🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social)
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Time For a Reckoning/momupdated previous twitter identity. Khive Forever 💖 Heartbroken liberal Democrat that cusses prolifically
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view profile on Bluesky 🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social)
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James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) reposted
We just got appointments at CVS in DC for September 4.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social)
absurd this fraud is part of an administration that has destroyed much of the scant infrastructure for mental healthcare.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
"Marc Elias’s Democracy Docket has quietly become a pro-democracy media force, expanding its newsroom to 20 staffers as it surpasses 50,000 paid subscribers." Story here: www.status.news/p/democracy-...
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted
It's a good moment to brush up on the economics of central bank independence. Fortunately this was the focus of a recent segment of "The Professor Is in," which has aged remarkably well. Trigger warning: Earnest, explainer-ish, presents competing arguments honestly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBVu...
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted
They're now saying it out loud: The Administration's goal is to undo the political independence that Congress granted the Fed, so that the President can directly set rates.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
poor John McCain, he'll never be able to rest peacefully. Meanwhile Cindy is in Gaza. www.wfp.org/news/wfp-chi...
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
you have to read the report most of the gain is attributed to Americans purchasing in anticipation of the tariffs. The deeper numbers are not good.
Jared Holt (@jaredlholt.bsky.social) reposted
One of the best reporters in America today
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
it's an abomination but hey, they be trolling to pwn the libs 🤬
Harry Dunn (@libradunn1.bsky.social) reposted
The injustice continues. A terrorist is now being honored by our military... My latest God I'm pissed!!! substack.com/@harrydunn/n...
Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a federal judge for a gag order against Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and their subordinates. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Kneecap (@kneecapceol.bsky.social) reposted
Nail on the fucking head.
pissed-off-g.bsky.social (@pissed-off-g.bsky.social) reposted
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Ann Elise McLaughlin she/her 🏳️🌈🇺🇲 (@annelisemcl1.bsky.social) reposted
The US racing into obsoletion in the Green Energy Technology will take decades to recover...if ever. Stupid Inefficient Shortsighted
Dr. Vin Gupta (@vinguptamd.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I like healthychildren.org for great info on childhood immunizations. Immunize.org provides fantastic resources for anyone with questions on vaccines for any age group. I do not agree with the FDA changes announced yesterday as they will dramatically limit access.
George Hahn (@georgehahn.com) reposted
PBS News Hour is, hands down, one of the most worthwhile news programs. Support public media: www.pbs.org/passport/
Shayan Sardarizadeh (@shayan86.bsky.social) reposted
We've analysed videos and writings by Robin Westman, the suspect in the Minneapolis school shooting. Westman had a clear obsession with death and violence, and idolised mass shooters. Westman wrote references to nearly 20 mass murderers on weapons and ammunition used in the attack.
UnprovokedWar (@unprovokedwar.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
In Mike Johnson's district, not only could thousands of Louisianians lose coverage, health centers are bracing for a financial hit. They're hoping for additional funding to make up for Medicaid cuts.
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 (@50501movement.bsky.social) reposted
This year, #LaborDay is more than a barbecue. Billionaires are stealing from working families, destroying our democracy, and building private armies to attack our towns and cities. Join us Monday, Sept 1, at any of 1,000+ collective actions across the US. www.FiftyFifty.one #WorkersOverBillionaires
Jake Broe (@realjakebroe.bsky.social) reposted
Ukraine is continuing their strikes on Russian oil refineries as Russian Z-bloggers are speaking out publicly now about the danger to their economy and the collapse in support for the war at home. Russia continues to target civilians and blow up apartment buildings.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
he's not a crank he's a monstrous fraud already responsible for people dying in Samoa shorturl.at/0vAGP
Unicorn Riot (@unicornriot.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Residents of East Phillips - which is 76% people of color - asked to build the urban farm and community complex at the site instead. The council voted 7-6 in a restricted-access meeting to choose to go ahead with construction of a new public works building that would endanger local residents:
Jones Murphy (@jonesmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
According to Federal Election Commission records, the Grammy winner known for the disco anthem “I Will Survive” donated nearly $22,000 to right-wing politicians and groups from August 2023 to June of this year. www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/28/g...
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social)
this is a consistent problem all over this country reminds of the time Senator Wellstone went after Congressman Sanders over poisoning poor Latinos in TX
Unicorn Riot (@unicornriot.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
In February 2023, years of organizing came to a head when the Minneapolis City Council voted to move ahead with demolishing the arsenic-laden Roof Depot building against the wishes of the East Phillips neighborhood, a diverse community long plagued by environmental racism:
Unicorn Riot (@unicornriot.bsky.social) reposted
Tonight's protest near Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's home centered on his role in obstructing the diverse and poor East Phillips neighborhood's efforts to buy the Roof Depot facility and convert it into an indoor and outdoor farm and community campus:
WisDems (@wisdems.org) reposted
JD Vance went the WRONG WAY down a one way street to avoid protesters in Wisconsin. Disgraceful.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
ding ding ding
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
this just occurred to you? he's a fraud that helped usher the psychopath into the wh, at least in 2016
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
He is wrong on the facts. 1. The data is clear, VBM benefits Democrats electorally and it remains true. Rejected mail ballots skew Democratic as well. 2. Strict photo ID laws also disadvantage Democrats, particularly young voters and those in urban areas. Again, this is data not opinion.
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@madhupai.bsky.social) reposted
CDC is 💯 correct and RFK is dead wrong Vaccines are among the most important, lifesaving medical technologies in the world RFK Jr. rails against CDC listing vaccines among top medical advances ca.news.yahoo.com/rfk-jr-rails...
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
Ex-Israeli minister Danny Ayalon: "This is where Hamas is." Me: "Danny, where is the Israeli military headquarters?" Ayalon: "Tel Aviv." Me: "It's in the heart of Tel Aviv. So can a Palestinian group blow up all of Tel Aviv to get to [it]"? Ayalon: "No." Full interview: zeteo.com/p/danny-ayal...
Mark (@ferl67.bsky.social) reposted
Neil Young Responds to Donald Trump's Takeover of D.C. With Vicious New Protest Song 'Big Crime' - Rolling Stone www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted
The Great Climate Insurance Collapse is coming. This mapping follows my work as chair of the Senate Budget Committee. Republicans refused to acknowledge this was real, fussed about national debt, to which they then added $4 trillion. Total phonies.
Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) reposted
#ResistanceEarth #BlueEarth Reason number ... oh hell, I lost count. Microplastics are just bad. Now scientists say they are breeding grounds for bacteria and could be turning them into drug-resistant superbugs. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) reposted
#ResistanceUnited Trump has eliminated the exemption for parcel shipments under $800, causing post offices worldwide to stop shipping parcels to the U.S. Why should they implement systems to collect U.S. tariffs? U.S. customers are seeing their orders canceled. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
eight vacations - how many days is that out of 200?
Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) reposted
JUST IN: Complex moves by DC Circuit appear to moot (for now) Trump admin's emergency appeal at #SCOTUS on effort to force admin to spend up to $12B in appropriated development aid. En banc ord storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Revised panel opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@insideukraine.bsky.social) reposted
In Kyiv, Russia has already killed 15 people, 4 children. UPD: 18 dead. 🕯️
Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@insideukraine.bsky.social) reposted
The pilot of the crashed Polish F-16 jet was Maciej Krakowiak — commander of the Tiger Demo Team.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
See: Russel Vougt parent of child with cystic fibrosis now benefiting from a medication developed by NIH. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
One thing that really hits you when you're directly affected by gun violence in schools is that there's nowhere to hide. Public, private, religious, whatever - unless you're going to homeschool your kids, we live in a world where they're at risk of something like this happening.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm so sorry you and your family are going through this. I'm surprised you're here today. Please take care of you & yours.
Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@insideukraine.bsky.social) reposted
Zelensky: Russian strikes today proves Russia’s goals haven’t changed. They want war — hitting not just our people and cities, but everyone seeking peace. It’s an attack on Ukraine, on Europe, on President Trump and global leaders.
Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social) reposted
Thousands of DC residents chanting “fuck Jeff Bezos” outside of the P Street Whole Foods
Unicorn Riot (@unicornriot.bsky.social) reposted
"You do nothing...you put up fences...our women are sex trafficked in the middle of the day...." "Justice is our demand, no peace on stolen land!" Aunt of murdered Indigenous Minneapolis resident Allison Lussier says Frey let Lussier's case go uninvestigated until an outside audit forced his hand.
Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted
Dan Jernigan: "we need to go back to following the science." Remember when that wasn't a radical idea?
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
it's the egg tray in refrigerators - I looked it up yesterday because I was shocked by a pick up substitution price.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
what do you intend to do about it? sure seems like there is an intention to kill us all
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Angus: I’m saying we need to start building progressive media that people actually listen to. I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts.
Larry Neufeld (@larryneufeldsk.bsky.social) reposted
IKEA makes a power play with solar panels for apartment balconies www.corporateknights.com?p=47496
Moira Donegan (@moiradonegan.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
They are specifically creating an authoritarian state by the means of enacting and generating authoritarian imagery … a kind of “fake it till you make it” or “dress for the job you want” of regime change.
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
Thank you for joining me! If you missed it, here’s the video ⬇️
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
ironically I was coming to say this reminds me of taxpayer funded football stadiums thanks for all you're doing!
Jacqueline Sweet (@jsweetli.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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Jacqueline Sweet (@jsweetli.bsky.social) reposted
O'Neill is a "longevity guy" and is buddies with Bryan Johnson and... "He has also supported the libertarian idea of creating new geographic zones, possibly at sea, in which residents can live by their own rules (including, notably, permissive regulatory regimes for new drugs and therapies). "
Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) reposted
Jim O’Neill is a tech investor, former CEO of the Thiel Foundation, and co-founder with Peter Thiel of the Thiel fellowship. He has no direct medical education or experience. It’s hard to get away from the feeling that they really are trying to kill us.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
83 years of economic history including the clip from Ferris Bueller to help illustrate. I'd pick Justin Wolfers if he's amenable, he explains well & has that sexy Aussie accent. 😊
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
this
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social)
1. Chambers disappoints 2. Vance really is a lying moron
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
right? grade a large are 4.89 at our Kroger's
The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted
CDC Director Arrives At Office To Find Dead Deer With ‘Fired’ Carved Into It
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social)
highly endorse
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
wait, he said it was the SSRIs!
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
🤔which is it bob, the SSRIs or.... pick a conspiracy & stick to ya effing madman
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reposted
Please report on this correctly tomorrow @stephaniemiller.bsky.social You got it wrong today.
Senator Ron Wyden (@wyden.senate.gov) reposted
One of the firefighters arrested is an Oregonian. My office has been in touch with his lawyer who says he can't locate his client. My office is working to get more information on his whereabouts ASAP.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
y'all are trash go sniff the psychopath's diaper for some news seriously, there is no financial/economic news to report on?
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
remember all the people especially children pulled out of poverty by the temporary advanced EIP payments in Biden's recovery plan?
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
I learned something new the other day - my jumbos are the cheapest going due to their failure to fit in the standard egg shelf. Shhhhh, don't pass this on🤭
litahart72🌎🏳️🌈 (@litahart72.bsky.social) reposted
Threatens to shoot a black man in the head.
pissed-off-g.bsky.social (@pissed-off-g.bsky.social) reposted
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🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
she makes Tokyo Rose look like a piker. hell she makes smokey eyes look honest, almost
Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted
the thing that's so fucking infuriating about this is how much more that matters for the bottom 10% $1200 can be life or death at that level of income top 10%? $13K is nice, to be sure, but it's "maybe we'll take another vacation" nice not "oh good now we can afford to eat this month"
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie (@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
if anyone's curious the line is from an essay he wrote calling for an economic bill of rights that was published shortly after he was killed www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unicorn Riot (@unicornriot.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: The Fight for the Roof Depot Continues, Activists Respond to City of Minneapolis' Lack of Effort unicornriot.ninja/2025/the-fig...
Margaret G (@mls0308.bsky.social) reposted
‼️ Georgia Voters ‼️ Check your voter registration status at the Secretary of State's My Voter Page mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
Saeed Jones (@theferocity.bsky.social) reposted
Y’all simply MUST watch this documentary. I don’t even have the words… just watch it. You’re going to pause and take breaks but watch it.
JC Hawman 🏳️🌈 (@keeptherepublic.bsky.social) reposted
O....! M.....! G.....! WTF is wrong with people?! Ugh.
Britni Danielle (@britnidanielle.bsky.social) reposted
"Museums are not stages for loyalty. They are civic laboratories. They are places where we wrestle with contradictions, encounter the unfamiliar and widen our circle of empathy."
Bren (@kindofnerdy.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump admin would rather blow money gilding the Oval Office & hosting trashy events than preventing 🇺🇸's children from drowning. Drowning is, "the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 and is one of the top causes of death among children ages 5 to 14." www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Bunch of folks pointed to Paul Krugman’s depressingly plausible answer, which is that in the case of extraordinary disruptions, markets are biased toward pretending things are normal until it’s undeniable, then tanking. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-arent-...
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
I think that was part of the butterfly effect of 2016. There were weird senate (see: WI) results and house (see: MN 02) results that 2024 was eerily similar to. The psychopath was convinced he'd win MN (which is hilarious) all 3 elections.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social)
ya know, "some people are saying" if you can leave, Portugal is a good option
Captain Mark Kelly (@captmarkkelly.bsky.social) reposted
As our governor, Katie Hobbs has been working to lower costs for families and deliver on the Arizona promise. We need to re-elect her so she can keep up the fight. She's the right leader for Arizona, and @gabbygiffords.bsky.social and I are proud to support her.
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
A report from the World Health Organization says 1 in 4 people lack access to safe water to drink. Even more don't have water for sanitation. We asked someone who grew up that way to share childhood memories.
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
The President of Portugal said that Trump is a Russian asset “He functions as an asset,” Rebelo de Sousa calmly explained his reasoning.
🐝🪷Elise Esper🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@eliseesper.bsky.social) reply parent
oh dear this is a bad idea for him, they will laugh at & boo him that'll be dangerous for us
Stand Up for Science! (@standupforscience.bsky.social) reposted
Jon Ossoff calling out the QUACK. @ossoff.bsky.social ✊Send your message loud and clear, RFK must go - ✅Sign our petition to impeach and remove RFK Jr: zurl.co/0l0pe ✅Send your congressperson a QUACK-O-GRAM: zurl.co/6RtXG #ImpeachtheQUACK #RFKImpeachmentNOW #standupforscience
John Skiles Skinner (@skiles.blue) reposted
"Trump officials are literally searching through lists of contracts and research grants for taboo words like 'diversity,' 'female,' and 'ethnicity' to target them for cancellation."
John Skiles Skinner (@skiles.blue) reposted reply parent
The Trump administration's racist and misogynist intent is strikingly literal. You can find it in DOGE's GitHub commit history. When we report on the admin systematically firing women and black people, this fact deserves to be mentioned. Even in a "just asking questions" type of way.
Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The result was the memorable and powerful phrase that became the cornerstone of his most famous speech. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” /end
Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
MLK then began to deliver his prepared remarks. From behind the podium, Jackson said to him, “Tell them about the dream, Martin.” Just as MLK was comfortable telling her what to sing, she felt comfortable telling him what to say. He put aside his written notes and began to speak from the heart. /3
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
Tarrant County officials said the move to cut more than 100 polling sites was to save money as they historically see low voter turnout in nonpresidential elections. But fewer voting sites means fewer voters, a political science expert said.