Alice Lastname
@elinde.bsky.social
Atheist since 1976
*Militant* Atheist since 9/11/01
Fmr: Waitress / Admin / Food Co-op Mgr / Programmer / Data Concierge / Dir. of Ediscovery @ corp. law firm / charitable blog admin
Current: Grandma
Photo: my aunt, from her modeling days in the '40s
*Militant* Atheist since 9/11/01
Fmr: Waitress / Admin / Food Co-op Mgr / Programmer / Data Concierge / Dir. of Ediscovery @ corp. law firm / charitable blog admin
Current: Grandma
Photo: my aunt, from her modeling days in the '40s
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ACA tax credits expired on 12/31. Trump is not complying w Epstein release but what's come out is damning. Dead bodies in the Carribbean. Fragile peace in Ukraine and the Middle East. So House floor time next week will be dedicated to... rolling back shower head and energy efficiency standards.
January 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
ACA tax credits expired on 12/31. Trump is not complying w Epstein release but what's come out is damning. Dead bodies in the Carribbean. Fragile peace in Ukraine and the Middle East. So House floor time next week will be dedicated to... rolling back shower head and energy efficiency standards.
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"One of the undercover agents remarked to Homan as he made the hand-off: 'We both know there’s no CAVA in that bag'...”
www.ms.now/news/border-...
www.ms.now/news/border-...
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
January 3, 2026 at 12:05 AM
"One of the undercover agents remarked to Homan as he made the hand-off: 'We both know there’s no CAVA in that bag'...”
www.ms.now/news/border-...
www.ms.now/news/border-...
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Man who eats a Quarter Pounder, Big Mac, Fillet-o-Fish and fries and then gobbles half a bottle of aspirin has some thoughts
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Man who eats a Quarter Pounder, Big Mac, Fillet-o-Fish and fries and then gobbles half a bottle of aspirin has some thoughts
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“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off,’" one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 AM
“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off,’" one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
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Air pollution, largely from human activities like burning fossil fuels, causes ~8.1 million deaths globally each year (State of Global Air 2024)—the 2nd leading risk factor for death. It worsens heart disease, stroke, and lung issues. Vulnerable communities suffer most. Educate to protect lives!
January 2, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Air pollution, largely from human activities like burning fossil fuels, causes ~8.1 million deaths globally each year (State of Global Air 2024)—the 2nd leading risk factor for death. It worsens heart disease, stroke, and lung issues. Vulnerable communities suffer most. Educate to protect lives!
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Our economy, our medicine, and the air we breathe are all gifts from healthy ecosystems. Denying the crisis of ecocide means denying our fundamental dependence on the natural world. We can't build a future on a broken foundation.
#Nature #Science #Biodiversity
#Nature #Science #Biodiversity
January 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Our economy, our medicine, and the air we breathe are all gifts from healthy ecosystems. Denying the crisis of ecocide means denying our fundamental dependence on the natural world. We can't build a future on a broken foundation.
#Nature #Science #Biodiversity
#Nature #Science #Biodiversity
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We could use your support staying housed and gaining financial stability in the year ahead. Despite best efforts, our situation remains critical.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:10 AM
We could use your support staying housed and gaining financial stability in the year ahead. Despite best efforts, our situation remains critical.
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All reposts and donations are deeply appreciated.
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I can’t imagine why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have fought so hard to cover up the Epstein files.
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I can’t imagine why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have fought so hard to cover up the Epstein files.
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A happy and healthy New Year to you all!
306 days until midterms.
-13 days since full Epstein files were due
306 days until midterms.
-13 days since full Epstein files were due
January 1, 2026 at 6:26 AM
A happy and healthy New Year to you all!
306 days until midterms.
-13 days since full Epstein files were due
306 days until midterms.
-13 days since full Epstein files were due
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Trump Fell for Putin’s Biggest Lie And the World Is Paying for It
youtu.be/qP6YuEFpobo
youtu.be/qP6YuEFpobo
Trump Fell for Putin’s Biggest Lie And the World Is Paying for It
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Trump Fell for Putin’s Biggest Lie And the World Is Paying for It
youtu.be/qP6YuEFpobo
youtu.be/qP6YuEFpobo
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Y'all, Trump's DOJ was tailing Julie K Brown, the Florida-based investigative reporter who re-examined and broke open the cases that lead to Epstein's 2018 arrest and Maxwell's ultimate incarceration.
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Y'all, Trump's DOJ was tailing Julie K Brown, the Florida-based investigative reporter who re-examined and broke open the cases that lead to Epstein's 2018 arrest and Maxwell's ultimate incarceration.
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December 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
December 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
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Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.
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A really important piece. The times when we have opened our country to talented people from around the world are among the moments when America has been truly great. Trump is destroying that legacy and fomenting unconscionable racism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A really important piece. The times when we have opened our country to talented people from around the world are among the moments when America has been truly great. Trump is destroying that legacy and fomenting unconscionable racism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
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Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.
December 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.
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I’ve said before, Americans (not the left, just anyone who still wants the country to exist in 2028) need to infiltrate ICE and destroy it with passive incompetence.
No one there is qualified or trained; they’re likely not sober. The worst that happens is you get fired; a badge of honor.
No one there is qualified or trained; they’re likely not sober. The worst that happens is you get fired; a badge of honor.
December 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’ve said before, Americans (not the left, just anyone who still wants the country to exist in 2028) need to infiltrate ICE and destroy it with passive incompetence.
No one there is qualified or trained; they’re likely not sober. The worst that happens is you get fired; a badge of honor.
No one there is qualified or trained; they’re likely not sober. The worst that happens is you get fired; a badge of honor.
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Unlike Trump & Witkoff, most Americans aren’t seeking “amazing business opportunities” for US billionaires in Russia. We just want them to stop indiscriminately bombing civilians & end their barbarian war of aggression with their horde of convicts, rapists & foreign mercenaries.
December 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Unlike Trump & Witkoff, most Americans aren’t seeking “amazing business opportunities” for US billionaires in Russia. We just want them to stop indiscriminately bombing civilians & end their barbarian war of aggression with their horde of convicts, rapists & foreign mercenaries.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
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