EmT
@503em.bsky.social
Portlander. I love cats and sometimes going outside. Not a fan of fascism
Reposted by EmT
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
Reposted by EmT
Thank you for your leadership, Governor Pritzker. It’s important to name what Trump is doing directly and reassure our communities that we categorically reject this intimidation.
Whether it be in Broadview here in Illinois or in Portland, Oregon, the Trump Administration is intentionally creating chaos to threaten sending military troops to American cities and suburbs.
September 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Thank you for your leadership, Governor Pritzker. It’s important to name what Trump is doing directly and reassure our communities that we categorically reject this intimidation.
Reposted by EmT
The Portland Metro Chamber, which over the past five years has constructed the narrative that Portland is a crime-infested city where you can't go anywhere to feel safe, said in a press conference that Portlanders should fight against Trump's deployment of federal agents by purchasing more things.
September 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Portland Metro Chamber, which over the past five years has constructed the narrative that Portland is a crime-infested city where you can't go anywhere to feel safe, said in a press conference that Portlanders should fight against Trump's deployment of federal agents by purchasing more things.
Reposted by EmT
Gavin Newsom is a genuinely bad person and any admiration you have for him needs to be directed toward actually good people like JB Pritzker or Andy Beshear.
August 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Gavin Newsom is a genuinely bad person and any admiration you have for him needs to be directed toward actually good people like JB Pritzker or Andy Beshear.
Reposted by EmT
Another approach: Shortly after Wilson's news dropped today, Seattle announced it's suing Trump over his anti-DEI orders.
July 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Another approach: Shortly after Wilson's news dropped today, Seattle announced it's suing Trump over his anti-DEI orders.
Reposted by EmT
The weirdest reality is that if ANY other POTUS suggested this, it would be an immediate 25th Amendment/impeachment crisis.
Everything with Trump has been unbelievably surreal because extremely wealthy white men see him as an opportunity to reshape America into their authoritarian capitalist schema
Everything with Trump has been unbelievably surreal because extremely wealthy white men see him as an opportunity to reshape America into their authoritarian capitalist schema
July 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The weirdest reality is that if ANY other POTUS suggested this, it would be an immediate 25th Amendment/impeachment crisis.
Everything with Trump has been unbelievably surreal because extremely wealthy white men see him as an opportunity to reshape America into their authoritarian capitalist schema
Everything with Trump has been unbelievably surreal because extremely wealthy white men see him as an opportunity to reshape America into their authoritarian capitalist schema
Reposted by EmT
Hearing from UFW spokesperson just now that this man has died.
Man on life support from injury during immigration raid in Ventura County, family says
A man is on life support after he was injured during an immigration raid at an agricultural area of Camarillo on Thursday, according to a family member.
abc7.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hearing from UFW spokesperson just now that this man has died.
Reposted by EmT
I'm OK with Democrats going on Fox News to counter misinformation and debate the conservative hosts or moderators. Going on Fox News to slam another Democrat should get you stripped of your committee assignments and DCCC funding.
Rep Gillen has since deleted this tweet. Just incredible how much she looks like a generic R here
June 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I'm OK with Democrats going on Fox News to counter misinformation and debate the conservative hosts or moderators. Going on Fox News to slam another Democrat should get you stripped of your committee assignments and DCCC funding.
Reposted by EmT
Come on. Look at the transcript. What Mamdani "has said about the Jewish people" is that "antisemitism is a real issue in our city" & he wants to increase "funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800%" & "what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe." bsky.app/profile/kenk...
Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell says of Zohran Mamdani: "I don't associate myself with what he has said about the Jewish people."
June 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Come on. Look at the transcript. What Mamdani "has said about the Jewish people" is that "antisemitism is a real issue in our city" & he wants to increase "funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800%" & "what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe." bsky.app/profile/kenk...
Reposted by EmT
A secret, never-mentioned fact is that the people who voted for Zohran are also taxpayers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
June 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A secret, never-mentioned fact is that the people who voted for Zohran are also taxpayers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reposted by EmT
Historically speaking, what's abnormal isn't 30-somethings entering leadership positions, it's 88 year olds running for re-election to Congress.
June 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Historically speaking, what's abnormal isn't 30-somethings entering leadership positions, it's 88 year olds running for re-election to Congress.
Reposted by EmT
Democrats: why won't young people get involved if they want something different
Young people: okay we'll run for stuff and make positive change 😁
Democrats: *horrified shrieking*
Young people: okay we'll run for stuff and make positive change 😁
Democrats: *horrified shrieking*
June 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Democrats: why won't young people get involved if they want something different
Young people: okay we'll run for stuff and make positive change 😁
Democrats: *horrified shrieking*
Young people: okay we'll run for stuff and make positive change 😁
Democrats: *horrified shrieking*
Reposted by EmT
34,000 already employed by NYPD. Before overtime, $11 billion in taxpayer funds. Largest police force in world.
Cuomo calling for 5000 more. Base starting salary alone: $300 million more.
Could instead fund violence interruption & summer youth employment in every NYC neighborhood for 5 years.
Cuomo calling for 5000 more. Base starting salary alone: $300 million more.
Could instead fund violence interruption & summer youth employment in every NYC neighborhood for 5 years.
March 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
34,000 already employed by NYPD. Before overtime, $11 billion in taxpayer funds. Largest police force in world.
Cuomo calling for 5000 more. Base starting salary alone: $300 million more.
Could instead fund violence interruption & summer youth employment in every NYC neighborhood for 5 years.
Cuomo calling for 5000 more. Base starting salary alone: $300 million more.
Could instead fund violence interruption & summer youth employment in every NYC neighborhood for 5 years.
Reposted by EmT
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
Reposted by EmT
One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
June 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
Reposted by EmT
just please remember, whatever the news says about LA after this, that this is *always* how it goes. Everything is extremely calm until the police actively escalate for no reason. It was true during all the BLM protests and it’s true now.
June 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
just please remember, whatever the news says about LA after this, that this is *always* how it goes. Everything is extremely calm until the police actively escalate for no reason. It was true during all the BLM protests and it’s true now.
Reposted by EmT
With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
Reposted by EmT
The main issue that bothers me about immigrants working in this country is that we continue to support a two-tier system of wages that creates an underpaid foreign underclass because we don’t force corporations and billionaires to pay their fair share into our economy
June 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The main issue that bothers me about immigrants working in this country is that we continue to support a two-tier system of wages that creates an underpaid foreign underclass because we don’t force corporations and billionaires to pay their fair share into our economy
Reposted by EmT
A sign of how fundamentally broken and inadequate to the moment our information and media ecosystem is when the president is deploying the military to crush protests against his mass kidnapping scheme, and the question is whether those who oppose it are being nice enough.
June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A sign of how fundamentally broken and inadequate to the moment our information and media ecosystem is when the president is deploying the military to crush protests against his mass kidnapping scheme, and the question is whether those who oppose it are being nice enough.
Reposted by EmT
It’s so plainly and obviously righteous to resist mass deportations with force that I think the people who want to convince us to be more afraid of the protestors than of ICE must imagine their audiences to be very stupid.
The feds kidnapping and trafficking people is a violent crime. Protesting it is fighting back against abuses of power. The government claiming protestors started the violence is DARVO—Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It’s what abusers do when they face consequences.
June 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It’s so plainly and obviously righteous to resist mass deportations with force that I think the people who want to convince us to be more afraid of the protestors than of ICE must imagine their audiences to be very stupid.
Reposted by EmT
Today RFK and co. removed the COVID vaccine from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule for children and pregnant people.
This is junk science. COVID puts children and pregnant people at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations, and Long COVID can cause chronic health issues for anyone.
This is junk science. COVID puts children and pregnant people at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations, and Long COVID can cause chronic health issues for anyone.
May 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today RFK and co. removed the COVID vaccine from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule for children and pregnant people.
This is junk science. COVID puts children and pregnant people at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations, and Long COVID can cause chronic health issues for anyone.
This is junk science. COVID puts children and pregnant people at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations, and Long COVID can cause chronic health issues for anyone.
Reposted by EmT
Aside from the fact that anyone can get seriously ill from COVID, a key point they are deliberately hiding when removing access is that COVID vaccines reduce transmission. People choose to get vaccinated to protect other people. It is wrong and harmful to take that choice away.
May 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Aside from the fact that anyone can get seriously ill from COVID, a key point they are deliberately hiding when removing access is that COVID vaccines reduce transmission. People choose to get vaccinated to protect other people. It is wrong and harmful to take that choice away.
Reposted by EmT
Trump chaos at the VA: at Danville VA “so many nurses resigned that closed the acute care unit to new patients;”
“a backlog of 2,298 unread radiology exams in Orlando, Florida;” “more than 14,000 VA employees in healthcare positions had applied to leave their jobs”
“a backlog of 2,298 unread radiology exams in Orlando, Florida;” “more than 14,000 VA employees in healthcare positions had applied to leave their jobs”
Disarray at Department of Veterans Affairs imperils patient care, internal documents reveal
Unit closures, reduced hours of operation and exam backlogs reported after Trump administration reductions
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Trump chaos at the VA: at Danville VA “so many nurses resigned that closed the acute care unit to new patients;”
“a backlog of 2,298 unread radiology exams in Orlando, Florida;” “more than 14,000 VA employees in healthcare positions had applied to leave their jobs”
“a backlog of 2,298 unread radiology exams in Orlando, Florida;” “more than 14,000 VA employees in healthcare positions had applied to leave their jobs”
Reposted by EmT
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
Reposted by EmT
Dems in Congress's fun reward for not expelling all the disqualified insurrectionists who voted to overturn the 2020 election (as the United States Constitution requires) is that Republicans in Congress are now demanding their arrest.
There’s high on your own supply and then there’s fried on your own supply.
May 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Dems in Congress's fun reward for not expelling all the disqualified insurrectionists who voted to overturn the 2020 election (as the United States Constitution requires) is that Republicans in Congress are now demanding their arrest.