Alix Breeden
@alixbreeden.bsky.social
Reporter at Daily Kos | formerly Al Jazeera America & The New York Post
Based in Los Angeles 📍
Tennessean at ❤️
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Based in Los Angeles 📍
Tennessean at ❤️
Tips: Alix.breeden@dailykos.com | Signal: alixbreeden.87
https://linktr.ee/alixbreeden
I wrote on Lily Allen's latest album, her heartbreaking regailing of infidelity, and how we have all been Lily ... or Madeline.
Infidelity truths: We’ve all been Lily Allen (or Madeline)
Oh, the jolt of painful familiarity, hearing a woman desperately connect with the other woman in a search for honesty.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I wrote on Lily Allen's latest album, her heartbreaking regailing of infidelity, and how we have all been Lily ... or Madeline.
I’ve been worried about group chats leaking before but it’s usually just because I spent too long complaining about my ex or someone did enough internet sleuthing to find their crush’s Instagram.
This is… appalling.
This is… appalling.
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’ve been worried about group chats leaking before but it’s usually just because I spent too long complaining about my ex or someone did enough internet sleuthing to find their crush’s Instagram.
This is… appalling.
This is… appalling.
Full interview and transcript with @katmabu.bsky.social — the 26 year old congressional candidate for Illinois’ 9th district.
Kat Abughazaleh is taking on ICE—and running for Congress
Kat Abughazaleh has a clear goal: Get into Congress, do some good, “get some fascists out,” and then go back home to hang out with her cat. And the road to next year’s Democratic primary election for ...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Full interview and transcript with @katmabu.bsky.social — the 26 year old congressional candidate for Illinois’ 9th district.
Would be a disservice if I didn't share my interview with Saikat Chakrabarti, who is running against Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco. Chakrabarti was a co-founder of Justice Democrats, who helped @aoc.bsky.social rise to prominence and, ultimately, to Congress.
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Congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti believes he can beat Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco
YouTube video by Daily Kos
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October 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Would be a disservice if I didn't share my interview with Saikat Chakrabarti, who is running against Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco. Chakrabarti was a co-founder of Justice Democrats, who helped @aoc.bsky.social rise to prominence and, ultimately, to Congress.
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My conversation with Kat Abughazaleh, the 26-year-old journalist-turned-politician who is running for Congress in Illinois' 9th district.
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Kat Abughazaleh thinks elected Democrats, media aren't doing enough to stand up to fascism
YouTube video by Daily Kos
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October 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My conversation with Kat Abughazaleh, the 26-year-old journalist-turned-politician who is running for Congress in Illinois' 9th district.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M40C...
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I spoke with Xp Lee, who is filling assassinated House Speaker Melissa Hortman's seat in Minn.
He told me that he hopes to bring a calming presence to his work as he assumes the roles of State rep and — given rising political tensions — de-escalator.
He told me that he hopes to bring a calming presence to his work as he assumes the roles of State rep and — given rising political tensions — de-escalator.
Minnesota Democrat on his bittersweet win to fill slain lawmaker's seat
Minnesota is mourning.
On June 14, former state Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically assassinated in their home by alleged gunman Vance Boelter.
Another ...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I spoke with Xp Lee, who is filling assassinated House Speaker Melissa Hortman's seat in Minn.
He told me that he hopes to bring a calming presence to his work as he assumes the roles of State rep and — given rising political tensions — de-escalator.
He told me that he hopes to bring a calming presence to his work as he assumes the roles of State rep and — given rising political tensions — de-escalator.
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Today I wrote about grief, about how no amount of meditation and mindfulness can keep you from having to look at the pain, and I shared a simple, but beloved biscuits and gravy recipe.
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Tears in my biscuits and gravy
The hard truth about grief is that, if you run away long enough and make yourself busy enough, your body and mind will eventually just shut down and force you to look at the pain of their absence.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I wrote about grief, about how no amount of meditation and mindfulness can keep you from having to look at the pain, and I shared a simple, but beloved biscuits and gravy recipe.
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“I wasn’t crazy. Oh, man, how I can say that again and again. I wasn’t crazy for going to the emergency room. My pain, my tears, were real.
But this man — this proud, well-postured, gleaming man had laughed in my face and, literally, told me I was full of shit.”
But this man — this proud, well-postured, gleaming man had laughed in my face and, literally, told me I was full of shit.”
A doctor laughed me out of the ER — I got my diagnosis two days later
Was I overreacting? Were the tears some kind of performance, like a child crying out for their parent? Two days later, though, I received a follow-up call.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“I wasn’t crazy. Oh, man, how I can say that again and again. I wasn’t crazy for going to the emergency room. My pain, my tears, were real.
But this man — this proud, well-postured, gleaming man had laughed in my face and, literally, told me I was full of shit.”
But this man — this proud, well-postured, gleaming man had laughed in my face and, literally, told me I was full of shit.”
The Venezuelan men have touched down in Caracas. They are no longer in CECOT. They are home.
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Venezuelan men have touched down in Caracas. They are no longer in CECOT. They are home.
The 250+ Venezuelan men in CECOT are being released.
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The 250+ Venezuelan men in CECOT are being released.
Francisco Casique worked as a barber in the US as he attended immigration hearings.
On Feb 6, ICE violently abducted him from his home. He thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. But he would never arrive.
Read my full interview with his mother here:
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On Feb 6, ICE violently abducted him from his home. He thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. But he would never arrive.
Read my full interview with his mother here:
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'It was a kidnapping’: Mom shares horror of son's inhumane deportation
Mirelys Casique was ready to be reunited with her son, 24-year-old Francisco Garcia Casique. In March, Francisco called Mirelys from an ICE facility to say that he was being deported back home to ...
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July 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Francisco Casique worked as a barber in the US as he attended immigration hearings.
On Feb 6, ICE violently abducted him from his home. He thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. But he would never arrive.
Read my full interview with his mother here:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
On Feb 6, ICE violently abducted him from his home. He thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. But he would never arrive.
Read my full interview with his mother here:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I spoke with the parents of Venezuelan immigrants who Trump, in some cases, had violently abducted and later imprisoned in El Salvador’s CECOT.
They traveled to the UN to plead on behalf of their boys, with a challenge of their own coming from a dictator-led country.
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They traveled to the UN to plead on behalf of their boys, with a challenge of their own coming from a dictator-led country.
Read @dailykos.com
Parents of men illegally sent to El Salvador beg you not to look away
Mirelys Casique’s line went quiet before the sound of stifled tears filled the speaker. “We are the faces of the victims, of this pain,” she told Daily Kos from her temporary living quarters in Geneva...
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July 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I spoke with the parents of Venezuelan immigrants who Trump, in some cases, had violently abducted and later imprisoned in El Salvador’s CECOT.
They traveled to the UN to plead on behalf of their boys, with a challenge of their own coming from a dictator-led country.
Read @dailykos.com
They traveled to the UN to plead on behalf of their boys, with a challenge of their own coming from a dictator-led country.
Read @dailykos.com
In March, Trump rounded up over 250 men and flew them to a terrorism confinement center in El Salvador.
One of those men is 24YO Widmer Sanguino, who was previously granted refugee status in the US.
I spoke with his Aunt Jhoanna, who traveled to the prison to request visitation.
One of those men is 24YO Widmer Sanguino, who was previously granted refugee status in the US.
I spoke with his Aunt Jhoanna, who traveled to the prison to request visitation.
Freeing Widmer: An aunt’s journey to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison
Jhoanna Sanguino was 11 years old when she held her nephew in her arms for the first time.� She told Daily Kos there was no longer a reason to play with dolls. She finally had “a real baby boy in ...
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June 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In March, Trump rounded up over 250 men and flew them to a terrorism confinement center in El Salvador.
One of those men is 24YO Widmer Sanguino, who was previously granted refugee status in the US.
I spoke with his Aunt Jhoanna, who traveled to the prison to request visitation.
One of those men is 24YO Widmer Sanguino, who was previously granted refugee status in the US.
I spoke with his Aunt Jhoanna, who traveled to the prison to request visitation.
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Trump’s ‘anti-Christian bias’ task force meets—and things get weird https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/6/18/2328641/-Trump-s-anti-Christian-bias-task-force-meets-and-things-get-weird?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
Trump’s ‘anti-Christian bias’ task force meets—and things get weird
President Donald Trump’s self-appointed task force to protect religious liberty and eradicate “anti-Christian bias” met for the first time this week to yap over the lack of morality and ...
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June 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Trump’s ‘anti-Christian bias’ task force meets—and things get weird https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/6/18/2328641/-Trump-s-anti-Christian-bias-task-force-meets-and-things-get-weird?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
Lee Zeldin announced the EPA would be pulling out of the continued efforts to help Flint, MI achieve safe drinking water.
I spoke with one resident on the Water Advisory Board who said this support was a “critical lifeline” to them.
I spoke with one resident on the Water Advisory Board who said this support was a “critical lifeline” to them.
Flint water council chair troubled by EPA's all-clear declaration
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday that he is lifting the Safe Drinking Water Act emergency order for Flint, Michigan, the city whose 100,000 residents had to grapple ...
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May 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Lee Zeldin announced the EPA would be pulling out of the continued efforts to help Flint, MI achieve safe drinking water.
I spoke with one resident on the Water Advisory Board who said this support was a “critical lifeline” to them.
I spoke with one resident on the Water Advisory Board who said this support was a “critical lifeline” to them.
As Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin, Lori Chavez-DeRemer & the rest of Trump's team work overtime to make sure AI's billionaires have what they need in the US to become #1, the rest of the US is feeling its impact. And experts are warning of an even darker future
The dark reality of making US the ‘AI capital of the world’
Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protections Agency administrator, might not be making much progress on the climate front, but he apparently has big plans for robots.
On May 15, Zeldin unabashedly told ...
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May 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin, Lori Chavez-DeRemer & the rest of Trump's team work overtime to make sure AI's billionaires have what they need in the US to become #1, the rest of the US is feeling its impact. And experts are warning of an even darker future
Men can’t even buy women a drink without strings attached but a $400 million aircraft is out of the kindness of his heart? 😩
May 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Men can’t even buy women a drink without strings attached but a $400 million aircraft is out of the kindness of his heart? 😩
Lee Zeldin’s environmental vision for America might not include holding businesses accountable for poisoning its citizens, but he is declaring war on one evil culprit—gas-saving vehicle features.
EPA chief wants you to waste gas
Lee Zeldin’s environmental vision for America might not include holding businesses accountable for poisoning its citizens, but he is declaring war on one evil culprit—gas-saving vehicle features.
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May 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Lee Zeldin’s environmental vision for America might not include holding businesses accountable for poisoning its citizens, but he is declaring war on one evil culprit—gas-saving vehicle features.
Lori Chavez De-Remer & the Dept of Labor ended programs fighting child labor & slavery — now those nonprofits are fighting back.
Labor secretary cut funding to fight child labor—now she's getting sued
� Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer pulled funding for programs that fought child labor, trafficking, slavery, and other forms of forced labor around the world—and bragged about it.�
But now ...
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April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Lori Chavez De-Remer & the Dept of Labor ended programs fighting child labor & slavery — now those nonprofits are fighting back.
I spoke with former South Park writer and present day sarcastic genius @tobymorton.bsky.social about trolling and laughing through the pain of *broadly gestures*
Comedy writer dishes on how humor can help us survive Trump
With Democrats’ favorability dropping to a record low as of early 2025, and the media being dominated by far-right voices like Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, and Candace Owens, leftists ...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I spoke with former South Park writer and present day sarcastic genius @tobymorton.bsky.social about trolling and laughing through the pain of *broadly gestures*