Elaine
@miscelaineous.bsky.social
Intersectional Feminist
Abortion is Healthcare
Animal Lover
Tax the Churches
No War but Class War
Vaccinations are Safe and Necessary
Abortion is Healthcare
Animal Lover
Tax the Churches
No War but Class War
Vaccinations are Safe and Necessary
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Fuck Jeff Bezos, by the way - it wasn’t enough to try and destroy indie bookstores, he had to also destroy one of the best places for books coverage, too
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Fuck Jeff Bezos, by the way - it wasn’t enough to try and destroy indie bookstores, he had to also destroy one of the best places for books coverage, too
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
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Men are a problem right now.
in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Men are a problem right now.
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One Million Moms is gonna "boycott" the Super Bowl because Bad Bunny & so-called "queer icons" but they voted for an adjudcated rapist, serial predator & alleged pedophile hellbent on covering up his entanglements with a notorious international sex trafficking/pedo ring.
Make it make sense. 🤦🏻♂️
Make it make sense. 🤦🏻♂️
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM
One Million Moms is gonna "boycott" the Super Bowl because Bad Bunny & so-called "queer icons" but they voted for an adjudcated rapist, serial predator & alleged pedophile hellbent on covering up his entanglements with a notorious international sex trafficking/pedo ring.
Make it make sense. 🤦🏻♂️
Make it make sense. 🤦🏻♂️
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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Update: The Monday after this story ran, Sonya was punished for "soliciting" donations. She told me in a letter today that her custody level has been lowered, meaning that she "must live in the unit cell block with the more misbehaved women, my freedom inside the prison is severely limited."
NEW: I spoke with the Texas inmate who was put in solitary confinement after a GoFundMe for her sick prison cat went viral. While she's since been returned to regular housing, she and her longtime friend worry that more retaliation could be on the way.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
A Texas inmate's cat fundraiser went viral. Solitary confinement followed.
"Despite what this prison does to me, it's the cats that make me want to be a better person."
www.chron.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Update: The Monday after this story ran, Sonya was punished for "soliciting" donations. She told me in a letter today that her custody level has been lowered, meaning that she "must live in the unit cell block with the more misbehaved women, my freedom inside the prison is severely limited."
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hey what if we don't build the resistance on misogyny
what if we don't use exactly the same language the dude who shot Renée Good used
what if we don't use exactly the same language the dude who shot Renée Good used
watch us, bitch
This is an absolute threat. “You’re not going to stop ICE. You’re not going to stop Border Patrol.”
Said with the cool casual tone of a sociopath.
Said with the cool casual tone of a sociopath.
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
hey what if we don't build the resistance on misogyny
what if we don't use exactly the same language the dude who shot Renée Good used
what if we don't use exactly the same language the dude who shot Renée Good used
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This story should be amplified everywhere.
Anyone with a heart will be moved by it, so share it across platforms & tell friends.
We must speak out & fight like h'll to protect our neighbors from the ICE thugs that have infected our communities.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUUBgsZ...
Anyone with a heart will be moved by it, so share it across platforms & tell friends.
We must speak out & fight like h'll to protect our neighbors from the ICE thugs that have infected our communities.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUUBgsZ...
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
This story should be amplified everywhere.
Anyone with a heart will be moved by it, so share it across platforms & tell friends.
We must speak out & fight like h'll to protect our neighbors from the ICE thugs that have infected our communities.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUUBgsZ...
Anyone with a heart will be moved by it, so share it across platforms & tell friends.
We must speak out & fight like h'll to protect our neighbors from the ICE thugs that have infected our communities.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUUBgsZ...
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A combination of capitalism, corporate media failures, and anti-journalism propaganda has convinced a lot of people that journalists exist to turn a profit. They no longer seem to realize that the purpose of journalism is for them, the people.
February 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A combination of capitalism, corporate media failures, and anti-journalism propaganda has convinced a lot of people that journalists exist to turn a profit. They no longer seem to realize that the purpose of journalism is for them, the people.
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so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 AM
so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.
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@matthew-wright.bsky.social for UBI take a look at @scottsantens.com. He is excellent at explaining it too. @lbc.co.uk
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
January 31, 2026 at 8:47 AM
@matthew-wright.bsky.social for UBI take a look at @scottsantens.com. He is excellent at explaining it too. @lbc.co.uk
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Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
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This is civic action.
Surprise, Arizona. Pop. 167,000. Huge crowd shows up to the City Council meeting to oppose DHS recent purchase of ginormous warehouse. Meeting + overflow room filled and hundreds more gathered outside.
130 people sign up to speak. 128 opposed to ICE warehouse.
Surprise, Arizona. Pop. 167,000. Huge crowd shows up to the City Council meeting to oppose DHS recent purchase of ginormous warehouse. Meeting + overflow room filled and hundreds more gathered outside.
130 people sign up to speak. 128 opposed to ICE warehouse.
The overflow room at the Surprise City Council meeting has also filled up (it has a 500 person capacity). I can’t tell how many are still outside but we can hear them chanting “ICE out” in here so it seems like quite a lot.
February 4, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This is civic action.
Surprise, Arizona. Pop. 167,000. Huge crowd shows up to the City Council meeting to oppose DHS recent purchase of ginormous warehouse. Meeting + overflow room filled and hundreds more gathered outside.
130 people sign up to speak. 128 opposed to ICE warehouse.
Surprise, Arizona. Pop. 167,000. Huge crowd shows up to the City Council meeting to oppose DHS recent purchase of ginormous warehouse. Meeting + overflow room filled and hundreds more gathered outside.
130 people sign up to speak. 128 opposed to ICE warehouse.
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Monsters!
“They’re so fresh.” What drew these men wasn’t just beauty; it was youth itself—the untouched skin, the wide-eyed uncertainty, the intoxicating sense of absolute control over someone too young to fully understand or resist.
us24h.drinkfood.info/irresistible...
“They’re so fresh.” What drew these men wasn’t just beauty; it was youth itself—the untouched skin, the wide-eyed uncertainty, the intoxicating sense of absolute control over someone too young to fully understand or resist.
us24h.drinkfood.info/irresistible...
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Monsters!
“They’re so fresh.” What drew these men wasn’t just beauty; it was youth itself—the untouched skin, the wide-eyed uncertainty, the intoxicating sense of absolute control over someone too young to fully understand or resist.
us24h.drinkfood.info/irresistible...
“They’re so fresh.” What drew these men wasn’t just beauty; it was youth itself—the untouched skin, the wide-eyed uncertainty, the intoxicating sense of absolute control over someone too young to fully understand or resist.
us24h.drinkfood.info/irresistible...
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Nobody wants a Gitmo full of innocent people in their backyard. Especially if there's a chance it becomes the next Auchwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, or Treblinka.
It's a tell they know it will be bad.
It's a tell they know it will be bad.
Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed.
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Nobody wants a Gitmo full of innocent people in their backyard. Especially if there's a chance it becomes the next Auchwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, or Treblinka.
It's a tell they know it will be bad.
It's a tell they know it will be bad.
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Just thinking about my parents' lifetime, when it was still common for households to subscribe to both a morning & evening newspaper, and there were many options--even in an era when most people also had a television & radio. My mom's still alive, it wasn't that long ago. But how quickly destroyed.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Just thinking about my parents' lifetime, when it was still common for households to subscribe to both a morning & evening newspaper, and there were many options--even in an era when most people also had a television & radio. My mom's still alive, it wasn't that long ago. But how quickly destroyed.
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New York Times is now the only real newspaper as such left in America. Grim for many reasons.
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
New York Times is now the only real newspaper as such left in America. Grim for many reasons.
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There's zero reason for this. WoPo is owned by the 3rd richest person in the world. 🤬
Washington Post eliminates sports department and reduces overseas journalists, AP source says
The troubled Washington Post has begun implementing large-scale cutbacks, including eliminating its sports department and shrinking the number of journalists it stations overseas.
apnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
There's zero reason for this. WoPo is owned by the 3rd richest person in the world. 🤬
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Bezos' Post eliminates the books section after Bezos' Amazon killed independent booksellers.
An educated populace is troublesome to billionaires.
An educated populace is troublesome to billionaires.
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Bezos' Post eliminates the books section after Bezos' Amazon killed independent booksellers.
An educated populace is troublesome to billionaires.
An educated populace is troublesome to billionaires.
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i’m seeing “sexual acts with underage women” as the double whammy to erase their ages and erase the sexual violence. It’s sick.
Also, "underage women" isn't a thing. If they're under age, they're not women. That's what under age literally means.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
i’m seeing “sexual acts with underage women” as the double whammy to erase their ages and erase the sexual violence. It’s sick.
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Bari Weiss hates "cancel culture" more than she hates sexual predators and that tells you all you need to know about her, reactionary centrism, and Zionist extremism.
In the latest release of the Epstein papers there's a lot about Peter Attia, the YouTube wellness influencer whom Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss had named as a network contributor.
That would seem to be an easy fix: Sever all ties to Attia. According to @status.news, Weiss wants to stand by her man.
That would seem to be an easy fix: Sever all ties to Attia. According to @status.news, Weiss wants to stand by her man.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Bari Weiss hates "cancel culture" more than she hates sexual predators and that tells you all you need to know about her, reactionary centrism, and Zionist extremism.
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Almost eight years later and the transmission still echoes. Childish Gambino. This Is America. Watch closely. The signal was loud enough for artists and anyone paying attention. The rest kept scrolling. #Trump #ICE #Oligarchy
Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)
YouTube video by ChildishGambinoVEVO
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January 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Almost eight years later and the transmission still echoes. Childish Gambino. This Is America. Watch closely. The signal was loud enough for artists and anyone paying attention. The rest kept scrolling. #Trump #ICE #Oligarchy
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TBF, this paper is owned by a guy who spent $75M so that a movie could gross $7M in wide release.
So he's willing to lose big, for the right client.
So he's willing to lose big, for the right client.
February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
TBF, this paper is owned by a guy who spent $75M so that a movie could gross $7M in wide release.
So he's willing to lose big, for the right client.
So he's willing to lose big, for the right client.
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This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."