Emily

Emily

@emrelli.bsky.social

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Years and years of "what is a woman" discourse only to settle on a definition that includes 15-year-olds.

Lis Power@lispower.bsky.social

Fox News doc on lower fertility rate: "The problem is teens and young adults, from ages 15-19 the fertility rate is down 7%, and it's down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we're telling people that are young not have babies, to wait until they're in a more stable life situation"

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republicans are in charge of everything and they are getting everything theyve ever wanted and doing everything theyve ever wanted and the world is on fire and the global world order is collapsing. is there a correlation? who can say

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We can’t clean up Washington without restoring integrity to the Supreme Court. That’s why I believe we should expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices. And then, institute term limits. Because an appointment to the Supreme Court shouldn’t mean a lifetime lack of accountability.

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Larry Ellison, who lives on a Hawaiian island he owns 98% of, and who flies fighter jets for fun... thinks he knows what "the middle of the country" wants for their entertainment?

Strictly 4 My Navigators@lizzslockeroom.bsky.social

The plans....

Emily reposted

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

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I forgot about this, but should not have. It’s fantastic. Don’t watch the SOTU, and the torrent of lies that can’t be checked. Don’t let yourself be demoralized by the images of quisling Vichy Republicans clapping at a madman’s rantings. Watch this, and remember we will win.

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com

Ok, I couldn't stop thinking about this. Apologies to the literally dozens of people I've lifted from... I want to do a fully credited version, but I'm sitting here sobbing and, well, maybe you'll feel some release, too.

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Trump plans to send $10 billion in funds that Congress hasn’t appropriated from the US Treasury to an organization that he will continue to chair personally even after he is out of office. This is looting.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)

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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood. "It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.

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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay

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we need to make private jet ownership illegal. but as a compromise, I think we can mandate that on every commercial flight one random passenger is picked out of a hat, and the airline and plane crew have to be extra nice and accommodating to them while treating the rest of the passengers even worse.

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this is so funny because it's like, oh my god, what an awful question for a news show. and then wham the answer is so much worse somehow

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Doocy: "The new face of RealFood .gov is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear?" RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."

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this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com

“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”

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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."

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it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"

capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social

Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience. Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/

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A fascist death squad murdered a Department of Veterans Affairs ICU nurse this morning and VA Secretary Doug Collins hasn't said a word. Quite the message to veterans and their caregivers.

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Literally 10 days ago, this hypocritical jackass introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sen. Hoeven: "We can't just go by what we saw on videos on social media. We've got to get the facts. But in a situation where an individual appears to have approached law enforcement, intervened while they're trying to do their job, and he has a loaded handgun, think about that."

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I will donate, phone bank, and knock on doors for any Democrat who promises to do everything to the Republicans in power that they’re doing to innocent people. Not talk about the price of milk. Not talk about norms. Just want a promise that the these motherfuckers will rot.

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States can do this now. Pass laws stating that if you worked for ICE at any time after, say, Jan 8, 2026: you are permanently ineligible for a driver’s license or for employment by state or local governments or any private employer that receives state funding.

jon ben-menachem@jbenmenachem.com

Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.

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I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity. They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.

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I will canvass for whichever candidate runs on putting this man in prison in 2028.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"

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This is who federal agents are ripping out of their communities and shipping across the country. This is the danger we're being protected from.