EmmaTK55
@emmatk.bsky.social
Professional NYC tour guide and art historian. Loves opera, cooking, birding, and books. Politics junkie. Oversharer. π
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Thank you for documenting the madness every day.
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Thank you for documenting the madness every day.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.socialβs latest is a must read. She is one of the reasons I keep my NYT subscription.
Democracy Dies by Database www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Democracy Dies by Database www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Opinion | Democracy Dies by Database
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
@tressiemcphd.bsky.socialβs latest is a must read. She is one of the reasons I keep my NYT subscription.
Democracy Dies by Database www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Democracy Dies by Database www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Iβm very glad to see this photo. xoxo
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Iβm very glad to see this photo. xoxo
I need to get back to my regular @rudepundit.bsky.social reading. Heβs so freaking spot on, all the time.
rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-...
rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-...
Why Are We Not Purging People in the Epstein Files from the American Government?
Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form.
rudepundit.blogspot.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I need to get back to my regular @rudepundit.bsky.social reading. Heβs so freaking spot on, all the time.
rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-...
rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-...
Hmmm, you donβt sayβ¦
Paul Weiss was one of the first major law firms to bend the knee to Trump.
And, yup, connected to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...
And, yup, connected to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...
Wall St. Lawyer Brad Karp Says He Regrets Epstein Interactions
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Hmmm, you donβt sayβ¦
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Exactly: βunderage womenβ are *girls* or *children*. The Epstein files are about child rape and child sexual assault and abuse. π€¬
February 3, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Exactly: βunderage womenβ are *girls* or *children*. The Epstein files are about child rape and child sexual assault and abuse. π€¬
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a βriot control agentβ that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
βIt just doesnβt work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,β an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
βIt just doesnβt work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,β an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a βriot control agentβ that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
βIt just doesnβt work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,β an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
βIt just doesnβt work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,β an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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From trailblazers like Jackie Robinson and Octavia Butler, to the proud historic community of Altadena, California's 28th District has a rich Black history paved by incredible leaders, past and present, who have broken barriers and changed our nation for the better.
Happy Black History Month.
Happy Black History Month.
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
From trailblazers like Jackie Robinson and Octavia Butler, to the proud historic community of Altadena, California's 28th District has a rich Black history paved by incredible leaders, past and present, who have broken barriers and changed our nation for the better.
Happy Black History Month.
Happy Black History Month.
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#VisibilityBrigade #oregon #OR #ICE #CivilLiberties #DueProcess #GovernmentAccountability #PeacefulProtest #PeoplePower
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social #alexpretti #reneegood @hcrichardson.bsky.social @samschifrien.bsky.social
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social #alexpretti #reneegood @hcrichardson.bsky.social @samschifrien.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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#VisibilityBrigade #Colorado #CO #ICE #CivilLiberties #DueProcess #GovernmentAccountability #PeacefulProtest #PeoplePower
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social #alexpretti #reneegood @hcrichardson.bsky.social @samschifrien.bsky.social
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social #alexpretti #reneegood @hcrichardson.bsky.social @samschifrien.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
βWe are using the structure to renovate.β β heβs tearing it down.
President Donald Trump said Monday that he won't tear down the Kennedy Center but said it needs to be closed for about two years for work that cannot be done with patrons coming and going for shows and other performances. https://to.pbs.org/4telhrr
WATCH: Trump says he's not ripping downΒ the Kennedy Center, 'we're using the structure' to renovate
President Donald Trump's comments suggested that the interior of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will be gutted as part of the process.
www.pbs.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
βWe are using the structure to renovate.β β heβs tearing it down.
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π₯ AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF: βThis is the 3rd or 4th time Trump threatened to sue meβ¦ I believe if the πΊπΈ public knew the real nature of Trumpβs relationship with Jeffrey Epstein they would turn away in revulsion and horror. So sue me.β
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
π₯ AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF: βThis is the 3rd or 4th time Trump threatened to sue meβ¦ I believe if the πΊπΈ public knew the real nature of Trumpβs relationship with Jeffrey Epstein they would turn away in revulsion and horror. So sue me.β
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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: βHow will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.β
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: βHow will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.β
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
ππ»ππ» @adamserwer.bsky.social βWhen you are asking men to essentially make war on their fellow citizensβ¦you may find telling them that they can keep their identity hidden useful. The masks may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to to make it easier for them to do unspeakable things.β
February 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
ππ»ππ» @adamserwer.bsky.social βWhen you are asking men to essentially make war on their fellow citizensβ¦you may find telling them that they can keep their identity hidden useful. The masks may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to to make it easier for them to do unspeakable things.β
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morningβs alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
MUST READ Thank you @froomkin.bsky.social
I am horrified and disgusted by the lack out outrage on the part of the corporate media to the arrest of two Black independent journalists on Friday for doing journalism, Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. Where are the editorials? I'm mulling. In the meantime pls read:
presswatchers.org/2026/01/jour...
presswatchers.org/2026/01/jour...
Journalists must forcefully decry the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort | Press Watch
Press freedom is at stake, and news organizations need to say so
presswatchers.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
MUST READ Thank you @froomkin.bsky.social
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Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
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Anyone who tells you there is a 'ceasefire' in Gaza is gaslighting you and is an anti-Palestinian racist:
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 30 Palestinians, including several children
Hospitals in Gaza saidΒ Israeli strikesΒ killed at least 30 Palestinians including several children on Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire.
www.pbs.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Anyone who tells you there is a 'ceasefire' in Gaza is gaslighting you and is an anti-Palestinian racist:
Rosina napping in three photos:
1. So comfy, I just look broken.
2. Are you talking about me?
3. I sleep now.
#dogsofbluesky #wheatenterrier #sleepydog
1. So comfy, I just look broken.
2. Are you talking about me?
3. I sleep now.
#dogsofbluesky #wheatenterrier #sleepydog
February 1, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Rosina napping in three photos:
1. So comfy, I just look broken.
2. Are you talking about me?
3. I sleep now.
#dogsofbluesky #wheatenterrier #sleepydog
1. So comfy, I just look broken.
2. Are you talking about me?
3. I sleep now.
#dogsofbluesky #wheatenterrier #sleepydog
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.