Emma Nelson
@emmanelson5.bsky.social
Healthcare advocate. Nonprofit director. Poll-working childless cat lady.🗳️🐈
News, politics, elections, democracy, public health, reproductive rights, climate, social justice, feminism, cats.
“Women don’t owe you shit.”
📍Milwaukee, WI 🧀
News, politics, elections, democracy, public health, reproductive rights, climate, social justice, feminism, cats.
“Women don’t owe you shit.”
📍Milwaukee, WI 🧀
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It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
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🚨BREAKING: Ex CIA officer Joel Willet tells a story that Vladimir Putin sent armed guards to shut down a puppet show for mocking him.
That sounds a lot like Donald Trump using his FCC to pressure ABC into suspending Jimmy Kimmel.
That sounds a lot like Donald Trump using his FCC to pressure ABC into suspending Jimmy Kimmel.
September 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
🚨BREAKING: Ex CIA officer Joel Willet tells a story that Vladimir Putin sent armed guards to shut down a puppet show for mocking him.
That sounds a lot like Donald Trump using his FCC to pressure ABC into suspending Jimmy Kimmel.
That sounds a lot like Donald Trump using his FCC to pressure ABC into suspending Jimmy Kimmel.
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Okay, *now you can start to worry about data being manipulated.
August 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Okay, *now you can start to worry about data being manipulated.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
August 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
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The overarching goal is reversing the 1960s in every way; civil rights, immigration, public media, and more.
The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
July 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The overarching goal is reversing the 1960s in every way; civil rights, immigration, public media, and more.
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Abrego is the *only* prisoner ever released from CECOT, so this is the sole account we have of the horrifying conditions in the prison in El Salvador where Trump has sent over 260 people from the US.
Abrego said he shared a cell with 20 people, who were forced to kneel overnight, “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion.”
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
Politico - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegaly deported by the Trump administration, details his mistreatment in a Salvadoran prison, claiming he suffered "severe beatings," sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
July 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Abrego is the *only* prisoner ever released from CECOT, so this is the sole account we have of the horrifying conditions in the prison in El Salvador where Trump has sent over 260 people from the US.
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here's a new nightmare if anyone was looking for a new one!
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
here's a new nightmare if anyone was looking for a new one!
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far be it from me to tell scientists how to do their jobs but i feel like there might be value in surveying the <365 hot dogs per year demographic
July 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
far be it from me to tell scientists how to do their jobs but i feel like there might be value in surveying the <365 hot dogs per year demographic
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Big Bill designed to effectively end Obamacare
A rise of 16 million in uninsured would led to 42.2 million uninsured in 2034.
Total uninsured was 45.2m in 2013 before ACA
Thus Big Bill would erase almost all (84%) of decline in uninsured since 2013, and raise uninsured number by 60%.
A rise of 16 million in uninsured would led to 42.2 million uninsured in 2034.
Total uninsured was 45.2m in 2013 before ACA
Thus Big Bill would erase almost all (84%) of decline in uninsured since 2013, and raise uninsured number by 60%.
Reminder: The "Big Bill" (H.R.1) would raise the uninsured by nearly 60% in the next 10 years, wiping out most of the gains since the ACA
So Big Bill is designed to repeal most of the main accomplishments of Obamacare without repealing Obamacare directly
timothymcbride.substack.com/p/the-big-bi...
So Big Bill is designed to repeal most of the main accomplishments of Obamacare without repealing Obamacare directly
timothymcbride.substack.com/p/the-big-bi...
The "Big Bill" (H.R.1) would raise the uninsured by nearly 60% in the next ten years, wiping out most of the gains since the ACA
The uninsured in the U.S. dropped by about 40% since the passage of the ACA; projected effects of legislation would raise uninsured 60%, nearly wiping out all the gains since the ACA was implemented
timothymcbride.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Big Bill designed to effectively end Obamacare
A rise of 16 million in uninsured would led to 42.2 million uninsured in 2034.
Total uninsured was 45.2m in 2013 before ACA
Thus Big Bill would erase almost all (84%) of decline in uninsured since 2013, and raise uninsured number by 60%.
A rise of 16 million in uninsured would led to 42.2 million uninsured in 2034.
Total uninsured was 45.2m in 2013 before ACA
Thus Big Bill would erase almost all (84%) of decline in uninsured since 2013, and raise uninsured number by 60%.
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The thing that is so frustrating about congressional Republicans is they’re acting like anyone would do the same in their position.
That’s simply not true. There are other, better, people, who would risk losing their job in order to do the right thing and protect others. Lots of them.
That’s simply not true. There are other, better, people, who would risk losing their job in order to do the right thing and protect others. Lots of them.
July 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The thing that is so frustrating about congressional Republicans is they’re acting like anyone would do the same in their position.
That’s simply not true. There are other, better, people, who would risk losing their job in order to do the right thing and protect others. Lots of them.
That’s simply not true. There are other, better, people, who would risk losing their job in order to do the right thing and protect others. Lots of them.
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Over the past two decades, this little-known tent company went from helping to support music festivals like Lollapalooza to building camps for a completely different use: detaining immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Now it's hoping to cash in on Trump’s deportation plans.
(Published April)
Now it's hoping to cash in on Trump’s deportation plans.
(Published April)
From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans
The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to…
www.propublica.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Over the past two decades, this little-known tent company went from helping to support music festivals like Lollapalooza to building camps for a completely different use: detaining immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Now it's hoping to cash in on Trump’s deportation plans.
(Published April)
Now it's hoping to cash in on Trump’s deportation plans.
(Published April)
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Republicans’ comical inability to govern would be a lot more entertaining if the healthcare of 17M people was not at stake.
July 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Republicans’ comical inability to govern would be a lot more entertaining if the healthcare of 17M people was not at stake.
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This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.
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"He has launched a preemptive military strike. He has defended the strike by misrepresenting intelligence. He has prematurely declared the mission a total victory. And he is impugning the patriotism of anyone who challenges his lies."
Trump’s Team Is Lying About Iran’s WMD
He savaged Bush for distorting intelligence and overselling the military’s initial success in Iraq. Now Trump and his team are doing the same in Iran.
www.thebulwark.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"He has launched a preemptive military strike. He has defended the strike by misrepresenting intelligence. He has prematurely declared the mission a total victory. And he is impugning the patriotism of anyone who challenges his lies."
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We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
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The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official rejected broad uses of two Covid vaccines, citing unknown risks or injuries despite assurances of safety from dozens of staff experts, newly released documents show. @by-cjewett.bsky.social
Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official rejected broad uses of two Covid vaccines, citing unknown risks or injuries despite assurances of safety from dozens of staff experts, newly released documents show. @by-cjewett.bsky.social
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the president just opened a concentration camp
July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the United States of America is planning to party.
America has a major birthday coming up — here's what to expect for the big 2-5-0
It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the United States of America is planning to party.
n.pr
July 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
the president just opened a concentration camp
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Attacking people’s citizenship and identity as punishment for their politics is a fascist move.
"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."
"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."
It never stopped being birtherism
Donald Trump is repackaging a familiar smear against Zohran Mamdani.
www.motherjones.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Attacking people’s citizenship and identity as punishment for their politics is a fascist move.
"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."
"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."
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Are we great yet?
July 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Are we great yet?
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
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There is not a single person in the Democratic Party who is treating the death of USAID with the gravity it deserves. There’s no political issue more important than the death of 14 million people, but they’re just delivering boilerplate condemnations and nothing more.
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
There is not a single person in the Democratic Party who is treating the death of USAID with the gravity it deserves. There’s no political issue more important than the death of 14 million people, but they’re just delivering boilerplate condemnations and nothing more.