Alagai 🇺🇲🇺🇦
@alagai.bsky.social
Burkburnett to the Bronx to Buffalo.
Preserve democracy.
Patriot. Retired microelectronics engineer. Grandmother. USAF Brat.
Preserve democracy.
Patriot. Retired microelectronics engineer. Grandmother. USAF Brat.
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Alagai 🇺🇲🇺🇦
@alagai.bsky.social
· Nov 12
If you're unhappy and unsettled by Trump's election, don't quit. That's just what they want you to do.
But that doesn't mean you have to do everything the same. Your media and social media habits, for example.
Here's what I'm doing to stay sane, and set myself up to handle what's to come.
But that doesn't mean you have to do everything the same. Your media and social media habits, for example.
Here's what I'm doing to stay sane, and set myself up to handle what's to come.
Authoritarians Want You To Quit
Don't withdraw entirely, but it's OK to partially disengage. The future will be tough, and you're in better position to fight if you stay sane. Here's how I'm adjusting.
www.arcdigital.media
This is simply excellent. It's close to my take, and plans.
I will find ways to help those hurt by the incoming regime, and to help 2026 midterms.
No performative stuff like the Women's March.
Fwiw I plan to exit Twitter in January just before the inauguration. Earlier if circumstances demand.
I will find ways to help those hurt by the incoming regime, and to help 2026 midterms.
No performative stuff like the Women's March.
Fwiw I plan to exit Twitter in January just before the inauguration. Earlier if circumstances demand.
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How would this be worded any differently if it were issued by the Kremlin?
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How would this be worded any differently if it were issued by the Kremlin?
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Appalling and alarming:
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Appalling and alarming:
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Donald Trump’s televised speech this week was a “presidential address unworthy of the American people and the American nation and its democracy,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/ZwUx7dcZ
December 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Donald Trump’s televised speech this week was a “presidential address unworthy of the American people and the American nation and its democracy,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/ZwUx7dcZ
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
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The original Korean version is even more lavish and forceful.
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The original Korean version is even more lavish and forceful.
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When considering the accuracy of this 2.7% inflation number, keep in mind that data wasn't collected in the first half of November due to the shutdown. And what do retailers do during Thanksgiving and the run-up to Christmas? Discount their products.
Now you know why the inflation number is lower.
Now you know why the inflation number is lower.
December 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
When considering the accuracy of this 2.7% inflation number, keep in mind that data wasn't collected in the first half of November due to the shutdown. And what do retailers do during Thanksgiving and the run-up to Christmas? Discount their products.
Now you know why the inflation number is lower.
Now you know why the inflation number is lower.
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Karl Rove: Trump’s comments were met with universal horror and revulsion. What the president said about the Reiners didn’t diminish them. It diminished him. www.wsj.com/opinion/alar...
Opinion | Alarm Bells Ring, Are You Listening?
Between his rallies and online ranting, Trump is setting up a nasty midterm loss.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Karl Rove: Trump’s comments were met with universal horror and revulsion. What the president said about the Reiners didn’t diminish them. It diminished him. www.wsj.com/opinion/alar...
I worked with NCAR when I was a physics/ meteorology undergrad at Colorado State University.
This is one of the most outrageous and destructive anti-science efforts yet from the Trump regime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
This is one of the most outrageous and destructive anti-science efforts yet from the Trump regime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I worked with NCAR when I was a physics/ meteorology undergrad at Colorado State University.
This is one of the most outrageous and destructive anti-science efforts yet from the Trump regime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
This is one of the most outrageous and destructive anti-science efforts yet from the Trump regime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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Stephen Miller and JD Vance say their opposition to immigration is not just gutter racism but concern about the cultures supposedly incompatible with the US.
Then they ban the adoption of non white children.
bsky.app/profile/reic...
Then they ban the adoption of non white children.
bsky.app/profile/reic...
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Stephen Miller and JD Vance say their opposition to immigration is not just gutter racism but concern about the cultures supposedly incompatible with the US.
Then they ban the adoption of non white children.
bsky.app/profile/reic...
Then they ban the adoption of non white children.
bsky.app/profile/reic...
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They've been firing VA nurses and park rangers and USAF depot mechanics by the thousands, not to mention the 'bureaucrats' who help your grandma with SS paperwork or who get your tax refund sent out promptly
Q: The unemployment rate currently stands at 4.6%, the highest since the pandemic. So how do you inspire companies to hire people?
JD VANCE: You're talking about government sector jobs. We want to fire bureaucrats and hire these great Americans out here.
JD VANCE: You're talking about government sector jobs. We want to fire bureaucrats and hire these great Americans out here.
December 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
They've been firing VA nurses and park rangers and USAF depot mechanics by the thousands, not to mention the 'bureaucrats' who help your grandma with SS paperwork or who get your tax refund sent out promptly
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Live your life in a way that earns a hate-tweet from Donald Trump when you’re gone.
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Live your life in a way that earns a hate-tweet from Donald Trump when you’re gone.
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It seems like the Bluesky message to centrists is "Why are you still on the Nazi site" while at the same time "Go back to the Nazi site, you're not wanted here"
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It seems like the Bluesky message to centrists is "Why are you still on the Nazi site" while at the same time "Go back to the Nazi site, you're not wanted here"
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It is almost always a lot less costly to oppose an aggressor as soon as possible, than to appease an aggressor and hope that'll be the end of it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It is almost always a lot less costly to oppose an aggressor as soon as possible, than to appease an aggressor and hope that'll be the end of it.
If they won't look at a real ID - how on earth is a citizen to prove that at any random moment on the street?? That's the only "papers" a US citizen is likely to have on them.
A complete non-sequitur from Bovino. True the law does require non-cits carry documents, but citizens do not HAVE immigration documents, by definition. He's at best igoring the question, or what, saying all US-born citizens need to carry their original birth certificate to the grocery store?
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If they won't look at a real ID - how on earth is a citizen to prove that at any random moment on the street?? That's the only "papers" a US citizen is likely to have on them.
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Bully backed down after running into resistance, indicating they hoped their target would weakly fold in the face of bluster and don’t have a back up plan?
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bully backed down after running into resistance, indicating they hoped their target would weakly fold in the face of bluster and don’t have a back up plan?
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
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So the president was like “hey Indiana, help me cheat in the next election,” and Indiana was all “no thanks,” but then the president went “you better disenfranchise a bunch of your citizens or I’ll illegally withhold money to hurt you,” and the Indiana Senate went “in that case, an even bigger no.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So the president was like “hey Indiana, help me cheat in the next election,” and Indiana was all “no thanks,” but then the president went “you better disenfranchise a bunch of your citizens or I’ll illegally withhold money to hurt you,” and the Indiana Senate went “in that case, an even bigger no.”
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This is a good interview. The Colorado AG is not playing Trump’s silly game. Stick to your guns, follow the law, stand up to Trump’s lunacy. This is how we win.
NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This is a good interview. The Colorado AG is not playing Trump’s silly game. Stick to your guns, follow the law, stand up to Trump’s lunacy. This is how we win.
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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Is this the first time we’ve seen so many Republicans stand up to Trump since his second term began?
It’s like a breath of fresh air. Credit where credit is due, I may no longer be a Republican but these people have a backbone 🇺🇸
It’s like a breath of fresh air. Credit where credit is due, I may no longer be a Republican but these people have a backbone 🇺🇸
Indiana Republicans have overwhelmingly rejected a redistricting plan backed by the president. Russell Berman spent the past few days asking lawmakers there to explain why the state has become the new hotbed of GOP resistance to Donald Trump:
Why Indiana Republicans Are Standing Up to Trump
Small-c conservatism is still a point of pride in the state.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Is this the first time we’ve seen so many Republicans stand up to Trump since his second term began?
It’s like a breath of fresh air. Credit where credit is due, I may no longer be a Republican but these people have a backbone 🇺🇸
It’s like a breath of fresh air. Credit where credit is due, I may no longer be a Republican but these people have a backbone 🇺🇸
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America Alone.
Denmark’s military intelligence service has for the first time classified the US as a security risk, a striking shift in how one of Washington’s closest European allies assesses the transatlantic relationship.
Danish intelligence classifies Trump’s America as a security risk
Denmark sounds the alarm about the U.S.’s increasingly antagonistic posture toward Europe.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
America Alone.