Alisa Valentin, PhD

Bad Bunny accepts the #GRAMMYs award for Album of the Year.

Liam and his father are back home in Minneapolis. And the images of @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social made me cry. That's how our electeds should act. Standing shoulder to shoulder with constituents, fighting to ensure human dignity and safety. #justice

How to Apply the 'Tyrant Test' to Technology George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is the author of the forthcoming book Your Data Will Be Used Against You.

In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how sensor-driven technologies, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.

“Even as a young boy you have moved the world….Don’t let anyone tell you this isn’t your home.” 💕

Desmond Wilson played such an iconic role on an amazing sitcom.

I loved watching reruns of “Sanford and Son” on TV Land with my grandmother when I was a kid so ‘Lamont’ will always have a special place in my heart.💕

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Live action shot of me at the bottom of the hill:

My friend was like “so you’re a problem solver and innovator.”

As if this week wasn’t terrible enough, someone in my neighborhood now has video footage of me crawling and sliding on a hill of ice with a broom and shovel to their porch to get my food because it was delivered to the wrong house.

My first remarks since being arrested last night.

Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ...

If you're having trouble tracking the dizzying number of attacks on free expression, check out the @freepress.bsky.social report, "Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance," and prepare to be very, very alarmed. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities after protest at Minnesota church service Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Friday post on X that Lemon was arrested alongside three others "in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."

Make no mistake: The arrest of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social along with three other journalists for doing their jobs marks the next step in the Trump administration's attack on free speech and the free press. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been arrested for reporting the news.

This is a brazen, unconstitutional overreach. We demand that Congress act immediately to check the executive branch’s unhinged abuse of power.

This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.

FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez issued the following statement after the FCC proposed changes to the Lifeline program that could cause eligible households to lose critical federal support, increasing phone and internet bills for families who stand to lose up to $9.25 per month, and as much as $34.25 per month on Tribal lands.

At a time when millions of families are already struggling with the rising cost of living, the FCC should be focused on making connectivity more affordable.

Instead, it is erecting new barriers that risk raising phone and internet bills for the people who can least afford it. 🧵

Documenting how industry enables, profits from, and legitimizes attacks on people of color in the U.S. is critical.

That’s why reading this report by @rlivier.bsky.social from @freepress.bsky.social is at the top of my to-do list this week.

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Live-action shot of Chair Carr’s team directing staff to remove the word “independent” from the homepage that describes the role of the FCC.

The Mysterious Case of the Chair of the F(icticious) C(haos) C(lub) The controversial new FCC Chair seems to be more interested in attacking diversity than serving the public interest.

In April, I wrote about how FCC Chair Brendan Carr has spent years auditioning to hold an apple, peach, or whatever Real Housewives prop by pandering to the “main character.”

His testimony today before Senate Commerce proved that...again.

publicknowledge.org/the-mysterio...

It looks like Carr wants to "Delete, Delete, Delete" the independence of the agency to serve the interests of his boss...

During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.”

I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am

I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone.

#FCCOversight

In December, there's always tension between resting & a mad rush to accomplish goals. I’m making my way through my list:

-Got rid of clothes that were giving Little House on the Prairie vibes

-Caught up on Below Deck episodes

-Publish my first Bluesky post (you’re seeing this in real time)