El Why

El Why

@elwhyed.bsky.social

Writer. Higher education. Equity in education. #AshevilleStrong

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I would pay good money for a service that allows all of my electronics and tech devices to just remain the way I know how to use them and never get updated or "improved."

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Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social

💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.

In case anyone was still wondering if things could get even worse than they already are, have I got news for you today

Philip Bump@pbump.com

Bill Cassidy finally figured out a way to bump his RFK Jr. confirmation vote out of the first sentence of his obit.

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Bill Cassidy finally figured out a way to bump his RFK Jr. confirmation vote out of the first sentence of his obit.

I’m totally cool with trump, his family, and all his cabinet members flying on that plane

Michael J. Stern@michaeljstern.bsky.social

Trump spent upwards of a billion dollars on retrofitting his Qatar gift into Airforce 1. Now, it's considered unsafe. Just a bigger version of the failed reflecting pool renovation. And it's all our money he's wasting. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...

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With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

6-3 on this? WTF?

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

Final #SCOTUS ruling is birthright citizenship. For a 6-3 majority (Thomas, Alito & Gorsuch, dissenting), Chief Justice Roberts *strikes down* President Trump's executive order purporting to limit which individuals born in the United States would automatically be US citizens; preserves status quo:

BREAKING: SCOTUS says please overlook the fact that we've decimated the VRA and are about to have several more completely banana-pants terrible decisions...

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

#BREAKING: #SCOTUS *denies* certiorari in one of the two E. Jean Carroll cases ("Carroll II," to the folks who follow closely). That presumably clears the way for Carroll to collect the $5 million judgment (the $83.3 million judgment in Carroll I remains under appeal):

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I missed that late last night, the Senate held another vote on an Iran war powers resolution -- they already passed the one that passed the House, earlier this week -- for the sole purpose of voting it down in a show to Trump that they support him. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 OMG

Remember that time when all those Republican senators and congressmen spent July 4 in Russia meeting with Putin and it didn’t make headlines or draw questions from the media at all?

Read Benjamin "Champagne" Song's statement. His (and his co-defendants') treatment at the hands of this government is meant to terrify and suppress resistance. So share his words widely.

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

Super interested in hearing from all those folks who insisted the tarp was just for safety and anyone saying otherwise was trafficking lies and rumors…

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The Kennedy Center says it pulled President Trump’s name from the building front earlier this month after a judge’s order. But the result remains hidden by tarps, prompting questions and speculation. nyti.ms/4vZ0qsG

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BREAKING: Mayor Mamdani just signed an “executive order” to repeal bedtime so NYC kids can watch the Knicks play in the NBA Finals!

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“If we are going to do a third Reconstruction we need politicians who conceive of themselves as working on behalf of a constituency, rather than would-be-saviors…And, like the people of Minnesota, we need to do the work to be that constituency…” www.liberalcurrents.com/aoc-for-pres...

liberalcurrents.comAOC for PresidentWhether or not she runs, Ocasio-Cortez is invoking a feminist politics that Democrats should adopt if they are serious about defeating fascism.

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There is no world in which this is okay.     Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from cases involving Trump’s Treasury Department while his own son was secretly working there as a political appointee and attorney. 🧵

notus.orgSamuel Alito’s Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump’s Treasury DepartmentPhilip Alito has been working as an attorney with the Treasury’s office of the general counsel for months even as the Supreme Court takes up cases involving the department.

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I'm just one person trying to compete in a busy algorithm but still hoping to remind you that 1000 Words of Summer starts this coming Saturday, May 30. Our ninth year of writing 1000 Words a day alongside thousands of other people for two weeks straight. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/about

1000wordsofsummer.substack.comAbout - CRAFT TALKCRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day toge...

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All the centrist/conservative Democrats who wanted to allow Abrego Garcia and everyone else Trump sent to CECOT to rot in a slave camp should be embarrassed with themselves and think deeply before saying anything about anything.

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Fox News interviewed Vice Admiral Robert Harward today and everyone is asking the same question: Is that someone wearing a very realistic face mask of Vice Admiral Robert Harward?

There must not be any more secrets left to funnel to Russia, so no further reason for her to be in the job. Regardless, good riddance.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, according to Fox News.

I get wanting something uplifting to read. But, egads, Theo of Golden is a Hallmark Movie wrapped in a Jesus footprints poster cushioned by Live Love Laugh pillows. I think I got diabetes from reading the first 50 pages.

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… we have lost much of the civil rights act, most of roe v wade, most of the EPA, any remnants of a progressive tax code, the voting rights act. I’ll be shocked if the ADA makes it through the next two years. I want to vote for candidates who recognize the scope and are ready to try new things.