DeMarco Emmons
@demarcoemmons.bsky.social
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Khanna: "Here we have a sitting cabinet member, Lutnick, who's all over the files as having a business relationship allegedly and personal relationship alleged after Epstein was convicted. He's allegedly lied about his relationship. And there's no consequence. We need to get real in this country."
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Khanna: "Here we have a sitting cabinet member, Lutnick, who's all over the files as having a business relationship allegedly and personal relationship alleged after Epstein was convicted. He's allegedly lied about his relationship. And there's no consequence. We need to get real in this country."
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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Since it reopened in March 2025, the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, has held around 3,500 people, with more than half of them being children. https://to.pbs.org/400Zq9A
Reporter details life for children and families detained in Texas migrant facility
Since it reopened in March 2025, the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, has held around 3,500 people, with more than half of them being children. As reports of contaminated food and the spr...
to.pbs.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Since it reopened in March 2025, the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, has held around 3,500 people, with more than half of them being children. https://to.pbs.org/400Zq9A
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury: “The United States government is engaged in an active coverup of the largest sex trafficking scandal & influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States — and Donald Trump is right at the center of it”
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Rep. Melanie Stansbury: “The United States government is engaged in an active coverup of the largest sex trafficking scandal & influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States — and Donald Trump is right at the center of it”
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With the number of people in ICE detention topping 70,000 for the first time, 7,252 people had been in custody at least six months in mid-January, including 79 held for more than two years, according to agency data. https://to.pbs.org/4riIgjG
Migrants face dire conditions and prolonged waits in U.S. detention centers
The number of people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention has topped 70,000 for the first time.
www.pbs.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
With the number of people in ICE detention topping 70,000 for the first time, 7,252 people had been in custody at least six months in mid-January, including 79 held for more than two years, according to agency data. https://to.pbs.org/4riIgjG
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"All of these individual systems together are part of a bigger picture of mass surveillance that's at an unprecedented level because of the total control from top to bottom of the infrastructure."
Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete
After more than 15 years of draconian measures, culminating in an ongoing internet shutdown, the Iranian regime seems to be staggering toward its digital surveillance endgame.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"All of these individual systems together are part of a bigger picture of mass surveillance that's at an unprecedented level because of the total control from top to bottom of the infrastructure."
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The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
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I remain shocked by how much work was done after Katrina (subj of my diss) on evacuating pets in disasters relative to evacuating people without cars, or with disabilities, or with poverty, or elderly, or, or, or
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
I remain shocked by how much work was done after Katrina (subj of my diss) on evacuating pets in disasters relative to evacuating people without cars, or with disabilities, or with poverty, or elderly, or, or, or
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Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on body cameras, sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability.
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even whe...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on body cameras, sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability.
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
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You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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A side effect of deleting the Instagram and Facebook apps off my phone is reduced exposure to advertising, which means fewer unexpected purchases. Pharmaceutical advertising is also not a thing in Canada. My only novelty purchases are currently at Costco.
February 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
A side effect of deleting the Instagram and Facebook apps off my phone is reduced exposure to advertising, which means fewer unexpected purchases. Pharmaceutical advertising is also not a thing in Canada. My only novelty purchases are currently at Costco.
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The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month. www.wired.com/story/hundre...
Over 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month. www.wired.com/story/hundre...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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In the historically anti-union South, the UAW just secured a landmark contract with Volkswagen.
The workers won major wage increases, job security against outsourcing, and higher-quality healthcare.
Congratulations to these workers, and remember: there is always hope in labor.
The workers won major wage increases, job security against outsourcing, and higher-quality healthcare.
Congratulations to these workers, and remember: there is always hope in labor.
February 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
In the historically anti-union South, the UAW just secured a landmark contract with Volkswagen.
The workers won major wage increases, job security against outsourcing, and higher-quality healthcare.
Congratulations to these workers, and remember: there is always hope in labor.
The workers won major wage increases, job security against outsourcing, and higher-quality healthcare.
Congratulations to these workers, and remember: there is always hope in labor.
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The fact that ICE refers to people detained as "bodies" tells us everything we need to know. It's fascism.
#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT #nohumanisillegal
#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT #nohumanisillegal
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The fact that ICE refers to people detained as "bodies" tells us everything we need to know. It's fascism.
#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT #nohumanisillegal
#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT #nohumanisillegal
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Vance is a prick that defies description. My mother said this is the main reason she hopes Trump doesn't die while in office. I still hope he croaks off soon.
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Amplifying Smears Against Alex Pretti
www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Amplifying Smears Against Alex Pretti
www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
JD Vance Has Frosty, 2-Word Response When Asked About Apology To Alex Pretti's Family
“For what?” the vice president replied when asked if he'd be apologizing to Pretti's family.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Vance is a prick that defies description. My mother said this is the main reason she hopes Trump doesn't die while in office. I still hope he croaks off soon.
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Amplifying Smears Against Alex Pretti
www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Amplifying Smears Against Alex Pretti
www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
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Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
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That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
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1. A reminder: Walmart's $1 trillion valuation is the product of decades of unchecked anticompetitive behavior. It's no coincidence that Walmart began its insane growth spurt after the 1980s decision to stop enforcing key antitrust laws. More than others, Walmart recognized what this meant.
Walmart’s Monopolization of Local Grocery Markets | Independent Business
In 203 markets, Walmart controls 50% or more of the grocery market. No other corporation has ever amassed this much control over the food system.
ilsr.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
1. A reminder: Walmart's $1 trillion valuation is the product of decades of unchecked anticompetitive behavior. It's no coincidence that Walmart began its insane growth spurt after the 1980s decision to stop enforcing key antitrust laws. More than others, Walmart recognized what this meant.
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Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
Not one more penny for ICE.
Not one more penny for ICE.
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
Not one more penny for ICE.
Not one more penny for ICE.
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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To be clear: I think the regime's plan to steal the election is doomed to fail. I don't think they're going to pull it off. We can win by voting in huge numbers and mass civil resistance against their crimes.
But, we're much more likely to succeed if we are prepared for their attempt.
But, we're much more likely to succeed if we are prepared for their attempt.
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
To be clear: I think the regime's plan to steal the election is doomed to fail. I don't think they're going to pull it off. We can win by voting in huge numbers and mass civil resistance against their crimes.
But, we're much more likely to succeed if we are prepared for their attempt.
But, we're much more likely to succeed if we are prepared for their attempt.
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Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.