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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 11m

I googled his name. "prominent election conspiracy theorist"

nuff said

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 1h

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · Feb 19

yachtrolling
noun
yacht·roll·ing ˌyaht-rō-liŋ

1 : the action of sending a yacht rock song to someone to infect them with an annoying ear worm.

| Lance's friend keeps yachtrolling him with songs by artists like Christopher Cross and Hall & Oates

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 21m

this is a surreal read.

reminds me *so* much of the dystopian, authoritarian-US future envisioned by @christopherbrown.bsky.social in his novels Tropic of Kansas, Rule of Capture, and Failed State.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2h

Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3h

FULL STORY: As lawyers for the Trump administration defended the president’s unprecedented decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago despite the objections of Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, officials acknowledged that California troops had also been sent to Illinois. @wttw.bsky.social

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1h

is it Tylenol?

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1h

ok, man. I think we're nibbling around the edges.

unless/until we meet on Yavin to plan our specific tactics, it doesn't seem worth to continue the nibbling.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1h

right. we're past that. I mean, that's great, too. MeToo was recently pretty damned effective.

but given the stakes and the current situation of *actual military being deployed in American cities*, yeah, memes, flag waving, and vuvuzelas probably aren't going to cut it.
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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 2d

it’s time for the real resistance, not just posting memes and blue heart emojis. real, active, peaceful, sustained, intense, broad resistance.

we have to persuade leaders to lead it and support them when they do.

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 2d

I think the Dem governors and mayors can and should do more, legally and nonviolently. some ideas off the top of my head
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1h

awesome. see? I knew we could get there: nonviolent direct action.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1h

seems like maybe we agree more than disagree.

I favor all strong direct actions to grind them to a halt short of physical violence against people.

good enough? … or do you advocate actual violence against people, today, given what we face today?

it’s a straightforward question.

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