Alison Petrone
@alisonpetrone.bsky.social
Multi-Gen Okie, soccer & softball mom, lawyer, occasional kayaker, friend of plants, country girl at heart, and former Norman Ward 3 council member 🗳️🌱🌎🐠⚖️🦑📚🧑🌾🇺🇸⚽️🥎📝🛶
someone finally has the intestinal fortitude to say it out loud.
I hope the writer will examine what their conclusion means when Congress just funded a new, standing army for DHS/ICE: stateside jurisdiction forces
I hope the writer will examine what their conclusion means when Congress just funded a new, standing army for DHS/ICE: stateside jurisdiction forces
"One of the abundance nostrums, making things cheaper through deregulation, is laughable. Engaging the GOP in a bidding war over deregulation is like getting suckered into a hot dog-eating contest with Joey Chestnut." www.salon.com/2025/08/24/w...
We need a new theory of democracy — because this version has failed - Salon.com
It's time to look in the mirror, America: We chose catastrophe — there's no one else to blame
www.salon.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
someone finally has the intestinal fortitude to say it out loud.
I hope the writer will examine what their conclusion means when Congress just funded a new, standing army for DHS/ICE: stateside jurisdiction forces
I hope the writer will examine what their conclusion means when Congress just funded a new, standing army for DHS/ICE: stateside jurisdiction forces
Don’t heckle the Guard!
Ask humanity-invoking Q’s:
“Every deployment comes at significant costs to you. Is missing your child’s 1st steps, being the one to teach her to ride w/o training wheels, or canceling your yearly father/son camping trip justifiable costs from your observation of LA, or DC?”
Ask humanity-invoking Q’s:
“Every deployment comes at significant costs to you. Is missing your child’s 1st steps, being the one to teach her to ride w/o training wheels, or canceling your yearly father/son camping trip justifiable costs from your observation of LA, or DC?”
August 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Don’t heckle the Guard!
Ask humanity-invoking Q’s:
“Every deployment comes at significant costs to you. Is missing your child’s 1st steps, being the one to teach her to ride w/o training wheels, or canceling your yearly father/son camping trip justifiable costs from your observation of LA, or DC?”
Ask humanity-invoking Q’s:
“Every deployment comes at significant costs to you. Is missing your child’s 1st steps, being the one to teach her to ride w/o training wheels, or canceling your yearly father/son camping trip justifiable costs from your observation of LA, or DC?”
The amount of political capital he’s incinerating on Epstein is beyond astounding.
Ofc he’s in the files, that’s not news. He’s going to these extraordinarily shocking lengths to protect the identities of ppl far, FAR more powerful & influential than he could ever dream of being, and he knows it.
Ofc he’s in the files, that’s not news. He’s going to these extraordinarily shocking lengths to protect the identities of ppl far, FAR more powerful & influential than he could ever dream of being, and he knows it.
July 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The amount of political capital he’s incinerating on Epstein is beyond astounding.
Ofc he’s in the files, that’s not news. He’s going to these extraordinarily shocking lengths to protect the identities of ppl far, FAR more powerful & influential than he could ever dream of being, and he knows it.
Ofc he’s in the files, that’s not news. He’s going to these extraordinarily shocking lengths to protect the identities of ppl far, FAR more powerful & influential than he could ever dream of being, and he knows it.
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who help turtles cross the road.
July 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who help turtles cross the road.
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USA somehow managed to end up at the end of the worst pandemic in 100 years still deciding not to ... have guaranteed sick leave.
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
USA somehow managed to end up at the end of the worst pandemic in 100 years still deciding not to ... have guaranteed sick leave.
Sometimes I wonder just how many Supreme Court Justices had punch cards from Epstein Island.
July 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sometimes I wonder just how many Supreme Court Justices had punch cards from Epstein Island.
If we convinced something like 10% of healthy ppl on employee-sponsored health insurance to forgo their coverage (taking the cash instead), we would collapse the whole damn for-profit healthcare system.
#MedicareForAll
#MedicareForAll
a poster that says we ride at dawn with a man in a chair
ALT: a poster that says we ride at dawn with a man in a chair
media.tenor.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If we convinced something like 10% of healthy ppl on employee-sponsored health insurance to forgo their coverage (taking the cash instead), we would collapse the whole damn for-profit healthcare system.
#MedicareForAll
#MedicareForAll
She nailed it.
July 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
She nailed it.
I get the inclination to say, “You should be ashamed for supporting this immoral bill!”
However, pleading to morals is entirely ineffective when hurled at those who are devoid of empathy.
Would you say to Jeffery Dahmer, “Why would you murder him & eat his bicep for lunch? You should be ashamed!”
However, pleading to morals is entirely ineffective when hurled at those who are devoid of empathy.
Would you say to Jeffery Dahmer, “Why would you murder him & eat his bicep for lunch? You should be ashamed!”
July 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I get the inclination to say, “You should be ashamed for supporting this immoral bill!”
However, pleading to morals is entirely ineffective when hurled at those who are devoid of empathy.
Would you say to Jeffery Dahmer, “Why would you murder him & eat his bicep for lunch? You should be ashamed!”
However, pleading to morals is entirely ineffective when hurled at those who are devoid of empathy.
Would you say to Jeffery Dahmer, “Why would you murder him & eat his bicep for lunch? You should be ashamed!”
If you’re wondering why they felt so confident that they wouldn’t be hurt in the mid-terms after passing such a sadistic bill, it’s bc they have no intention of holding federal elections in 2026.
They just funded the agents that will enforce martial law via DHS/ICE.
They just funded the agents that will enforce martial law via DHS/ICE.
July 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If you’re wondering why they felt so confident that they wouldn’t be hurt in the mid-terms after passing such a sadistic bill, it’s bc they have no intention of holding federal elections in 2026.
They just funded the agents that will enforce martial law via DHS/ICE.
They just funded the agents that will enforce martial law via DHS/ICE.
In normal times the midterm pendulum will rebound hard to over-correct
This time:
masked men are kidnapping ppl in the streets, & disappearing them
billionaires are stealing food & meds from the poor
an illegitimate SCOTUS gave authoritarian, felon POTUS crim immunity
these aren’t normal times
This time:
masked men are kidnapping ppl in the streets, & disappearing them
billionaires are stealing food & meds from the poor
an illegitimate SCOTUS gave authoritarian, felon POTUS crim immunity
these aren’t normal times
July 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In normal times the midterm pendulum will rebound hard to over-correct
This time:
masked men are kidnapping ppl in the streets, & disappearing them
billionaires are stealing food & meds from the poor
an illegitimate SCOTUS gave authoritarian, felon POTUS crim immunity
these aren’t normal times
This time:
masked men are kidnapping ppl in the streets, & disappearing them
billionaires are stealing food & meds from the poor
an illegitimate SCOTUS gave authoritarian, felon POTUS crim immunity
these aren’t normal times
A better strategy: ppl should be calling their reps, demanding that their states be added to the exemption, alongside Alaska.
Demand that your rep stop being a damn coward & fight for your state like Murkowski fights for AK.
“If she can do it, so can you. Do it.”
Demand that your rep stop being a damn coward & fight for your state like Murkowski fights for AK.
“If she can do it, so can you. Do it.”
Every Senator should stand up for their state.
But fighting for your constituents does NOT mean getting a special carve out for YOUR state while actively HARMING the REST of the country.
We are the UNITED States of America.
SENATORS, VOTE NO!
But fighting for your constituents does NOT mean getting a special carve out for YOUR state while actively HARMING the REST of the country.
We are the UNITED States of America.
SENATORS, VOTE NO!
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A better strategy: ppl should be calling their reps, demanding that their states be added to the exemption, alongside Alaska.
Demand that your rep stop being a damn coward & fight for your state like Murkowski fights for AK.
“If she can do it, so can you. Do it.”
Demand that your rep stop being a damn coward & fight for your state like Murkowski fights for AK.
“If she can do it, so can you. Do it.”
@housedemocrats.bsky.social,
Don’t tell ppl to call their reps, saying “Vote No!”
Instead, ppl should be calling their reps, demanding that their states be added to the exemption, alongside Alaska.
Demand that your rep stop being a damn coward & fight for your state like Murkowski fights for hers.
Don’t tell ppl to call their reps, saying “Vote No!”
Instead, ppl should be calling their reps, demanding that their states be added to the exemption, alongside Alaska.
Demand that your rep stop being a damn coward & fight for your state like Murkowski fights for hers.
July 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@housedemocrats.bsky.social,
Don’t tell ppl to call their reps, saying “Vote No!”
Instead, ppl should be calling their reps, demanding that their states be added to the exemption, alongside Alaska.
Demand that your rep stop being a damn coward & fight for your state like Murkowski fights for hers.
Don’t tell ppl to call their reps, saying “Vote No!”
Instead, ppl should be calling their reps, demanding that their states be added to the exemption, alongside Alaska.
Demand that your rep stop being a damn coward & fight for your state like Murkowski fights for hers.
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"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.
slate.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
Help me start a list of religious objections for back-to-school.
No relationships, other than my own, can be represented in my kids’ curricula & classrooms. (My marriage is special, so ✅)
No legitimizing capitalism, colonialism, industrialization,or wealth accumulation.
My god abhors inequity.
No relationships, other than my own, can be represented in my kids’ curricula & classrooms. (My marriage is special, so ✅)
No legitimizing capitalism, colonialism, industrialization,or wealth accumulation.
My god abhors inequity.
June 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Help me start a list of religious objections for back-to-school.
No relationships, other than my own, can be represented in my kids’ curricula & classrooms. (My marriage is special, so ✅)
No legitimizing capitalism, colonialism, industrialization,or wealth accumulation.
My god abhors inequity.
No relationships, other than my own, can be represented in my kids’ curricula & classrooms. (My marriage is special, so ✅)
No legitimizing capitalism, colonialism, industrialization,or wealth accumulation.
My god abhors inequity.
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
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“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
If everyone decided to suddenly start wearing masks again, ICE would have one hell of a time trying to kidnap ppl.
Also, the surveillance state hates masks.
Just a thought.
Also, the surveillance state hates masks.
Just a thought.
June 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If everyone decided to suddenly start wearing masks again, ICE would have one hell of a time trying to kidnap ppl.
Also, the surveillance state hates masks.
Just a thought.
Also, the surveillance state hates masks.
Just a thought.
The richest man on earth was given full access to the $1T DoD swamp.
Instead, he chose to hawk our nat’l parks, defund school lunch, fire NOAA/FEMA/FAA/NIH, and cut granny’s Medicaid, rather than even peak at the corp welfare of the Military Industrial Complex.
He never even graced the Pentagon.
Instead, he chose to hawk our nat’l parks, defund school lunch, fire NOAA/FEMA/FAA/NIH, and cut granny’s Medicaid, rather than even peak at the corp welfare of the Military Industrial Complex.
He never even graced the Pentagon.
June 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The richest man on earth was given full access to the $1T DoD swamp.
Instead, he chose to hawk our nat’l parks, defund school lunch, fire NOAA/FEMA/FAA/NIH, and cut granny’s Medicaid, rather than even peak at the corp welfare of the Military Industrial Complex.
He never even graced the Pentagon.
Instead, he chose to hawk our nat’l parks, defund school lunch, fire NOAA/FEMA/FAA/NIH, and cut granny’s Medicaid, rather than even peak at the corp welfare of the Military Industrial Complex.
He never even graced the Pentagon.
I’d like to personally thank MAGA for sacrificing yet another generation of American kids to the insatiable war machine.
June 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’d like to personally thank MAGA for sacrificing yet another generation of American kids to the insatiable war machine.
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2025: Mass shooter manifestos indistinguishable from award-winning paper in law school course on originalism.
June 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
2025: Mass shooter manifestos indistinguishable from award-winning paper in law school course on originalism.
Nothing quite like unplugging for a few hours only to learn that in that time our warmonger president has bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The military industrial complex always its way, and DJT’s no different.
This shit never stops.
The military industrial complex always its way, and DJT’s no different.
This shit never stops.
June 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Nothing quite like unplugging for a few hours only to learn that in that time our warmonger president has bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The military industrial complex always its way, and DJT’s no different.
This shit never stops.
The military industrial complex always its way, and DJT’s no different.
This shit never stops.
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No one supports the Taliban limiting girls' education, or Iran forcing dress codes for women going out in public.
But if you're from a country who *just now* forced a woman who's legally brain-dead to have a baby, and then forced her family to pay for it, you need to shut up about women's rights.
But if you're from a country who *just now* forced a woman who's legally brain-dead to have a baby, and then forced her family to pay for it, you need to shut up about women's rights.
June 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
No one supports the Taliban limiting girls' education, or Iran forcing dress codes for women going out in public.
But if you're from a country who *just now* forced a woman who's legally brain-dead to have a baby, and then forced her family to pay for it, you need to shut up about women's rights.
But if you're from a country who *just now* forced a woman who's legally brain-dead to have a baby, and then forced her family to pay for it, you need to shut up about women's rights.
Every indication points to Trump wanting to turn LA, and every other major U.S. city, into Gaza.
U.city
June 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Every indication points to Trump wanting to turn LA, and every other major U.S. city, into Gaza.
Let me put it plainly.
He’s deploying troops to California bc it’s the 4th largest economy in the world, trailing only the U.S., Germany, & China.
So goes Cali, so goes the nation.
It’s ground zero for invoking martial law, bc the fed gov needs CA.
*Not the opposite.
CA is self-sustainable.
He’s deploying troops to California bc it’s the 4th largest economy in the world, trailing only the U.S., Germany, & China.
So goes Cali, so goes the nation.
It’s ground zero for invoking martial law, bc the fed gov needs CA.
*Not the opposite.
CA is self-sustainable.
June 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Let me put it plainly.
He’s deploying troops to California bc it’s the 4th largest economy in the world, trailing only the U.S., Germany, & China.
So goes Cali, so goes the nation.
It’s ground zero for invoking martial law, bc the fed gov needs CA.
*Not the opposite.
CA is self-sustainable.
He’s deploying troops to California bc it’s the 4th largest economy in the world, trailing only the U.S., Germany, & China.
So goes Cali, so goes the nation.
It’s ground zero for invoking martial law, bc the fed gov needs CA.
*Not the opposite.
CA is self-sustainable.