Emma Roller
emmaroller.bsky.social
Emma Roller
@emmaroller.bsky.social
milwaukee union thug
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If I see another “you didn’t vote hard enough and now here we are” post I am going to become the joker
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
whoa this guy seems pretty bad ass
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It’s not just that they’re getting got by an army of professional Wallet Inspectors, it’s that they’re actively looking for the Wallet Inspector to hand over their wallets to
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Joke’s on them, for they will all suffer The Bean’s Curse
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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If it's going to end up with either caving or the nuclear option anyway, what was the advantage to picking only one line of attack to hit? Take the top three or four most insane things that are the most unpopular, ACA among them but not just that, and make that your package of "demands" to hammer.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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They were never going to get ACA subsidies, which is part of why it was a mistake to insist this was only about ACA subsidies and nothing else.
Sincere question: does anybody have any evidence that the GOP/WH would have eventually folded and extended the ACA subsidies if the shutdown continued?

I haven’t seen any. The President didn’t seem to feeling any pressure. No GOP Senator AFAIK expressed any concern. (Some Reps did)
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Asking my Senators to vote for new leadership; either Chuck Schumer cannot whip votes, in which case he's useless, or he is fine giving up leverage for nothing, in which case he's worthless.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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It would have been better to simply cave on day one than do this. how can you ask anyone to suffer through a shutdown ever again, if you can deliver *nothing*?
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I will never vote for @baldwin.senate.gov again 👍
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I just called all three of Baldwin’s office numbers and left messages.
I just made my calls to Schumer and Gillibrand. PLEASE call your senators and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding.

#DidThisToday

Find your senators here: reps.fyi
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Beer coat bf/yeast yarn gf
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
I for one will welcome our Chinese overlords #Beerjacket #China #Tsingtao
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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No Country For Old Men was released on this day in 2007. Today I write about what it can tell us about how we think about death.
No Country For Old Men
November 9 2007, the final year of Cinema week 45
hudsucker.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Current* conditions near South Haven, MI:
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Some good recipes for people who want to cook for Free Fridges: open.substack.com/pub/juliatur... [towards the end of the newsletter]
the SNAP of it all
and practical tips for mutual aid 🩷
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Picked up this beauty at the library today. Libraries rock
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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i would enjoy chores more if they unlocked some cool loot like a new hairstyle or a weapon
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM