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Eleanor Lang

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Very left of center. Have husband and cats. Had kids, but they got out. Knew I should have had them chipped. Left that other place when NepoBaby bought it. Writes and takes photographs. Deals with stress by cooking and baking bread. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Mar 15

Important information from the ACLU. Know your protest rights. Also, if you're new to this, write any phone numbers you might need on your arm (significant other, legal aid) and disable face recognition and fingerprint ID on your phone.

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Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...

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I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes.
October 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 22

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if a president says, in his outside voice, that he hates a big swath of the American people, that should be grounds for immediate removal.

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 18

He didn’t say he wanted to euthanize them. He said he wanted to kill them.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 18

I’m of the opinion that if the networks are too spineless to air comedians, they should just go old school and run test patterns after the nightly news.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 16

Deploying the National Guard for political stunts is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Congress can tear up the blank check—demand they act now:

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Stop Trump’s D.C. Takeover

Deploying the National Guard for political stunts is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Email Congress now and demand they block funding for National Guard deployments that put politics over public safety a...

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 14

Listen, people have been legit loosing their minds that Fox talking head Brian Kilmeade said that homeless people should be euthanized, except he didn't use that word.
He said Kill, in his outside, on air voice. He said "Just kill 'em."
He should lose his job, and be charged with hate speech.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 14

All words are not the same.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 14

Calling it the Charlie Kirk gun safety law, while repugnant, forces republicans to go on record voting against it, and their lionized hero du jour.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 14

It strikes me as a take-it-to-the-Hague level crime.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 14

No kidding

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 12

We've done worse than nothing. Those families were hounded and harassed and villified.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Or an elected official.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just so, except you'd think that the non-MAGA members of congress would have been upset about Hortman.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Alrighty. Please explain why members of congress are now worried about their safety after the assassination (which I condemn) of Charlie Kirk, but were unperturbed by the killing, at home, of Representative Melissa Hortman, along with her husband and FFS, their dog?
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After Kirk Assassination, Fear and Vitriol Intensify in Congress

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 11

This is inspirational. It's just a pity that our SCOTUS are (mostly) a bunch of spineless sycophants.

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Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 11

They have no bottom.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 11

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Gun reform makes every safer. Even right wing nut jobs.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 10

The outrage and piety is completely one-sided.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 10

Assassination is never OK, but he really was a piece of slime from the bottom of a shoe that was attached to the foot of a person who cleaned up sewage in their basement.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 10

While we're talking about guns and violence (we were; try to keep up) WaPo inadvertently received internal National Guard documents indicating that the National Guard is feeling shame at being sent into American cities and their role in leveraging fear.
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Review revealing 'shame' among troops deployed to cities accidentally sent to WaPo

An internal review from the National Guard on the occupation of cities was mistakenly sent to the Washington Post and it reveals dismay among both the public and the deployed soldiers who admitted fee...

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 10

Political violence is never acceptable, but let's not pretend that Charlie Kirk was a martyr or a "good guy." This is a good time to remind people that he said that gun deaths were worth the price of the 2nd amendment. He reaped the dissent that he sowed
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Charlie Kirk says gun deaths "unfortunately" worth it to ...

The conservative founder of Turning Point USA made the comments following a mass shooting in Nashville last week that resulted in six deaths.

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is a classic moment of reap what you sow. Or karma. Or something.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just so.

Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 9

Reading and math scores are down by quite a bit, and the venerable NYT blames the plague and screen time, but really, we can look back decades and see how GOP administrations have hobbled educational initiatives. A less educated populace is easier to control.
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Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit a New Low

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Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's not over until an alcoholic justice cries, but as of today, SCOTUS has lifted the lower court ban that prevented ICE in L.A. from indiscriminate arrests based on skin color or accent. If you're a brown U.S. citizen, you might want to carry ID proof.
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Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, another victory for President Donald Trump at the high court.

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