Dissident Elephant
@dissidentelephant.bsky.social
Former Republican with Eisenhower sensibilities. Profile picture is Dietrich Bonhoeffer of the Confessing Church. Ich bin ein Hussite.
Toxic authoritarianism isn’t just a problem on the right.
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Toxic authoritarianism isn’t just a problem on the right.
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As Trump was bullying the awesome Governor of Maine, he claimed that he is the Federal Law. He is NOT !!! This is the moment in American history when we the people must save our country from a dictator & his stooges & oligarchs. We all need to push back while we still can. .
February 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
As Trump was bullying the awesome Governor of Maine, he claimed that he is the Federal Law. He is NOT !!! This is the moment in American history when we the people must save our country from a dictator & his stooges & oligarchs. We all need to push back while we still can. .
Trump doesn’t need his useful idiots any more, now that he has his tech bros and the power to ignore the Constitution.
February 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump doesn’t need his useful idiots any more, now that he has his tech bros and the power to ignore the Constitution.
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This is WILD.
In case you can't make it out, Musk's kid is saying "You're not the president and you need to go away."
I WONDER WHERE HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT IDEA FROM.
In case you can't make it out, Musk's kid is saying "You're not the president and you need to go away."
I WONDER WHERE HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT IDEA FROM.
February 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is WILD.
In case you can't make it out, Musk's kid is saying "You're not the president and you need to go away."
I WONDER WHERE HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT IDEA FROM.
In case you can't make it out, Musk's kid is saying "You're not the president and you need to go away."
I WONDER WHERE HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT IDEA FROM.
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Government funding runs out on March 14. Republicans can’t pass a bill alone, so Democrats have real leverage here. We’re calling on Democrats to commit to withholding their votes and insist on an end to the Trump-Musk coup rampaging across the government.
February 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Government funding runs out on March 14. Republicans can’t pass a bill alone, so Democrats have real leverage here. We’re calling on Democrats to commit to withholding their votes and insist on an end to the Trump-Musk coup rampaging across the government.
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Spread this widely.
They shall henceforth be referred to as swasticars by me too. 😂
January 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Spread this widely.
Melania looking good today
January 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Melania looking good today
New insurance company wants me to go through step therapy (I.e. try the cheaper crap that didn’t work before) before they will approve generic esomeprazole. This is just for gerd…can’t imagine what people with serious illnesses are going through. Prior authing a generic med. SMH
January 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
New insurance company wants me to go through step therapy (I.e. try the cheaper crap that didn’t work before) before they will approve generic esomeprazole. This is just for gerd…can’t imagine what people with serious illnesses are going through. Prior authing a generic med. SMH
Bengals and Broncos fans tonight
December 29, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Bengals and Broncos fans tonight
A worthy read…
If you are upset about the election and worry about the future, read this via Vern Hyndman. It is solid advice from someone who experienced something similar. It has nothing to do with platitudes or hate (note it is from 2017). What do you think?
www.caracaschronicles.com/2017/01/20/c...
www.caracaschronicles.com/2017/01/20/c...
How to Culture Jam a Populist in Four Easy Steps | Caracas Chronicles
We tend to think resisting a populist is like boxing: a question of punching him harder than he punches you. It's not. It's like judo: the much subtler, trickier art of turning his strength against hi...
www.caracaschronicles.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:40 AM
A worthy read…
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A lot of the media rn
a cartoon character says " and i for one welcome our new insect overlords " on a television screen
ALT: a cartoon character says " and i for one welcome our new insect overlords " on a television screen
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:13 AM
A lot of the media rn
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Even if you call them "deportation facilities", they're still concentration camps.
Last time Trump imprisoned migrant families and their children they got no soap, no tooth brushes, and little to eat.
Children.
Last time Trump imprisoned migrant families and their children they got no soap, no tooth brushes, and little to eat.
Children.
November 20, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Even if you call them "deportation facilities", they're still concentration camps.
Last time Trump imprisoned migrant families and their children they got no soap, no tooth brushes, and little to eat.
Children.
Last time Trump imprisoned migrant families and their children they got no soap, no tooth brushes, and little to eat.
Children.
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Love it. ACLU ❤️
November 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Love it. ACLU ❤️
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Holy shit you guys, people over here know the difference between “to” and “too” and “your” and “you’re.”
Maybe heaven does exist after all.
Maybe heaven does exist after all.
November 17, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Holy shit you guys, people over here know the difference between “to” and “too” and “your” and “you’re.”
Maybe heaven does exist after all.
Maybe heaven does exist after all.
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Who made this? Ahahaha
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Who made this? Ahahaha
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Alexander Hamilton: Senate's power to approve/reject a president's top nominees “would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters” including those “who had no other merit than that …of possessing the necessary… pliancy to render them obsequious instruments of [the POTUS’s] pleasure”
a black and white drawing of a man in a suit and tie holding his hands on his chest .
ALT: a black and white drawing of a man in a suit and tie holding his hands on his chest .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Alexander Hamilton: Senate's power to approve/reject a president's top nominees “would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters” including those “who had no other merit than that …of possessing the necessary… pliancy to render them obsequious instruments of [the POTUS’s] pleasure”
I was going to joke… what cabinet position will the my pillow guy get? But after seeing Trump’s DefSec, NatSec, and AG picks, I’m not sure that it’s a joke. SMH at this freak show.
November 14, 2024 at 12:38 AM
I was going to joke… what cabinet position will the my pillow guy get? But after seeing Trump’s DefSec, NatSec, and AG picks, I’m not sure that it’s a joke. SMH at this freak show.
My first post. Emigrated from the platform formerly known as Twitter.
November 7, 2024 at 1:18 AM
My first post. Emigrated from the platform formerly known as Twitter.