Alissa
@alissaej.bsky.social
Food justice. Social justice. Racial justice. Health equity. Immigrants and Refugees. Lgbtqia+ mom and ally.
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When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.
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You see it right?!
May 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You see it right?!
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Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that.
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that.
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Today House Republicans, cheered on by the richest person on Earth, passed a budget framework that will cut support for the poorest people in our country.
All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
April 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Today House Republicans, cheered on by the richest person on Earth, passed a budget framework that will cut support for the poorest people in our country.
All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
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Lawlessness and shamelessness.
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Lawlessness and shamelessness.
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It has long been a goal of conservatives to deprive women of the right to vote
That's why they're working so hard to pass the Save Act
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN
Call your representative TODAY
202-224-3121
Hands
Off
Her
Vote
That's why they're working so hard to pass the Save Act
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN
Call your representative TODAY
202-224-3121
Hands
Off
Her
Vote
April 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It has long been a goal of conservatives to deprive women of the right to vote
That's why they're working so hard to pass the Save Act
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN
Call your representative TODAY
202-224-3121
Hands
Off
Her
Vote
That's why they're working so hard to pass the Save Act
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN
Call your representative TODAY
202-224-3121
Hands
Off
Her
Vote
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We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.
April 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.
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Important part of SCOTUS opinion rejects Trump DOJ position:
"AEA detainees must receive notice after the date of this order that they are subject to removal under the Act...within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief...before such removal occurs"
"AEA detainees must receive notice after the date of this order that they are subject to removal under the Act...within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief...before such removal occurs"
April 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Important part of SCOTUS opinion rejects Trump DOJ position:
"AEA detainees must receive notice after the date of this order that they are subject to removal under the Act...within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief...before such removal occurs"
"AEA detainees must receive notice after the date of this order that they are subject to removal under the Act...within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief...before such removal occurs"
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“Let’s call the anti-DEI fetish what it is: A blatant attempt to whitewash American history and solidify historical disadvantages that white supremacists resent giving up.” Read more from Jen Rubin's latest 'Words & Phrases We Could Do Without' column
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
The anti-DEI crusade is about cementing white male dominance
contrarian.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Let’s call the anti-DEI fetish what it is: A blatant attempt to whitewash American history and solidify historical disadvantages that white supremacists resent giving up.” Read more from Jen Rubin's latest 'Words & Phrases We Could Do Without' column
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“The time for nuance is over; broad collective action and resistance are the only things that will save us. “
A concise, informative read highlighting the value of democratic participation from the ever luminescent @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
A concise, informative read highlighting the value of democratic participation from the ever luminescent @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
“It took 75 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency for voters to hit the streets en masse. Millions of people showed up this weekend for more than 1,200 anti-Trump demonstrations—all of them peaceful—throughout all 50 states, from Alaska to Alabama to Arizona.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Trump Is Back. So Are Millions of Protesters
Nationwide demonstrations prove the president’s chaos agenda is finally breaking through to the broader public.
www.vanityfair.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“The time for nuance is over; broad collective action and resistance are the only things that will save us. “
A concise, informative read highlighting the value of democratic participation from the ever luminescent @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
A concise, informative read highlighting the value of democratic participation from the ever luminescent @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
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We don’t have to let Trump wreck our economy with tariffs—that’s a choice.
The Constitution gives trade authority to Congress, not the President.
Congress delegated tariff powers to the President and we can take them back.
We have the bills (one is mine). We just need enough support to pass them.
The Constitution gives trade authority to Congress, not the President.
Congress delegated tariff powers to the President and we can take them back.
We have the bills (one is mine). We just need enough support to pass them.
April 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We don’t have to let Trump wreck our economy with tariffs—that’s a choice.
The Constitution gives trade authority to Congress, not the President.
Congress delegated tariff powers to the President and we can take them back.
We have the bills (one is mine). We just need enough support to pass them.
The Constitution gives trade authority to Congress, not the President.
Congress delegated tariff powers to the President and we can take them back.
We have the bills (one is mine). We just need enough support to pass them.
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This. Really. This.
A reminder to reporters: Because Trump tariff numbers are made-up nonsense, using the phrase “reciprocal tariffs” is lying to your audience. The phrase itself is propaganda. They are not reciprocal.
April 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This. Really. This.
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+ this affects men & women b/c the sexually transmitted infection diagnosis & treatment.
You want people to get: neurosyphilis? chlamydia & infertility that results from untreated STIs?
Title X covers pap smears! Women will die of cervical cancer.
#MomSky
jessica.substack.com/p/title-x-fu...
You want people to get: neurosyphilis? chlamydia & infertility that results from untreated STIs?
Title X covers pap smears! Women will die of cervical cancer.
#MomSky
jessica.substack.com/p/title-x-fu...
BREAKING: The Trump Administration Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding
The attack will leave eight states without ANY federal family planning dollars
jessica.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
+ this affects men & women b/c the sexually transmitted infection diagnosis & treatment.
You want people to get: neurosyphilis? chlamydia & infertility that results from untreated STIs?
Title X covers pap smears! Women will die of cervical cancer.
#MomSky
jessica.substack.com/p/title-x-fu...
You want people to get: neurosyphilis? chlamydia & infertility that results from untreated STIs?
Title X covers pap smears! Women will die of cervical cancer.
#MomSky
jessica.substack.com/p/title-x-fu...
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I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
Her Fetus Has No Heartbeat—They Still Won't Give Her An Abortion
South Carolina's ban is torturing a 31-year-old mom *right now*
jessica.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
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Trump administration acknowledges it wrongfully deported a man to El Salvador terror prison but argues to the judge that he lacks the ability to order the man’s return www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump administration acknowledges it wrongfully deported a man to El Salvador terror prison but argues to the judge that he lacks the ability to order the man’s return www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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March 31, 2025
March 31, 2025
On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
March 31, 2025
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🚨BREAKING: The Democratic Party is suing President Donald Trump over his sweeping executive order last week that attempted to wrest control of elections from the states.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democrats Sue to Block Trump Bid to Control Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Democratic Party is suing President Donald Trump over his sweeping executive order last week that attempted to wrest control of elections from the states.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Here’s an update on the guy in charge of finding fraud in our government.
April 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Here’s an update on the guy in charge of finding fraud in our government.
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The research will continue, just not in the US.
America got the scientific brain drain from Germany under Hitler & the rest of the world will now get ours.
Other countries will quickly surpass our research and benefit both financially and in scientific recognition.
America got the scientific brain drain from Germany under Hitler & the rest of the world will now get ours.
Other countries will quickly surpass our research and benefit both financially and in scientific recognition.
March 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The research will continue, just not in the US.
America got the scientific brain drain from Germany under Hitler & the rest of the world will now get ours.
Other countries will quickly surpass our research and benefit both financially and in scientific recognition.
America got the scientific brain drain from Germany under Hitler & the rest of the world will now get ours.
Other countries will quickly surpass our research and benefit both financially and in scientific recognition.
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The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
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One of the most difficult parts of this is many people don’t know, understand, or care this is happening.
If the executive (president or prime minister) doesn’t obey rule of law and ignores court orders, the country stops being a democracy. It’s not a difficult call. And the US is very, very quickly heading that direction, if Trump’s behavior continues unconstrained.
March 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
One of the most difficult parts of this is many people don’t know, understand, or care this is happening.
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Kash Patel wants to criminally charge groups who received EPA grants for climate change projects. You know, like those greedy bastards at Habitat for Humanity.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Kash Patel wants to criminally charge groups who received EPA grants for climate change projects. You know, like those greedy bastards at Habitat for Humanity.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
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CONGRATS YOOPERS! You held a town hall. Bergman was a no-show, and you PACKED it! Thanks to @maddow.msnbc.com for covering it!
We held a townhall hall for Jack Bergman. He didn't show up
www.uppermichiganssource.com/video/2025/0...
www.uppermichiganssource.com/video/2025/0...
March 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
CONGRATS YOOPERS! You held a town hall. Bergman was a no-show, and you PACKED it! Thanks to @maddow.msnbc.com for covering it!