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Alison Roberts
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Legal services attorney | NYC at the moment | Philly fan | Cat mom
HLS '22, HSPH '22, W&M '15

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OVER 1 MILLION VOTES.
N.Y.C. Mayoral Election Results › Candidate Party Votes Pct. Mamdani K Dem. 1,018,190 50.3% Cuomo Ind. 841,476 41.6 Sliwa Rep. 144,554 7.1 89% of votes in Source: Associated Press
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Such a great time :)
July 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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ICE now has more funding than the military in Israel, Italy, Brazil and elsewhere.
ICE fund vs. world's top defense budgets United States China Russia India Saudi Arabia United Kingdom Japan Australia France Ukraine Germany Poland Turkey South Korea Canada ICE Italy Israel Netherlands Brazil Switzerland $126.0 billion $75.0 billion $74.8 billion $71.5 billion $57.0 billion $55.7 billion $55.0 billion $53.7 billion $50.0 billion $48.7 billion $47.0 billion $46.3 billion $41.0 billion $37.5 billion _$30.9 billion $30.5 billion $27.0 billion $26.1 billion $25.0 billion
July 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
alisonr129.bsky.social
I want USAID back. I want lower defense spending and a greater focus on diplomacy. I want single payer healthcare and robust funding for scientific research.

I get the calculus that I’m forced to vote dem, but my opinion still matters. I didn’t vote for any of this shit.
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The Trump voter has somehow taken up so much of the American imagination that we forget there can be any other types.

I am a voter who wants to expand the social safety net and loosen immigration restrictions so people can come to the US legally if they need to.
July 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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This was posted this morning by Humans of New York and I think this captures exactly what we are all experiencing right now
“It’s a weird time. I’ve still got to get to work on time, pay my bills, manage chronic illness, all that stuff, while the world in general seems to be falling apart. It can be a challenge to juggle those two things while making sure one of them doesn't completely destroy my mental health. It’s just an odd thing to be like: ‘Oh, all of these atrocities are being committed in Gaza with my tax dollars, but what am I going to eat for dinner?’ Or: ‘Trump just dismantled another check on his power. We’re slowly sliding into fascism, nobody’s stopping him-- but what concert should we go to this weekend?’ The strangest part about the whole thing is that we’ve never been so connected. I could understand if this was eighty years ago; news travelled slowly. But now, in an instant, you get these facts, photos, videos. Verified by credible news, verified by aid organizations—and nobody cares. Well, a lot of people care. But the people who can actually fix things: they don’t care. Instead of standing up for the voiceless, they’d rather lay low, cling to their money or status. It’s hard to be a person who cares right now. Sometimes you just want to melt into your bed or couch and be with your feelings. But I won’t say that I feel hopeless. I’d never say that, because that’s what they want—those people who only care about winning, who don’t care about collateral damage. They want people to feel powerless. And I’m not going to give them that luxury. There are still reasons to be hopeful. Zohran just won the primary. And that’s a sign of change, in New York City at least. Even the people who don’t agree with his politics have to admit: his campaign was built on community. It wasn’t funded by billionaires. This was a campaign of fifty thousand people who volunteered, and canvassed, and made calls. Last week a lot of people who had been feeling powerless realized that they still have some power in this country. Let’s just hope a lot more people are learning from that.”
July 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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That's uh....part of what started the civil war, is it not?
June 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM