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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑

@emilylhauser.bsky.social

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Was: reporter, writer, librarian | Now: social justice comms | Always: huge nerd Chicago Emily, not Em "We have to BE the consequence." - AOC Past writing: http://bit.ly/43664OI Why I post so much about Israel/Palestine: https://bit.ly/4hQmiQl

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

🧵*10/8/2025 noncooperation thread*

A daily-ish thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, defiance, & whatnot by individuals, communities, &/or institutions.

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The good people of Little Rock are busy today!

50501 Arkansas 🚫👑 @50501arkansas.bsky.social · 1d

10/8 - LITTLE ROCK

A day of action!☕️

Honk for justice on I-630 at Woodrow. 🏛️ Then, join the healthcare rally at Tom Cotton's office at 3:30 PM.

Tune into KABF 88.3 from 5-6pm for the latest.

Let's get LOUD,Little Rock! ✊️

#50501Arkansas #ThePeoplesProtestsAndMarchesAR #50501LittleRock

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

Sorry, Daddy.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

I learned from Bluesky that the Cubs are playing tonight. Is how you know that this is true.

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 6d

My father died when I was a baby. One of the things about which he was most passionate was baseball - specifically, the Cubs.

I hope he's forgiven me for having stopped following the Cubs at all once I discovered who owns them (Ricketts) & who benefits from their owner's billions (Trump).

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

“Clinching a playoff series at home in front of your fans with the three games that were just played, you’ve created memories. You’ve created baseball fans," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 22h

I wrote legal editorials for the Post for a hot minute many years ago, and I was constantly anxious about making sure I got the details right. This editorial is just humiliating for everyone involved

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22h

a strong case could also be made that if you were confused by why Bill and Ted would cast themselves in WAITING FOR GODOT, you might also not fully understand Bill and Ted

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22h

a strong case could be made that in fact, by selecting this play for themselves to star in, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have demonstrated that they understand WAITING FOR GODOT better than anyone else alive

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 22h

I’m always saying this

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 22h

My embryo has never been torpid .... nothing could overlay it;

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 22h

Across the country, people keep asking the same question: "What do we do now?"

And my answer is always the same: UNIONIZE.

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 1d

Great piece as always from @himself.bsky.social, on authoritarianism as a competitive instance of the coordination problem.

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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J. Effingham Booweather @jeffinghambellw.bsky.social · 23h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Young and smoking hot Jack and Roz Kirby

#comics

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

Imagine.

amdiamanti @amdiamanti.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine scaring any pregnant women in the post-Dobbs era into thinking their big concern should be how much the hospital gets paid.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

I am afraid but I must ask - how is it pronounced...?

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

oof, sorry!

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

"GO-thee" - though I must admit that I often fumble it and produce something that is neither!

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

Can you [especially if you're here in Chicago/the area] plan to make this one call tomorrow?

LFG📱💪‼️

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

🧵CHICAGO / SUBURBS

BACK OF THE YARDS / YARDS PLAZA

Friedman Real Estate: 888-848-1671
ext 2

I spoke with a lovely woman who took a msg & said she'd pass it on; she also transferred me to "one of" their CEOs, but I had to leave a VM.

If you do this: PLS BE POLITE, NO YELLING.

Sample script, next

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

*10/8/2025 noncooperation thread*

Back of the Yards is a ~65% Hispanic/Latine neighborhood in Chicago - and hey now! Look what I found!

The website & phone number for Friedman Real Estate in Michigan: friedmanrealestate.com/property-sea...

888-848-1671

brb I have to make a phone call

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing and no one motivates Donald J. Trump like his hatred for Barack Obama.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

I just really wish someone in the world of punditry would say, out loud, that Trump's obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize is entirely because That Black Man got one.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

Exceedingly!

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

*10/8/2025 noncooperation thread*

The defiance here is double: The institutions offering zero interest loans+the Senator informing us.

Triple, actually, bc of Bernie's staff.

Ope—quadruple, bc of the folks working at those institutions.

All of this work we do, we're doing with other people.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

*10/8/2025 noncooperation thread*

I like Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and you may quote me on that.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to expedite solar and wind permits before federal green energy tax credits expire next year.

The order prioritizes high-priority projects to begin by July 2026.

With @opb.org

Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the move, which follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that highlighted impediments green energy advocates blame for the state’s poor ranking when it co...

www.propublica.org

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

*10/8/2025 noncooperation thread*

More Dem electeds telling the simple truth, pls! The most important thing comes at the end of Murphy's thread, though:

"It's not too late to stop them. We can peacefully & forcefully mobilize now. We have the power."

We sure do 💪

Here's one way to mobilize:

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 23h

*10/8/2025 noncooperation thread*

Chicago ✊

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · Oct 7

oseh shalom bimromav hu yaaseh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael v’imru amein

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 1d

Listen. ONE of the reasons I rock with Dolly (Capricorn Gang) is because she’s always proven to me that integrity may cause you pain, but it will never be the reason you suffer. Which is not to say that suffering won’t come, but it’ll never be because you abandoned yourself. That’ll keep you going.

PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 1d

I hear she has supported school bands as well: www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/10/d...

Dolly Parton quietly funded Black school bands: 'The woman is a national treasure'

Dolly Parton paid for band uniforms and instruments for kids at majority Black high schools with zero publicity, a writer has revealed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

Aaaaaand, done.

subject head in my email inbox that reads: Your Washington Post subscription has been canceled.

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