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Emily Norton

@emnorton.bsky.social
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Charles River Watershed Association Executive Director. Former Newton MA City Councilor. Mom of 3 boys & 2 cats. Opinions expressed on this platform are mine mine mine. #WaterIsLife

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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Maybe the tiger is fat bc it’s stuck in a prison…wild animals belong in the wild
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I was a philosophy major! 20+ pages!
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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amb @amb.fyi · 08/10/2026
the onion saw this coming back in april
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“The US is now officially allied w Putin and Russia against Ukraine. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump & the Repub. Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful & disgusting days in the history of this Republic.” open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 477. 10/9/26
… Trump announced today that he and Vladimir Putin have reached a deal to tamper with the American election where the US will fund the genocidal Russian war machine by buying massive quantities of oil...
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A man dug a tiny waterhole in the Brazilian rainforest, then set up a camera to see who would show up for a drink
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And ppl clapping. At the idea of American cities being bombed.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“For the past 40 years we’ve let large businesses and the richest Americans concentrate wealth on the theory that at some point, later on, the winnings would reach everyone. Unfortunately, that “later” never came.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One. (Gift Article)
If Democrats can embrace what affordability is really about, they might do even more than win elections.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless, and brazen, shameless
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seriously. That’s no cartoon.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Excellent letter in today’s @bostonglobe.com. Fossil fuel companies impose billions of costs on the rest of us while they rake in the profits. Why are we expecting the taxpayers to pay for the damage inflicted on us by these multinational pollution factories? #MakePollutersPay #Mapoli
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Dr. Ben Edwards, a physician in Lubbock, Texas, who treated children while he was infected with measles …asked senior C.D.C. officials to look into cod liver oil as a treatment for measles, citing “historical references dating back to the 1700s” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great points but not new for Democrats. Clinton-Gore “Reinventing Government” was exactly this and at the time was among the most popular things they did. @alfromdlc.bsky.social
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026
EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump may think climate change is a hoax yet he is providing the most visceral incentive to get off fossil fuels
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Those numbers are still mystifyingly too high!
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I like listening to him like this
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This was a very informed “buyer” too. Many ppl may not even know to ask. Even in Mass there is no disclosure rules around past flooding incidents the way there is around existence of say lead paint
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This reporter toured Miami properties in high risk areas and the only agents willing to be honest about the flood risk were the ones at the luxury end bc their buyers can afford the exorbitant insurance. #ClimateChange heated.world/p/the-open-h...
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
GOOD
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“If you will lie about how many Americans died in an illegal war you started, six weeks before an election, you will lie about anything.” open.substack.com/pub/endlessu...
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They Are Lying About How Many Americans Died in Iran
The press ban is the shiny object. This is the story.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Where the Natick dam was until 2 weeks ago. Still beautiful. But healthier and safer. 🌎🐟🌊
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Is he doing that bc he actually agrees w the majority but wants maga to think he’s w them. Eg “I’m actually w you guys, it’s just this darn procedural thing”
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“‘O.K., enough about the ceasefire. We have this hotel we want to build.’ That’s the kind of foreign policy America has now.” open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 460. 9/15/26
… Two big hearings on Capitol Hill today as FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was in the House.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Do we want to know why Trumps FBI needs a bestiality policy …? 🤮
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bc they belong in the wild
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Democrats can win votes in every corner of the country if they promise their majority will block Trump’s use of the DOJ and EPA as a goon squad to crush local opposition to data centers” newrepublic.com/article/2154...
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The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We need more philosophy majors! “…the longer people study economics, the more selfish they become” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o...
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Opinion | They Could Afford to Stand Up to Trump. Why Didn’t They? (Gift Article)
The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines newrepublic.com/post/215393/... via @newrepublic.com
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ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines
The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PRO PUBLICA: “Don JR’s wedding secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin” 🤔 So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼 www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Nice to be an EV driver about now (Tho of course I am aware lots of things we all rely on will be even pricier as a result of this)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
JARED KUSHNER CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We gotta turn this around - the livability of our planet is not up for debate. #NoPlanetB www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/m...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table (Gift Article)
In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The President of the United States is a rapist and a traitor.
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ready for flu season! 💉😷
Emily smiling and showing arm with band aid where she got flu shot Front door of Union Pharmacy with sign saying vaccine walk in hours
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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I quote this ad on a daily basis and it’s a small select group of GenX-ers who have any idea what I’m talking about
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