herElephant
@herelephant.bsky.social
Composer, crank, &c.
I’m not very sociable.
I’m not very sociable.
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In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
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Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'll never know
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'll never know
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Ticonderoga is rescinding their award to Two-pencils Trump as they realize he is not the sharpest in the box.
Trump: "Boeing gave me the award for the greatest salesman in the history of Boeing, which was a nice little award."
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Ticonderoga is rescinding their award to Two-pencils Trump as they realize he is not the sharpest in the box.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Edward Teach.
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
U.S. Commerce Secretary Edward Teach.
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Remember how Obama just HAD to make everything about him? Fox News had that psychiatrist, Keith Ablow, on all the time to discuss Obama's pathological neediness.
If I didn’t see this myself on Truth Social I’d assume it was some phishing site
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Remember how Obama just HAD to make everything about him? Fox News had that psychiatrist, Keith Ablow, on all the time to discuss Obama's pathological neediness.
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We won our lawsuit and stopped the Trump administration from blocking an array of new wind energy projects.
This is a big victory in our fight to keep tackling the climate crisis and protect one of our best sources of clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
This is a big victory in our fight to keep tackling the climate crisis and protect one of our best sources of clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We won our lawsuit and stopped the Trump administration from blocking an array of new wind energy projects.
This is a big victory in our fight to keep tackling the climate crisis and protect one of our best sources of clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
This is a big victory in our fight to keep tackling the climate crisis and protect one of our best sources of clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
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Trump bankrupted the farmers through his idiotic tariffs and now he’s going to give them your tax money to make up for his abject stupidity.
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trump bankrupted the farmers through his idiotic tariffs and now he’s going to give them your tax money to make up for his abject stupidity.
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The late Steve Cropper contributed to music not just through a particular song—but by inventing the language of rock-and-roll rhythm guitar in the early 1960s, @dgraham.bsky.social argues:
The Father of Rhythm Guitarists
The late Steve Cropper laid a template for generations of rock-and-roll guitarists.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The late Steve Cropper contributed to music not just through a particular song—but by inventing the language of rock-and-roll rhythm guitar in the early 1960s, @dgraham.bsky.social argues:
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Pardoned Democrat Henry Cuellar wants GOP to probe his prosecutors
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Pardoned Democrat Henry Cuellar wants GOP to probe his prosecutors
The Texas lawmaker said in an interview he'd be willing to cooperate with a House Judiciary "weaponization" probe.
www.politico.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pardoned Democrat Henry Cuellar wants GOP to probe his prosecutors
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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A “Dressbarn” in Muncie, Indiana had been named the inaugural winner of the FIFA “Most Super Glamorous Parisian Haute Couture” award.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A “Dressbarn” in Muncie, Indiana had been named the inaugural winner of the FIFA “Most Super Glamorous Parisian Haute Couture” award.
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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Look, we’re not Nazis. We say the same things they said, and commit the same crimes. But that’s where the similarities end.
This would be, without any doubt, a war crime committed by the United States. We prosecuted Germans and Japanese for doing this exact thing in WWII.
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Look, we’re not Nazis. We say the same things they said, and commit the same crimes. But that’s where the similarities end.
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Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
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At left: a New York Times letter to the editor from October 9, 2001, warning that "the newly formed homeland security office" could lead America to a very dark place
At right: Tweets today from the Trump Department of Homeland Security
At right: Tweets today from the Trump Department of Homeland Security
![DHS tweets:
The stakes have never been higher, and the goal has never been more clear: Remigration now.
Help Deport Them: [link to job site]
Help Arrest Them: [link to tip site]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gljcmclsvuebhhnvpa2rwvjr/bafkreieiolswrlh6lfcepzxwbnwy2f7wklgse2lw2pe33xie4i6eeig7ry@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
At left: a New York Times letter to the editor from October 9, 2001, warning that "the newly formed homeland security office" could lead America to a very dark place
At right: Tweets today from the Trump Department of Homeland Security
At right: Tweets today from the Trump Department of Homeland Security
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The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done.
State official accuses Trump’s EPA of abandoning oily cleanup in Chicago canal
chicago.suntimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done.
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Remarkable ¶ in Sara Ellis' opinion on CBP/ICE abuse of force. This is about an October 14 conflict at 105th Street and South Avenue North (I don't claim to know the neighborhood).
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![The agents therefore began making plans to deploy chemical munitions on their way out.
See Axon Body 4 Video 2025-10-14 1151 D01A49557 at 1:19:37–1:19:40 (“Yeah, I’ll drop ’em
everywhere. But I need two more cans. I only got three on me.”); id. at 1:27:05, 1:27:18–20
(repeatedly stating that “I’m going to gas this street”); id. at 1:29:17–1:29:30 (“I’m going to be
the one deploying the gas . . . I’m going to gas this street. And then I’m waiting here and I’m
looking for fucking with the bricks and shit to keep everybody safe.”); Axon Body 4 Video
2025-10-14 1130 D01A4281B at 52:45–47 (agent miming throwing tear gas canisters and
saying, “we’re going to be ching ching-ing away, just booking it”); Chicago Vehicle Wreck Riot
at 1:15:00–1:15:03 (“I have a feeling I’m going to get to use this [tear gas] finally.”); id. at
1:22:14 (“We’re definitely gassing them when we leave. Just start throwing shit.”); id. at
1:28:56–1:28:58 (“We’re definitely going to gas them when we get out of here.”); Axon_Body_
4_Video_2025-10-14_1251_D01A30574 at 29:52–30:00 (“We’re going to gas the street . . . let
[the other agents] know.”); id. at 30:14–30:21 (“Hey guys. We’re going to start gassing here in a
little bit.”).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreieyeehm5fcfr7xbqwwhw7vv7yeflgvvar3dgudijhemtlk4a7fmc4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Remarkable ¶ in Sara Ellis' opinion on CBP/ICE abuse of force. This is about an October 14 conflict at 105th Street and South Avenue North (I don't claim to know the neighborhood).
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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It’s like something annoys a billionaire and they bitch to Trump and then it’s fuck public safety.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It’s like something annoys a billionaire and they bitch to Trump and then it’s fuck public safety.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Between this and Sean Duffy and telling us to dress nicer on planes, I think we need fifty New York Times op-eds about the GOP's "scoldy elitism" problem.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Between this and Sean Duffy and telling us to dress nicer on planes, I think we need fifty New York Times op-eds about the GOP's "scoldy elitism" problem.
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Noted climate expert James Woods weighs in.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Noted climate expert James Woods weighs in.
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Suppose reporters (or officials, domestic or foreign) were similarly "frank and honest" in preface their remarks to Trump, or any of the quislings around him.
If I started listing the set-up for such remarks, this post would be banned.
If I started listing the set-up for such remarks, this post would be banned.
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Suppose reporters (or officials, domestic or foreign) were similarly "frank and honest" in preface their remarks to Trump, or any of the quislings around him.
If I started listing the set-up for such remarks, this post would be banned.
If I started listing the set-up for such remarks, this post would be banned.
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I needed to draw this picture
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I needed to draw this picture
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage: