Alexis Petri
@poetinfocus.bsky.social
Poet, photographer, music lover, and movie buff with a lens for life’s details. Capturing stories in frames, verses, and melodies, I chase the art in everyday moments.
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
Stop the F/Elon’s Coup. Saw this on a protest sign and admire the cleverness and the truth.
February 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Stop the F/Elon’s Coup. Saw this on a protest sign and admire the cleverness and the truth.
Today and tomorrow I am contacting Josh Hawley to express my disapproval about Russ Vought leading OMB from my personal phone and personal email on my personal time.
Everyone who can needs to do what they can to raise their voices. Let’s not let Hawley’s staffers have inbox zero happiness.
Everyone who can needs to do what they can to raise their voices. Let’s not let Hawley’s staffers have inbox zero happiness.
February 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today and tomorrow I am contacting Josh Hawley to express my disapproval about Russ Vought leading OMB from my personal phone and personal email on my personal time.
Everyone who can needs to do what they can to raise their voices. Let’s not let Hawley’s staffers have inbox zero happiness.
Everyone who can needs to do what they can to raise their voices. Let’s not let Hawley’s staffers have inbox zero happiness.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
Tell Trump: Do NOT freeze or cut federal aid!
Trump is slashing resources for working class and everyday people—meanwhile his billionaire friends keep getting richer. Will you add your name to the petition to show that we, the people, OPPOSE Trum...
sign.moveon.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
Lots of good advice here
February 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Lots of good advice here
I’m holding up hope for this and also trying to think like a futurist.
“Trump has always been defined by his striking lack of curiosity about the government he sought to lead,” writes @qjurecic.bsky.social. The more Americans know about their system of government, “the better they will be equipped to defend their democracy”:
Yes, the Law Can Still Constrain Trump
It’s not a magic wand to save America—but neither is it entirely useless.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I’m holding up hope for this and also trying to think like a futurist.
I wish I could make this claim. It remains aspirational for me, but perhaps useful to remember.
December 8, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I wish I could make this claim. It remains aspirational for me, but perhaps useful to remember.
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Spain values people
BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE
www.theolivepress.es
December 7, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Spain values people
A small collection of clevernesses
November 17, 2024 at 2:43 AM
A small collection of clevernesses
Reading this was helpful.
Just in case I forgot to post Daniel Hunter's fantastic guide here. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...
10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 17, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Reading this was helpful.
I want to remember this word
Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
November 15, 2024 at 4:07 AM
I want to remember this word
Posting a poem I wrote years ago that I thought might be a good first post. cagibilit.com/classical-me... #poetry
November 14, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Posting a poem I wrote years ago that I thought might be a good first post. cagibilit.com/classical-me... #poetry
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