Reposted by Alison CookBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Defense Secretary is bragging enthusiastically about an upcoming public execution he plans to oversee 938797
Reposted by Alison CookJulie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...jkbjournalist.substack.comDead men tell no Epstein-Trump talesWhen witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths. 10538471540
Reposted by Alison CookHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 08/10/2026If you ever read my book THE FAMILY PLOT then you know *precisely* how amazingly shitty this is 👇👎 1122477
Alison Cook @alisoncook.bsky.social · 07/10/2026New on my newsletter: Wondered if I'd love Annam Vietnamese the way I did when I first visited last year. Yep, even more: alison-cooks-htown.ghost.io/annam-revisi...alison-cooks-htown.ghost.ioAnnam revisitedI hadn't been back to Annam since the upscale Vietnamese spot and its gifted self-taught chef, Kaytee Nguyen, received a Michelin nod last year. I actually gave a yip of joy when I saw that Annam had... 032
Reposted by Alison Cookjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 107106221804
Reposted by Alison CookAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026"What will it take for you to admit you are ever wrong?" -- Troy Jackson nails Susan Collins on her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 8 years to the day after Collins cast the vote that doomed Roe v Wade 47784742002
Reposted by Alison CookMicah @rincewind.run · 06/10/2026remember after citizens united when everyone pretended super pacs wouldn't coordinate with politicians and would be truly independent entities? that was a fun five minutes 14825142
Reposted by Alison Cookhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026you have to work over 4 hours at minimum wage to buy a 80 count box of name brand trash bags 4265
Reposted by Alison CookFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026. 8820391252
Reposted by Alison CookJohn Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ah yes, divorcing Ken on Biblical grounds but yes, tell us how to vote Aunt Lydia 073
Reposted by Alison CookMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Some guy in the throes of salmonella poisoning: only the strong and intellectually curious like me should have the right to vote 3455
Reposted by Alison CookRep. Vikki Goodwin @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’m sick of watching our elected leaders dismantle our public school system — and disrespect our teachers and superintendents in the process. My opponent was in Midland last week and said he “proudly stands beside” TEA commissioner Mike Morath... 34123
Reposted by Alison CookTrapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 04/10/2026AI ‘journalists’ start to appear in Canada globalnews.ca/news/1208652... 11810
Reposted by Alison CookDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t. 17158771199
Reposted by Alison CookAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And so it begins. 02011
Reposted by Alison CookMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/10/2026no I'm sorry who told Le Monde we were calling it "Breturn", own up 141994132
Reposted by Alison Cookderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵 10460201699
Reposted by Alison CookRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I missed this in the Constitution. 1822108532444
Reposted by Alison CookTerri Langford @tlangford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts apnews.com/article/ken-...apnews.comInside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resortsWhen Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry. 075
Reposted by Alison Cook🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 01/10/2026boy, the room temperature in this clip *in texas* is something 2751448
Reposted by Alison CookJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853512189
Reposted by Alison CookKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026President Chutes N. Ladders 51789112
Reposted by Alison Cookhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This month prepare for an unprecedented level of fuckery from all directions They are terrified and desperate and prepared to do hitherto unthinkable thingsdemocracydocket.comGOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegalThe request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials. 0339
Reposted by Alison CookSarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...alternet.orgKennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianosPhotos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week. 14917001006
Reposted by Alison CookCarlos Eats @carloseats.com · 01/10/2026Sushi wars roll into America as Japan’s top chains face off www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...japantimes.co.jpSushi wars roll into America as Japan’s top chains face offAbout 45% of Americans say they like or love sushi, according to a recent National Seafood Association report. 001
Reposted by Alison CookZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026Breaking: "Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is pausing all executions this year after Christa Pike survived two deadly doses of pentobarbital." Calls for a 3rd party review of Pike's botched execution. Tennessee had planned to kill another person on Dec. 3.tennessean.comCourt stays Christa Pike execution in Tennessee: UpdatesChrista Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. A court stayed her lethal injection that was scheduled for Sept. 30. 31526182
Reposted by Alison CookClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Two absolute lunatics 48804197
Reposted by Alison CookAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America. 15980563619
Reposted by Alison CookLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Two of the world’s largest pine cones. A heavy Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri, left/taller) and a long sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana, right/shorter. IG: @bigtreehunters www.instagram.com/bigtreehunte... 1622555439
Reposted by Alison Cookolive consumer's floating skull @machete.gay · 30/09/2026I will admit that today I am feeling a great nostalgia for Texas. I love the fall storm season (as opposed to the spring storm season, which may kill you) that finally breaks the miserable heat of summer, the way that first real rain in months is musky and dank and the next one is a little sweet. 7383
Alison Cook @alisoncook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m in Houston, compulsively checking the radar. 👹 120
Alison Cook @alisoncook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yes, the aroma after the first real rains in awhile is intoxicating. My first transfiguring experience of it was passing through Ozona. I can still smell it. 010
Reposted by Alison CookObed Manuel @obedmanuel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I haven’t heard a single gunshot in Mexico since I moved here in January. I visited my mom in Dallas for three days and heard a gunshot the first night I was there. 152