Ellie
@elliecavalli.bsky.social
Chaos gardener, pasta maker, cat herder, pro-democracy aka flowers, flours, meowers, people powers
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
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"Many of the people who are developing the next generation of cancer diagnostics and treatments are being run out of the country, the funding pipeline for research and trials is being strangled, and the institutions that provide access to existing treatments are being pummeled."
The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer
America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.
prospect.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Many of the people who are developing the next generation of cancer diagnostics and treatments are being run out of the country, the funding pipeline for research and trials is being strangled, and the institutions that provide access to existing treatments are being pummeled."
Another big turnout in Santa Rosa, CA today! Even the dogs have had enough
April 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Another big turnout in Santa Rosa, CA today! Even the dogs have had enough
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My latest: "Hands Off Protests Across America Show Trump & MAGA That Our Democracy Won't Die Quietly."
Americans are mad as hell & finally standing up to Trump, MAGA, & the broligarchy through collective action & revealing that we have strength & power in numbers.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Americans are mad as hell & finally standing up to Trump, MAGA, & the broligarchy through collective action & revealing that we have strength & power in numbers.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Hands Off! Protests Across America Show Trump and MAGA That Our Democracy Won't Die Quietly.
Americans are mad as hell and finally standing up to Trump, MAGA, and the broligarchy through collective action and revealing that we have strength and power in numbers.
open.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My latest: "Hands Off Protests Across America Show Trump & MAGA That Our Democracy Won't Die Quietly."
Americans are mad as hell & finally standing up to Trump, MAGA, & the broligarchy through collective action & revealing that we have strength & power in numbers.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Americans are mad as hell & finally standing up to Trump, MAGA, & the broligarchy through collective action & revealing that we have strength & power in numbers.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Sonoma County turned out for Hands Off! Over 5,000 in Santa Rosa alone, a massive number of people and amazing energy for a small semi-rural county! These were my signs
April 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sonoma County turned out for Hands Off! Over 5,000 in Santa Rosa alone, a massive number of people and amazing energy for a small semi-rural county! These were my signs
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people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.
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HELP! I'm being inspired against my own will! I'm feeling seen! I'm uncovering hope under layers of cynicsm! Who is this spokesperson for a self-reflective party that is committing to fight back, and what does he think he's doing??
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
HELP! I'm being inspired against my own will! I'm feeling seen! I'm uncovering hope under layers of cynicsm! Who is this spokesperson for a self-reflective party that is committing to fight back, and what does he think he's doing??
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Two headlines, both from today
March 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Two headlines, both from today
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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penned this letter to my governor, Gavin Newsom, who seems fine with screwing over trans people out of his desperation to be liked by awful people www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/sole...
Dear Gavin: The right will never love you, so stop messing with trans people
The California governor’s capitulation to the right on a recent podcast appearance was desperate and embarrassing.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
penned this letter to my governor, Gavin Newsom, who seems fine with screwing over trans people out of his desperation to be liked by awful people www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/sole...
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Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
February 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
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I’ve been calling Schiff and Padilla daily for three weeks and I try to keep it focused on issues but lately my messages have devolved into me basically screaming why are you such fucking losers omfg and then I sigh and hang up
Democrats get mad when the people who elect them expect them to use the tools they have available to them and respond to the urgency of the moment. www.axios.com/2025/02/12/d...
Scoop: Dems "pissed" at liberal groups MoveOn, Indivisible
"I reject and resent the implication that congressional Democrats are simply standing by passively."
www.axios.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I’ve been calling Schiff and Padilla daily for three weeks and I try to keep it focused on issues but lately my messages have devolved into me basically screaming why are you such fucking losers omfg and then I sigh and hang up
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It's really embarassing losing our democracy to people this fucking weird and gross.
February 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It's really embarassing losing our democracy to people this fucking weird and gross.
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I am hoping maybe #catsky can help find a home for this poor old man 😿 His name is Jasper, and he is at the Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County hsimc.org #catsofbluesky #cat #adoptablecats
February 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I am hoping maybe #catsky can help find a home for this poor old man 😿 His name is Jasper, and he is at the Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County hsimc.org #catsofbluesky #cat #adoptablecats
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Your move, @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov.
NEWS
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Block Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back
The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.
bit.ly
February 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Your move, @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov.
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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
February 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
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if a major politician held an emergency rally about the current ongoing coup by the richest man in the world, I think people would go to it. Shit is well and truly fucked. I can think of a couple of people who should do that right now.
January 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
if a major politician held an emergency rally about the current ongoing coup by the richest man in the world, I think people would go to it. Shit is well and truly fucked. I can think of a couple of people who should do that right now.
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And just in case, here are Padilla's
PADILLA
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 497-5109
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 981-9369
Los Angeles
(310) 231-4494
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 448-2787
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 239-3884
PADILLA
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 497-5109
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 981-9369
Los Angeles
(310) 231-4494
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 448-2787
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 239-3884
January 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And just in case, here are Padilla's
PADILLA
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 497-5109
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 981-9369
Los Angeles
(310) 231-4494
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 448-2787
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 239-3884
PADILLA
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 497-5109
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 981-9369
Los Angeles
(310) 231-4494
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 448-2787
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 239-3884
I managed to finally get through to a real person in Schiff’s DC office but having CA numbers is great to have when the VM is full again.
These are the CA numbers you can call and leave a message:
SCHIFF
310-914-7300 LA
415-393-0707 SF
619-231-9712 SD
559-485-7430 FR
I've been able to leave messages every day, once I got a person at 7 AM PST in LA, and today I got a call back from a message I left.
SCHIFF
310-914-7300 LA
415-393-0707 SF
619-231-9712 SD
559-485-7430 FR
I've been able to leave messages every day, once I got a person at 7 AM PST in LA, and today I got a call back from a message I left.
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I managed to finally get through to a real person in Schiff’s DC office but having CA numbers is great to have when the VM is full again.
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Calling your Reps worked.
Keep going. Every day. We will never log off.
Keep going. Every day. We will never log off.
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
January 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Calling your Reps worked.
Keep going. Every day. We will never log off.
Keep going. Every day. We will never log off.
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This is a great morning to call all your elected officials and ask them to absolutely lose their shit
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a great morning to call all your elected officials and ask them to absolutely lose their shit
I’m a cancer survivor and I lost my younger sister to cancer in 2023. I’m livid about a lot of things right now, but this hit me pretty hard. Trump and his corrupt fascist regime may be billionaires but they are morally bankrupt.
Just received notice that my NIH study section next week has been cancelled. It has nothing to do with DEI and will have a negative impact on critical cancer research.
January 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I’m a cancer survivor and I lost my younger sister to cancer in 2023. I’m livid about a lot of things right now, but this hit me pretty hard. Trump and his corrupt fascist regime may be billionaires but they are morally bankrupt.