Emma Daly
Emma Daly
@emmadaly.bsky.social
Recovering journalist and human rights activist
This country is so screwed

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.

I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.

New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.

But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Mother Fletcher endured more than anyone should, yet she spent her life lighting a path forward with purpose” - Tulsa’s mayor Monroe Nichols remembers Viola Fletcher, survivor of the Tulsa massacre

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, dies age 111
One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died
abcnews.go.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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"Mamdani said Trump was a fascist & Trump practically got on his knees to kiss his shoes. Mark Kelly & company asked troops to not obey illegal orders & Trump called for their deaths. Both cases demonstrate that standing up to Trump without compromising works a lot better than bending the knee."
Dems win key messaging battles against Trump
Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger.
www.publicnotice.co
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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My kids have measles, I lost my job, and I'm going to die because RFK Jr. cancelled the clinical trials that might have cured my cancer. But at least I know there won't be any same-sex couples in the next Frozen movie.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.

I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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I’m no great fan of the ACA.

I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.

But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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The only person who has been seizing private companies through the power of the state is Trump.
Kelly Loeffler: "This is gonna be a crisis in the city of New York, to have a communist in there talking about seizing the means of production ... this is the face of Democrat Party now, and you saw that with everyone coming and bowing to him."
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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LOCAL ELECTION RESULT:

Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.

For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Amazing. He's saying the quiet part out loud without even realizing it.

I know how absurd this is to say these days, but it's important to remember that officially, redistricting isn't supposed to unfairly favor one party over another.
Mike Johnson: "I think the midterm is gonna be a great one for us. We have a very favorable election map on the Republican side and it will be even more favorable once all the redistricting, uh, stuff has settled out."
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.

➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A good list for people in NYC to share about how people impacted by SNAP cuts might access some food:
open.substack.com/pub/eboyle/p...
feed thy neighbor.
mutual aid in times of invented crisis.
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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If your medication was made in a contaminated factory, the FDA won’t tell you.

Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.
Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made
We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and dat...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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“More than 150,000 people have died across the country and about 12 million have fled their homes, creating one of the worst humanitarian crises.”

This is a genocide in Sudan.
El-Fasher: Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan
The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM