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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 11h

So Steven Miller is obviously the president. Trump is yet again, second in command, kind of, more like the comms director.

Does he have any companies or anything that we can protest in front of? Cause that worked really well with kicking Musk out of the government and maybe it would work here?

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

Hey, so I’m having some chronic health issues so I haven’t been able to post videos and I’m really sorry about that and I hope I will be able to post the video on Sun because I miss Doomerella too. But if not, please make sure to check out the posts on Substack. That is where I put the most detail.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

The absolute best way you can support the work I do is by becoming a paid subscriber to my Substack (through the web, 🍎 newly takes a 30% cut) substack.com/@ariellaelm, but you can also buy me a ☕️ buymeacoffee.com/ariella.elm, or buy my merch www.bonfire.com/my-vote-is-m...
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Ariella Elm | Substack

I’m so done with doomerism. 🌱 Queer🏳️‍🌈 Jewish✡️ disabled😷 political influencer 💙 Follow for daily Democratic wins & weekly election guides. Our voices are our superpower 📧 [email protected]

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

Our voices are our superpower, but only when we use them!

And as always, 300 characters is not enough so if you want the full story ariellaelm.substack.com/p/daily-dems...
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Daily Dems Doing the Work, Making Noise and Fighting Back Day 258

Being chronically ill sucks.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

And if you watched or read any of these stories comment 🌀 (hurricane) because if there is a hurricane during this shutdown, those remaining NOAA staffers are going to do literally everything they can to keep us safe and not get paid for any of it. (hopefully temporarily but with Trump, who knows)
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

So those are some of today’s fighters (actually not today, they were what I was gonna post yesterday. I hope I feel better soon)

If you made it to the end of this post, comment 📝 (a note) because seeing what Rs are doing to healthcare laid out is so important to keeping our messaging alive.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

@salinas.house.gov Posted about her comments during the Steering and Policy Committee shadow hearing titled “The Republican Healthcare Crisis”

When House Democrats are saying they’re still working, they mean it.

Republicans are on vacation, but Democrats are not.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

@repericsorensen.bsky.social Posted a fantastic video calling Republicans out for the shutdown, especially the amount of essential employees working without pay. I know I just posted him, but I couldn’t not post this, especially because I’m positive most people haven’t seen it.
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fb.watch

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

@murray.senate.gov Has joined TikTok! Members still can’t use TikTok on their government devices, and even with the new deal, that probably won’t change anytime soon, but more and more Dems are realizing the importance of being everywhere and accessible to everyone, and I love that a lot.
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Glad to be on TikTok talking to you from Washington to Washington! There's a LOT happening in Congress so follow for the latest as I work to help people and solve problems: I'm fighting for affordable...

TikTok video by Patty Murray

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

Repping the Rep Don Davis (NC-01) Held a press conference all about the Shutdown and healthcare. It was a way to answer his constituent’s questions publicly.

I really liked how he talked about healthcare and the incoming letters
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FULL PRESS CONFERENCE: Congressman Davis addresses concerns amid government shutdown

YouTube video by WCTI News 12

www.youtube.com

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 258

So I’m dealing with some health issues, that has made sitting up to make videos challenging. So if you normally watch my videos, you’ll have to read the posts today. Hopefully I’ll be able to record on Sunday.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 13h

Me anytime anyone talks about 2028

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you for sharing your views on this. And I have a feeling that we probably have similar views. We just have different views on how to get there. Maybe not everything but if I was pushed to choose a label other than Democrat, I would probably say pragmatic progressive

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 16h

The absolute best way you can support the work I do is by becoming a paid subscriber to my Substack (through the web, 🍎 newly takes a 30% cut) substack.com/@ariellaelm, but you can also buy me a ☕️ buymeacoffee.com/ariella.elm, or buy my merch www.bonfire.com/my-vote-is-m...

Ariella Elm | Substack

I’m so done with doomerism. 🌱 Queer🏳️‍🌈 Jewish✡️ disabled😷 political influencer 💙 Follow for daily Democratic wins & weekly election guides. Our voices are our superpower 📧 [email protected]

substack.com

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 16h

There’s always more info on all these stories so you can find that ariellaelm.substack.com/p/three-wins...

Sources: www.dailyuw.com/article/disr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMl...

azmirror.com/2025/10/02/d...

www.nj.gov/governor/new...

Three Wins Today: Oct 10, 2025

Katie Porter is not the only candidate

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 16h

NJ
Mon, 9/29 - @govmurphy.bsky.social signed legislation to require Hispanic and Latino stories and history to be taught k-12.

Sources 👇
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 16h

AZ
Thu, 10/2 - 30 local nonprofits wrote a letter to Speaker Steve Montenegro, urging him to take some sort of action against State Rep John Gillette who said @jayapal.house.gov should be hung for her views.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 16h

Three Wins Today: Oct 10, 2025

Seattle WA
Wed, 10/1 - A neo-nazi was chased out of a “diversity of human sexuality” class at the U of WA by the professor and students
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t normally do this, but today’s major post, which is just the intro to three wins on substack has a lot of links and I don’t think it would translate to a post here that well. So I’m going to give you the threads link and hopefully you can still read it.

www.threads.com/@ariella.elm...
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 17h

The California primary isn’t till June, 2026, so why on earth is everyone acting like Katie Porter is the only candidate?

There are currently 26 people running, 12 of those are Democrats. However, all 26 will be running in the same primary, cause California uses the Jungle Primary system.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 18h

Could not have said it better

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 19h

Highlight the people who are doing the right thing. Talk about the 20 Senate Democrats who did do the right thing, lift them up. But when you hold people accountable for something they didn’t do you are giving the people who did the wrong thing more power.

Stop it
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 19h

26 Senate Democrats vote on something that contains an awful provision, therefore all 20,000 elected Democrats, give or take, are held responsible.

It doesn’t work with Israel and it doesn’t work here. Stop holding people accountable for something they didn’t do.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, I’m still gonna regret this, but it’s true.

The way the alt left talks about the Democratic Party is the same way they talk about Israel.

The Israeli government does something evil therefore the entire country, every single person in it, is also responsible.

Vs
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 19h

How do you think that wasn’t done? That was a big part of the campaign.

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