Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson

@brigidalverson.bsky.social

Comics journalist, library fan, ally. I vote. Support trans youth! All opinions are my own. Pronouns: She/her.

4,985 Followers 8,492 Following 1,692 Posts Joined Jun 2023
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Joaquin Castro Is on a Quest to Get Detained Immigrants Released

Thank you to everyone who has spoken up for the thousands of children and families imprisoned at Dilley. ICE admits that no one at Dilley has committed a crime, especially not the children. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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"We started a war of aggression for no reason & commenced it by accidentally bombing an elementary school & killing over 100 kids."

That simple fact is so horrific that it's just kind of bouncing on the surface of our collective consciousness. We can't absorb its full implications & significance.

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This is some Emperor's-New-Clothes level craziness. The sort of thing that will be included in history books in the future as an example of the stupidity of the times.

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ICE detainee in Arizona dies after not receiving medical attention for severe tooth pain Emmanuel Damas, a Haitian asylum seeker, was being held at the Florence correctional center before he died

A Haitian asylum seeker detained by ICE died after being refused timely medical attention for a severe toothache.

At least 40 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office — a two-decade high.

The monstrous cruelty of Trump's police state knows no bounds.

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Hegseth and anyone else claiming “oops, I accidentally massacred 175 children” are not above the law.

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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

This adds new meaning to the phrase, he’s spending money like a drunken sailor. Taxpayer money. Corrupt to the core, from the top down.
newrepublic.com/post/207555/...

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I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

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Kristi Noem's $220M Horseback Riding Ad Dwarfed the Budgets of These 2026 Oscar Nominees Outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem used $220 million in taxpayer money to create a minute-long anti-immigration ad. That's more than the combined production and marketing budgets of nearly every 2026 ...

Here's the article. People deleted and reposted for some reason.
people.com/kristi-noem-...

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I don't know - I just noticed that. The info is good, though - I've seen it in other places.

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Also, y'all missed English lunch during which [student]
corrected
Kerry for saying octopuses instead of octopi, and it was like Kerry had been training her whole life for a student to make that mistake. Total lay-up, and my favorite part of the day.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster O
@MerriamWebster
Happy World Octopus Day!
octopi = from the belief that words of
Latin origin should have Latin endings
octopuses = an English ending to
match its adoption as an English words
octopodes = from the belief that bc
'octopus' is originally Greek, it should have a Greek ending

me: so octopuses…

student: do you mean octopi?

other professor: oh no you didn’t

student: I TAKE IT BACK

me: so, in English, we borrow not only WORDS, but MORPHOLOGIES, and since octopus is a Greek word borrowed into Latin borrowed into English…

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Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’ Jeremy Carl faced tough questions from lawmakers during a Senate confirmation hearing last month.

Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’

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The U.S. killed children out of sheer carelessness.

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It is my most profound hope that everyone involved with this goes to prison for a long time.

Noem and her cronies funneled $220 million of taxpayer money into a 60-second ad and gave another $143 million contract to a company that was incorporated eight days earlier.

This is the swamp.

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If you would enjoy seeing an Assistant US Attorney being shredded in the courtroom because he used AI to write a response to the court that was filled with errors and falsehoods, then this is the thread for you!

Disturbingly, all the errors had the same bias, toward restricting the court's review.

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Maryland sues Trump administration over Baltimore ICE holding room facility Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued DHS, alleging it blocked a state probe into immigrant detention conditions at Baltimore’s Fallon Federal Building.

Maryland's attorney general is suing DHS because they "stonewalled" his attempt to investigate the conditions at the Baltimore ICE facility's hold rooms, @alexmann.bsky.social reports.

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

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taschen needs to publish a high-quality oversized book with every hostess cupcake comic book ad

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Exactly what people like me were warning about right from the start

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Sen. Warren: The Trump administration cannot explain the reasons that we entered this war or the goals we're trying to accomplish. The one part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15 million Americans who lost their health care, there's $1 billion a day to spend on bombing Iran.

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A headline reading “Camel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables”

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

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Like seven Newtowns

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Watchmen issue #1

Discussion of Watchmen is dominated by the thoughts and feelings of male writers, so @shelfdust.bsky.social paid 12 female and non-binary writers to talk about each issue of the serial instead: shelfdust.com/tag/we-watch...

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Everyone should commemorate March 9th every year by going out and ordering the most elaborate café drink in honor of Prof. Grygiel, let that be his legacy to the world

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Any Republican condemn Rep. Andy Ogles, who tweeted that Muslims don't belong in American society?

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How ICE Plans to Put 8,500 Immigrants in This Georgia Warehouse Experts say the initial designs raise health, safety and security concerns.

Don't look away. These camps are unsafe for people's well-being and health, unconstitutional, and a stain on the US. If people want to have a convo about immigration, let's do it. This is not the solution. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan [Muslim] nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth.”

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I date the decline of Western Civilization from the introduction of Baskin-Robbins' 31st flavor.

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The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown How Amazon, AT&T, and Citizens Bank are profiting from the administration’s mass deportation campaign.

Citizens Bank has largely flown under the radar as a major financier of ICE detention companies.

Not anymore. 🧵

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