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Ellen Rafshoon

@paynesgray.bsky.social

ReSister, American history expert, novice painter and print maker. Loves Broadway & opera.

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The **ICE Girls

16.02.2026 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Ossoff2028

08.02.2026 04:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mrs Dalloway is the best book of the 20th c. I recommend listening to it.

03.02.2026 03:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s BS. Because the protesters are divided. Some want to bring back a repressive Shah or King. I donโ€™t wish violence on them but is that who we should support? Same as Hamas, a violent repressive terrorist group.

16.01.2026 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Artists have stood out in resisting. If only others in more powerful professions had the courage to do the same.

03.01.2026 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mehdi- he left a trail of comments that show him to be tone deaf to the fears Jews have about how their ties to Israel are perceived. Just as only an African American person knows what comes off as racist. That said, itโ€™s commendable so many Jewish New Yorkers were willing to extend him grace.

02.01.2026 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They spent months and months insisting he was an antisemite, with zero evidence, and then he chooses to get sworn in as mayor by Americaโ€™s most famous and beloved Jewish politician.

His critics are a mix of liars and fools.

01.01.2026 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9189    ๐Ÿ” 1342    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

You know whose picture is not in the Epstein files? Kamala Harris
#Epstein

21.12.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#2 pencil and micron pen. Completed during a cross country flight. #blueskyart

20.12.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heโ€™s not finished. Heโ€™s like a cockroach and can survive anything.

20.12.2025 03:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Actually itโ€™s just good manners and kindness. Anyone can be decent and at one time we can expected our leaders to set the tone.

15.12.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Their health care plan is the same one for every human need. ยซย Thoughts and prayers.ย ยป

Mind you- the Congressional plan has a $100 deductible.

09.12.2025 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yโ€™a think? Israel is the only MidEast nation that secures the civil rights of queer people. But go ahead and make Palestine fit your victim narrative.

06.12.2025 04:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is no other reason to go to Vegas except to hike Red Rocks. Stunning.

03.12.2025 05:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shotgun wedding

22.11.2025 04:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s a waste of energy and resources to mess with primaries.

15.11.2025 05:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They literally built the houses.

14.11.2025 04:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Quintessential Narcissist

07.11.2025 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hester Street, Ladybird,Winters Bone

13.10.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Count me in.

04.10.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Canal in Provence

Canal in Provence

Lโ€™Isle de La Sorgue pastel on paper

04.10.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Just another fโ€™ed up day in America.

29.09.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Andrew Jackson is on $20 bills.

26.09.2025 07:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I see something else too

26.09.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Their hiring the best arenโ€™t they?

26.09.2025 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The US has an alliance with Israel. As an officer he is not permitted to speak freely or protest like civilians.

26.09.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More monuments for thence generations to tear down.

20.09.2025 07:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why are people asking if the US is still a democracy?

19.09.2025 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

President Eisenhower loathed McCarthy and never used his administrative power to bully publishers and networks. This era is far more threatening to those who treasure our 1Afreedoms.

18.09.2025 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m sure Adams was all in. Itโ€™s only bonkers because she tried to bribe a reporter with professional ethics.

21.08.2025 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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