Elle Fire
@ellefire.bsky.social
7th gen Californian now living in New England. Wife of one. Mother of two smalls.
Gin connoisseur. 🍸 #Leguminati 🫘
Once referred to as a "beach bunny liberal".
✨️ Choosing joy. ✨️
Gin connoisseur. 🍸 #Leguminati 🫘
Once referred to as a "beach bunny liberal".
✨️ Choosing joy. ✨️
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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4/ Hiding the evidence from the American public:
"Later in the day, President Donald Trump released a redacted 29-second surveillance drone video showing the attack. The video does not include any footage of the subsequent strike on the survivors."
And to Congress? ...
"Later in the day, President Donald Trump released a redacted 29-second surveillance drone video showing the attack. The video does not include any footage of the subsequent strike on the survivors."
And to Congress? ...
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
4/ Hiding the evidence from the American public:
"Later in the day, President Donald Trump released a redacted 29-second surveillance drone video showing the attack. The video does not include any footage of the subsequent strike on the survivors."
And to Congress? ...
"Later in the day, President Donald Trump released a redacted 29-second surveillance drone video showing the attack. The video does not include any footage of the subsequent strike on the survivors."
And to Congress? ...
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3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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Joseph Stalin planned to expand Red Square by demolishing several historic buildings, including the iconic St. Basil's Cathedral. The primary goal was to create a vast, open space that glorified the authoritarian state and Stalin's personality cult. The architect who objected was put in a gulag.
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Joseph Stalin planned to expand Red Square by demolishing several historic buildings, including the iconic St. Basil's Cathedral. The primary goal was to create a vast, open space that glorified the authoritarian state and Stalin's personality cult. The architect who objected was put in a gulag.
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They were always going to unleash full-on ethnic cleansing. They were just waiting for a plausible excuse.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
They were always going to unleash full-on ethnic cleansing. They were just waiting for a plausible excuse.
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We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
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Trump has decided to exempt coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rules for the next two years. He issued a proclamation allowing coke oven facilities to sidestep existing limits on toxic emissions including mercury, formaldehyde, soot, and dioxins.
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Trump has decided to exempt coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rules for the next two years. He issued a proclamation allowing coke oven facilities to sidestep existing limits on toxic emissions including mercury, formaldehyde, soot, and dioxins.
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Drop your favorite local shops below—let’s boost the folks who actually show up for us. I’m NOT shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot, but putting my cash in local businesses that supports our communities. Our dollars are leverage. Let’s use them like it. #WeAintBuyingIt
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Drop your favorite local shops below—let’s boost the folks who actually show up for us. I’m NOT shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot, but putting my cash in local businesses that supports our communities. Our dollars are leverage. Let’s use them like it. #WeAintBuyingIt
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Kabul has officially proposed that Moscow replace Central Asian migrants with Afghan workers. Afghan authorities said they are ready to send their citizens to work in Russian agriculture — and later as couriers, taxi drivers, and laborers in other sectors.
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Kabul has officially proposed that Moscow replace Central Asian migrants with Afghan workers. Afghan authorities said they are ready to send their citizens to work in Russian agriculture — and later as couriers, taxi drivers, and laborers in other sectors.
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🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
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Oh, look! The right-wing libertarian CATO Institute just did a thing.
Of people booked into ICE custody this fiscal year (since October 1, 2025): Only 5 percent had a violent criminal conviction.
www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
Of people booked into ICE custody this fiscal year (since October 1, 2025): Only 5 percent had a violent criminal conviction.
www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Oh, look! The right-wing libertarian CATO Institute just did a thing.
Of people booked into ICE custody this fiscal year (since October 1, 2025): Only 5 percent had a violent criminal conviction.
www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
Of people booked into ICE custody this fiscal year (since October 1, 2025): Only 5 percent had a violent criminal conviction.
www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
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Just moved from Lean Republican to Toss Up.
Dems have dominated early voting:
youtu.be/UkucSbfexQQ?...
Dems have dominated early voting:
youtu.be/UkucSbfexQQ?...
New polling in Tennessee's special election: Political Power Ranker
YouTube video by WHTM - abc27 News
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Just moved from Lean Republican to Toss Up.
Dems have dominated early voting:
youtu.be/UkucSbfexQQ?...
Dems have dominated early voting:
youtu.be/UkucSbfexQQ?...
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So denaturalize and deport Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, both of whom are public charges and security risks who undermine domestic tranquility and routinely promote radical foreign ideologies incompatible with America's pluralistic, scholarly, and secular traditions.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So denaturalize and deport Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, both of whom are public charges and security risks who undermine domestic tranquility and routinely promote radical foreign ideologies incompatible with America's pluralistic, scholarly, and secular traditions.
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Wow, this is a load of bullshit.
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wow, this is a load of bullshit.
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The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
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1/ Collective punishment of tens of thousands of vetted Afghan partners won’t prevent radicalization. But it will guarantee fewer allies, more enemies, and higher risks for U.S. troops the next time we deploy.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
1/ Collective punishment of tens of thousands of vetted Afghan partners won’t prevent radicalization. But it will guarantee fewer allies, more enemies, and higher risks for U.S. troops the next time we deploy.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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The crisis isn’t refugees. It’s not that one person committed one tragic crime and killed one other person. The crisis isn’t that America’s 250-year old history of hosting immigrants turned out to be a mistake.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The crisis isn’t refugees. It’s not that one person committed one tragic crime and killed one other person. The crisis isn’t that America’s 250-year old history of hosting immigrants turned out to be a mistake.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
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If it's true, if the US is willing to allow borders to be redrawn by force and let aggressors be rewarded, then the gates of hell are about to be opened.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If it's true, if the US is willing to allow borders to be redrawn by force and let aggressors be rewarded, then the gates of hell are about to be opened.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
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When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
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America does not have open borders and it did not have open borders when Democrats were in power.
We need immigration reform and a policy that breaks laws to arrest and jail and torture immigrants – as we have today - is not the answer.
Lying about "open borders" is a massive problem.
We need immigration reform and a policy that breaks laws to arrest and jail and torture immigrants – as we have today - is not the answer.
Lying about "open borders" is a massive problem.
This is what Trump thought was an appropriate Thanksgiving message. It's hard to know whether the lies, the hatred, or the disdain for our country and its laws are the worst part of this.
Please read the full text, available here: www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...
Please read the full text, available here: www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...
Trump: Most foreigners eating alive Great American Citizens and Patriots
The Thanksgiving post departed from Trump's, and the MAGA movement's, insistence they oppose "open borders" and instead favor "legal" immigration.
www.palmbeachpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
America does not have open borders and it did not have open borders when Democrats were in power.
We need immigration reform and a policy that breaks laws to arrest and jail and torture immigrants – as we have today - is not the answer.
Lying about "open borders" is a massive problem.
We need immigration reform and a policy that breaks laws to arrest and jail and torture immigrants – as we have today - is not the answer.
Lying about "open borders" is a massive problem.
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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.