Deborah Elliston
@elliston1.bsky.social
Queer feminist femme anthropology professor and emboldened anti-fascist activist
No Kings, Binghamton, NY
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
No Kings, Binghamton, NY
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MIT becomes first of 9 top schools to reject Trump admin “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” a bribe promising increased funding & less trouble if it agrees to agrees to ban DEI & make trans students use wrong bathrooms, sports teams & locker rooms. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding
MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MIT becomes first of 9 top schools to reject Trump admin “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” a bribe promising increased funding & less trouble if it agrees to agrees to ban DEI & make trans students use wrong bathrooms, sports teams & locker rooms. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
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“We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.”
Blessed be your memory and legacy, Jane Goodall. We will do our best to continue the work.
Blessed be your memory and legacy, Jane Goodall. We will do our best to continue the work.
October 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.”
Blessed be your memory and legacy, Jane Goodall. We will do our best to continue the work.
Blessed be your memory and legacy, Jane Goodall. We will do our best to continue the work.
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Democratic Governors Can Arrest ICE Agents. What Are They Waiting For?
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Democratic Governors Have the Legal Authority to Arrest ICE Agents. They Should Use It.
Even failed prosecutions would force federal agents to think twice before breaking down doors.
open.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Democratic Governors Can Arrest ICE Agents. What Are They Waiting For?
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open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
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BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges.
This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two.
Every day, we inch closer to fascism.
This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two.
Every day, we inch closer to fascism.
September 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges.
This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two.
Every day, we inch closer to fascism.
This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two.
Every day, we inch closer to fascism.
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Uncooperative Federalism is here!
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It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
open.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Uncooperative Federalism is here!
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Here's How We Can Fight Back Against Trump Helping Sex-Trafficker Maxwell
Here's How We Can Fight Back Against Trump Helping Sex-Trafficker Maxwell
Let's overwhelm the man at the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
mdavis19881.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Here's How We Can Fight Back Against Trump Helping Sex-Trafficker Maxwell
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Explain to me why an awfull convicted criminal like Maxwell gets a more comfortable prison while undocumented but harmless people go to Alligator Alcatraz?
August 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Explain to me why an awfull convicted criminal like Maxwell gets a more comfortable prison while undocumented but harmless people go to Alligator Alcatraz?
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We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
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Blocking Medicaid recipients from using Planned Parenthood won't just hurt people on Medicaid. It'll also hurt people with private insurance by forcing centers to close (especially in rural communities), leading to care shortages and making it harder to access timely, affordable, high-quality care.
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority allowed South Carolina to defund Planned Parenthood, in the justices’ latest assault on reproductive health care in America.
Supreme Court Greenlights Republican Crusade to Defund Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court’s conservatives issued their latest attack on reproductive health care in “Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.”
rollingstone.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Blocking Medicaid recipients from using Planned Parenthood won't just hurt people on Medicaid. It'll also hurt people with private insurance by forcing centers to close (especially in rural communities), leading to care shortages and making it harder to access timely, affordable, high-quality care.
New York City Mayoral Primary Election Results www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Yay!! New Yorkers rock 🥰🥰🥰
Yay!! New Yorkers rock 🥰🥰🥰
New York City Mayoral Primary Election Results 2025
Get live results and maps from the 2025 New York City primary election.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
New York City Mayoral Primary Election Results www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Yay!! New Yorkers rock 🥰🥰🥰
Yay!! New Yorkers rock 🥰🥰🥰
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I think this is when Melissa Hortman officially became one of my heroes. www.teenvogue.com/story/meliss...
This Politician Called Out Her White Male Colleagues – And Won't Apologize For It
"I'm really tired of watching women of color, in particular, being ignored."
www.teenvogue.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I think this is when Melissa Hortman officially became one of my heroes. www.teenvogue.com/story/meliss...
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Cannot describe how much I love this
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Cannot describe how much I love this
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I wrote about Trump's pouty parade, juxtaposed by the millions who came to protests, and the dichotomies in his use of the military.
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theweeklylist.substack.com/p/trump-has-...
Trump Has a Pouty Party at His Military Parade
Juxtaposed with more than 2,000 demonstrations against him
theweeklylist.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I wrote about Trump's pouty parade, juxtaposed by the millions who came to protests, and the dichotomies in his use of the military.
theweeklylist.substack.com/p/trump-has-...
theweeklylist.substack.com/p/trump-has-...
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When nobody shows up to your birthday party
June 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
When nobody shows up to your birthday party
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
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In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governor’s arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.
June 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governor’s arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.
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The most Los Angeles sign ever. And it’s true.
June 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The most Los Angeles sign ever. And it’s true.
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These 75 house Democrats broke with Hakeem Jeffries and voted to support a resolution expressing gratitude to ICE.
Also attached: a list of 75 Democrats not running for reelection and don't need any more campaign contributions.
Also attached: a list of 75 Democrats not running for reelection and don't need any more campaign contributions.
June 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
These 75 house Democrats broke with Hakeem Jeffries and voted to support a resolution expressing gratitude to ICE.
Also attached: a list of 75 Democrats not running for reelection and don't need any more campaign contributions.
Also attached: a list of 75 Democrats not running for reelection and don't need any more campaign contributions.
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Iran's leadership is terrible but that doesn't excuse Israel being belligerent and unilaterally striking Iran before a planned talk to negotiate with the U.S.
Netanyahu has been itching for a war for nearly 25 years.
Also, doesnt Iran or any country have a right to respond to a strike?
Netanyahu has been itching for a war for nearly 25 years.
Also, doesnt Iran or any country have a right to respond to a strike?
I like your posts, and I think you're a reasonable man. To what extent did the Ayatollahs and IRGC bring this on themselves, if any? Have they not terrorized people in almost every country in the Middle East? Are Arabs generally happy to see Iran's military being weakened?
June 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Iran's leadership is terrible but that doesn't excuse Israel being belligerent and unilaterally striking Iran before a planned talk to negotiate with the U.S.
Netanyahu has been itching for a war for nearly 25 years.
Also, doesnt Iran or any country have a right to respond to a strike?
Netanyahu has been itching for a war for nearly 25 years.
Also, doesnt Iran or any country have a right to respond to a strike?
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National Guard, Marines and ICE agents terrorizing LA residents, Senator Padilla being assaulted, Iran and Israel on fire, Gaza in ruins, Ukraine-Russia war still ablaze, trade war a disaster, measles spreading.
Yup, great time Trump's military parade.
Yup, great time Trump's military parade.
June 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
National Guard, Marines and ICE agents terrorizing LA residents, Senator Padilla being assaulted, Iran and Israel on fire, Gaza in ruins, Ukraine-Russia war still ablaze, trade war a disaster, measles spreading.
Yup, great time Trump's military parade.
Yup, great time Trump's military parade.
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BREAKING: Judge Denies Mahmoud Khalil Release, Siding with Trump Admin’s 11th Hour Argument
The development punctures hopes of Khalil’s release after three months in ICE detention.
@premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the latest:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-j...
The development punctures hopes of Khalil’s release after three months in ICE detention.
@premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the latest:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-j...
BREAKING: Judge Denies Mahmoud Khalil Release, Siding with Trump Admin’s 11th Hour Argument
The development punctures hopes of Khalil’s release after three months in ICE detention.
zeteo.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
BREAKING: Judge Denies Mahmoud Khalil Release, Siding with Trump Admin’s 11th Hour Argument
The development punctures hopes of Khalil’s release after three months in ICE detention.
@premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the latest:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-j...
The development punctures hopes of Khalil’s release after three months in ICE detention.
@premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the latest:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-j...
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?