Elle Wiltermuth
@music4muse.bsky.social
twitter and meta be gone! Kiitos Pronouns She/Her/Hän 🇺🇸 Amerikansuomalaisen 🇫🇮, student of education and Kalevala. puhu ystävällisesti ja astu sisään, olet tervetullut. Vet 4 ☮️,🤰of 3, 👩🏫 of 🎶, 🎷 👩🎤, ♟️ 🏳️⚧️
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Audre Lorde understood what courage requires. She knew silence was never safety and that it was better to speak.
An American writer, poet, professor, and civil rights activist who named injustice across race, gender, sexuality, and power.
Black History. Always. 🖤
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
An American writer, poet, professor, and civil rights activist who named injustice across race, gender, sexuality, and power.
Black History. Always. 🖤
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Audre Lorde understood what courage requires. She knew silence was never safety and that it was better to speak.
An American writer, poet, professor, and civil rights activist who named injustice across race, gender, sexuality, and power.
Black History. Always. 🖤
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
An American writer, poet, professor, and civil rights activist who named injustice across race, gender, sexuality, and power.
Black History. Always. 🖤
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
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This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh... small 🙌 is gone
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh... small 🙌 is gone
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There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
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"A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity"
For the memory of Frances Thompson, her friends and their brave stand ❤️
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/16/u...
For the memory of Frances Thompson, her friends and their brave stand ❤️
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/16/u...
She was the first transgender woman to testify before Congress. Then conservatives began attacking her identity | CNN
Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional protections to newly freed Black Americans. But it also came at a great perso...
edition.cnn.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
"A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity"
For the memory of Frances Thompson, her friends and their brave stand ❤️
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/16/u...
For the memory of Frances Thompson, her friends and their brave stand ❤️
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/16/u...
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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In California, police didn't investigate after two men were shot by federal immigration agents in separate incidents.
Police in Phoenix said they are leaving it to the FBI and ICE to probe the shooting of a man who allegedly fled immigration agents.
Police in Phoenix said they are leaving it to the FBI and ICE to probe the shooting of a man who allegedly fled immigration agents.
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
In California, police didn't investigate after two men were shot by federal immigration agents in separate incidents.
Police in Phoenix said they are leaving it to the FBI and ICE to probe the shooting of a man who allegedly fled immigration agents.
Police in Phoenix said they are leaving it to the FBI and ICE to probe the shooting of a man who allegedly fled immigration agents.
February 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Since the 🍊cult club things are getting difficult. Grief from loss is effecting so many people. The 💵 🌬️ are bring the US to its knees. Communities are important.
February 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Since the 🍊cult club things are getting difficult. Grief from loss is effecting so many people. The 💵 🌬️ are bring the US to its knees. Communities are important.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
There’s no imaginary “line” they won’t cross.
January 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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ICYMI: In a late night filing, DOJ argues the federal courts cannot force them to comply with the law requiring release of all the Epstein files.
January 17, 2026 at 4:55 AM
ICYMI: In a late night filing, DOJ argues the federal courts cannot force them to comply with the law requiring release of all the Epstein files.
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Update on story from a couple weeks ago.
ICE continue to arrest, imprison, assault, and kill America citizens.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
ICE continue to arrest, imprison, assault, and kill America citizens.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
Maryland mother who says she's a U.S. citizen is released from 25 days in ICE custody
Dulce Consuelo Díaz Morales and her lawyers say she was born in the U.S. and has documentation to prove it. ICE says she’s a Mexican citizen who entered the U.S. illegally.
www.nbcwashington.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Update on story from a couple weeks ago.
ICE continue to arrest, imprison, assault, and kill America citizens.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
ICE continue to arrest, imprison, assault, and kill America citizens.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)