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Alexandra Neil

@alexandraneil.bsky.social

Actor. Writer. Activist - co-founder Downtown Women for Change, NYC.

90 Followers  |  167 Following  |  24 Posts  |  Joined: 05.02.2025  |  2.0705

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Imagine being 17, your little brother by your side, begging to speak to your dad as heโ€™s dragged away. You may never see him again. And this is every day. Soul shattering, nightmarish stuff, never to be forgiven.

26.10.2025 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5083    ๐Ÿ” 1752    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 107    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

This was powerful

26.10.2025 06:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4518    ๐Ÿ” 844    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor

Literally the least he could do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/n...

24.10.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 135    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

During the government shutdown, President Trump:
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- Raised $250 million from billionaires for a ballroom
- Gave Qatar an Air Force facility in Idaho
- Doubled Argentina's bailout to $40 billion
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What happened to America First?

23.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1918    ๐Ÿ” 492    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 108    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Taliban Bans Books by Women in Afghanistanโ€™s Universities

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/w...

24.09.2025 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 136    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells

11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...

18.09.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Mayorโ€™s race remains a wild ride But thereโ€™s nothing funny about the Trump/Cuomo/Adams collaboration.

open.substack.com/pub/bradland...

09.09.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.

โ€œYou enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone elseโ€™s whim, youโ€™re illegal. It doesnโ€™t make sense.โ€

Trump is running the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.

20.08.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2081    ๐Ÿ” 923    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

Amateur hour

17.08.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Point Break

10.08.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Another Cuomo noninterference story falls apart Andrew Cuomo has always been careful to maintain a plausible-looking deniability when it comes to his role in keeping his own party out of power in the State Senate.

Cuomo helped form the IDC, a group of rogue Democratic state senators who sided with Republicans year after year to keep loopholes in NYโ€™s rent stabilization laws.

The result: tens of thousands of rent stabilized units were eliminated.

www.politico.com/states/new-y...

09.08.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2150    ๐Ÿ” 462    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

Really interesting how Lander is using his buddy flick/deep well of knowledge toโ€ฆnot just the outcome in November but educating people about policies and history of policies

09.08.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 364    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump's Plan To Shut Down Midterm Elections w/ Michael Waldman
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast Trump's Plan To Shut Down Midterm Elections w/ Michael Waldman

Must listen to @brennancenter.org president Michael Waldman

youtu.be/CeuDK6z1Ewo?...

08.08.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 411    ๐Ÿ” 167    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Justice Dept. Subpoenas Office of Letitia James, Who Sued Trump for Fraud

Attorney General James took on Trump's fraud and the NRA's rampant corruptionโ€”and won both cases.

So it's little wonder that Trump's politicized DOJ is now coming after her.

The people of New York stand with their lawyer and champion.

08.08.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4928    ๐Ÿ” 1119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42
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WATCH: โ€œThe notion that arrests are going on by masked people is mind-boggling.โ€

NASHVILLEโ€™s metro council just passed a resolution calling on Tennessee state lawmakers to pass the @brotherjones.bsky.social bill requiring law enforcement to ID themselves and not wear masks.

07.08.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1191    ๐Ÿ” 388    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge President Donald Trump has said he wants a โ€œbaby boom,โ€ but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes โ€” and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.

Did someone you know vote for Trump because of his promises of free IVF?

They were lied to.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

05.08.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1570    ๐Ÿ” 417    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 100    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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A Look Inside Jeffrey Epsteinโ€™s Manhattan Lair

I open my computer this am - this is the first thing I see. Our country, the world, in a state of emergency, and NYT starts with real estate porn to appease the insatiable appetite for all things Epstein. Disgusting.

A Look Inside Jeffrey Epsteinโ€™s Manhattan Lair www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

05.08.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trumpโ€™s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook

Trumpโ€™s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook

Itโ€™s so infrequent that the New York Times uses โ€œTrumpโ€ and โ€œAuthoritarianโ€ in the same headline that itโ€™s worth noting when they do. Now they need to say clearly and loudly that heโ€™s in the process of building a dictatorship. Because he is.

03.08.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 391    ๐Ÿ” 119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Monarch butterfliesโ€™ mass die-off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure โ€“ study New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

03.08.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

It is seriously dangerous territory when Trump fires anyone who doesn't cook the books for him.

The entire economy hinges on the accurate, nonpartisan data we get from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Republicans need to join us in fighting to protect the integrity of BLS.

01.08.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 687    ๐Ÿ” 222    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

I am canceling my subscription to Politico.

31.07.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jessica Gonzรกlez-Rojas launches state Senate campaign with high-profile endorsements She is challenging state Sen. Jessica Ramos, whose decision to endorse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo upset her progressive supporters.

www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

23.07.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tear-gassing farm workers. Trumpโ€™s America. ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

10.07.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2314    ๐Ÿ” 1213    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 277    ๐Ÿ“Œ 148
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Progressive pressure to back Mamdani

If you are an elected New York Dem and you are not endorsing the ***WINNER OF THE DEM PRIMARY***, you are part of the problem.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...

09.07.2025 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5993    ๐Ÿ” 1302    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 188    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105
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The Trump administration is escalating arrests at immigration court with no regard for the legal status of those they are detaining.
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These courthouses have ceased to be a place where the rule of law is applied.

These buildings are now abduction traps.
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Via @abc7ny.bsky.social

09.07.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 422    ๐Ÿ” 187    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

~9,000 new people have signed up to run for office in the last two weeks. New leadership is coming, whether the establishment likes it or not.

07.07.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1589    ๐Ÿ” 297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Congress Gives ICE More Money Than It Could Have Ever Imagined Itโ€™s impossible to overstate how much power ICE just got from Trumpโ€™s budget.

Republicans just took away your healthcare so they can fund their secret police: newrepublic.com/post/197612/...

07.07.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11053    ๐Ÿ” 4010    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 412    ๐Ÿ“Œ 215
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1/2 You could write a book about one atrocious headline in print NYT today

(I sort of wrote this book 30 years ago, Breaking the News, but others can take a turn.)

What's wrong this headline? Mamdani "faces scrutiny" **ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY** because NYT decided to make this a "thing."

Really bad.

06.07.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7508    ๐Ÿ” 1362    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 337    ๐Ÿ“Œ 157

I think there are a lot of us who feel like we've been yelling this frantically into the void for a long time now. The experts keep saying it. All the signs are here. Many of us see it, and keep trying to sound the alarm, yet the public remains oblivious. It's terrifying. IDK how we break through.

05.07.2025 06:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 638    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

We must not leave this out of the account of what they have done. What Musk and Trump and Vought did. What Johnson and his band of sycophants allowed them to do. What tens of millions of fellow Americans endorse.

05.07.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1663    ๐Ÿ” 681    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

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