Elle Segal

Amateur globetrotter, film buff, podcast fan, political junkie. Currently DC, formerly SF, originally Philly burbs. Retweets not endorsements/Views my own.

[Elle Segal @ElleSegal]

@JMGinDC Woo we are nearby in Gettysburg!

[Anthony Michael Kreis, FRHistS @AnthonyMKreis]

If we don’t want have judicial elections, fair enough. But when we allow the voters to have a direct say in who sits on the highest court, it is wrong for unelected lawyers to tell candidates that they should leave voters in a black box as to their views. Voters make this choice.

[Elle Segal @ElleSegal]

Happy Celebrate Trails Day! Thanks @REI for hosting team @railstotrails #celebratetrails

[Elle Segal @ElleSegal]

.@VeepHBO @OfficialJLD @Aiannucci did they steal this from you?

[emilie @emiliepfrank]

i’m sorry- is that first one the HOOHA act???

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

The Kate Middleton Photo Scandal has now got me seriously questioning this. 😒

[National Partnership @NPWF]

The stakes are high for working families ahead of tonight’s #SOTU. It’s no coincidence that paid leave isn’t offered in states with abortion bans or those that are likely to ban abortion. Economic security, reproductive justice, and health care are all on the line for women.

[Jacob Rubashkin @JacobRubashkin]

Steel and 123 other House GOP members sponsor the Life at Conception Act, which would "grant equal protection" to "each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization." It also mentions cloning. No carveout for IVF.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont says his state will purchase $1 billion of residents' medical debt for just $6.5 million.

Then he will cancel it all, abolishing medical debt for 250,000 people.

This is the first time a state has forgiven medical debt at a massive scale.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

President Biden on Friday canceled nearly $5 billion in student loan debt for 74,000 people, most of whom are teachers, nurses, firefighters and others in public service. More than 43 million Americans owe $1.6 trillion in federal loans for college. https://t.co/8fNaKxz5vu

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Workers in Georgia won one of the most improbable union victories in a generation.

They unionized Blue Bird—the country’s largest electric school bus maker—in the anti-union South.

We dug into how they did it, and what it will take to turn their victory into a wave.

[Susie Lee @SusieLeeNV]

A handful of judges made a decision that should have been hers.

In the United States of America, no woman should have to flee her home state for emergency medical care.

But extreme, MAGA Republicans have made this our reality.

[Elle Segal @ElleSegal]

.@galendruke @FiveThirtyEight good or bad use of polling?

[MonmouthPoll @MonmouthPoll]

NATIONAL POLL: Most Americans (79%) are confident they will end up on Santa’s “nice list” this year.

Just 10% believe their name will be on his “naughty list” and another 11% are not sure which list they will end up on.

https://t.co/5ROEfdDh8M

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Today, we remember trailblazer Sandra Day O'Connor - First Woman Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a person of immense courage and strength of character.

[Brady | United Against Gun Violence @bradybuzz]

Three Palestinian-American students are still recovering after being shot in an alleged hate crime. Whether a synagogue in Pittsburgh, grocery store in Buffalo, spa in Atlanta, or church in Charleston, easy access to guns make hate more lethal. #DisarmHate
https://t.co/cYpuuwYMQ0

[Kavitha Surana @Ksurana6]

After Roe fell, many believed that abortion bans that were triggered would be clarified in 2023 to include more exceptions covering health risks, rape, incest, and fatal fetal anomalies.

But a @propublica review of 12 of the strictest abortion bans found that didn’t happen.

[melissa “cancelled student debt” byrne @mcbyrne]

Oh please don’t threaten us with abortion being on the ballot in 2024

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

I've seen enough: in a victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1, a measure to establish a right to an abortion in the state constitution, passes.

[Elle Segal @ElleSegal]

@HDTGM please please please cover the 2017 Mummy remake with Tom Cruise. Just bananas.

[Ami Dar @AmiDar]

15 days of writing in one tweet: I am sad and angry and appalled. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Freedom and dignity for all. Release all the hostages now. Let the aid in. Stop and think. Without a vision for a shared future, this does not end.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

There’s a lot of pressure to dig your heels in on a position, especially as an elected official. It takes strong character to change your position. Good on Rep. Golden.