Eli
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Leftist political analyst focusing on Georgia & RI. Notorious optimist. | cishet, autistic, 27
📍Sandy Springs, GA
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Yesterday, State Rep. David Morales won the Democratic primary for Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, defeating first-term incumbent Brett Smiley. Morales identifies as a democratic socialist and has promised to implement rent stabilization and the results of an upcoming divestment referendum.
personally I call him Melon Husk
September 17, 2026 at 6:13 AM
personally I call him Melon Husk
one of the weirder parts of doing what I do is that every once in a while a government disclosure website has unredacted driver's licenses or credit card numbers or check images
September 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM
one of the weirder parts of doing what I do is that every once in a while a government disclosure website has unredacted driver's licenses or credit card numbers or check images
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“Cases like Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s used to be less routine. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, an immigration attorney who currently represents Abrego Garcia, told Politico on Monday that he worked on three illegal deportation cases between 2008 and 2025. Now, his firm gets three such cases every month.”
according to politico, since Jan. 2025, Trump admin has deported 170+ people “in violation of court orders,” “in defiance of legally mandated due process protections,” or “to countries from which they had sought or received protection from torture and persecution”
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The Trump Justice Department Is Way Too Comfortable Violating Court Orders
Judges have tools for responding to noncompliance. They just have to use them.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
“Cases like Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s used to be less routine. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, an immigration attorney who currently represents Abrego Garcia, told Politico on Monday that he worked on three illegal deportation cases between 2008 and 2025. Now, his firm gets three such cases every month.”
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80% of AI news at this point consists of a company announcing “we wrote a computer virus” then there’s something about the apocalypse or regulation, then the next news story is like “we wrote another computer virus.”
September 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
80% of AI news at this point consists of a company announcing “we wrote a computer virus” then there’s something about the apocalypse or regulation, then the next news story is like “we wrote another computer virus.”
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Remember when Obama was presented with a copy of the Witcher 2?
September 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Remember when Obama was presented with a copy of the Witcher 2?
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The world needs fewer Kennedys and more Brian Deers
![In November 2004, Channel 4 broadcast a one-hour Dispatches investigation by reporter Brian Deer; the Toronto Star said Deer had "produced documentary evidence that Wakefield applied for a patent on a single-jab measles vaccine before his campaign against the MMR vaccine, raising questions about his motives". 27][68][69]
In addition to Wakefield's unpublished initial patent submission, 681 Deer released a copy of the published patent application.?! On page 1, the first paragraph of this stated:
The present invention relates to a new vaccine/immunisation for the prevention and/or prophylaxis against measles virus infection and to a pharmaceutical or therapeutic composition for the treatment of IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease); particularly Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis and regressive behavioural disease (RBD).
Before describing the research in Wakefield's 1998 paper in The Lancet, at the same page this patent explicitly states that the use of the MMR vaccine causes autism:
It has now also been shown that use of the
MMR vaccine (which is taken to include live attenuated measles vaccine virus, measles virus en.wikipedia.org
virus and rubella vaccine virus, and wild strains of](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cuowqu3bimpxo4plxd4pg3eh/bafkreifcv4hdiy3gh2zap3pkyqnflf4cvoiuzuzusbblwtgdnpei5hzaki)
September 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The world needs fewer Kennedys and more Brian Deers
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Emerson poll of TX Sen/Gov tomorrow morning
Quinnipiac National poll is in the field and will be released next week
YouGov polls of NC-Sen, GA Sen/Gov in the field as well
Quinnipiac National poll is in the field and will be released next week
YouGov polls of NC-Sen, GA Sen/Gov in the field as well
September 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Emerson poll of TX Sen/Gov tomorrow morning
Quinnipiac National poll is in the field and will be released next week
YouGov polls of NC-Sen, GA Sen/Gov in the field as well
Quinnipiac National poll is in the field and will be released next week
YouGov polls of NC-Sen, GA Sen/Gov in the field as well
Literally the day after that appeals court ruling that Kalshi is sports gambling, I started getting Kalshi ads that emphasize you can bet on the weather
September 17, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Literally the day after that appeals court ruling that Kalshi is sports gambling, I started getting Kalshi ads that emphasize you can bet on the weather
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our opponent has gotten more than 5k in donations from landlords and construction companies, and 2k from the IBEW after Callee came out against data centers. we could really use some help affording a second round of mailers! secure.actblue.com/donate/calle...
September 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
our opponent has gotten more than 5k in donations from landlords and construction companies, and 2k from the IBEW after Callee came out against data centers. we could really use some help affording a second round of mailers! secure.actblue.com/donate/calle...
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September 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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I’m sure that the developer clamoring for access to Yosemite is promising Trump a kickback of some kind, but to me that’s incidental to the larger point that Trump loves to ruin good things. His orientation is anti-human and anti-civilization and he does whatever he can to hurt people.
August 28, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I’m sure that the developer clamoring for access to Yosemite is promising Trump a kickback of some kind, but to me that’s incidental to the larger point that Trump loves to ruin good things. His orientation is anti-human and anti-civilization and he does whatever he can to hurt people.
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I’m fascinated by policies like these because you simply can’t justify them. No interest group is making a private investment case compelling enough to supersede the rights of the Americans to access that land.
You only do it if cruelty is your guiding principle and objective. You have to be evil.
You only do it if cruelty is your guiding principle and objective. You have to be evil.
TRUMP ADMIN MULLS PUTTING PART OF YOSEMITE IN PRIVATE HANDS: WP
August 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I’m fascinated by policies like these because you simply can’t justify them. No interest group is making a private investment case compelling enough to supersede the rights of the Americans to access that land.
You only do it if cruelty is your guiding principle and objective. You have to be evil.
You only do it if cruelty is your guiding principle and objective. You have to be evil.
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The House can, if it wants, go all Sherlock Holmes on uncovering the hidden smoking gun over many tedious months of investigation. But it's a dumb exercise when the crime was committed in plain daylight, the relevant facts are all publicly known, and everyone's already made up their minds about it.
September 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The House can, if it wants, go all Sherlock Holmes on uncovering the hidden smoking gun over many tedious months of investigation. But it's a dumb exercise when the crime was committed in plain daylight, the relevant facts are all publicly known, and everyone's already made up their minds about it.
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The closest a presidential impeachment has ever come to conviction was passed by the House on a one-sentence resolution three days after the offense (Johnson firing Stanton), and the next-closest was passed by the House a week after the offense (Jan 6).
September 16, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The closest a presidential impeachment has ever come to conviction was passed by the House on a one-sentence resolution three days after the offense (Johnson firing Stanton), and the next-closest was passed by the House a week after the offense (Jan 6).
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After a nationwide search , the next boss of Georgia’s university system was found at the southern company alumni assn
Press release features quote from David dove, Brian kemp’s former chief of staff, turned regulated industry guy at troutman pepper #gapol
www.usg.edu/news/release...
Press release features quote from David dove, Brian kemp’s former chief of staff, turned regulated industry guy at troutman pepper #gapol
www.usg.edu/news/release...
Board of Regents Names Thomas A. Fanning Sole Finalist for USG Chancellor | University System of Georgia
<p>Following a comprehensive national search, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia voted to name Thomas A. Fanning as the sole finalist for chancellor of the University System of G...
www.usg.edu
September 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
After a nationwide search , the next boss of Georgia’s university system was found at the southern company alumni assn
Press release features quote from David dove, Brian kemp’s former chief of staff, turned regulated industry guy at troutman pepper #gapol
www.usg.edu/news/release...
Press release features quote from David dove, Brian kemp’s former chief of staff, turned regulated industry guy at troutman pepper #gapol
www.usg.edu/news/release...
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Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow.
Mike Johnson knows it, we know it.
So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
Mike Johnson knows it, we know it.
So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
House to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN Politics
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o...
www.cnn.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow.
Mike Johnson knows it, we know it.
So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
Mike Johnson knows it, we know it.
So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
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New Chancellor of the University System of Georgia announced: www.usg.edu/news/release...
Board of Regents Names Thomas A. Fanning Sole Finalist for USG Chancellor | University System of Georgia
<p>Following a comprehensive national search, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia voted to name Thomas A. Fanning as the sole finalist for chancellor of the University System of G...
www.usg.edu
September 16, 2026 at 9:18 PM
New Chancellor of the University System of Georgia announced: www.usg.edu/news/release...
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How Ed Miliband's late mum was at the forefront of his mind during his statement on Israel-Palestine.
September 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
How Ed Miliband's late mum was at the forefront of his mind during his statement on Israel-Palestine.
And a terrible legacy for Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana)
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) on Wednesday said the nation’s worst measles outbreak in the United States in 35 years is “going to be a terrible legacy for this administration,” citing recent deaths in Pennsylvania.
Sen. Cassidy says measles surge will be administration’s ‘terrible legacy’
Under questioning by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Trump’s surgeon general pick Nicole Saphier called a combined vaccine “our greatest tool for combating measles infections.”
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September 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
And a terrible legacy for Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana)
How are transit people feeling about the 2026 Fulton T-SPLOST proposal?
September 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
How are transit people feeling about the 2026 Fulton T-SPLOST proposal?
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Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
September 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
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Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
www.nbcnews.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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study: updated Covid vaccines provide a large reduction in the risk of infection, severe illness, and hospitalization, particularly for pregnant women and young children jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season
This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...
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September 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
study: updated Covid vaccines provide a large reduction in the risk of infection, severe illness, and hospitalization, particularly for pregnant women and young children jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Jon Ossoff, one of the most dominant fundraisers Democrats have ever seen, is sending $3.6 million to the Georgia Democratic Party to boost other candidates on the ballot this year.
GA hosts major races for AG, SoS, legislature, Public Service Commission, and more.
GA hosts major races for AG, SoS, legislature, Public Service Commission, and more.
A $3.6M bet from Jon Ossoff that goes beyond his own reelection
The Democratic U.S. senator is putting money and people in the Georgia Democratic Party in a plan he hopes can boost candidates up and down the ballot.
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September 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Jon Ossoff, one of the most dominant fundraisers Democrats have ever seen, is sending $3.6 million to the Georgia Democratic Party to boost other candidates on the ballot this year.
GA hosts major races for AG, SoS, legislature, Public Service Commission, and more.
GA hosts major races for AG, SoS, legislature, Public Service Commission, and more.