EmKay Kettleson-Anderson
@mkettleson.bsky.social
She/They #Minnesota now. Whole decades in #OrangeCountyCA, #WheatonIL, & #OmahaNE. Invested in people, community, data, the scientific method, history, & the future. Real justice is distributive not punitive. Born in St Paul, but love Minneapolis too.
Pinned
The key to sanity — whether in difficult times or in easy times — is to keep your eyes on your best path forward, keep taking your own next indicated step, and keep taking the hands of those willing to walk that path together
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Upcoming council meetings in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois (rural/ex-urban areas)
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Upcoming council meetings in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois (rural/ex-urban areas)
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This is a fundamental misunderstanding of how insurance works... by a US Senator (and DOCTOR) 😩🤦🏼♀️
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of how insurance works... by a US Senator (and DOCTOR) 😩🤦🏼♀️
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Can politicians post here like normal instead of screenshots from X?
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Can politicians post here like normal instead of screenshots from X?
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The Siembra NC immigration defense network continues kicking ass and taking names. National Zoom trainings coming up:
NOV 17 2025
Immigration defense plays
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
NOV 19 2025
deep dive into local strategies
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
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NOV 17 2025
Immigration defense plays
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
NOV 19 2025
deep dive into local strategies
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
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November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Siembra NC immigration defense network continues kicking ass and taking names. National Zoom trainings coming up:
NOV 17 2025
Immigration defense plays
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
NOV 19 2025
deep dive into local strategies
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
RSVP defendandrecruit.org/national/?li...
NOV 17 2025
Immigration defense plays
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
NOV 19 2025
deep dive into local strategies
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
RSVP defendandrecruit.org/national/?li...
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It’s estimated that 23% of drivers never have an accident. Maybe they shouldn’t have to have car insurance.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It’s estimated that 23% of drivers never have an accident. Maybe they shouldn’t have to have car insurance.
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Happy "finally cold enough to fuck with your tire pressure" Day to all who celebrate
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy "finally cold enough to fuck with your tire pressure" Day to all who celebrate
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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One thing I share in common with our 6 adult sons is that every one of them spends time on music, listening with full attention to new releases, and finding with amazement new songs/pieces that say what their souls needed to finally say but that never could have been said fully without music.
One thing I share in common with our 6 adult sons is that every one of them spends time on music, listening with full attention to new releases, and finding with amazement new songs/pieces that say what their souls needed to finally say but that never could have been said fully without music.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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One thing I share in common with our 6 adult sons is that every one of them spends time on music, listening with full attention to new releases, and finding with amazement new songs/pieces that say what their souls needed to finally say but that never could have been said fully without music.
One thing I share in common with our 6 adult sons is that every one of them spends time on music, listening with full attention to new releases, and finding with amazement new songs/pieces that say what their souls needed to finally say but that never could have been said fully without music.
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I just sent @angiecraigmn.bsky.social and @peggyflanagan.bsky.social an email. Please feel free to copy.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I just sent @angiecraigmn.bsky.social and @peggyflanagan.bsky.social an email. Please feel free to copy.
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It's time to remind centrist democrats that they are trapped in here with us...
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's time to remind centrist democrats that they are trapped in here with us...
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A one year-old was pepper sprayed in a car with her parents by an armed, masked federal agent, and Dick Durbin is more concerned with "how the Senate works"
And the truly craziest thing abt this cave is that someone seeing the invasion of Chicago firsthand, Dick Durbin, doesn't understand this.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A one year-old was pepper sprayed in a car with her parents by an armed, masked federal agent, and Dick Durbin is more concerned with "how the Senate works"
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of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
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General strike comes to mind
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
General strike comes to mind
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I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
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You have a kid, take them to see the enormous crocodile at MIA Children’s Theater. Awesome.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You have a kid, take them to see the enormous crocodile at MIA Children’s Theater. Awesome.
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It’s been 5 days since resounding electoral wins for democrats, so it’s about time to cave to the party everyone just voted against!
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s been 5 days since resounding electoral wins for democrats, so it’s about time to cave to the party everyone just voted against!
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as always SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY.
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
as always SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY.
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Yes.
Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Yes.
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If this thing goes through, the Dems are willingly shouldering the blame for the shutdown and all the pain it has caused.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If this thing goes through, the Dems are willingly shouldering the blame for the shutdown and all the pain it has caused.
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Pictures from my Father's camera
A young child from the village of Marshall, Alaska, 1972
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A young child from the village of Marshall, Alaska, 1972
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November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pictures from my Father's camera
A young child from the village of Marshall, Alaska, 1972
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A young child from the village of Marshall, Alaska, 1972
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Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
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I use old cardboard shipping boxes and bubble wrap envelopes to make insulated shelters for ours, under the porch like you do. I also use some heavy “felt” rug pad for the bottom on the inside. + A hole in the side just big enough for them to enter & leave.
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I use old cardboard shipping boxes and bubble wrap envelopes to make insulated shelters for ours, under the porch like you do. I also use some heavy “felt” rug pad for the bottom on the inside. + A hole in the side just big enough for them to enter & leave.