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Emma Daly

@emmadaly.bsky.social
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Recovering journalist and human rights activist

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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 1h
I wonder what the "they should come here legally" crowd will have to say about this Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill (Gift Article)
Many immigrants without green cards will no longer be eligible for the health insurance program for low-income people.
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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 5h
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad threatening to sue the Premier League over charges relating to Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester City’s sponsorship deals is certainly one way of demonstrating that there was absolutely nothing unusual about Manchester City’s sponsorship deals at all.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 30/09/2026
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Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths
State health officials race to vaccinate residents by giving over 8,500 doses.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 7h
The “Satanic Panic” Made Pike a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting. A must-read by @lilianasegura.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/09/27/c...
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The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.
After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18.
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 7h
He’s despicable in so many ways
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 7h
End the death penalty
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 7h
Absolutely horrific
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20h
It never ceases to amaze me that the sort of men who claim women are too impulsive and emotional to be leaders are the same ones who swear sober men become completely incapacitated in reason and empathy in the presence of a drunk woman.
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 22h
Make this step 1 “Could they force Sheikh Mansour and Abu Dhabi to sell up? Might this lead to a broader policy that doesn’t allow nation-states to own football clubs in England, or anyone connected to sovereign wealth funds to have any involvement in them at all?” www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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What is an appropriate punishment for Manchester City's colossal rule-breaking?
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because of course it does! Trump administration withdraws US from Greco anti-corruption monitoring body www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration withdraws US from Greco anti-corruption monitoring body
‘The era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over,’ state department spokesperson says
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is plowing ahead with officially designating a leading Muslim civil rights nonprofit and more than 100 other groups as “domestic terrorist organizations,” in a move critics say is unprecedented and unconstitutional. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/d...
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DeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’
Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Falters” doing some heavy lifting here given the accusation was wrong As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falters www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falters (Gift Article)
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The new Axis of Evil. It's just Canada.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. Eric Schmitt booked this show as a victory lap for his "gotcha" moment revealing "proof" that Jack Smith was at an Atlanta Hawks game. 2. That "proof" blew up in Schmitt's face. 3. Instead of cancelling this appearance, he dishonestly colludes with the hosts to pretend he did have that proof.
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get government ownership out of football
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/09/2026
Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
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Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
BRANDON, MB - 4-year-old Mikaela Hermer's imaginary restaurant, in which she served invisible hot dogs and ice cream to her parents and friends, has filed for bankruptcy after being acquired by Hedges...
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
UAE's respect for rules, exhibit 115: "The suspected infection at the UK prime minister’s office was associated with a Pegasus operator we link to the UAE." (findings of the award-winning digital investigators at @citizenlab.ca) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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No 10 suspected of being target of NSO spyware attack, Boris Johnson ‘told’
No 10 subjected to UAE-linked spyware attack, says report, but Israeli firm suggests allegations are false
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The legendary Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been awarded (in abstentia) the Vaclav Havel Prize in Europe. She has campaigned relentlessly against compulsory hijab and other abuses and was arrested most recently in April. Brava, Nasrin! pace.coe.int/en/news/1042...
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2026 Václav Havel Prize awarded to Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
The fourteenth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. The prize ...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Education Department today removed the Biden-era Title IX rule that addressed discrimination against students based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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U.S. Department of Education Formally Rescinds the Biden Administration’s Illegal Title IX Rewrite, Reinstating the 2020 Regulation
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) formally rescinded the Biden Administration’s illegal regulation implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
fucking really
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow. Worth a read!!
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excellent article on British awareness of the Nazi death camps and ambivalence over Jewish refugees. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope they’re thinking about more than just firing him. Arrest and charge maybe?
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There should be space in the discussion of Manchester City's breach of Premiership rules for an examination of the UAE government's open contempt for rules and the dire and bloody consequences of their rule-breaking outside the realm of sport. A 🧵...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
NEW: The aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the floods in Texas’ Hill Country expose weaknesses in federal and state policies that allow people to live in dangerous areas where homes could be swept away.
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Two Years After Hurricane Helene, People Are Still Allowed to Live in Harm’s Way
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the floods in Texas’ Hill Country expose weaknesses in federal and state policies that allow people to live in dangerous areas where homes could...
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The state says there will be a bid process to determine who will operate the new facilities. Right now, two providers run all of the state’s private youth prisons — Wayne Halfway House and Youth Opportunity Investments, a company that runs lower security facilities.” Someone’s cashing in
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We need more people like him “I like the idea that we could bring back an America where it’s embarrassing for wealthy people to say, ‘Even though I could afford this, and it will improve public services in our state, I’d rather fight it,’” Mr. Jennings said. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed. (Gift Article)
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brazil has banned Online Betting. So should the UK. Would you support a ban in the UK?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Learn how to get totally unnecessary diseases by not consenting to vaccines from a man who sexually assaults not-consenting women." (Russell Brand's trial for seven criminal charges including rape and sexual assault starts less than two weeks after this unseemly appearance for RFK, Jr.)
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
💯
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bad is the only word for this.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Speaking as an ancient Gen Xer, this is bonkers. Denying someone qualified a job bc they bring a drink to the interview is just bonkers
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K.D. Keenan @k-d-keenan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The story, for those who haven't seen it: www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Cornell, Chi Phi Sued by Victim of Alleged Gang Rape, Drugging in 2024
A former Cornell student filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that she was gang raped after being coerced into consuming drugs by several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in 2024. 
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Exactly! they’re all complicit @Cornell I want to know the name of the person who decided that an essay was an appropriate consequence.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University.
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope I’m as strong and positive a spirit as Willie Nelson when I’m 93!!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
i feel like everyone is being quite unreasonable toward zendaya’s character in THE DRAMA
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With Manchester City the real question for me is what Abu Dhabi got in return for their ownership. www.theguardian.com/football/202... One day we will look at Newcastle and PSG the same way.
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How drawn-out saga of Manchester City’s alleged cheating came to this
Club’s ruthless approach was always at odds with their public image and this inglorious story has further to run
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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