Ali
@rupiezum.bsky.social
Politics, poetry & pugs. Feral GenXer. Cats & dogs living together. Chaotic good. Bistitchual 🧶. Boston-ish. Bad at bios.
CVS texts me more often than my father does.
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
CVS texts me more often than my father does.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Rara avis: Tropical bird shows up in #Scituate, just ahead of a possible snowstorm
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#birds #Massachusetts #GetThatBirdACoat
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#birds #Massachusetts #GetThatBirdACoat
Rara avis: Tropical bird shows up in Scituate, just ahead of a possible snowstorm
Mary Ellen journeyed to Scituate today to take a gander at the limpkin first spotted there by Jessie McGuire. If that doesn't sound familiar, it's because limpkins, common to Central and South America...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Rara avis: Tropical bird shows up in #Scituate, just ahead of a possible snowstorm
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#birds #Massachusetts #GetThatBirdACoat
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#birds #Massachusetts #GetThatBirdACoat
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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"I Want You to Understand Chicago"
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I Want You to Understand Chicago
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November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"I Want You to Understand Chicago"
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You first.
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
You first.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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DO NOT CAVE does not seem to be resonating with Schumer or Kaine.
Here is a list of EVERY Democrat that has filed to run in 2026, both Senate and House.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here is a list of EVERY Democrat that has filed to run in 2026, both Senate and House.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025-26 119th Congress
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November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
DO NOT CAVE does not seem to be resonating with Schumer or Kaine.
Here is a list of EVERY Democrat that has filed to run in 2026, both Senate and House.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here is a list of EVERY Democrat that has filed to run in 2026, both Senate and House.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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New in PN: The triumph of bullshit
"We’re a long way from 'covfefe' and tumescent hurricanes Sharpied on a weather map. This is an era of lies as policy, where government priorities are based on right-wing conspiracy theories and fear-mongering."
"We’re a long way from 'covfefe' and tumescent hurricanes Sharpied on a weather map. This is an era of lies as policy, where government priorities are based on right-wing conspiracy theories and fear-mongering."
The triumph of bullshit
Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy.
www.publicnotice.co
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
New in PN: The triumph of bullshit
"We’re a long way from 'covfefe' and tumescent hurricanes Sharpied on a weather map. This is an era of lies as policy, where government priorities are based on right-wing conspiracy theories and fear-mongering."
"We’re a long way from 'covfefe' and tumescent hurricanes Sharpied on a weather map. This is an era of lies as policy, where government priorities are based on right-wing conspiracy theories and fear-mongering."
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I wrote about how all the beautiful dumb stuff really does matter, and why you should come out for No Kings Day on Saturday.
The opposite of complicity
Why showing up matters and what it can actually do.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about how all the beautiful dumb stuff really does matter, and why you should come out for No Kings Day on Saturday.
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September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025
Last Thursday, September 25, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly announced he was calling about 800 of the nation’s top military generals and admirals, along with their top enlisted advisors, to m...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
September 30, 2025
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Focusing on the ridiculous veneer is a mistake because the substance of Trump's speech was as serious as a heart attack. The entire senior leadership of America’s military has been put on notice.
www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...
“It’s a war from within.”
Trump prepares the generals for what comes next.
www.thebulwark.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Focusing on the ridiculous veneer is a mistake because the substance of Trump's speech was as serious as a heart attack. The entire senior leadership of America’s military has been put on notice.
www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...
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ICE Scream for human rights. Oct 4, 3-4:00 at the jail.
Sign up! mobilize.us/s/tY1DIi
Sign up! mobilize.us/s/tY1DIi
September 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
ICE Scream for human rights. Oct 4, 3-4:00 at the jail.
Sign up! mobilize.us/s/tY1DIi
Sign up! mobilize.us/s/tY1DIi
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The most extreme example I've come up with is in #WESTVIRGINIA, where a 64-yr old couple earning $84,601/yr would go from paying $599/mo to $4,898/mo.
That's over EIGHT TIMES as much as they're paying today.
(The example here is based on them earning $90K):
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That's over EIGHT TIMES as much as they're paying today.
(The example here is based on them earning $90K):
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The most extreme example I've come up with is in #WESTVIRGINIA, where a 64-yr old couple earning $84,601/yr would go from paying $599/mo to $4,898/mo.
That's over EIGHT TIMES as much as they're paying today.
(The example here is based on them earning $90K):
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
That's over EIGHT TIMES as much as they're paying today.
(The example here is based on them earning $90K):
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
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Bye bye, First Amendment. Hello, fascism.
September 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Bye bye, First Amendment. Hello, fascism.
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
When is enough enough?
September 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When is enough enough?
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SUNDAY TIMES: “In recent months, dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and returned to Russia… less than a fortnight after Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska, dozens of Russians were rounded up and deported.” www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
September 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
SUNDAY TIMES: “In recent months, dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and returned to Russia… less than a fortnight after Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska, dozens of Russians were rounded up and deported.” www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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"To burn a book is to burn part of the human spirit. And book burnings – and book bannings – are on the rise." Read Margaret Atwood's response to attempts to ban The Handmaid's Tale in school libraries in Alberta, Canada: margaretatwood.substack.com/p/handmaids-...
Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
And everyone and their pet canary wants me to "comment."
margaretatwood.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"To burn a book is to burn part of the human spirit. And book burnings – and book bannings – are on the rise." Read Margaret Atwood's response to attempts to ban The Handmaid's Tale in school libraries in Alberta, Canada: margaretatwood.substack.com/p/handmaids-...
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu:
“Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
“Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
August 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu:
“Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
“Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
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New — I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.
Federal agent during violent DC arrest: “Liberals already ruined” this country
Trump's thugs are proving their skull-bashing loyalty in broad daylight.
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August 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New — I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.