ProgAlaskan
@progalaskan.bsky.social
Writer, reader, attorney, old enough to be an old-school liberal and young enough to embrace progressivism. Passionate and occasionally foul-mouthed defender of democracy. Firm believer in the paradox of tolerance.
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
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CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Senator Murphy sounds the alarm as Trump calls for the deaths of Dems who served the country to be killed for reminding the military their loyalty is to the constitution not to him 🇺🇸
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Senator Murphy sounds the alarm as Trump calls for the deaths of Dems who served the country to be killed for reminding the military their loyalty is to the constitution not to him 🇺🇸
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Starbucks Workers United escalates strike during busy holiday season
Starbucks Workers United is expanding the strike, but the company says it has not yet disrupted the key holiday season.
www.cnbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Seriously, peeps. Boycott Starbucks.
It’s a textbook example of corporate greed exploiting young and part-time workers.
It’s a textbook example of corporate greed exploiting young and part-time workers.
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Starbucks Workers United escalates strike during busy holiday season
Starbucks Workers United is expanding the strike, but the company says it has not yet disrupted the key holiday season.
www.cnbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Seriously, peeps. Boycott Starbucks.
It’s a textbook example of corporate greed exploiting young and part-time workers.
It’s a textbook example of corporate greed exploiting young and part-time workers.
I know the focus is on Dick Cheney today, but the headstone I most want to piss on is Mitch McConnell’s.
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I know the focus is on Dick Cheney today, but the headstone I most want to piss on is Mitch McConnell’s.
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Live your life so you’re not the only living president and vice president not to be invited to a former vice president’s funeral
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Live your life so you’re not the only living president and vice president not to be invited to a former vice president’s funeral
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You'd think the President calling for the execution of political opponents would warrant some type of news alert.
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You'd think the President calling for the execution of political opponents would warrant some type of news alert.
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📌Dude calls a female reporter "Piggy" in response to a question which has to do with the horrible abuse of women and girls.
Nice self-own right there ...
Nice self-own right there ...
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
📌Dude calls a female reporter "Piggy" in response to a question which has to do with the horrible abuse of women and girls.
Nice self-own right there ...
Nice self-own right there ...
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The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.
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Crow: "It just tells us everything that we need to know that reminding people to obey the law, reminding people to obey the Constitution, is somehow criminal in Trumpworld and should be responded to with death threats. It's very, very telling."
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Crow: "It just tells us everything that we need to know that reminding people to obey the law, reminding people to obey the Constitution, is somehow criminal in Trumpworld and should be responded to with death threats. It's very, very telling."
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Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?
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I’m starting to think your Nobel Peace Prize odds diminish when you’re making death threats to your political opponents. Quiet, piggy 🐽
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m starting to think your Nobel Peace Prize odds diminish when you’re making death threats to your political opponents. Quiet, piggy 🐽
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Meanwhile
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles issued a statement Thursday afternoon, saying: “It appears that U.S. Border Patrol has ceased its operations in Charlotte."
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles issued a statement Thursday afternoon, saying: “It appears that U.S. Border Patrol has ceased its operations in Charlotte."
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Meanwhile
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles issued a statement Thursday afternoon, saying: “It appears that U.S. Border Patrol has ceased its operations in Charlotte."
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles issued a statement Thursday afternoon, saying: “It appears that U.S. Border Patrol has ceased its operations in Charlotte."
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Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
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When communities rise, fear loses its power. Every act of courage, like these amazing folks protesting against Home Depot’s racist policies, becomes a signal flare: we protect each other. We move forward together. And we don’t back down.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
When communities rise, fear loses its power. Every act of courage, like these amazing folks protesting against Home Depot’s racist policies, becomes a signal flare: we protect each other. We move forward together. And we don’t back down.
The CDC’s new and utterly un-scientific website statements, that claim a link between vaccines and autism, fly in the face of science, reality and truth and are proof that The Stupids are in charge of federal government.
Yes, Trump voters, that would be you.
Yes, Trump voters, that would be you.
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The CDC’s new and utterly un-scientific website statements, that claim a link between vaccines and autism, fly in the face of science, reality and truth and are proof that The Stupids are in charge of federal government.
Yes, Trump voters, that would be you.
Yes, Trump voters, that would be you.
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Worth reiterating that the Coast Guard is part of DHS, not the military.
So if this is "acceptable" Coast Guard policy, it's also probably an acceptable policy at ICE, CBP, Secret Service, and other agencies under DHS if it's not already.
So if this is "acceptable" Coast Guard policy, it's also probably an acceptable policy at ICE, CBP, Secret Service, and other agencies under DHS if it's not already.
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Worth reiterating that the Coast Guard is part of DHS, not the military.
So if this is "acceptable" Coast Guard policy, it's also probably an acceptable policy at ICE, CBP, Secret Service, and other agencies under DHS if it's not already.
So if this is "acceptable" Coast Guard policy, it's also probably an acceptable policy at ICE, CBP, Secret Service, and other agencies under DHS if it's not already.
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To the Coast Guard leadership signing off on this: You are trading your honor for political favor. By bowing to an administration that flirts with neo-Nazis, you are destroying the integrity of the service. If you can't define a swastika as hate, you aren’t fit to command. Period.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
To the Coast Guard leadership signing off on this: You are trading your honor for political favor. By bowing to an administration that flirts with neo-Nazis, you are destroying the integrity of the service. If you can't define a swastika as hate, you aren’t fit to command. Period.
Yeah, Coast Guard, you don’t deserve, and will lose, the trust of the nation if you’re unclear about the swastika and noose being hate symbols.
“A Coast Guard official who had seen the new wording called the policy changes chilling.
‘We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,’ the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.”
‘We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,’ the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.”
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Yeah, Coast Guard, you don’t deserve, and will lose, the trust of the nation if you’re unclear about the swastika and noose being hate symbols.
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Simply despicable:
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Simply despicable:
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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“At a time when antisemitism is rising in the United States and around the world, relaxing policies aimed at fighting hate crimes not only sends the wrong message to the men and women of our Coast Guard, but it puts their safety at risk,” Senator Jackie Rosen said in a statement.
“Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines.”
But no, America doesn’t have a Nazi problem. Maybe I’m just too sensitive. 🤬🤬 (Gift link):
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But no, America doesn’t have a Nazi problem. Maybe I’m just too sensitive. 🤬🤬 (Gift link):
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“At a time when antisemitism is rising in the United States and around the world, relaxing policies aimed at fighting hate crimes not only sends the wrong message to the men and women of our Coast Guard, but it puts their safety at risk,” Senator Jackie Rosen said in a statement.
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
But don’t call Republicans Nazis and white nationalists
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But don’t call Republicans Nazis and white nationalists
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
But don’t call Republicans Nazis and white nationalists
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
But don’t call Republicans Nazis and white nationalists
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Someone needs to tell JD Vance, that no amount of ass kissing, is going to change the fact that his wife isn't WHITE and MAGA/NAZI's don't like that
Nick Fuentes vs. Usha Vance: How a Far-Right Feud Exploded Online
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Nick Fuentes vs. Usha Vance: How a Far-Right Feud Exploded Online
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a man in a suit is walking towards a couch with yellow pillows on it
ALT: a man in a suit is walking towards a couch with yellow pillows on it
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November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Someone needs to tell JD Vance, that no amount of ass kissing, is going to change the fact that his wife isn't WHITE and MAGA/NAZI's don't like that
Nick Fuentes vs. Usha Vance: How a Far-Right Feud Exploded Online
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Nick Fuentes vs. Usha Vance: How a Far-Right Feud Exploded Online
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OMFG, how clueless is JD Vance please?🙄
He absolutely knows that this is no real option at all but is selling it to the conservative base like it would be the most easy thing in the world! What a clown!👿 #VatnikVance #JDVance #Vance #Ukraine #russia
He absolutely knows that this is no real option at all but is selling it to the conservative base like it would be the most easy thing in the world! What a clown!👿 #VatnikVance #JDVance #Vance #Ukraine #russia
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
OMFG, how clueless is JD Vance please?🙄
He absolutely knows that this is no real option at all but is selling it to the conservative base like it would be the most easy thing in the world! What a clown!👿 #VatnikVance #JDVance #Vance #Ukraine #russia
He absolutely knows that this is no real option at all but is selling it to the conservative base like it would be the most easy thing in the world! What a clown!👿 #VatnikVance #JDVance #Vance #Ukraine #russia