Elizabeth Waites
@elizawaites.bsky.social
TN native. Bama born, RTR, 1938 Bud Waites QB. Vandy alum. Sports status: “it’s complicated.” :)
That Alaska summit was nothing but an international platform for russian propaganda, while the US administration continues to cozy up to occupiers, oligarchs, and dictators, both culturally and philosophically. www.politico.eu/article/us-t...
US to take part in Russia’s answer to Eurovision
Singer B. Howard will join acts from Belarus, Cuba and Venezuela at event in Moscow.
www.politico.eu
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
That Alaska summit was nothing but an international platform for russian propaganda, while the US administration continues to cozy up to occupiers, oligarchs, and dictators, both culturally and philosophically. www.politico.eu/article/us-t...
Trump: make russia Gr8 again. « “Obama and Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in,” Trump said. However, Trudeau was elected Canadian prime minister the year after Russia was removed from G8. Stephen Harper was prime minister at the time. » Str8 kremlin propaganda, no facts apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump muses about turning the G7 back into the G8 — or even the G9 with China
U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting that Russia and maybe even China should be part of what is now called the Group of Seven.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trump: make russia Gr8 again. « “Obama and Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in,” Trump said. However, Trudeau was elected Canadian prime minister the year after Russia was removed from G8. Stephen Harper was prime minister at the time. » Str8 kremlin propaganda, no facts apnews.com/article/trum...
This shame and damage will last for generations www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of allies
The administration aims to send thousands of foreigners to Guantánamo, including people from Britain and France, with no plans to notify their home governments.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This shame and damage will last for generations www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
How to ruin a 100 year old reputation in 4 months: USA seeks to deport Laotian and Vietnamese ppl to Libya and Sudan - nations in civil war or profound unrest with active US travel advisories - after trying to send deportees to Ukraine, where cities are bombed relentlessly, including civilian areas.
May 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
How to ruin a 100 year old reputation in 4 months: USA seeks to deport Laotian and Vietnamese ppl to Libya and Sudan - nations in civil war or profound unrest with active US travel advisories - after trying to send deportees to Ukraine, where cities are bombed relentlessly, including civilian areas.
Trump admin tried to send deportees to Ukraine. A place that gets indiscriminately bombed by russia everyday. I cannot imagine a more despicable idea, I don’t even know how they managed to come up with that. Disgusting.
May 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Trump admin tried to send deportees to Ukraine. A place that gets indiscriminately bombed by russia everyday. I cannot imagine a more despicable idea, I don’t even know how they managed to come up with that. Disgusting.
Trump’s pick for Customs & Border Patrol was regional director when a man died in their custody after altercation with CBP officers. CBP unlawfully took control of the crime scene, waited 12 hours to tell FBI, & didn’t immediately report to police. When asked for video footage, CBP had ‘lost’ it.
April 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Trump’s pick for Customs & Border Patrol was regional director when a man died in their custody after altercation with CBP officers. CBP unlawfully took control of the crime scene, waited 12 hours to tell FBI, & didn’t immediately report to police. When asked for video footage, CBP had ‘lost’ it.
Fox News labeling Ukrainian capital Kyiv as a Russian city for 20 minutes was intentional and intended to misinform people. kyivindependent.com/ukraines-for...
Fox News labels Kyiv a Russian city, Ukraine calls for 'apology and investigation'
The error reportedly remained on screen for 20 minutes.
kyivindependent.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Fox News labeling Ukrainian capital Kyiv as a Russian city for 20 minutes was intentional and intended to misinform people. kyivindependent.com/ukraines-for...
So, how is Vance fam’s Easter vacay in Italy? Pope sent an envoy, and gave him the deuces. « Pope Francis has rebuked Trump’s mass deportation as a ‘disgrace’ & a ‘grave sin.’ » “NY Cardinal Dolan said Vance’s remarks were ‘scurrilous,’ ‘nasty,’ & ‘not true.’” www.thedailybeast.com/pope-snubs-v...
Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
So, how is Vance fam’s Easter vacay in Italy? Pope sent an envoy, and gave him the deuces. « Pope Francis has rebuked Trump’s mass deportation as a ‘disgrace’ & a ‘grave sin.’ » “NY Cardinal Dolan said Vance’s remarks were ‘scurrilous,’ ‘nasty,’ & ‘not true.’” www.thedailybeast.com/pope-snubs-v...
I hope TNLeg budgeted enough to replace FEMA assistance, FDA inspections, and whatever else gets dumped onto the states for the next 12 months by a rapidly reduced and soon to be flailing federal system.
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I hope TNLeg budgeted enough to replace FEMA assistance, FDA inspections, and whatever else gets dumped onto the states for the next 12 months by a rapidly reduced and soon to be flailing federal system.
Trump was going to end the war in Ukraine in one day and be a dictator for one day. He can’t stop a genocidal russian dictator, and he hasn’t stopped his autocratic domestic policies, his draconian economic plans, or his imperialistic foreign relations. Dictators only stop when someone makes them.
April 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trump was going to end the war in Ukraine in one day and be a dictator for one day. He can’t stop a genocidal russian dictator, and he hasn’t stopped his autocratic domestic policies, his draconian economic plans, or his imperialistic foreign relations. Dictators only stop when someone makes them.
Immigrant til Proven Guilty “The TN Senate has approved legislation that could subject churches and charitable organizations to lawsuits if they provide housing aid to immigrants without legal status who go on to commit a crime.” Churches can’t I-9 before charity tennesseelookout.com/2025/04/03/t...
Tennessee Senate OKs bill to hold charities liable for aiding immigrants who later commit crime • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee Senate approved a bill that could subject churches to lawsuits if they provide housing aid to immigrants without legal status.
tennesseelookout.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Immigrant til Proven Guilty “The TN Senate has approved legislation that could subject churches and charitable organizations to lawsuits if they provide housing aid to immigrants without legal status who go on to commit a crime.” Churches can’t I-9 before charity tennesseelookout.com/2025/04/03/t...
Hurricane Katrina required approx $6B in fed assistance. Over the past 20 years FEMA distributed $150B, mostly due to hurricanes. How will FLA or Puerto Rico absorb the costs when hurricanes hit those areas repeatedly, let alone TN which has no hurricane fund but was devastated in 2024 by hurricane?
April 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hurricane Katrina required approx $6B in fed assistance. Over the past 20 years FEMA distributed $150B, mostly due to hurricanes. How will FLA or Puerto Rico absorb the costs when hurricanes hit those areas repeatedly, let alone TN which has no hurricane fund but was devastated in 2024 by hurricane?
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Sad but true. Gerrymandering and voter suppression have led to safe seats throughout the U.S. South. We ceased being a democracy down here a long time ago.
In autocracies, the government doesn't care about protests because they don't believe they can be voted out of office. Due to gerrymandering and bias towards red states in Senate apportionment, very few republicans are in danger of losing no matter how angry the public is. 3/n
April 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sad but true. Gerrymandering and voter suppression have led to safe seats throughout the U.S. South. We ceased being a democracy down here a long time ago.
US Commerce Secretary and MAGA press-filibusterist Howard Lutnick says the McDonald (uninhibited) islands are included on tariff list bc China uses random places as loopholes. This excuse makes the exclusion of Russia from global tariff list all the more incomprehensible amp.scmp.com/news/china/d...
China and Russia look to ‘broader and broader’ ties and ‘close coordination’
Vladimir Putin tells China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Moscow that he’s ‘looking forward’ to welcoming Xi Jinping next month.
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April 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
US Commerce Secretary and MAGA press-filibusterist Howard Lutnick says the McDonald (uninhibited) islands are included on tariff list bc China uses random places as loopholes. This excuse makes the exclusion of Russia from global tariff list all the more incomprehensible amp.scmp.com/news/china/d...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Who knows how the market is going to react in a day, in a week.” 🤑 Very reassuring analysis from America’s top finance official. Economic projections may be hard, but he’s the expert. More likely, he can’t vocalize his true assessment. nypost.com/2025/04/06/u...
Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplays market plunge as he doubles down on tariffs: ‘Going to hold the course’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed growing fears of a recession and the market plunge from President Trump’s tariffs as he vowed Sunday that “we’re going to hold the course.” Treasury Secr…
nypost.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Who knows how the market is going to react in a day, in a week.” 🤑 Very reassuring analysis from America’s top finance official. Economic projections may be hard, but he’s the expert. More likely, he can’t vocalize his true assessment. nypost.com/2025/04/06/u...
Fast casual trip to Greenland today while we brace for Trump’s Merica to acquire, bc it’s “important for our national security;” while US nat’l security team uses Signal to plan a military strike on Houthis, coming from a guy who uses the lou to store classified docs www.reuters.com/world/wife-u...
Wife of US Vice President Vance to make high-profile visit to Greenland
Usha Vance, the wife of U.S. Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Greenland on Thursday as President Donald Trump clings to the idea of a U.S. annexation of the strategic, semi-autonomous Danish territory.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Fast casual trip to Greenland today while we brace for Trump’s Merica to acquire, bc it’s “important for our national security;” while US nat’l security team uses Signal to plan a military strike on Houthis, coming from a guy who uses the lou to store classified docs www.reuters.com/world/wife-u...
Brown vs. Board of Education is being dismantled, and the South will be the first place where minorities will suffer. Given the pending bill in TN to allow exclusion of undocumented students from public school, we are going back to 1950.
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Brown vs. Board of Education is being dismantled, and the South will be the first place where minorities will suffer. Given the pending bill in TN to allow exclusion of undocumented students from public school, we are going back to 1950.
Why do we need equal trade with Canada? Their cost of living is equivalent. That’s like arbitrarily wanting equal trade btn Nevada and New Hampshire (and all 50 states no matter respective population)? Makes no sense! Different issue with Mexico; Canada doesn’t have a cartel wasteland on our border.
March 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Why do we need equal trade with Canada? Their cost of living is equivalent. That’s like arbitrarily wanting equal trade btn Nevada and New Hampshire (and all 50 states no matter respective population)? Makes no sense! Different issue with Mexico; Canada doesn’t have a cartel wasteland on our border.
Behold the tariffs of free market capitalism
March 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Behold the tariffs of free market capitalism
How can Z repair a relationship with someone who’s adopted kremlin lies & social media talking points, who refuses to acknowledge recent russian history, & whose plan to end the war is premised on being president which - still, at least - has an expiration date?🤔 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
NATO chief issues warning to Zelensky after car crash Trump talks
NATO chief Mark Rutte said he told Volodymyr Zelensky that he needs to find a way to restore his relationship with President Donald Trump after Friday's clash during a White House meeting.
www.dailymail.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
How can Z repair a relationship with someone who’s adopted kremlin lies & social media talking points, who refuses to acknowledge recent russian history, & whose plan to end the war is premised on being president which - still, at least - has an expiration date?🤔 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Due to sanctions, russia’s inability to borrow foreign capital has degraded their economy until a bond sale had to be cancelled recently bc no domestic buyers. Economists project russia’s economy will be on brink of collapse next year. That’s why Europeans who know russia best say: let russia loose!
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Due to sanctions, russia’s inability to borrow foreign capital has degraded their economy until a bond sale had to be cancelled recently bc no domestic buyers. Economists project russia’s economy will be on brink of collapse next year. That’s why Europeans who know russia best say: let russia loose!
I haven’t always agreed with Marco Rubio, but he’s always been respectful and - til now - honest and sincere. His legacy will be on full display tonight w/ Kaitlyn Collins. I expect he’ll tow the line, sell his soul, and forfeit his credibility to dear leader. I’ve seen this playbook before: Russia.
March 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I haven’t always agreed with Marco Rubio, but he’s always been respectful and - til now - honest and sincere. His legacy will be on full display tonight w/ Kaitlyn Collins. I expect he’ll tow the line, sell his soul, and forfeit his credibility to dear leader. I’ve seen this playbook before: Russia.
JD Vance and his idol are masters of asshole performance art
February 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
JD Vance and his idol are masters of asshole performance art