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Emmet

@emmet987.bsky.social

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Scientist fighting misinformation. “Every public servant has an ethical obligation to serve the public interest.”

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Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · Nov 18

Does your state already celebrate National Science Appreciation Day on March 26? If not, here's how you can make it happen in your state.
(March 26, 1953 was the date that Dr. Jonas Salk revealed the successful development of his polio vaccine.)
sciencesaves.org/about-nation...

National Science Appreciation Day ScienceSaves

What is it? National Science Appreciation Day (NSAD) is a day celebrating how science has benefited human outcomes, unleashed human potential, and transform ...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

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Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · 1h

I already voted "Yes" on Prop 50.
If the right-wing Munger family actually cared about a non-partisan commission to draw district lines, they would have spent their $100,000,000 in Texas.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

California is going to “stick it to Trump” this November— Vote YES on Prop 50.

This ad 🔥😂

Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · 1h

Keep U.S.A. King-free.
Don't discard your protest sign after No-Kings Day. There's a bridge somewhere that needs it.

JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 4h

The Ocean County (NJ) Visibility Brigade is ready raring to go for #NoKings next Saturday.

Be brave! Speak out now before it’s too late!

KEEP USA KING FREE hanging on a pedestrian bridge over the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County New Jersey.

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 4h

Virginia’s future is on the line. Meet the Delegates ready to fight for our rights, schools, and democracy.

Together, we can make Virginia bluer and protect what matters most. 🗳️#VoteVA

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

Hello Idaho, we’re here to keep your potatoes safe from Antifa.

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 4h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · 1h

I'll be there, with or without my new dinosaur costume. Don't forget drinks and healthy snacks.

DemCast USA @demcast.com · 4h

Senator Bernie Sanders has a message for Speaker Johnson.

The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a "hate America" rally.
It's a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom.

Go to nokings.org and find a location near you to join the movement, 10/18.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4h

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

Fat Satan got his COVID booster shot yesterday. If he doesn’t listen to his Trumpshit-crazy HHS Secretary, why should we?

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 4h

📌The lovable Diane Keaton has died at 79, while the revolting 79-year-old Donald Trump lives ...

Man, I am sick of this world right now.

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 3h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Fat Satan appoints Lauren Boebert ambassador to Idaho.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 2h

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · 1h

Every public servant has an ethical obligation to serve the public interest. Sen. McConnell thinks his obligation is to the Republican Party, President W. Bush thinks his obligation is to his campaign contributors, and Trump thinks his obligation is to himself. Don't vote Republican!

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

Republicans declare themselves patriots, then turn around and block the paychecks of the men and women who defend America.

And what’s really wild, some of those same troops keep voting red while getting screwed over again and again.

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Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · 1h

False equivalence is a logical fallacy. Is there not a single journalism school in any U.S. university that teaches basic logical fallacies?

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Justin @justinthewise.bsky.social · 1d

Does he plan on raiding their homes in the middle of the night?

Quite sure a few Southern folk will do more than riot

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Luther Yungblood @wado1.bsky.social · 1d

It's not lost on me how SILENT Tesla boi has been ever since he got what he wanted with that DOGE shit.

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Lauren @oglauren.bsky.social · 1d

Torturing people just to torture them

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“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...