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Alyssa

@digilyssa.bsky.social
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formerly @woodlandalyssa on Twitter 🐿️ from the woods of CT 🌳 mom of 2 dogs & 1 human 🐕🐕👶🏻 Democratic campaign volunteer & poll worker 🗳️💙 breast cancer survivor 🎀 she/her

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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
R.I.P. Sisyphus, you would have loved Miley Cyrus’s 2009 hit “The Climb”
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/01/2026
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization. This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
United States Completes WHO Withdrawal        
          WASHINGTON —  January 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States’ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/12/2025
Donald Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights. Why? Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist. Either way, you lose.
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Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
let’s goooooo apnews.com/article/virg...
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Abigail Spanberger elected Virginia governor in a historic first that boosts Democrats ahead of 2026
Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger has won Virginia’s election for governor. Her win gives Democrats a boost heading into the 2026 midterm elections and compels Republicans to consider how President ...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago



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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
my great-grandmother died from breast cancer in 1929. she was 41, the mother of 3 children. my grandma lost her mom at 7 years old and her childhood was very painful as a result. she was later diagnosed, then my mom, then me at age 32. i am fortunately very much alive, thanks to science.
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Make America Great Society Again en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_S...
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Great Society - Wikipedia
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2025
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 26/07/2025
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RFK Jr. plans to axe all members of panel that advises on cancer screenings, preventive health services
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Melissa @mildlybritish.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Nathan Fielder tried to tell us
IndieWire article showing Nathan Fielder in SE2 of The Rehearsal. Article titles "Nathan Fielder Depicts Paramount + as Nazi Germany in The Rehearsal"
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/07/2025
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Our hearts are heavy for the grieving family of Jaime Alanis, who died from injuries sustained during a chaotic raid on Thursday. We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.
photo of Jaime Alanis
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces and LA's economy is floundering without them. Hello?
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
He’s right.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/07/2025
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for. UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families. Our full statement below. ⬇️ 1/
a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Do not lose hope. You are not alone. Most of America rejects this. The people do not want an authoritarian regime—we do not want oligarchy, we do not want Christian nationalism, we do not want techno-fascism. And we’re more powerful than they’ll ever be. The people united will never be defeated.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
My FYP is video after video of pre-med students explaining how the big bill’s student loan cap will make it impossible for them to afford med school. Experts were already predicting a doctor shortage to the tune of 86k by 2036. This will make it exponentially worst. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hFxfBL/
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The government just ended my ability to even apply to medical school, it’s no longer an option because private student loans would lead to absolute financial ruin. All of my work for the past 5-8 year...
TikTok video by Lauren Steiner, MS
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 22/06/2025
The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences. The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences. The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/06/2025
Mayor Karen Bass standing on business🔥 His name is Senator ALEX Padilla.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 17/06/2025
What do marriage and political views have to do with healthcare? Absolutely nothing. But Trump’s new VA rules let doctors turn veterans away just for being unmarried or a Democrat.
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‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
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Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
"We are devastated and heartbroken at the loss of our parents, Melissa and Mark. They were the bright lights at the center of our lives, and we can't believe they are gone. Their love for us was boundless. We miss them so much.
"We want everyone to know that we are both safe and with loved ones. We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support we have received, and we appreciate your respect for our family's privacy as we grieve.
"Our family would like to thank law enforcement for their swift action that saved others and for the coordination across communities that led to the arrest of the man who murdered our parents. We especially would like to thank the officers who were first on the scene to our parents' home and their heroic attempts to rescue our mom and dad.
"Our parents touched so many lives, and they leave behind an incredible legacy of dedication to their community that will live on in us, their friends, their colleagues and co-workers, and every single person who knew and loved them.
"If you would like to honor the memory of Mark and Melissa, please consider the following:
• Plant a tree.
• Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail.
• Pet a dog. A golden retriever is ideal, but any will do.
• Tell your loved ones a cheesy dad joke and laugh about it.
• Bake something — bread for Mark or a cake for Melissa, and share it with someone.
• Try a new hobby and enjoy learning something.
• Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace.
"Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones a little closer. Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect. The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
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SEIU California @seiuca.org · 09/06/2025
UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Only in LA would protesters think to tag the ground so it’s visible in helicopter shots.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The United Farm Workers, along with the entire labor movement, stands in strong solidarity with our comrade, labor leader David Huerta. We demand his immediate release and condemn indiscriminate sweeps targeting working class immigrants.
The United Farm Workers condemns the violence against our comrade David Huerta, the President of SEIU California and SEIU-USWW, who was injured and detained while exercising his constitutional rights during an ICE raid in Los Angeles. 

Now more than ever, it is urgent for all working people in the United States to defend the immigrant workers who 
contribute so much to our country. An attack against one worker is an attack on all workers -- union and 
solidarity are our response. 
Si se puede.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.
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SEIU California @seiuca.org · 06/06/2025
Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas...
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SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
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Jason S @jasonswritings.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I love that the party that's supposed to believe in freedom wants to literally control every single thing that you do even when it comes to getting a vaccine that they don't believe in.
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
i’m in Instagram jail for 3 days because i reshared a Reel from the official NBC SNL Instagram account on my Stories. sharing Reels is encouraged by Instagram. but the NBC lawyers think it’s violating their content rights, even though all i did was RESHARE THEIR OWN POST
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a man with a mullet and a mustache is wearing a wig and making a funny face .
ALT: a man with a mullet and a mustache is wearing a wig and making a funny face .
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/05/2025
This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social
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Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
men will literally dismantle the federal government instead of going to therapy
Kekius Maximus & @elonmusk
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Please put "Never went to therapy" on my gravestone
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Love this from Pedro Pascal at Cannes: "Fear is the way that they win, so keep telling the stories and expressing yourself and fighting. F*ck the people that try to make you scared and fight back. Don’t let them win"
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
my guys are really speaking out this week 💙 www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/e...
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Robert De Niro hits out at Trump in Cannes speech | CNN
Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has used his award acceptance speech at the Cannes Film Festival to criticize US President Donald Trump.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK: “.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration." @variety.com variety.com/2025/music/n...
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
more Democratic leaders need to join these guys and @aoc.bsky.social, @sanders.senate.gov & @governorwalz.mn.gov in showing up in these spaces 👏
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
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They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
fight & film everything
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
totally disgusting but this community did exactly what they should have -- tried to protect their constituent / neighbors and filmed it all
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
what’s your personal version of Panic at the Disco? mine is Meltdown at the Renaissance Fair
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Happy Umbrella Ella Ella Day to all who celebrate
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 02/05/2025
Look at these good dogs celebrating Therapy Animal Day at the Capitol!
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 28/04/2025
Trump’s ICE deported 3 American kids. One is 4 years old with stage four cancer.
Another’s mom is pregnant. No meds. No prenatal care. No due process. This ain’t “tough on immigration”—it’s sick.
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3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers to Honduras, lawyers and advocacy groups say | CNN
Three US citizen children were deported to Honduras with their mothers last week, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, according to the families’ attorneys and civil right...
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Alyssa @digilyssa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"'New Britain just raised a Christian flag above city hall. That caught Hell's attention,' Stevens’ email says. 'Satan sends his hottest regards — and, in case you didn’t know, he loves nutmeg.'" iconic 😂 www.wiltonbulletin.com/connecticut/...
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After five CT cities fly Christian flag, man wants Satanology to have equal time
A self-proclaimed "Satanologist" has threatened five Connecticut cities with legal action if they don't fly the flag of Satanology.
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