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Emma Potter (she/her)

@emmierosep.bsky.social
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Fmr White House Intern. Health Policy Professional. Policy Lead @ Disabled Voters for Action. Disability Advocate. Grinnell College Alum. MPH Student @ GW. NE ➡️ DMV.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Why aren’t Dems on everything talking about the Joni Ernst “you can die” bill?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
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Emma Potter (she/her) @emmierosep.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
If the Department of Education is dismantled, crucial programs for poor and disabled students will be lost. IDEA funding, Title I funding, Pell Grants, federal student loans, and more. Without these programs, I wouldn’t be in the position I am today, and I know I’m not the only one.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Dear Canada and Mexico, We’re so, so sorry. — Sane America
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/02/2025
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.
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Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/02/2025
Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”
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CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/02/2025
cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/02/2025
Breaking News: Two top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development are said to have been put on leave after refusing to give representatives of Elon Musk access to a secure area.
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Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team
Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
We have reached new levels of madness when an unelected, non senate-confirmed private citizen is overseeing an effort to overhaul or possibly end a congresionally mandated arm of our government. This is real trouble for the separation of powers, and with it, our basic democratic institutions.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/02/2025
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/02/2025
is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/01/2025
we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
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Emma Potter (she/her) @emmierosep.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
If I’ve learned anything today it’s that people really need to learn how to spell Colombia. It’s not that hard.
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Sara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 19:34 While the Bible doesn’t directly address abortion, it does address immigration.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/01/2025
as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination
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the war on DEI
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Emma Potter (she/her) @emmierosep.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We get nowhere by trying to desperately hold onto the past. We can only succeed and continue to grow when we focus on innovation and a better future.
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Ben Mathis-Lilley @benmathislilley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Netflix needs to release a sexy thriller series that slips some basic civic education into each episode
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
They know what they saw, just like we all know what we saw. 🙄
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Neo-Nazis Celebrate After Elon Musk Appeared To Give Nazi Salute At Trump Inauguration Parade
Well, they would know 🤔
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Ryan @mediumboi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Being Autistic isn’t an excuse for giving a n*zi salute.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2025
i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 21/01/2025
Buried in the flurry of Executive Orders last night is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025
SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2025
i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
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Bishop Urges Trump To 'Have Mercy' In Powerful Plea During Inauguration Prayer Service
Love this ❤️ And his reaction!
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Assigned reading from your resident biologist who reminds you that science evolves, including since that time a middle school teacher told you something about XY chromosomes during the Ford administration. 🏳️‍⚧️ Nature is queer AF 🌈 www.scientificamerican.com/video/how-ju...
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How Junk Science Is Being Used against Trans Kids
This researcher has been studying the history of transgender kids for years. Here’s what you need to know.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Fuck. This is so fucking stupid.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2025
um
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Emma Potter (she/her) @emmierosep.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I never thought that I’d see the day Nazism was openly embraced by POTUS and his associates. It’s a sad day for America.
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Emma Potter (she/her) @emmierosep.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Leaving WHO. Leaving the Paris Climate Agreement. Preventing more wind energy. Schedule F. J6 Pardons. Ending birthright citizenship. I need a drink.
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Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The mainstream media is already normalizing Donald Trump. I won't, and neither should you. This is why legacy media is dying.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 20/01/2025
As the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wisely said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Today and every day, I pledge to never silence my voice in the fight for what is right, and I will continue to march in the path he forged toward justice.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Don't let Donald Trump extending the TikTok ban distract you from the fact that his Administration is about to conduct mass deportations across America in a matter of days.
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Emma Potter (she/her) @emmierosep.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
As a disabled woman, the resurgence of the r-slur is incredibly concerning and deeply unsettling.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 13/01/2025
If RFK Jr. is confirmed. @donttreadonkids.bsky.social
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/01/2025
Anthony Mitchell and his son, who both used wheelchairs, called for help in evacuating from the Eaton fire in California. They were found dead later that day, and now their family is asking what happened.
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A Father and Son Called for Help to Escape the Eaton Fire. None Came.
The man and his son, who both used wheelchairs, called for help in evacuating from the Eaton fire in California. They were found dead later that day, and now their family is asking what happened.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/01/2025
north carolina republicans remain committed to their project of rigging the political system to keep democrats out of power
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Republicans Do Not Think People Are Entitled to Elections Anymore
In North Carolina, Republican state supreme court justices will soon decide whether to overturn an election to seat a Republican who lost it.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
BREAKING: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered all Texas flags to be flown at full-staff on inauguration day, despite the requirement that they be flown at half-staff for 30 days due to President Carter's death. Shameful.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/12/2024
Breaking News: A plan to avert a government shutdown backed by Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Trump failed as some Republicans joined Democrats to reject it.
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House Rejects Republicans' Plan to Avert Government Shutdown: Live Updates
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/12/2024
i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
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Trump's transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.
Agencies are weighing in-person requirement for sensitive data.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19/12/2024
House Republicans are threatening to shut down the government after Elon Muskthrew a tantrum online and Donald Trump pressured them to block a bipartisan funding bill.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows."
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Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Senators should listen to the national security experts who do not believe Tulsi Gabbard is qualified to serve as Director of National Intelligence.
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Emma Potter (she/her) @emmierosep.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A brief introduction: I’m a current health policy professional, fmr White House Intern, and MPH student in the DMV. I have my BA in Biology and Political Science from Grinnell College. I’m disabled and neurodivergent. I’m a fmr cowgirl from rural Nebraska. I love reading, music, and nature.
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Rookie City Det. Sergeant @rookiecitycop.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Release the Gaetz report. Pass it on.
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Emma Potter (she/her) @emmierosep.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Call your elected representatives and remind them of the repercussions if RFK Jr. is confirmed as Sec. of HHS. We must be loud and voice our convictions.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
America deserved Vice President Tim Walz.
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