Reposted by Emmys_MommyTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My high school staged "The Diary of Anne Frank," and we were all kids, goofing around and laughing. The drama teacher came in the next day with a book of pictures from the Holocaust, threw it at us, and said: "THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE AFRAID OF." and walked out It changed us, and our performances. 3644437
Reposted by Emmys_Mommyjenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“at a cancer meeting in May, oncologists stood up & applauded — and, according to people in the room, some wept — when the clinical trial data was presented showing a doubling in survival times.”🧪🛟 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/s... 115129
Reposted by Emmys_MommyDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 26/08/2026"My parents both died of preventable diseases when I was a child and accepting that as a reality we can't change" is the epitome of Conservative thinking 912387460
Reposted by Emmys_MommyTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’ www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...nbcnews.comJudge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment. 03713
Reposted by Emmys_Mommyderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress. 193354125284
Reposted by Emmys_MommyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/08/2026these people booing sound like literal sheep as Darline Graham criticizes Dr. Annie Andrews for supporting "government-run healthcare" before bragging of her parents that "if they were sick, they had to get up and go to work...my mother passed away when I was 11 and my father just over a year later" 9983739744
Reposted by Emmys_MommyCREW @citizensforethics.org · 25/08/2026"America’s Founders understood domestic deployment of the military as the tool of a tyrant, and put in place legal protections against it—protections that Trump has now set about eroding."theatlantic.comAn American City, With Troops on Its StreetsSince the country’s founding, deployments of soldiers to U.S. soil have been exceedingly rare. But residents of Washington, D.C., are living in a new normal. 610060
Reposted by Emmys_MommyJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 25/08/2026Saw Dolly Parton perform the afternoon slot at Glastonbury. Don't think I ever saw the pyramid stage arena quite so full. And it was absolutely everything you would want it to be. What an absolute *star*. 826512
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I spent a long time reporting on people w wealth & fame & protections they bring. often the excuse was "But I was injured in *these* ways." You don't think a poor child growing up in the South, a woman in country music, knew fear, want, rejection? Did she use that as an excuse to hurt & hoard? NO. 31032107
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026you can build a bunker for you and your retainers & you can hoard your power & fame, you can worship nothing but ambition or status and stand by while people you might be able to help--in big ways or small ways--go without. Or you can be Dolly. All these things are choices. She made good ones. 21617265
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I'm sure she got advice on her image, on how it might be better to reject her LGBTQ audience. She didn't. She knew what it was to be powerless & poor & she didn't want *anyone* to live that way. A lesson for people w aspirations to public life: Hurting others doesn't have to be part of the equation. 21432193
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸 1188862402
Reposted by Emmys_MommyKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 247238535774
Emmys_Mommy @emmysmom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026a beautiful human being who literally saved lives Rest now, dear one 💔 000
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMelissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Jeffries isn’t a fighter. He’s playing 1990’s politics. 1112
Emmys_Mommy @emmysmom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026jeffries is not built for this moment example 1 million and 1 000
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026here are some things supported by a super-majority of Americans: universal healthcare, increased taxes on wealthy, stopping local data centers, releasing all Epstein files, a woman's right to choose, stricter gun laws, action on climate change. This is the center of American politics. 1525064
Reposted by Emmys_MommyDrew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com 156200238539
Reposted by Emmys_MommyJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...nytimes.comWashington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen AttiahAn arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing. 837148
Reposted by Emmys_MommyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026An employe at McMahon's company, WWE was accused of systematically sexually assaulting vulnerable boys who worked at the company. McMahon persuaded them not to sue, and told one she would support his education. When his grades dropped, she stopped paying tuition support. He later killed himself. 431616758
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The only meeting Hakeem Jeffries should be having with Jared Kushner is to tell him he’ll be subpoenaed by the House for a corruption investigation on day one of Democratic control of the House. This is just pathetic stuff from the House Dem leader. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks FlyPresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together. 42445781161
Reposted by Emmys_MommyThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23/08/20261. There is no common ground. 2. Kushner is not a government official. 3. This has the stink of appeasement. 4. Why bargain before putting up a fight? 5. This drains the base of hope and morale. 6. Is he thinking about harm reduction? 7. Weakness welcomes contempt. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks FlyPresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together. 81519186
Reposted by Emmys_MommyD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23/08/2026📌The so-called leadership of the Democratic Party are not fighters, they are appeasers, stunningly out of touch with their voters, and ignorant of world history. I suggest they google "Neville Chamberlain" to see what happens when you chum up violent, fascist regimes. This is really grotesque. 2661677555
Reposted by Emmys_MommyJacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026In August 2012, President Barack Obama hosted eight-year-old Make-A-Wish child Janiya Penny and her family in the Oval Office. Subscribe on Substack to receive daily history like this: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe 38010
Reposted by Emmys_MommyThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/08/2026"If your guiding North Star for the last decade was, 'The orange man is bad and that's the most important thing that faces the country right now,' you were correct." @timmiller.bsky.social and @gtconway.bsky.social defend the Resistance while also calling on Democrats to try something new: 1153583
Reposted by Emmys_MommyBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This is really outrageous. Not only did a judge find probable cause to believe that sensitive national defense documents would be found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the documents were actually found! apnews.com/article/just...apnews.comInvestigators examining foes of Trump seek interviews related to Mar-a-Lago search, AP sources sayInvestigators are seeking to interview law enforcement officials in connection with the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of a Florida-based inquiry aiming to establish a conspira... 722412798
Reposted by Emmys_MommyThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/08/2026Breaking News: The U.S. military fired the publisher and the top editor of Stars and Stripes, which had reported on problems aboard the U.S.S. Lincoln.nyti.msPentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military PublicationThe firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence. 49706245
Reposted by Emmys_MommyCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026More than 750 servicemembers wounded and another 18 dead. Trump and Hegseth have failed and refuse to take accountability. They have no idea what they’re doing, and it’s made our country weaker and you less safe. 461659570
Reposted by Emmys_MommyBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/08/2026“Long live Stars and Stripes and the honorable service the paper has provided for decades to soldiers and to the nation.” luciantruscott.substack.com/p/stars-stri...luciantruscott.substack.comStars strippedThe big story that’s all over the place this afternoon is the firing of the editor of Stars and Stripes, the quasi-governmental semi-independent newspaper that is provided for free to service members ... 301473302
Reposted by Emmys_MommyPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Republicans are losing because they can't run on their record. They can't run on covering up the Epstein files. They can't run on cutting Medicaid. They can't run on stripping SNAP or imposing tariffs. Americans see what is happening - and we are hungry for change. 923125713
Reposted by Emmys_MommySam @samd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026it really should be a bigger story that Karen Bass enthusiastically supports the cult of Scientology 53651011219
Reposted by Emmys_MommyBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This is where we are: a tech billionaire who, as an undergrad writing in the Stanford Review, "blasted a student movement to raise custodians' pay, warning it 'destroys incentive for them to improve themselves,'" is now a chief architect of a homelessness policy built around punishment and coercion.nytimes.comHow the Billionaire Joe Lonsdale Shaped Trump’s Homelessness Policy (Gift Article)As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale. 841518671
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Biden’s FTC called it surveillance pricing. Trump’s FTC calls it personalized pricing.gizmodo.comTrump's FTC Wants You to Call Surveillance Pricing 'Personalized Pricing'Biden's FTC used the term surveillance pricing. 1015456
Reposted by Emmys_MommyGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Among other reforms, it cannot stand that the President can sue everyone all the time but never face any lawsuits or criminal charges himself because he’s president. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...nytimes.comTrump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment. 573132833
Reposted by Emmys_MommyMike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021. www.cnn.com/2026/08/22/p...cnn.comDeleted tweets show now-Trump aide Natalie Harp’s zealous support on Jan. 6 | CNN PoliticsYears before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she posted more than 150 tweets demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021. 073
Reposted by Emmys_MommyHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Natalie Harp sprints after Trump's golf cart in newly unearthed image. 1481360246
Reposted by Emmys_MommyDavid Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Vivek Ramaswamy has spent nearly $700,000 on private jet flights around the state this year, all while Ohio families are struggling to afford groceries, utilities, housing, and healthcare. Nothing says “I understand working Ohioans” quite like flying over their communities in a private plane. 88439
Reposted by Emmys_MommyTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Tax cuts for billionaires or public health care? GOP: “You’re not getting free healthcare!” 1331776