Vickie Elmer
Journalist, feminist, optimist, mostly. Leader, creative type who seeks justice for all, small joys, chocolate and more generosity in the world. Detroit.
My org: Mintartistsguild.org
My writing: Here, there medium.com/@VickieElmer
- Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, calls the proposed changes to Medicaid "taxing the poor to give to the rich.” That's the new American way, under the Dump.
- Man behind me in TDA line seems straight out of #HandmaidsTale . He said he has not been to grocery store in years. Wifey takes care of all that. No, I didnt slap him. Tempted though.
- Oops, thats TSA. And I bet he is flying off to a brothel bros weekend! #yuck
- The latest Trump dump on the U.S. economy hits tourism and travel!
- Damn Excellent Imaginations indeed!
- 💥 "If we’re DEI, we are ‘Damn Excellent Imaginations,'" said Jon M. Chu ('Wicked,' 'Crazy Rich Asians') Poorna Jagannathan, star of 'Deli Boys' and 'Never Have I Ever' said: 'I’m DEI until I D-I-E.' www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
- Share a picture of your Mom or a mother figure in your life. Here's mine, with my 2 sons & 2 nieces. #mothersday #mymom
- A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind. “They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.” www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
- So so wrong.
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- Agree we need contact with good folx. Hope you find small joys this weekend!
- I hope you feel connected here, a bit. And that we all are preparing for a rough, tough spell.
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- Truth!
- I feel so grumpy right now.
- You choose which voices to uplift and share or reshare. Aim for 60% #women and #BIPOC here and everywhere. #diversity #dei #ourvoices
- Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea? 139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea. A 🧵
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- Thanks!
- I love the print you shared. Who is the artist who created it?
- This article shares the serious problem behind Red Dress Day and native #women - northeastnow.com/2025/05/05/r...
- Usually, I avoid wearing red because of the MAGA connection. But today, I am wearing bright red to mark Red Dress Day in #Canada. It is criminal that so many indigenous #women are missing. #reddressday
- Beautiful Janes Walk - #poetry walk in a #Toronto park. Grateful to Anna and poets Yang and Mui. #janeswalk #janejacobs #newfriends
- Horribly disrespectful. Of course, he is horrible and disrespectful!
- This is the official White House account.
- Horribly disrespectful. Or horrible and disrespectful!
- O Canada! I'm celebrating you and Jane Jacobs this weekend by going on 3 #JanesWalks in #Toronto.
- Counting on good ones like @sanders.senate.gov !
- Tough times sailing in, powered by the Trump #tariffs ... The last boats without crippling tariffs from China are arriving. The countdown to shortages and higher prices has begun www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/b...
- Yes! Charged up about #DEI at Amex.
- Money, money, money. It's a rich man's world, until we change it.
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- Yikes. Hope it heals almost as fast as it happens!
- Why? Creepy moves by the EEOC. theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
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- Creepy.
- Controlled burn. But who warned the neighbors or the creatures who live in the woods? No one. #detroit #burnitdown
- I need to make dinner. Again. Every night. Dinner. Who came up with that?
- Try takeout. Leftovers. Etc...
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- Ears first!
- Because of volatility caused by Trump tariffs, home buyers may take a 'wait and see' approach this spring, Zillow economist Kara Ng reports. Down payments may be tough to attain. #economy #mortgages
- Al Sharpton steps up on DEI. Target CEO Brian Cornell to meet with Al Sharpton to discuss DEI rollback www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/t...
- Truth.
- Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
- Bravo. Now I hope those Harvard lawyers are ready for a long fight for academic freedom!
- Unemployment rates rose in two-thirds of U.S. cities in February. But it was worse in a few Michigan cities. medium.com/@vickie.elme... #economy #tariffs #jobs
- Generosity lights up life. Mint Artists Guild gives plenty of paintings, including this one this week to a #Detroit dance nonprofit.
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- Speak up. Show up. Be you!
- Follow the money....
- if I'm understanding correctly, there is an extremely small, but non-zero, chance the U.S. financial system collapses today www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
- I cannot read this but it is probably a big hit by China. And yes, it will be bad for the U.S. financial system.
- Let's create some visible 'good trouble,' #Detroit . #powertothepeople
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- Ahhhhhhh. Thank you.
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- Yes, mint tea is wonderful.
- Vitamin C, lots of nsps snd mint tea.
- Well, his track record on listening to wise advice is almost as good as his business success....
- A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
- I hope Bridget returns to see an amazing art show starring her!
- We did it! Now we need another step forward.
