Elle Fire
@ellefire.bsky.social
7th gen Californian now living in New England. Wife of one. Mother of two smalls.
Gin connoisseur. 🍸 #Leguminati 🫘
Once referred to as a "beach bunny liberal".
✨️ Choosing joy. ✨️
Gin connoisseur. 🍸 #Leguminati 🫘
Once referred to as a "beach bunny liberal".
✨️ Choosing joy. ✨️
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Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
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There’s a lot to unpack here…
Bombing vessels in the Caribbean without congressional authorization is already an unconstitutional use of military force.
Hegseth’s double tap on survivors looks like a war crime, and both Armed Services Committees want him in the chair to answer for it.
1/2
Bombing vessels in the Caribbean without congressional authorization is already an unconstitutional use of military force.
Hegseth’s double tap on survivors looks like a war crime, and both Armed Services Committees want him in the chair to answer for it.
1/2
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
There’s a lot to unpack here…
Bombing vessels in the Caribbean without congressional authorization is already an unconstitutional use of military force.
Hegseth’s double tap on survivors looks like a war crime, and both Armed Services Committees want him in the chair to answer for it.
1/2
Bombing vessels in the Caribbean without congressional authorization is already an unconstitutional use of military force.
Hegseth’s double tap on survivors looks like a war crime, and both Armed Services Committees want him in the chair to answer for it.
1/2
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Jesse Watters really isn't beating the rumors when he talks about spanking other men then discusses how they dress. He could have used so many words other than 'spank.' The Pentagon certainly wouldn't 'spank' Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Jesse Watters really isn't beating the rumors when he talks about spanking other men then discusses how they dress. He could have used so many words other than 'spank.' The Pentagon certainly wouldn't 'spank' Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
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"Fascism offers permission to be your worst self; it's the trick to Trump's success and his total domination of politics for the past ten years. You can hate, you can mock, you can deride and harass and bully, and it will all be excused – even encouraged and praised – under fascism."
Wrote about the dark fantasies that have become so commonplace in a political era defined by injustice.
badfaithtimes.com/in-the-absen...
badfaithtimes.com/in-the-absen...
In The Absence Of Justice, We Have Dark Fantasies
Bloodlust can never be a substitute for justice
badfaithtimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Fascism offers permission to be your worst self; it's the trick to Trump's success and his total domination of politics for the past ten years. You can hate, you can mock, you can deride and harass and bully, and it will all be excused – even encouraged and praised – under fascism."
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this is at least the second time he’s claimed he doesn’t know anything about a pardon he has ostensibly signed, and i feel like that’s two times too many without a follow up question from the press corpse
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this is at least the second time he’s claimed he doesn’t know anything about a pardon he has ostensibly signed, and i feel like that’s two times too many without a follow up question from the press corpse
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Foundling Fathers, by Meg Elison
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Foundling Fathers, by Meg Elison
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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I don’t know how much y’all have been following the Indiana gerrymandering battle, but it has everything.
Republicans standing up for election integrity (?!?). Trump threats. Swatting. The Gov calling a 9-0 election map “fair”, and a senator who was affected by a Trump slur.
Off we go (1/7)
Republicans standing up for election integrity (?!?). Trump threats. Swatting. The Gov calling a 9-0 election map “fair”, and a senator who was affected by a Trump slur.
Off we go (1/7)
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I don’t know how much y’all have been following the Indiana gerrymandering battle, but it has everything.
Republicans standing up for election integrity (?!?). Trump threats. Swatting. The Gov calling a 9-0 election map “fair”, and a senator who was affected by a Trump slur.
Off we go (1/7)
Republicans standing up for election integrity (?!?). Trump threats. Swatting. The Gov calling a 9-0 election map “fair”, and a senator who was affected by a Trump slur.
Off we go (1/7)
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
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From one of the remaining decent sources of journalism:
The New Republic, Hafiz Rashid, November 26, 2025
Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files
YOUR TAX DOLLARS PISSED AWAY! Executing the GOP coverup!
#usdemocracy
The New Republic, Hafiz Rashid, November 26, 2025
Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files
YOUR TAX DOLLARS PISSED AWAY! Executing the GOP coverup!
#usdemocracy
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
From one of the remaining decent sources of journalism:
The New Republic, Hafiz Rashid, November 26, 2025
Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files
YOUR TAX DOLLARS PISSED AWAY! Executing the GOP coverup!
#usdemocracy
The New Republic, Hafiz Rashid, November 26, 2025
Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files
YOUR TAX DOLLARS PISSED AWAY! Executing the GOP coverup!
#usdemocracy
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thought this was an Onion headline
OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print
OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print
OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print
www.independent.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
thought this was an Onion headline
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Guys,
It looks like half of Texas is not seeking reelection. Troy's brother is going to run for his seat he is leaving. I think we can do better than that.
#USDemocracy
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
It looks like half of Texas is not seeking reelection. Troy's brother is going to run for his seat he is leaving. I think we can do better than that.
#USDemocracy
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
These are the six Texas Republicans leaving Congress in January
Nehls' retirement brings the number of open Texas congressional seats to six.
www.houstonchronicle.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Guys,
It looks like half of Texas is not seeking reelection. Troy's brother is going to run for his seat he is leaving. I think we can do better than that.
#USDemocracy
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
It looks like half of Texas is not seeking reelection. Troy's brother is going to run for his seat he is leaving. I think we can do better than that.
#USDemocracy
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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My god…they just took 50 million from the general budget for vouchers going to private religious schools.
Now, another 100 million?
Now, another 100 million?
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
My god…they just took 50 million from the general budget for vouchers going to private religious schools.
Now, another 100 million?
Now, another 100 million?
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Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
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Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
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I just published the deepest thing I’ve ever written on the Epstein files...and it explains EXACTLY why they will never fully come out. Not in your lifetime. Maybe never. 👇
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I just published the deepest thing I’ve ever written on the Epstein files...and it explains EXACTLY why they will never fully come out. Not in your lifetime. Maybe never. 👇
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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I know who's *not* going to jail for war crimes. This guy!
They fired him on Aug 22nd.
Boat strikes started September 1st.
I wonder why they fired him? And fired all the Judge Advocates General?
They fired him on Aug 22nd.
Boat strikes started September 1st.
I wonder why they fired him? And fired all the Judge Advocates General?
Admiral Milton Sands III is a highly decorated Navy SEAL and was commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Basically, he was the final boss of the Navy SEALS.
He just got fired.
Listen to the respect and humility with which he and his soldiers talk about African and European military allies.
He just got fired.
Listen to the respect and humility with which he and his soldiers talk about African and European military allies.
U.S. Army Colonel's Shocking Revelation: What He Said About Flintlock Will Surprise You!
YouTube video by Defense Now
m.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I know who's *not* going to jail for war crimes. This guy!
They fired him on Aug 22nd.
Boat strikes started September 1st.
I wonder why they fired him? And fired all the Judge Advocates General?
They fired him on Aug 22nd.
Boat strikes started September 1st.
I wonder why they fired him? And fired all the Judge Advocates General?
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The fate of the free world rests on someone who requires weekly MRI tests to monitor his advancing dementia.
We can do better.
We can do better.
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The fate of the free world rests on someone who requires weekly MRI tests to monitor his advancing dementia.
We can do better.
We can do better.
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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ICE has long used the latest spy tech to pursue immigrants — but now it’s also targeting anti-ICE protesters and anyone who allegedly funds them. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE has long used the latest spy tech to pursue immigrants — but now it’s also targeting anti-ICE protesters and anyone who allegedly funds them. bit.ly/3Kq348R
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We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?