Eli
@elium2.com
Leftist political analyst focusing on Georgia & RI. Sometimes I talk about justice. | cishet, autistic, 27
📍Sandy Springs, GA
elium2.com
📍Sandy Springs, GA
elium2.com
Pinned
Eli
@elium2.com
· 18d
Last week, Mary Robichaux ousted Kurt Wilson as mayor of Roswell, Georgia. Robichaux is a Democrat who served in the State House, while Wilson is a Republican, and it shows in the map. In his single term, Wilson has been criticized by both liberals and conservatives over transparency.
Reposted by Eli
This is art.
This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Anonymous - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is art.
Reposted by Eli
it's very funny they're going with, broadly speaking, the line that earning >50% of the vote in a competitive three way race isn't a mandate
This has never happened before in the American electoral system. What is to become of New York?
December 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
it's very funny they're going with, broadly speaking, the line that earning >50% of the vote in a competitive three way race isn't a mandate
Reposted by Eli
I love how the capitalist geniuses weren't prepared for the most obvious outcome of stapling the name of one of the most disliked living humans to the building
Here’s the Ric Grenell letter to Chuck Redd. Because Grenell can’t help himself, he insists that Redd’s withdrawal was “very costly” to the Kennedy Center while also alleging “dismal ticket sales” and “the public’s lack of interest in your show.”
December 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I love how the capitalist geniuses weren't prepared for the most obvious outcome of stapling the name of one of the most disliked living humans to the building
Reposted by Eli
I think my podcast's merch store is being blocked because it has the name "Daddy" in it. All of our products were blocked months ago and I thought it was because we changed URLs, but I re-linked it yesterday and all of our products were instantly rejected again.
December 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I think my podcast's merch store is being blocked because it has the name "Daddy" in it. All of our products were blocked months ago and I thought it was because we changed URLs, but I re-linked it yesterday and all of our products were instantly rejected again.
Reposted by Eli
We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We became famous, but at what cost?’: after the horrors of Cecot, the search for a normal life
After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Eli
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
Reposted by Eli
What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
December 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
Reposted by Eli
2026 Goals
December 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
2026 Goals
Reposted by Eli
Charles ‘Chas’ Calenda named interim US attorney for Rhode Island. The Town Council member from West Greenwich, R.I., who was the Republican nominee for attorney general in 2022, will serve for a 120-day period.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
Charles ‘Chas’ Calenda named interim US attorney for Rhode Island - The Boston Globe
The Town Council member from West Greenwich, R.I., who was the Republican nominee for attorney general in 2022, will serve for a 120-day period.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Charles ‘Chas’ Calenda named interim US attorney for Rhode Island. The Town Council member from West Greenwich, R.I., who was the Republican nominee for attorney general in 2022, will serve for a 120-day period.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
Reposted by Eli
the President owning an online betting market where you can bet on what the President will do seems both deeply unethical, and stupid for bettors
Casino:
"Hey you can bet on when the buffet is out of prime rib! 10pm"
Chef: <checks bets> joe, pull the prime rib at 9pm
"dang, lost again"
Casino:
"Hey you can bet on when the buffet is out of prime rib! 10pm"
Chef: <checks bets> joe, pull the prime rib at 9pm
"dang, lost again"
The Trump family is fully embracing prediction markets: Donald Trump Jr. is an adviser of Kalshi, and the president’s TruthSocial is planning to lunch its own prediction market, which would in theory allow high-dollar betting on actions the federal could take.
December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
the President owning an online betting market where you can bet on what the President will do seems both deeply unethical, and stupid for bettors
Casino:
"Hey you can bet on when the buffet is out of prime rib! 10pm"
Chef: <checks bets> joe, pull the prime rib at 9pm
"dang, lost again"
Casino:
"Hey you can bet on when the buffet is out of prime rib! 10pm"
Chef: <checks bets> joe, pull the prime rib at 9pm
"dang, lost again"
Reposted by Eli
Scenes from a personalist regime: “Kalshi's newfound influence is further underscored by its deep ties to the administration: Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, has joined Kalshi as a strategic adviser.”
The Trump administration is rolling out the red carpet for once-besieged prediction apps like Polymarket and Kalshi, with millions pouring into bets on the midterms. The companies wave away concerns about foreign influence and partisan meddling www.npr.org/2025/12/23/n...
Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms
Online prediction markets, like Polymarket and Kalshi, were under intense scrutiny in the Biden administration. But Trump officials are embracing the controversial apps, raising new fears about electi...
www.npr.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Scenes from a personalist regime: “Kalshi's newfound influence is further underscored by its deep ties to the administration: Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, has joined Kalshi as a strategic adviser.”
Reposted by Eli
Federal judge to hold hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being vindictively prosecuted
Federal judge to hold hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being vindictively prosecuted
Federal judge to hold hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being vindictively prosecuted
www.independent.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Federal judge to hold hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being vindictively prosecuted
Reposted by Eli
We're ruled by people in all three branches of government and across the tech/corporate landscape who think it's bad that this happened and wish the mob had prevailed, plain and simple. It's clarifying.
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We're ruled by people in all three branches of government and across the tech/corporate landscape who think it's bad that this happened and wish the mob had prevailed, plain and simple. It's clarifying.
Reposted by Eli
❤️❤️❤️HUGE CONGRATS!!!❤️❤️❤️
December 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
❤️❤️❤️HUGE CONGRATS!!!❤️❤️❤️
Reposted by Eli
Most understated, proportional, & well-earned take down: A man & a woman lawyer were on the same side in the Ohio Supreme Court. When the Chief Justice called the woman to the podium, the man stood up & said that they’d divide time but she’d go first. The Chief deadpanned, “That’s why I called her.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Most understated, proportional, & well-earned take down: A man & a woman lawyer were on the same side in the Ohio Supreme Court. When the Chief Justice called the woman to the podium, the man stood up & said that they’d divide time but she’d go first. The Chief deadpanned, “That’s why I called her.”
Reposted by Eli
It's a weird world when dutifully regurgitating a bunch of carefully curated information that the world's richest man gave you is "fearless journalism," but reporting on how the government is kidnapping innocent people and sending them overseas to be tortured is "not moving the ball forward."
December 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's a weird world when dutifully regurgitating a bunch of carefully curated information that the world's richest man gave you is "fearless journalism," but reporting on how the government is kidnapping innocent people and sending them overseas to be tortured is "not moving the ball forward."
Reposted by Eli
Talarico at an event last week. “I will use every bit of financial and diplomatic leverage that this country has to end the atrocities in Palestine,”.
I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Talarico at an event last week. “I will use every bit of financial and diplomatic leverage that this country has to end the atrocities in Palestine,”.
I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
Reposted by Eli
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
Reposted by Eli
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Reposted by Eli
It’s true! And read @jesspish.bsky.social’s piece here, it’s great:
December 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It’s true! And read @jesspish.bsky.social’s piece here, it’s great:
I had to ask customers if they had allergies at my cafe job. One responded “cats, dogs………asshole men…” and her friend chimed in, “you’re not allergic to those”.
Still not sure how I managed to keep a straight face.
Still not sure how I managed to keep a straight face.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I had to ask customers if they had allergies at my cafe job. One responded “cats, dogs………asshole men…” and her friend chimed in, “you’re not allergic to those”.
Still not sure how I managed to keep a straight face.
Still not sure how I managed to keep a straight face.
Reposted by Eli
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
trib.al
December 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
Reposted by Eli
At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Dog That Didn't Bark: Eligibility To Serve In Congress And The Original Understanding Of The Citizenship Clause
President Donald J. Trump's 2025 Executive Order restricting birthright citizenship has prompted new interest in the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment'
papers.ssrn.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Reposted by Eli
Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law