Ellen Gray 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
@elgray1.bsky.social
Off deadline. Ex-Philly Inquirer. Recovering TV critic, still judgy. Knitter, bike lover, Pilates fan. Philadelphia Daily News forever. She/her
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Ellen Gray 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
@elgray1.bsky.social
· Nov 15
With each new move, my social-media reach shrinks exponentially. This probably isn’t a terrible thing.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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All you young people
who missed out
on previous authoritarian presidencies
just got to experience
War for Oil AND Kent State
in the same week.
who missed out
on previous authoritarian presidencies
just got to experience
War for Oil AND Kent State
in the same week.
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
All you young people
who missed out
on previous authoritarian presidencies
just got to experience
War for Oil AND Kent State
in the same week.
who missed out
on previous authoritarian presidencies
just got to experience
War for Oil AND Kent State
in the same week.
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Words to live by
If you're on the Death Star, nobody cares that you only did it for the college money
January 7, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Words to live by
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
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Paid family leave requirements are finally in effect here in #Minnesota.
Since I read out-of-state commentary about this:
Please be aware that it was Melissa Hortman leading the DFL in the state legislature who passed the bill.
Since I read out-of-state commentary about this:
Please be aware that it was Melissa Hortman leading the DFL in the state legislature who passed the bill.
January 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Paid family leave requirements are finally in effect here in #Minnesota.
Since I read out-of-state commentary about this:
Please be aware that it was Melissa Hortman leading the DFL in the state legislature who passed the bill.
Since I read out-of-state commentary about this:
Please be aware that it was Melissa Hortman leading the DFL in the state legislature who passed the bill.
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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I'm a former federal prosecutor who handled criminal prosecutions for DOJ. This comment by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social is exactly correct.
December 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'm a former federal prosecutor who handled criminal prosecutions for DOJ. This comment by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social is exactly correct.
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Politicians introduced 96 bills targeting transgender student athletes in 2025.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Politicians introduced 96 bills targeting transgender student athletes in 2025.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
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Deleting earlier post because this sounds legit.
1. Keep your eye on the ball, people
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Deleting earlier post because this sounds legit.
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Bari Weiss is going to have to put this on hold unless God is willing to do an on-camera interview.
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Bari Weiss is going to have to put this on hold unless God is willing to do an on-camera interview.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
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The irony is, there actually IS one person I can think of who talks eloquently, and often, about how his faith informs him as a person and a citizen, and who does it in a way that even atheists listen to and respect. But CBS canceled his late-night show and it’s going off the air in May.
December 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The irony is, there actually IS one person I can think of who talks eloquently, and often, about how his faith informs him as a person and a citizen, and who does it in a way that even atheists listen to and respect. But CBS canceled his late-night show and it’s going off the air in May.
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Edward R. Murrow’s scheduled response to Senator Joseph McCarthy will not be seen tonight.
Bari Weiss has concerns.
Bari Weiss has concerns.
December 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Edward R. Murrow’s scheduled response to Senator Joseph McCarthy will not be seen tonight.
Bari Weiss has concerns.
Bari Weiss has concerns.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Watching the two #SpinalTap movies back-to-back on HBO Max and they’re making me happy and sad at the same time.
December 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Watching the two #SpinalTap movies back-to-back on HBO Max and they’re making me happy and sad at the same time.
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Richard Nixon and Rose Mary Woods are thinking, yikes, this is a bit much.
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Richard Nixon and Rose Mary Woods are thinking, yikes, this is a bit much.
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White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
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"Rob Reiner grew, and grew righteously, in the small-screen spotlight."
@thefienprint.bsky.social writes movingly on Reiner's TV legacy.
@thefienprint.bsky.social writes movingly on Reiner's TV legacy.
From Meathead to Mentor: A Critic’s Reflection on Rob Reiner’s TV Career
From 'All in the Family' to regular news network advocacy to roles on 'New Girl' and 'The Bear,' Reiner grew, and grew righteously, in the small-screen spotlight.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"Rob Reiner grew, and grew righteously, in the small-screen spotlight."
@thefienprint.bsky.social writes movingly on Reiner's TV legacy.
@thefienprint.bsky.social writes movingly on Reiner's TV legacy.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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I guess we are just going to count on the Mayor of New York saying the right words in tragedy now because nobody expects compassion or decency coming from the White House anymore.
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I guess we are just going to count on the Mayor of New York saying the right words in tragedy now because nobody expects compassion or decency coming from the White House anymore.
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Doorbell just rang. A package from Australia. The bookseller Nicholas Pounder sent me a small press print of my Times Literary Supplement poem, "Criseyde." It's a private, gift copy, and it has brought tears to my eyes this morning, for so many reasons.
November 6, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Doorbell just rang. A package from Australia. The bookseller Nicholas Pounder sent me a small press print of my Times Literary Supplement poem, "Criseyde." It's a private, gift copy, and it has brought tears to my eyes this morning, for so many reasons.
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Institutions with a purported mission to spread knowledge are actively attacking their audience’s brains
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Institutions with a purported mission to spread knowledge are actively attacking their audience’s brains
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This is about Putin’s Russia. Tell me it doesn’t ring a bell. slate.com/culture/2025...
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is about Putin’s Russia. Tell me it doesn’t ring a bell. slate.com/culture/2025...