My name is Ariella Elm and I run The Daily Elm.

The Daily Elm is your place to learn what is going right in the world and for things that aren't, what can you do to make it better.

I created this project back at the end of January, it's daily, so today is Day 298, if you were wondering.

You can find me everywhere (except Twitter), and I'll put all my links at the end as well.

You're not gonna like everything I say. For starters, I am a Democrat first, meaning the most important thing to know about me is how I vote. But, if I had to give myself another identity, I'd say "pragmatic progressive."

I am nuanced as shit, which, I know, is a very strange thing to say in 2025, but, well, I like a challenge.

I know that the people who spend their time on Tumblr are my target audience, and many of you don't use other platforms, so I decided it was time to come to you.

I have three series and a daily "long yap" as I've started calling it.

Long Yap - Something that I think deserves a longer post. It's an essay. I try not to make it too long and I fail every time. I will be posting those here in full.

Three Wins Today - Three things going right in the world, the smaller the better. Chances are you will never have heard of them before, that's the goal anyway, cause I want you to see more than three wins in one day. For now, for my sanity this will just be a link back to my website.

Daily Dems Doing the Work, Making Noise and Fighting Back - Four Democrats in the US House or Senate who are leveraging their power, usually stories you probably haven't heard at all. This could be using their voice, their letterhead, legislation etc. And this will also just be a link, for now.

Doomerella Gets Schooled - It's a skit where my alter ego and I banter about these stories. She's like you, scared and angry and doesn't think there's much hope and certainly not anything she can do about it. We're not very nice to each other, but It's fun to film, and hopefully fun to watch.

Election Day is Every Tuesday - A weekly election guide with all the elections I can find around the country. Which is never all the elections., there just isn't a complete database to be found. Most elections are nonpartisan so hopefully this helps. And makes people realize that there isn't a special election year or election month, they're happening all the time.

That was a lot, if you're still here, and you have other platforms, make sure to follow me there too!

Excited to be here with all of you!

Today’s wins are all connected, kinda… Two are Christian wins, and two are trans wins. Which one is both? Well, you’ll just have to watch above to find out.

And for the full article on all these stories, check out the link below

This is not about Texas Senate.

Both Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are absolutely viable options. Both candidates have just as much chance to win.

This is one of the many, very common, situations where voting with your heart in the primary is a great thing.

When primaries work, they make both candidates stronger, because they have someone to compete against. So, they need to keep becoming better versions of themselves to win the most votes, especially in a primary that will likely be as close and hard fought as this one.

Rep Crockett has to figure out how to win over State Rep Talarico’s supporters, and Talarico has to figure out how to win over hers. That’s not a bad thing. In fact that’s what we want, in this situation.

But, every state is not Texas. For example, thanks to the awful jungle primary system, several Dems running in the California gubernatorial primary could split the vote and result in two Republicans going to the general election, scary thought, but possible with a non-partisan primary.

But in Texas, with Texas election rules, in this Senate race, this is great.

There’s no need to throw anyone under the bus.

No need to make up lies about either candidate to make the other look better.

Just let it play out, if you can vote in the primary, vote your heart, if you don’t live in Texas and you want to get involved, support the candidate you like best.

Just promise that no matter who wins the primary, you will vote for and support that person, even if they weren’t your first choice.

Cause, I fully believe both of them would be great, and and they both have one of the best shots, at flipping the seat, we’ve seen in a long time.

And remember, no matter what, they are both young. This is not the last we’ll see of either of them regardless of the outcome.

THREE WINS TODAY, Dec 1, 2025 I don’t know why I made Doomerella more agreeable today, but I guess no matter how dense a person is, sometimes you can get through to them, and it’s an important reminder to just keep trying. I didn’t intend for this to be a life lesson, but I guess it is.

And if you want more info on these stories check out the full article!

Saturday is the next No Kings ❌👑 protest, and even Doomerella is excited, but she’s also already figuring out all the ways it could go wrong.

Hopefully, these reasons We’re NOT Doomed can calm her down a bit.

Welcome to the first day of my new series! Everyone talks about how we are all doomed all the time every day and it creates a blanket over all of social media, so I’m the antithesis I’m showing you why we’re not doomed. This series will be three days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you have things that make us not doomed, tag me, and maybe your suggestion will be included!

Without further ado, let’s go to Texas

Texas

Wed, Dec 10 - The Texas Dem Party is not known for giving us much good news. I mean, Texas was the only place we really had major losses back in November 2025. But things are turning around, cause EVERY SINGLE SEAT on the legislature, State Board of Education, Judiciary race and US congressional race will be contested in the midterms.

Every

Single

One

Not only has that not been done by Dems in modern history, it hasn’t been done by Republicans either.

This is due to the Blue Texas program, which has been working tirelessly to change the Texas narrative

State Party Chair Kendall Scudder said:

No Republican gets a free pass in Texas. I don’t care where they live, or how long they’ve been in office– if they want to hold office in Texas, they’re gonna have to fight us for it.

And Katherine Fischer, Executive Director of Texas Majority PAC added:

We can’t win elections if we don’t even try, and we intend to fight for every single seat in 2026. Texas Democrats are prepared to make the case to every single Texan that Republican government has failed them and it’s time for new leadership.

And if this doesn’t perfectly encompass idea that we’re very much not doomed, I don’t know what does.

New York

Thu, Dec 18 - With every new archbishop, Pope Leo makes the catholic church leadership a little less Trumpian, and his newest appointment is no exception.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan is everything New York is not. I mean, he literally referred to Charlie Kirk as a modern day saint, when he died. He also prayed at both of Trump’s inaugurations. And while he was just starting to disagree with the administration on how they’re handling immigration, that’s about it.

Well, he’s 75, and so, he has reached the age of retirement, meaning, he’s being replaced.

His replacement is Bishop Ronald A. Hicks. He has a similar story to Pope Leo, he grew up in the Midwest and worked in South America. He spent five years in El Salvador working at an orphanage and is fluent is Spanish. His colleagues describe his leaderships style as being a listener.

Bishop Gerald Kicanas, his mentor, from the diocese of Tuscon, Arizona told National Catholic Reporter:

What Bishop Hicks does, and I believe he will do in New York, is he will want to listen. He will talk to many different people. He will try to understand what are the issues that are important for the church to address in this very complex organization like the Archdiocese of New York.

Listening. Well, that’s something we need more of these days.

He’s not perfect, but he’s one less Trumper and that makes me feel less doom.

Seattle, Washington

Fri, Dec 26 - What would you say would be the worst day for the Seattle Pride Match to be held?

Well I don’t know what the worst day would be, but the Iran/Egypt World Cup game certainly comes close.

The date was set long before the teams were chosen, it just so happens that two of the most homophobic countries in the world were the teams.

Of course, both countries are livid. And while they have both complained to FIFA, The Seattle Pride Match Advisory Committee hasn’t heard anything. And they’re not really planning on listening if they do, cause, get this…it is the visiting team’s job to respect the culture where the game is taking place.

Eric Wahl, a member of the advisory committee said:

I know Egypt are petitioning Fifa, but it raises ethical issues. In Qatar they said we had to respect the culture. I can’t anticipate what Fifa will do, I hope they do the right thing. We haven’t heard from them, and I am a little surprised they have not reached out, but in general Fifa’s approach is respectful silence - that’s good.

I don’t know if this will stay the case, maybe FIFA will get involved at some point, but they haven’t yet and so it’s just another reminder that we’re still not doomed.

So, I hope you feel a little less doomed after this. Cause we’re not doomed and the more you realize that, the easier it is to push back in ways that make us progressively less doomed.

You got this!

Our voices are our superpower, but only when we use them!

Like Doomerella, I’m sure yesterday was really scary for you, but I hope you remember that we’re not all doomed (unlike what her name implies). There is always something more you can do, but also there’s always something going right that you can find. Here are three of those things.

For more info on these stories, check out the full article!

Wins come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it’s about just making a difference for one person, sometimes it’s about an entire country, or even the world. Every win makes a difference and helps us move closer to the progress we all so desperately want.

And for much more detail on all these stories check out the full article!