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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 15h

Protesting, and then going back to work for the enablers seems counter-productive, no? My new post on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

To Protest, or Not to Protest: That is the Question

Happy Monday, folks.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta say, I’m not a fan of CNN, but Bash takes no prisoners. Good for her.

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Linda Dominguez (she/her) @lindadominguez.bsky.social · 5d

It's funny how they seem to have no problem breathing through their masks now...

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 4d

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 5d

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 5d

I want to believe this. I hope it’s true. But we all thought the same about the Mueller Report and nothing happened.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 11d

The app developers should just rebrand it without ICE in the name.

Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 11d

Nice work, @governor.ca.gov

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 11d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 11d

Aww! Cute kitty!

Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 13d

Brilliant analysis and one gun violence prevention groups should factor into their strategies. open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

Suicide Turned Outward: Why White Men Are Turning Their Self-Destruction Into Mass Violence

This Substack is reader-supported.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 13d

Which of Trump’s insane remarks prompted this look between these two, do you think?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23d

Breaking News: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that prohibits federal immigration agents from wearing masks in California.

California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to prevent federal agents from concealing their identities with masks. The law is expected to face a legal challenge.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 25d

Good. They should be worried about a parks and cruise boycott. Tourism is already down; we should give this the Tesla treatment.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 26d

When a Democratic “think tank” decides the ACLU is the problem at the root of winning elections, then they have seriously lost the plot.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 27d

On a lighter note, we started watching “The Studio” last night based on all its Emmy wins, and it is laugh-out-loud hilarious. Only two episodes in, but I can see why it won so many awards! Nice job, Seth Rogan & friends. A nice break from our current reality.

Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 27d

Couldn’t have anything to to with that Fox News guy saying the homeless should be killed by lethal injection now, could it?

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 27d

It’s like the idiots who “forget” they have a gun on them and try to get through security.

Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 27d

Hilarious!

Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 27d

Super talented kid! I love the baguette skirt on Queen Carbs!

Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 27d

A legend, a mensch, and a damn fine actor and filmmaker. Ordinary People is my favorite movie of all time, which was Redford’s directorial debut. How you make a movie so full of emotional depth your first time out is either dumb luck or sheer brilliance. I’ll give him the latter. RIP, Mr. Redford.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 28d

The Andromeda Strain
Contagion
12 Monkeys

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · 29d

We don’t even think of her. Ever.

Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · Sep 13

I can’t keep up with all the flavors of white nationalism. Groypers? Yikes.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hey maybe instead of gay conversion therapy, conservatives should focus on gun worship conversion therapy. The sickness runs deep and starts young.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · Sep 10

Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.

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Sabrina Alfin @sabrinaalfin.bsky.social · Sep 10

I wish one-tenth of the hand-wringing being expended about Charlie Kirk was extended to the children dying at the hands of mass shooters. It’s all political violence, whether our reporters choose to frame it that way or not. #banassaultweapons

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