allison levin
@allisonlevin.bsky.social
birder, aesthetic pruner, olden wild child. likes rocks.
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
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The US now has the Thiel-Vance foreign policy, the Steve Witkoff foreign policy, the Jared Kushner foreign policy, the Marco Rubio foreign policy, and once in a blue moon the Donald Trump foreign policy... and Putin and Netanyahu plus Saudi, UAE & Qatar drive most of it.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The US now has the Thiel-Vance foreign policy, the Steve Witkoff foreign policy, the Jared Kushner foreign policy, the Marco Rubio foreign policy, and once in a blue moon the Donald Trump foreign policy... and Putin and Netanyahu plus Saudi, UAE & Qatar drive most of it.
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"The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon. The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office."
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon. The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office."
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Call your Senators & Reps
➡️ Tell them that they need to get this horrible plan withdrawn and replaced with one that protects Ukraine, the U.S. and our European Allies from further Russian aggression+ Provide Ukraine with the assistance it needs properly to defend itself and halt Russian aggression.
➡️ Tell them that they need to get this horrible plan withdrawn and replaced with one that protects Ukraine, the U.S. and our European Allies from further Russian aggression+ Provide Ukraine with the assistance it needs properly to defend itself and halt Russian aggression.
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Call your Senators & Reps
➡️ Tell them that they need to get this horrible plan withdrawn and replaced with one that protects Ukraine, the U.S. and our European Allies from further Russian aggression+ Provide Ukraine with the assistance it needs properly to defend itself and halt Russian aggression.
➡️ Tell them that they need to get this horrible plan withdrawn and replaced with one that protects Ukraine, the U.S. and our European Allies from further Russian aggression+ Provide Ukraine with the assistance it needs properly to defend itself and halt Russian aggression.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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Nilo Makela was from my home town. He was a leader fighting fascists in Spain.
Communists didn't trust Canadians because our boys didn't care much for ideology.
But they were tough anti-fascist fighters.
Nilo held the line on the Ebro River and died at 21.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
Communists didn't trust Canadians because our boys didn't care much for ideology.
But they were tough anti-fascist fighters.
Nilo held the line on the Ebro River and died at 21.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Nilo Makela was from my home town. He was a leader fighting fascists in Spain.
Communists didn't trust Canadians because our boys didn't care much for ideology.
But they were tough anti-fascist fighters.
Nilo held the line on the Ebro River and died at 21.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
Communists didn't trust Canadians because our boys didn't care much for ideology.
But they were tough anti-fascist fighters.
Nilo held the line on the Ebro River and died at 21.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
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Bomb Squad Called to Concord Building Housing U.S. Rep. Goodlander’s Office indepthnh.org/2025/11/21/b...
Bomb Squad Called to Concord Building Housing U.S. Rep. Goodlander’s Office
On Friday at at about 3:54 p.m., the Concord Police Department received information of a potential threat towards 18 North Main Street in Concord where U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-NH, has an office...
indepthnh.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Bomb Squad Called to Concord Building Housing U.S. Rep. Goodlander’s Office indepthnh.org/2025/11/21/b...
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BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
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“The FBI gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch” Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at 3 New York federal immigration courts. The US govt has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”🚨
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“The FBI gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch” Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at 3 New York federal immigration courts. The US govt has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”🚨
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ICE will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump admin. to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
ICE will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump admin. to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.
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One conman is destroying the United States. He got fossil fuel and tech industry backing then went on a rampage. It shouldn’t be that easy.
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One conman is destroying the United States. He got fossil fuel and tech industry backing then went on a rampage. It shouldn’t be that easy.
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Executing political rivals is fine, but advising military members not to follow obviously illegal orders is treason.
Mike Johnson REFUSES to condemn Trump’s call for the execution of Democratic lawmakers. Instead, he goes after the lawmakers for their “very dangerous” call for the military to refuse to obey ILLEGAL orders.
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Executing political rivals is fine, but advising military members not to follow obviously illegal orders is treason.
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Nazis. All the way down.
“No reason was given for the numbers, which are a dramatic decrease from last year’s ceiling of 125,000 set under Democratic President Joe Biden.”
“No reason was given for the numbers, which are a dramatic decrease from last year’s ceiling of 125,000 set under Democratic President Joe Biden.”
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans.
Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering the U.S. It'll be mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500, and they will mostly be white South Africans.
www.nbcwashington.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Nazis. All the way down.
“No reason was given for the numbers, which are a dramatic decrease from last year’s ceiling of 125,000 set under Democratic President Joe Biden.”
“No reason was given for the numbers, which are a dramatic decrease from last year’s ceiling of 125,000 set under Democratic President Joe Biden.”
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After 20 years in the Navy, Buzz Grambo thought he'd spend his retirement playing video games and watching baseball. Instead, he patrols the streets of Baltimore to protect his neighbors from ICE. He even upgraded his scooter to a Segway that reaches 26 mph to keep up with the agents. My latest:
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
After 20 years in the Navy, Buzz Grambo thought he'd spend his retirement playing video games and watching baseball. Instead, he patrols the streets of Baltimore to protect his neighbors from ICE. He even upgraded his scooter to a Segway that reaches 26 mph to keep up with the agents. My latest:
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
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also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
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This is torture & should be condemned by the International Criminal Court.
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This is torture & should be condemned by the International Criminal Court.
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This unlawful Executive Order would attack states for enacting AI guardrails that protect consumers, children, and creators—including by threatening high-speed internet for rural communities.
This was already rejected by the Senate 99 to 1, and it must be rejected again.
This was already rejected by the Senate 99 to 1, and it must be rejected again.
Breaking news: The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Post.
White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations
The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This unlawful Executive Order would attack states for enacting AI guardrails that protect consumers, children, and creators—including by threatening high-speed internet for rural communities.
This was already rejected by the Senate 99 to 1, and it must be rejected again.
This was already rejected by the Senate 99 to 1, and it must be rejected again.
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“After the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, I reviewed a call between the president and the Saudi crown prince. The American people and the Khashoggi family deserve to know what was said on that call. If history is any guide, the receipts will be shocking,” the Virginia congressman said,
What did Trump and Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman discuss on the phone after the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi? trib.al/M3J5fEY
Dem Demands Transcript of Trump-MBS Call After Khashoggi Killing
What did Trump and Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman discuss on the phone after the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi?
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“After the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, I reviewed a call between the president and the Saudi crown prince. The American people and the Khashoggi family deserve to know what was said on that call. If history is any guide, the receipts will be shocking,” the Virginia congressman said,