Emily A in CA
@emmyj424.bsky.social
Assume best intent, but pay attention
💙Politics, GVP, education, equity, public health, parenting, pop culture, travel
Be nice✌🏼
Opinions my own, etc.
💙Politics, GVP, education, equity, public health, parenting, pop culture, travel
Be nice✌🏼
Opinions my own, etc.
Let’s (sadly) privatize public radio & tv for the moment & use it to counteract the behemoth fox/murdoch. Fire w/ fire, or faux with facts. #NPR #PBS #media www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
PBS, NPR Set to Lose Federal Funding as Senate Passes DOGE Cuts
Republicans are set to succeed in their decades-long quest to end federal funding for public broadcasting after the Senate passed a $9 billion package of cuts derived from Elon Musk’s Department of Go...
www.bloomberg.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Let’s (sadly) privatize public radio & tv for the moment & use it to counteract the behemoth fox/murdoch. Fire w/ fire, or faux with facts. #NPR #PBS #media www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
💯Today is another gut punch, but we keep going.
#BigUglyBill
#BigUglyBill
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
July 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
💯Today is another gut punch, but we keep going.
#BigUglyBill
#BigUglyBill
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🔥 “You’re on the wrong side of history. You should be standing here with us… you took an oath to the constitution, not the fascists in the White House— he’s laughing at you… You’re tough behind your masks & fatigues, but how do you feel on the inside?” 🇺🇸
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🔥 “You’re on the wrong side of history. You should be standing here with us… you took an oath to the constitution, not the fascists in the White House— he’s laughing at you… You’re tough behind your masks & fatigues, but how do you feel on the inside?” 🇺🇸
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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One of the most significant moments of the 2026 cycle likely happened Tuesday night during the Ways and Means markup of the tax portion of Republicans' reconciliation bill.
It got no attention at the time and little since, but it is wildly important. Here's what happened--
It got no attention at the time and little since, but it is wildly important. Here's what happened--
May 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
One of the most significant moments of the 2026 cycle likely happened Tuesday night during the Ways and Means markup of the tax portion of Republicans' reconciliation bill.
It got no attention at the time and little since, but it is wildly important. Here's what happened--
It got no attention at the time and little since, but it is wildly important. Here's what happened--
Artificial intelligence when I was a kid
May 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Artificial intelligence when I was a kid
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BREAKING: An American citizen has been kidnapped by ICE and is being illegally held in Florida.
This is terrifying.
This is terrifying.
April 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
BREAKING: An American citizen has been kidnapped by ICE and is being illegally held in Florida.
This is terrifying.
This is terrifying.
@booker.senate.gov is currently filibustering on the Senate floor. THANK YOU, Senator. You can watch here www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
@booker.senate.gov is currently filibustering on the Senate floor. THANK YOU, Senator. You can watch here www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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Pete Hegseth is a danger to this country and our men and women in uniform.
March 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Pete Hegseth is a danger to this country and our men and women in uniform.
Hey Dems, let’s give PISSED OFF vibes about this Signal national security breach because… WTAF?! This is indefensible & people must be held to account for this utter failure. I get that everything they touch is sh!t, but for real this is BAD. #Signal #Hegseth #NationalSecurityBreach #USA
19 thoughts on the Signal scandal, and one overarching theme: Dems and liberals should suppress their "BUT HER EMAILS"-style ironic detachment and give being actually mad about this, and demanding answers, a real shot. www.offmessage.net/p/19-thought...
19 Thoughts On Trump Officials Planning Military Operations Over Signal
Forget "BUT HER EMAILS"-style ironic detachment. Let's give being actually mad about this—and getting to the bottom of the many questions it raises—a real shot.
www.offmessage.net
March 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Hey Dems, let’s give PISSED OFF vibes about this Signal national security breach because… WTAF?! This is indefensible & people must be held to account for this utter failure. I get that everything they touch is sh!t, but for real this is BAD. #Signal #Hegseth #NationalSecurityBreach #USA
At @momsdemand.bsky.social CA Advocacy Day @ucdavis.bsky.social @studentsdemand.bsky.social volunteer River inspires us all to #keepgoing in our advocacy. We are saving lives. #AB15 #AB1127 #CalVIP #CAAD25
March 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
At @momsdemand.bsky.social CA Advocacy Day @ucdavis.bsky.social @studentsdemand.bsky.social volunteer River inspires us all to #keepgoing in our advocacy. We are saving lives. #AB15 #AB1127 #CalVIP #CAAD25
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Hello Glowies!!
And to the rest of you, now is really the time to be switching to end to end encrypted, OPEN SOURCE software. There is a leak that the gov't has a tool that is monitoring ALL of your social media for "possible terrorism".
🧵IIT, I am sharing the alternatives you should switch to ASAP
And to the rest of you, now is really the time to be switching to end to end encrypted, OPEN SOURCE software. There is a leak that the gov't has a tool that is monitoring ALL of your social media for "possible terrorism".
🧵IIT, I am sharing the alternatives you should switch to ASAP
March 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hello Glowies!!
And to the rest of you, now is really the time to be switching to end to end encrypted, OPEN SOURCE software. There is a leak that the gov't has a tool that is monitoring ALL of your social media for "possible terrorism".
🧵IIT, I am sharing the alternatives you should switch to ASAP
And to the rest of you, now is really the time to be switching to end to end encrypted, OPEN SOURCE software. There is a leak that the gov't has a tool that is monitoring ALL of your social media for "possible terrorism".
🧵IIT, I am sharing the alternatives you should switch to ASAP
Reposted by Emily A in CA
If you own stock of companies, call their Investor Relations Department and tell them to support DEI initiatives. If they don’t, boycott.
March 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you own stock of companies, call their Investor Relations Department and tell them to support DEI initiatives. If they don’t, boycott.
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So 10 Dem senators just rolled over for the “king”. Primary each one.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
March 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So 10 Dem senators just rolled over for the “king”. Primary each one.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Same for adults who have unsecured firearms that kids access, resulting in preventable tragedy. You can’t make it make sense.
March 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Same for adults who have unsecured firearms that kids access, resulting in preventable tragedy. You can’t make it make sense.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
That was a setup. #StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
That was a setup. #StandWithUkraine
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President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
Live updates: Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump in Washington, seeking backing for Ukraine's security against any future Russian aggression.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
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Here’s what Democrats did in February:
February 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Here’s what Democrats did in February: