Reposted by Elliot SmithDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/09/2026I'm just happy/sad/thankful/angry that the Strait is open/closed/partially open/mostly closed so that the tankers can/can't traverse through it I'm really tired of/happy about all the winning/mostly winning/some winning we're doing every day/week/month in the war/not war/conflict in Iran 921883373
Reposted by Elliot SmithZach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living. 532627437
Reposted by Elliot SmithBob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is how we routinely snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 87827
Reposted by Elliot SmithBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Watching formerly normal people's brains get cooked by propaganda in real time is one of the scarier aspects of this era 1218826
Reposted by Elliot SmithRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Immensely proud of these folks at NASA. He's using them as a prop for his bullshit and they are in no way accommodating it. He'll likely respond to this by defunding NASA, calling them "not nice people." 1432355
Reposted by Elliot SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Depraved 1051203275
Reposted by Elliot SmithMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The rules are always different for Democrats, in part because Democrats don’t have the spine to tell Republicans to fuck off. 38129
Reposted by Elliot SmithCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“.. the latest example during the Iran conflict of the tension between what the Pentagon says is the need for operational security and the government’s obligation to inform the public about the conduct of the war ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u... 26445170
Reposted by Elliot SmithMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This weekend, President Trump and his top aides will be guests at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner, which theoretically honors the First Amendment. But you can't celebrate the First Amendment with a president who doesn't believe in it. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...mediamatters.orgYou can’t celebrate the First Amendment with Donald Trump 26867262
Reposted by Elliot SmithPaul Harper @paulharper.mu.social · 20/07/2026So incredibly bored with all the outrage about policies that Burnham hasn't actually announced. How about you save your faux posturing for stuff that's actually happened? 2018820
Reposted by Elliot SmithProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal. 276161144985
Reposted by Elliot SmithMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19/07/2026And still the one who has been convicted of 43 felonies and found liable by a jury of sexual assault is in the White House and controls the Senate and the House. This says a lot of very bad things about a lot of Americans. 0427
Reposted by Elliot SmithAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Trump was first impeached after he tried to extort Zelensky. He wanted Ukraine to announce it was investigating Joe Biden It was a lie-cooked up by Putin. Trump knew it. So did members of Congress like Jim Jordan and Ron Johnson, plus Fox hosts like Hannity This is fraud There must be prosecutions 401292612
Reposted by Elliot SmithAlicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Donald Trump claimed he was going to defeat Iran and met with top generals from around the world. One general looked at all the military artifacts in Trump's office and said, "To a military veteran, all this is just a bunch of junk when it's owned by someone who's never set foot on a battlefield." 17915
Reposted by Elliot SmithMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026More war crimes: In its fourth strike on water infrastructure, the US has destroyed two water tanks in Sirik, Iran, completely cutting off water distribution in all villages of the Bemani district and the city of Kohstak, the Hormozgan Water and Sanitation Authority says. 15832031543
Reposted by Elliot SmithRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/07/2026David Brouillette, the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, had a history of “terrifying and violent” behavior. This is a feature, not a bug, of ICE’s new recruits. 10929621033
Reposted by Elliot SmithBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026You will never, ever see one single Democrat complain about being rejected by MAGA Republicans. It is only MAGA Republicans who complain about this because they're loser misfits. 815814
Reposted by Elliot SmithDavid Schwartz @davidschwartz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Jon Ossoff is sounding the alarm: Trump is manufacturing a pretext for abusing federal power, giving cover to his allies in the states, and laying the groundwork to challenge election results. This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. 04931
Reposted by Elliot SmithMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Iran’s toll on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz was actually more reasonable than Trump’s proposed 20%, Richard Meade, the editor of shipping journal Lloyds List tells the BBC. While Lars Jensen, CEO of Vespucci Maritime, said Trump’s plan was unworkable. 24501113
Reposted by Elliot SmithAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026 "That's fine, dude. I'm not mad at you." "Are you OK?" "Help me! They shot me!’” "I was trying to stop" The last words of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero before they were murdered by ICE 24874534
Reposted by Elliot SmithCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/07/2026(AP) — A federal judge said Monday that President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns was filed for an “improper purpose” as she referred attorneys for disciplinary actions. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum... 301181277
Reposted by Elliot SmithMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Hard to put into words how big of an own-goal it is for the United States to normalize shipping tolls at all, much less tolls at 20%. It's the kind of thing that appeals to someone who has only ever known how to run short-term scams. 1373395744
Reposted by Elliot SmithAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/07/2026You'd think the intelligence services having to raise the national terror threat level because of a surge in Nazi terrorism might have been a bigger story 291091451
Reposted by Elliot SmithDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Witness tells Maine newspaper that the man ICE shot in the head this morning said "I tried to stop" as he was being pulled out of his SUV, then fell to the ground and died. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/b...pressherald.comWitness says Biddeford shooting victim told police ‘I tried to stop’One resident says he heard the shots and saw as agents pulled the man out of the vehicle. 9138102
Reposted by Elliot SmithChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/07/2026Reminder: Kash Patel wrote a children’s book where he cast himself as the heroic wizard who saves King Donald. That should’ve been the weirdest thing on his résumé, but it isn’t. 52892300
Reposted by Elliot SmithAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comHistory Will Judge the ComplicitWhy have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president? 20572142599
Reposted by Elliot SmithMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Heartbreaking. Each of these killings should result in a murder investigation. Federally, DOJ and ICE will do everything they can to execute a coverup -- and I'm saying this despite being a 25-year federal prosecutor with DOJ. 110252
Reposted by Elliot SmithGeorge Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The criminal who funded Nigel Farage before his election made undisclosed donations to Reform UK in an apparent breach of electoral law. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... Latest from me and Insightthetimes.comGeorge Cottrell failed to declare gifts to Reform officeThe convicted fraudster nicknamed ‘Posh George’ used his own bank card to cover costs without the Electoral Commission knowing 7289123
Reposted by Elliot SmithGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/07/2026A severely mentally ill man has control of the launch codes for America's nuclear arsenal, but it doesn't seem that many people care. 65369701880
Reposted by Elliot SmithMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Trump continues to try and gag journalists -- quite a hypocrisy for a man who ran on protecting the First Amendment. Silencing journalists is a move to fascism. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...nytimes.comTimes Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on MediaThe Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.” 63018
Elliot Smith @elliotmarcsmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2026After that performance, I never wanna hear another derogatory remark about Djed Spence ever again. Outstanding. 050
Reposted by Elliot SmithAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/07/2026This is total insanity. Words fail to explain how anyone let alone a plurality of voters thought giving an obviously demented person control of the most powerful government in the world was a good idea. We will be lucky to come out the other side of this alive. 1208122763214
Reposted by Elliot SmithBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Something has gone horribly wrong in a civilization that has trillionaires and homeless people 491367332
Elliot Smith @elliotmarcsmith.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Well chuffed to see another short story brought to life in the Spring 2026 issue of Chariot Press Literary Journal. chariotpressjournal.com/2026/05/when...chariotpressjournal.comWhen the Clocks Hit Zero - Chariot PressElliot Smith 000
Reposted by Elliot SmithAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The author of this article refused to sign an NDA, giving up severance and healthcare benefits to tell this story. If you didn't read it already, read it. Because he refused, we may be able to stop the Kennedy Center from being sold for parts and turned into a gaudy MAGA fundraising warehouse. 22956475
Reposted by Elliot SmithFilipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Something like this will have to happen in this country once Trumpism is defeated. In the absence of accountability, the world will rightly assume that it will happen again. 532170194314
Reposted by Elliot SmithSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026If you don’t think this post is batshit crazy see your doctor ASAP 1812138402
Reposted by Elliot SmithBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026It's been nearly five hours since the president of the United States posted a graphic snuff video of a man beating a woman to death with a hammer and there's no mention of it on the New York Times, Washington Post or CNN websites. 24950301861
Elliot Smith @elliotmarcsmith.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I'm sure "devout Catholic" JD Vance will have words to say about this... 020
Reposted by Elliot SmithEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Iran's 10 point plan seems to put them in a better position than they were in before the war www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 1202144738
Reposted by Elliot SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽 412149005743
Reposted by Elliot SmithBradly Mason @alsoacarpenter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026If your president is brazenly announcing he plans to commit war crimes, you literally have to impeach him. Is this not obvious? 1563622669
Reposted by Elliot SmithMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 04/04/2026The best explanation why millions of Americans worship and support a convicted felon and sexual predator... 777176085867
Reposted by Elliot SmithGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This is absolutely fantastic. ht: @maddenifico.bsky.social 678153805958
Reposted by Elliot SmithMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Oh I do love this. 68125
Reposted by Elliot SmithMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/03/2026NEW: Fulton County officials fighting for the return of 2020 election materials seized by the FBI asked a federal judge Tuesday to order the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disclose details about its repeated attempts to obtain the county’s election records. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comFulton County alleges DOJ used FBI raid to circumvent lawsuit, seize 2020 ballotsBefore the FBI seized the county's 2020 election records, the DOJ sought them through demand letters and a lawsuit. 161145394
Reposted by Elliot SmithWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Hard to overstate how obvious this was in Minneapolis. They'd roll around the neighborhood in full gear, doing nothing immigration-related at all, wait for angry crowds to gather, and then attack them with tear gas and pepper spray! It was a violent siege and the feds owe us billions in reparations. 221643356