Elliot

Elliot

@ellchicago.bsky.social

Political science is awesome! Respectful public policy debate is always welcome.

89 Followers 101 Following 987 Posts Joined Sep 2023
5 months ago

We wanted to understand the legal justification for the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. So we talked to three unvaccinated crypto investors at Long John Silver's in Scranton.

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6 months ago
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

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6 months ago
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Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."

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6 months ago

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:

"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

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6 months ago
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78 YEAR-OLD REP. NADLER TO RETIRE: “Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, and I think I want to respect that.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...

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6 months ago

Unpopular opinion: I do not believe Trump is on his death bed. I do believe he is having physical ailments right now, partially because he eats like crap and doesn't exercise, and partially because he is nearly 80 years old.

Should the press push harder? Yes. Without question.

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6 months ago
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

100+ years of CDC Directors support our client Dr. Susan Monarez. Powerful.

"None of us would have agreed to the secretary’s demands, and we applaud Dr. Monarez for standing up for the agency and the health of our communities."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

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6 months ago

I get that the vibe is very weird around Trump right now. But these rumors that he's secretly at Walter Reed have no credible evidence to support them, and are being spread by small-time influencers looking for clicks.

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6 months ago
Post from President Trump on Truth Social:

Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing crime. He is CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming! MAGA. President DJT

Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first?

(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)

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6 months ago
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repeatedly emailing tens of millions of people that he is thinking a lot about what will happen when he dies is definitely helping, he should send more of these. i've only gotten like four of these in the last few days, keep it up, sir.

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6 months ago

It was clear 15 years ago that solar was the answer and it only required investment and patience. The goal should have been to beat China in solar energy.

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6 months ago

i have to imagine that vance said “god forbid” with a huge wink

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6 months ago
Post from Donald Trump on Truth Social:

A really deadly weekend in Chicago. 6 dead, 27 hurt in crime sprees all over the city. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent governor who should call me for help. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago great again!

According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.

8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.

And yet Trump is sending troops here.

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6 months ago
Post Headline: Trump moves to fire top Federal Reserve official Lisa Cook
The president moved to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over unproven allegations that she committed mortgage fraud, ratcheting up his push to bend the independent central bank to his will. Trump Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board

President Trump took the extraordinary step of moving to oust Ms. Cook in a legally dubious maneuver that could undermine the independence of the nation’s central bank.

FUCK ME DO NOT DESCRIBE TRUMP'S PLANS IN THE HEADLINES WITHOUT NOTING THEY ARE ILLEGAL.

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6 months ago

The right wingers are "rating" how "American" we are despite being born in this country, this will not end well. Both my parents were born here and I'm biracial.

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6 months ago

I’m a practical lefty who votes strategically so will support Dems who can win. “Heroes” are for the naive which is why purity tests always fail. No one is coming to save anyone. Support the candidates who can win over fascists and white nationalists.

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6 months ago
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voting for trump got you...
- higher prices on many/most goods
- big manufacturing job losses
- feds deploying military into the streets
- the state "taking stakes in" the means of production
- natl policy carveouts for gov's allies

what would the 2010 tea party say?

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6 months ago

Liberals say that the United States has gone from being a democracy to being a dictatorship. They're wrong—it's gone from being a republic to being a dictatorship.

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6 months ago

We’re screwed!!! 🤬🤬🤬 x.com/thedailybeas...

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We shouldn’t do this … unless Trump wants to do it. Then it’s OK.

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6 months ago
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RFK Jr’s attack on mRNA technology endangers the world His cuts will not just hurt vaccines

Donald Trump was one of mRNA’s many supporters during the covid-19 pandemic. But now in his second term, disinformation and funding cuts to research will make the world a more dangerous place

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6 months ago

You do not have to like John Bolton to see this for what it is.

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6 months ago
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Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.

Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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7 months ago
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Kilder til DN: Trump tok opp nobelpris i tolltelefon med Stoltenberg (+) Ut av det blå, mens finansminister Jens Stoltenberg gikk på gaten i Oslo, ringte Donald Trump fra Det hvite hus. Han ville ha Nobelprisen – og diskutere toll.

Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...

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7 months ago

this guy is savage

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