Elissa Blair Slotkin (born July 10, 1976) is an American politician and former intelligence analyst serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the United States House of Representatives from 2019 to 2025.

Slotkin was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and Department of Defense official, ending her career there as the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. In 2018, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 8th congressional district.

Slotkin was elected to the Senate in 2024, defeating Republican nominee Mike Rogers in a close race.[2] She became the second female senator from Michigan after Debbie Stabenow. She is expected to become Michigan's senior senator when Gary Peters retires in 2027.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elissa_Slotkin

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[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure my house rep is CIA. Congress is fucking riddled with them.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

doomer same

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago

Similar work history to Keir Starmer just without the lawyering

[–] dat_math@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why use this?

[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago

this way she can now be celebrated for something she will later not do , with the evidence of her promise disapearing automaticlly .

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

Maybe she misses her halcyon days at the Agency, wherein all intra-office memos informed you, in no uncertain terms, that this message will self-destruct in 30 seconds

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I tried and failed to write a serious answer that would actually make sense to normal people.

[–] dat_math@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

possibly for the very reason I'm having so much trouble understanding why anybody would use a self-deleting tweet to announces something they obviously don't want to be held to account for?

how does this kind of behavior not immediately arouse suspicion among libs she thinks she's courting? ~~Are there really people ignorant/dumb enough to convince themselves that it's self deleting so right-wingers won't take it as incriminating?~~ ah fuck

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Obama popularized "evolved" as a useful lie on contentious issues. Of course - he was talking over the course of years. Maybe Senator CIA is actually going to try to pull that bullshit over the course of days.

"On Sunday I was against the bill. But it's Tuesday now and my position has evolved. I am for it and here's why..." And laughable nonsense about getting "assurances" and "commitments" follows.

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

she's gonna be out here evolving her takes like they're an evil kind of pokemon

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But...they know screenshotting exists, right? And surely they know that people will screenshot a message that is going to get deleted in a few hours? If you're going to say something potentially incriminating or binding, don't just say it like this, it still counts even if the message does get deleted. Just don't say it at all.

Damn feds need a lesson on proper fedposting etiquette.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

They can simply say it was photoshopped by Russia and BlueMAGA would uncritically believe it

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ghost Posts sounds like a dope cereal, though.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Toasted Ghost Posts, now with extra deniability

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

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