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@emmatk.bsky.social

Professional NYC tour guide and art historian. Loves opera, cooking, birding, and books. Politics junkie. Oversharer. πŸ’™ https://www.ganyc.org/emma-guest-consales-phd

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It really is amazing how much of political punditry, *especially* elite outfits in NYC and Washington, still embrace this bizarre idea that rural spaces represent the "Real America" while metropolitan areas, where most (presumably real) Americans actually live, should be held in contempt.

14.02.2026 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3248    πŸ” 672    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 41

This is so great. He gives me hope because when @kim.senate.gov posted about the kids running away on FB, all the trolls came out to cheer ICE and to accuse the *kids* of running away because they were β€œguilty.” They’re such POSs.

15.02.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WTAF 🀯🫠

14.02.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s official: Republicans have let funding for FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard lapse.

Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.

14.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 615    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 16
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A newly unsealed FBI interview shows an entire Deutsche Bank staff team internally tried to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2015, after seeing wires to young women. One compliance officer says she was later pushed out and fired after raising the issue. Management kept the accounts open.

14.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 856    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 54
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πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

14.02.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12453    πŸ” 5268    πŸ’¬ 392    πŸ“Œ 245

If ICE and CBP don't want to be called secret police, then don't wear masks.Β 
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If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.
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And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.

14.02.2026 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1855    πŸ” 555    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 14
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The Israeli government allows these Zionist animals living on stolen land funded by the Israeli government (they don't work) so they have plenty of time to beat murder torture and terrorize the Palestinians whose land they have not stolen yet!
I thought Trump was going to put a stop to this?😑

14.02.2026 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you for documenting the madness every day.

07.02.2026 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘†πŸ»THISπŸ‘†πŸ»

04.02.2026 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Democracy Dies by Database

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social’s 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...

03.02.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m very glad to see this photo. xoxo

03.02.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman sitting in a chair with her hand on her chin and the word perfect written on her face ALT: a woman sitting in a chair with her hand on her chin and the word perfect written on her face
03.02.2026 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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.

I need to get back to my regular @rudepundit.bsky.social reading. He’s so freaking spot on, all the time.

rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-...

03.02.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm, you don’t say…

03.02.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

03.02.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19908    πŸ” 6083    πŸ’¬ 683    πŸ“Œ 163

Exactly: β€œunderage women” are *girls* or *children*. The Epstein files are about child rape and child sexual assault and abuse. 🀬

03.02.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a β€œriot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.

β€œIt just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.

03.02.2026 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5337    πŸ” 2787    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 115
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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.

02.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6578    πŸ” 1999    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 58
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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

03.02.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

03.02.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe are using the structure to renovate.” β€” he’s tearing it down.

03.02.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯ AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF: β€œThis is the 3rd or 4th time Trump threatened to sue me… I believe if the πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ public knew the real nature of Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein they would turn away in revulsion and horror. So sue me.”

03.02.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2465    πŸ” 945    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 74

Yup. He knows how much it means to us so he will destroy it. They will start bulldozing it on July 5th. #ETTD

03.02.2026 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: β€œHow 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.”
#EpsteinFiles

01.02.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 31529    πŸ” 10014    πŸ’¬ 706    πŸ“Œ 586

πŸ™πŸ»πŸ™πŸ» @adamserwer.bsky.social β€œWhen you are asking men to essentially make war on their fellow citizens…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.”

02.02.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon

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.

02.02.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6451    πŸ” 2866    πŸ’¬ 297    πŸ“Œ 381

MUST READ Thank you @froomkin.bsky.social

02.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

01.02.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13466    πŸ” 2486    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 86
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