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@elyseea.bsky.social
Former educator, prof, and national nonprofit director. Retired, married, dog lover. Pro-democracy; anti-oligarchy; pretty damn pissed off right now. Trust me, folks, it’s really not fun to live under fascism. Also at Threads as "elyseea". No DMs.💙🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽
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@elyseea.bsky.social
· Apr 7
“The only thing we should fear is that we will surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves, and hypocrites; that we will surrender without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and that of our children.”
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
A round up of the most recent corruptions: open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
Trump's Pardon Power Abuse Reaches New Heights as He Moves from Pardoning Individuals Engaged in Election Theft to Preemptive Mass Pardons: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our mid-November selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A round up of the most recent corruptions: open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
You've probably seen references to this ProPublica story about the "made for TV" raid on the Chicago apartment building that netted NO actual charges against any detainee despite the terror-filled night that residents endured. Here's a link to the story:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
You've probably seen references to this ProPublica story about the "made for TV" raid on the Chicago apartment building that netted NO actual charges against any detainee despite the terror-filled night that residents endured. Here's a link to the story:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself
The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.
www.snopes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has stated that the US air strikes on “alleged” drug smuggling boats will be treated under international law as crimes against humanity.
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has stated that the US air strikes on “alleged” drug smuggling boats will be treated under international law as crimes against humanity.
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Seriously, exactly right. Everyone who has been part of the grift is going to try to get their money and run. They see the end coming, so they need to get in on the action while they can. This is obscene.
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Seriously, exactly right. Everyone who has been part of the grift is going to try to get their money and run. They see the end coming, so they need to get in on the action while they can. This is obscene.
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Every day there are multiple instances of blatant corruption. Our government policy is for sale to the highest bidder and every bad actor in the world knows it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Every day there are multiple instances of blatant corruption. Our government policy is for sale to the highest bidder and every bad actor in the world knows it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
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More Military personnel are calling legal military non-profit agencies seeking advice for orders they received.
The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful
Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes against alleged drug traffickers and deployments to...
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
More Military personnel are calling legal military non-profit agencies seeking advice for orders they received.
The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
At the 30,000 ft level, it is sort of simple to understand:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The Republican Brain Doesn’t Want To Understand Health Care
For 15 years we have heard the same lies and misrepresentations
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
At the 30,000 ft level, it is sort of simple to understand:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Just to be clear, a Utah judge didn’t throw out the GOP’s biased new map because of a “partisan opinion.” Utah voters approved redistricting standards. The GOP ignored them. The map violated the voter-approved rules, that’s why it was rejected.
Voters > politicians.
Voters > politicians.
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just to be clear, a Utah judge didn’t throw out the GOP’s biased new map because of a “partisan opinion.” Utah voters approved redistricting standards. The GOP ignored them. The map violated the voter-approved rules, that’s why it was rejected.
Voters > politicians.
Voters > politicians.
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If I were trying to wrap up a movie based on this era, I might end it with a scene in a giant Indiana-Jones-style warehouse, where we open a last box of the Epstein files, and the camera pans to the opening, and there at the bottom covered in dust, we find…the pee tape.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If I were trying to wrap up a movie based on this era, I might end it with a scene in a giant Indiana-Jones-style warehouse, where we open a last box of the Epstein files, and the camera pans to the opening, and there at the bottom covered in dust, we find…the pee tape.
From a piece by Derek Thompson. Link in comment:
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
From a piece by Derek Thompson. Link in comment:
Some of you might find this interesting and useful. Lawfare is maintaining a tracker about domestic deployments of US troops:
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Some of you might find this interesting and useful. Lawfare is maintaining a tracker about domestic deployments of US troops:
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
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"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out," retiring senior U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, a Reagan appointee writes in The Atlantic.
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out," retiring senior U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, a Reagan appointee writes in The Atlantic.
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
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OYEZ! In October, SCOTUS heard arguments that could gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Yesterday, it granted cert in a case restricting mail-ballot deadlines. Free, fair, accessible elections are under attack. We’ve taken strong positions. Follow us for more details. @lwvus.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
OYEZ! In October, SCOTUS heard arguments that could gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Yesterday, it granted cert in a case restricting mail-ballot deadlines. Free, fair, accessible elections are under attack. We’ve taken strong positions. Follow us for more details. @lwvus.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM