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NotElsie

@elysenotelsie.bsky.social

Municipal government employee. College drop out. Only child. Homeowner. Meniere's Disease-haver. Middle aged dame. Detroit born and raised.

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Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 14h ago

I think the thing that's worth analyzing a bit is why the media needed the excuse Jon Ossoff gave them to dive into a story that's been in plain sight for months.

NotElsie@elysenotelsie.bsky.social · 15h ago

I'll feel lots better about Progressive politics in America when Bernie Sanders is no longer a factor in them. I haven't forgotten the fucking Bernie Bros. Dude's an albatross, and we would all be better served if he went home to roost

Christopher Moore@theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d ago

Interesting Thread. I know Mae West from watching W.C. Fields movies on the 4 O'Clock Flicks when I was a kid, but I had no idea she was such a rebel. Interesting thread.

Shooti@bambooshooti.bsky.social · 3d ago

#ResistanceRoots Mae West was born on this day in 1893 in Brooklyn. She began her career as a child star and found fame as a Hollywood sex symbol. Behind the sashaying hips was a talented writer and independent woman who fought discrimination against African Americans and LGBTQ+ people. /1

Mae West, ca. 1933. In a career that spanned more than seven decades, she became famous for her breezy sexual independence, husky contralto voice and masterfully delivered double entendres. She maintained total artistic control over her career by writing much of her own material, effectively challenging conservative Hollywood norms and redefining womanhood. She refused to back down because she viewed her provocative art as an authentic expression of female sexual agency. She also recognized that moral outrage was the ultimate marketing tool, and turned controversy into a profitable business enterprise. Just as she did with censorship, West viewed racial prejudice as an arbitrary rule meant to restrict freedom. She also employed and defended the LGBTQ+ community at a time when doing so was legally dangerous and socially taboo. Photo credit: Bettmann / Getty Images.
Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · 4d ago

There’s fresh evidence that the White House hatched a scheme to punish an American state because it didn’t free a convicted felon the president likes. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal judge said. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.” Why isn't this a bigger scandal?

New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal district court judge said about a newly disclosed email. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.”

ms.now

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d ago

The midterms will be brutal for the GOP, and deservedly so. Democrats retaking the House is likely now and the Senate is even a possibility. The key issue for Democrats now is setting up expectations for aggressive oversight and reform when they retake Congress. Set the bar now and claim a mandate.

NotElsie@elysenotelsie.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Discourse surrounding a particular woman's decision to freeze some eggs is fucking gross and batshit and weird. Some of these assholes won't be satisfied until they can insert a goddamn camera into her bits so they can police her junk in real-time.

Mike Godwin@mnemonic.bsky.social · 5d ago

One big insight of my adult life that mostly has redounded to my benefit has been that I'm willing to admit I'm wrong, as quickly and as frictionlessly as I can when I see that I've been wrong. This seems to have increased, not decreased, my credibility. (But I may be wrong about this.)

Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 7d ago

I hate that we have let the nastiest racists on earth define and redefine our language. From "woke" to "DEI." Trump's policies are not anti-DEI. They are racist. US firms did not abandon DEI policies. They fired competent black women in droves on the basis of race and sex.

Ian Johnson@mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 7d ago

DEI means recruiting the best candidates and appealing to the widest possible customer base - which results show is good for people, and for business www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

guardian newspaper report friday august 14th saying US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t