Alisa
@azalisa.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, educator and media communicator, married to a retired newspaper editor. Die-hard Dem. RV-travelers who read, visit presidential libraries, research our genealogies & follow baseball. 🚫DMs, 🚫Ads, 🚫Crypto or other sales of anything, 🚫Porn
RIP, Jimmy - your music brought great joy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81
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November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
RIP, Jimmy - your music brought great joy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
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Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
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November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
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November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
We see it here in AZ: Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month
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November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We see it here in AZ: Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House
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November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
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November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
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November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Incompetence reigns in every department and agency run by Magats
"CBP have been forced to later release many people they have taken in, finding out they are US citizens or have legal protection from deportation. Noem said recently no citizens had been arrested, but at least one citizen has sued the admin for arresting him twice..."
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Infighting at DHS Is Complicating Trump’s Deportation Push
White House pressure to speed up the pace of deportations has led to internal discord in the Department of Homeland Security over tactics, people familiar with the matter said.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Incompetence reigns in every department and agency run by Magats
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Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
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Gerrymandering Virginia will be “one of the 1st orders of business” for the legislature in January, the state’s senate majority leader tells @boltsmag.org. That was only made possible by Tuesday’s results.
This + other democracy-related election effects explained here: boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
This + other democracy-related election effects explained here: boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
Five Ways Tuesday’s Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy - Bolts
From felony disenfranchisement and mail-voting to mid-decade gerrymanders, Tuesday delivered verdicts on election law across these five states.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Gerrymandering Virginia will be “one of the 1st orders of business” for the legislature in January, the state’s senate majority leader tells @boltsmag.org. That was only made possible by Tuesday’s results.
This + other democracy-related election effects explained here: boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
This + other democracy-related election effects explained here: boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
A very dangerous precedent- remember we would never have been able to document Watergate without the tapes. To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots
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November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A very dangerous precedent- remember we would never have been able to document Watergate without the tapes. To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
