Alexa Privet (pen name)
@alexareverse2016.bsky.social
YA writer, legal editor, retired investment analyst and lawyer, and terrible painter. Mom to rambunctious beagle dog. Democracy is fragile because it's precious and rare. Deeply irate with those who trash it.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR 20- TO 24-YEAR-OLDS IN THE U.S. IS 9.2% — EXCLUDING THE COVID PERIOD, THAT’S THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2016.
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR 20- TO 24-YEAR-OLDS IN THE U.S. IS 9.2% — EXCLUDING THE COVID PERIOD, THAT’S THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2016.
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
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HER DAUGHTER IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AND SHE STILL DID THIS?!
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
HER DAUGHTER IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AND SHE STILL DID THIS?!
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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This speech never gets old.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This speech never gets old.
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Call them. Tell them not to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Call them. Tell them not to surrender.
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Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.
Listen in ⬇️
Listen in ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.
Listen in ⬇️
Listen in ⬇️
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Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
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Republicans publicly claimed they wouldn’t cut Medicare. That’s why they did it so sneakily.
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Republicans publicly claimed they wouldn’t cut Medicare. That’s why they did it so sneakily.
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As Marcy notes, @seamushughes.bsky.social is doing such critically important work. Here, folks should read Judge Rodriguez's opinion (to which Marcy links) for themselves.
It's a chilling account of what's become standard practice in ICE arrests these days—from a district judge who is no firebrand.
It's a chilling account of what's become standard practice in ICE arrests these days—from a district judge who is no firebrand.
This dismissal opinion on a failed ICE arrest that @seamushughes.bsky.social found is worth reading in its entirety. Come for the debunking of DHS "fiction," stay for the snark about wiener dog, but definitely take time to read the 18 USC 111 analysis.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![The sworn affidavit submitted in support of the Criminal Complaint in this matter tells a
very different—and largely fictional—story. For example, Special Agent Steven Fuentes of ICE,
HSI, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) swore to the following:
On June 20, 2025, [HSI, ICE-ERO, and TxDPS] were conducting
surveillance at a residence on Benrus, in San Antonio, Texas, in the Western
District of Texas. Database checks indicated that Jaime Albert
QUINTANILLA-Chavez, with a Final Order of Removal from an
Immigration Judge, was residing at the above address. At approximately
0715 a.m., QUINTANILLA exited the residence and entered a white Dodge
Ram. The Dodge Ram was towing a trailer containing construction
equipment. Both license plates for the truck and trailer were expired.
ECF No. 1 ¶ 2 (emphasis added). Fuentes also swore that (1) the Defendant refused to “follow any
commands”; (2) after the Defendant was blocked in between the officers’ vehicles, he was given
“multiple verbal commands to exit the vehicle”; and (3) the Defendant “fought the law
enforcement officers.” Id. ¶¶ 3–4. Fuentes further testified at the preliminary hearing that the
Defendant was surveilled (and taken into custody) because he was subject to a Final Order of
Removal from an Immigration Judge. See ECF No. 12, 6/26 Preliminary Hr’g Tr. at 4:20–25.
Despite HSI’s sworn statement to the Magistrate Judge that the vehicle was stopped
because of expired license plates, the Assistant U.S. Attorney conceded at a bond hearing in July
2025 that Fuentes had “misrepresented what was going on.” ECF No. 29, 7/10 Hr’g Tr. at 8:12–](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreie6x3oqkmgiyywtsyowz35tyuqw2ra27hpaxj2h2npzdlaskrurjm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
As Marcy notes, @seamushughes.bsky.social is doing such critically important work. Here, folks should read Judge Rodriguez's opinion (to which Marcy links) for themselves.
It's a chilling account of what's become standard practice in ICE arrests these days—from a district judge who is no firebrand.
It's a chilling account of what's become standard practice in ICE arrests these days—from a district judge who is no firebrand.
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These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)
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We dig neighborhood bookstores and hyper-local reporting, so the new partnership of Chevalier’s Books and the Larchmont Buzz is extra sweet. larchmontbuzz.com/larchmont-vi...
Larchmont Buzz Pens New Chapter with Chevalier’s Books - Larchmont Buzz - Hancock Park News
Chevalier’s Books, LA's oldest independent bookstore, is partnering with the Larchmont Buzz, the hyperlocal news website.
larchmontbuzz.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
We dig neighborhood bookstores and hyper-local reporting, so the new partnership of Chevalier’s Books and the Larchmont Buzz is extra sweet. larchmontbuzz.com/larchmont-vi...
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With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
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and this is when I remember why despite everything I do love the internet/social media (sometimes)
this is like the inflatable frogs of comments threads.
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
and this is when I remember why despite everything I do love the internet/social media (sometimes)
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Animals at zoos across the United States got into the Halloween spirit this month. 🎃
Video via Oregon Zoo via Storyful and AP, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via Storyful and the John Ball Zoo via AP
Video via Oregon Zoo via Storyful and AP, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via Storyful and the John Ball Zoo via AP
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Animals at zoos across the United States got into the Halloween spirit this month. 🎃
Video via Oregon Zoo via Storyful and AP, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via Storyful and the John Ball Zoo via AP
Video via Oregon Zoo via Storyful and AP, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via Storyful and the John Ball Zoo via AP
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Just a reminder that "en banc" review in the Ninth Circuit is ... unique.
The full court (29 active judges, currently with a 16-13 D-R split) votes on whether or not to rehear a case en banc.
If so, then *10* judges are randomly drawn to sit with Chief Judge Murguia as the "en banc" court.
The full court (29 active judges, currently with a 16-13 D-R split) votes on whether or not to rehear a case en banc.
If so, then *10* judges are randomly drawn to sit with Chief Judge Murguia as the "en banc" court.
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just a reminder that "en banc" review in the Ninth Circuit is ... unique.
The full court (29 active judges, currently with a 16-13 D-R split) votes on whether or not to rehear a case en banc.
If so, then *10* judges are randomly drawn to sit with Chief Judge Murguia as the "en banc" court.
The full court (29 active judges, currently with a 16-13 D-R split) votes on whether or not to rehear a case en banc.
If so, then *10* judges are randomly drawn to sit with Chief Judge Murguia as the "en banc" court.
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Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public: