Alison Johnson

@aljwriter.bsky.social

350 followers 740 following 60 posts

Can't cook, so I feed folks with words. Taste: Democracy. Bearing witness. Art. Tea. Trees. Feminism. Oh, and movies. #PublicPolicy #FairElections

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Alison Johnson @aljwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Watched once, still think about years later, and too painful for me to see again:

Dead Man Walking

Gorillas in the Mist

Room

🌷

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 3d

Trump & Vance are literally banning the use of the word women but not banning the use of the word men. The toxic masculinity administration.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

More pages of that list of words forbidden from being used by Head Start programs:

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4d

The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Supreme Court Is About to Give Trump His Crony State

During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and reorder the separation of powers.

www.thenation.com

Alison Johnson @aljwriter.bsky.social · 6d

And it’s stressful and distracting when I’d much rather be reflecting on the movie and letting its energy continue to wash over me. Ugh! 🙁

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 6d

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

Alison Johnson @aljwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Because you still listen, because in times like these
to have you listen at all, it’s necessary
to talk about trees. 🌷

Alison Johnson @aljwriter.bsky.social · 10d

Just thinking of that episode makes me cry - “It’s me - the probe is me”. And the flute! 😢🌷❤️

Alison Johnson @aljwriter.bsky.social · 10d

I knew there was a reason this space is special, Your Grace. 🌷☺️🌷

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10d

Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."

Reposted by Alison Johnson, Ann Bartow

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15d

Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 18d

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving for many, but for some it is the National Day of Mourning.

The event will be broadcast. It's worth watching.

United American Indians of New England - UAINE

UAINE is a Native-led organization of Native people and our supporters who fight back against racism and for the freedom of Leonard Peltier and other politic...

www.uaine.org

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19d

yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 27d

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Alison Johnson @aljwriter.bsky.social · Nov 12

Love how you put this! Wish you coulda been there when a friend met 2 of us for lunch and said “So, there’s nothing to talk about, is there?” 😉.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · Nov 12

🗣🗣🗣BUT HIS EMAILS

Reposted by Alison Johnson, Scott A. Imberman, Nelson Flores

Alison Johnson @aljwriter.bsky.social · Nov 10

It’s heartbreaking and infuriating..

Thank you for all that you are doing - proud to call you my Senator!

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · Nov 10

Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 9

"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · Nov 9

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Alison Johnson @aljwriter.bsky.social · Nov 8

Am currently on my 3rd listen of the Bright Sessions- love it!

Are you ever in a situation where you find yourself thinking about how a character from the Bright Sessions universe would respond? ☺️

Thank you for bringing your creative gifts to the world! 🌷

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Nov 7

Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.

Reposted by Alison Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 5

We have evidence now going back to 2018 that when Trump isn't on the ballot, it's grim scenes for Republicans.

And he'll never (lawfully) be on the ballot again.

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Emmarae 💚🧿 @emmaraeempowered.com · Nov 4

I'm really tired of searching for an item I want to buy and Amazon and Etsy being the only links that show up for pages & pages 🙄. I found a couple Black business directories and Indigenous business directories that I've been using to search and shop instead 👏🏾. If you have some links please share! ⬇️

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · Nov 4

GOOD MORNING AMERICA

🚨ELECTION DAY🚨

Please take a moment to listen & share
YOUR VOTE MATTERS
YOUR VOTE IS PRECIOUS

POLLS NOW OPEN
USE YOUR POWER

VOTE YES PROP 50 CALIFORNIA
VOTE Spanberger VA
Sherrill NJ
Mamdani NYC
SCOTUS PA
VOTE NO on 1 ME

I THANK YOU
THE GREAT JOHN LEWIS

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 3

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Oct 30

Portland dance group offers free Latin dance lessons at ICE facility 💃🏽

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 28

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · Oct 24

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

www.justice.gov

Reposted by Will Jennings, Gavin A. Schmidt, Alison Johnson

Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · Oct 22

This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.

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