AZ Alison
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SahM, engineer & environmental professional, facility manager, volunteer. Pays attention. Civically engaged. Loves Harry Potter (but strongly disagrees with JRK). Fascinated by British Alchemical Literature. Anti-Stratfordian. Literature Teaches Empathy.
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AZ Alison
@noblebirth.bsky.social
· Feb 20
"Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president". ~ Ezra Klein
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🗣️ SPEAK UP: AZ's public schools, students, and educators are facing unprecedented attacks. From Trump's push for an extremist civics takeover to the damage caused by AZ's off-the-rails universal voucher scheme, and more, YOUR voice is needed.
Make your voice heard today ➡️ sosarizona.org/speak-up/
Make your voice heard today ➡️ sosarizona.org/speak-up/
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
🗣️ SPEAK UP: AZ's public schools, students, and educators are facing unprecedented attacks. From Trump's push for an extremist civics takeover to the damage caused by AZ's off-the-rails universal voucher scheme, and more, YOUR voice is needed.
Make your voice heard today ➡️ sosarizona.org/speak-up/
Make your voice heard today ➡️ sosarizona.org/speak-up/
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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Healthcare not wealthcare.
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Healthcare not wealthcare.
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Pay attention
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Pay attention
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It's been 25 years since a blatantly corrupt SCOTUS decision changed the world.
We may never know who actually won, because they made sure we could never find out.
Imagine how different the world would be today.
We may never know who actually won, because they made sure we could never find out.
Imagine how different the world would be today.
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
It's been 25 years since a blatantly corrupt SCOTUS decision changed the world.
We may never know who actually won, because they made sure we could never find out.
Imagine how different the world would be today.
We may never know who actually won, because they made sure we could never find out.
Imagine how different the world would be today.
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
Justice Department moves to drop charges in international soccer corruption case
Federal prosecutors in New York moved to drop charges against former Fox employee Hernan Lopez and Full Play Group, an Argentine sports media rights company.
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
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If you can’t see Trump’s racism, chances are you’re also racist.
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
If you can’t see Trump’s racism, chances are you’re also racist.
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The N Carolina immigrant rights group Siembra is teaching business owners their rights if federal agents show up at their door.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The N Carolina immigrant rights group Siembra is teaching business owners their rights if federal agents show up at their door.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
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When First Lady Michelle Obama ask the country to eat healthier and exercise the right exploded with awful words. Now they will be like” Yes, we have too much” . America please open your eyes.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
When First Lady Michelle Obama ask the country to eat healthier and exercise the right exploded with awful words. Now they will be like” Yes, we have too much” . America please open your eyes.
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential.
The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
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“The bill not only fails to extend the tax credits, it increases costs, adds tons of new abortion restrictions for women, expands junk fees and permanently funds cost-sharing reductions.”
Senate Republicans reject extending ACA tax credits, instead propose spending on health-savings accounts | Arizona Mirror
Senate Republican ACA health care plan proposes Health Savings Accounts instead of extending insurance tax credits
azmirror.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“The bill not only fails to extend the tax credits, it increases costs, adds tons of new abortion restrictions for women, expands junk fees and permanently funds cost-sharing reductions.”
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Misspending in AZ's ESA voucher program is soaring – the total sent to collections grew by 2000%over the last year! 😳 This news comes as Attorney General Kris Mayes is weighing a lawsuit against Superintendent Tom Horne for his reckless $2,000 auto-approval policy for all ESA voucher purchases.
Questionable ESA spending soars as AG considers legal action against Horne | Arizona Capitol Times
Key Points: ESA misspending referrals surge, totaling 20 times last year Attorney general considers litigation amid disputes over auditing practices Department of Education claims lack of prosecutoria...
azcapitoltimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Misspending in AZ's ESA voucher program is soaring – the total sent to collections grew by 2000%over the last year! 😳 This news comes as Attorney General Kris Mayes is weighing a lawsuit against Superintendent Tom Horne for his reckless $2,000 auto-approval policy for all ESA voucher purchases.
This is heartbreaking!
Predators in federal prisons are already feeling emboldened after the Trump administration ditched protections for incarcerated transgender people bit.ly/48tshZt
Trump Administration Ditches Protections for Transgender Inmates
President Donald Trump’s campaign against expanded rights for transgender people has taken a new turn as the US Justice Department rewrites policies intended to protect vulnerable prison inmates from ...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is heartbreaking!
Please read this thread:
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Please read this thread:
What Collin said...
Fuck this framing. Here's your headline:
Gov. Katie Hobbs has done an admirable job holding the line against a radical, far right, Christo-fascist state legislature for 3 years.
Do I love everything she's done? Of course not. Do I recognize the challenging position she's been in? Absolutely.
Gov. Katie Hobbs has done an admirable job holding the line against a radical, far right, Christo-fascist state legislature for 3 years.
Do I love everything she's done? Of course not. Do I recognize the challenging position she's been in? Absolutely.
Gov. Katie Hobbs will close out 3 years in office without a signature policy win but with what supporters said is progress made around the edges.
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What Collin said...
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Trump tries to flip the script on affordability
thehill.com
Trump is trying to flip the script on affordability
twp.ai
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Trump tries to flip the script on affordability
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In this schema of the 3 main interest groups behind Jan 6, I put Michael Anton's institutions, Claremont and Hillsdale, in the "reactionary religious right" bubble. But his National Security Strategy document suggests they should maybe be moved over a bit, to the zone that overlaps with Russia. 6/
December 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In this schema of the 3 main interest groups behind Jan 6, I put Michael Anton's institutions, Claremont and Hillsdale, in the "reactionary religious right" bubble. But his National Security Strategy document suggests they should maybe be moved over a bit, to the zone that overlaps with Russia. 6/
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One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD
After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.
When you look at it this way, Musk's compensation package looks seriously ridiculous. There is absolutely no way anyone at Tesla should be making anything less than a living wage.
It used to be a lot less dramatic back when the total earnings of a company's workforce came to considerably more than that of the board. But if you took Musk's 1TN proposed package and divided it between Tesla's approx 125k employees it would give them 8 million USD each or $800,000/year!
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
When you look at it this way, Musk's compensation package looks seriously ridiculous. There is absolutely no way anyone at Tesla should be making anything less than a living wage.
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Trump hoodwinked his voters and he’s still trying to do it today…
2024: he dropped a campaign video titled “Make America Affordable Again” on day one.
2025: he hasn’t done squat to bring costs down, prices are climbing, and suddenly “affordability is a Democrat scam” because he’s panicking.
2024: he dropped a campaign video titled “Make America Affordable Again” on day one.
2025: he hasn’t done squat to bring costs down, prices are climbing, and suddenly “affordability is a Democrat scam” because he’s panicking.
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Trump hoodwinked his voters and he’s still trying to do it today…
2024: he dropped a campaign video titled “Make America Affordable Again” on day one.
2025: he hasn’t done squat to bring costs down, prices are climbing, and suddenly “affordability is a Democrat scam” because he’s panicking.
2024: he dropped a campaign video titled “Make America Affordable Again” on day one.
2025: he hasn’t done squat to bring costs down, prices are climbing, and suddenly “affordability is a Democrat scam” because he’s panicking.
Vacation? The 2024 one was incredible!
NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s what you should know. www.wired.com/story/the-lo...
The Longest Solar Eclipse for 100 Years Is Coming. Don’t Miss It
NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s what you should know.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Vacation? The 2024 one was incredible!
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2018.
It didn’t break the top fold then.
Do better now.
It didn’t break the top fold then.
Do better now.
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
2018.
It didn’t break the top fold then.
Do better now.
It didn’t break the top fold then.
Do better now.
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A royal roast 🔥
Prince Harry Just Took A Hilariously Brutal Jab At Trump During Surprise Appearance On 'Colbert'
www.comicsands.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A royal roast 🔥
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.