IT‼️
#WeAreTheOpposition
DNC Chair Ken Martin
@kenmartin.bsky.social
SENATE Dems
@majoritypac.bsky.social
HOUSE Dems
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
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Dems you are the OPPOSITION party!!
ACT LIKE IT‼️
#WeAreTheOpposition
DNC Chair Ken Martin
@kenmartin.bsky.social
SENATE Dems
@majoritypac.bsky.social
HOUSE Dems
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We're going to post this every day until they pay attention to us!
Please help by reposting if you agree...
Dems you are the OPPOSITION party!!
ACT LIKE IT‼️
#WeAreTheOpposition
DNC Chair Ken Martin
@kenmartin.bsky.social
SENATE Dems
@majoritypac.bsky.social
HOUSE Dems
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
Please help by reposting if you agree...
Dems you are the OPPOSITION party!!
ACT LIKE IT‼️
#WeAreTheOpposition
DNC Chair Ken Martin
@kenmartin.bsky.social
SENATE Dems
@majoritypac.bsky.social
HOUSE Dems
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
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Support independent news orgs & writers!
A few ideas: ProPublica, The Lever, The Bulwark, The Contrarian, Common Dreams, TruthOut, The Guardian, Zeteo, Judd Legum, Aaron Rupar, Ken Klippenstein, Marisa Kabas, Jessica Valenti etc!
A few ideas: ProPublica, The Lever, The Bulwark, The Contrarian, Common Dreams, TruthOut, The Guardian, Zeteo, Judd Legum, Aaron Rupar, Ken Klippenstein, Marisa Kabas, Jessica Valenti etc!
“The corporate parents of news organizations do not care about news.
They care about stock price, profit margins, and increasing shareholder value.” - Dan Rather
This can’t be emphasized enough. And yes, that includes MSNBC and CNN. Corporate media is not the friend of journalism.
They care about stock price, profit margins, and increasing shareholder value.” - Dan Rather
This can’t be emphasized enough. And yes, that includes MSNBC and CNN. Corporate media is not the friend of journalism.
Heartbreak for CBS News
We must take back the press for the American people
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Support independent news orgs & writers!
A few ideas: ProPublica, The Lever, The Bulwark, The Contrarian, Common Dreams, TruthOut, The Guardian, Zeteo, Judd Legum, Aaron Rupar, Ken Klippenstein, Marisa Kabas, Jessica Valenti etc!
A few ideas: ProPublica, The Lever, The Bulwark, The Contrarian, Common Dreams, TruthOut, The Guardian, Zeteo, Judd Legum, Aaron Rupar, Ken Klippenstein, Marisa Kabas, Jessica Valenti etc!
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
This is heartbreaking.
The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations.
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
New, from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
New, from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
How One Immigrant Community Is Coping With the Threat of Deportation
The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations. “We don’t have much, but wh...
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is heartbreaking.
"I can't figure out what that is, but it seems too important to throw away." So we will have a circular object made of hard black plastic sitting in a drawer in our house forever.
January 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"I can't figure out what that is, but it seems too important to throw away." So we will have a circular object made of hard black plastic sitting in a drawer in our house forever.
I finally got myself to a theater to see Wicked, and I'm so glad that I did. What a wonderful experience.
January 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I finally got myself to a theater to see Wicked, and I'm so glad that I did. What a wonderful experience.
I only allow myself 1 or 2 martinis a year. Starting the new year with a martini. I think it’s going to be a year that requires martinis. 😆😆
January 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I only allow myself 1 or 2 martinis a year. Starting the new year with a martini. I think it’s going to be a year that requires martinis. 😆😆
I just watched Die Hard, one of my favorite Christmas movies. Hans Gruber as played by the great Alan Rickman is one of the best villains ever.
December 24, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I just watched Die Hard, one of my favorite Christmas movies. Hans Gruber as played by the great Alan Rickman is one of the best villains ever.
James: A Novel by P. Everett, a passage struck me. "At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them...It was a completely private affair and completely free and, therefore, completely subversive.
December 15, 2024 at 7:26 PM
James: A Novel by P. Everett, a passage struck me. "At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them...It was a completely private affair and completely free and, therefore, completely subversive.
I went to a Christmas cookie/candy sale at a local church this morning, because I don't bake. Now having homemade gingerbread and fudge for breakfast. Very nice.
December 14, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I went to a Christmas cookie/candy sale at a local church this morning, because I don't bake. Now having homemade gingerbread and fudge for breakfast. Very nice.