AJS
@ajsoca.bsky.social
Anti-racist, feminist, humanist. Ex-vangelical.
San Diegan.
San Diegan.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
September 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
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“If we don’t measure food insecurity, no one’s hungry”
“If we delete research on right-wing violence, there’s no right-wing violence”
“If we don’t release inflation data, there’s no inflation”
“If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases”
You see what’s happening, right?
“If we delete research on right-wing violence, there’s no right-wing violence”
“If we don’t release inflation data, there’s no inflation”
“If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases”
You see what’s happening, right?
September 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“If we don’t measure food insecurity, no one’s hungry”
“If we delete research on right-wing violence, there’s no right-wing violence”
“If we don’t release inflation data, there’s no inflation”
“If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases”
You see what’s happening, right?
“If we delete research on right-wing violence, there’s no right-wing violence”
“If we don’t release inflation data, there’s no inflation”
“If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases”
You see what’s happening, right?
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My message to Donald Trump is very simple.
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My message to Donald Trump is very simple.
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RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
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My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
August 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
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Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
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When the leader of the free world lays out a red carpet for the thief of children, the world sees not strength, but surrender—and freedom loses ground without a shot being fired.
August 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
When the leader of the free world lays out a red carpet for the thief of children, the world sees not strength, but surrender—and freedom loses ground without a shot being fired.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
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Embrace immigrants. Celebrate diversity. Fight for equality and commit yourself to serving the needs of those with needs.
Be real. Be empathic. Be human.
That’s a recipe for Democratic success. Not whatever it is that the party has been doing recently.
Be real. Be empathic. Be human.
That’s a recipe for Democratic success. Not whatever it is that the party has been doing recently.
The path for Democrats is very clear: have good ideas, believe in them, state them clearly, stick to them, act decisively in support of these ideas, speak to the young half of the electorate, support other democrats who do these things. Follow Mamdani and Lander's example or fade into nothingness.
June 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Embrace immigrants. Celebrate diversity. Fight for equality and commit yourself to serving the needs of those with needs.
Be real. Be empathic. Be human.
That’s a recipe for Democratic success. Not whatever it is that the party has been doing recently.
Be real. Be empathic. Be human.
That’s a recipe for Democratic success. Not whatever it is that the party has been doing recently.
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Hey everyone, just a reminder:
A little more than a week ago, a Republican terrorist killed two people and injured two more in an effort to kill enough democrats to capture the Minnesota Legislature
A little more than a week ago, a Republican terrorist killed two people and injured two more in an effort to kill enough democrats to capture the Minnesota Legislature
June 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hey everyone, just a reminder:
A little more than a week ago, a Republican terrorist killed two people and injured two more in an effort to kill enough democrats to capture the Minnesota Legislature
A little more than a week ago, a Republican terrorist killed two people and injured two more in an effort to kill enough democrats to capture the Minnesota Legislature
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One of the best ways you can help disabled people and fight fascism is by wearing a mask.
Representation and visibility matter. When you wear a mask you tell us you care about making public spaces safe & accessible.
You also make it harder for mask bans to pass.
Mask up. We need you.
Representation and visibility matter. When you wear a mask you tell us you care about making public spaces safe & accessible.
You also make it harder for mask bans to pass.
Mask up. We need you.
April 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
One of the best ways you can help disabled people and fight fascism is by wearing a mask.
Representation and visibility matter. When you wear a mask you tell us you care about making public spaces safe & accessible.
You also make it harder for mask bans to pass.
Mask up. We need you.
Representation and visibility matter. When you wear a mask you tell us you care about making public spaces safe & accessible.
You also make it harder for mask bans to pass.
Mask up. We need you.
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Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
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A plea.
Can we stop declaring this a “constitutional crisis?”
It’s bigger.
It’s a crisis about fundamental American ideals and structures.
“Constitutional crisis” makes it sound like an abstract lawyerly crisis
It’s bigger.
Can we stop declaring this a “constitutional crisis?”
It’s bigger.
It’s a crisis about fundamental American ideals and structures.
“Constitutional crisis” makes it sound like an abstract lawyerly crisis
It’s bigger.
April 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A plea.
Can we stop declaring this a “constitutional crisis?”
It’s bigger.
It’s a crisis about fundamental American ideals and structures.
“Constitutional crisis” makes it sound like an abstract lawyerly crisis
It’s bigger.
Can we stop declaring this a “constitutional crisis?”
It’s bigger.
It’s a crisis about fundamental American ideals and structures.
“Constitutional crisis” makes it sound like an abstract lawyerly crisis
It’s bigger.
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
March 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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just profoundly disturbed by the kidnapping and disappearing of people right off the streets of this country. hard to think about much else—and there’s so much else.
March 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
just profoundly disturbed by the kidnapping and disappearing of people right off the streets of this country. hard to think about much else—and there’s so much else.
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We do not have a free country in this moment. When they can nab someone off the street because they don't like what they say, they can nab anyone.
March 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We do not have a free country in this moment. When they can nab someone off the street because they don't like what they say, they can nab anyone.
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BREAKING: Trump will be defunding Planned Parenthood of tens of millions of $'s in grants.
The morons are defunding cancer screenings, STD testing and birth control for millions.
The morons are defunding cancer screenings, STD testing and birth control for millions.
March 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
BREAKING: Trump will be defunding Planned Parenthood of tens of millions of $'s in grants.
The morons are defunding cancer screenings, STD testing and birth control for millions.
The morons are defunding cancer screenings, STD testing and birth control for millions.
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Here’s what I want from Dem leadership RIGHT NOW:
1. Say out loud you’re aware we’re in a Constitutional crisis — a state of the situation.
2. A system to triage Trump admin’s EOs, legislation, and actions.
3. A demonstrable effort to listen to your constituents.
4. Your action plan.
1. Say out loud you’re aware we’re in a Constitutional crisis — a state of the situation.
2. A system to triage Trump admin’s EOs, legislation, and actions.
3. A demonstrable effort to listen to your constituents.
4. Your action plan.
March 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here’s what I want from Dem leadership RIGHT NOW:
1. Say out loud you’re aware we’re in a Constitutional crisis — a state of the situation.
2. A system to triage Trump admin’s EOs, legislation, and actions.
3. A demonstrable effort to listen to your constituents.
4. Your action plan.
1. Say out loud you’re aware we’re in a Constitutional crisis — a state of the situation.
2. A system to triage Trump admin’s EOs, legislation, and actions.
3. A demonstrable effort to listen to your constituents.
4. Your action plan.
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Setting aside the incredibly dangerous and fascist aspect of this, is there actual evidence that Khalil was a “Hamas supporter”? Or is the standard for a green-card holder being sent to a secret location and possibly deported just “critical of Israel”?
March 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Setting aside the incredibly dangerous and fascist aspect of this, is there actual evidence that Khalil was a “Hamas supporter”? Or is the standard for a green-card holder being sent to a secret location and possibly deported just “critical of Israel”?