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Rebecca I. Allen
@rebeccaallen.bsky.social
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"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." Writer, former journalist, wife, mom, ASU alum. Likes: words, equity, democracy, and Disneyland She/Her 📍Anaheim instagram.com/rebeccaiallen
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · Nov 18
My pinned tweet, 8/14/17:
"In this country, we have no 'other' people. We are American people—us." ✊🇺🇸
RT of Al Jazeera: In 1947, the US War Department released this video to tell Americans not to fall for fascist rhetoric. #Charlottesville
"Don't Be a Sucker" (1947) Reel America Preview
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Kaia Bell @kaiabell.bsky.social · 11m
Oops. That was the direct link. This is the gift link: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
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Aly ☮️ @alyinthe805.bsky.social · 5h
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 17m
The Trump White House denounced the Nobel committee's awarding of the peace prize to Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado. But Rubio is a big supporter and co-signed a letter last August to the committee saying she should win the prize. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
White House Disapproves of Machado’s Nobel, but Rubio Is a Big Supporter
www.nytimes.com
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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2h
Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h
NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism
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Achaemenid @achaemenid.bsky.social · 5d
I know it’s a bit cringe as a meme but genuinely all this stuff has me thinking like “damn ok now I truly understand why the colonists in 1776 were so mad about redcoats occupying their streets”. Just having a bunch of aggressive stupid strangers running around causing trouble with no consequences
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 3h
DHS Leans Into Propaganda With Militaristic Action Videos
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 11d
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
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f the new york times @fnyt.bsky.social · Jun 27
What's this here all about? This is a bot hunts out the latest NYT gift links and posts them, that's it. It's like the gift link feeds, but only the NYT and each article is only posted once. You could theoretically piece together the whole home page if enough gift links are posted.
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 13h
😨 Black Mirror again
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · Aug 22
Why Congress Must Impeach Trump, by Chris Lehman

"There really isn’t any ambiguity here: Congress must debate and deliberate over the solemn decision to declare and make war, and the executive carries out its mandates as commander in chief."

harpers.org/archive/2025...
Screenshot of an excerpt from Harper's, by Chris Lehman Sept. 2025: ...unilateral command of the military typified the precise brand of tyranny that American colonists had fought a war to defeat. In Federalist Paper No. 69, Alexander Hamilton, the polar opposite of a detractor of expansive executive power, bluntly countered that argument. “The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States,” Hamilton wrote. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first General and admiral of the Confederacy; while that of the British king extends to the DECLARING of war and to the RAISING and REGULATING of fleets and armies, all which, by the Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature.
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kfunk937.bsky.social @kfunk937.bsky.social · 14h
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JoAnne @joakev.bsky.social · 15h
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... "he was also drawn to the chance to take decisive action, as he did with June’s Iran bombings...“He can give the order and watch it explode. It’s clear-cut and simple" Sooo. He likes watching things go boom. People die but so what. My God.
The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning
What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.
www.theatlantic.com
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 14h
"antie-FAH!" *jazz hands*👐
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 18h
Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 14h
😄 *holds up a lighter, sways*
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 17h
a woman is standing in front of a couch in a living room covering her face with her hands .
Alt: Friends, The One That Could Have Been GIF: a joyous Monica dances and eats a donut
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 17h
a woman standing in front of a refrigerator with a london bus on it .
Alt: Friends, Lisa Kudrow GIF: the one where Joey tells Phoebe Santa doesn't exist, and then she makes this horrified face
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 17h
Achievement unlocked: survived war zone ✊️🇺🇸
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 17h
"Gary the Guantanamo Gator" storms the Broadview ICE facility with a parody of Mad World
🎶"...and I find it kinda funny, and I find it kinda sad, that ICE makes way more money, than all our veterans"🎶 ✊️🇺🇸
MAGA World - Live from ICE Facility in Broadview Illinois!
YouTube video by Robby Roadsteamer
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 18h
Dogs are the best. 😭
...Dog people are pretty good, too.
a woman in a hat sits at a table with a plate of food and a bowl of soup
Alt: Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alex Bornstein as Susie GIF: interior, '50s diner, a sobbing woman in a newsboy cap says, "there's, like, water on my face"
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 19h
This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 19h
"We're on a mission from God!"
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 19h
Lies: 1 in 5 Chicagoans is in a gang

Reality: 1 in 5 Chicagoans prefer New York-style pizza
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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 19h
Lies: 1 in 5 Chicagoans is in a gang.

Reality: 1 in 5 Chicagoans have performed in the musical, "Chicago."
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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 22h
Lies: 1 in 5 Chicagoans is in a gang.

Reality: 1 in 5 Chicagoans is a drag performer.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d
A day in the Portland war zone

The Portland War Zone isn't for everyone but at least the chaos is locally sourced.
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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d
Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 19h
😄👏 #KeepPortlandWeird ✊️🇺🇸
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