Alexandra
@alexandrahh.bsky.social
Electrical engineer who doesn't work in the defense industry.
Anti-techbro nerd, mostly here to lurk.
I write things sometimes: http://redsheild.net
Anti-techbro nerd, mostly here to lurk.
I write things sometimes: http://redsheild.net
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Increasingly concerning that the Trump Admin is obliterating data so we can’t document what they’re destroying. In this case, gold standard tracking of health care access, insurance coverage and costs. It’s a study that will help us understand the impacts of the Big Beautiful Bill.
MEPS seems to be gone as of now. This is very bad. These are critical pieces of data about health care and they belong to the American public.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Increasingly concerning that the Trump Admin is obliterating data so we can’t document what they’re destroying. In this case, gold standard tracking of health care access, insurance coverage and costs. It’s a study that will help us understand the impacts of the Big Beautiful Bill.
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To be clear, we're talking about a *literal* take-no-prisoners approach. This is not a metaphor. We're describing the Secretary of Defense in literal terms as a guy who is genuinely committed to doing war crimes
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
To be clear, we're talking about a *literal* take-no-prisoners approach. This is not a metaphor. We're describing the Secretary of Defense in literal terms as a guy who is genuinely committed to doing war crimes
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I do appreciate @sodrock.bsky.social hammering this whole bullshit apolitical military stuff. If following the law becomes partisan then either you join the party of the law you are supposed to apolically follow or be forced by the other party to break it
What being an apolitical military professional does to a mofo
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I do appreciate @sodrock.bsky.social hammering this whole bullshit apolitical military stuff. If following the law becomes partisan then either you join the party of the law you are supposed to apolically follow or be forced by the other party to break it
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i'm joining the war on pete hegseth on the side of the bus
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
i'm joining the war on pete hegseth on the side of the bus
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I've noticed this. A lot.
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've noticed this. A lot.
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I gotta say, set everything else aside, I don't enjoy having a party leader who tells obvious lies to my face
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I gotta say, set everything else aside, I don't enjoy having a party leader who tells obvious lies to my face
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"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case."
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case."
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
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155mm for dictators, 155% tax rate for billionaires, $1.50 hot dogs for the public
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
155mm for dictators, 155% tax rate for billionaires, $1.50 hot dogs for the public
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pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms
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the thing is that this is a function we could easily automate away and we just dont, for some reason?
Cops are jumpy during traffic stops because a bunch of cops get shot during traffic stops each year and they are trained to regard it as one of the most dangerous activities they can engage in.
December 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
the thing is that this is a function we could easily automate away and we just dont, for some reason?
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I wouldn’t decrease vocational training per se, but I think we have to bring back the idea that education’s mission is not just to prepare people for jobs but to prepare them for citizenship
Yeah that's why I think Dem policy should focus specifically on expanding the demographics which are most likely to be Dem supporting.
Public education, free CC, subsidies for state 4y degrees, *decreasing* vocational education (or making it meet standard college reqs), enact more loan forgiveness.
Public education, free CC, subsidies for state 4y degrees, *decreasing* vocational education (or making it meet standard college reqs), enact more loan forgiveness.
December 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I wouldn’t decrease vocational training per se, but I think we have to bring back the idea that education’s mission is not just to prepare people for jobs but to prepare them for citizenship
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Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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Pretty impressive that through this entire scandal and press blitz, RFK Jr. hasn't lost focus on his life's work of shortening the life expectancy of the average American and endangering the lives of children.
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Pretty impressive that through this entire scandal and press blitz, RFK Jr. hasn't lost focus on his life's work of shortening the life expectancy of the average American and endangering the lives of children.
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The bit of politics I've never been able to thole is where you construct voters' excuses for voting the wrong way last time in order to get them to vote the right way the next time. I want instead to beat his voters over the head with the truth that Trump was always going to be the president he is.
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The bit of politics I've never been able to thole is where you construct voters' excuses for voting the wrong way last time in order to get them to vote the right way the next time. I want instead to beat his voters over the head with the truth that Trump was always going to be the president he is.
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Still funny the trump presidency is exactly what republicans and the press claimed the Biden presidency was
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Still funny the trump presidency is exactly what republicans and the press claimed the Biden presidency was
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It doesn't remotely accept that underlying claim, it simply accepts that we have declared that this is a war, & we are attacking people as if it is a war. We are unaccustomed(!) to our government making war on civilian citizens of a nation at peace(!), & we do not have a special vocabulary for it.
one of the problems I have with Democrats (and other critics) labeling these "war crimes" is that it accepts the underlying claim that the people being murdered are enemy combatants. They're not! it's just murder!
Fox News' Joey Jones justifies the US military killing survivors after an initial boat strike: "An enemy combatant does not have to have a gun to be a danger or a threat... if you leave anybody alive, they can signal and let others know what’s happening and they can also retaliate through radio."
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It doesn't remotely accept that underlying claim, it simply accepts that we have declared that this is a war, & we are attacking people as if it is a war. We are unaccustomed(!) to our government making war on civilian citizens of a nation at peace(!), & we do not have a special vocabulary for it.
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this is a key point. various elite centrists and liberals have become radically pilled on transphobia (likely on Vichy Twitter) and joined the right-wing exterminationist crusade
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
this is a key point. various elite centrists and liberals have become radically pilled on transphobia (likely on Vichy Twitter) and joined the right-wing exterminationist crusade
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If you’re using AI to write your stories or create your art, you’re robbing yourself. I don’t have to let you rob me or Kaleidotrope’s readers.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you’re using AI to write your stories or create your art, you’re robbing yourself. I don’t have to let you rob me or Kaleidotrope’s readers.
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this is at least the second time he’s claimed he doesn’t know anything about a pardon he has ostensibly signed, and i feel like that’s two times too many without a follow up question from the press corpse
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this is at least the second time he’s claimed he doesn’t know anything about a pardon he has ostensibly signed, and i feel like that’s two times too many without a follow up question from the press corpse
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We need candidates who can match John “the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood” Brown’s energy on this issue.
2028: "Strong rope, no floor"
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We need candidates who can match John “the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood” Brown’s energy on this issue.
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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I wrote about Bari Weiss newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Bari Weiss’s Big Secret Is That She’s Boring
The “contrarian” journalist’s new vision for CBS News appears to just mean reinventing Crossfire.
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote about Bari Weiss newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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We need to make a bigger issue of what Elon and Trump did when they destroyed USAID.
The latest for my newsletter:
The latest for my newsletter:
Crimes against humanity
We need to make a bigger issue of what happened to the world when Elon Musk decimated USAID.
madness.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We need to make a bigger issue of what Elon and Trump did when they destroyed USAID.
The latest for my newsletter:
The latest for my newsletter:
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The other thing about the OU student who wrote the bad essay on God-given gender roles is that she herself is rejecting those religious ideals about femininity by going to college, playing a sport, and having a mother who is a media personality and lawyer for Jan 6ers. Trad for thee but not for me
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The other thing about the OU student who wrote the bad essay on God-given gender roles is that she herself is rejecting those religious ideals about femininity by going to college, playing a sport, and having a mother who is a media personality and lawyer for Jan 6ers. Trad for thee but not for me