Kirsten Allen
@kjallen4.bsky.social
Co-Executive Director/Publisher at Torrey House Press, familiar of cats, lover of wild words and wild places
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SIGH
I personally date the fall of the post-Civil Rights constitutional order 2013 & Shelby County v Holder. When a reactionary SCOTUS could knock out the keystone of equal voting rights, & everyone agreed that was valid, it was an epochal change. It meant democracy was itself now a partisan issue.
I personally date the fall of the post-Civil Rights constitutional order 2013 & Shelby County v Holder. When a reactionary SCOTUS could knock out the keystone of equal voting rights, & everyone agreed that was valid, it was an epochal change. It meant democracy was itself now a partisan issue.
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
SIGH
I personally date the fall of the post-Civil Rights constitutional order 2013 & Shelby County v Holder. When a reactionary SCOTUS could knock out the keystone of equal voting rights, & everyone agreed that was valid, it was an epochal change. It meant democracy was itself now a partisan issue.
I personally date the fall of the post-Civil Rights constitutional order 2013 & Shelby County v Holder. When a reactionary SCOTUS could knock out the keystone of equal voting rights, & everyone agreed that was valid, it was an epochal change. It meant democracy was itself now a partisan issue.
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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This blood is on your hands, Elon.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This blood is on your hands, Elon.
Awfully proud to have published this terrific story of taking risks, making opportunities, and creating space for the wild creatures among us. Check out Sean Gerrity's debut nonfiction, Wild on Purpose, from bookshop dot org or nonprofit TorreyHouse.org/wild-on-purpose
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Awfully proud to have published this terrific story of taking risks, making opportunities, and creating space for the wild creatures among us. Check out Sean Gerrity's debut nonfiction, Wild on Purpose, from bookshop dot org or nonprofit TorreyHouse.org/wild-on-purpose
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Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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believing republicans are fighting for health care is like believing al qaeda wanted to protect the world trade center
Johnson: False claim number three: Democrats are fighting for health care. The fact is the opposite. Republicans are the ones fighting to save health care. Why? It is not just talking points to us.
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
believing republicans are fighting for health care is like believing al qaeda wanted to protect the world trade center
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SNAP benefits expire in one week.
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
Utah legislature chooses to blame Democrats instead of, you know, FEEDING PEOPLE.
SNAP, also known as food stamps, is fully funded by the federal government and helps about 86,000 Utah households buy food each month, the state said. With the continual government shutdown, that aid will cease.
No food stamps? Why federal shutdown will lead to more empty shelves, empty bellies for Utahns
SNAP, also known as food stamps, is fully funded by the federal government and helps about 86,000 Utah households buy food each month, the state said. With the continual government shutdown, that aid will cease.
www.sltrib.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Utah legislature chooses to blame Democrats instead of, you know, FEEDING PEOPLE.
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Pushing a canoe downstream, it’s comical to imagine decision makers hanging foolishly onto the belief that they can continue to develop the West beyond its means with this vanishing river.
open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
Navigating the Muck
River Notes from Labyrinth Canyon + Dizzying Desert Notes
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Pushing a canoe downstream, it’s comical to imagine decision makers hanging foolishly onto the belief that they can continue to develop the West beyond its means with this vanishing river.
open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
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ICYMI, an environmental group is threatening a lawsuit over the Wilson’s phalarope after the federal government let an endangered species application deadline come and go: www.fox13now.com/news/great-s... #utpol #Utah
October 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
ICYMI, an environmental group is threatening a lawsuit over the Wilson’s phalarope after the federal government let an endangered species application deadline come and go: www.fox13now.com/news/great-s... #utpol #Utah
"We have to much to save."
WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.
October 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"We have to much to save."
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The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.
I'm seeing red. State humanities organizations around the country have closed or curtailed operations and the small literary nonprofit press I co-lead lost already-awarded funds because of Trump's NEH rescinding grants. But this pro-Israel think tank gets $10M .
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I'm seeing red. State humanities organizations around the country have closed or curtailed operations and the small literary nonprofit press I co-lead lost already-awarded funds because of Trump's NEH rescinding grants. But this pro-Israel think tank gets $10M .
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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
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Question:
How long are Dems going to allow the MSM to claim that Kirk was killed by a leftist without an organized consistent response the Robinson was an nihilistic alt-RIGHT meme lord who follows Nick Fuentes?
How long are Dems going to allow the MSM to claim that Kirk was killed by a leftist without an organized consistent response the Robinson was an nihilistic alt-RIGHT meme lord who follows Nick Fuentes?
September 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Question:
How long are Dems going to allow the MSM to claim that Kirk was killed by a leftist without an organized consistent response the Robinson was an nihilistic alt-RIGHT meme lord who follows Nick Fuentes?
How long are Dems going to allow the MSM to claim that Kirk was killed by a leftist without an organized consistent response the Robinson was an nihilistic alt-RIGHT meme lord who follows Nick Fuentes?
THIS
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
THIS
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The MSM whitewashing of Kirk is in full swing.
They talk about his advocacy for civil debate, but they won’t play anything he said to stoke incivility.
They talk about his opposition to violence, but nobody talks about his role in J6.
We are watching Kirk’s history being rewritten in real time.
They talk about his advocacy for civil debate, but they won’t play anything he said to stoke incivility.
They talk about his opposition to violence, but nobody talks about his role in J6.
We are watching Kirk’s history being rewritten in real time.
September 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The MSM whitewashing of Kirk is in full swing.
They talk about his advocacy for civil debate, but they won’t play anything he said to stoke incivility.
They talk about his opposition to violence, but nobody talks about his role in J6.
We are watching Kirk’s history being rewritten in real time.
They talk about his advocacy for civil debate, but they won’t play anything he said to stoke incivility.
They talk about his opposition to violence, but nobody talks about his role in J6.
We are watching Kirk’s history being rewritten in real time.
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GOP Summary: Groypers vs. Gropers
The Groypers are mad at the Gropers for being Gropers and not Groypy enough to manifest their race war fantasies.
The Gropers don’t like the Groypers but need them as pawns to keep stoking the threat of race wars.
You’re all caught up.
The Groypers are mad at the Gropers for being Gropers and not Groypy enough to manifest their race war fantasies.
The Gropers don’t like the Groypers but need them as pawns to keep stoking the threat of race wars.
You’re all caught up.
September 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
GOP Summary: Groypers vs. Gropers
The Groypers are mad at the Gropers for being Gropers and not Groypy enough to manifest their race war fantasies.
The Gropers don’t like the Groypers but need them as pawns to keep stoking the threat of race wars.
You’re all caught up.
The Groypers are mad at the Gropers for being Gropers and not Groypy enough to manifest their race war fantasies.
The Gropers don’t like the Groypers but need them as pawns to keep stoking the threat of race wars.
You’re all caught up.
Says the Republican governor of a state with some of the most lax gun laws in the nation
Utah Governor Spencer Cox calls on Americans to "choose a different path" amid political violence.
Utah governor calls on Americans to ‘choose a different path’ amid political violence
He sought to lower the political temperature, which has been running high since Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.politico.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Says the Republican governor of a state with some of the most lax gun laws in the nation
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
It's infuriating.
So we're flying flags at half-mast..for a pundit?
Because everyone is afraid of the president?
Do I have that right?
Because everyone is afraid of the president?
Do I have that right?
September 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It's infuriating.