Sign in

El Whitty

@elwhitty.bsky.social
598 followers 2.7K following 9 posts

Pacific NW Walking, Cooking, Gardening, Reading, Planning he/him

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by El Whitty
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was just pointing out a couple of days on here that this is the LOWEST HANGING FRUIT of low hanging fruit for Democrats to promise if they take control of Congress. RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE from $7.25. It has not risen since 2009. It's criminal.
101079268
Reposted by El Whitty
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I have to keep saying this. Trans rights are very unpopular on face but extremely sensitive to persuasion and question wording. In other words very few people care deeply about them, one way or another. Electorally, there is no advantage or penalty for Democrats to take one way or another.
331490176
Reposted by El Whitty
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/09/2026
Cis folks really don't understand what it's like to have who you are made into a political scape goat for 5 years straight with legislation targeting every aspect of your life. And then, the only political party that pretends to care is slowly being pushed to abandon you as a political albatross.
7930166
Reposted by El Whitty
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils? I suppose. But that suggests that sometimes you don't have to. And we should expect to not have to. And we should keep criticizing those who force others into evil choices, until lesser evils are no longer the ones who decide about good & evil.
443358
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Needs a belt
020
Reposted by El Whitty
Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One of the things libs should have learned a long time ago is every time you concede anything to conservative framing, it becomes the new baseline consensus, with conservatives just moving the goalpost further to the right until libs end up arguing for the conservative position from a decade ago.
413412
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So make sure Talarico supports trans rights.
070
Reposted by El Whitty
Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you cannot be trusted to stand up for transgender Americans when they’re facing what some experts call a genocide, I don’t trust you to stand up for anything.
592321506
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
No. If you care about trans rights and live in Texas, right now you should be working to change what Talarico says about trans rights. And then you can work with your trans friends and family to support him. Stop stripping him of any responsibility in this debate.
142
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
During an election, you should expect people to try to get people running for office to support their positions. That's what's happening. I don't understand what you're confused by unless you think selling out trans people should not have any consequences.
000
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
How many swing voters are single-issue anti-Trans voters? I don't understand how ceding the ground on this issue helps at all.
150
Reposted by El Whitty
David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First, this would be evil even if its electoral rationale were true. It is not. Dems embracing open bigotry alienate supporters and conservatives still vote for Republicans. We had a massive example of Dems doing exactly this strategy in 2024. It failed badly, at federal and state levels...
127235
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why can’t he stand on them? He appears to know what the right path is. It’s easy to brush aside stupid questions.
160
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think listening to the fear and anger that they are voicing right now is really important. They are using the leverage they have to make it clear that for them a transphobic Democratic Party is a clear danger to them. It is on all of us to make it clear that anti trans rhetoric is not harmless.
1270
Reposted by El Whitty
Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I try not to go overboard on media criticism but I do think "the chief executive is openly trying to rig the legislative elections in his party's favor" should merit somewhat higher prominence relative to mundane normalcy horserace coverage.
6599110
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
He’s a great candidate. They should definitely run him. Super likable and relatable person. Everyone loves LA influencers.
131
El Whitty @elwhitty.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
That sounds amazing. I may need to finally plan that trip to Toronto. Who makes the best version? (I recognize this is not the response you want...)
160