Ellen Fitzpatrick
@nellvolare.bsky.social
Hmm. Lost access to my account in a phone meltdown. Yes, here I am, as Lyle sings, a dedicated Fajita.
Republican lawmakers, as well as citizens who vote for them, are okay with federal enforcers murdering Americans.
Just the bald truth.
My thoughts on what's next: He reinstates universal conscription--the draft.
How else to cover military actions worldwide?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscri...
Just the bald truth.
My thoughts on what's next: He reinstates universal conscription--the draft.
How else to cover military actions worldwide?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscri...
January 17, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Republican lawmakers, as well as citizens who vote for them, are okay with federal enforcers murdering Americans.
Just the bald truth.
My thoughts on what's next: He reinstates universal conscription--the draft.
How else to cover military actions worldwide?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscri...
Just the bald truth.
My thoughts on what's next: He reinstates universal conscription--the draft.
How else to cover military actions worldwide?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscri...
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"Kavanaugh stops" have quickly expanded to become "Kavanaugh body tackles" and other forms of "Kavanaugh assaults."
Sadly, the odds are very high that there will be soon be "Kavanaugh summary executions" of Americans whom ICE agents decide aren't Americans.
Sadly, the odds are very high that there will be soon be "Kavanaugh summary executions" of Americans whom ICE agents decide aren't Americans.
January 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM
"Kavanaugh stops" have quickly expanded to become "Kavanaugh body tackles" and other forms of "Kavanaugh assaults."
Sadly, the odds are very high that there will be soon be "Kavanaugh summary executions" of Americans whom ICE agents decide aren't Americans.
Sadly, the odds are very high that there will be soon be "Kavanaugh summary executions" of Americans whom ICE agents decide aren't Americans.
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💯 X 💯 % !!!
I explain on my Substack live why Abolishing ICE is not enough. We need to PROSECUTE ICE. That is how we change conduct.
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
💯 X 💯 % !!!
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ICE Nazis kidnapped 4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe….released 1 and now can’t "locate" the other 3
"There is nobody more American than American Indians! We are America, how can you possibly target Native Americans? It's legally impossible!" #cdnpoli
"There is nobody more American than American Indians! We are America, how can you possibly target Native Americans? It's legally impossible!" #cdnpoli
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 AM
ICE Nazis kidnapped 4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe….released 1 and now can’t "locate" the other 3
"There is nobody more American than American Indians! We are America, how can you possibly target Native Americans? It's legally impossible!" #cdnpoli
"There is nobody more American than American Indians! We are America, how can you possibly target Native Americans? It's legally impossible!" #cdnpoli
What? And who's the Parent of the Year who brought the young daughter with her? I'm assuming the child is with the woman standing behind her. The child is dressed as an adult, certainly not as a little girl.
Explain this, the shrill noise of the cognitive dissonance.
I can't.
Explain this, the shrill noise of the cognitive dissonance.
I can't.
Trump: Milk would help your cognitive abilities?
Carson: Absolutely. You can tell who has been drinking milk.
Trump: I took a cognitive test—I’ve taken a lot of them. I've aced all of them because I drink milk.
Carson: Absolutely. You can tell who has been drinking milk.
Trump: I took a cognitive test—I’ve taken a lot of them. I've aced all of them because I drink milk.
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
What? And who's the Parent of the Year who brought the young daughter with her? I'm assuming the child is with the woman standing behind her. The child is dressed as an adult, certainly not as a little girl.
Explain this, the shrill noise of the cognitive dissonance.
I can't.
Explain this, the shrill noise of the cognitive dissonance.
I can't.
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.@PabloReports: Stephen Miller seems to be operating sort of as a shadow president at this point. Is there any legal liability he could face at the end of this presidency?
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
January 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
.@PabloReports: Stephen Miller seems to be operating sort of as a shadow president at this point. Is there any legal liability he could face at the end of this presidency?
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
He has everything. But he knows his life is a failure. He is consumed with rage. How can I have everything and my life is nothing?
Rage. Out of his mind with hot rage.
Rage. Out of his mind with hot rage.
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 AM
He has everything. But he knows his life is a failure. He is consumed with rage. How can I have everything and my life is nothing?
Rage. Out of his mind with hot rage.
Rage. Out of his mind with hot rage.
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NPR just referred to the Trump regime’s “willingness to push the boundaries of the law.”
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
January 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
NPR just referred to the Trump regime’s “willingness to push the boundaries of the law.”
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
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Look at what Trump has done.
January 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Look at what Trump has done.
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Most important non-presidential race of 2024: Pennsylvania Senate. David McCormick has been a reliable vote for Trump's agenda, never in doubt. Cast decisive votes to pass "big beautiful bill," confirm Pete Hegseth and now kill the measure to limit Trump's war powers. All 51-50.
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Most important non-presidential race of 2024: Pennsylvania Senate. David McCormick has been a reliable vote for Trump's agenda, never in doubt. Cast decisive votes to pass "big beautiful bill," confirm Pete Hegseth and now kill the measure to limit Trump's war powers. All 51-50.
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“This is another Tuskegee” is not hyperbole. good reporting from IM
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
“This is another Tuskegee” is not hyperbole. good reporting from IM
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Your first year of a PhD program, they give you a methods class explaining why not to do this study.
When you become a faculty member, they make you submit proposed studies to an ethics board to make sure you never do this study.
When you become a faculty member, they make you submit proposed studies to an ethics board to make sure you never do this study.
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Your first year of a PhD program, they give you a methods class explaining why not to do this study.
When you become a faculty member, they make you submit proposed studies to an ethics board to make sure you never do this study.
When you become a faculty member, they make you submit proposed studies to an ethics board to make sure you never do this study.
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This is what criminals & soon-to-be-sanctioned dictators do: set up a cozy personal nest egg in a country that won't extradite them & has no agreements that would compel them to enforce other countries' sanctions.
That's why sanctioned Russian oligarchs made a beeline for the UAE in 2022.
That's why sanctioned Russian oligarchs made a beeline for the UAE in 2022.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
This is what criminals & soon-to-be-sanctioned dictators do: set up a cozy personal nest egg in a country that won't extradite them & has no agreements that would compel them to enforce other countries' sanctions.
That's why sanctioned Russian oligarchs made a beeline for the UAE in 2022.
That's why sanctioned Russian oligarchs made a beeline for the UAE in 2022.
If I can't afford flour tortillas, I don't want to live.
Could that “one other thing” be wondering why costs have gone up so much under Trump that Americans are supposed to follow a chicken/broccoli/tortilla diet?
(Is that on the menu at Mar-a-Lago?)
(Is that on the menu at Mar-a-Lago?)
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
If I can't afford flour tortillas, I don't want to live.
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And here’s my hope: that there are brave investigative journalists already inside ICE, people who went all the way in, documenting the shortcuts, the culture, the real chaos. We’re going to need them.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
And here’s my hope: that there are brave investigative journalists already inside ICE, people who went all the way in, documenting the shortcuts, the culture, the real chaos. We’re going to need them.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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ICE has no idea who they’re hiring. Period.
According to Laura Jedeed, a Trump critic who openly opposes ICE, the agency offered her a job after a 6 minute interview. No paperwork. No real vetting. Just name, age, and a fast track toward “as many guns and badges in the field as possible” her words.
According to Laura Jedeed, a Trump critic who openly opposes ICE, the agency offered her a job after a 6 minute interview. No paperwork. No real vetting. Just name, age, and a fast track toward “as many guns and badges in the field as possible” her words.
January 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
ICE has no idea who they’re hiring. Period.
According to Laura Jedeed, a Trump critic who openly opposes ICE, the agency offered her a job after a 6 minute interview. No paperwork. No real vetting. Just name, age, and a fast track toward “as many guns and badges in the field as possible” her words.
According to Laura Jedeed, a Trump critic who openly opposes ICE, the agency offered her a job after a 6 minute interview. No paperwork. No real vetting. Just name, age, and a fast track toward “as many guns and badges in the field as possible” her words.
And there are good people on both sides.
Grow a pair.
Grow a pair.
CNN: President Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota. Do you think that's what the state needs right now?
REP. BRIAN FITZPATRICK: I think everybody needs to see the humanity in each other
REP. BRIAN FITZPATRICK: I think everybody needs to see the humanity in each other
January 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
And there are good people on both sides.
Grow a pair.
Grow a pair.
See? Republicans speak, Republicans lie.
Rep. Randy Fine: "Jacob Frey is fomenting a second civil war ... for Democrat politicians to take the side of foreigners over American is treason. Jacob Frey should be arrested ... now there are two people who have been shut justifiably because of the rhetoric of Democrats."
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
See? Republicans speak, Republicans lie.
To go any further than saying "All Republicans lie" is a waste of breath.
I'd be willing to bet a pretty good bottle of scotch that "we've run over 1,000 simulations" means "we entered a prompt into Grok."
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
To go any further than saying "All Republicans lie" is a waste of breath.
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Kennedy, obsessed with vaxxed/unvaxxed studies that would not be approved by US ethical review boards, planned to fund one in West Africa — one that would have caused unnecessary disease and death for extremely vulnerable children. After negative media attention, it was canceled. Coverage matters.
BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been *cancelled,* I can now report. A senior official with Africa CDC confirmed the cancellation and said GB officials are working to make sure any research is conducted ethically:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Kennedy, obsessed with vaxxed/unvaxxed studies that would not be approved by US ethical review boards, planned to fund one in West Africa — one that would have caused unnecessary disease and death for extremely vulnerable children. After negative media attention, it was canceled. Coverage matters.
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August 20, 1939
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman
"It's a good act but it's hard on the spectators..."
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman
"It's a good act but it's hard on the spectators..."
January 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
August 20, 1939
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman
"It's a good act but it's hard on the spectators..."
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman
"It's a good act but it's hard on the spectators..."