Shari Emerson
@crowquill.bsky.social
Watercolor and mixed-media artist, Curiously Elegant Designs. Collaborating on “The Illustrated Dragon Diaries” with Kelly McCullough. (He’s the dragon…. I Might Be the Cat)
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I don't think Trump/Johnson losing control of the House in the last 24 hours is getting nearly enough attention.
Look at this story:
"White House expects ‘substantial’ GOP defections on Canada tariff vote in House" and is working to prevent so many they can't stop a veto override!
Extraordinary humiliation for Trump/Johnson. Trump's powers are ebbing.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
"White House expects ‘substantial’ GOP defections on Canada tariff vote in House" and is working to prevent so many they can't stop a veto override!
Extraordinary humiliation for Trump/Johnson. Trump's powers are ebbing.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I don't think Trump/Johnson losing control of the House in the last 24 hours is getting nearly enough attention.
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"We don't just care how people who sit in C-suites are doing. We care about how those who clean C-suites are doing too."
NYC Deputy Mayor Julie Su explains why we must center working people in economic policy-making.
NYC Deputy Mayor Julie Su explains why we must center working people in economic policy-making.
February 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
"We don't just care how people who sit in C-suites are doing. We care about how those who clean C-suites are doing too."
NYC Deputy Mayor Julie Su explains why we must center working people in economic policy-making.
NYC Deputy Mayor Julie Su explains why we must center working people in economic policy-making.
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I spoke to Indiana Democrats last night in Anderson.
Hundreds showed up. In a “deep red” state.
Serious candidates. Real debate. A party of ideas.
That’s how democracy was designed to work — and it’s how we take it back.
We compete everywhere.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Hundreds showed up. In a “deep red” state.
Serious candidates. Real debate. A party of ideas.
That’s how democracy was designed to work — and it’s how we take it back.
We compete everywhere.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Future We’re Fighting For
Why competing everywhere — even in deep red states — is how we strengthen democracy
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I spoke to Indiana Democrats last night in Anderson.
Hundreds showed up. In a “deep red” state.
Serious candidates. Real debate. A party of ideas.
That’s how democracy was designed to work — and it’s how we take it back.
We compete everywhere.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Hundreds showed up. In a “deep red” state.
Serious candidates. Real debate. A party of ideas.
That’s how democracy was designed to work — and it’s how we take it back.
We compete everywhere.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
!!!!!!
Reuters: U.S. HOUSE BACKS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD END TRUMP'S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219 TO 211
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
!!!!!!
Hey- this is as “typical” central/Northern MN you can get.
They arent really on board with this either.
They arent really on board with this either.
This ice “fish-fluencer” wants ICE to get out of Minnesota.
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Hey- this is as “typical” central/Northern MN you can get.
They arent really on board with this either.
They arent really on board with this either.
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This ice “fish-fluencer” wants ICE to get out of Minnesota.
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This ice “fish-fluencer” wants ICE to get out of Minnesota.
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
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Rep. Balint: This is not a game, Secretary.
Bondi: I'm Attorney General.
Balint: Apologies, I couldn't tell.
Bondi: I'm Attorney General.
Balint: Apologies, I couldn't tell.
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Rep. Balint: This is not a game, Secretary.
Bondi: I'm Attorney General.
Balint: Apologies, I couldn't tell.
Bondi: I'm Attorney General.
Balint: Apologies, I couldn't tell.
Call them!! Thank them!! Show support for this!!!
This was a very important vote tonight. Here's why.
For the past year Trump’s illegal tariffs have crushed our economic growth, hit American families with higher costs, killed the very manufacturing jobs we were told they would multiply, and alienated our closest allies. 1/
For the past year Trump’s illegal tariffs have crushed our economic growth, hit American families with higher costs, killed the very manufacturing jobs we were told they would multiply, and alienated our closest allies. 1/
Republican rule vote FAILS.
Republican leaders just tried to use a procedural vote to continue their surrender of congressional powers to prevent Trump's abuse of tariff authorities.
Three Republicans, Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Kiley, joined all Democrats to block them.
Republican leaders just tried to use a procedural vote to continue their surrender of congressional powers to prevent Trump's abuse of tariff authorities.
Three Republicans, Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Kiley, joined all Democrats to block them.
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Call them!! Thank them!! Show support for this!!!
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At the same time, most Republicans again tried to surrender Congress’ power as a coequal branch of government to check a president who is behaving like a mad king.
The trade powers Trump is illegally usurping are expressly granted to Congress under the Constitution. 3/
The trade powers Trump is illegally usurping are expressly granted to Congress under the Constitution. 3/
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 AM
At the same time, most Republicans again tried to surrender Congress’ power as a coequal branch of government to check a president who is behaving like a mad king.
The trade powers Trump is illegally usurping are expressly granted to Congress under the Constitution. 3/
The trade powers Trump is illegally usurping are expressly granted to Congress under the Constitution. 3/
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This was a very important vote tonight. Here's why.
For the past year Trump’s illegal tariffs have crushed our economic growth, hit American families with higher costs, killed the very manufacturing jobs we were told they would multiply, and alienated our closest allies. 1/
For the past year Trump’s illegal tariffs have crushed our economic growth, hit American families with higher costs, killed the very manufacturing jobs we were told they would multiply, and alienated our closest allies. 1/
Republican rule vote FAILS.
Republican leaders just tried to use a procedural vote to continue their surrender of congressional powers to prevent Trump's abuse of tariff authorities.
Three Republicans, Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Kiley, joined all Democrats to block them.
Republican leaders just tried to use a procedural vote to continue their surrender of congressional powers to prevent Trump's abuse of tariff authorities.
Three Republicans, Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Kiley, joined all Democrats to block them.
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 AM
This was a very important vote tonight. Here's why.
For the past year Trump’s illegal tariffs have crushed our economic growth, hit American families with higher costs, killed the very manufacturing jobs we were told they would multiply, and alienated our closest allies. 1/
For the past year Trump’s illegal tariffs have crushed our economic growth, hit American families with higher costs, killed the very manufacturing jobs we were told they would multiply, and alienated our closest allies. 1/
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“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.
ny1.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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Among the 5 ways to fight fascism is to peel off enough Members of Congress to hold up Trump's agenda.
3 signs on the front page of the Politico that's beginning to happen consistently.
The tariff one will mean that Dems can force a vote on the Canada tariffs tomorrow.
3 signs on the front page of the Politico that's beginning to happen consistently.
The tariff one will mean that Dems can force a vote on the Canada tariffs tomorrow.
February 11, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Among the 5 ways to fight fascism is to peel off enough Members of Congress to hold up Trump's agenda.
3 signs on the front page of the Politico that's beginning to happen consistently.
The tariff one will mean that Dems can force a vote on the Canada tariffs tomorrow.
3 signs on the front page of the Politico that's beginning to happen consistently.
The tariff one will mean that Dems can force a vote on the Canada tariffs tomorrow.
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boy I wish I could have the cushy job of just wishcasting what the party opposite of mine should be doing and getting paid handsomely to write about it
February 11, 2026 at 11:55 AM
boy I wish I could have the cushy job of just wishcasting what the party opposite of mine should be doing and getting paid handsomely to write about it
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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"I’ve heard and read enough accounts from Minneapolitans to know that they’re feeling little connection to Beltway lawmakers, and that by and large they feel abandoned by most Democrats in Washington. This can only go on so long before something breaks."
The question I am most frequently asked by my London friends and colleagues who follow US politics is this: when will the Democratic Party start acting like an opposition? Because it doesn't, not by UK standards. They're right to ask. newrepublic.com/post/206262/...
When Will Democrats Decide to Join the Resistance?
The party needs to forge a closer connection with the people fighting for democracy in the streets. Here’s how to do it.
newrepublic.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
"I’ve heard and read enough accounts from Minneapolitans to know that they’re feeling little connection to Beltway lawmakers, and that by and large they feel abandoned by most Democrats in Washington. This can only go on so long before something breaks."
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The “should of” is a cringeworthy nice touch.
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The “should of” is a cringeworthy nice touch.
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Just horrible.
Olympic Figure Skater Reveals 'Scary Amount' Of Threats She Got After Her Criticism Of Trump
www.comicsands.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Just horrible.
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Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
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"The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, after the White House planned to invite only Republican governors."
How to win friends and influence people.
apnews.com/article/trum...
How to win friends and influence people.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Annual governors' gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
The National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events.
apnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM
"The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, after the White House planned to invite only Republican governors."
How to win friends and influence people.
apnews.com/article/trum...
How to win friends and influence people.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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We got Taylor Swift and they got Nicki Minaj. Wouldn't have figured.
February 10, 2026 at 10:45 PM
We got Taylor Swift and they got Nicki Minaj. Wouldn't have figured.
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Turns out the persecution of Christians is coming from inside the Trump White House
NEW via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: Cardinal Blase Cupich, who runs the Archdiocese of Chicago, says that DHS has stopped priests under his purview and demanded proof of citizenship “because of their color.” religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof
(RNS) — ‘I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America,’ the Chic...
religionnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Turns out the persecution of Christians is coming from inside the Trump White House
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GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”
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My Latest: Contrary to many doomsayers, it is not too late to protect the midterm elections. There are steps Democrats can take now — at both the state and federal levels — to safeguard our elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms
With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
www.democracydocket.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
My Latest: Contrary to many doomsayers, it is not too late to protect the midterm elections. There are steps Democrats can take now — at both the state and federal levels — to safeguard our elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...