alexis
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hoosier, 🌹, union member • 🏀, tv, + film enjoyer • she/her • views + typos mine ☻ •📍dc
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🚨New: Indiana Republicans ignored threats on their lives and rejected President Donald Trump’s demand that they gerrymander the state’s House map to help protect the party’s majority in next year’s midterms.
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨New: Indiana Republicans ignored threats on their lives and rejected President Donald Trump’s demand that they gerrymander the state’s House map to help protect the party’s majority in next year’s midterms.
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THIS WEDNESDAY: Join us for a winter fundraiser with some friends! ❄️🍷
Enjoy some good food and drink, meet Aparna, chat about the campaign, and help us raise money for a Ward 1 and DC for all.
www.mobilize.us/aparnafordc/...
Enjoy some good food and drink, meet Aparna, chat about the campaign, and help us raise money for a Ward 1 and DC for all.
www.mobilize.us/aparnafordc/...
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
THIS WEDNESDAY: Join us for a winter fundraiser with some friends! ❄️🍷
Enjoy some good food and drink, meet Aparna, chat about the campaign, and help us raise money for a Ward 1 and DC for all.
www.mobilize.us/aparnafordc/...
Enjoy some good food and drink, meet Aparna, chat about the campaign, and help us raise money for a Ward 1 and DC for all.
www.mobilize.us/aparnafordc/...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
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"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature
Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
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The Indiana state House just passed a new congressional map that'd make the state's delegation all Republican (9-0, up from 7-2 now).
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
House passes Indiana redistricting bill 57-41; bill now moves to Senate
Indiana lawmakers pass bill to redraw congressional districts, splitting Marion County into four. Democrats criticize the move as diluting minority voices.
www.wishtv.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Indiana state House just passed a new congressional map that'd make the state's delegation all Republican (9-0, up from 7-2 now).
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
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More than 50 contracts across our union include language that directly addresses artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, we released our demands #NewsNotSlop
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
More than 50 contracts across our union include language that directly addresses artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, we released our demands #NewsNotSlop
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
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U.S. job cuts have reach 1.17 million this year, the most since 2020.
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
U.S. job cuts have reach 1.17 million this year, the most since 2020.
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The fact that partisan gerrymandering is allowed is anti-democracy.
Everyone needs to know Nashville is a Dem stronghold. Has been for decades.
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The fact that partisan gerrymandering is allowed is anti-democracy.
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It’s official!
Humbled to have so many friends, neighbors, and family by my side in the fight to put people first in DC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
Humbled to have so many friends, neighbors, and family by my side in the fight to put people first in DC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It’s official!
Humbled to have so many friends, neighbors, and family by my side in the fight to put people first in DC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
Humbled to have so many friends, neighbors, and family by my side in the fight to put people first in DC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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The DC I know is worth fighting for.
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
The DC I know
YouTube video by Janeese for DC
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The DC I know is worth fighting for.
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Let’s do this! I’m maxed out already but everyone should join me. We’re fighting for a free DC, where everyone can afford to live a dignified life, no matter where they’re from. www.aparnafordc.com/donate
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Let’s do this! I’m maxed out already but everyone should join me. We’re fighting for a free DC, where everyone can afford to live a dignified life, no matter where they’re from. www.aparnafordc.com/donate
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Udo Kier, a German actor who played eccentric villains and bloodthirsty monsters over a six-decade career that included parts in films by the directors Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died at 81.
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Played Eccentric Villains, Dies at 81
Over a six-decade career, he appeared in films by the directors Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, and in music videos by Madonna.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Udo Kier, a German actor who played eccentric villains and bloodthirsty monsters over a six-decade career that included parts in films by the directors Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died at 81.
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historic levels of leopards eating faces
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
historic levels of leopards eating faces
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genuinely says so much about what twitter has become that the biggest rightwing grift accounts pushing US fascist narratives aren’t real people and not even close to the united states
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
genuinely says so much about what twitter has become that the biggest rightwing grift accounts pushing US fascist narratives aren’t real people and not even close to the united states
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she will be resigning from Congress — with her last day being January 5, 2026
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she will be resigning from Congress — with her last day being January 5, 2026
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He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
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Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year