Anna d.
@anna-oak.bsky.social
Architect, nature lover, West Coaster, appreciates art, long walks, books and quiet places.
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Requiring temporary visitors to surrender five years of social media to the U.S. sends the message that the American commitment to free speech is pretense. This simply is not the behavior of a country confident in its freedoms.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Requiring temporary visitors to surrender five years of social media to the U.S. sends the message that the American commitment to free speech is pretense. This simply is not the behavior of a country confident in its freedoms.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
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Unearthed 2016 video: Pete Hegseth straight up says US troops will not follow ‘unlawful orders’ from the commander-in-chief, and there have to be consequences for ‘abject war crimes’.
Guess it suddenly gets blurry when it’s Trump issuing the unlawful orders.
Guess it suddenly gets blurry when it’s Trump issuing the unlawful orders.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Unearthed 2016 video: Pete Hegseth straight up says US troops will not follow ‘unlawful orders’ from the commander-in-chief, and there have to be consequences for ‘abject war crimes’.
Guess it suddenly gets blurry when it’s Trump issuing the unlawful orders.
Guess it suddenly gets blurry when it’s Trump issuing the unlawful orders.
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The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And…
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
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Twenty-five states are suing the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Agriculture over the looming suspension of SNAP benefits.
October 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Twenty-five states are suing the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Agriculture over the looming suspension of SNAP benefits.
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The government may be shut down, but at least one Democratic senator is still working. trib.al/hO171T7
“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The government may be shut down, but at least one Democratic senator is still working. trib.al/hO171T7
“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
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Not sure why this image is so shocking, given everything he’s done but: it’s shocking!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Not sure why this image is so shocking, given everything he’s done but: it’s shocking!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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While Trump plays trade war like he’s holding all the cards, our executives are coming back from China terrified.
They’re walking through “dark factories” where robots run the show so efficiently the lights don’t even need to be on.
One exec saw a plant pumping out phones with zero human workers.
They’re walking through “dark factories” where robots run the show so efficiently the lights don’t even need to be on.
One exec saw a plant pumping out phones with zero human workers.
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
While Trump plays trade war like he’s holding all the cards, our executives are coming back from China terrified.
They’re walking through “dark factories” where robots run the show so efficiently the lights don’t even need to be on.
One exec saw a plant pumping out phones with zero human workers.
They’re walking through “dark factories” where robots run the show so efficiently the lights don’t even need to be on.
One exec saw a plant pumping out phones with zero human workers.
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Senate is back in session today.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Senate is back in session today.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
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1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…
popular.info
October 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
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Watch closely as our history gets flushed down the gold toilet or join the resistance and do something about it while you still can!
October 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Watch closely as our history gets flushed down the gold toilet or join the resistance and do something about it while you still can!
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If you have to blast blame videos everywhere just to convince people, you already know no one’s really buying it.
SEA Airport won't play video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for government shutdown
In a statement, the airport said it won't play the video on TSA screens due to the political nature of the content.
www.king5.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you have to blast blame videos everywhere just to convince people, you already know no one’s really buying it.
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This piece is just an essential, important and excellent intervention as Coates' Vanity Fair essay was. One NYT column isn't that important, but an accommodationist mindset has spread in center-left elite circles. And it should be rejected forcefully. democracyamericana.com/posts/c5d024...
Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America
democracyamericana.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This piece is just an essential, important and excellent intervention as Coates' Vanity Fair essay was. One NYT column isn't that important, but an accommodationist mindset has spread in center-left elite circles. And it should be rejected forcefully. democracyamericana.com/posts/c5d024...
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Democrats think the American people deserve health care.
Republicans would rather shut down the government than lower health care costs.
Republicans would rather shut down the government than lower health care costs.
September 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Democrats think the American people deserve health care.
Republicans would rather shut down the government than lower health care costs.
Republicans would rather shut down the government than lower health care costs.
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Thank you for coming to my Teddy talk.
September 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thank you for coming to my Teddy talk.
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You're welcome.
The BEST Shot at Disney Came from a Dutch Comedian!
This is too good not to share.
www.tealandorangereport.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You're welcome.
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This didn’t age well.
September 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This didn’t age well.
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When government intimidation and corporate cowardice meet, free speech dies. Boycott ABC and Disney until they stand up to Brendan Carr’s censorship.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Brendan Carr’s FCC Power Play: How One Weak Man Threatens America’s Free Speech
After Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks on the Charlie Kirk shooting, Carr used FCC leverage to pressure ABC—showing how quickly constitutional rights can be trampled.
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When government intimidation and corporate cowardice meet, free speech dies. Boycott ABC and Disney until they stand up to Brendan Carr’s censorship.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: A Huge Step Down the Authoritarian Road newrepublic.com/article/2006... via @newrepublic.com
The Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: A Huge Step Down the Authoritarian Road
If you make jokes the leader doesn’t like, look out. Does that sound like America? We are in a new place.
newrepublic.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: A Huge Step Down the Authoritarian Road newrepublic.com/article/2006... via @newrepublic.com
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Read every word of this.
Millions of Californians can now be profiled by the color of their skin and the language they speak, thanks to the Supreme Court.
This is not the slippery slope. We are already on the slide towards dictatorship.
Millions of Californians can now be profiled by the color of their skin and the language they speak, thanks to the Supreme Court.
This is not the slippery slope. We are already on the slide towards dictatorship.
September 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Read every word of this.
Millions of Californians can now be profiled by the color of their skin and the language they speak, thanks to the Supreme Court.
This is not the slippery slope. We are already on the slide towards dictatorship.
Millions of Californians can now be profiled by the color of their skin and the language they speak, thanks to the Supreme Court.
This is not the slippery slope. We are already on the slide towards dictatorship.
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Let's talk propaganda and cultural resonances.
We can dunk on these posters all we want, but this is effective. Nostalgia is one of their most powerful propaganda tools, and they're tapping into generations of cultural touchstones with these.
Media Manipulation Matters: A Thread
We can dunk on these posters all we want, but this is effective. Nostalgia is one of their most powerful propaganda tools, and they're tapping into generations of cultural touchstones with these.
Media Manipulation Matters: A Thread
September 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Let's talk propaganda and cultural resonances.
We can dunk on these posters all we want, but this is effective. Nostalgia is one of their most powerful propaganda tools, and they're tapping into generations of cultural touchstones with these.
Media Manipulation Matters: A Thread
We can dunk on these posters all we want, but this is effective. Nostalgia is one of their most powerful propaganda tools, and they're tapping into generations of cultural touchstones with these.
Media Manipulation Matters: A Thread
West coast united! Love it!
September 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
West coast united! Love it!
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Kudos to Catelin Drey on her victory in Iowa.
This is a district that Trump won easily last November. It's one special election, yes. But it's a sign of hope and another reminder that every election is important.
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
This is a district that Trump won easily last November. It's one special election, yes. But it's a sign of hope and another reminder that every election is important.
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
HUGE FLIP: Democrat Catelin Drey wins deep-red state Senate seat in Iowa, breaking the GOP's supermajority.
Drey won by 11 points in a district Donald Trump carried by 11 points last year. It's another massive overperformance. The Iowa GOP should be very worried for the midterms.
Our full writeup:
Drey won by 11 points in a district Donald Trump carried by 11 points last year. It's another massive overperformance. The Iowa GOP should be very worried for the midterms.
Our full writeup:
Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority
Catelin Drey's victory may portend more good news for Democrats next year
www.the-downballot.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Kudos to Catelin Drey on her victory in Iowa.
This is a district that Trump won easily last November. It's one special election, yes. But it's a sign of hope and another reminder that every election is important.
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
This is a district that Trump won easily last November. It's one special election, yes. But it's a sign of hope and another reminder that every election is important.
Democracy is not a spectator sport.