Reposted by Elaine HansonJoe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 27/07/2026Twenty years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was reauthorized with bipartisan support—a recognition that every American deserves an equal voice. This year, the Supreme Court gutted those protections. We must keep fighting to ensure every American voice is heard. 5391122
Reposted by Elaine HansonMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/07/2026With 99 days until the election, Trump is desperate to make it harder for you to vote and easier for him to cheat. 2562737915
Reposted by Elaine HansonA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Cannot get over how electable just drifting away from a constituent who asked you a challenging question makes you. 32164521840
Reposted by Elaine HansonJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/07/20261. American taxpayers are spending $2 BILLION every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals. 611636787
Reposted by Elaine HansonPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The NYT has now significantly expanded its obit of Graham, including his many policy reversals, and his attempts to undo the 2020 election. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...nytimes.comLindsey Graham, Republican Senator and Trump Ally, Dies From ‘Sudden Illness’ (Gift Article)He died from “a brief and sudden illness,” his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas. 32973261
Elaine Hanson @elainehanson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Please add your comments on this ridiculous, unnecessary, and expensive vanity project. 000
Reposted by Elaine HansonMelanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"Science is not simply a sequence of tasks that can be optimized....The scientific system thrives on inefficiency: redundant efforts, failed attempts, and divergent paths. These are not costs to be eliminated but sources of discovery." Excellent essay! ⬇️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgProgression without progressProgress in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to advance scientific discovery has made it increasingly realistic to envision automated “end-to-end science” (ETES) systems: integrated pipelines t... 1421150
Reposted by Elaine HansonDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026The worst human beings in the country should not be running the country. 11757128
Reposted by Elaine HansonMelissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 22/03/2026This is obscene. 57738
Reposted by Elaine HansonRep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · 10/03/2026The chaos across multiple airports is a totally unnecessary Republican-created problem. Dems have proposed funding for TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard, yet Republicans – who hold a majority in both the House and Senate – continue to hold these agencies hostage in order to get more funding for ICE. 10457164
Reposted by Elaine HansonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026Warren: "It is still the case that the Trump admin cannot explain the reasons we entered this war, the goals we're trying to accomplish. The only part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15m Americans who lost their healthcare, there's a billion a day to spent on bombing Iran." 7833451116
Reposted by Elaine HansonLunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Send me In honor of Jesse Jackson 13303102
Reposted by Elaine HansonEliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 04/03/2026What just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*. In March. Imagine November. I broke it down here: open.substack.com/pub/objectio...open.substack.comObjection: What Happened in Dallas County Was Not a GlitchWhat happened in Dallas County tonight should scare the hell out of you. 10026841482
Reposted by Elaine HansonKelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 01/03/2026#OnThisDay 154 years ago President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act establishing Yellowstone National Park into law, making it the first national park in the United States. Learn all about it on one of the all-time most popular episodes of Unsung History with @mkn.bsky.social.unsunghistorypodcast.comYellowstone National ParkOne hundred fifty years ago, President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act establishing Yellowstone National Park into law, making it the first national park in the Unit… 1216
Reposted by Elaine Hansonlaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Kansas has now effectively made it illegal to be trans in the state. None of this was difficult to predict. bsky.app/profile/laur... 13414
Reposted by Elaine HansonMaia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.orgtcpipeline.orgTrans Continental PipelineQueer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado 178858492
Elaine Hanson @elainehanson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Unabashed cruelty. 🧵 See the comments for an organization trying to help. 000
Reposted by Elaine HansonRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Reminder that ICE was invented after 9/11 to terrorize people on US soil. W’s “war on terror” incl mass surveillance, even more racial profiling & aggressive policing & treating immigration as a security issue. Muslims & Brown folk perceived as such can tell you how that went. Abolish. 251687513
Reposted by Elaine HansonEddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 08/02/2026⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 It's Day 8 of #BlackHistoryMonth2026, my friends. I would be remiss if I did not mention the first Black woman to become an FBI agent. Today, let me introduce you to Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis. Pull up a seat.🪑(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 662389745
Reposted by Elaine HansonGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 08/02/2026A blessed Bad Bunny Day to us all ✨🐰 131662
Elaine Hanson @elainehanson.bsky.social · 08/02/2026We need MORE nurses. They are the professional backbone of all medical care. PROFESSIONALS! 000
Reposted by Elaine HansonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/02/2026In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...snyder.substack.comEthnic Cleansing in Ohio?Nazi Lies in Vance's America 11436031794
Reposted by Elaine HansonLogan Jaffe @loganjaffe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting www.inquirer.com/news/philade...inquirer.comHere are the signs the Trump administration removed from Independence ParkFollowing last year’s review, every sign has been removed from the President’s House site. 16859403
Reposted by Elaine HansonSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 02/12/2024www.sarahkendziorbooks.com 191269329
Reposted by Elaine HansonEric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 20/01/2026US consumers and importers absorbed 96% of tariff costs. Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans. $200 bil in additional 2025 U.S. tariff revenue “was paid almost exclusively by Americans.” www.wsj.com/economy/trad...wsj.comAmericans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study FindsNew research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill. 16171101
Reposted by Elaine HansonJust Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Not enough people are aware of the fact that last year, California ran on 100% clean electricity for the equivalent of 51 days – with the grid running on 100% clean energy for some period on 60% of days. Not enough people support climate action because they've been led to believe it's not possible.media.tenor.coma poster that says " good clean jobs will rebuild america " on itALT: a poster that says " good clean jobs will rebuild america " on it 6481145
Reposted by Elaine HansonElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Get on board or get out of the damn way. Yes you @schumer.senate.gov. Yes you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social. Step aside and let real leaders fight. 29324
Reposted by Elaine HansonSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Don’t send them anything. 39882209
Elaine Hanson @elainehanson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Fantastic! This will provide so much needed support! 010
Reposted by Elaine HansonJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Congress should pass a law requiring agents to show their faces, identify themselves, & wear their badges. It’s not agent safety we have to worry about these days. End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution. 540142584181
Elaine Hanson @elainehanson.bsky.social · 10/01/2026“Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze,” it said, “nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it.” -- U.S. Government 1945heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJanuary 9, 2026Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. 010
Reposted by Elaine HansonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/01/2026This is the heart of it. Any press coverage that gullibly paints this partisan punitive campaign of retribution as "fighting crime" or "enforcing immigration laws" is actively complicit in a government campaign to punish dissent. 6248741393
Reposted by Elaine HansonBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/01/2026ICE has long used the latest spy tech to pursue immigrants — but now it’s also targeting anti-ICE protesters. Here's what you need to know: 7208136
Reposted by Elaine HansonJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/01/2026New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...404media.coInside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t... 14569034592
Reposted by Elaine HansonJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Murderers and thieves. All of them. 339556
Reposted by Elaine Hansonthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 07/01/2026losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death? 357171514024
Reposted by Elaine HansonUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 08/01/2026“President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the bedrock global treaty to tackle climate change is a new low and yet another a sign that this authoritarian, anti-science administration is determined to sacrifice people’s well-being and destabilize global cooperation." Read UCS Statement:ucs.orgTrump Sinks to New Low by Announcing US Withdrawal from 66 International Organizations, Including UNFCCC and IPCCPresident Trump announced today that he is removing the United States from the UNFCCC and IPCC, as well as 64 other entities or U.N. organizations. Statements by the Union of Concerned Scientists. 07337
Reposted by Elaine HansonTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 08/01/2026We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone. 792334448619
Reposted by Elaine HansonElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026GOOOOOOOOOOO. 210317
Reposted by Elaine HansonWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I'd love news organizations to get a comment from all the corporations, such as SPOTIFY, that continue running ICE ads on their platforms. Do they support ICE murdering US citizens? They still support ICE? Let American consumers know! 26922265
Reposted by Elaine HansonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/01/2026New in PN: Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye "We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."publicnotice.coCorporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbyeBetter nothing than a MAGA mouthpiece. 642004760
Reposted by Elaine HansonDavid Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Things I want more than Greenland as an American: •Affordable Housing •Universal Healthcare •Ability to travel and explore •Chance to pursue passions not money •To make a difference in other people’s lives So I want #StarTrek The future Gene Roddenberry envisionedmedia.tenor.coma man in a red and black jacket stands in front of a window looking outALT: a man in a red and black jacket stands in front of a window looking out 861551319
Reposted by Elaine HansonHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it. 21155852151