Paul Elledge 🇺🇦
@pelledge.bsky.social
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Paul Elledge 🇺🇦
@pelledge.bsky.social
· 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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Left the Oregon football, but removed the wedding photo.
God damn.
God damn.
SHE REMOVED THEIR WEDDING PHOTO LMAOOOOOO
Oh she HATED his guts
Oh she HATED his guts
February 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Left the Oregon football, but removed the wedding photo.
God damn.
God damn.
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Instead, Kari Lake has badly damaged America's international broadcasters and wasted millions of dollars of taxpayers money
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Instead, Kari Lake has badly damaged America's international broadcasters and wasted millions of dollars of taxpayers money
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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An 88-year time series is an extraordinarily valuable series of data, to introduce a break is a big loss to the company that owns it 👀
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
An 88-year time series is an extraordinarily valuable series of data, to introduce a break is a big loss to the company that owns it 👀
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Cull the party please of people paid off by Silicon Valley and broligarchs.
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/b...
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/b...
Exclusive: Bernie Sanders is already eyeing the left's next big Democratic primary upset
Sanders said Nida Allam and Brad Lander are both candidates he thinks have a strong chance.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Cull the party please of people paid off by Silicon Valley and broligarchs.
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/b...
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/b...
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US military aid to Ukraine was the single most effective military spending we’ve had since aiding the Mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan. We reduced Russia’s military by like half for circa five percent of the annual Pentagon budget. That’s a goddamn bargain.
And Trump has spoiled it.
And Trump has spoiled it.
February 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
US military aid to Ukraine was the single most effective military spending we’ve had since aiding the Mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan. We reduced Russia’s military by like half for circa five percent of the annual Pentagon budget. That’s a goddamn bargain.
And Trump has spoiled it.
And Trump has spoiled it.
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Tomorrow on The Rooster: A visit to Ohio State’s Right-Wing Free Speech Centers ends with a vicious assault from an … assistant professor?!?!
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Tomorrow on The Rooster: A visit to Ohio State’s Right-Wing Free Speech Centers ends with a vicious assault from an … assistant professor?!?!
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In 2018, after Musk infamously claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private, his PR consultant went to Jeffrey Epstein for help convincing the Saudis to put up the cash he didn't actually have. Epstein also strategized on press coverage of Musk and recommended names for Tesla's board.
Jeffrey Epstein Advised an Elon Musk Associate on Taking Tesla Private
The financier recommended adding Margaret Thatcher to Tesla’s board, even though she had been dead for five years.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
In 2018, after Musk infamously claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private, his PR consultant went to Jeffrey Epstein for help convincing the Saudis to put up the cash he didn't actually have. Epstein also strategized on press coverage of Musk and recommended names for Tesla's board.
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In this particular context it's clear they were absolutely terrified of MeToo because they were aware of the consequences they would face if their sins were ever revealed.
They *knew* what they were doing was wrong. That's why they *manufactured* hysteria around it. It was purposeful propaganda.
They *knew* what they were doing was wrong. That's why they *manufactured* hysteria around it. It was purposeful propaganda.
I remember being surprised at how much MeToo took over the minds of certain folks, and I guess I just severely underestimated the number of older men who regarded nonstop predation of younger women as their birthright
Lawrence Krauss being endearing again: "good news btw is that woman on conciliation committee seems like a sweetie.. she is old…. not some young metoo bitch."
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
In this particular context it's clear they were absolutely terrified of MeToo because they were aware of the consequences they would face if their sins were ever revealed.
They *knew* what they were doing was wrong. That's why they *manufactured* hysteria around it. It was purposeful propaganda.
They *knew* what they were doing was wrong. That's why they *manufactured* hysteria around it. It was purposeful propaganda.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."
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This was interesting from Swalwell, normally a very combative interviewer of Trump admin officials. I think it was an attempt to get her off her prepared talking points, and it worked.
Swalwell details death threats he and his wife and children have gotten and points out that the DOJ has refused to prosecute some of them
February 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This was interesting from Swalwell, normally a very combative interviewer of Trump admin officials. I think it was an attempt to get her off her prepared talking points, and it worked.
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It's one thing to get a "no true bill."
It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.
It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
It's one thing to get a "no true bill."
It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.
It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.
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She is out of her depth is more ways than one.
February 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
She is out of her depth is more ways than one.
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CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
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Thank you, Julie Johnson, for speaking out against the grotesquely misnamed SAVE act. We need you to keep fighting for us in the House.
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Thank you, Julie Johnson, for speaking out against the grotesquely misnamed SAVE act. We need you to keep fighting for us in the House.
Much like farmers, coal miners appear to be rugged individualists who love their government handouts.
"Sir, to show our appreciation, the trophy says 'the undisputed champion of beautiful, clean coal'"
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Much like farmers, coal miners appear to be rugged individualists who love their government handouts.
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This is why Minnesotans are begging folks outside the state to keep talking about us.
Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This is why Minnesotans are begging folks outside the state to keep talking about us.
Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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it's deeply funny how maintaining the belief in fascism requires hiding any contrary information, and how every institution has to abase itself toward that end.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
it's deeply funny how maintaining the belief in fascism requires hiding any contrary information, and how every institution has to abase itself toward that end.
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Very worrisome, especially given the extreme far-right goals and history of Clearview founders: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Very worrisome, especially given the extreme far-right goals and history of Clearview founders: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"
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Pam Bondi has nothing more to say about why she hired a Jan. 6 insurrectionist who was indicted on multiple charges and yelled for the killing of police officers defending the Capitol
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Pam Bondi has nothing more to say about why she hired a Jan. 6 insurrectionist who was indicted on multiple charges and yelled for the killing of police officers defending the Capitol
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Ted Lieu: "I want to know, were there any underage girls at that party or at any party that Trump attended with Jeffrey Epstein?"
Pam Bondi: "This is so ridiculous, in that they are trying to deflect from all the great things Donald Trump has done."
Pam Bondi: "This is so ridiculous, in that they are trying to deflect from all the great things Donald Trump has done."
When asked if Trump attended parties with Epstein and underage girls, Pam Bondi begins panicking and deflecting. What more do you need to see?
February 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Ted Lieu: "I want to know, were there any underage girls at that party or at any party that Trump attended with Jeffrey Epstein?"
Pam Bondi: "This is so ridiculous, in that they are trying to deflect from all the great things Donald Trump has done."
Pam Bondi: "This is so ridiculous, in that they are trying to deflect from all the great things Donald Trump has done."
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This is a huge deal. After years of leading in fundraising, Dem small donors are (rightly) pissed off at the spam texts and emails, as well as at congressional leadership. Meanwhile, GOP billionaire money is hitting record levels. Perfect storm.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This is a huge deal. After years of leading in fundraising, Dem small donors are (rightly) pissed off at the spam texts and emails, as well as at congressional leadership. Meanwhile, GOP billionaire money is hitting record levels. Perfect storm.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Charge them.
report from St Paul: "Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene"
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Charge them.
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There's a great new report out from @prisonpolicy.org tracking changes in criminal justice system spending. More money for policing and immigration enforcement, less for prisons and courts since 2017. @jkangbrown.bsky.social www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/mone...
February 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
There's a great new report out from @prisonpolicy.org tracking changes in criminal justice system spending. More money for policing and immigration enforcement, less for prisons and courts since 2017. @jkangbrown.bsky.social www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/mone...