Alyssa Simon
@alyssasimon.bsky.social
New Yorker, actress, happy to be here.
Woman, Life, Freedom! 🇺🇦🇮🇷✡️
Woman, Life, Freedom! 🇺🇦🇮🇷✡️
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Harmonizing against the KKK back in'66. We miss you John.
"And we only have that arsenal so that you won't raise no fuss.
And if you don't like that, then call the cops 'cause chances are they're us."
"And we only have that arsenal so that you won't raise no fuss.
And if you don't like that, then call the cops 'cause chances are they're us."
As they say, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
I stumbled upon John Denver in the Mitchell Trio's 1966 recording of "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku Klux Klan."
It speaks to so many things happening today that it gives me new respect for John Denver.
I stumbled upon John Denver in the Mitchell Trio's 1966 recording of "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku Klux Klan."
It speaks to so many things happening today that it gives me new respect for John Denver.
Mitchell Trio feat. John Denver- "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood KKK" 1966 [RITY Archive]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Harmonizing against the KKK back in'66. We miss you John.
"And we only have that arsenal so that you won't raise no fuss.
And if you don't like that, then call the cops 'cause chances are they're us."
"And we only have that arsenal so that you won't raise no fuss.
And if you don't like that, then call the cops 'cause chances are they're us."
Trump also posted and then deleted this in 2016. His racism and antisemitic bigotry have been known as long as his rape history.
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Trump also posted and then deleted this in 2016. His racism and antisemitic bigotry have been known as long as his rape history.
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Everyone in the White House involved in any way with that vile, sickening racist Trump post must be fired immediately: everyone in the communications department, everyone in the press office, every deputy chief of staff, everyone involved up and down the line. Not one more tax dollar for this filth.
BREAKING: President Trump removes a racist video depicting the Obamas as apes. The White House initially defended the post, then blamed it on a staffer.
Trump shares racist video depicting the Obamas as monkeys
The White House defended Trump's post, saying it was "from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle."
nbcnews.to
February 6, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Everyone in the White House involved in any way with that vile, sickening racist Trump post must be fired immediately: everyone in the communications department, everyone in the press office, every deputy chief of staff, everyone involved up and down the line. Not one more tax dollar for this filth.
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As Fannie Lou Hamer said: "That flag is drenched in our blood". Two enslaved BW helped stitch the 1st flag. One is unknown. The other is Grace Wisher. For Erin Jackson to carry that flag in front of a racist JD Vance was powerful. Our excellence cannot be reduced. #WinterOlympics #TeamUSA
February 7, 2026 at 1:13 AM
As Fannie Lou Hamer said: "That flag is drenched in our blood". Two enslaved BW helped stitch the 1st flag. One is unknown. The other is Grace Wisher. For Erin Jackson to carry that flag in front of a racist JD Vance was powerful. Our excellence cannot be reduced. #WinterOlympics #TeamUSA
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Its a sad time in this country. Shame on Pamela Evette
February 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Its a sad time in this country. Shame on Pamela Evette
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Let's make racists afraid again.
February 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Let's make racists afraid again.
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Oh.👀
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest in the Epstein docs, showing that he flew in 2006 from London to New York on Epstein’s private plane.
The manifest lists Phelan alongside 12 other passengers including Epstein and Jean-Luc Brunel.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest in the Epstein docs, showing that he flew in 2006 from London to New York on Epstein’s private plane.
The manifest lists Phelan alongside 12 other passengers including Epstein and Jean-Luc Brunel.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
Exclusive: Navy secretary John Phelan listed as passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane in 2006 | CNN Politics
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest found among millions of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that have been released in recent months, showing th...
www.cnn.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Oh.👀
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest in the Epstein docs, showing that he flew in 2006 from London to New York on Epstein’s private plane.
The manifest lists Phelan alongside 12 other passengers including Epstein and Jean-Luc Brunel.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest in the Epstein docs, showing that he flew in 2006 from London to New York on Epstein’s private plane.
The manifest lists Phelan alongside 12 other passengers including Epstein and Jean-Luc Brunel.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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It wasn’t the birtherism?
Blatant racism coming down the escalator?
Dismantling DEI programs?
Erasing Black History?
Demanding innocent Black Men be executed?
Lawsuit for racist housing practices?
HBCUS?
Nope!
🗣️🚨It’s because it was blatant vs implied. These folks are upset he blew their cover🤷🏾♀️
Blatant racism coming down the escalator?
Dismantling DEI programs?
Erasing Black History?
Demanding innocent Black Men be executed?
Lawsuit for racist housing practices?
HBCUS?
Nope!
🗣️🚨It’s because it was blatant vs implied. These folks are upset he blew their cover🤷🏾♀️
Three-time Trump voter: I'm looking at this awful picture of the Obamas. What an embarrassment to our country. He is not worthy of the presidency. He takes bribes blatantly, and now he's being a racist blatantly. He's pathetic as a president, and I want to apologize for supporting this rotten man.
February 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
It wasn’t the birtherism?
Blatant racism coming down the escalator?
Dismantling DEI programs?
Erasing Black History?
Demanding innocent Black Men be executed?
Lawsuit for racist housing practices?
HBCUS?
Nope!
🗣️🚨It’s because it was blatant vs implied. These folks are upset he blew their cover🤷🏾♀️
Blatant racism coming down the escalator?
Dismantling DEI programs?
Erasing Black History?
Demanding innocent Black Men be executed?
Lawsuit for racist housing practices?
HBCUS?
Nope!
🗣️🚨It’s because it was blatant vs implied. These folks are upset he blew their cover🤷🏾♀️
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For every change that has ever happened in this country, it comes down to voting. Citizens voting, elected officials voting, SCOTUS voting…Every single change in this country comes down to a vote. So you can choose to be ignorant, sit out an election but don’t act like voting doesn’t lead to change.
February 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
For every change that has ever happened in this country, it comes down to voting. Citizens voting, elected officials voting, SCOTUS voting…Every single change in this country comes down to a vote. So you can choose to be ignorant, sit out an election but don’t act like voting doesn’t lead to change.
What a disgusting and depraved person he is. What a racist imbecile.
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
What a disgusting and depraved person he is. What a racist imbecile.
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Why is this even a response to him calling out racism when this is what actually needs to be called out?
Y’all wonder why Black Folks are tuning y’all out? It’s because y’all are doing bs like this vs calling out the real problem in this country.
You made a conscious choice to do that.
Y’all wonder why Black Folks are tuning y’all out? It’s because y’all are doing bs like this vs calling out the real problem in this country.
You made a conscious choice to do that.
February 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Why is this even a response to him calling out racism when this is what actually needs to be called out?
Y’all wonder why Black Folks are tuning y’all out? It’s because y’all are doing bs like this vs calling out the real problem in this country.
You made a conscious choice to do that.
Y’all wonder why Black Folks are tuning y’all out? It’s because y’all are doing bs like this vs calling out the real problem in this country.
You made a conscious choice to do that.
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All those people demanding Trump be put in prison don't seem to grasp that he was heading there until November 2024. He was convicted, and about to be sentenced when these same people refused to vote for Harris. And then he became President, and everything just went away. Consequences.
February 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
All those people demanding Trump be put in prison don't seem to grasp that he was heading there until November 2024. He was convicted, and about to be sentenced when these same people refused to vote for Harris. And then he became President, and everything just went away. Consequences.
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
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Courage is contagious. Let’s keep going.
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Courage is contagious. Let’s keep going.
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🤌❤️ Legend.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
🤌❤️ Legend.
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Well, I was laid off at The Washington Post today.
It's been an honor to work with some of the best journalists in the business.
I'm hoping to continue reporting, producing videos and finding long-forgotten archival footage.
If you have any openings, reach out.
It's been an honor to work with some of the best journalists in the business.
I'm hoping to continue reporting, producing videos and finding long-forgotten archival footage.
If you have any openings, reach out.
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Well, I was laid off at The Washington Post today.
It's been an honor to work with some of the best journalists in the business.
I'm hoping to continue reporting, producing videos and finding long-forgotten archival footage.
If you have any openings, reach out.
It's been an honor to work with some of the best journalists in the business.
I'm hoping to continue reporting, producing videos and finding long-forgotten archival footage.
If you have any openings, reach out.
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This is NYC in 2026!
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This was on the 1 train today at 5:35pm.
A man wearing what appears to be a swastika on his watch.
This is NYC in 2026!
🖼️ ⌨️ tanyazuckerbrot
This was on the 1 train today at 5:35pm.
A man wearing what appears to be a swastika on his watch.
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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This is NYC in 2026!
🖼️ ⌨️ tanyazuckerbrot
This was on the 1 train today at 5:35pm.
A man wearing what appears to be a swastika on his watch.
This is NYC in 2026!
🖼️ ⌨️ tanyazuckerbrot
This was on the 1 train today at 5:35pm.
A man wearing what appears to be a swastika on his watch.
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i'm sorry... professional wresting fans?? we got professional wrestling fans in the national divorce?
February 5, 2026 at 3:52 AM
i'm sorry... professional wresting fans?? we got professional wrestling fans in the national divorce?
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I've always suspected an essential part of kayfabe is being a theater nerd at heart
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I've always suspected an essential part of kayfabe is being a theater nerd at heart
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I remember they told me Spanberger was a Centrist.
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I remember they told me Spanberger was a Centrist.
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Wow, disgusting. Democracy dies in the dark. @washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Wow, disgusting. Democracy dies in the dark. @washingtonpost.com