@ilyseh.bsky.social
Life long strategist and activist. Author, mom and rescue dog nut. Here for the social and political commentary. Formerly batgirl. Bees are magic. Live every week like it’s Shark Week. Defy Tyranny.
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Amazing. Brigadier General Shawn Harris over performing in the reddest district of Georgia. Advances to runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat.
I’m a Texan and much of my family is still there. Both Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico represent the best of our state, and I am so proud of the future pathways they offer Texans and our nation. No matter what happens today, Texas Democrats have shown the country what leadership looks like.
You know you’re in the south when you enter your hotel room in the winter and the AC is on full blast.
Whoever came up with this SNL bit as a way to address the whole hockey mess that Trump created is brilliant: youtu.be/iU7xOTUq3Qs?...
Trump claims Iran has been “destroyed” and “obliterated” in one day but also that the bombing is “pinpoint.” And as if regime change were not an ambitious enough objective now says the goal is peace “throughout… the world.”
This kind of wild talk does not inspire confidence, to put it mildly.
Beautiful meditation to start a Saturday.
Anthropic as our superhero was not on my 2026 Bingo card but here we are and welcome aboard.
I believe the technical term for this is batshit crazy.
This is how you do it. Impressive statement from Anthropocene laying out the stakes why they won’t cede to the demands of Hegseth. Well done.
www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
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Must-read by @ilyseh.bsky.social on "lethalitymaxxing" and the throughline to ever more radical thinking on eugenics and masculinity
A "pro-January 6th" administration wasn't on the Founders bingo card, but here we are. Listen to Tom and Bill. We have work to do.
Alt-left pipeline dudes are hilarious, smart and fun to watch. If Dems were smart, they'd support these guys. The alt-right didn't bootstrap themselves into a political force. Turning Point, Prager U et al spent over 100 million signal boosting. speakingwithamericanmen.substack.com/p/the-alt-le...
Were they in the same hearing?
Life of a Virgo: writing things on my To Do list after they are done so I can have the satisfaction of crossing them off.
Long live the sandwich revolution.
The crocodile tears from Mike Cernovich are hilarious until you realize he’s putting Heritage on blast for walking back a statement supporting Nazism.
This is a great piece on an oft overlooked component of Mamdani's campaign -- it gave a generation forged in isolation and anxiety not just hope but a place to belong. More Democrats should adopt this posture regardless of whether they agree with Mamdani's politics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Read this great take on last night from my partner in united front work @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social.
I'm on the board of Demand Justice, so I'm not an objective source on this. But... I like this. :)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Just heard on the radio that there are so many spotted lantern flies in the sky above DC that they are showing up on the weather radar and if that is not one of the seven signs, it should be. It’s getting real folks.
When do we get a retraction from The Wall Street Journal for erroneously claiming the assassination was related to trans people? When do we get apologies from every journalist who spread that disinformation?
I have butted heads with Charlie Kirk on almost every policy issue, and my heart is hurt by this news. Taking a human life (or trying to) is vile. Political violence is never acceptable. May Charlie Kirk recover wholly and quickly.
The House Oversight Committee has just released new documents from Epstein’s estate. Former president of NARAL @ilyseh.bsky.social and former Joe Walsh 2020 campaign manager Lucy Caldwell join The Weeknight to discuss why Trump’s Epstein troubles are far from over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv8q...
Because there's no bottom to the dystopian world we have entered, there's a deadly kissing disease making its way through our country.
www.sciencealert.com/deadly-kissi...
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Filling this under "courts will not save us." Thanks to Rebecca Slaughter for fighting for the rule of law.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
In a time of weakness, caving and preemptive obeyance, @ejeancarroll.bsky.social's tenacity in fighitng Trump is something to behold.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...