Alice
@alice-mary.bsky.social
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Judge Luttig is an American hero.
“With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin,” writes Judge Luttig.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Judge Luttig is an American hero.
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For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.
Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.
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This piece by @laurabullard.bsky.social goes DEEP into Peter Thiel’s Antichrist fixation—a bizarre melding of biblical scripture and Nazi philosophy.
Remember: This isn't about AI. It's a much deeper story about the strange mind behind JD Vance.
Read it:
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
Remember: This isn't about AI. It's a much deeper story about the strange mind behind JD Vance.
Read it:
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This piece by @laurabullard.bsky.social goes DEEP into Peter Thiel’s Antichrist fixation—a bizarre melding of biblical scripture and Nazi philosophy.
Remember: This isn't about AI. It's a much deeper story about the strange mind behind JD Vance.
Read it:
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
Remember: This isn't about AI. It's a much deeper story about the strange mind behind JD Vance.
Read it:
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
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Great piece by @pastpunditry.bsky.social -- check it out!
Your history lesson for today. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Great piece by @pastpunditry.bsky.social -- check it out!
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“These are life and death requests"
Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws (Gift Article)
Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise.
nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“These are life and death requests"
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Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube.
It would be a shame for you to share it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
It would be a shame for you to share it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube.
It would be a shame for you to share it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
It would be a shame for you to share it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
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Read @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on how WaPo misrepresented Muriel Bowser's EO.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-posse-...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-posse-...
The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism
Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday.
www.lawdork.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Read @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on how WaPo misrepresented Muriel Bowser's EO.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-posse-...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-posse-...
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NEW: The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism.
Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism
Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday.
www.lawdork.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
NEW: The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism.
Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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Trump's use of red state National Guards in DC is really about viciously turning Americans against each other, about stoking hate and violence *among Americans.* JB Pritzker's response is so good because it lays *this* bare.
Me and @brianbeutler.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1997...
Me and @brianbeutler.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1997...
August 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trump's use of red state National Guards in DC is really about viciously turning Americans against each other, about stoking hate and violence *among Americans.* JB Pritzker's response is so good because it lays *this* bare.
Me and @brianbeutler.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1997...
Me and @brianbeutler.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1997...
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
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It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
August 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
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Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
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National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
August 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
August 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
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An incredible moment at tonight's Washington Spirit home game at Audi
Field, as the crowd erupts in a "FREE DC" chant.
Field, as the crowd erupts in a "FREE DC" chant.
August 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
An incredible moment at tonight's Washington Spirit home game at Audi
Field, as the crowd erupts in a "FREE DC" chant.
Field, as the crowd erupts in a "FREE DC" chant.
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New in PN: Trump isn't the solution to the "crisis of manhood," he's the problem
"The more obvious the alteration in a woman’s appearance — even to the point of grotesqueness — the more she's shown her commitment to serve him. No one needs to tell Noem to get back in her place. She’s already there"
"The more obvious the alteration in a woman’s appearance — even to the point of grotesqueness — the more she's shown her commitment to serve him. No one needs to tell Noem to get back in her place. She’s already there"
Trump isn't the solution to the "crisis of manhood," he's the problem
The misogyny comes fast and furious. Anything real to make men's lives better? Not so much.
www.publicnotice.co
August 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New in PN: Trump isn't the solution to the "crisis of manhood," he's the problem
"The more obvious the alteration in a woman’s appearance — even to the point of grotesqueness — the more she's shown her commitment to serve him. No one needs to tell Noem to get back in her place. She’s already there"
"The more obvious the alteration in a woman’s appearance — even to the point of grotesqueness — the more she's shown her commitment to serve him. No one needs to tell Noem to get back in her place. She’s already there"
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There are 44 Senators on the #DCStatehood bill presently. Only Dem caucusing Senators Ossoff, Kelly, & King are NOT cosponsoring S. 51. If you live in Georgia, Arizona, or Maine, today's a good day to call them and TELL them to cosponsor the #DCStatehood bill: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
August 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
There are 44 Senators on the #DCStatehood bill presently. Only Dem caucusing Senators Ossoff, Kelly, & King are NOT cosponsoring S. 51. If you live in Georgia, Arizona, or Maine, today's a good day to call them and TELL them to cosponsor the #DCStatehood bill: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
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The "conservative" party of limited government and local control
Trump on Washington DC: "We gotta get the mayor to run the city properly. I have the right to take it over. And I think it's terrible."
July 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The "conservative" party of limited government and local control
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The Anti-Corruption Tracker is live! This interactive, regularly updated resource catalogs how U.S. oversight systems are being dismantled—from watchdog firings to weakened enforcement. Follow the erosion, action by action.
Explore the tracker here:
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...
Explore the tracker here:
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...
The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability
This Anti-Corruption Tracker focuses on the erosion or dismantling of oversight and accountability systems within the United States Executive Branch
www.justsecurity.org
July 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Anti-Corruption Tracker is live! This interactive, regularly updated resource catalogs how U.S. oversight systems are being dismantled—from watchdog firings to weakened enforcement. Follow the erosion, action by action.
Explore the tracker here:
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...
Explore the tracker here:
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...