Alyssa Bowen, PhD
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Alyssa Bowen, PhD
@alyssabowen.bsky.social
Historian by training
Deputy Director, @truenorthresearch.bsky.social
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The Roberts Court, in one fell swoop, has:

1) Allowed states to defund Planned Parenthood even for non-abortion care so to...
2) Rip away people's right to choose their care provider under Medicaid while...
3) Advancing a neoconfederate understanding of our civil rights laws.

This can't go on.
KBJ's Medina dissent highlights the twin prongs of the pro-democracy vision she's been articulating since joining SCOTUS: generally deferring to Congress's will and specifically reading Reconstruction-era civil rights laws as robustly as their framers intended: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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💣 BOMBSHELL NEWS 💣

Pope Leo gives Opus Dei SIX MONTHS to pass comprehensive reforms

Leader of group is told: if you don't clean up by December, “necessary measures will be taken”

🧵 A THREAD 🧵

www.cronista.com/espana/actua...
Opus Dei, en problemas: el Papa Le�n XIV contin�a la obra de Francisco y exige un cambio de estatutos de la organizaci�n
Un ultim�tum vaticano obliga a la poderosa prelatura a reescribir su propio ADN.
www.cronista.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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@alyssabowen.bsky.social and @thelisagraves.bsky.social expose right-wing efforts to restrict mifepristone, citing false safety claims despite research showing it's safer than Tylenol, Viagra, and penicillin. Check out the full conversation below!
Trump & MAGA Are HIDING THIS About Their War on Women
YouTube video by Legal AF
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May 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Step 1: Astroturf a lawsuit to an anti-abortion Trump judge eager to ban mifepristone based on bad faith args.
Step 2: Fail at even this SCOTUS.
Step 3: Get your anti-abortion friends from Project 2025 to make stuff up, call it a "bombshell report" that Trump 2.0 can run with.
Step 4: Hurt people.
The FDA head said he has "no plans" to restrict access to abortion pills... unless new data "suggests something". Lo & behold, a few days later, a conservative group has a new study about their dangers & now Republicans like Josh Hawley are using it to push restrictions reason.com/2025/05/05/t...
The bad data backing Josh Hawley's attack on abortion pills
A new study being used to call for mifepristone restrictions relies on vague and dubious definitions of drug-related complications.
reason.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The multibillion-dollar authoritarian network behind #Project2025 is “working to cement control of NC’s courts to lock in unconstitutionally gerrymandered maps” … “defying the will of the people to steal an election, rig the state Supreme Court, and cement an illegitimate grip on power.”
Is North Carolina the canary in the coal mine for American democracy?
One man can save democracy for future generations.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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“Thank you again. Thank you again. Won’t forget it,” Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union.
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Dark horse challenge to Humphrey’s Executor enters the race to SCOTUS
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All-Dem CA10 panel rejects constitutional challenge to the Consumer Products Safety Commission’s leadership structure but notes that the Trump admin has adopted the challenger’s views since SCOTUS denied cert in an earlier CA10 case presenting the same issue.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
March 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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It’s no big mystery. Alyssa Bowen joins The Five 8.

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(From 9/27/2024 show

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February 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I hope some independent labor economists are keeping track of all of the federal firings b/c we’re looking at higher unemployment. This administration obviously has an incentive to suppress these stats
February 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Education secretary nominee, Linda McMahon, is facing questioning today from senators. Here’s a clip from 9/27/2024 with Alyssa Bowen speaking about the far right and the Dept of Education.

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youtube.com/watch?v=oj0c...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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RELEASE: Justice Gorsuch’s Recusal Shows Other Justices Have Missed Recusals

On Wednesday, Justice Neil Gorsuch recused from a case in which his billionaire benefactor had significant interests. Other justices have been reluctant to do the same.
RELEASE: Justice Gorsuch’s Recusal Shows Other Justices Have Missed Recusals | Revolving Door Project
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recused himself from Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. While he did not disclose a reason for recusal, the decision foll...
therevolvingdoorproject.org
December 6, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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NEW: 50 groups & individuals have filed anti-trans amicus briefs in the Supreme Court case Skrmetti v. U.S., including anti-LGBTQ hate groups & orgs with troubling connections to the right-wing justices.

W/ @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social @truenorthresearch.bsky.social @courtacctability.bsky.social:
December 3, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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Donald Trump confirmed this morning that he plans to declare a national emergency and use military assets for a mass deportation program.
November 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.

www.propublica.org/article/segr...
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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So the GOP House Speaker is pushing back against the release of a report that potentially implicates the nominee for the Attorney General 4 "sexual misconduct and illegal drug use and accepted improper gifts."

Where are the calls from Dem leaders Jeffries/Schumer demanding release of this report?
Live updates: Johnson says he’ll ‘strongly request’ ethics report on Gaetz not be released
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Heartwarming: The Worst Website You Know Just Got a Great Buyer www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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Oh my god, the Onion bought Alex Jones' Infowars.
November 14, 2024 at 2:14 PM