alr5.bsky.social
@alr5.bsky.social
Lefty Feminist mom, partner, and Boss Bitch:
Fueled by coffee
Sustained by chocolate
Surviving thru dance
Inspired by pop divas (and recently, Cory Booker)
Grateful for family (doggo included), music, and Ezra Klein
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Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice and we celebrate the return of the Light and the magic of our place in the Universe! Wishing everyone love and light in the year ahead!
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Yes, this is a real government ad…

“Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex?”

In a country built on centuries of actual discrimination, the EEOC is using civil rights language to insulate white male mediocrity from competition.
December 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I believe that is the point with these soulless goons
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Like my mother in law always says, when you point a finger at someone, you point 3 back at yourself.
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.

He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On the one hand, I appreciate the effort to assess differential impact. On the other hand, I hate that this is available to bring feverish glee to the giant dick wad Scrooge that is #RussVought

www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...
The DC Area Has an Affordability Problem, and Disruptions to Nonprofits’ Government Funding Could Worsen It
Residents are grappling with increasing costs of living and income losses from federal workforce reductions. Cuts to nonprofits’ funding this year could make…
www.urban.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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it was probably a mistake teaching him to read
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
I like Governor Newsom's initiative: Don't get mad and gnash your teeth and pull out your hair, do something about their insane policies. Cal. has the right idea, hopefully more states will follow.
#HHSBrainWorm #MAGAMorons #TraitorTrump #BlueCrew #Resisters
California Don't Need RFK Jr.'s Damn CDC, California Gonna Have ITS OWN DAMN CDC
States, sir, are doin' it for themselves.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.

If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In other words, the patients are running the asylum
Wow — White House Chief of staff Susie Wiles did not hold back. 👀

Start the clock! ⏰

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I tried to listen to this with an open mind while making cookies earlier today, but all I could think was fuck Joe Manchin
Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin and Tina Smith all decided to leave the Senate during the Trump era. On “The Interview,” the current and former lawmakers open up about why they think the Senate is broken and what it would take to fix it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/m...
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.

He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Steve has been promoted to branch manager for trying his best.
Congrats, Steve!!!
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This is SO important.
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross — theonion.com/white-house-...
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
theonion.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°

Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Phones
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM