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@alisonsk.bsky.social

LA to L.A., with stops up & down the East Coast in-between. Auntie, pet-lover, reader, walker, gardener, voter. Fiercely pro-Democratic USA, anti-orange bastard.

178 Followers  |  614 Following  |  207 Posts  |  Joined: 10.11.2024  |  1.9773

Latest posts by alisonsk.bsky.social on Bluesky

Mira Laxo! πŸ˜‚

05.11.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them.

Holy smokes

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

04.11.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1375    πŸ” 551    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 93

Release the #EpsteinFiles

04.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

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04.11.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4671    πŸ” 1226    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 227

Shoot, even a televised interview doesn't prioritize teeth!

04.11.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Citizen Shot by ICE in Ontario, CA Released From Federal Custody With Bullet Still Lodged In Shoulder ~ L.A. TACO According to his lawyers, Carlos Jimenez had attempted to warn agents of the presence of school children at a nearby bus stop in his community when he was shot by federal agents. Authorities claim he ...

@lataco.bsky.social also has good coverage
lataco.com/ontario-man-...

03.11.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know we all gave up on LAT for good reason some time ago, but they've had some really good coverage of the immigration-related invasion.

03.11.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 320    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
Before they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

#flashbackfriday

[obama looking out at the white house lawn from the east wing]

Before they paved paradise and put up a parking lot. #flashbackfriday [obama looking out at the white house lawn from the east wing]

27.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Representative of the US is not only lying . . . but [off the subject, talkin' smack, is crude & gross]. Mr. Waltz, this is the United Nations General Assembly. It is not a Signal chat nor is it the House of Representatives."

Waltz/this Administration pantsed by Cuba in front of the whole world

01.11.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From @wonkettemedia.bsky.social: β€œπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ€™s Stupidest Overreaction To Kirk’s Murder came to an end as the Perry County DA dropped a felony charge against a retired cop who never threatened mass violence anywhere, but whose politics the local fuckhead sheriff didn’t like.” www.wonkette.com/p/tn-man-fin...

01.11.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1025    πŸ” 275    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 16

🀣

01.11.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is correct. College students trick or treating Embassy Row is a cool thing that happens every year. But stay away from the #GatesOfHell, folks.

31.10.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are a US citizen who has been scanned by one of these pls hmu. You might have a chance to do the funniest thing.

31.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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It just did not feel the same without the boxes

31.10.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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REPUBLICAN Rep. Turner says Hegseth & Trump gave β€œnot very good answers” about the boat bombings in international waters. (As the UN condemns it)

Dozens killed. No evidence that any of this was necessary or justified.

31.10.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1053    πŸ” 401    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 22

I used to get so *incensed* by the nasty Weekly Standard covers caricaturing Democrats that I saw at my dad's - just a strong, visceral reaction - and here I am nodding to the wisdom and heart that I hear from Bill Kristol every Monday on the pod.

31.10.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)

31.10.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3973    πŸ” 1526    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 61
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FACTS about SNAP:

-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)

31.10.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8736    πŸ” 4743    πŸ’¬ 205    πŸ“Œ 152
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Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders

Dutch liberals, together with the Dutch center-right, fight back
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...

30.10.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4490    πŸ” 947    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 75
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EXCLUSIVE: She Beat Jeanine Pirro in Court Four Timesβ€”Now She’s Breaking Her Silence Sidney Reid speaks out for the first time since three grand juries and a trial jury cleared her of allegations that she assaulted law enforcement.

Watch @klasfeldreports.com's interview with Sydney Reid, who humiliated Juicebox Janine.

www.allrisenews.com/p/exclusive-...

29.10.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

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30.10.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œVery happy to be going home β€” I didn’t seek to be a media sensation, but here we are.”

LARRY BUSHART (a liberal ex-cop) finally walks free after 30+ days in jail, getting his 1A rights violated in PERRY COUNTY for posting a Trump meme in a Charlie Kirk vigil Facebook groupπŸ‘‡πŸ½

29.10.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 659    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 14
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Judge Gives LA U.S. Attorney The Alina Habba Treatment Essayli Ruled Ineligible In what is now the third such ruling, a...

In what is now the third such ruling, a federal judge disqualified Bill Essayli as acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.
The ruling has major implications for the corrupt political prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

29.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1380    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 13
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Creepy cartoon fun! πŸ‘»πŸŽƒ
In THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1929), #MickeyMouse faces a swarm of skeletons who make him play the organ β€” with some animation from THE SKELETON DANCE! πŸ’€πŸ­

More spooky season ‡️
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#Halloween #SpookySeason

29.10.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 299    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

NVM!
"Previously, representatives from the Sheriff’s Office asserted that the monkeys were infected with a variety of dangerous viruses, including COVID-19, herpes and hepatitis C, information that Tulane University has since said is categorically false."
www.mississippifreepress.org/lab-monkeys-...

29.10.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICYMI: We’re suing the Trump-Vance administration to demand the release of documents about ICE’s arrests at immigration courts and coordinated efforts to fast track deportations.

Due process is a right for everyone in the U.S. β€” regardless of immigration status.

29.10.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh, sweet Jesus!

28.10.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Who Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd, Set to Face Federal Judge U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:

28.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2004    πŸ” 656    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 171

Amazon has made a substantial donation for constructing the ballroom.

So the owner of Amazon sucks up by donating for the project and then praises the project in the news rag he owns.

The problem of an oligarchy.

26.10.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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