Alison

Alison

@ajlibolt.bsky.social

Loves: travel, running, cooking, music; democracy; faith; peace

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When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

theguardian.comICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimonyUnder oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

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I have serious doubts as to whether, after all of its politically-motivated firings, the FBI has the capacity and expertise to actually investigate Kirk’s murder. The lawsuit filed today against Patel and the Bureau describes a complete clown show that leaves all of us less safe

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We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.

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Florida: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez (20) is being held in the Leon County Jail, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien." Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway. This is Fascism.

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I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.

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Federal prosecutors who investigated Eric Adams put on leave by Justice Department Also put on leave were the prosecutors who prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and former crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried. abcnews.go.com/US/federal-p...

abcnews.go.comFederal prosecutors who investigated Eric Adams put on leave by Justice Department: SourcesThe Justice Department on Friday put three federal prosecutors in Manhattan on leave, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

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This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.

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It’s quite clear by now that the answer to “why is the Trump administration doing x terrible thing?” is that they are *trying* to dismantle America and destabilize the entire world.

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Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

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📌URGENT: The Associated Press is one of the foremost news operations in the world. Without it, most media entities could not survive. 📌Well, the AP has now been barred from the White House. I'd suggest very strongly that any media that gets its news from AP takes a damn stand here in solidarity.

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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

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Over 100 ICE agents spent 5 hrs in Chicago last week, arresting only 2. In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)

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When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you can cause harm. The President wasted water that was being saved for farmers for a PR stunt. This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.

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Reminder: The Constitution says Congress regulates trade. The president imposing tariffs is an abuse of emergency powers. There is clearly no US national security emergency regarding Canada. Media might not care, weaklings in Congress might want to forfeit their authority, but still, facts matter.

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The White House Financial Disclosure page has been WIPED. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics mandates public financial disclosures for high-level federal officials through the OGE Form 278e promoting transparency and ensuring compliance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. SHARE EVERYWHERE!

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Trump rolled back the effort to lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costs. Trump’s Make Drug Prices High Again executive order rescinded the Biden-Harris order to lower drug costs — to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries. www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/tr...

marketwatch.comTrump rolls back effort to lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costsTrump’s executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Replying to @westendgrl.bsky.social

Another important item that debunks another pile of bullshit being spread: the fire department's funding was *increased* from 2023 to 2024. The problem is that people noticed it was cut in one budget package and ignore it was significantly increased in another. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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I'm a believer in smart policy, but all the finger-pointing in the LA firestorm about hydrant flows and LAFD budgets seems like arguing about the adequacy of Hiroshima's 1945 building code standards. It's a way to evade the big questions.

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Because they’re Black, they must be looting? This isn’t an honest mistake. Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house. (Her interview in the 🧵)

Stop the spread of disinformation!

Travis Longcore@travislongcore.bsky.social

You may see misinformation about water availability, linking the Palisades Fire to statewide policy. There is no link. See statement from LADWP. They had the water to fill all the existing tanks ahead of time, and did. The challenges have nothing to do with lack of supply or smelt in the Delta.

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Dear Joe, I know it feels really wrong to order your AG to release a Special Counsel report because that’s been a bad thing to do for so long. But the Supreme Court says it’s okay now. It’s legal. It’s an official act. So go ahead, Mr. President. It’s normal now. ~ Everyone

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As we gawk at the $250M Musk spent elect Trump, take a guess how long it took him to “earn” it back in the market? It took just 15 minutes. I'm not kidding... 15 minutes. According to Bloomberg, his net worth soared by $8B just today. That’s billionaire math for you—and it’s all of our problem.

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As we brace for the transition-inauguration media coverage of the second Trump administration, a Twitter/X thread from July 2024 about how "normalization" is justified ... Starts in next reply.

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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

businessinsider.comDenver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

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So the people saying "Make America Healthy Again" want kids to risk getting paralyzed from polio and dying of measles -- and they want those same kids to go hungry without school lunches, if they're not already slaughtered in a school massacre? Does that sound "healthy" to you?

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Pete Hegseth’s tattoos are the ones that white nationalists get. Federal law enforcement know these symbols well. Hegseth was banned from national guard duty at Biden’s inauguration for those tattoos. The Senate should consider this disqualifying for a nominee for Secretary of Defense—will they?

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