Brooks Emanuel
@brooksemanuel.bsky.social
Combining my backgrounds as a civil rights lawyer, policy advocate, political staffer, and . . . dancer-choreographer.
I facilitate movement workshops to aid social justice practitioners in their work and make art.
I facilitate movement workshops to aid social justice practitioners in their work and make art.
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It pains me to think the New York Times may have truly jumped the shark. They’ve moved from sanewashing Trump to straight-up helping him with his racist, authoritarian agenda with headlines like this.
June 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It pains me to think the New York Times may have truly jumped the shark. They’ve moved from sanewashing Trump to straight-up helping him with his racist, authoritarian agenda with headlines like this.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still disappeared.
May 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still disappeared.
Thank god these kids survived. All I can think about is Tamir Rice and how he never would have had this chance.
abc7.com/post/shockin...
abc7.com/post/shockin...
Shocking video shows 2 young boys handling loaded gun in New Mexico
The sheriff's office said deputies fired a non-lethal weapon at the children, allowing them to secure the area and prevent anything further from happening.
abc7.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Thank god these kids survived. All I can think about is Tamir Rice and how he never would have had this chance.
abc7.com/post/shockin...
abc7.com/post/shockin...
Should have been over 6 months ago, but this is still a big victory for democracy.
It’s over.
Jefferson Griffin told the Associated Press on Wednesday that he would end his effort to overturn his election loss by throwing out thousands of valid votes. Here's what you need to know. Keep reading 🧵
Jefferson Griffin told the Associated Press on Wednesday that he would end his effort to overturn his election loss by throwing out thousands of valid votes. Here's what you need to know. Keep reading 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Should have been over 6 months ago, but this is still a big victory for democracy.
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The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
So we’re all clear that JD Vance killed the Pope—*on Easter*—right?
April 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So we’re all clear that JD Vance killed the Pope—*on Easter*—right?
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Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
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If someone will lie about who won the 2020 election, why wouldn't they lie about other important things? Why would we take anything they say at face value?
If you're a reporter in a White House press briefing as the spokesperson for the government asserts flatly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang who's guilty of human trafficking and you sit there silently without shouting out "PROVE IT!" I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself.
April 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If someone will lie about who won the 2020 election, why wouldn't they lie about other important things? Why would we take anything they say at face value?
While the entire world sees the stock market crash, Fox News doesn’t cover it and instead posts an insane tabloid headline & graphic—which links to a story w a totally different headline, which buries within it what I guess is the source of the initial headline: some random bullshit Trump tweeted.
April 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
While the entire world sees the stock market crash, Fox News doesn’t cover it and instead posts an insane tabloid headline & graphic—which links to a story w a totally different headline, which buries within it what I guess is the source of the initial headline: some random bullshit Trump tweeted.
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jesus christ they want her dead
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
jesus christ they want her dead
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A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns.
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
How DOGE Cuts to the IRS Could Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns.
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
I’m the one always begging people to vote for Dems bc we at least have a chance to organize under them. But with Schumer folding, I might be done. If you can’t stand up for us against Trump/MAGA/Republicans in this moment, WHAT’S THE POINT?
@schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @democrats.org
@schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @democrats.org
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I’m the one always begging people to vote for Dems bc we at least have a chance to organize under them. But with Schumer folding, I might be done. If you can’t stand up for us against Trump/MAGA/Republicans in this moment, WHAT’S THE POINT?
@schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @democrats.org
@schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @democrats.org
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these people swore an oath to defend the constitution but i guess that’s just too hard
Schumer tells me Republicans might try to jam Democrats again in September, but thinks Trump will be less popular then and Republican appropriators might be more willing to stand up to him. He said they refused to do so now.
March 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
these people swore an oath to defend the constitution but i guess that’s just too hard
I would support this! We need to primary the dinosaurs.
AOC should announce a primary against Schumer tonight.
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Why have we just given up calling out Fox News as the primary cause here, instead of acting like it’s some unfathomable mystery?
The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
wow. they're like actually braindead
March 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Why have we just given up calling out Fox News as the primary cause here, instead of acting like it’s some unfathomable mystery?
Hahaha Trump actually thought artists were gonna let him have his name over their work. His feelings are apparently big hurt that they’ve all rejected him, and he’s trying to explain it away.
March 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Hahaha Trump actually thought artists were gonna let him have his name over their work. His feelings are apparently big hurt that they’ve all rejected him, and he’s trying to explain it away.
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If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…
propub.li
March 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
It’s truly dismaying that @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com are “reporting” on Trump attacking Zelenskyy and not mentioning Trump was IMPEACHED FOR TRYING TO EXTORT ZELENSKYY.
March 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It’s truly dismaying that @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com are “reporting” on Trump attacking Zelenskyy and not mentioning Trump was IMPEACHED FOR TRYING TO EXTORT ZELENSKYY.
Seriously a very good take pointing out the capitulation and failure of the media. @onthemedia.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Seriously a very good take pointing out the capitulation and failure of the media. @onthemedia.bsky.social
I’ve become a huge fan of @karaswisher for her understanding of how Musk operates and her calling out the media on the failure to appropriately cover him. Especially love her appearances on @ezraklein and focusgrouppodcast. FOLLOW HER!! @onwithkaraswisher.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’ve become a huge fan of @karaswisher for her understanding of how Musk operates and her calling out the media on the failure to appropriately cover him. Especially love her appearances on @ezraklein and focusgrouppodcast. FOLLOW HER!! @onwithkaraswisher.bsky.social
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Fox touted Trump's campaign promise to quickly lower prices. Now both Fox and Trump are backtracking as prices increase.
Fox touted Trump's campaign promise to quickly lower prices. Now both Fox and Trump are backtracking as prices increase.
Donald Trump’s supporters in right-wing media, particularly at Fox News, repeatedly hyped his oft-repeated campaign promise to quickly bring down consumer prices, and especially the cost of groceries,...
www.mediamatters.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fox touted Trump's campaign promise to quickly lower prices. Now both Fox and Trump are backtracking as prices increase.
@covid19disease.bsky.social USDA’s bird flu tracking site isn’t working. Musk at “work”?
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
February 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@covid19disease.bsky.social USDA’s bird flu tracking site isn’t working. Musk at “work”?
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
@ajc.com I hope you’ll be covering this censorship of Greg Bluestein as front-page news.
Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE
February 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@ajc.com I hope you’ll be covering this censorship of Greg Bluestein as front-page news.
“free speech”
Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE
February 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“free speech”