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Brooks Emanuel

@brooksemanuel.bsky.social
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Combining my backgrounds as a civil rights lawyer, policy advocate, political staffer, and . . . dancer-choreographer. I facilitate movement workshops to aid social justice practitioners in their work and make art.

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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
It pains me to think the New York Times may have truly jumped the shark. They’ve moved from sanewashing Trump to straight-up helping him with his racist, authoritarian agenda with headlines like this.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still disappeared.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Thank god these kids survived. All I can think about is Tamir Rice and how he never would have had this chance. abc7.com/post/shockin...
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Shocking video shows 2 young boys handling loaded gun in New Mexico
The sheriff's office said deputies fired a non-lethal weapon at the children, allowing them to secure the area and prevent anything further from happening.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Should have been over 6 months ago, but this is still a big victory for democracy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/04/2025
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired. The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
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The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
So we’re all clear that JD Vance killed the Pope—*on Easter*—right?
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
If someone will lie about who won the 2020 election, why wouldn't they lie about other important things? Why would we take anything they say at face value?
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
While the entire world sees the stock market crash, Fox News doesn’t cover it and instead posts an insane tabloid headline & graphic—which links to a story w a totally different headline, which buries within it what I guess is the source of the initial headline: some random bullshit Trump tweeted.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2025
jesus christ they want her dead
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/03/2025
A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns. Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️ 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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How DOGE Cuts to the IRS Could Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I’m the one always begging people to vote for Dems bc we at least have a chance to organize under them. But with Schumer folding, I might be done. If you can’t stand up for us against Trump/MAGA/Republicans in this moment, WHAT’S THE POINT? @schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @democrats.org
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/03/2025
these people swore an oath to defend the constitution but i guess that’s just too hard
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
💯 @aoc.bsky.social
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Why have we just given up calling out Fox News as the primary cause here, instead of acting like it’s some unfathomable mystery?
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Hahaha Trump actually thought artists were gonna let him have his name over their work. His feelings are apparently big hurt that they’ve all rejected him, and he’s trying to explain it away.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/03/2025
If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
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DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
It’s truly dismaying that @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com are “reporting” on Trump attacking Zelenskyy and not mentioning Trump was IMPEACHED FOR TRYING TO EXTORT ZELENSKYY.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Seriously a very good take pointing out the capitulation and failure of the media. @onthemedia.bsky.social
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I’ve become a huge fan of @karaswisher for her understanding of how Musk operates and her calling out the media on the failure to appropriately cover him. Especially love her appearances on @ezraklein and focusgrouppodcast. FOLLOW HER!! @onwithkaraswisher.bsky.social
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Fox touted Trump's campaign promise to quickly lower prices. Now both Fox and Trump are backtracking as prices increase.
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Fox touted Trump's campaign promise to quickly lower prices. Now both Fox and Trump are backtracking as prices increase.
Donald Trump’s supporters in right-wing media, particularly at Fox News, repeatedly hyped his oft-repeated campaign promise to quickly bring down consumer prices, and especially the cost of groceries,...
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
@covid19disease.bsky.social USDA’s bird flu tracking site isn’t working. Musk at “work”? www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
@ajc.com I hope you’ll be covering this censorship of Greg Bluestein as front-page news.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
“free speech”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/02/2025
gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Important moment to remember Musk admitted lying about wanting to build a “Hyperloop” only to stop California from building high-speed rail. Trump & Musk care only about one thing: their own pockets and power.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
Who's running this country:
MUSK
Donald Trump or
Elon Musk?
Since day one, Elon has created chaos and confusion and put our livelihoods at risk. And he is accountable to no one but himself.
The Constitution only allows for one president at a time. Call Your Senators and tell them it's time Donald Trump fire Elon Musk.
No One Elected Elon Musk
FireMusk.org
Common
Cause
Holding Power Accountable
SP
ACTION
LC
FUND
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Loving that when it shows up small in the app, @aoc profile pic looks like she’s taking off her earring to fight. Not intentional, I’m sure, but apt, and I’m here for it!
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Rally against Jefferson Griffin's attempt to steal the NC Supreme Court election AND Trump-Musk's coup at the NC state Capitol. @commoncausenc.bsky.social @carolinafederation.bsky.social @scsjofficial.bsky.social @democracydocket.com @lincolnproject.us
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Hey @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @abcnewsgo.bsky.social @cnn.com @foxnewscorporation.bsky.social @politico.com @economist.com this is a factual, newsmaking statement that could be a headline AS IS. Why aren’t you saying it?
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/02/2025
i know they are doing it, you don’t have to tediously remind me, but the illegality still matters
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
@jamellebouie.net wondering what you think of this idea and can you amplify? Could be @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @robertgarcia.bsky.social Time for us to stop relying on the press to find the stories; instead have 1 solid place the public can get info.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Totally agree with this. How about it @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @repjasmine.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @democrats.org ? Time of us to stop relying on the press to find the stories & to have one solid place the public can go to get info.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2025
a maximalist strategy of opposition against every nominee as unqualified would have stood a better chance of creating the kind of public outrage that might have led to more republican defections, but i'm sure the imaginary family that chuck schumer relies on to guide his decisions disagreed
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2025
"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation." (gift link)
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Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights
The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.
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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Sorry to complain about another NYT headline but there is absolutely no reason to call this an "Efficiency Team." Cutting public programs to pay tax cuts for the ultra wealthy is not efficiency 🤦‍♂️
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Pretty damn good framing for Dems
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/02/2025
Last September, when the FAA proposed fining SpaceX $633,000 for alleged violations, Elon Musk threatened to sue the agency for “regulatory overreach.” Now, as DOGE chief, he may control his regulators’ fate. By @heathervogell.bsky.social
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One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and…
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Right-wing media have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau even as it has saved working Americans tens of billions of dollars www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...
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Project 2025 architect begins dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau following years of right-wing media attacks
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/02/2025
NEW: ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.
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The Staffers Helping Elon Musk Dismantle and Downsize the U.S. Government, One Agency at a Time
Musk and his lieutenants are reshaping the government and its mission with the blessing of President Trump. ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 staffers affiliated with the…
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We need to all be telling Dem Congresspeople like @robertgarcia.bsky.social that we support them in doing exactly this: Deny ALL votes and shut down meetings to stop Musk’s rampage through our government. apple.news/AkSSn3EB2T7m...
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'Biggest tax cut possible’: Top Dem says ‘shut down their meetings’ to 'expose' Musk's 'DOGE' goal — MSNBC
Donald Trump removed the head of the Government Ethics Office, an independent agency, on Monday, which works to prevent financial conflicts of interest in the executive branch. How will this impact El...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The guy whose cars crash 2X more than others is about to take over the FAA.
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
JANELLE MONAE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Brooks Emanuel @brooksemanuel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Awards shows are bullshit. But they can say a lot about who we are and what we value. I’m watching the Grammy’s in the hopes of seeing Beyoncé win Album of the Year finally, after being snubbed for Lemonade and Renaissance. The level of her craft; her constant innovations; 🧵
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
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