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Jillian Elliott

@jillianelliott.bsky.social

Former nonprofit professional. Current community organizer. I love my family, friends, animals, books, music, and democracy.

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Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d ago

The "Party of Reagan" has the United States siding with Russian aggression against NATO allies and a brutal war on a European democratic US partner. Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d ago

Let me see if I understand this . . . 1. The U.S. is at war with Iran. 2. Russia is helping Iran in that war. 3. The U.S. is now giving Russia money that it can use to help Iran destroy U.S. bases and kill U.S. troops. Donald is smart & patriotic like that.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d ago

The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.

Map of tanker’s route
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."

ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.

NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Miranda Yaver@mirandayaver.bsky.social · last wk.

Trump ended enhanced assistance toward Medicare Part D plans and his CMS introduced new burdensome prior authorization to traditional Medicare through WISeR. Arsonists don’t deserve credit for putting out part of the fire they started.

CNN@cnn.com · last wk.

President Trump said he will give around 20 million senior citizens $90 each to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, marking his latest effort to dole out funds to certain Americans weeks before the midterm elections. https://cnn.it/4ytSUHZ

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w ago

There's a new wave of Democratic ads across the country that are somehow brutally partisan and incredibly effective and it's going to take some time for me to get used to this?

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW AD: Are you a data center company looking to take over rural Texas? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw the FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail after just 1 day? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you!

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w ago

Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian"

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w ago

Please, for the love of God, can the media stop calling random cranks who write fan fiction about their personal heroes in the past "historians."

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · 3w ago

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 3w ago

As a disability advocate I’m heartbroken by this. Please for the love of everything you hold dear, vote blue in November. Republican policies, their shenanigans and their hand picked court jesters are harming the most vulnerable amongst us. Check your registration! Register! Get out the VOTE!

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING WaPo: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson just slammed the Supreme Court's use of its "emergency docket" — suggesting the court has misused the process in allowing the Trump admin to move forward with a host of controversial policies while challenges play out in lower court.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court’s use of emergency docket

In a public appearance, Jackson said the high court’s use of the emergency docket was “problematic” and called for more restraint from her colleagues when using it.

washingtonpost.com

Mark DeSaulnier@repmarkdesaulnier.bsky.social · 3w ago

Lifesaving scientific research should not be dictated by the party occupying the White House. Congress has already blocked Trump’s proposal to cut biomedical research spending once and we must stand united against this new illegal attack on NIH research funding. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

nytimes.com

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · last mo.

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

Senator Andy Kim@kim.senate.gov · last mo.

There is a clear cycle of corruption between the Trump administration and the companies that run his for-profit detention centers.   Delaney Hall must be shut down for good.

Miranda Yaver@mirandayaver.bsky.social · last mo.

In my latest @msnowreports.bsky.social article, I discuss the ways that the not-so-beautiful bill will reshape the broader financialization of health in ways that have not generated sufficient attention — whether private equity, consolidation, or ending key health services www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | The bill for Trump’s Medicaid cuts is coming due — for everyone

Though much attention has centered on the closure of rural hospitals, quieter transformations could reshape healthcare for publicly and privately insured patients alike.

ms.now