Eli
@elium2.com
Leftist political analyst focusing on Georgia & RI. Sometimes I talk about justice. | cishet, autistic, 27
📍Sandy Springs, GA
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@elium2.com
· Oct 23
2025 Nov. qual. muni candidates by @elium2 (GA)
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Here's my 2025 Georgia candidate list! I've listed general election candidates for every municipality in the state with at least 2,000 people (as of the 2020 Census), and I'm working on smaller jurisdictions as well. Special elections are probably not comprehensive.
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Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
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Jewish Insider is freaking out over Tennessee 7th because the Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn is pro-Palestine and factually asserts that Israel has committed genocide.
"Once someone wins their party’s nomination, the penalty for holding ideologically extreme views isn’t as costly as it once was."
"Once someone wins their party’s nomination, the penalty for holding ideologically extreme views isn’t as costly as it once was."
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Jewish Insider is freaking out over Tennessee 7th because the Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn is pro-Palestine and factually asserts that Israel has committed genocide.
"Once someone wins their party’s nomination, the penalty for holding ideologically extreme views isn’t as costly as it once was."
"Once someone wins their party’s nomination, the penalty for holding ideologically extreme views isn’t as costly as it once was."
Content creators are specifically included as an occupation eligible for tips. But not, you know, THAT kind of content. Pretty absurd if you ask me!
gift link to the new NYT story on exclusions to "no tax on tips," successfully pushed by Family Research Council, among others, targeting sex workers for IRS scrutiny by excluding tips earned from "pornography" without defining pornography
For ‘No Tax on Tips,’ the I.R.S. Gets Intimate
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Content creators are specifically included as an occupation eligible for tips. But not, you know, THAT kind of content. Pretty absurd if you ask me!
“‘Big WIN for the Great State of Texas!!!’ President Trump wrote in a Truth Social post published in response to the devastation that left 35 dead and 828 injured.”
Earth Rumbles, Dishes Crash To Floor As Gerrymandering Rips Through House
SAN ANTONIO—With the GOP’s redrawn congressional maps taking effect across Texas, a local family reported Friday that the earth rumbled and dishes crashed to the floor as gerrymandering ripped through...
theonion.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“‘Big WIN for the Great State of Texas!!!’ President Trump wrote in a Truth Social post published in response to the devastation that left 35 dead and 828 injured.”
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers https://theonion.com/trump-announces-5000-increase-in-all-numbers/
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers https://theonion.com/trump-announces-5000-increase-in-all-numbers/
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Spoke with Court of Appeals Judge Toby Hampson, who was on a panel that moved to toss out ballots of NC voters who were falsely accused of never residing in the state. "We were just making assumptions about these voters based on their appearance on a list," Hampson said. #ncpol
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Spoke with Court of Appeals Judge Toby Hampson, who was on a panel that moved to toss out ballots of NC voters who were falsely accused of never residing in the state. "We were just making assumptions about these voters based on their appearance on a list," Hampson said. #ncpol
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This piece hit hard for me, as it tracks with why my daughter stopped playing soccer at recess. The boys wouldn't let the girls play with them--only against them and with fewer players. But when girls scored anyway, some boys would cheat and play to hurt the girls, to the point where it wasn't fun.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This piece hit hard for me, as it tracks with why my daughter stopped playing soccer at recess. The boys wouldn't let the girls play with them--only against them and with fewer players. But when girls scored anyway, some boys would cheat and play to hurt the girls, to the point where it wasn't fun.
Good piece.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Good piece.
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Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.
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The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
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Trump is promoting a poll by Cooper Jacks, second-vice chair of the Walker County GOP and former state teen GOP chair. He told me it was "by no means a 'professional' poll." It involved 369 voters, most involved in Republican groups. "I did it out of curiosity," he said. #gapol
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trump is promoting a poll by Cooper Jacks, second-vice chair of the Walker County GOP and former state teen GOP chair. He told me it was "by no means a 'professional' poll." It involved 369 voters, most involved in Republican groups. "I did it out of curiosity," he said. #gapol
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The president posted/reposted more than 100 times last night from 7:20 pm to midnight, attacking Democrats and immigrants, pushing conspiracy theories (including from Alex Jones), proudly sharing the video when he called a woman reporter “stupid,” and much more. Wild stuff.
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The president posted/reposted more than 100 times last night from 7:20 pm to midnight, attacking Democrats and immigrants, pushing conspiracy theories (including from Alex Jones), proudly sharing the video when he called a woman reporter “stupid,” and much more. Wild stuff.
Eli: “Speaker Johnson, do you agree with Trump’s statement that George Washington was a ‘total loser’?”
Mike Johnson: “Jeff who?”
Eli: “George Washington. The first president of the United States.”
Johnson: “Sorry, never heard of him.”
Mike Johnson: “Jeff who?”
Eli: “George Washington. The first president of the United States.”
Johnson: “Sorry, never heard of him.”
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Eli: “Speaker Johnson, do you agree with Trump’s statement that George Washington was a ‘total loser’?”
Mike Johnson: “Jeff who?”
Eli: “George Washington. The first president of the United States.”
Johnson: “Sorry, never heard of him.”
Mike Johnson: “Jeff who?”
Eli: “George Washington. The first president of the United States.”
Johnson: “Sorry, never heard of him.”
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Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
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NEW: North Carolina prison officials, this summer, raised the price of items that incarcerated people can buy.
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It - Bolts
It’s 4:30 pm on a Monday as Colell Steele stands in front of the closed canteen window at Neuse Correctional, a medium-custody prison in North Carolina. He’s lined up to... Read More
boltsmag.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW: North Carolina prison officials, this summer, raised the price of items that incarcerated people can buy.
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
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Amanda Aguilar, an immigration lawyer, said cartels held one of her clients for ransom immediately after his deportation to Mexico via the Tamaulipas border.
“My clients will say, ‘Can you please ask them not to drop me off in Tamaulipas?” Aguilar said. “And I do ask, but ICE just doesn’t care.”
“My clients will say, ‘Can you please ask them not to drop me off in Tamaulipas?” Aguilar said. “And I do ask, but ICE just doesn’t care.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Amanda Aguilar, an immigration lawyer, said cartels held one of her clients for ransom immediately after his deportation to Mexico via the Tamaulipas border.
“My clients will say, ‘Can you please ask them not to drop me off in Tamaulipas?” Aguilar said. “And I do ask, but ICE just doesn’t care.”
“My clients will say, ‘Can you please ask them not to drop me off in Tamaulipas?” Aguilar said. “And I do ask, but ICE just doesn’t care.”
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In interviews with immigration lawyers, watchdogs, and deportees themselves, @thebarbedwire.com found that hardships for detained migrants do not end after deportation to Mexico — in addition to unemployment, word has spread of dangers, including cartels.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/m...
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Mexico Publicized a New Strategy to ‘Embrace’ Deportees. Instead, Many Have Found Danger and Unemployment.
Hardships for detained migrants do not end after deportation into Mexico.
thebarbedwire.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In interviews with immigration lawyers, watchdogs, and deportees themselves, @thebarbedwire.com found that hardships for detained migrants do not end after deportation to Mexico — in addition to unemployment, word has spread of dangers, including cartels.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/m...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/m...
This does not feel like a great sign for Dontaye. I voted over a week ago.
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This does not feel like a great sign for Dontaye. I voted over a week ago.
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Mike Johnson says in response to my question about Trump using the word “retarded” to describe Tim Walz “that's not the word I would choose, but I think everybody understands how absurd and crazy that is.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Mike Johnson says in response to my question about Trump using the word “retarded” to describe Tim Walz “that's not the word I would choose, but I think everybody understands how absurd and crazy that is.”
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Stephen Miller and his friends in the government adore the 1924 Immigration and Nationality Act, which created the "Asiatic Barred Zone" and heavily restricted immigration from anywhere other than Western and Northern Europe.
100 years later, they're trying to replicate it.
100 years later, they're trying to replicate it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Stephen Miller and his friends in the government adore the 1924 Immigration and Nationality Act, which created the "Asiatic Barred Zone" and heavily restricted immigration from anywhere other than Western and Northern Europe.
100 years later, they're trying to replicate it.
100 years later, they're trying to replicate it.
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Breaking on MS NOW: The Trump Justice Department is considering seeking another indictment of James Comey this week in the Eastern District of Virginia. It might be going before a grand jury today.
This would be in lieu of appealing the ruling from last week dismissing the case against Comey.
This would be in lieu of appealing the ruling from last week dismissing the case against Comey.
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Breaking on MS NOW: The Trump Justice Department is considering seeking another indictment of James Comey this week in the Eastern District of Virginia. It might be going before a grand jury today.
This would be in lieu of appealing the ruling from last week dismissing the case against Comey.
This would be in lieu of appealing the ruling from last week dismissing the case against Comey.
I've requested cast vote record (CVR) data from many counties both this year and last year. Fulton is the only one that has seemed not to know what a CVR is, marking my requests as satisfied while providing the wrong data both years.
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I've requested cast vote record (CVR) data from many counties both this year and last year. Fulton is the only one that has seemed not to know what a CVR is, marking my requests as satisfied while providing the wrong data both years.
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In March, amid an anti-trans legislative push in the Georgia General Assembly, the Atlanta Roller Derby and the Trans Basketball League called on allies to support the trans community and defy Senate Bill 1.
Atlanta sports leagues defy anti-trans bill SB 1
Gnoems Griffin a.k.a. "Twink 182" of the Glamma Rays engages with audience members after league play against the Black Water Reapers at the Atlanta Roller
atlpresscollective.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In March, amid an anti-trans legislative push in the Georgia General Assembly, the Atlanta Roller Derby and the Trans Basketball League called on allies to support the trans community and defy Senate Bill 1.
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It is true that the timed test suits particular kinds of neurotypes better than others, and so a lot of people need accommodations in order to do their best work in that context. There is a lesson here, but it’s not that too many people have accommodations.
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It is true that the timed test suits particular kinds of neurotypes better than others, and so a lot of people need accommodations in order to do their best work in that context. There is a lesson here, but it’s not that too many people have accommodations.