@dcEmerald 🍀
@dcemerald.bsky.social
“You've always had the power, my dear. You've had it all along"
Pinned
@dcEmerald 🍀
@dcemerald.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Banking Committee Democrats Press Vought on Plans to “Close Down” CFPB As Trump Administration Argues Opposite in Court | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
www.banking.senate.gov
Lawmakers wrote to #CFPB acting director Russell Vought demanding answers to the discrepancies between what he tells the court and what he spews on right wing media
"your brazen admission last week confirms You are working to shut down the CFPB" - unlawfully
www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...
"your brazen admission last week confirms You are working to shut down the CFPB" - unlawfully
www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
New in PN: Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
"RIP to the Heritage Foundation, which functionally died this week, as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit.
The Suspect: Trump and his posse of online shitposters.
The weapon: Antisemitism.
The room: Phoenix Convention Center."
"RIP to the Heritage Foundation, which functionally died this week, as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit.
The Suspect: Trump and his posse of online shitposters.
The weapon: Antisemitism.
The room: Phoenix Convention Center."
Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
Antisemitism in the GOP? The devil you say!
www.publicnotice.co
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New in PN: Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
"RIP to the Heritage Foundation, which functionally died this week, as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit.
The Suspect: Trump and his posse of online shitposters.
The weapon: Antisemitism.
The room: Phoenix Convention Center."
"RIP to the Heritage Foundation, which functionally died this week, as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit.
The Suspect: Trump and his posse of online shitposters.
The weapon: Antisemitism.
The room: Phoenix Convention Center."
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u... Yet another atrocious move by the most incompetent lunatic ever to serve in the role of the presidency. He and his cabal are destroying whatever is left of our once mighty country.
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u... Yet another atrocious move by the most incompetent lunatic ever to serve in the role of the presidency. He and his cabal are destroying whatever is left of our once mighty country.
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
👀
So much damage. Why were we so fragile?
Lesson learned: Do not obey in advance people!
So much damage. Why were we so fragile?
Lesson learned: Do not obey in advance people!
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
👀
So much damage. Why were we so fragile?
Lesson learned: Do not obey in advance people!
So much damage. Why were we so fragile?
Lesson learned: Do not obey in advance people!
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
Over public dissents from Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, #SCOTUS refuses to allow President Trump to deploy federalized National Guard troops into and around Chicago.
This is a major loss for President Trump, even if, per Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, it’s temporary and on narrow legal Q:
This is a major loss for President Trump, even if, per Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, it’s temporary and on narrow legal Q:
www.supremecourt.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Over public dissents from Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, #SCOTUS refuses to allow President Trump to deploy federalized National Guard troops into and around Chicago.
This is a major loss for President Trump, even if, per Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, it’s temporary and on narrow legal Q:
This is a major loss for President Trump, even if, per Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, it’s temporary and on narrow legal Q:
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
Here's "the 60 Minutes CECOT documentary that Bari Weiss pulled about 24 hours before it was to air." youtu.be/tjY7acXx4E8?...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Here's "the 60 Minutes CECOT documentary that Bari Weiss pulled about 24 hours before it was to air." youtu.be/tjY7acXx4E8?...
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Thank you to the 21 AGs who are parties to this lawsuit against Vought #SaveCFPB #StopVought
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
State attorneys general sue Trump administration over efforts to shutter CFPB
20 states and the District of Columbia argue that the Trump administration has a legal duty to keep funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
www.politico.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Thank you to the 21 AGs who are parties to this lawsuit against Vought #SaveCFPB #StopVought
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
h/t @altnps.bsky.social for this ⬇️
"If you change the number in the 1332-16.pdf part of the link, you can start at 1332-01 to get to the beginning of the files and work your way through... 🧵 (1/3)
#epsteinfiles
"If you change the number in the 1332-16.pdf part of the link, you can start at 1332-01 to get to the beginning of the files and work your way through... 🧵 (1/3)
#epsteinfiles
December 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
h/t @altnps.bsky.social for this ⬇️
"If you change the number in the 1332-16.pdf part of the link, you can start at 1332-01 to get to the beginning of the files and work your way through... 🧵 (1/3)
#epsteinfiles
"If you change the number in the 1332-16.pdf part of the link, you can start at 1332-01 to get to the beginning of the files and work your way through... 🧵 (1/3)
#epsteinfiles
Who knew? Rahm Emmanuel had a soft side and some awesome parenting skills to boot. (No paywall link)
archive.is/2025.12.20-0...
archive.is/2025.12.20-0...
archive.is
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Who knew? Rahm Emmanuel had a soft side and some awesome parenting skills to boot. (No paywall link)
archive.is/2025.12.20-0...
archive.is/2025.12.20-0...
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
President Clinton is right. This is not getting as much attnetion as it should. The USA under Trumpstein is betraying this promise, which means any agreement involving Russia and the USA is not worth the paper it’s written on 🤷♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
President Clinton is right. This is not getting as much attnetion as it should. The USA under Trumpstein is betraying this promise, which means any agreement involving Russia and the USA is not worth the paper it’s written on 🤷♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
At what point will enough be enough?
Officials in the Trump govt are constantly caught LYING in court. Perjuring themselves.
That’s ILLEGAL.
Officials in the Trump govt are constantly caught LYING in court. Perjuring themselves.
That’s ILLEGAL.
December 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
At what point will enough be enough?
Officials in the Trump govt are constantly caught LYING in court. Perjuring themselves.
That’s ILLEGAL.
Officials in the Trump govt are constantly caught LYING in court. Perjuring themselves.
That’s ILLEGAL.
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks.
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks.
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
The desecration WILL be rolled back. The. Very. Moment. He. Is. GONE!
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The desecration WILL be rolled back. The. Very. Moment. He. Is. GONE!
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
I cannot wait for a Democratic administration to pry Trump's name off all the things he plastered it onto. His narcissism is endless.
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I cannot wait for a Democratic administration to pry Trump's name off all the things he plastered it onto. His narcissism is endless.
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
When an Omaha mother discovered high levels of lead in her son’s blood, she looked up EPA soil tests and discovered potentially harmful levels of the metal in her yard.
City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When an Omaha mother discovered high levels of lead in her son’s blood, she looked up EPA soil tests and discovered potentially harmful levels of the metal in her yard.
City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
Correct. Discharge Petition is very much alive.
Timing: now that it has 218 signatures, it has to "ripen" for 7 legislative days, then any member who signed the DP can call it up. Then Johnson has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote.
Which still means January 2026 at earliest, around Jan 13-15
Timing: now that it has 218 signatures, it has to "ripen" for 7 legislative days, then any member who signed the DP can call it up. Then Johnson has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote.
Which still means January 2026 at earliest, around Jan 13-15
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Correct. Discharge Petition is very much alive.
Timing: now that it has 218 signatures, it has to "ripen" for 7 legislative days, then any member who signed the DP can call it up. Then Johnson has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote.
Which still means January 2026 at earliest, around Jan 13-15
Timing: now that it has 218 signatures, it has to "ripen" for 7 legislative days, then any member who signed the DP can call it up. Then Johnson has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote.
Which still means January 2026 at earliest, around Jan 13-15
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
Another loss for Vought.
His sloppy “move fast and break the law” approach means RIFs at the CFPB will remain blocked more than a year after he first tried to layoff the entire staff.
His sloppy “move fast and break the law” approach means RIFs at the CFPB will remain blocked more than a year after he first tried to layoff the entire staff.
If you thought the fight over the CFPB's fate was over following the August DC Circuit opinion allowing the Trump administration to fire just about everyone, you lost!
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Full DC Circuit Will Review Trump’s Efforts to Dismantle CFPB
The Trump administration can’t move forward with plans to fire most employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after a full federal appeals court in Washington agreed to review a prior pane...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Another loss for Vought.
His sloppy “move fast and break the law” approach means RIFs at the CFPB will remain blocked more than a year after he first tried to layoff the entire staff.
His sloppy “move fast and break the law” approach means RIFs at the CFPB will remain blocked more than a year after he first tried to layoff the entire staff.
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
Reminder‼️ALL ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula is currently recalled due to an outbreak of infant botulism.
As of Dec 12, Walmart, Target, Kroger, and Albertsons were still stocking this formula. Do not buy it.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
As of Dec 12, Walmart, Target, Kroger, and Albertsons were still stocking this formula. Do not buy it.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US FDA sends warning letters to Walmart, Target for selling recalled baby formula
The FDA said four major retailers continued to sell baby formula linked to a nationwide outbreak of bacterial illness in infants even after the products were recalled.
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Reminder‼️ALL ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula is currently recalled due to an outbreak of infant botulism.
As of Dec 12, Walmart, Target, Kroger, and Albertsons were still stocking this formula. Do not buy it.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
As of Dec 12, Walmart, Target, Kroger, and Albertsons were still stocking this formula. Do not buy it.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Reposted by @dcEmerald 🍀
This is metal
ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.
www.fox8live.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is metal