Allegra Kirkland
@allegrak.bsky.social
Politics @ TPM // Previously @ Teen Vogue
Alternate headline for this was very good piece was There’s No Such Thing As an Internet Culture Beat Anymore
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October 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Alternate headline for this was very good piece was There’s No Such Thing As an Internet Culture Beat Anymore
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As @joshkovensky.bsky.social has reported, CBP commander Greg Bovino is leading the Trump admin's campaign to escalate tensions in blue cities
This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters
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This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters
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October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As @joshkovensky.bsky.social has reported, CBP commander Greg Bovino is leading the Trump admin's campaign to escalate tensions in blue cities
This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
To celebrate making it 25 years in this generally cursed industry, TPM asked 25 writers we admire to reflect on a moment from the past 25 years of digital media.
Introducing 💻 Pivots, Trolls and Blog Rolls 💻
Take a break from the abysmal news to check it out! talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
Introducing 💻 Pivots, Trolls and Blog Rolls 💻
Take a break from the abysmal news to check it out! talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
To celebrate making it 25 years in this generally cursed industry, TPM asked 25 writers we admire to reflect on a moment from the past 25 years of digital media.
Introducing 💻 Pivots, Trolls and Blog Rolls 💻
Take a break from the abysmal news to check it out! talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
Introducing 💻 Pivots, Trolls and Blog Rolls 💻
Take a break from the abysmal news to check it out! talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
The shutdown is making Republicans' punitive approach to governance clear, @davidkurtz.bsky.social, writes.
"When in power, conservatives don't run the government, they occupy it like an invading force."
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"When in power, conservatives don't run the government, they occupy it like an invading force."
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October 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The shutdown is making Republicans' punitive approach to governance clear, @davidkurtz.bsky.social, writes.
"When in power, conservatives don't run the government, they occupy it like an invading force."
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
"When in power, conservatives don't run the government, they occupy it like an invading force."
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
July 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Autumn Sancho, 25, Sesame Workshop union: I went from "just thinking of myself to really caring so deeply about all of my colleagues."
Sabrina Martinez, 25, Starbucks Workers United: “Being able to have a space to talk + advocate for yourself is so important”
www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to...
Sabrina Martinez, 25, Starbucks Workers United: “Being able to have a space to talk + advocate for yourself is so important”
www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to...
June 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Autumn Sancho, 25, Sesame Workshop union: I went from "just thinking of myself to really caring so deeply about all of my colleagues."
Sabrina Martinez, 25, Starbucks Workers United: “Being able to have a space to talk + advocate for yourself is so important”
www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to...
Sabrina Martinez, 25, Starbucks Workers United: “Being able to have a space to talk + advocate for yourself is so important”
www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to...
“The rules of Parliament don't really see or fit Māori people,” 22-y/o Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tells @teenvogue.com “There’s a lot more resistance and advocation that we’re doing because, basically, our rights are being stripped left, right, and center."
www.teenvogue.com/story/hana-r...
www.teenvogue.com/story/hana-r...
May 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“The rules of Parliament don't really see or fit Māori people,” 22-y/o Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tells @teenvogue.com “There’s a lot more resistance and advocation that we’re doing because, basically, our rights are being stripped left, right, and center."
www.teenvogue.com/story/hana-r...
www.teenvogue.com/story/hana-r...
This investigation was conducted by a student who graduated college this May, who even made an interactive map of her findings.
www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...
www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...
May 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This investigation was conducted by a student who graduated college this May, who even made an interactive map of her findings.
www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...
www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...
Komal Samrow was set to start a job at the Government Accountability Office. Her grandpa worked in the Indian Foreign Service, her father works for UNICEF, + she, too, wanted to do something "meaningful." Now she feels like she's being "punished" for her choices.
www.teenvogue.com/story/elon-m...
www.teenvogue.com/story/elon-m...
April 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Komal Samrow was set to start a job at the Government Accountability Office. Her grandpa worked in the Indian Foreign Service, her father works for UNICEF, + she, too, wanted to do something "meaningful." Now she feels like she's being "punished" for her choices.
www.teenvogue.com/story/elon-m...
www.teenvogue.com/story/elon-m...
“Vivian has always had an uncompromising sense of who she is — and who she needs to be,” Wilson's mom, Justine, tells @teenvogue.com . "She is big, fierce, wild multi-layered magic."
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
March 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Vivian has always had an uncompromising sense of who she is — and who she needs to be,” Wilson's mom, Justine, tells @teenvogue.com . "She is big, fierce, wild multi-layered magic."
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
Asked if she's scared of her dad, the richest man in the world and now one of the most powerful figures in the US government, Vivian Wilson says: "He's a pathetic man-child. Why would I feel scared of him?"
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
March 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Asked if she's scared of her dad, the richest man in the world and now one of the most powerful figures in the US government, Vivian Wilson says: "He's a pathetic man-child. Why would I feel scared of him?"
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
The 20 y/o says growing up w/extravagant wealth in LA shaped her politics.
@thevivllainous.bsky.social: "There is no world in which people should be owning multiple private planes, private islands, private whatever, while other people are sleeping on the street."
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
@thevivllainous.bsky.social: "There is no world in which people should be owning multiple private planes, private islands, private whatever, while other people are sleeping on the street."
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The 20 y/o says growing up w/extravagant wealth in LA shaped her politics.
@thevivllainous.bsky.social: "There is no world in which people should be owning multiple private planes, private islands, private whatever, while other people are sleeping on the street."
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
@thevivllainous.bsky.social: "There is no world in which people should be owning multiple private planes, private islands, private whatever, while other people are sleeping on the street."
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
Extremely excited to share our new special issue cover with Vivian Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social
She talked to us about transitioning as a minor, her very public decision to break off relations with her dad, and the “cartoonishly evil” Trump administration. www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
She talked to us about transitioning as a minor, her very public decision to break off relations with her dad, and the “cartoonishly evil” Trump administration. www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
March 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Extremely excited to share our new special issue cover with Vivian Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social
She talked to us about transitioning as a minor, her very public decision to break off relations with her dad, and the “cartoonishly evil” Trump administration. www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
She talked to us about transitioning as a minor, her very public decision to break off relations with her dad, and the “cartoonishly evil” Trump administration. www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
ICE is sweeping up people without criminal records who are in ongoing legal immigration processes. The people described in this USA Today story "felt comfortable enough boarding a domestic flight," and were detained in PR and the US Virgin Islands
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
March 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
ICE is sweeping up people without criminal records who are in ongoing legal immigration processes. The people described in this USA Today story "felt comfortable enough boarding a domestic flight," and were detained in PR and the US Virgin Islands
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
In the mid-90s, Haitian children + teens, many of whom had traveled solo or lost parents on their journey, were detained at Guantánamo. They suffered horrific abuse.
Trump now wants to reopen Guantánamo as a mega-detention site for asylum seekers.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Trump now wants to reopen Guantánamo as a mega-detention site for asylum seekers.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
February 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In the mid-90s, Haitian children + teens, many of whom had traveled solo or lost parents on their journey, were detained at Guantánamo. They suffered horrific abuse.
Trump now wants to reopen Guantánamo as a mega-detention site for asylum seekers.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Trump now wants to reopen Guantánamo as a mega-detention site for asylum seekers.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Asked about Dems like John Fetterman who are going along w/parts of Trump's agenda or posting about how ~someone~ should do something, @maxwellfrost.bsky.social tells @leximcmenamin.bsky.social, "Unfortunately, there’s a lot of grifters in politics."
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
February 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Asked about Dems like John Fetterman who are going along w/parts of Trump's agenda or posting about how ~someone~ should do something, @maxwellfrost.bsky.social tells @leximcmenamin.bsky.social, "Unfortunately, there’s a lot of grifters in politics."
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
This photo broke my heart: "A displaced student from Marquez Elementary School, which was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire, hugs a bear as she resumes class at Nora Sterry Elementary School."
www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
January 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This photo broke my heart: "A displaced student from Marquez Elementary School, which was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire, hugs a bear as she resumes class at Nora Sterry Elementary School."
www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
“I lost pretty much all of my belongings, so it’ll be difficult to attend school," Dayton Johansen, a junior, tells
@amberonradio.bsky.social
He + his friend rushed back to Pasadena to assist Eaton Fire Relief, a youth-led coalition working to clear burned houses www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
@amberonradio.bsky.social
He + his friend rushed back to Pasadena to assist Eaton Fire Relief, a youth-led coalition working to clear burned houses www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“I lost pretty much all of my belongings, so it’ll be difficult to attend school," Dayton Johansen, a junior, tells
@amberonradio.bsky.social
He + his friend rushed back to Pasadena to assist Eaton Fire Relief, a youth-led coalition working to clear burned houses www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
@amberonradio.bsky.social
He + his friend rushed back to Pasadena to assist Eaton Fire Relief, a youth-led coalition working to clear burned houses www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
Alice Fothergill, disaster sociology prof, says it used to be rare for kids to live thru multiple disasters
Now we're seeing "kids from Hurricane Katrina also went thru the BP oil spill, or kids who were in one tropical storm were then in a later hurricane”
www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
Now we're seeing "kids from Hurricane Katrina also went thru the BP oil spill, or kids who were in one tropical storm were then in a later hurricane”
www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
January 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Alice Fothergill, disaster sociology prof, says it used to be rare for kids to live thru multiple disasters
Now we're seeing "kids from Hurricane Katrina also went thru the BP oil spill, or kids who were in one tropical storm were then in a later hurricane”
www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
Now we're seeing "kids from Hurricane Katrina also went thru the BP oil spill, or kids who were in one tropical storm were then in a later hurricane”
www.teenvogue.com/story/school...
The Kirschners lost their home in the Eaton fire. Max, 10, + Alex, 6, both saw their school burn down, too.
The boys are temporarily going to a care camp set up at the LA Arboretum.
Alex asked his dad "if a single toy" survived. He said he'd keep it if it did.
www.teenvogue.com/story/altade...
The boys are temporarily going to a care camp set up at the LA Arboretum.
Alex asked his dad "if a single toy" survived. He said he'd keep it if it did.
www.teenvogue.com/story/altade...
January 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Kirschners lost their home in the Eaton fire. Max, 10, + Alex, 6, both saw their school burn down, too.
The boys are temporarily going to a care camp set up at the LA Arboretum.
Alex asked his dad "if a single toy" survived. He said he'd keep it if it did.
www.teenvogue.com/story/altade...
The boys are temporarily going to a care camp set up at the LA Arboretum.
Alex asked his dad "if a single toy" survived. He said he'd keep it if it did.
www.teenvogue.com/story/altade...
First Monday back at work after vacation
July 10, 2023 at 4:45 PM
First Monday back at work after vacation