allison
@allisonisginger.bsky.social
she/her. public health nerd. newborn hearing screener at a hospital/project manager at a nonprofit. nats/caps fan. blythe doll enthusiast. devoted tía to C & D. fascism is bad. bodily autonomy for all.
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This is brilliantly written, and it gets at the fundamental thing I completely don’t get about Trump. You could name the things he cares about but he doesn’t even seem to care about them, not really. He’s just free floating malice in an ill-fitting suit.
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is brilliantly written, and it gets at the fundamental thing I completely don’t get about Trump. You could name the things he cares about but he doesn’t even seem to care about them, not really. He’s just free floating malice in an ill-fitting suit.
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What oil, what land, what assets did Venezuela steal from the US? And when? A social media post from an alternative reality.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What oil, what land, what assets did Venezuela steal from the US? And when? A social media post from an alternative reality.
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It sounds like the most deranged Latin American caricature of yankee imperialism come to life. It would be comical if it weren’t serious.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It sounds like the most deranged Latin American caricature of yankee imperialism come to life. It would be comical if it weren’t serious.
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Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
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But Kamala only cared about they/them, or something
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
But Kamala only cared about they/them, or something
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There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
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This is appalling. Again, Trump and ICE have had the option to deport Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica for weeks and weeks. They won't explain why they refuse to do this. But we know why: Because they've decided it isn't dehumanizing or cruel enough.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is appalling. Again, Trump and ICE have had the option to deport Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica for weeks and weeks. They won't explain why they refuse to do this. But we know why: Because they've decided it isn't dehumanizing or cruel enough.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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We’re closing in on two decades of Republicans telling you, in no uncertain terms, that they do not care about kids being shot dead. In schools, in movie theaters, at church, in the street. They. Do. Not. Care. But hey, at least they’re good at racism and destroying the economy, amirite.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We’re closing in on two decades of Republicans telling you, in no uncertain terms, that they do not care about kids being shot dead. In schools, in movie theaters, at church, in the street. They. Do. Not. Care. But hey, at least they’re good at racism and destroying the economy, amirite.
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Mifepristone is safe, the well-funded effort to persuade people otherwise is as antithetical to the factual record as “climate change is a hoax” — and if Brennan feels willing or obliged to bend the knee to her new corporate management, this seems like a telling sign of that.
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mifepristone is safe, the well-funded effort to persuade people otherwise is as antithetical to the factual record as “climate change is a hoax” — and if Brennan feels willing or obliged to bend the knee to her new corporate management, this seems like a telling sign of that.
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“Your kids should get less for Christmas than kids have in a communist China.”
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Your kids should get less for Christmas than kids have in a communist China.”
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Multiple sources have confirmed that ICE/Border Patrol is headed back to the Raleigh and Durham areas for undefined deportation actions. We've heard 50 ICE agents, charter flights and hotels booked for all of them in the Raleigh area.
Let us know what you hear.
Let us know what you hear.
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Multiple sources have confirmed that ICE/Border Patrol is headed back to the Raleigh and Durham areas for undefined deportation actions. We've heard 50 ICE agents, charter flights and hotels booked for all of them in the Raleigh area.
Let us know what you hear.
Let us know what you hear.
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Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.
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It has been a very short hop from ‘this is not who we are’ to ‘ok this is exactly who we are’
Swastikas, nooses and the Confederate flag are reportedly no longer considered to be hate symbols by the U.S. Coast Guard
Swastika No Longer Hate Symbol Under New U.S. Coast Guard Policy: Report
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It has been a very short hop from ‘this is not who we are’ to ‘ok this is exactly who we are’
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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How are rural residents supposed to shop around for emergency care? What do they do when there's only one hospital for miles?
Especially when GOP Medicaid cuts are CLOSING those hospitals!
Especially when GOP Medicaid cuts are CLOSING those hospitals!
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
How are rural residents supposed to shop around for emergency care? What do they do when there's only one hospital for miles?
Especially when GOP Medicaid cuts are CLOSING those hospitals!
Especially when GOP Medicaid cuts are CLOSING those hospitals!
My patience for boomers using two spaces after a period to begin a new sentence, in the year of our Lord 2025, is reeeeeeally wearing thin.
a woman is smiling and screaming while holding a cup that says help me
ALT: a woman is smiling and screaming while holding a cup that says help me
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My patience for boomers using two spaces after a period to begin a new sentence, in the year of our Lord 2025, is reeeeeeally wearing thin.
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There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
i miss 2010s social media. but i know that the internet/social media will never be like that again. between algorithms, engagement farming, & AI tools like ChatGPT, nothing is organic & communication through/usage of the internet has become enshittified (thx Cory Doctorow for coining the term)
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
i miss 2010s social media. but i know that the internet/social media will never be like that again. between algorithms, engagement farming, & AI tools like ChatGPT, nothing is organic & communication through/usage of the internet has become enshittified (thx Cory Doctorow for coining the term)
istg my bedroom is too damn hot. 2 windows in an ~ 8’x11’ room + tree in front yard taken down (partially dead, but still provided some shade) + broken attic fan + pull-down attic stairway in the ceiling (no insulation in a 2’ x 4.5’ area) = FUCKIN HOT ON SUNNY DAYS W/ THE CURTAINS/BLINDS OPEN
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
istg my bedroom is too damn hot. 2 windows in an ~ 8’x11’ room + tree in front yard taken down (partially dead, but still provided some shade) + broken attic fan + pull-down attic stairway in the ceiling (no insulation in a 2’ x 4.5’ area) = FUCKIN HOT ON SUNNY DAYS W/ THE CURTAINS/BLINDS OPEN
I haven’t been on social media today and I’ve had a couple alcoholic beverages, DID MANGO MUSSOLINI CRASH OUT OVER SNL YET???*
(*I haven’t actually watched the SNL clips yet, only read about them, but I have an idea of what happened)
(*I haven’t actually watched the SNL clips yet, only read about them, but I have an idea of what happened)
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I haven’t been on social media today and I’ve had a couple alcoholic beverages, DID MANGO MUSSOLINI CRASH OUT OVER SNL YET???*
(*I haven’t actually watched the SNL clips yet, only read about them, but I have an idea of what happened)
(*I haven’t actually watched the SNL clips yet, only read about them, but I have an idea of what happened)
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Someone must stop these low-wage servants from buying all the houses!
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Someone must stop these low-wage servants from buying all the houses!
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You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
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Dems need to start talking more about how Trump’s dementia means that he can’t distinguish his fantasies from reality. He has completely lost touch with the real world and only knows what his sycophantic courtiers are telling him.
Trump: "If you look at affordability, which they campaigned on, they lied. Because they talked about 'Oh, prices are up' -- no, prices are down under the Trump administration and they're down substantially."
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Dems need to start talking more about how Trump’s dementia means that he can’t distinguish his fantasies from reality. He has completely lost touch with the real world and only knows what his sycophantic courtiers are telling him.
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Trump is treating inflation and high prices the way he treated Covid: claiming the numbers are going down.
But like Covid, he can’t lie his way out of this one because everyone is experiencing it. And like Covid it will be his downfall.
But like Covid, he can’t lie his way out of this one because everyone is experiencing it. And like Covid it will be his downfall.
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Trump is treating inflation and high prices the way he treated Covid: claiming the numbers are going down.
But like Covid, he can’t lie his way out of this one because everyone is experiencing it. And like Covid it will be his downfall.
But like Covid, he can’t lie his way out of this one because everyone is experiencing it. And like Covid it will be his downfall.