Elena Delavega
@mudkitten.bsky.social
Fulbright Scholar & Professor of Social Work. My research centers on poverty and on how blaming the poor for their poverty results the erosion of the social system.
Saul Alinsky would approve
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Saul Alinsky would approve
Reposted by Elena Delavega
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
Reposted by Elena Delavega
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
Citation: The Panda’s Thumb, Part 4, ch. 13 “Wide Hats and Narrow Minds” (1980)
September 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Citation: The Panda’s Thumb, Part 4, ch. 13 “Wide Hats and Narrow Minds” (1980)
The idea that they can avoid all suffering while gleefully leaving people behind to die horrible deaths tells you all you need to know about the cruelty of these Christians. #rapture and by the way, where are the #EpsteinFiles?
September 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The idea that they can avoid all suffering while gleefully leaving people behind to die horrible deaths tells you all you need to know about the cruelty of these Christians. #rapture and by the way, where are the #EpsteinFiles?
Calling Trump “Hitler” is not exactly accurate. Sometimes he acts like Stalin.
September 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Calling Trump “Hitler” is not exactly accurate. Sometimes he acts like Stalin.
I would not be surprised if Kirk was murdered by his own side. He was a threat to those holding power and he is now a convenient martyr.
September 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I would not be surprised if Kirk was murdered by his own side. He was a threat to those holding power and he is now a convenient martyr.
"All who take the sword will perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52). He who advocates gun violence will die by gun violence.
I don’t like this world we live in, but this is what the Republicans have wrought.
I don’t like this world we live in, but this is what the Republicans have wrought.
September 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"All who take the sword will perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52). He who advocates gun violence will die by gun violence.
I don’t like this world we live in, but this is what the Republicans have wrought.
I don’t like this world we live in, but this is what the Republicans have wrought.
Lack of empathy leads you to commit the fundamental error that it can never happen to you.
September 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Lack of empathy leads you to commit the fundamental error that it can never happen to you.
Houston Area Poverty Fact Sheets | University of Houston-Downtown
www.uhd.edu
September 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Slavery as it existed in the South was the most brutal system of bondage the world has ever experienced. It was so horrific that its effects are felt to this day.
August 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Slavery as it existed in the South was the most brutal system of bondage the world has ever experienced. It was so horrific that its effects are felt to this day.
The threat that taxing billionaires will make them leave is dumb. Without billionaires we can build small businesses, which are the backbone of the economy and without the unfair practices of billionaires, small businesses can actually thrive. Honestly, I can’t wait for billionaires to leave.
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The threat that taxing billionaires will make them leave is dumb. Without billionaires we can build small businesses, which are the backbone of the economy and without the unfair practices of billionaires, small businesses can actually thrive. Honestly, I can’t wait for billionaires to leave.
Reposted by Elena Delavega
Reposted by Elena Delavega
People are going to die in the street. This is what y’all voted for. #BigUglyBill
July 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
People are going to die in the street. This is what y’all voted for. #BigUglyBill
The excessive accumulation of wealth is mental illness. Why would anyone want more money than they can ever use?
June 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The excessive accumulation of wealth is mental illness. Why would anyone want more money than they can ever use?
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I know that is ridiculous to take such statements seriously but the fact that we are all going to die is exactly why everyone should have access to the best possible medical care regardless of income or employment status.
June 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I know that is ridiculous to take such statements seriously but the fact that we are all going to die is exactly why everyone should have access to the best possible medical care regardless of income or employment status.
The rich are stealing from everyone else. For great wealth to exist, great poverty is necessary.
June 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The rich are stealing from everyone else. For great wealth to exist, great poverty is necessary.
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Reposted by Elena Delavega
I'm giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend. I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump's proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids.
We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn't it.
We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn't it.
May 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend. I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump's proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids.
We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn't it.
We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn't it.
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Trump's big beautiful bill expands the estate tax exemption yet again.
While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.
We must stop this bill.
While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.
We must stop this bill.
May 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump's big beautiful bill expands the estate tax exemption yet again.
While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.
We must stop this bill.
While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.
We must stop this bill.