Aliphaire
@aliphaire.bsky.social
I love art & animation, movies from the 1930s & 40s. Gen X mom/stepmom to 4 amazing people, married 27 yrs to the best friend I've ever had. I love dogs but prefer cats. I believe in magic, fairies, & the Jersey devil, just for fun. Phantom of the family.
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BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
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BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
They’re questioning how 31,000 additional votes appeared with 99.4% votes counted - and that's not all.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
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NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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Trans women are already at a higher risk of HIV infection than almost any other group of people.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Trans women 66 times more likely to have HIV, with trans men nearly 7 times more likely, global analysis finds
Updated prevalence estimates based on a systematic review by Dr Sarah Stutterheim and colleagues at Maastricht University published in PLOS ONE show that not only are trans women much more likely to a...
www.aidsmap.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trans women are already at a higher risk of HIV infection than almost any other group of people.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
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The DOJ released a memo--the day after World AIDS Day--ordering prisons to enable the rape of incarcerated trans women.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The DOJ released a memo--the day after World AIDS Day--ordering prisons to enable the rape of incarcerated trans women.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
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Teressa found herself raging at what she labeled the insurance company’s “weaponized incompetence.”
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Teressa found herself raging at what she labeled the insurance company’s “weaponized incompetence.”
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
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The district court in Vilnius found that Remigijus Žemaitaitis incited hatred against Jews and grossly downplayed Nazi Germany's crimes.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/J8ie
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/J8ie
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The district court in Vilnius found that Remigijus Žemaitaitis incited hatred against Jews and grossly downplayed Nazi Germany's crimes.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/J8ie
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/J8ie
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A federal vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to delay a decision on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
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WATCH LIVE: RFK’s CDC panel expected to vote on hepatitis B shot for newborns after delaying
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, meeting in Atlanta, voted to delay the decision until Friday after committee members voiced confusion about voting language — and some voiced concern ...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A federal vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to delay a decision on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
https://to.pbs.org/4pO0xEt
https://to.pbs.org/4pO0xEt
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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
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A former Chicago mental health counselor has been accused of abusing five boys, ages 7 to 14, when he worked at Hartgrove Behavioral Health Hospital, Cook County prosecutors announced Monday.
Former counselor accused of sexually abusing underage patients
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December 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A former Chicago mental health counselor has been accused of abusing five boys, ages 7 to 14, when he worked at Hartgrove Behavioral Health Hospital, Cook County prosecutors announced Monday.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expects to discuss “key issues” with U.S. President Donald Trump amid an accelerated American-led push to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy eyes Trump talks after ‘progress’
The Ukrainian president expects to discuss “key issues” with the U.S. president amid an accelerated American-led push to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expects to discuss “key issues” with U.S. President Donald Trump amid an accelerated American-led push to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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'Very dishonest': White House under fire over shifting story on lethal strikes
'Very dishonest': White House under fire over shifting story on lethal strikes
The internet had a serious response to the new White House announcement on Monday, arguing that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth relied on orders from a senior military leader to authorize the two strikes on an alleged drug boat after reports that survivors were targeted aft...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
'Very dishonest': White House under fire over shifting story on lethal strikes
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked a wave of online backlash Friday after posting a defiant and combative statement defending ongoing U.S. military operations targeting alleged cartel-linked traffickers in the Caribbean.
'Heinous crimes': Hegseth's combative lash out sparks instant backlash
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked a wave of online backlash Friday after posting a defiant and combative statement defending ongoing U.S. military operations targeting alleged cartel-linked traffickers in the Caribbean.In his social media post Friday, Hegseth accused the media of reporting “fak...
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked a wave of online backlash Friday after posting a defiant and combative statement defending ongoing U.S. military operations targeting alleged cartel-linked traffickers in the Caribbean.
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Casa Susanna allowed people to safely explore their gender identity and expression in the 1950s and ’60s
Casa Susanna was a trans safe haven in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Its legacy lives on | Xtra Magazine
In the mid-20th century, Casa Susanna was a refuge for trans women and crossdressers
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November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Casa Susanna allowed people to safely explore their gender identity and expression in the 1950s and ’60s
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British man accused of trying to drown daughter-in-law on Florida holiday released after plea deal
British man accused of trying to drown daughter-in-law on Florida holiday released after plea deal
A British man who was accused of trying to drown his daughter-in-law at a Florida swimming pool has been released, after agreeing to a plea deal.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
British man accused of trying to drown daughter-in-law on Florida holiday released after plea deal
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Horrific death of Kardell Lomas sparks urgent calls for new independent oversight of police
Horrific death of Kardell Lomas sparks urgent calls for new independent oversight of police
Federal government’s expert advisory panel on sexual violence says it repeatedly warned of chronic failure of police to adequately investigate violence
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Pregnant and frightened, Kardell Lomas begged for help. Police found her body in the boot of a car
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Amy McQuire: ‘Kardell Lomas’s heartbreaking apology to police is a moment that should shame all Australians’
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Members of the federal government’s own expert advisory panel on sexual violence have called for “urgent” independent national oversight of police after new revelations about Queensland police failures before the killing of First Nations woman Kardell Lomas.
Guardian Australia’s Broken trust series revealed that Lomas, a 31-year-old Kamilaroi and Mununjali woman, had sought help from police and other agencies in the months before she was killed. Continue reading...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Horrific death of Kardell Lomas sparks urgent calls for new independent oversight of police
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A small group of Republicans in Congress — most of them facing tough re-election races next year — have broken with their party to push for a temporary extension of a crucial piece of Obamacare: subsidies to help Americans afford their premiums. nyti.ms/4p2WV1C
Once Foes of Obamacare, Some Republicans Push to Protect It
A small cadre of politically vulnerable Republicans in Congress is breaking with the party to push for the extension of health care tax credits for a program the G.O.P. reviles.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A small group of Republicans in Congress — most of them facing tough re-election races next year — have broken with their party to push for a temporary extension of a crucial piece of Obamacare: subsidies to help Americans afford their premiums. nyti.ms/4p2WV1C
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A Pew poll shows Latter-day Saints agree that tattoos are becoming more acceptable, but they remain more resistant to wearing them.
Does ink still carry a stain? Latter-day Saints rank among the least inclined to get tattoos.
A Pew poll shows Latter-day Saints agree that tattoos are becoming more acceptable, but they remain more resistant to wearing them.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A Pew poll shows Latter-day Saints agree that tattoos are becoming more acceptable, but they remain more resistant to wearing them.
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RFK Jr. often appears physically distended, as if he were perpetually out of breath and heaving from “picking up roadkill [his] whole life.” He works out shirtless in jeans. His own family calls him a “predator.”
So how do prominent women—Olivia Nuzzi and Cheryl Hines—desire him?
So how do prominent women—Olivia Nuzzi and Cheryl Hines—desire him?
RFK Jr. and the inexplicable appeal of repulsive men
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
RFK Jr. often appears physically distended, as if he were perpetually out of breath and heaving from “picking up roadkill [his] whole life.” He works out shirtless in jeans. His own family calls him a “predator.”
So how do prominent women—Olivia Nuzzi and Cheryl Hines—desire him?
So how do prominent women—Olivia Nuzzi and Cheryl Hines—desire him?
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Rep. Eric Swalwell filed a civil lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, alleging violations of the Privacy Act and First Amendment over Pulte’s criminal referral of him to the Justice Department for alleged mortgage fraud violations.
Rep. Eric Swalwell alleges in new lawsuit that Bill Pulte abused database access to gin up mortgage fraud claims | CNN Politics
Rep. Eric Swalwell on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, alleging violations of the Privacy Act and First Amendment over Pulte’s referral of him ...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Rep. Eric Swalwell filed a civil lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, alleging violations of the Privacy Act and First Amendment over Pulte’s criminal referral of him to the Justice Department for alleged mortgage fraud violations.
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The US Navy is cutting back its orders for a new class of guided-missile frigate that’s been beset by delays, shifting away from a vessel that President Trump once touted as “the most beautiful.”
Navy Cuts Orders for Frigate Trump Once Touted as ‘Beautiful’
The US Navy is cutting back its orders for a new class of guided-missile frigate that’s been beset by delays, shifting away from a vessel that President Donald Trump once touted as “the most beautiful.”
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The US Navy is cutting back its orders for a new class of guided-missile frigate that’s been beset by delays, shifting away from a vessel that President Trump once touted as “the most beautiful.”
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“There’s a lot of secrecy and game playing right now. I’m sick of it.”
Previously: The Observer has repeatedly requested updates from ICE about James Rodden’s employment. Three members of Congress have also demanded answers, without results.
Previously: The Observer has repeatedly requested updates from ICE about James Rodden’s employment. Three members of Congress have also demanded answers, without results.
ICE Still Won't Answer Questions About Prosecutor with White Supremacist X Account
Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer's reporting.
www.texasobserver.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“There’s a lot of secrecy and game playing right now. I’m sick of it.”
Previously: The Observer has repeatedly requested updates from ICE about James Rodden’s employment. Three members of Congress have also demanded answers, without results.
Previously: The Observer has repeatedly requested updates from ICE about James Rodden’s employment. Three members of Congress have also demanded answers, without results.