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@ellenscalves.bsky.social

She/Her. Teacher of small diverse learners. Blue dot in red state. Cats, music, gardens, politics, worry.

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Post image 01.12.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5965    πŸ” 1611    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 102

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

20.11.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 32759    πŸ” 10636    πŸ’¬ 608    πŸ“Œ 676
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

20.11.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20452    πŸ” 8504    πŸ’¬ 1021    πŸ“Œ 1081

President Zelenskyy came to the White House, looking for help from his longstanding ally.

He was ambushed, humiliated and berated for not being grateful enough.

Prince Bone Saw bin 9/11 came to the White House, for the first time since he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

He was revered.

19.11.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 19863    πŸ” 6884    πŸ’¬ 1143    πŸ“Œ 506

They all are.

15.11.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree.

14.11.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I rewatched it all a couple years ago and it was just as good as the first time. So say we all.

14.11.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Turns out that voters don't like the party that invades them, starves them, and arrests them.

05.11.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5420    πŸ” 1047    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 26

You know what American entity that no longer exists would've helped Jamaica recover from Hurricane Melissa? USAID. They'd already be ready to provide help as soon as it's safe to come.

27.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.

This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.

27.10.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5596    πŸ” 2065    πŸ’¬ 200    πŸ“Œ 71

He’s (Stephen Miller or someone) using all the language that comes from those of us who understand all the horrible things his administration has done. It’s infuriating!! And the MAGA base will just suck it up.

26.10.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Campaign to Defund the Artsβ€”and Rewrite History "The campaign to defund the arts, capture our museums, and rewrite our history is a prelude to silencing dissent."

The campaign to label art "too woke" or "too liberal" has dark historical echoes. In my op-ed, I draw the parallel to Nazi Germany's "Degenerate Art" exhibitions and the Soviet doctrine of "Socialist Realism." When a government dictates what art is acceptable, we are on a dangerous path.

26.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 411    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 6

Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.

24.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4556    πŸ” 1434    πŸ’¬ 189    πŸ“Œ 52

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

22.10.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 16741    πŸ” 4167    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 275
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Knoxville turned out! #knoxvillenokings

18.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wah wah wah-he’s such a baby.

12.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was getting my political science degree, Constitutional Law was one of my favorite classes. 😭

12.10.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice recap

12.10.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 20866    πŸ” 7502    πŸ’¬ 406    πŸ“Œ 221

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

10.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 10974    πŸ” 2441    πŸ’¬ 516    πŸ“Œ 173

And wearing a cross, of course.

09.10.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

08.10.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7442    πŸ” 3520    πŸ’¬ 395    πŸ“Œ 214

I guess I shouldn't be *surprised* but it is making my head spin that the feds have shot two people, with live rounds, killing one of them, in Chicagoland in recent weeks, and in both cases they were very clearly found to be lying about what happened, and essentially nothing is happening about it.

07.10.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1015    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 15
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Trump's invasion This weekend marked a major escalation of his campaign of terror.

New in PN: Trump's invasion

"The Trump administration’s war on cities just entered a new, more terrifying phase. What stage of fascism is it when the president defies a court order and sends troops into a city anyway? Because as of Sunday, that’s where we’re at."

06.10.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2252    πŸ” 971    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 64
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TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as β€œState Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

05.10.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 13980    πŸ” 6031    πŸ’¬ 863    πŸ“Œ 343
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GUARD IN MEMPHIS: The TN Supreme Court & a federal court have both ruled it is unconstitutional for TN’s governor to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement.

In 2021, TN’s GOP Attorney General wrote an advisory saying the same. It was so damning, the new AG secretly erased it from record!

02.10.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6727    πŸ” 2881    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 66

I can't exaggerate how important it is that every ICE officer is met with contempt & mockery in public, everywhere they go, for the rest of their lives.

02.10.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2598    πŸ” 688    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 33
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Americans can't afford a pound of ground beef, but Pete Hegseth blew millions of your taxpayer dollars flying in every General and Admiral around the world so he could yell at them about the Top 100 things he hates about facial hair.

30.09.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 838    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 5

"Would you say the US is in a political crisis?"

Yes: 79%
No: 18%

Quinnipiac / Sept 21, 2025

27.09.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5182    πŸ” 1140    πŸ’¬ 170    πŸ“Œ 90

I trust no grand jury assembled for this indictment. I mean, everything they do is shady and untruthful.

25.09.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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