alexandra
@aliemalie.bsky.social
things i care about: fair courts and judicial noms, cats, abortion, protecting our LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants, unions, gardening, knowing i’m on the right side of history (she/her)
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alexandra
@aliemalie.bsky.social
· Jan 28
For every post or comment or like about how much you hate what the Democrats aren’t doing or your social media calls for them to DO SOMETHING…
PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL THEIR OFFICE AND TELL THEM THAT.
They aren’t reading your posts or watching your videos.
202-224-3121
PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL THEIR OFFICE AND TELL THEM THAT.
They aren’t reading your posts or watching your videos.
202-224-3121
Unfuckingbelievable.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Unfuckingbelievable.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
The gyro we deserve!
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Found Not Guilty After Defense Successfully Highlights Absurdity Of It All
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The gyro we deserve!
@pabloreports.bsky.social are there further details on this raid? i've been over at WI & O and there isn't an apartment building.
SCOOP: Latino Tenants Told to Vacate After Georgetown ICE Raid
Witnesses describe multi-agency sweep at Wisconsin & O St. NW; 10–12 taken; Latino units “tossed;” ammunition left in the hallway, and tenants told to vacate.
migrantinsider.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@pabloreports.bsky.social are there further details on this raid? i've been over at WI & O and there isn't an apartment building.
If you voted for Trump I want you to understand that this is what you enabled. This is what you brought upon our communities, including your own.
There’s a way out of this, but it involves you repudiating this and actively working against it and this administration.
There’s a way out of this, but it involves you repudiating this and actively working against it and this administration.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you voted for Trump I want you to understand that this is what you enabled. This is what you brought upon our communities, including your own.
There’s a way out of this, but it involves you repudiating this and actively working against it and this administration.
There’s a way out of this, but it involves you repudiating this and actively working against it and this administration.
It looks like a low-rent 1980s beach resort reception office.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It looks like a low-rent 1980s beach resort reception office.
America’s Mayor, y’all!
We deserved a little treat, and the Universe, boy did she deliver.
We deserved a little treat, and the Universe, boy did she deliver.
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
America’s Mayor, y’all!
We deserved a little treat, and the Universe, boy did she deliver.
We deserved a little treat, and the Universe, boy did she deliver.
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Body cams apparently show Border Patrol agents joking about tossing tear gas at a nonviolent protest, with one agent saying "Hey, throw it [tear gas] for fun."
Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.
Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.
A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Body cams apparently show Border Patrol agents joking about tossing tear gas at a nonviolent protest, with one agent saying "Hey, throw it [tear gas] for fun."
Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.
Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.
A good start. These things are supposed to come in threes, right??
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A good start. These things are supposed to come in threes, right??
Ugh. No good. I’m sorry, Lex! This is a huge loss, but I’m excited to keep following and see what’s next.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Ugh. No good. I’m sorry, Lex! This is a huge loss, but I’m excited to keep following and see what’s next.
If they’re beating white men like this in the middle of the street in broad daylight with cameras going, imagine the horrors they inflict on our Latin American community members behind doors.
Absolutely appalling. These agents and their enablers belong in prison.
Absolutely appalling. These agents and their enablers belong in prison.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If they’re beating white men like this in the middle of the street in broad daylight with cameras going, imagine the horrors they inflict on our Latin American community members behind doors.
Absolutely appalling. These agents and their enablers belong in prison.
Absolutely appalling. These agents and their enablers belong in prison.
"Not enough people are starving" is a hell of a message.
Brooke Rollins: "I guess the silver lining in all of this is that we're having a national conversation on our SNAP program. This has shined a light on a program that especially under the last administration has just become so bloated."
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Not enough people are starving" is a hell of a message.
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I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
JD Vance has never met a union he hasn't wanted to bust.
Diversity makes us stronger.
Diversity makes us stronger.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
JD Vance has never met a union he hasn't wanted to bust.
Diversity makes us stronger.
Diversity makes us stronger.
Folks who were there on the ground dispute this, saying she never laid a hand on the officers.
Morning CM. Just some add’l context on incident. MTPD was doing regular fare enforcement (IRS is on federal Taskforce & sometimes supports MTPD). An adult female was caught fraudulently using a Kids Ride Free card then punched an officer in the face. She was arrested for assaulting a police officer.
I was on the ground earlier today at the Petworth Metro Station after I received troubling reports from neighbors about IRS Criminal Investigation agents working with Transit Police to interrogate riders on WMATA buses.
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Folks who were there on the ground dispute this, saying she never laid a hand on the officers.
This Admin will spend $millions$ to do a military flyover but:
- won't pay federal workers
- won't pay air traffic controllers
- are going to let poor kids starve
- will allow health care costs to skyrocket, in some cases 500%
Got it.
- won't pay federal workers
- won't pay air traffic controllers
- are going to let poor kids starve
- will allow health care costs to skyrocket, in some cases 500%
Got it.
They’ve done at least four circles, I captured them going over DCA again.
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This Admin will spend $millions$ to do a military flyover but:
- won't pay federal workers
- won't pay air traffic controllers
- are going to let poor kids starve
- will allow health care costs to skyrocket, in some cases 500%
Got it.
- won't pay federal workers
- won't pay air traffic controllers
- are going to let poor kids starve
- will allow health care costs to skyrocket, in some cases 500%
Got it.
"New" doing a lot of work here given that it's from yesterday.
In a new letter, AFGE president Everett Kelley urges Democratic senators to vote for the GOP’s bill to end the government shutdown – and drop their fight to tie the vote to extending soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Federal Employee Union Leader Urges Dems To Cave, Back GOP Bill To End Shutdown
Become a HuffPost Member.When power gathers under golden ceilings, real journalism stands outside, asking the questions that matter. Join HuffPost Membership and keep independent reporting strong for everyone.
www.huffpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"New" doing a lot of work here given that it's from yesterday.
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As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.
Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.
Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
It’s not even enough for a full paycheck for the US military. Which is insane on so many levels, but also shows that it’s only the US Government being open and functioning that’ll allow troops and Fed workers to be made whole.
Republicans need to come to the table and negotiate on health care.
Republicans need to come to the table and negotiate on health care.
NYT - Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the US government to help pay troops during the shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It’s not even enough for a full paycheck for the US military. Which is insane on so many levels, but also shows that it’s only the US Government being open and functioning that’ll allow troops and Fed workers to be made whole.
Republicans need to come to the table and negotiate on health care.
Republicans need to come to the table and negotiate on health care.
What's he going to do next, tear down the White House and put up a Trump Hotel?
Q: Can the president tear down anything he wants without oversight? Could he demolish this building or the Jefferson Memorial?
LEAVITT: Only for vertical construction will a submission be required.
Q: So it sounds like the answer is yes
LEAVITT: Only for vertical construction will a submission be required.
Q: So it sounds like the answer is yes
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What's he going to do next, tear down the White House and put up a Trump Hotel?
Health care costs are skyrocketing.
Children, seniors and families are going hungry.
Troops are going without pay.
The government is shutdown.
Trump's "main priority" is his gold-plated palatial ballroom.
Children, seniors and families are going hungry.
Troops are going without pay.
The government is shutdown.
Trump's "main priority" is his gold-plated palatial ballroom.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Health care costs are skyrocketing.
Children, seniors and families are going hungry.
Troops are going without pay.
The government is shutdown.
Trump's "main priority" is his gold-plated palatial ballroom.
Children, seniors and families are going hungry.
Troops are going without pay.
The government is shutdown.
Trump's "main priority" is his gold-plated palatial ballroom.
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.