Paul Elledge πΊπ¦
@pelledge.bsky.social
Firefighter, Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter, Technical Rescue Tech who enjoys history, science, travel, and animals.
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Paul Elledge πΊπ¦
@pelledge.bsky.social
Β· Jun 14
I would like to be wrong abt this. I would like for white conservatism to accept dissent & respect the rights & ideas of others. I would love to live in an actual democracy. Until we actually address the problem of chronic right wing lawlessness, however, all the rest is just wishful thinking.
This is it.
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This is why primarying people matters. Suddenly everybody involved in this race is in a firm spine contest.
GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This is why primarying people matters. Suddenly everybody involved in this race is in a firm spine contest.
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You might remember the superbowl MAHA ad featuring Mike Tyson. Go to the page, which clearly labeled as a US government website, and you are encouraged to use Grok.
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
You might remember the superbowl MAHA ad featuring Mike Tyson. Go to the page, which clearly labeled as a US government website, and you are encouraged to use Grok.
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
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Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
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Circle back to this one. Itβs still a crime for an agency head to lie to Congress, last I checked.
Asked about the Maine ICE agent who told a protester that her info would be entered into a "nice little database," Lyons said there is no such database.
"There is no database thatβs tracking U.S. citizens."
"There is no database thatβs tracking U.S. citizens."
February 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Circle back to this one. Itβs still a crime for an agency head to lie to Congress, last I checked.
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Trump will always side with anyone who is corrupt and pro-Russian
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Trump will always side with anyone who is corrupt and pro-Russian
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Virtually all structural firefighters have as well due to OSHA regulations requiring them.
February 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Virtually all structural firefighters have as well due to OSHA regulations requiring them.
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For the curious: I spoke with @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social (the pastor in this photograph) right after he got out of jail following his arrest back in November.
"I've got bruises all over my body," he told me. He said an officer told him: βShut the fβk up.β religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
"I've got bruises all over my body," he told me. He said an officer told him: βShut the fβk up.β religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
For the curious: I spoke with @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social (the pastor in this photograph) right after he got out of jail following his arrest back in November.
"I've got bruises all over my body," he told me. He said an officer told him: βShut the fβk up.β religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
"I've got bruises all over my body," he told me. He said an officer told him: βShut the fβk up.β religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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Trumpβs supporters will say that he barely knew Epstein
February 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Trumpβs supporters will say that he barely knew Epstein
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Well then play it. Play it again and again until thereβs an answer. Make them answer for sending Nazi death troops to wage a war of terror against the U.S. civilian population.
THANEDAR: What did your ICE agent mean when he said, 'you raise your voice, I erase your voice' in the video all of us have seen?
LYONS: I'm not aware of that video. I can't comment
LYONS: I'm not aware of that video. I can't comment
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Well then play it. Play it again and again until thereβs an answer. Make them answer for sending Nazi death troops to wage a war of terror against the U.S. civilian population.
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Thuneβs plan has been obvious - drag this out as long as possible to put distance between the Pretti/Good murders and the final vote on DHS funding, hoping that the American public moves on. Senate Dems will never have more leverage for ICE reforms than they do right now.
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Thuneβs plan has been obvious - drag this out as long as possible to put distance between the Pretti/Good murders and the final vote on DHS funding, hoping that the American public moves on. Senate Dems will never have more leverage for ICE reforms than they do right now.
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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons tells Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana that ICE doesn't arrest U.S. citizens β then adds that Americans have been detained.
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons tells Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana that ICE doesn't arrest U.S. citizens β then adds that Americans have been detained.
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The Wall Street Journal just illustrated the core argument of my book: a system rigged to reward capital over labor is one in which even full-time work no longer secures the most basic material needs.
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The Wall Street Journal just illustrated the core argument of my book: a system rigged to reward capital over labor is one in which even full-time work no longer secures the most basic material needs.
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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NOW: Howard Lutnick was asked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) if the nanny who joined Lutnick family on a 2012 trip to Epstein island is the same nanny Epstein expressed an interest in meeting
Lutnick: "I have no idea about that whole thing"
Lutnick: "I have no idea about that whole thing"
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
NOW: Howard Lutnick was asked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) if the nanny who joined Lutnick family on a 2012 trip to Epstein island is the same nanny Epstein expressed an interest in meeting
Lutnick: "I have no idea about that whole thing"
Lutnick: "I have no idea about that whole thing"
Not that it is the same or that it would play out the same, but had the state certs not been grabbed before the rioters entered and had Pence and Raffensperger and about four other people acted differently... Was that closer to overturning an election than you thought possible?
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Not that it is the same or that it would play out the same, but had the state certs not been grabbed before the rioters entered and had Pence and Raffensperger and about four other people acted differently... Was that closer to overturning an election than you thought possible?
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Three members of Congress and the governor of Hawai'i, a medical doctor who responded to the measles outbreak in Samoa, are calling for RFK Jr's resignation. Emails now reveal he lied under oath about his antivax role in those 83 deaths.
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say
Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedyβs testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Three members of Congress and the governor of Hawai'i, a medical doctor who responded to the measles outbreak in Samoa, are calling for RFK Jr's resignation. Emails now reveal he lied under oath about his antivax role in those 83 deaths.
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The backlash against GMOs has set us back decades in nutrition and food production.
February 10, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The backlash against GMOs has set us back decades in nutrition and food production.
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Local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found.
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
It doesnβt happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say thereβs a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found.
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As news coverage ebbs but reports from the streets indicate Operation Metro Surge is still surging, Iβm surprised thereβs not some kind of official report/press conference every day, like we used to get during Covid. Just the best update they have on what happened today? I think I am being naive.
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
As news coverage ebbs but reports from the streets indicate Operation Metro Surge is still surging, Iβm surprised thereβs not some kind of official report/press conference every day, like we used to get during Covid. Just the best update they have on what happened today? I think I am being naive.
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I'm trying to understand the apparent complacency of lots of folks about what Trump can/can't do in re: the 2026 election, when he is doing things like this every day that are so illegal the only remedy for them is impeachment & removal, which we know isn't going to happen.
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The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants βinconsistent with agency priorities,β according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I'm trying to understand the apparent complacency of lots of folks about what Trump can/can't do in re: the 2026 election, when he is doing things like this every day that are so illegal the only remedy for them is impeachment & removal, which we know isn't going to happen.
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The U.S. conducted more extrajudicial killings in the Eastern Pacific today
Weβre tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
Weβre tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. Weβre Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The U.S. conducted more extrajudicial killings in the Eastern Pacific today
Weβre tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
Weβre tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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It would be nice if the paper of record knew the difference between the CDC and CMS.
February 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It would be nice if the paper of record knew the difference between the CDC and CMS.