Alicia Hokanson
@aliciapoet.bsky.social
Poet, activist, retired English teacher, celebrator of the natural world, fervent progressive
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Question: would police officers typically point guns at family members like this?
Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?
ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!
Share!
Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?
ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!
Share!
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Question: would police officers typically point guns at family members like this?
Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?
ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!
Share!
Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?
ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!
Share!
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Every day I’m inspired by the bravery of these courageous ICE agents.
August 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Every day I’m inspired by the bravery of these courageous ICE agents.
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A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.
June 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.
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Great piece by Kristin Connelly on how the SAVE Act undermines our elections by making it harder to vote. Check it out here:
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...
Opinion: SAVE Act claims to solve an election problem that doesn’t exist
Requiring proof of citizenship would do more harm than good, undermining our elections by making it harder to vote.
www.eastbaytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Great piece by Kristin Connelly on how the SAVE Act undermines our elections by making it harder to vote. Check it out here:
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...
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This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
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To be fair, one man technically does not have this kind of power; he has it only because he has the support of an entire political party and its movement
One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
April 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
To be fair, one man technically does not have this kind of power; he has it only because he has the support of an entire political party and its movement
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Students at UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, Harvard, Univ. of Michigan, UCLA, Arizona State, Cornell, Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Texas, North Carolina State, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Minnesota, Minnesota State and more have all had visas revoked with NO DUE PROCESS (links below)
April 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Students at UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, Harvard, Univ. of Michigan, UCLA, Arizona State, Cornell, Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Texas, North Carolina State, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Minnesota, Minnesota State and more have all had visas revoked with NO DUE PROCESS (links below)
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This @alexsteffen.bsky.social article from a couple years back lays this out really well, and helped me understand what's driving some of what's going on. thenearlynow.com/trump-putin-...
Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere
You can’t understand what Trump’s doing to America without understanding the “Carbon Bubble”
thenearlynow.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This @alexsteffen.bsky.social article from a couple years back lays this out really well, and helped me understand what's driving some of what's going on. thenearlynow.com/trump-putin-...
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I shit you not, Trump took Harriet Tubman OFF the National Parks Underground Railroad memorial and instead centered it around White people.
Read it yourself!! 👇👇 apple.news/Aspm2lJFkRnu...
Read it yourself!! 👇👇 apple.news/Aspm2lJFkRnu...
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I shit you not, Trump took Harriet Tubman OFF the National Parks Underground Railroad memorial and instead centered it around White people.
Read it yourself!! 👇👇 apple.news/Aspm2lJFkRnu...
Read it yourself!! 👇👇 apple.news/Aspm2lJFkRnu...
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How many of these people are US citizens who weren't allowed to show their papers? How many have valid visas? Green cards? Are permanent residents? In other words, the ICE Gestapo are too lazy to do their jobs properly & should be fired, charged, and arrested. Send them to El Salvador.
F*cking pathetic, and a real post 🤦🏻♂️
April 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
How many of these people are US citizens who weren't allowed to show their papers? How many have valid visas? Green cards? Are permanent residents? In other words, the ICE Gestapo are too lazy to do their jobs properly & should be fired, charged, and arrested. Send them to El Salvador.
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SEATTLE WASHINGTON SHOWED UP!!! ✊
April 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
SEATTLE WASHINGTON SHOWED UP!!! ✊
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This is not an effort to roll back "DEI"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is not an effort to roll back "DEI"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
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Elon Musk isn’t a genius—he’s a government-funded grifter under investigation. Every contract, every dollar, every scandal—it all connects.
Keep this: It’s a roadmap for every move Musk and DOGE make.
Keep this: It’s a roadmap for every move Musk and DOGE make.
February 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Elon Musk isn’t a genius—he’s a government-funded grifter under investigation. Every contract, every dollar, every scandal—it all connects.
Keep this: It’s a roadmap for every move Musk and DOGE make.
Keep this: It’s a roadmap for every move Musk and DOGE make.
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
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Sen John Curtis is the first Republican Sen to make a statement in support of Ukraine since the Oval Office
March 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Sen John Curtis is the first Republican Sen to make a statement in support of Ukraine since the Oval Office
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Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
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You will have a legitimate chance at 150,000 dead or more in 2025 flu season if they do not update the new strains..
Is there one person in that whole administration to speak up..
Is there one person in that whole administration to speak up..
February 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You will have a legitimate chance at 150,000 dead or more in 2025 flu season if they do not update the new strains..
Is there one person in that whole administration to speak up..
Is there one person in that whole administration to speak up..
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Good read: Democrats, Stop Hiding. Start Fighting. Democrats can’t afford to sit back and wait for power — they need to seize the narrative and make their presence unavoidable every single day.
Democrats, Stop Hiding. Start Fighting.
Democrats can’t afford to sit back and wait for power — they need to seize the narrative and make their presence unavoidable every single day.
www.todaysamericannews.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Good read: Democrats, Stop Hiding. Start Fighting. Democrats can’t afford to sit back and wait for power — they need to seize the narrative and make their presence unavoidable every single day.
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Name one thing more disgusting than this:
The House GOP just passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut for ultra wealthy billionaires. They want to pay for it with hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP.
The House GOP just passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut for ultra wealthy billionaires. They want to pay for it with hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP.
February 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Name one thing more disgusting than this:
The House GOP just passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut for ultra wealthy billionaires. They want to pay for it with hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP.
The House GOP just passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut for ultra wealthy billionaires. They want to pay for it with hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP.
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Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."
February 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."