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Alan Nissila

@pianistalan.bsky.social
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Living in California, native Oregonian, working in liturgy and music for the Catholic Church (Roman), enjoy hiking and RVing, primarily a pianist, but also direct a small choir, and dabble at the pipe organ. Sacramento, CA

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
If Chief Justice Roberts gives a damn about American democracy and the credibility of the Supreme Court, he would be working frantically at this moment to get a 9-0 consensus slapping Trump down when the case of Trump ignoring court orders gets to him soon.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Just so I am keeping everything straight…the government can’t tell you to wear a mask because FREEDOM!!!!, but it can decide you are a “terrorist” and send you to a foreign gulag without due process and throw away the key. That right?
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Dear Decent Human Beings in the Military and Law Enforcement, If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey. The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/04/2025
You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it? He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
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Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 28/03/2025
My grandparents were natural born German citizens. Until they weren't. I have copies of their documents, stamped "cancelled" by the government.
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Homeless Intifada 🦋 @untoldcarlisle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Medication for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria - which may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars - is just sitting in warehouses around the world, about to expire, because of his 90-day freeze on foreign aid. They aren't uncovering government waste. They're creating it.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
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Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com · 04/02/2025
It's literally insane how the right has been parroting a "deep state" conspiracy theory only to create a real shadow government led by Elon Musk and Project 2025.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
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Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Having criticized the Democratic responses a lot let me state clearly, this was a smart move. They showed spine and got coverage for their objections. This is opposition.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
"The first coup was violent insurrection. The second coup is administrative. We failed to ensure Donald Trump could never return to power again after the first coup; our job right now in this moment is to acknowledge reality and halt the second." via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Did you hear about the Friday coup?
Elon Musk is in control.
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AwwDHD 🥹 @mightyani.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Would be super cool if you Senate Democrats would pull a page out of McConnell's playbook and THROW UP EVERY CONCEIVABLE ROADBLOCK Because soft platitudes on social media ain't cutting it, fam
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This. The president is violating the constitution, firing the civil servants who keep us safe on airplanes, defunding research into cancer and Alzheimer’s, and even cutting foreign aid that will result in child deaths. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Trump and his GOP rubber stamps are planning decimation of programs helping low and moderate income Americans. This includes Medicaid, Obamacare, food assistance like school lunches, and climate change programs. Is this what kind of country we want to leave to future generations?
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God @skeetofgod.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
‘‘Twas the night before Black History Month, and all through the house, The mood was one of overwhelming sadness and rage at the racist bastard in the all-too-aptly-named White House.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Trump fired the heads of TSA, the Coast Guard and key aviation safety advisors. Trump needs to be held accountable for the DC airplane/helicopter crash. Who here agrees?
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀 @disentingcat.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Maybe they should have thought about that before telling Trump he is immune from prosecution and effectively all powerful. abcnews.go.com/Politics/chi...
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Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation’s judicial system.
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