Vickie Elmer
@workingkind.bsky.social
Journalist, feminist, optimist, partially. Leader, creative type who seeks justice for all, small joys and more generosity and goodness in the world. Detroit.
My org: Mintartistsguild.org
My writing: Here, there medium.com/@VickieElmer
My org: Mintartistsguild.org
My writing: Here, there medium.com/@VickieElmer
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If your doctor decided you needed an MRI (indicating concern about something serious) and you claim that you didn't ask why or what part of your body he wanted to look at, you are:
1. Really stupid; or
2. Dangerously detached from reality; or
4. Lying; or
4. All three. 🎯
1. Really stupid; or
2. Dangerously detached from reality; or
4. Lying; or
4. All three. 🎯
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If your doctor decided you needed an MRI (indicating concern about something serious) and you claim that you didn't ask why or what part of your body he wanted to look at, you are:
1. Really stupid; or
2. Dangerously detached from reality; or
4. Lying; or
4. All three. 🎯
1. Really stupid; or
2. Dangerously detached from reality; or
4. Lying; or
4. All three. 🎯
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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There was no "Emergency" situation with crime in DC. This stunt got a 20 year old young woman killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
There was no "Emergency" situation with crime in DC. This stunt got a 20 year old young woman killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
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They literally kidnapped him from an active fire.
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
They literally kidnapped him from an active fire.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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How about an apology and $500 gift cards?
Chick-fil-A has issued an apology to a Black officer who said he was forced to pay for his meal while his white colleagues ate for free. Officer Tracy Reid said the incident left him feeling humiliated" his white colleague who witnessed the exchange said it was race-driven.
October 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How about an apology and $500 gift cards?
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SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
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Jack Schlossberg, JFK's grandson, Caroline's son, posted this photo. I strongly recommend following him, "jackuno."
So much of this gorgeous photo, bulldozed & covered with slabs of concrete. Soulless. Empty.
This photo is all about life, color, beauty, promise.
Now bulldozed & drowned in cement.
So much of this gorgeous photo, bulldozed & covered with slabs of concrete. Soulless. Empty.
This photo is all about life, color, beauty, promise.
Now bulldozed & drowned in cement.
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Jack Schlossberg, JFK's grandson, Caroline's son, posted this photo. I strongly recommend following him, "jackuno."
So much of this gorgeous photo, bulldozed & covered with slabs of concrete. Soulless. Empty.
This photo is all about life, color, beauty, promise.
Now bulldozed & drowned in cement.
So much of this gorgeous photo, bulldozed & covered with slabs of concrete. Soulless. Empty.
This photo is all about life, color, beauty, promise.
Now bulldozed & drowned in cement.
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Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”
Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”
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War-torn Chicago.
Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.
October 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
War-torn Chicago.
So uncalled for and evil. Make this all stop, please!
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
apnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So uncalled for and evil. Make this all stop, please!
Beautiful, impactful banned books, kept out of public school libraries.
#BannedBooks #read
pen.org/banned-books...
#BannedBooks #read
pen.org/banned-books...
Banned Books List 2025
What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.
pen.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Beautiful, impactful banned books, kept out of public school libraries.
#BannedBooks #read
pen.org/banned-books...
#BannedBooks #read
pen.org/banned-books...
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Children are not threats
Peaceful protesters are not threats
Elderly veterans are not threats
Disabled people are not threats
Immigrants are not threats
They’ve all been zip tied & unlawfully detained
People are being brutalized due to the colour of their skin
Punished for speaking out
Peaceful protesters are not threats
Elderly veterans are not threats
Disabled people are not threats
Immigrants are not threats
They’ve all been zip tied & unlawfully detained
People are being brutalized due to the colour of their skin
Punished for speaking out
October 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Children are not threats
Peaceful protesters are not threats
Elderly veterans are not threats
Disabled people are not threats
Immigrants are not threats
They’ve all been zip tied & unlawfully detained
People are being brutalized due to the colour of their skin
Punished for speaking out
Peaceful protesters are not threats
Elderly veterans are not threats
Disabled people are not threats
Immigrants are not threats
They’ve all been zip tied & unlawfully detained
People are being brutalized due to the colour of their skin
Punished for speaking out
Go, Jane Fonda! @janefonda.com wapo.st/487AYJ2
Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech
The actor said the Committee for the First Amendment — first backed by her father in 1947 — would fight the Trump administration’s attempts to silence critics.
wapo.st
October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Go, Jane Fonda! @janefonda.com wapo.st/487AYJ2
October 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
How I long for the boring Biden years. We need adult leaders, not man-babies.
October 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
How I long for the boring Biden years. We need adult leaders, not man-babies.
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Sobbing at these Italians being happy to be stuck in traffic during a strike for Palestine
September 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Sobbing at these Italians being happy to be stuck in traffic during a strike for Palestine
Reading their annual and quarterly reports wkll yield important insights.... 10-K for the kill!
I’m truly interested in whomever has a fleshed out proposal on how to take out Sinclair economically.
He's not back in reality. Sinclair which has 38 ABC stations is going to preempt with news. There's more to this story; they are playing games.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Reading their annual and quarterly reports wkll yield important insights.... 10-K for the kill!
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#PamelasSaturdayMorning
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.
-- Molly Ivins
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#PamelasSaturdayMorning
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.
-- Molly Ivins
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November 29, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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#PamelasSaturdayMorning
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.
-- Molly Ivins
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#PamelasSaturdayMorning
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.
-- Molly Ivins
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September 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching
New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...