Aliphaire

@aliphaire.bsky.social

I love art & animation, movies from the 1930s & 40s. Gen X mom/stepmom to 4 amazing people, married 28 yrs to the best friend I've ever had. I love dogs but prefer cats. I believe in magic, fairies, & the Jersey devil, just for fun. Phantom of the family.

"Even his fellow Republicans are disowning it" "It'll be laughed out of the political realm `within a couple of days" Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) about Trump's $5,000 payouts claim (An excerpt of my lengthy interview with Raskin today on the hiking trails of Maryland)

The Republican Party would rather bribe you for a vote than end a war that's jacking up everything from diesel to fertilizer to grocery to gas prices for you. They don't give a damn about you, they just want to stay in power.

Researching the “big beautiful bill” and the effects delayed until after the midterms. I hadn’t realized it gives Trump control, beginning in December, over who receives $1 trillion in federal grants. The potential for corruption is mind-boggling.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to lift a lower court order and allow it to use a flawed federal immigration database to initiate voter registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DOJ asks Supreme Court to let it use immigration database to purge state voter rolls

It marks the DOJ's latest bid to get the court to greenlight Trump's attempt to increase the executive branch's control over elections.

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James Talarico is planning to counterprogram Trump’s GOP midterms convention in Dallas with a focus on affordability. His idea: host a statewide “Love Thy Neighbor” food drive to offer a contrast with Republicans coming to town and highlight the high cost of groceries.

How Talarico is countering Trump's midterms convention

The Texas Democratic Senate candidate is hosting a statewide food drive to highlight the high cost of groceries, according to plans shared first with POLITICO.

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