Alice Laughlin
@redsideroundup.bsky.social
Writer, Lawyer, Midwesterner
Anger is the easiest emotion; denial is the strongest. Strive for more.
Anger is the easiest emotion; denial is the strongest. Strive for more.
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May 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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This. But for everything
Harvard correctly understands that it’s in a fight for its life and there is no appeasement that will save it. I wish a lot more institutions understood this.
Harvard was able to file a 72 page complaint less than 24 hours after Trump attacked foreign students. Guess they were expecting it
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This. But for everything
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In Missouri, Ozark County’s sheriff happily negotiated a contract with ICE to transport and temporarily hold detainees. He says it will bring needed revenue.
Up the curvy road, at a different jail, one man’s suicide shows the complexity of immigrant detention.
Up the curvy road, at a different jail, one man’s suicide shows the complexity of immigrant detention.
Rural Missouri Jails Want ICE Contracts. An Immigrant’s Death Shows the Risks.
As cash-strapped jails rush in for ICE contracts, one man’s death shows the complexity and risk of detaining immigrants.
www.themarshallproject.org
May 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In Missouri, Ozark County’s sheriff happily negotiated a contract with ICE to transport and temporarily hold detainees. He says it will bring needed revenue.
Up the curvy road, at a different jail, one man’s suicide shows the complexity of immigrant detention.
Up the curvy road, at a different jail, one man’s suicide shows the complexity of immigrant detention.
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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Just sharing this meme that I took a picture of from Facebook
May 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Just sharing this meme that I took a picture of from Facebook
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Fact-check: True
May 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fact-check: True
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I was told I was overreacting about habeas corpus.
Breaking:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says she supports the Trump admin suspending habeas corpus.
Habeas corpus refers to people's right to challenge their detention in court.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says she supports the Trump admin suspending habeas corpus.
Habeas corpus refers to people's right to challenge their detention in court.
May 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I was told I was overreacting about habeas corpus.
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ALSOBROOKS: Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep campaign operates out of?
RFK Jr: Which campaign?
ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago
RFK Jr: It's ACF
ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services
RFK Jr: Which campaign?
ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago
RFK Jr: It's ACF
ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services
May 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
ALSOBROOKS: Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep campaign operates out of?
RFK Jr: Which campaign?
ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago
RFK Jr: It's ACF
ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services
RFK Jr: Which campaign?
ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago
RFK Jr: It's ACF
ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services
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No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.
May 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.
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We collected well over 180,000 signatures to put it on the ballot. It passed by 57%. These assholes don’t care about us.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
May 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We collected well over 180,000 signatures to put it on the ballot. It passed by 57%. These assholes don’t care about us.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
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That is in fact what this administration has done.
May 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
That is in fact what this administration has done.
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It’s incredible that the President of the United States is openly flirting with suspending Habeas Corpus, disappearing people left and right, arresting judges and politicians, accepting ludicrous bribes from foreign countries, and people are still trying to normalize this shit.
May 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It’s incredible that the President of the United States is openly flirting with suspending Habeas Corpus, disappearing people left and right, arresting judges and politicians, accepting ludicrous bribes from foreign countries, and people are still trying to normalize this shit.
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Has anyone ever gifted you a plane?
May 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Has anyone ever gifted you a plane?
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Strains bounds of propriety?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
May 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Strains bounds of propriety?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
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It's a fantastic book - download it - buy it - or just borrow it and read it. The Dust Bowl Triolgy are worth the effort.
May 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's a fantastic book - download it - buy it - or just borrow it and read it. The Dust Bowl Triolgy are worth the effort.
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We’ve become so desensitized to corruption that the Attorney General who spent years lobbying on behalf of Qatar approved a private jet gift from Qatar and it’s not even in the top 10 scandals of the week.
May 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We’ve become so desensitized to corruption that the Attorney General who spent years lobbying on behalf of Qatar approved a private jet gift from Qatar and it’s not even in the top 10 scandals of the week.
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AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
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"No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression." -- Abraham Lincoln
May 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression." -- Abraham Lincoln
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Bribery in plain sight.
May 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Bribery in plain sight.
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The US used to have free to low tuition until schools couldn't discriminate based on race
Countries with free tuition: Germany, France, Denmark, Czech Rep, Sweden, Uruguay, Turkey, Taiwan, Iceland, Austria, Finland, Greece, Egypt, India, Norway, Brazil, Argentina, Kenya, Luxemb., Slovenia, Mexico.
Something about the next generation being the future of the country, I guess.
Something about the next generation being the future of the country, I guess.
I was a first-gen, working-class Black student who took on student loans to get here.
This GOP budget would've slammed that door shut on me—and now it will for future generations.
We should be expanding access to college, not widening the achievement and racial wealth gap.
This GOP budget would've slammed that door shut on me—and now it will for future generations.
We should be expanding access to college, not widening the achievement and racial wealth gap.
April 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The US used to have free to low tuition until schools couldn't discriminate based on race