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@elyseea.bsky.social
Former educator, prof, and national nonprofit director. Retired, married, dog lover. Pro-democracy; anti-oligarchy; pretty damn pissed off right now. Trust me, folks, it’s really not fun to live under fascism. Also at Threads as "elyseea". No DMs.💙🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽
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· Apr 7
“The only thing we should fear is that we will surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves, and hypocrites; that we will surrender without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and that of our children.”
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
Some of you might find this interesting and useful. Lawfare is maintaining a tracker about domestic deployments of US troops:
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Some of you might find this interesting and useful. Lawfare is maintaining a tracker about domestic deployments of US troops:
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
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"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out," retiring senior U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, a Reagan appointee writes in The Atlantic.
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out," retiring senior U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, a Reagan appointee writes in The Atlantic.
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
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OYEZ! In October, SCOTUS heard arguments that could gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Yesterday, it granted cert in a case restricting mail-ballot deadlines. Free, fair, accessible elections are under attack. We’ve taken strong positions. Follow us for more details. @lwvus.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
OYEZ! In October, SCOTUS heard arguments that could gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Yesterday, it granted cert in a case restricting mail-ballot deadlines. Free, fair, accessible elections are under attack. We’ve taken strong positions. Follow us for more details. @lwvus.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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“There are dark days when this hopeful picture can be hard to see.” But “for anyone who thinks democracy, human dignity and a more perfect union is worth fighting for, this is our time to prove who we are and what we value.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-n...
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-n...
Snapshot: "Nothing We Love Ever Comes Easily"
Retiring Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi urges "hope in the face of fear"
www.americaamerica.news
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“There are dark days when this hopeful picture can be hard to see.” But “for anyone who thinks democracy, human dignity and a more perfect union is worth fighting for, this is our time to prove who we are and what we value.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-n...
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-n...
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Gift article for Veteran’s Day
If Only More Americans Could See This Place
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
If Only More Americans Could See This Place
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Opinion | If Only More Americans Could See This Place
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Gift article for Veteran’s Day
If Only More Americans Could See This Place
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
If Only More Americans Could See This Place
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Whistleblower documents indicate the Jeffrey Epstein associate is preparing a “commutation application” for Trump.
Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks Commutation From Trump, Democrats Claim
Whistleblower documents indicate the Jeffrey Epstein associate is preparing a “commutation application” for Trump.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Whistleblower documents indicate the Jeffrey Epstein associate is preparing a “commutation application” for Trump.
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This week on Reveal: A ‘Goon Squad’ of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
revealnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This week on Reveal: A ‘Goon Squad’ of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
I have tremendous respect for the integrity of our career service DOJ members. However, there’s a part of me that can hardly believe that none of the damaging stuff in the Epstein files has leaked.
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I have tremendous respect for the integrity of our career service DOJ members. However, there’s a part of me that can hardly believe that none of the damaging stuff in the Epstein files has leaked.
Wait a minute, what?
“Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government.” 11/10/25
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue for Jack Smith Searches (1)
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Wait a minute, what?
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💯 This is the world that American public libraries, schools, universities, parks, health agencies, &, of course, NPR also live in.
The BBC’s core problem is that, like the NHS, it models the benefits and virtues of a not-for-profit public service in a world of rapacious corporate greed and unstinting right-wing hostility to the idea of the public good www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Why the BBC Is Facing Its Gravest Crisis in Decades
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
💯 This is the world that American public libraries, schools, universities, parks, health agencies, &, of course, NPR also live in.
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So Mike Johnson won't commit on bringing up the healthcare subsidies if they're brought up.
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
So Mike Johnson won't commit on bringing up the healthcare subsidies if they're brought up.
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Another take on the vote:
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Another take on the vote:
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Worth the (short) time to read — then call the defecting Senators and tell them what you think.
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
Trump Smiled: The Week The Dam Burst
What Just Happened in the Senate, Why It Happened, and Why Analysts Say It Hits Democrats Like a Buckshot Blast to the Kneecap
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Worth the (short) time to read — then call the defecting Senators and tell them what you think.
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
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As we look forward to Veterans Day, it’s wise to remember on behalf of all of those who died that the Heritage Foundation really, really sucks.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As we look forward to Veterans Day, it’s wise to remember on behalf of all of those who died that the Heritage Foundation really, really sucks.
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...