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Alan Nissila

@pianistalan.bsky.social

Living in California, native Oregonian, working in liturgy and music for the Catholic Church (Roman), enjoy hiking and RVing, primarily a pianist, but also direct a small choir, and dabble at the pipe organ. Sacramento, CA

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Latest posts by pianistalan.bsky.social on Bluesky

Where are all the β€œpro-life” people protesting the killing in war.

23.06.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.

11.05.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9445    πŸ” 3084    πŸ’¬ 192    πŸ“Œ 126

If Chief Justice Roberts gives a damn about American democracy and the credibility of the Supreme Court, he would be working frantically at this moment to get a 9-0 consensus slapping Trump down when the case of Trump ignoring court orders gets to him soon.

18.04.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

Just so I am keeping everything straight…the government can’t tell you to wear a mask because FREEDOM!!!!, but it can decide you are a β€œterrorist” and send you to a foreign gulag without due process and throw away the key.

That right?

16.04.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11469    πŸ” 3187    πŸ’¬ 392    πŸ“Œ 108

Dear Decent Human Beings in the Military and Law Enforcement,

If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey.

The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.

14.04.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 12704    πŸ” 3995    πŸ’¬ 284    πŸ“Œ 200
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You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it?

He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.

09.04.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 10351    πŸ” 3101    πŸ’¬ 695    πŸ“Œ 262

My grandparents were natural born German citizens. Until they weren't. I have copies of their documents, stamped "cancelled" by the government.

28.03.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2231    πŸ” 779    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

I was rather shocked yesterday when I heard that he was expected to go to the WH. I would not have felt safe if I was him. "Ambush" sounds about like I anticipated.

01.03.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Medication for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria - which may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars - is just sitting in warehouses around the world, about to expire, because of his 90-day freeze on foreign aid. They aren't uncovering government waste. They're creating it.

13.02.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 641    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6

Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of β€œstupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should β€œnormalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.

08.02.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9144    πŸ” 2654    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 86

This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?

04.02.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 69914    πŸ” 10857    πŸ’¬ 2702    πŸ“Œ 524

It's literally insane how the right has been parroting a "deep state" conspiracy theory only to create a real shadow government led by Elon Musk and Project 2025.

04.02.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 592    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 10
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Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...

Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.

02.02.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6294    πŸ” 2855    πŸ’¬ 152    πŸ“Œ 137

Having criticized the Democratic responses a lot let me state clearly, this was a smart move. They showed spine and got coverage for their objections. This is opposition.

31.01.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1495    πŸ” 318    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 8
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Did you hear about the Friday coup? Elon Musk is in control.

"The first coup was violent insurrection. The second coup is administrative. We failed to ensure Donald Trump could never return to power again after the first coup; our job right now in this moment is to acknowledge reality and halt the second."

via @marisakabas.bsky.social

01.02.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 878    πŸ” 284    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6

Would be super cool if you Senate Democrats would pull a page out of McConnell's playbook and THROW UP EVERY CONCEIVABLE ROADBLOCK

Because soft platitudes on social media ain't cutting it, fam

01.02.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

This. The president is violating the constitution, firing the civil servants who keep us safe on airplanes, defunding research into cancer and Alzheimer’s, and even cutting foreign aid that will result in child deaths.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

01.02.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 803    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 6

Trump and his GOP rubber stamps are planning decimation of programs helping low and moderate income Americans. This includes Medicaid, Obamacare, food assistance like school lunches, and climate change programs. Is this what kind of country we want to leave to future generations?

31.01.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 568    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 6

β€˜β€˜Twas the night before Black History Month, and all through the house,
The mood was one of overwhelming sadness and rage at the racist bastard in the all-too-aptly-named White House.

31.01.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 643    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump fired the heads of TSA, the Coast Guard and key aviation safety advisors. Trump needs to be held accountable for the DC airplane/helicopter crash.

Who here agrees?

30.01.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5169    πŸ” 1187    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 80
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Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation’s judicial system.

Maybe they should have thought about that before telling Trump he is immune from prosecution and effectively all powerful.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/chi...

01.01.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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