Emily Afton

“when you have the choice to be right or to be kind, choose kind” ✨ singer/actress ...but isn’t twitter for politics, dogs, and comedy?

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

It’s wild how many Americans are so used to being exploited that they see another worker with a good union contract and say “what makes you think you deserve that?”

Instead of “I should be getting that too.”

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

If we’re doing living wage discourse again I’ll reiterate that at a minimum anyone working a full time job should be able to own a house, a car, raise three kids, and take a two week vacation every year. If that sounds unreasonable its only because we let the wealthy decide it is

[Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy]

we've broken the record for hottest day recorded on earth twice this week and atlanta wants to raze a forest -- natural air conditioning, among so many other things -- to build a playground for cops

[Emily Afton @emafton]

@AESurovek @hadestown Aw thank you so much! ❤️

[Pro-Democracy RTs @ProDemocracyRTs]

Let’s get the messaging right. We don’t want to "pack” the Supreme Court. We want to "unpack" it after right-wing lies, cheating and secret money have delegitimized it.
Let’s expand the court to 13 seats with new justices who reflect the people's values.
Let’s unpack the court.

[G PRIME @DJGhozt]

Just found out that @emafton will be gracing us with her presence for the @SavedByThe90s show on Cinco De Mayo at @StateTheatreDC

Do
Not
Miss
This!!!!

https://t.co/4ADnRnSaT4

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

NOW: After SEVEN HOURS the TN State House in #Nashville voted to expel Rep. @brotherjones_.

The students outside the doors of the House floor are chanting in response: “F*CK YOU, FASCISTS.”

Our democracy is dismantling right before us.

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

“YOU BAN BOOKS, YOU BAN DRAG— KIDS ARE STILL IN BODY BAGS.”

Prioritize what’s killing our kids: GUNS.

#Nashville

[Emily Afton @emafton]

@THIRDLOOKintern Important journalism, thank you for your service

[Emily Afton @emafton]

@zachsgotlife @SamanthColeman Oh Zach, this is terrible… I am so sorry. Sending you a big hug 💔

[Emily Afton @emafton]

@RyanSlatkoMusic @MDKhoo Oof I’m sorry dude… Capitalism is

[Emily Afton @emafton]

@NYPD13Pct I’m sure you could easily identify this officer if you tried, but I know you’re not going to do anything about it. I’m filing a complaint, but also just want to say fuck the system that lets these guys break the law and act like assholes to everyone without consequence

[Emily Afton @emafton]

Hey @NYPD13Pct an officer driving one of your marked cars just actively tried to run me over in a crosswalk when I had the light. He made eye contact with me and then accelerated directly at me- I would’ve been hit if I hadn’t jumped out of the way.

[Emily Afton @emafton]

He sped away but got stuck at a red light and I ran and caught his plate. GSR 4036. Wasn’t about to stay and talk to the kind of cop who would intentionally hit a pedestrian and let him invent something to write *me* up for.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Senate Democrats—instead of tasking your comms team to write statements and tweets about Tyre Nichols, you have the ability to go to the floor, carve out the filibuster, pass the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act & end qualified immunity.

[Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy]

the time is always ripe to talk about GETTING COPS OUT OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. every part of the experience of driving would be safer. traffic stops are the most common encounter between civilians and cops! also police use them to extract money from people, esp poor people!

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

The effort to separate the officers who murdered Tyre Nichols from the system of policing that produced them is palpable.

Police killings in the US reached a record high in 2022. That has only been rewarded with more funding at the expense of schools, hospitals, housing, & more.

[Kumar Rao @KumarRaoNYC]

The police officers who kidnapped and murdered Tyre Nichols were part of a special police unit purportedly designed to 'prevent crime,' inside of the Memphis Police Dept, which receives $275 million every year and sucks up 38% of the city's entire budget. #DefundThePolice