Emmy Kegler
@emmykegler.bsky.social
Queer Christian, wife, mama, and pastor.
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Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
March 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
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NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...
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March 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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This Tim Walz quote from The New Yorker pairs well:
![“I would argue that the road towards authoritarianism has been paved with people saying, ‘You’re overreacting . . . I don’t think you can underestimate how far [Trump] will go”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y2lqiupkezir2zjz6xwiuivc/bafkreidcgtpbyift4tx6ffz2qksqlxd25msoqbl5d2slvq3po72ew5tf6q@jpeg)
March 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This Tim Walz quote from The New Yorker pairs well:
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Really worth watching this. Rep. Bill Keating is clearly feeling a little out of his depth here—not quite sure what to say, not quite sure how to react—but he sees work that needs doing, sees a stand that needs taking, and so he just does it. He just does it. Right on.
Texas Republican Keithself storms out of the meeting he's supposed to be running because a Democrat asked him to treat his colleague Sarah McBride with respect. These people would not last one day as a trans person.
March 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Really worth watching this. Rep. Bill Keating is clearly feeling a little out of his depth here—not quite sure what to say, not quite sure how to react—but he sees work that needs doing, sees a stand that needs taking, and so he just does it. He just does it. Right on.
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As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.
March 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.
My 2.5yo can now start the washer (once I've loaded the soap), load and start the dryer, fill and start the coffee maker, and preheat the oven to 350.
He thinks it's all the best.
He thinks it's all the best.
March 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My 2.5yo can now start the washer (once I've loaded the soap), load and start the dryer, fill and start the coffee maker, and preheat the oven to 350.
He thinks it's all the best.
He thinks it's all the best.
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Take the Black Lutheran History Month Quiz
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March 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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There it is: a six-word thesis of democracy. But if you have time for two more, allow me to suggest these for a punchy conclusion that sounds great when it's shouted by a crowd: NO EXCEPTIONS.
NO KINGS
NO SLAVES
NO NAZIS
gets you the three good American wars, in chronological order no less. sounds insane to argue against any of them and yet it is very clear which side you're on
NO SLAVES
NO NAZIS
gets you the three good American wars, in chronological order no less. sounds insane to argue against any of them and yet it is very clear which side you're on
I see the phrase "competitive authoritarianism" thrown around a lot on here and while that may be descriptive of the moment we're in I cannot stress enough that you should never say that phrase to a normal voter and instead just say Trump's trying to be king.
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There it is: a six-word thesis of democracy. But if you have time for two more, allow me to suggest these for a punchy conclusion that sounds great when it's shouted by a crowd: NO EXCEPTIONS.
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Sharing these numbers because I wasn't aware of them myself. In the US:
* 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who get measles are hospitalized
* 1 in 20 children with measles get pneumonia
* 1 to 3 in 1000 die
If you're not immune, close contact with an infected person gives you measles 90% of the time
* 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who get measles are hospitalized
* 1 in 20 children with measles get pneumonia
* 1 to 3 in 1000 die
If you're not immune, close contact with an infected person gives you measles 90% of the time
Measles – NFID
Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease that can result in severe, sometimes permanent, complications including pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, and even death
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February 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Sharing these numbers because I wasn't aware of them myself. In the US:
* 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who get measles are hospitalized
* 1 in 20 children with measles get pneumonia
* 1 to 3 in 1000 die
If you're not immune, close contact with an infected person gives you measles 90% of the time
* 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who get measles are hospitalized
* 1 in 20 children with measles get pneumonia
* 1 to 3 in 1000 die
If you're not immune, close contact with an infected person gives you measles 90% of the time
Today's small and miraculous favor is that the dryer is not in fact broken but was on Air Dry instead of Heat Dry and all the clothes are drying properly without major appliance service needed.
February 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today's small and miraculous favor is that the dryer is not in fact broken but was on Air Dry instead of Heat Dry and all the clothes are drying properly without major appliance service needed.
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“The Trump administration understands that it does not have absolute power and that it must rely on creating a false illusion of power to create a chilling effect to get everyday people to respond to fear, comply in advance, and censor their own free speech.”
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AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong
Other Democrats, from Schumer to Hochul, should follow her lead.
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February 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“The Trump administration understands that it does not have absolute power and that it must rely on creating a false illusion of power to create a chilling effect to get everyday people to respond to fear, comply in advance, and censor their own free speech.”
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make me ready, Lord, for whatever
February 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
make me ready, Lord, for whatever
12 straight hours of norovirus. No thank you.
Had to cancel a trip up north to speak at a church and I'm bummed.
But being able to hear, whenever I was deliriously awake, my wife keeping our kids so safe and happy: amazing.
I'm so lucky.
Had to cancel a trip up north to speak at a church and I'm bummed.
But being able to hear, whenever I was deliriously awake, my wife keeping our kids so safe and happy: amazing.
I'm so lucky.
February 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
12 straight hours of norovirus. No thank you.
Had to cancel a trip up north to speak at a church and I'm bummed.
But being able to hear, whenever I was deliriously awake, my wife keeping our kids so safe and happy: amazing.
I'm so lucky.
Had to cancel a trip up north to speak at a church and I'm bummed.
But being able to hear, whenever I was deliriously awake, my wife keeping our kids so safe and happy: amazing.
I'm so lucky.
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Literally what do they think happened at Stonewall
February 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Literally what do they think happened at Stonewall
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
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Who what when where why not be our Valentine?
Send these to someone you’re headline over heels for. 💌
Send these to someone you’re headline over heels for. 💌
February 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Who what when where why not be our Valentine?
Send these to someone you’re headline over heels for. 💌
Send these to someone you’re headline over heels for. 💌
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This is murder.
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
February 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is murder.
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Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
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Just heard a Minnesota anti-hunger group that supplies food shelves with fresh, nutritious food from Minnesota farmers still can’t access federal funding.
They’ve had to pause some of their work. It’s causing a lot of uncertainty for families trying to figure out how to put food on the table.
They’ve had to pause some of their work. It’s causing a lot of uncertainty for families trying to figure out how to put food on the table.
February 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Just heard a Minnesota anti-hunger group that supplies food shelves with fresh, nutritious food from Minnesota farmers still can’t access federal funding.
They’ve had to pause some of their work. It’s causing a lot of uncertainty for families trying to figure out how to put food on the table.
They’ve had to pause some of their work. It’s causing a lot of uncertainty for families trying to figure out how to put food on the table.
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"Trump may want to normalize the idea of there only being two genders, and he may even be successful in establishing a law that affirms that idea, but that doesn’t mean Christ’s body has to agree."
5 Things Your Religious Community Can Do to Support Trans People
As the U.S. government escalates its discrimination against trans people, religious communities must escalate their support of the trans community.
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January 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Trump may want to normalize the idea of there only being two genders, and he may even be successful in establishing a law that affirms that idea, but that doesn’t mean Christ’s body has to agree."
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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
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February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
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If they were doing this to a single bank they would be immediately arrested but the Treasury of the entire United States doesn’t even have a guard at the door?
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If they were doing this to a single bank they would be immediately arrested but the Treasury of the entire United States doesn’t even have a guard at the door?
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Every time I remember Stephen Miller designed this rush of orders to burn me out specifically I get a new burst of energy from the spite alone. The very thought of my exhaustion giving him an ounce of joy makes me want to burst through walls
February 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Every time I remember Stephen Miller designed this rush of orders to burn me out specifically I get a new burst of energy from the spite alone. The very thought of my exhaustion giving him an ounce of joy makes me want to burst through walls