The duality of Trump in one press conference.

Very excited to let Equifax feel the bumps on my skull.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

I'm following the hearing in Judge John McConell's courtroom re: Motion for TRO on SNAP benefits brought by a coalition of non-profits. He should take the bench in about 15 minutes. Follow along!

This is useful

How does the Dem Party not have up a running tally of all the cancelled flights? Make it look like an airport arrivals board and auto-port in the data. Should take a couple hours to get online, max.

A non-negotiable for Democrats in the 2028 primaries is that they must promise to expand and reform the court. The Supreme Court has lost all legitimacy to rule and it needs to be completely overhauled. Nothing less would be an abject failure and acquiescence to Republican ratfucking of the court.

My 94 yo mother is still the best proofreader I’ve ever worked with. (She worked as a professional proofreader for Playbill back in the 1970s!)

Doing a run of my PlusLife COV test device. Ed and I flew (masked) on Saturday and we’re having lunch w my mom and our daughter tomorrow! They’ll both swab and I’ll test them before they come inside. (Before hugs, too.) Life with #LongCovid

I hope he uses this in his campaign launch video.

November 30 - First Aid For The People.

It’s not an either/or. Republicans are making everything more expensive AND they’re fascists

This petty, mob boss-wannabe tyrant and his cowardly followers are trying to take away our healthcare, restrict our movement by cutting air travel, take away our food, ban our books, gut our schools, and disappear our neighbors. This is authoritarianism. Resist. Resist relentlessly.

Well now I just want to ruin it more.

Did you call yesterday? If no, then call today. If yes, call again today.

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

Day 36 of the govt shutdown—and now the FAA plans to slash airline capacity by 10% at 40 of America’s busiest airports. Brilliant. Let’s ground flights instead of paying air traffic controllers & reopening the govt. ✈️💸 List of airports expected to be hit: Anchorage Interntl(ANC) #BlueSky #NewsSky

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Every time a pop-up window in an application asks if I'd like to use the AI option it's like a waiter smoothly asking if sir would care to try the shit platter

The nyt editors already have a biased angle in mind. They’re not seeking facts, they’re looking for quotes to fill in a predetermined narrative of bigotry. Every nyt story about us is intended to spread disinformation and foment discrimination. The leadership’s anti-trans animosity is deeply held

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this. But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!

Well now.

Remember, if you accidentally misgender or deadname someone, it's very easy to just say "Shit, sorry," and then say the correct name or pronoun. The two important follow-ups are to not rend your garments and make it all about you and to then also make sure you work hard on not doing it again.

NYCers: now is the time to push your council members to commit to funding our libraries. The system is only asking for a measly .5% of the city's budget! And think of all the good the library does with that tiny sliver actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back. That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

ICE has been seizing people in Allston. Boston area folks, spread the word about the LUCE hotline to report ICE sightings. And here's stickers you can print and put up anywhere:

Re-upping this today as ICE makes raids in Allston:

LOCAL ELECTION RESULT: Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board. For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.

I know everyone is celebrating Mamdani, but in my hometown, Wichita Kansas, the City Council and school board election results are absolutely seismic: www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...

Get the book! It's particularly relevant as we begin the generational handoff in power. Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/100021/978... Amazon: www.amazon.com/When-Were-Ch...

I've gotten this question a bunch. Of the races I was watching on my cheat sheet, here are the GOP wins: —Nassau County executive & DA —mayor of Columbia, SC —mayor of Binghamton, NY —mayor of Manchester, NH —prosecutor of Virginia Beach —a special election for NH state House note: all holds

Hero.

Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.

YESSSSSSSS

Good morning to more good news!!!

AYE @democrats.org FUCK THAT MOVING TO THE CENTER BULLSHIT. NO MORE OF THAT. EITHER YOU MOVE LEFT OR MOVE TF OUT THE WAY.

“Right now, our city is being targeted because we refuse to stop doing what they say is impossible: take care of our people, take care of everyone. Wannabe dictators don’t like seeing proof that democracy works.” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said in her victory speech: https://bit.ly/47pNkeX

they’re going to make the entire 2026 midterms about trans kids in bathrooms and they are going to get absolutely dunked to hell protect trans kids: it’s the right thing to do and you’re going to win

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Okay. Last night was great. But the fight’s just starting. Today we MUST call our Dem senators and tell them to stand strong, to hold the damn door! It’s the R’s who need to cave in the shutdown battle. Pressure on, team USA!

open.substack.com/pub/gelliott... Here’s your morning read!!

🧵 👇🏽 tl:dr: call your Democrats in the Senate and tell them to NOT cave in. Any "bipartisan negotiation" that leads to Democrats caving now will kill a LOT of people before it's all done.

Woke, we are so back!

A big win for progressives, and criminal justice reformers, in Philly.

What we know so far, 9:30pm —Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG. —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani up —Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA —JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy. —Dems sweep Orlando council —PA: Dem justices up big —Maine anti-mail vote measure down —Krasner wins

I expect to see Schumer's resignation letter on my desk in the morning.

Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states. Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.

Oh no, somebody thinks I’m the head of the FBI