Dawn Alene
@dawnalene.bsky.social
American Expat living in beautiful British Columbia. I’m pragmatic and believe in reciprocity
Bodily autonomy is a basic right. Live and let live
Feminist
Mother
Ally
Everything is political
eclectic empath
free floater
awkward outlier
Bodily autonomy is a basic right. Live and let live
Feminist
Mother
Ally
Everything is political
eclectic empath
free floater
awkward outlier
Pinned
Dawn Alene
@dawnalene.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Women felt empowered by #MeToo so instead of evolving and learning to respect boundaries bro culture surged and retaliated. Do I have this right? They couldn’t not rape, control and brutalize? Women lost reproductive rights within this Broligarchy. The real or perceived loss of control scared them.
I’m a little embarrassed that I got the Gorn and the Borg mixed up the other day. Tbf, I watched SNW before TNG
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’m a little embarrassed that I got the Gorn and the Borg mixed up the other day. Tbf, I watched SNW before TNG
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I’ve written about a lot of forensic charlatanism over the years, but this is might be the most laughably stupid garbage I’ve ever seen. Hope this woman sues the pants off of them.
www.theblaze.com/news/former-...
www.theblaze.com/news/former-...
Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say | Blaze Media
A computer program that compared the bomb suspect’s gait to that of Shauni Kerkhoff produced a 94% match.
www.theblaze.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’ve written about a lot of forensic charlatanism over the years, but this is might be the most laughably stupid garbage I’ve ever seen. Hope this woman sues the pants off of them.
www.theblaze.com/news/former-...
www.theblaze.com/news/former-...
FFS MSM “hit the total button!”
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
FFS MSM “hit the total button!”
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Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
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I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
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That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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With the elections last week, the Dems did a great job of slapping down the orange ogre. With the agreement this week, they picked him up, dusted him off and practically apologized. What a stupid waste of momentum. For nothing!
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
With the elections last week, the Dems did a great job of slapping down the orange ogre. With the agreement this week, they picked him up, dusted him off and practically apologized. What a stupid waste of momentum. For nothing!
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Schumer took all the joy out of those wins…
The betrayal is bigger than Fetterman. And the whole thinking we’re stupid 🖕
The betrayal is bigger than Fetterman. And the whole thinking we’re stupid 🖕
"Schumer voted against it, in the hope that his vote would conceal his fingerprints. He fooled no one."
Democrats Get Rolled by Their Own - The American Prospect
Coming out of last Tuesday’s election blowout, the Democrats were riding high and unified. But on Sunday night, centrist Senate Democrats, with Chuck Schumer’s tacit encouragement, voted to reopen the...
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Schumer took all the joy out of those wins…
The betrayal is bigger than Fetterman. And the whole thinking we’re stupid 🖕
The betrayal is bigger than Fetterman. And the whole thinking we’re stupid 🖕
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Tim Kaine is on MSNBC accusing Katy Tur of "overdramatizing" the way he and some other Democrats caved. "This is by far a minor-league issue within the Democratic Party," Kaine said.
He's completely out of touch, or just lying.
He's completely out of touch, or just lying.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Tim Kaine is on MSNBC accusing Katy Tur of "overdramatizing" the way he and some other Democrats caved. "This is by far a minor-league issue within the Democratic Party," Kaine said.
He's completely out of touch, or just lying.
He's completely out of touch, or just lying.
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To move from reliance to resilience, Canada has to become its own best customer.
Our new Buy Canadian Policy will put Canadian materials and resources at the centre of housing and major project construction across the country.
Our new Buy Canadian Policy will put Canadian materials and resources at the centre of housing and major project construction across the country.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
To move from reliance to resilience, Canada has to become its own best customer.
Our new Buy Canadian Policy will put Canadian materials and resources at the centre of housing and major project construction across the country.
Our new Buy Canadian Policy will put Canadian materials and resources at the centre of housing and major project construction across the country.
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been off the grid for a family wedding all weekend, how’s everybody been! im sure we’re all still riding that amazing high from tuesday yes??
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
been off the grid for a family wedding all weekend, how’s everybody been! im sure we’re all still riding that amazing high from tuesday yes??
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Call for Schumer to step down from leadership or you’re complicit in the complete collapse of the Democratic caucus, Senator.
Performative anger isn’t cutting it anymore. Heads should roll for this.
Performative anger isn’t cutting it anymore. Heads should roll for this.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Call for Schumer to step down from leadership or you’re complicit in the complete collapse of the Democratic caucus, Senator.
Performative anger isn’t cutting it anymore. Heads should roll for this.
Performative anger isn’t cutting it anymore. Heads should roll for this.
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Dear media, it’s just called marriage now. That said, happy not getting unmarried day to my wife @katzish.bsky.social
NEW: Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn ruling that legalized gay marriage:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dear media, it’s just called marriage now. That said, happy not getting unmarried day to my wife @katzish.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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CANADA: May correctly calls out Poilievre for stealing from the Trump/Project 2025 playbook again.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
Elizabeth May slams Poilievre on Project 2025! #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
CANADA: May correctly calls out Poilievre for stealing from the Trump/Project 2025 playbook again.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
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Nothing. Poilievre is just very aware that attacking Trudeau is literally the only thing in politics he’s ever been successful at. So it’s a variation of the old saying “when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Plus, get your security clearance, Poilievre. If you actually can.
Plus, get your security clearance, Poilievre. If you actually can.
What the hell did Trudeau do to PP that has him SO obsessed with Trudeau?
CANADA: May correctly calls out Poilievre for stealing from the Trump/Project 2025 playbook again.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nothing. Poilievre is just very aware that attacking Trudeau is literally the only thing in politics he’s ever been successful at. So it’s a variation of the old saying “when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Plus, get your security clearance, Poilievre. If you actually can.
Plus, get your security clearance, Poilievre. If you actually can.
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It’s a fucking joke
Watching RFK Jr. press conference about menopause hormone therapy (MHT). He doesn't even get the name of the therapy right. Uses old misogynist label HRT.
Get your info from experts like
@drjengunter.bsky.social.
chatelaine.com/health/hormo...
Get your info from experts like
@drjengunter.bsky.social.
chatelaine.com/health/hormo...
What You Need to Know About Menopause Hormone Therapy - Chatelaine
Dr. Jen Gunter debunks five common myths.
chatelaine.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s a fucking joke
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"oh gee why can't you all just get along, stop being divisive"
I'm sorry are you Jon Stewart on Crossfire twenty years ago? Or do you want to come back to this planet in the year 2025? The overwhelming gripe is people think you're spineless, not that your DW-NOMINATE score isn't bipartisan enough
I'm sorry are you Jon Stewart on Crossfire twenty years ago? Or do you want to come back to this planet in the year 2025? The overwhelming gripe is people think you're spineless, not that your DW-NOMINATE score isn't bipartisan enough
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"oh gee why can't you all just get along, stop being divisive"
I'm sorry are you Jon Stewart on Crossfire twenty years ago? Or do you want to come back to this planet in the year 2025? The overwhelming gripe is people think you're spineless, not that your DW-NOMINATE score isn't bipartisan enough
I'm sorry are you Jon Stewart on Crossfire twenty years ago? Or do you want to come back to this planet in the year 2025? The overwhelming gripe is people think you're spineless, not that your DW-NOMINATE score isn't bipartisan enough
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We told them we’d suffer to get away from this regime, to give ourselves a chance to turn this around…and opposition leadership has said they won’t sacrifice anything to help.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
We told them we’d suffer to get away from this regime, to give ourselves a chance to turn this around…and opposition leadership has said they won’t sacrifice anything to help.
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Grizzly carving honouring Kelowna veteran unveiled in park #Kelowna
Grizzly carving honouring Kelowna veteran unveiled in park - Kelowna News
The community showed up in a big way Sunday morning to honour a Kelowna veteran who helped build a long-standing park.
www.castanet.net
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Grizzly carving honouring Kelowna veteran unveiled in park #Kelowna
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There's one central rule in working against autocrats - if they see you as weak, if you attempt to appease, you are creating a permission structure for them to escalate, to take more.
Ds are strong right now, and he is weak. We need to use our strength to get more for the American people, not less
Ds are strong right now, and he is weak. We need to use our strength to get more for the American people, not less
With our big election win last week, and Trump's clear political and physical decline, Dems should be more ambitious now, and fight even harder, for the country and the American people. Voters saw us fighting for them & we were rewarded across the country 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-gov...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-gov...
Trump's Government Has Failed, His Powers Are Ebbing And For The Good Of The Country Democrats Must Become More Ambitious Now
People are pissed and we need to keep fighting
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There's one central rule in working against autocrats - if they see you as weak, if you attempt to appease, you are creating a permission structure for them to escalate, to take more.
Ds are strong right now, and he is weak. We need to use our strength to get more for the American people, not less
Ds are strong right now, and he is weak. We need to use our strength to get more for the American people, not less