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T Petra Emmer
@t-petra.bsky.social
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Queer GenX/Xennial single mother living in Utah.
Writer, thinker, TTRPG Game Master
blue-haired, bleeding-heart liberal witch.
Love recklessly, live with generosity, gather in peace
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Sept 24 Wyden starts pushing aggressively on JPMorgan about Epstein's bank transactions, many of which were flagged as signs of his crimes, flags that were buried or ignored. Trump announced 3 days later he was sending troops to Portland. Such a weird coincidence...
Wyden Presses JPMorgan Chief Dimon for Answers on Jeffrey Epstein
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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johnpaulstadler.bsky.social
Just a reminder: fuck you, RFK
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history

BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
September 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
t-petra.bsky.social
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
Opinion | ‘I Wanted to Do Work That Was Helping People.’ Then Trump Fired Him — Twice. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration saw them as villains. I saw something very different.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
t-petra.bsky.social
Support is rising for a social strike. Here's some evidence of how they have worked in our country recently. I had COMPLETELY forgotten this. therealnews.com/airline-work...
Airline workers held Trump to account in his first term—here's what we can learn from them now
Amid a government shutdown in 2019 that forced airline workers to sleep in their cars, Sara Nelson and the Association of Flight Attendants intervened with the threat of a strike, and won.
therealnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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jdcmedlock.bsky.social
“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
t-petra.bsky.social
People said that they didn't know enough about Kamala's plans to know if they'd be good for the economy or not... we sure knew a hell of a lot more about the good her plans would do, and she (and a lot of others) warned us about the bad his would do. youtube.com/shorts/GNqKj...
Kamala Harris called it EXACTLY
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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adrianna.bsky.social
A friend (and disgruntled former HHS staffer) just summed up the situation at HHS as best as I've heard so far:

"They are just systematically committed to ruining anyone’s ability to understand anything."
April 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
ALIEN ENEMIES ACT: ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE In the case of: ________________________________ A-File No:__________________ 1. The person named above is fourteen years or older: 2. The person named above is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States: 3. The person named above is a citizen of Venezuela: If any of these three requirements are not satisfied, the person named above shall not be ordered removed under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). In such a case, you should consult your supervisor and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and, where applicable, initiate removal proceedings under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). 4. The person named above is validated as a member of Tren de Aragua (TDA), as determined by reference to the following evaluation form: Instructions: Complete the following validation evaluation form for each suspected alien targeted for removal under the AEA, or, following apprehension, for each alien potentially subject to an AEA removal. After accounting for the two comments below, aliens scoring 8 points and higher are validated as members of TDA; you should proceed with issuing Form AEA-21B, titled, “Notice and Warrant of Apprehension and Removal under the Alien Enemies Act.” Aliens scoring 6 or 7 points may be validated as members of TDA; you should consult with a supervisor and OPLA, reviewing the totality of the facts, before making that determination; if you determine an alien should not be validated at this time as a member of TDA, when available, you should initiate removal proceedings under the INA. Alien scoring 5 points or less should not be validated at this time as member of TDA; when available, you should initiate removal proceedings under the INA. The following alt-text is excerpted of a larger checklist, as the whole page doesn't fit within alt-text character limits. Comment 2: For purposes of validating an alien as a member of TDA, at least one scoring category must involve conduct occurring, or information received, within the past five years. Valuation Explanation Category Definition Explanation Points Judicial Outcomes and Official Documents a. Subject has been convicted of violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 521 or any other federal or state law criminalizing or imposing civil penalties for activity related to TDA 10 b. Court records (e.g., indictments, criminal complaints, sentencing memorandums) identifying the subject as a member of TDA, describing specific activity of TDA 5 Self-Admission a. Subject self-identifies as a member or associate of TDA verbally or in writing to law enforcement officer, even if that self identification to a law enforcement officer is unwitting, e.g., through lawful interception of communications. 10 Criminal Conduct and Information a. Subject participates in criminal activity (e.g., narcotics trafficking, human smuggling, etc.) with other members of TDA, including preparatory meetings and significant incidents directly attributed to TDA 6 b. Law enforcement or intelligence reporting identifying subject as a member of TDA, to include Bureau of Prisons validations and reliable foreign partner information. 4 c. Credible testimonies/statements from victims, community members, or informants that affirm the subject’s membership in or allegiance to TDA. 3 d. Detailed open-source media (e.g., newspapers, investigative journalism reports) that describe arrest, prosecution, or operations of a subject as a member of TDA 2 e. Subject conducts and/or facilitates business with TDA (e.g., money laundering, mule, service provider) 2 Documents and Communications Final page: Association a. Surveillance documentation that a subject is frequently observed closely associating with known leaders and members of TDA 2 b. Subject part of group photos with two or more known members of TDA 2 c. Subject presently resides with known members of TDA 2 Total Points VALIDATION DETERMINATION Note: If any of the four requirements are not satisfied, do not complete this validation determination. Based on the validation guide and instructions above, including Comments 1 and 2, I find that the person named above, _______________________________________________: 1. Is fourteen years or older; 2. Is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States; 3. Is a citizen of Venezuela; and 4. Is a member of Tren de Aragua. Accordingly, the above-named person is validated as an Alien Enemy. _____________________ _________________________ __________________ Name of Agent/officer Signature of agent/officer Date completing the form completing the form ______________________ _________________________ ____________________ Name of Supervisor Signature of Supervisor Date
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
t-petra.bsky.social
"Bejarana... continued talking about the Department of Government Efficiency."

“We’ve got to be a little aggressive with some of these folks here,” Bejarana said. “Your voice is meaningless right now. ... I can talk over all of you.”
cdapress.com/news/2025/fe...
Chaos erupts at legislative town hall in Coeur d'Alene
Saturday’s Legislative Town Hall hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee turned volatile as some attendees voiced their concerns over House Bill 138 and other recent legislative ini...
cdapress.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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luckytran.com
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
An upside-down American flag hangs from El Capitan near Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall on Saturday to protest the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration. Tracy Barbutes/Special to the Chronicle
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
t-petra.bsky.social
The Bengsons wrote and performed this during the pandemic, but the last two verses are just so applicable to our current situation that I think it's worth another listen if you have 5 minutes of your time. youtu.be/Cs-ju_L9pEQ?...
The Keep Going Song (title track)
YouTube video by thebengsons
youtu.be
February 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
t-petra.bsky.social
Tell me you're neurospicy without saying neurospicy. I'll go first. Half a dozen boxes of art to unpack all say "birds" on them. Another half dozen say "d&d."
February 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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courtneymilan.com
This is fucking fire but also, amazingly, the judge is doing her damned best to establishing on the record that they don’t have a rational basis for their actions.
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Feb 18
Another extraordinary exchange just now about "animus" in the court hearing on trasngender members of the military:
February 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.
February 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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wamorrison95.bsky.social
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
The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
t-petra.bsky.social
Well hello. I guess I'm here. We'll see how this goes.
February 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM