I do understand Elle. I'm thankful for people just like you. I'm thankful for punk rock too. I am stuck once again in maga territory and I will not leave. First it was because of my friend in the nursing home, but now he suddenly passed away and is gone. I still have friends who live there. Now I stay for the children and the 229 tribes in my state. I will not run from them now. I myself will most likely be the one that goes missing or soon falls to my own health issues. But thanks to your help I was able to help so many more people begin to plan for the very worst. Stay strong and surround yourself with the helpers ✨️
This is your mission.😍😂😂😂😂! The Secretary will disavow your actions.😂😂😂😂! You will be just fine with Rick’s guidance. Take care ok ✅. I thought we could have a time to 😂😂😂😂😂! Goodnight 😘😴💤🌙.
Ellie, this hits like a tuning fork—every note of relief, frustration, love, and whiplash vibration I’ve felt in my own family rings here. The overlap is uncanny: the church-hopping, the “just you wait” prophecies, the doctrinal whiplash from Doxology to doom-scroll, the boxes of end-times beans. I’ve spent holidays quietly moving ivermectin tubes behind the pickles so my kids don’t ask why Grandma eats horse paste.
And yet we still board the plane, still sleep on the pull-out, still practice the deep-breath diplomacy of smile, nod, change subject. Because walking away feels like lighting the last bridge to the past on fire, and hope— however threadbare— keeps one plank standing.
You’ve articulated the contradiction so many of us swallow: you can set boundaries and still show up; you can love fiercely while safeguarding your kids’ reality; you can hold space for eventual transformation even if it never comes. It’s messy, exhausting, but strangely empowering once you realize you’re not alone and there’s no single “right” script.
Thank you for naming the ache and the perseverance. Here’s to portable sanity, whispered “no, thank yous,” and the quiet revolution of raising curious, kind humans who know how to sort truth from tinnitus. Safe travels back to your own space and your own cadence.
Thank you, ELLIE, very deep insight. WHICH MANY OF US CAN RELATE TO.. .
And are living that way. . . How do you hold your thoughts in words when you’re around them. Wishing you could truly speak the truth and show them.. .
You have shown Understand understanding And the ability for your children to grow and develop and to breathe free thinkers. The best gift any parent could give their child.🤗
Ellie, I have really enjoyed your writings… today I admire your courage and fortitude. You must be an amazing mother if you can help your children accepted such extreme ideologies.!! Thank you for sharing.
If only we could spread the word about Trump and Epstein, the case you wrote about previously, it SHOULD have shaken the world. The extent of the sexual abuse Trump did to that child is illegal😖
I have a few people I love like that. I have a friend I made only six months ago that is struggling with addiction and has been friended by someone who is like that, and I am very worried for her, because she has started saying things that fall into conspiracy theory. I’m trying to keep her informed, but she seems to get less interested in spending time with me. I know she is vulnerable to being attracted to a more consuming position.
I read this and thought about how tired this visit must be making you. You’re a good daughter. ❤️
Thank you. I think when you love someone enough you stick by even when it feels like you're beating your head against the wall. My mom is and was a good mom, but I'd like to have her back.
I don’t know if you read “My Favorite MAGA Voter,” but my husband was a Trump supporter. A part of me has wondered what J6 would have done to his support. He died November 2020.
You are doing an amazing job, loving your past, present, and future. The past for the exposure to God knows how many ways your mother tried to make sense of her world, the present for dealing with it yourself and with your family, and the future by giving your children and others a model for living in a loving, safe, and healthy way.
This is fascinating, Ellie. I simply cannot imagine having a MAGA mother. My abusive parents severed relations with me forty years ago, but oddly enough, while we still spoke our one safe space was politics.
I now realize, though, that the LBJ sign in our picture window—as big as a king-sized sheet—was not really about their convictions. (We lived in a sundown town at the beach, so advocating for civil rights was strictly hypothetical in our case.) My parents adored messing with the heads of their neighborhood drinking buddies, all Republicans who today would be MAGA.
My girlfriend gets an antibody infusion every month, and her nurse is full of conspiracy this and wait-and-see that. Everything is coming, right around the corner, and there’s a huge, shadowy cabal that controls it all that only one man has the power to overcome. I’ll let you guess who that man is. So many times I’ve … not pushed back, but that gentle, sideways, “I’m not sure that’s actually the case” response when something hits me especially weird, but since she’s a good stick and pretty helpful that’s as far as I go. It’s sad that so many of them are so hard to talk to…. Our roommate gets outright angry if you even so much as breathe a liberal point of view around him (although he is grateful for his Medicare and Medicaid) so… idk what to do. Let reality take its hold I guess.
I do understand Elle. I'm thankful for people just like you. I'm thankful for punk rock too. I am stuck once again in maga territory and I will not leave. First it was because of my friend in the nursing home, but now he suddenly passed away and is gone. I still have friends who live there. Now I stay for the children and the 229 tribes in my state. I will not run from them now. I myself will most likely be the one that goes missing or soon falls to my own health issues. But thanks to your help I was able to help so many more people begin to plan for the very worst. Stay strong and surround yourself with the helpers ✨️
Yes, "look for the helpers!"
Thank you for reading, Susan. I wish you all the best.
“I will not run from them now.”
General George Washington, if he could come back now, would recognize a Winter Soldier when he saw her. Respect and gratitude.
An absolutely beautiful piece of writing Ellie.
Your children are very lucky for what you’ve chosen to show them.
Thank you David
This is your mission.😍😂😂😂😂! The Secretary will disavow your actions.😂😂😂😂! You will be just fine with Rick’s guidance. Take care ok ✅. I thought we could have a time to 😂😂😂😂😂! Goodnight 😘😴💤🌙.
Ellie, this hits like a tuning fork—every note of relief, frustration, love, and whiplash vibration I’ve felt in my own family rings here. The overlap is uncanny: the church-hopping, the “just you wait” prophecies, the doctrinal whiplash from Doxology to doom-scroll, the boxes of end-times beans. I’ve spent holidays quietly moving ivermectin tubes behind the pickles so my kids don’t ask why Grandma eats horse paste.
And yet we still board the plane, still sleep on the pull-out, still practice the deep-breath diplomacy of smile, nod, change subject. Because walking away feels like lighting the last bridge to the past on fire, and hope— however threadbare— keeps one plank standing.
You’ve articulated the contradiction so many of us swallow: you can set boundaries and still show up; you can love fiercely while safeguarding your kids’ reality; you can hold space for eventual transformation even if it never comes. It’s messy, exhausting, but strangely empowering once you realize you’re not alone and there’s no single “right” script.
Thank you for naming the ache and the perseverance. Here’s to portable sanity, whispered “no, thank yous,” and the quiet revolution of raising curious, kind humans who know how to sort truth from tinnitus. Safe travels back to your own space and your own cadence.
Thank you so much for reading, I’m glad this struck a chord. I wasn’t sure how to write it all down
I also just watched your latest video. Great research!
Thanks!
Thank you, ELLIE, very deep insight. WHICH MANY OF US CAN RELATE TO.. .
And are living that way. . . How do you hold your thoughts in words when you’re around them. Wishing you could truly speak the truth and show them.. .
You have shown Understand understanding And the ability for your children to grow and develop and to breathe free thinkers. The best gift any parent could give their child.🤗
I have learned it’s safer and healthier not to get in long conversations about it because they spin in circles and can last for hours.
Ellie, I have really enjoyed your writings… today I admire your courage and fortitude. You must be an amazing mother if you can help your children accepted such extreme ideologies.!! Thank you for sharing.
If only we could spread the word about Trump and Epstein, the case you wrote about previously, it SHOULD have shaken the world. The extent of the sexual abuse Trump did to that child is illegal😖
Thank you, I appreciate the read!
I have a few people I love like that. I have a friend I made only six months ago that is struggling with addiction and has been friended by someone who is like that, and I am very worried for her, because she has started saying things that fall into conspiracy theory. I’m trying to keep her informed, but she seems to get less interested in spending time with me. I know she is vulnerable to being attracted to a more consuming position.
I read this and thought about how tired this visit must be making you. You’re a good daughter. ❤️
Thank you. I think when you love someone enough you stick by even when it feels like you're beating your head against the wall. My mom is and was a good mom, but I'd like to have her back.
I don’t know if you read “My Favorite MAGA Voter,” but my husband was a Trump supporter. A part of me has wondered what J6 would have done to his support. He died November 2020.
Ellie, Thank you for sharing! I have similar parents, so I know exactly how you feel. It's good to know that I am not alone.
Thank you for checking in. I’m guessing there’s a lot of us and it can feel lonely for sure not knowing who else understands.
You’re most welcome.
Thank you.
I am so glad you wrote about this.
You are doing an amazing job, loving your past, present, and future. The past for the exposure to God knows how many ways your mother tried to make sense of her world, the present for dealing with it yourself and with your family, and the future by giving your children and others a model for living in a loving, safe, and healthy way.
This is fascinating, Ellie. I simply cannot imagine having a MAGA mother. My abusive parents severed relations with me forty years ago, but oddly enough, while we still spoke our one safe space was politics.
I now realize, though, that the LBJ sign in our picture window—as big as a king-sized sheet—was not really about their convictions. (We lived in a sundown town at the beach, so advocating for civil rights was strictly hypothetical in our case.) My parents adored messing with the heads of their neighborhood drinking buddies, all Republicans who today would be MAGA.
Wowsers! What a story! Thank you for sharing a lot of your life, your truth with us here😊
And, I definitely respect and appreciate with how your story ended. 😊
My girlfriend gets an antibody infusion every month, and her nurse is full of conspiracy this and wait-and-see that. Everything is coming, right around the corner, and there’s a huge, shadowy cabal that controls it all that only one man has the power to overcome. I’ll let you guess who that man is. So many times I’ve … not pushed back, but that gentle, sideways, “I’m not sure that’s actually the case” response when something hits me especially weird, but since she’s a good stick and pretty helpful that’s as far as I go. It’s sad that so many of them are so hard to talk to…. Our roommate gets outright angry if you even so much as breathe a liberal point of view around him (although he is grateful for his Medicare and Medicaid) so… idk what to do. Let reality take its hold I guess.
I enjoyed hearing your story. Like so many others, you opened yourself to the world and found the truth. I hope others follow your example.