Elissa Olinsky
@elissaolinsky.bsky.social
Human-centered everything. Doing product at @factal.com, singing on Capitol Hill, mom-ing always and everywhere, fixing signs in your museum. Pay your interns! (she/they) frankleolinsky.com
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Elissa Olinsky
@elissaolinsky.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hi! I’m Elissa, and I love people. I’m a 30-something mom living in the DC suburbs, doing product work at @factalnews.bsky.social, and trying to learn how to take care of houseplants. Interests include coffee, solarpunk books, good wayfinding, the Washington Nationals, and small daily kindnesses. 💙
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Remember this. Put "you are not immune to propaganda" on repeat in your head. Most people don't check their sources, and there are a lot of accounts that look left-leaning but share dodgy info. Be careful out there.
You are not immune to propaganda.
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Remember this. Put "you are not immune to propaganda" on repeat in your head. Most people don't check their sources, and there are a lot of accounts that look left-leaning but share dodgy info. Be careful out there.
What the heck just flew over my house in Bethesda???
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What the heck just flew over my house in Bethesda???
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Join us today at 2:00 PM!
Hit the link below to RSVP.
Hit the link below to RSVP.
Join CAP and @outinnationalsecurity.org for a virtual event on November 10th launching the Transgender Veterans Toolkit for governors and state legislatures. RSVP today: https://www.americanprogress.org/events/serving-all-who-served-state-leadership-for-transgender-veterans/
Serving All Who Served: State Leadership for Transgender Veterans
Join CAP and Out in National Security for a virtual event launching the Transgender Veterans Toolkit for governors and state legislatures.
www.americanprogress.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join us today at 2:00 PM!
Hit the link below to RSVP.
Hit the link below to RSVP.
Hopescrolling >>> doomscrolling.
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Hopescrolling >>> doomscrolling.
leave me alone, I am Sad About Baseball
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
leave me alone, I am Sad About Baseball
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Baseball is the worst because my team was eliminated 2.5 months ago and the next pitch might kill me. It is Nov. 1
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Baseball is the worst because my team was eliminated 2.5 months ago and the next pitch might kill me. It is Nov. 1
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Has this World Series consistently featured the highest quality of baseball? No. Has it featured the widest array possible of beautiful, weird, specific baseball delights? Yes.
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Has this World Series consistently featured the highest quality of baseball? No. Has it featured the widest array possible of beautiful, weird, specific baseball delights? Yes.
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NEW: My CAP colleague Ben Olinsky has written a sobering examination of the surge in antisemitism in America and delivers seven solid nonpartisan policy recommendations for fighting it.
@americanprogress.bsky.social
@americanprogress.bsky.social
7 Policy Recommendations for Combating Antisemitism in the United States
The surge in antisemitism seen in America today threatens the Jewish community and the nation’s democracy as a whole, and it necessitates a nonpartisan, whole-of-society effort to eradicate hate.
www.americanprogress.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NEW: My CAP colleague Ben Olinsky has written a sobering examination of the surge in antisemitism in America and delivers seven solid nonpartisan policy recommendations for fighting it.
@americanprogress.bsky.social
@americanprogress.bsky.social
Power is out on Capitol Hill in DC, at least two blocks each way north and south of East Capitol Street at 2nd Street NE/SE
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Power is out on Capitol Hill in DC, at least two blocks each way north and south of East Capitol Street at 2nd Street NE/SE
All of us after watching this wild Brewers not-a-catch two-force-outs 8-6-2 play (I’m on my 7th rewatch and still trying to piece it together)
October 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
All of us after watching this wild Brewers not-a-catch two-force-outs 8-6-2 play (I’m on my 7th rewatch and still trying to piece it together)
Shout-out to the person biking down East Capitol Street two blocks from the Capitol yelling “he makes everything sexual! Everything!”
October 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Shout-out to the person biking down East Capitol Street two blocks from the Capitol yelling “he makes everything sexual! Everything!”
Endless screaming. Horrified, not surprised.
September 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Endless screaming. Horrified, not surprised.
I will never forget standing in @eastcitybooks.bsky.social leafing through Andrea Gibson’s Take Me With You, getting it wrapped around my heart, and weeping quietly in the shelves. Thank you for sharing your heart and words with us; we will miss you forever.
July 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I will never forget standing in @eastcitybooks.bsky.social leafing through Andrea Gibson’s Take Me With You, getting it wrapped around my heart, and weeping quietly in the shelves. Thank you for sharing your heart and words with us; we will miss you forever.
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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In 1957, Strom Thurmond held the Senate for 24 hours and 18 minutes to block the passage of a Civil Rights bill.
In 2025, Cory Booker held the Senate for 24 hours and >19+ minutes to defend freedom & democracy.
Courage over fear; liberty over tyranny. #goodtrouble www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
In 2025, Cory Booker held the Senate for 24 hours and >19+ minutes to defend freedom & democracy.
Courage over fear; liberty over tyranny. #goodtrouble www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In 1957, Strom Thurmond held the Senate for 24 hours and 18 minutes to block the passage of a Civil Rights bill.
In 2025, Cory Booker held the Senate for 24 hours and >19+ minutes to defend freedom & democracy.
Courage over fear; liberty over tyranny. #goodtrouble www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
In 2025, Cory Booker held the Senate for 24 hours and >19+ minutes to defend freedom & democracy.
Courage over fear; liberty over tyranny. #goodtrouble www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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Here’s where you can sign up to be an organ donor. Make your wishes known to your family. My brother is alive today because another family gave us the greatest gift in the midst of their most terrible sorrow.
www.organdonor.gov/sign-up
www.organdonor.gov/sign-up
Sign Up To Be An Organ Donor | organdonor.gov
www.organdonor.gov
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Here’s where you can sign up to be an organ donor. Make your wishes known to your family. My brother is alive today because another family gave us the greatest gift in the midst of their most terrible sorrow.
www.organdonor.gov/sign-up
www.organdonor.gov/sign-up
They’re sold out for both nights, but will be streaming tomorrow’s concert; no matter where you are, bring your aching heart tomorrow at 4:30pm ET and let the 18th Street Singers heal it a little: www.eventbrite.com/e/metamorpho...
January 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
They’re sold out for both nights, but will be streaming tomorrow’s concert; no matter where you are, bring your aching heart tomorrow at 4:30pm ET and let the 18th Street Singers heal it a little: www.eventbrite.com/e/metamorpho...
An attendee at one of my husband’s concerts years ago told him that the music “shook the dust off [his] soul.”
Heading down for the first of their 20th anniversary concerts and ready to have the dust shaken off my soul too. (And probably cry. A lot.) DC needs this music after this cruel week.
Heading down for the first of their 20th anniversary concerts and ready to have the dust shaken off my soul too. (And probably cry. A lot.) DC needs this music after this cruel week.
January 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
An attendee at one of my husband’s concerts years ago told him that the music “shook the dust off [his] soul.”
Heading down for the first of their 20th anniversary concerts and ready to have the dust shaken off my soul too. (And probably cry. A lot.) DC needs this music after this cruel week.
Heading down for the first of their 20th anniversary concerts and ready to have the dust shaken off my soul too. (And probably cry. A lot.) DC needs this music after this cruel week.
I love this beautiful city with my whole entire heart. 💔
January 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I love this beautiful city with my whole entire heart. 💔
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A huge problem right now is that the media is credulously reporting that so many things Trump is doing by EO/edict/OMB or OPM memo is just the end of the matter, that he can do it by fiat.
That is not true.
That is not true.
January 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A huge problem right now is that the media is credulously reporting that so many things Trump is doing by EO/edict/OMB or OPM memo is just the end of the matter, that he can do it by fiat.
That is not true.
That is not true.