EmmaTK55

EmmaTK55

@emmatk.bsky.social

Professional NYC tour guide and art historian. Loves opera, cooking, birding, and books. Politics junkie. Oversharer. 💙 https://www.ganyc.org/emma-guest-consales-phd

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Nothing about this currently on the homepage of the NYT; a brief article appears elsewhere. The Washington Post hasn't run anything at all. bsky.app/profile/mari...

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Will anyone—anyone at all—ask Trump about the rape allegations published in an official report by the House Judiciary Democrats? Or will he continue to escape accountability for his violence?

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Makes your heart soar

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

OBAMA: That just feels a little bit different… where people are so sick and tired of being sick and tired. After 2 years of chaos. and cruelty. and corruption. and incompetence—you get a chance to say enough's enough.

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This is not the meaning of service and, as a career public servant, it's incredibly sad to see.   At the State Department, my job wasn't about politics or serving one political party or President – it was about serving the American people. This move is about serving Trump.

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Nothing to see here....

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Armed federal agents “have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about their immigration status — and to inquire if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections”

Color me NOT surprised. I hate Big Oil; their CEOs need to be dipped into raw crude and then rolled in sand.

PBS News@pbsnews.org

In a deep, dark part of the Gulf of Mexico, the number of marine animals plummeted by about 60% in the years following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, a new study found. https://to.pbs.org/3VYbSIx

If @hcrichardson.bsky.social is shouting, you need to listen. The media needs to stop coddling GOP Congresscritters as if they were helpless maidens on fainting couches.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

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I'm not the same person as before 2016. I want the last 10 years back. I want bodily autonomy for women back. I want child separation criminals punished. I can't wait for the global celebration when he finally leaves Earth, and can't wait for his spawn and sycophants to have to watch it.

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This is asking for a lawsuit. Wow.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Leaked audio: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers asking for officers at polling stations to intimidate voters "We called the RNC early and said hey... Let's put police officers, retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit because go ahead, try to intimidate them. Please."

WINDOWS CAN BE MADE BIRD SAFE! This does not have to happen every freaking migration season! JFC it’s heartbreaking. The owners of building that kill birds should be mailed baggies full of bird carcasses until they do something. Feather Friendly makes wonderful solutions. featherfriendly.com

featherfriendly.comFeather FriendlyWhat if you could protect birds from colliding with your windows while maintaining an attractive building appearance?
Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com

"It was shocking and heartbreaking to see how it can add up," said Annette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, which estimates that thanks to favorable weather, over five million migratory birds passed through Cook County Friday night alone.

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The “every accusation is a confession” thing is maybe overstated but when it comes to Republicans and “sharia” it is unquestionably the case that the people trying to impose their religion on others through the legal system in the US are not Muslims bsky.app/profile/qasi...

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com

Jan is a chief CBS reporter. She tweeted this about Tommy, the Republican operative accusing Abdul El-Sayed of terrorism, then deleted it. Zero questions about Tommy declaring he wants the Bible to supersede the Constitution. We need independent media. Join: www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

Brilliantly written, as usual. Thank you @djrothkopf.bsky.social “He is working to erase history to reject that which those who rejected him valued. It is the thinking of a sociopath. I will destroy all that you loved as a way to get at you.” This is also why he is destroying beloved sites in DC.

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social

Did we really win the Cold War? Defeat fascism? Bury the Confederacy? In retrospect, thanks to Trump, MAGA and their enablers, perhaps none of those things. My latest. Hope you’ll give it a read. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/so-as-it-t...

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Praying your kids don’t get sick shouldn’t be the only path forward for working families without healthcare coverage. MediKids would fix this. This is Nancy’s story.

michnutrish.bsky.social@michnutrish.bsky.social

#VisibilityBrigade #nokings #democracy #usa @maddow.bsky.social #america @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @thegodshow.com @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #inflation #vote #corruption #midterms #election #resist #protest #democrats #independents

On Saturday there were 1000s of #NoKingsVoteEarly events across our country, but barely a peep from legacy media. Plus a social media shutdown due to cowards at Meta. Thank you @michnutrish.bsky.social @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @flvb.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

michnutrish.bsky.social@michnutrish.bsky.social

#VisibilityBrigade #nokings #democracy #usa @maddow.bsky.social #america @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @thegodshow.com @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #inflation #vote #corruption #midterms #election #resist #protest #democrats #independents #newjersey

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i have roots in the south and senator warnock is spot-on. yes there are lots of asshole conservatives but there are also lots of disenfranchised voters and others who feel hopeless, and there’s nothing more inert than a demoralized citizen. GIVE THEM A REASON TO FIGHT AND THEY WILL.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Warnock: "I worry that Democrats are missing a real opportunity to invest in a serious & sustained way in the South. If we would just lean in and stay in through the election & after the election, the kind of victory you saw us achieve here in Georgia, it is achievable in a place like Mississippi."

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The right is spending the day complaining that Abdul El-Sayed was "rude" and "a bully" to Tommy the Republican Operative at his town hall, which is hilarious given how they had nothing to say about a woman getting beaten up at a Trump rally as the president cheered on.

I hate him so much. He does this on purpose, like a destructive, untrainable dog peeing and pooping everywhere, chewing furniture and shoes, and biting anyone who comes near. He needs to be put down.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Whether it is the East Wing of the White House, the Reflecting Pool on the Mall, the East Potomac golf course, or the Kennedy Center, the wildly incompetent Donald Trump can't turn his attention to *anything* without leaving behind debris and destruction.

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This is what happens when intelligent, good people run for office. Compare this to a lying blowhard Republican politician blathering on Fox News or at a Trump rally. There’s simply no comparison. It’s two different universes. And I believe Americans are getting fed up with the dumb universe.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

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I am hair-on-fire alarmed. Particularly as a Jew. We’ve been in that place…

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

I’m alarmed that more people aren’t alarmed by Trump targeting Somali Americans and labeling them “garbage” and “crooks” who “contribute nothing.” Most of them are U.S. citizens, yet Trump says, “I don’t want them in our country.” If you know history, you know the horror this can lead to.

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This isn’t in our “national interest.” It doesn’t lower our prices or create opportunities for Americans — It just actively emboldens Putin in his illegal and immoral war against Ukraine. Enough.

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“the commission planned to take up the sale of ‘1,300 acres’ in Cameron County during a closed-door executive session at a meeting on November 5, two days after the election”

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I mean, what are we even doing here

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the US national interest.

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Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

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3 times now we've had a major military move tied to Ukraine or Elon Musk that no one admits to ordering. Mar 2025, Pete Hegseth tried to give Musk a private briefing on China conflict plans. May 2025, the Pentagon cut Ukraine aid. Now they cut Starlink to Ukraine. Who is making these decisions?

reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources sayThe order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...

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Must read from @vermontgmg.bsky.social I’m looking forward to/dreading the next parts. My UK uncle just rang me to ask, “What is going to happen in the USA,” so I’ll give him a summary of this piece and tell him about #NoKings with @indivisible.org @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @flvb.bsky.social

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social

We've lost track of how very un-ordinary ICE's current reign of terror is. We’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable and shocking to us just a short time ago. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty...

“Put all of that together and it’s easy to conclude: We are living through a reign of terror on America’s streets by a masked secret police force, loyal specifically to the president, who have been promised impunity as long as they target the regime’s enemies.” 1000% from @vermontgmg.bsky.social

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Right-leaning social accounts are going to be all about "we are winning and Dems are now losing" 24/7/365. Elon will amplify, so will Russia and all MAGA allies. It's how they closed out both 2022 and 2024 and it's happening again now.

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Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

Fox host: President Trump said you all should have a debate… Is that in the works? Are you requesting one with him? Ken Paxton (lying): Oh well, no, look... We can never quite work out the details.

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Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."

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Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org

propublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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Not to mention that we could’ve gotten plenty of diesel fuel-and cheaper, too-without helping Putin kill innocent Ukrainians. But now, the stain of their blood will forever remain on the hands of Trump and his soulless, hypocritical acolytes in the Republican party May they rot in hell

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇