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Dawn Alene

@dawnalene.bsky.social

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American Expat living in beautiful British Columbia. I’m pragmatic and believe in reciprocity Bodily autonomy is a basic right. Live and let live Feminist Mother Ally Everything is political eclectic empath free floater awkward outlier

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · Nov 21

Women felt empowered by #MeToo so instead of evolving and learning to respect boundaries bro culture surged and retaliated. Do I have this right? They couldn’t not rape, control and brutalize? Women lost reproductive rights within this Broligarchy. The real or perceived loss of control scared them.

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 4h

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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 5h

Cold front moving through the BC Interior brings snowfall warnings for highways #Penticton

Cold front moving through the BC Interior brings snowfall warnings for highways - Penticton News

Cold front moving through the BC Interior brings snowfall warnings and weather for highways

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 4h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 10h

i made a model to assign scores for how robustly US politicians oppose fascism & graded 13 leading dems

criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 10h

Evil

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 21h

He got the “jab”

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 22h

Ya you do!

Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

Both is a choice

Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

The new talking points are blame any pushback on the lawless and crazy on hatred for Trump

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thursday reasserted the unproven link between the pain reliever Tylenol and autism, and suggested people who opposed the theory were motivated by hatred for President Trump. https://to.pbs.org/4nH8Z7P

Reupping unproven claims about Tylenol, Kennedy claims a link between circumcision and autism

During a meeting with President Donald Trump and the Cabinet, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated the connection, even while noting there was no medical proof to substantiate the claim.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

My mother wouldn’t even buy avocados from Mexico, because of Trump’s hateful rhetoric. I can’t imagine what she’ll think about Qatar in her backyard

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Fearless journalists & vigilant residents are telling Chicago's story. The shocking images show ICE agents out of control, people in danger AND people standing strong. Don't look away from this unprecedented abuse of federal power. My latest:

jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/fearless-j...

photos taken in Chicago over the past few weeks showing ICE agents, and Chicagoans reacting including a man with a flag walking through tear gas clouds, a pastor being sprayed with tear gas, an ice agent pointing a gun out a window, a bike messenger being chased by ICE

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 1d

So today's Substack about the impact of tariffs concluded:

"in many ways the level of the tariffs is less important than the huge uncertainty Trump’s policies have created. And that uncertainty hasn’t abated at all."

Ya don't say. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...

Leprechauns, Effective Tariffs and Inflation

Yes, tariffs are hurting us. No, Trump wasn’t right.

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a green jacket is sitting in a chair with his hand on his knee and the word hmm written on his shirt .

ALT: a man in a green jacket is sitting in a chair with his hand on his knee and the word hmm written on his shirt .

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

MTG

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

Watching from abroad 🫣

Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

You’re on fire

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

BRB, working on my new single person shooter video game where you play as a fighter jet pilot whose job is to smoke out and then strafe Antifa headquarters across the globe. It’s called Qatar Hero.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

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a cartoon character is wearing a pink hat and making a funny face

ALT: a cartoon character is wearing a pink hat and making a funny face

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 1d

I’m confused

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

So Trump gave Argentina a $20 billion bailout and is now building a Qatari military facility in Idaho.

While Americans can’t afford groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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