Elly Stephen

Artist, Political Science Major at UConn, LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈, Liberal, UConn Women’s Rugby 🏉 UConn and Maryland women’s basketball fan, Nika Mühl stan

[Kyle Huesmann @HuesmannKyle]

Pulling a guys scholarship a month before he arrives on campus after he’s been committed for four years out of fear that he might have to leave for cancer treatment seems like an almost inconceivable thing to do.

Not inconceivable enough for Mike Bianco.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

In the age of AI, this is what integrity looks like

[BEELZE ૮₍˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶₎ა @beezlebruhxx]

The amount of black KIDS that have been found swingin from trees or found dead by the hands of their "friends" or just because of the color of their skin in the last month is so disheartening and not enough people are speaking out about it😭

[Your Fav Disabled Hottie❤️‍🔥 @nilanmorton]

I got an apology and will be compensated for the inconvenience. Yay for me speaking up and advocating for myself 🥰

[Zeroxy @Zeroxy_]

Can someone who lives in the kansas area please forward this to the authorities, i don't know what I'm able to do from Norway but this person randomly said this in my twitch chat and didnt comment further. RTs appreciated as I really need someone from kansas to see this.

[bint al-shamsa @bintalshamsa]

This is sexual assault. This was the sexual assault of seven Black children at school, by adults who were supposed to protect them.

[Roberto @RobertSoluciona]

Este señor cumplió a cabalidad su objetivo, visibilizar la historia de abuso, sometimiento y revolución del Congo a través de un simple homenaje a héroe africano anticolonialista Patrice Emery Lumumba🙋🏿‍♂️, tanto así que EEUU le prohibió cobardemente su ingreso al país.

[The Associated Press @AP]

A certain dam-building rodent is taking center stage in a World Cup-themed contest in Toronto. The Great Beaver Quest challenges visitors to locate 51 beaver statues that have been strategically placed throughout the city’s Old Town Toronto neighborhood.

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

Yeah, this has been very sudden and I’m trying to adjust. Asking for privacy as I ascend.

[K.Diallo ☭ @nyeusi_waasi]

Lumumba Vea, DR Congo's most iconic supporter, will miss the Leopards' decisive World Cup match against Uzbekistan after failing to obtain a U.S. visa. Stranded in Mexico, he was forced to return home to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, meaning he'll also miss any remaining matches if DR Congo advances. I've seen enough. This is the worst-organized World Cup I've ever witnessed.

[girlsay. @_GirlSay]

im abt to be thinking of this all day

[B L A K E L E Y™℠©® LLC @_iamblakeley]

LOLOLOL so instead of getting the fucking message that voters are sending, they’re like “what if we formed a coalition to try to destroy them?”

This is why ppl hate the Democratic Party. Look at what contempt they have for their own voters. They want top down control and when the people pick, they’re furious.

[Ariana Jasmine @arianajasmine__]

Florida tried to create "Alligator Alcatraz."

The Miccosukee Tribe stood up and sued. As a result, Alligator Alcatraz was officially shut down today.

We need to thank the Miccosukee Nation for their courage and attention to this fight; this victory wouldn't have happened without their commitment to protecting our environment.

[ɠɧıʂɧ @rirokpik]

Dear white women. The Handmaids Tale did not "predict the future," it is without exaggeration based on the real treatment of Black and Indigenous people thru history. It HAS happened, its BEEN happening, its just for the first time it is happening to YOU. Get it together.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.

[Lauren Hitt @LaurenHitt]

An important section from Brad Lander’s speech last night…

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

On June 19, 1865, African American communities in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from slavery — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.

For 161 years, Juneteenth has been a day of remembrance for the freedom that was delayed. It is also a celebration of the joy and resilience that flourished despite that delay.

The contributions of African Americans, whose struggle for freedom shaped our nation, are immeasurable. Yet too many Black families continue to bear the brunt of an affordability crisis that has pushed them out of the neighborhoods and communities they've built.

True freedom has a tangible impact on daily life: the ability to afford housing, earn a living wage, put food on the table, support a family, and create a future for generations to come.

As we celebrate today, we must recommit ourselves to ensuring this freedom is fully realized.

Happy Juneteenth, New York City.

[Clit Dempsey ⚽️ @thotzekage]

The cop physically hit Saveion with his car and then shot him in the back….im running out of words

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter

P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.