Marcus Ellsworth
@thinglythings.substack.com
An occasional poet
People have asked, so here is a list of organizations moving the needle in Tennessee in a positive direction for human rights and voter engagement. This is incomplete, and there are many local orgs focused on specific counties and regions of the state too.
November 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
People have asked, so here is a list of organizations moving the needle in Tennessee in a positive direction for human rights and voter engagement. This is incomplete, and there are many local orgs focused on specific counties and regions of the state too.
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Many of my readers have been concerned about the anti-trans ballot measures passing.
But there are already plans underway to ensure that they never go into effect.
Court challenges are incoming, and the state courts are very good.
I cover all measures here.
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But there are already plans underway to ensure that they never go into effect.
Court challenges are incoming, and the state courts are very good.
I cover all measures here.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Anti-Trans Ballot Measures Are Barely Passing, And They May Not Survive What Comes Next
There are already plans to defang or defeat anti-trans ballot measures in blue states.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Many of my readers have been concerned about the anti-trans ballot measures passing.
But there are already plans underway to ensure that they never go into effect.
Court challenges are incoming, and the state courts are very good.
I cover all measures here.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
But there are already plans underway to ensure that they never go into effect.
Court challenges are incoming, and the state courts are very good.
I cover all measures here.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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what i can't get over, looking at louisiana and mississippi and even alabama, is that the votes are *there*. it is absolutely possible with long term investment to make them competitive states
November 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
what i can't get over, looking at louisiana and mississippi and even alabama, is that the votes are *there*. it is absolutely possible with long term investment to make them competitive states
I could watch this all day.
November 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I could watch this all day.
I want to point out that turning against trans people did not help a single Democrat. So quit it and fix your hearts.
November 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I want to point out that turning against trans people did not help a single Democrat. So quit it and fix your hearts.
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This may be the first honest thing I've ever heard him say.
DeSantis: "Let's just be clear about what happened last night. This is as close to an extinction-level event for Republicans in many parts of the country probably as we have seen in the last 100 years ... if the Republican Party doesn't have Texas an anchor, we're not going to be viable nationally"
November 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
This may be the first honest thing I've ever heard him say.
I'm old enough to remember people who do nothing, don't live in the South, but like to pretend to be experts on regional politics saying that Georgia would never flip blue. I also remember speaking with actual grassroots organizers saying it was absolutely gonna shift if people kept doing the work.
November 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I'm old enough to remember people who do nothing, don't live in the South, but like to pretend to be experts on regional politics saying that Georgia would never flip blue. I also remember speaking with actual grassroots organizers saying it was absolutely gonna shift if people kept doing the work.
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The night was incredible for transgender people, but this morning, the work begins.
Anti-trans dems won in some places, but their voices are HEAVILY diluted with pro-trans dems winning R+30 seats. We must move them or remove them.
And the ballot measures can be fought in court and will.
Anti-trans dems won in some places, but their voices are HEAVILY diluted with pro-trans dems winning R+30 seats. We must move them or remove them.
And the ballot measures can be fought in court and will.
Yes the anti-trans dems won but like… EVERY Dem won. Even the pro trans ones in R+30 areas.
November 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The night was incredible for transgender people, but this morning, the work begins.
Anti-trans dems won in some places, but their voices are HEAVILY diluted with pro-trans dems winning R+30 seats. We must move them or remove them.
And the ballot measures can be fought in court and will.
Anti-trans dems won in some places, but their voices are HEAVILY diluted with pro-trans dems winning R+30 seats. We must move them or remove them.
And the ballot measures can be fought in court and will.
Don't tell me to not fucking hope and put in the work. Tennessee is next.
November 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Don't tell me to not fucking hope and put in the work. Tennessee is next.
Fuck this
"The American people don't want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is now poised to become the next House Speaker, says that Democrats will focus on affordability concerns and not retribution after their midterm wins.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is now poised to become the next House Speaker, says that Democrats will focus on affordability concerns and not retribution after their midterm wins.
November 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Fuck this
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The results are in: Election Night 2026 was a stunning rebuke of anti-trans politics.
From the western congressional district of Montana to a blue Texas, Republicans spent $200 million in anti-trans ads.
They suffered one of the worst defeats in history.
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From the western congressional district of Montana to a blue Texas, Republicans spent $200 million in anti-trans ads.
They suffered one of the worst defeats in history.
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A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics: Republicans Spent $200 Million Attacking Trans People And Lost Everything
How anti-trans ads brought Republican to their ruin in 2026.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The results are in: Election Night 2026 was a stunning rebuke of anti-trans politics.
From the western congressional district of Montana to a blue Texas, Republicans spent $200 million in anti-trans ads.
They suffered one of the worst defeats in history.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
From the western congressional district of Montana to a blue Texas, Republicans spent $200 million in anti-trans ads.
They suffered one of the worst defeats in history.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Tennessee will be next. Check back in two years.
November 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Tennessee will be next. Check back in two years.
How's that song go? Something something Losing Texas?
November 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
How's that song go? Something something Losing Texas?
Looks like Don Jr was right. They're going to make Ohio a state after all.
November 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Looks like Don Jr was right. They're going to make Ohio a state after all.
The best thing Lindsey Graham ever did for his state was drop dead.
November 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The best thing Lindsey Graham ever did for his state was drop dead.
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More history tonight!!
Georgia didn’t just send Jon Ossoff back to the U.S. Senate.
Voters elected Bentley Hudgins as the first trans, nonbinary lawmaker in the state legislature.
www.advocate.com/politics/ele...
Georgia didn’t just send Jon Ossoff back to the U.S. Senate.
Voters elected Bentley Hudgins as the first trans, nonbinary lawmaker in the state legislature.
www.advocate.com/politics/ele...
Bentley Hudgins wins Georgia Assembly seat as first out trans and nonbinary state lawmaker
The longtime organizer made history in the deep south.
www.advocate.com
November 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
More history tonight!!
Georgia didn’t just send Jon Ossoff back to the U.S. Senate.
Voters elected Bentley Hudgins as the first trans, nonbinary lawmaker in the state legislature.
www.advocate.com/politics/ele...
Georgia didn’t just send Jon Ossoff back to the U.S. Senate.
Voters elected Bentley Hudgins as the first trans, nonbinary lawmaker in the state legislature.
www.advocate.com/politics/ele...
These are the first respectable politicians with spines some young voters have had the opportunity to support. Amazing what integrity and care for other humans can inspire.
🔥U MICHIGAN STUDENT: “We grew up with a president who doesn’t respect the office… people who vote for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social are the most pro-America… Abdul, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, who are personable + bring respect back to politics, is the reason the younger generation vibes with them."
November 4, 2026 at 12:58 AM
These are the first respectable politicians with spines some young voters have had the opportunity to support. Amazing what integrity and care for other humans can inspire.
I'm sure the fact that these are all Democratic strongholds or left leaning counties is pure coincidence.
Trump's Justice Department announced it is sending about 1,000 "election monitors" to polling places in all 50 states
www.huffpost.com/entry/electi...
www.huffpost.com/entry/electi...
November 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I'm sure the fact that these are all Democratic strongholds or left leaning counties is pure coincidence.
Never take political advice from closeted twinks.
Their politics are really about their punishment kinks.
Their politics are really about their punishment kinks.
Republican Wisconsin Congress candidate Michael Alfonso (son in law of Sean Duffy): "I'm only 26 years old, but I've never seen a poll that was real. Every single one is fake."
November 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Never take political advice from closeted twinks.
Their politics are really about their punishment kinks.
Their politics are really about their punishment kinks.
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Yesterday, in a hostile 60 Minutes interview with a Bari Weiss acolyte who once called trans kids a “social contagion,” El-Sayed refused to budge on trans rights.
“A failure to show up and fight for that right is a failure to show up and fight for your own.”
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“A failure to show up and fight for that right is a failure to show up and fight for your own.”
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El-Sayed Refused To Hedge On Trans People Again In Hostile 60-Minutes Interview
Understand that a failure to show up and fight for that right is a failure to show up and fight for your own
www.erininthemorning.com
November 2, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Yesterday, in a hostile 60 Minutes interview with a Bari Weiss acolyte who once called trans kids a “social contagion,” El-Sayed refused to budge on trans rights.
“A failure to show up and fight for that right is a failure to show up and fight for your own.”
Subscribe to support our journalism.
“A failure to show up and fight for that right is a failure to show up and fight for your own.”
Subscribe to support our journalism.
I'd do what I do to make any of my demons go away: I lean forward and lick those teeth. They all hate it.
What would you do if you woke up and saw THIS staring at you? 🫢
October 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I'd do what I do to make any of my demons go away: I lean forward and lick those teeth. They all hate it.
That video making fun of millenials seems like a primarily white problem to me. I'll be laughing until they do one with an Erykah Badu track about Black millenials pretending to be spiritual and grounded.
October 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
That video making fun of millenials seems like a primarily white problem to me. I'll be laughing until they do one with an Erykah Badu track about Black millenials pretending to be spiritual and grounded.
Motivational signs at the Google offices:
October 30, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Motivational signs at the Google offices:
Not Patrick Stewart. Godsdammit.
October 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Not Patrick Stewart. Godsdammit.