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Elyse can’t even

@elyseea.bsky.social

Former educator, prof, and national nonprofit director. Retired, married, dog lover. Pro-democracy; anti-oligarchy; pretty damn pissed off right now. Trust me, folks, it’s really not fun to live under fascism. Also at Threads as "elyseea". No DMs.πŸ’™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡²πŸ‡½

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a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies ALT: a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies

Fellow Americans, I know everything is terrible. But among the terrible things, don’t miss the fact that we are the reason that Cuba is in a full on humanitarian crisis. we are cutting off energy, food, medicine. The regime is not falling, as the administration likes to say, it’s being pushed.

07.03.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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He seems pretty sensitive whenever someone confronts him with evidence that Putin might not be our friend. Even when Fox brings it up.

06.03.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12127    πŸ” 3782    πŸ’¬ 1069    πŸ“Œ 279

We will save money on hair extensions, though

07.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is a legal provision in immigration law that someone married to a US citizen can stay in the US while there visa is pending. Immigration officials have long recognized it to allow residency during the wait time. The DHS has just stopped following this part of the law.

07.03.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4421    πŸ” 1672    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 40

In addition to saying they surrendered, but later will will bomb them until the do surrender, he does seem to announce an intention to commit war crimes by the end.

FIFA should take back their award.

07.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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He’s the one who said β€œwhy do we have it if we’re not going to use it?”

07.03.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Legacy media is failing democracy. Six years ago, I decided to do something about it. I started Democracy Docket from scratch.

Today it has 400,000+ subscribers. But to protect democracy, it needs to grow. Subscribe now: bit.ly/4qmEiFz

07.03.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2514    πŸ” 551    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 15

Reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined.

Over half goes to private defense contractors.

This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of β€” on steroids.

05.03.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8219    πŸ” 2716    πŸ’¬ 255    πŸ“Œ 89

the gambling epidemic is genuinely so real like sports are entirely gambling now video games are gambling toys are gambling they're still trying to push crypto somehow which is like if money was gambling

05.03.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3441    πŸ” 548    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 37
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12234    πŸ” 7396    πŸ’¬ 292    πŸ“Œ 337

Or, if you can't get to the Wired article (which I recommend as it explains what you're looking at), go here:
www.worldmonitor.app

05.03.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold.

This is really something. Read about this project and find the link in the article: www.wired.com/story/world-...

05.03.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.

Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.

Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

04.03.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1780    πŸ” 892    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 55
War In the Middle East, Again w/ Christiane Amanpour & Amb. Wendy Sherman | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart War In the Middle East, Again w/ Christiane Amanpour & Amb. Wendy Sherman | The Weekly Show

Worth the time:
youtu.be/02Ns6EbCplY

05.03.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

04.03.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17915    πŸ” 5983    πŸ’¬ 642    πŸ“Œ 294
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group.

β€œOnce again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

04.03.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8892    πŸ” 2664    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 124
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Karoline Leavitt told us the US State Department was helping Americans stranded in the Middle East.

She lied.

One Texas woman in Dubai called the State Department hotline, was scolded for being scared and then hung up on.

This administration is *full* of incompetent, rude people.

05.03.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8627    πŸ” 3422    πŸ’¬ 388    πŸ“Œ 148
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No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

04.03.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5575    πŸ” 2183    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 225
This morning I called James and congratulated him on becoming the Senate nominee. Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person. This is about the future of all 30 million Texans and getting America back on track. With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominees and win. I'm committed to doing my part and will continue working to elect democrats up and down the ballot.

This morning I called James and congratulated him on becoming the Senate nominee. Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person. This is about the future of all 30 million Texans and getting America back on track. With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominees and win. I'm committed to doing my part and will continue working to elect democrats up and down the ballot.

Jasmine is a class act.

04.03.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2379    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 14
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WALZ: What a 'stop payment' meant by what the administration did last week is 400,000 children without healthcare

COMER: We believe that's your fault

WALZ: Our Medicaid error rate is lower than your state

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DOJ attempts to evade state ethics oversight of its attorneys Legal groups swiftly denounced the department's latest attempt to avoid oversight.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is attempting to short-circuit state bar ethics investigations into department attorneys through a new and unexpected proposed rule. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

04.03.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1905    πŸ” 990    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 56

We are starting to see the beginnings of what will likely be a region-wide (and eventually larger) refugee crisis emerge. If we think about the impact of Syrian refugees, for example, we can imagine many long-term unintended consequences, and Syria is small by comparison with Iran and its neighbors.

04.03.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may β€˜disparage’ America An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, cl...

A database reveals the extent (and confused interpretations) surrounding the administration’s new version of political correctness. Gift article.
wapo.st/4aVrK2g

03.03.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

Seriously, we’ve watched this end-days theology creep across the administration, but it has fully parachuted into the military.

Read:
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

03.03.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

DHS using ad data for surveillance and location tracking
www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

03.03.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This seems to characterize the current age.

03.03.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.

03.03.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9135    πŸ” 2423    πŸ’¬ 284    πŸ“Œ 106
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"The Peace President."

02.03.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9434    πŸ” 3687    πŸ’¬ 488    πŸ“Œ 164

I'm so old, I can remember when a plotline where a bunch of guys winning money and getting dopamine hits by betting on the human outcomes of things like war, bombings, etc. would be used to characterize the depraved indifference of a decadent society in a dystopian novel.

Funny, huh? So long ago.

02.03.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0