Elle Gee
@elle-arr-gee.bsky.social
Intersectional feminist.
Misplaced Vermonter.
Believer in: community care, restorative justice, and magic.
Lover of: novels, good coffee, muppets, and dogs.
Misplaced Vermonter.
Believer in: community care, restorative justice, and magic.
Lover of: novels, good coffee, muppets, and dogs.
Reposted by Elle Gee
There has been a lot of focus on the District’s budget due to an effort in Congress to force the District of Columbia to cut 1 billion dollars in spending 6 months into the fiscal year. Budgets can be complicated, so to combat confusion I’d like to introduce “The District Budget, 101 pt 1”. 1/4
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
There has been a lot of focus on the District’s budget due to an effort in Congress to force the District of Columbia to cut 1 billion dollars in spending 6 months into the fiscal year. Budgets can be complicated, so to combat confusion I’d like to introduce “The District Budget, 101 pt 1”. 1/4
Help save DC
Senseless pain is about to be afflicted to D.C., a place that has no congressional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
How Congress Could Force $1.1 Billion in Cuts on Washington, D.C.
District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Help save DC
What?!
Welp. There's EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU and LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, marked as "remove from all libraries" as of October. 🙃
Clay updated their review database with the decisions for the nearly 50 objections filed last month.
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
What?!
Tonight in pillow talk w/ Leise: (background: I’m reading Middlesex by Jeffery Eunides) theories about the guy who started the Nation of Islam -> Judaism/Christianity/Islam being born out of the same teachings and yet, here we are -> sexism/lack of female led religion->
January 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Tonight in pillow talk w/ Leise: (background: I’m reading Middlesex by Jeffery Eunides) theories about the guy who started the Nation of Islam -> Judaism/Christianity/Islam being born out of the same teachings and yet, here we are -> sexism/lack of female led religion->
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President Trump has reversed an executive order by former President Joe Biden that calls for federal agencies to promote voter registration.
Trump revokes Biden's order for federal agencies to promote voter registration
President Trump has reversed an executive order by former President Joe Biden that calls for federal agencies to promote voter registration.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Reposted by Elle Gee
An anti-CRT movement targeted an accomplished educator — driving her out of two Georgia school districts. The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.
Published June 2022
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
Published June 2022
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.
Cecelia Lewis was asked to apply for a Georgia school district’s first-ever administrator job devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion. A group of parents — coached by local and national anti-CRT…
propub.li
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
An anti-CRT movement targeted an accomplished educator — driving her out of two Georgia school districts. The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.
Published June 2022
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
Published June 2022
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
Reposted by Elle Gee
On Thursday, two major humanitarian groups joined the chorus of experts and other human rights organizations saying that Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians and leveling of Gaza for the past 14 months is consistent with genocide under international humanitarian law.
Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders, Join Chorus Saying Israel’s Actions Consistent With Genocide
The groups are the latest to join the large number of prominent voices accusing Israel of genocide or genocidal acts.
truthout.org
December 20, 2024 at 2:24 AM
On Thursday, two major humanitarian groups joined the chorus of experts and other human rights organizations saying that Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians and leveling of Gaza for the past 14 months is consistent with genocide under international humanitarian law.
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You know it’s bad when even Trump is pity posting through it 💀
December 23, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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