Wes Elder
@weselder.bsky.social
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PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
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We have 8 voting days left, and still no plan from House Republicans on health care. Republicans have
never been serious about lowering health care costs for hard-working Americans.
never been serious about lowering health care costs for hard-working Americans.
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
We have 8 voting days left, and still no plan from House Republicans on health care. Republicans have
never been serious about lowering health care costs for hard-working Americans.
never been serious about lowering health care costs for hard-working Americans.
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Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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December 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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But she wears a cross???!!!🙄😠
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
But she wears a cross???!!!🙄😠
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Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
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Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:
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Originalists' insistence that this isn't worth a damn remains one of the key defects with the theory. History is just one part of the picture!
also, let’s say wurman is right. well, we have had nearly 160 years of unlimited birthright citizenship that has been affirmed again and again by generations of Americans. whatever the original intent, that is what the birthright clause *means*.
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Originalists' insistence that this isn't worth a damn remains one of the key defects with the theory. History is just one part of the picture!
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A DOJ that protects the powerful over the abused isn’t justice. It’s despicable.
Release all the unredacted Epstein files‼️
Release all the unredacted Epstein files‼️
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A DOJ that protects the powerful over the abused isn’t justice. It’s despicable.
Release all the unredacted Epstein files‼️
Release all the unredacted Epstein files‼️
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Perhaps…not a true change of heart, then? Gosh
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Perhaps…not a true change of heart, then? Gosh
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Our current government is formed of, by, and for rapist pedophiles.
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Our current government is formed of, by, and for rapist pedophiles.
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Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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If you're torn on whether to believe Tom Cotton’s account of the strike, note that the people who say he’s wrong want you to see the video.
Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you're torn on whether to believe Tom Cotton’s account of the strike, note that the people who say he’s wrong want you to see the video.
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House Rep. Melanie Stansbury, said Trump is in the Epstein files numerous times.
His rape of 13 year old Katie Johnson is documented in the files.
Trump is scared. He forced the FBI to scrub his name from the Epstein Files.
His rape of 13 year old Katie Johnson is documented in the files.
Trump is scared. He forced the FBI to scrub his name from the Epstein Files.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
House Rep. Melanie Stansbury, said Trump is in the Epstein files numerous times.
His rape of 13 year old Katie Johnson is documented in the files.
Trump is scared. He forced the FBI to scrub his name from the Epstein Files.
His rape of 13 year old Katie Johnson is documented in the files.
Trump is scared. He forced the FBI to scrub his name from the Epstein Files.
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I'm just a bumpkin at an under-funded teaching college who spent 16 years in a book doing this thing Wurman et al suddenly discovered. Silly me.
Since I traced migration & citizenship from the colonial period through 1888, yeah, pretty clear the 14th Amendment is intended to repudiate Dred Scott.
Since I traced migration & citizenship from the colonial period through 1888, yeah, pretty clear the 14th Amendment is intended to repudiate Dred Scott.
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm just a bumpkin at an under-funded teaching college who spent 16 years in a book doing this thing Wurman et al suddenly discovered. Silly me.
Since I traced migration & citizenship from the colonial period through 1888, yeah, pretty clear the 14th Amendment is intended to repudiate Dred Scott.
Since I traced migration & citizenship from the colonial period through 1888, yeah, pretty clear the 14th Amendment is intended to repudiate Dred Scott.
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Fugelsang on Fazebook
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Fugelsang on Fazebook
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They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.
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After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Next year, we’re going to win back control of Congress from the fascists while building a Democratic Party that fights as hard as we do. Chip in if you can to power the nationwide organizing it will take to make that happen: secure.actblue.com/donate/2026-...
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Next year, we’re going to win back control of Congress from the fascists while building a Democratic Party that fights as hard as we do. Chip in if you can to power the nationwide organizing it will take to make that happen: secure.actblue.com/donate/2026-...
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Oh Ya this is worth a repost.
Everyone responsible for this crime against humanity must be prosecuted.
Thou Shalt Not Give Yourself A Peace Prize Whilst Committing Crimes Against Humanity
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Oh Ya this is worth a repost.
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Giving credit where credit is due #FIFA #FIFApeaceprize
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Giving credit where credit is due #FIFA #FIFApeaceprize
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On this day in 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, a first step in the long fight for equality for Black Americans. We must never forget the horrors of slavery and must always reject every attempt to erase this shameful chapter of American history.
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
On this day in 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, a first step in the long fight for equality for Black Americans. We must never forget the horrors of slavery and must always reject every attempt to erase this shameful chapter of American history.
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What do these 3 people have in common?
They have all been found to have been illegally appointed by the Trump Administration to positions leading U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country.
We need real public servants in these jobs, lawful public servants, who are committed to the rule of law.
They have all been found to have been illegally appointed by the Trump Administration to positions leading U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country.
We need real public servants in these jobs, lawful public servants, who are committed to the rule of law.
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What do these 3 people have in common?
They have all been found to have been illegally appointed by the Trump Administration to positions leading U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country.
We need real public servants in these jobs, lawful public servants, who are committed to the rule of law.
They have all been found to have been illegally appointed by the Trump Administration to positions leading U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country.
We need real public servants in these jobs, lawful public servants, who are committed to the rule of law.
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Strangely enough, I also won a FIFA Peace Prize.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Strangely enough, I also won a FIFA Peace Prize.
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An overwhelming number of MAGA Republicans have been arrested for pedophilia. Feels like I see a new one get arrested almost everyday.
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An overwhelming number of MAGA Republicans have been arrested for pedophilia. Feels like I see a new one get arrested almost everyday.