Emma Parks

Giving a damn daily

[Emma Parks @EmmaParks]

VOTE THEM OUT!

[Doeseydotes @doeseydotes]

@jamiedupree HR 8800 - 6 Democrats Voting Yes:

Adam Gray @RepAdamGrayCA
Jared Golden @RepGolden
Donald Davis @RepDonDavis
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez @RepMGP
Vicente Gonzalez @RepGonzalez
Henry Cuellar @RepCuellar

[Senator Alex Padilla @SenAlexPadilla]

Thanks to a new Trump Administration rule, injuring or killing the nearly 300 California native species that are threatened or endangered will now be legal under the Endangered Species Act.

Those vulnerable include:
California Condor
Southern Sea Otter
Santa Catalina Island Fox
Northern Spotted Owl
Gray Wolf
Kangaroo Rat
Little Kern Golden Trout
Santa Ana Sucker
Lotis Blue Butterfly
Bakersfield Cactus
Santa Cruz Cypress

[Sarah Ironside 💙 @SarahIronside6]

He's running against Max Miller, who beats his wife and kids, so let's boost this account and get him elected!

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

I spoke to young women who had been sex trafficked here in the US as girls, and they all described the disconnect between public outrage at Jeffrey Epstein's circle and public indifference toward the girls sold at cheap motels in every city. A gift link: https://t.co/SyjQLPcWjx

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

If you're wondering what party will help you keep your Social Security benefits and which one is trying to take them away, this is a Republican on the Senate floor TODAY:

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

Meta is spending $600 billion+ to build out its AI model. That model is being aggressively integrated into platforms used by 3.9 billion people globally.

This week, Meta announced its AI will be trained on content from Newsmax, the far-right website with a history of promoting pro-Trump conspiracy theories.

[Kristy Greenberg @KGreenberg_]

Hurling F-bombs at an 85-year-old scientist who won’t fight back doesn’t make you tough. Staying silent after your own daughter accused Rep. Max Miller of holding a gun to her head, pushing her against a wall, and fracturing your granddaughter’s collarbone makes you a coward.

[UEFA @UEFA]

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

David Barton is a fake historian who wrote a book on Thomas Jefferson that was so inaccurate his publisher was forced to pull it from the shelves.

Now Barton, and his son Tim, are advising Trump on his anti-Smithsonian crusade.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

ICE deported a married couple back to Guatemala who had sought safety in the US.

Their bodies have been found tied up and shot, with their 14-month-old daughter left alive beside them.

[Congressman Robert Garcia @RepRobertGarcia]

We are investigating Taylor Farms and its potential role in the Cyclosporiasis outbreak.

The company has donated millions to President Trump and even met privately with Admin officials. We have questions as to how this connection has affected the FDA’s response.

https://t.co/BaEwJfaOxE

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

A Russian soldier raped 63-year-old Halyna Tyshchenko at gunpoint, then marched her naked into freezing cold.

Russian guards raped captives with bottles and sticks and threatened to inject expanding foam into their anuses. They said they would leave them childless — The WSJ. 1/

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Four members of Congress who sit on committees that directly regulate SpaceX have a family stake in the company’s stock.

Yes, these are conflicts of interest. No, this should not be allowed.
https://t.co/4R4CrR7rNt

[Willie Nelson @WillieNelson]

To whom it may concern and to everyone else as well,

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Nearly half of Americans want Netanyahu arrested on U.S. soil, poll finds https://t.co/YPwdPSQiu3

[Maria Avdeeva @maria_avdv]

Tonight my friends across Ukraine brace for massive Russian missile attack. You can’t help but think: what if it’s me this time?

All these people hiding for the night in Kyiv metro want this war to end. Russia doesn’t.

[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

Border Patrol bulldozed three century-old cottonwood trees on the US-Mexico border this week.

Nesting birds were still inside them.

Before touching a single tree, Border Patrol put a promise in writing. Environmental monitors would check the trees first. Any active nests they found would get a protected buffer zone, left alone until the babies were old enough to leave on their own.

The Sierra Club didn't just take their word for it. They sent Border Patrol actual video, proof that birds were nesting in those exact trees, weeks before construction started.

Border Patrol never even responded.

Then the promise meant nothing anyway. No monitors showed up. No buffer zone was set. Crews brought in heavy machinery and took the trees down with the nests still in them.

The same trees that hold nesting birds every single spring.

The same trees whose roots cross the border underground and lean on each other for support, one country's tree holding up another's.

The same trees that shelter antelope, bighorn sheep, and one of the last jaguars left in the US, all of whom use this valley to cross between countries too.

The same trees standing in Lochiel, a ghost town that hasn't had a working border crossing since the 1980s, disturbed by almost nothing until this week.

A protester named Logan Miller, who tried to stop the crews, got arrested.

One tree is still standing. An activist named Kate Scott is camping next to it right now, for as long as she can. "Us as humans could take a little chapter out of their book about coexisting," she said.

Taxpayers are footing a $309 million bill so a company called Fisher Sand and Gravel can bulldoze nesting birds the government promised to protect.

Crossings in this area collapsed by more than 95% in a single year. DHS itself stood in Nogales, right next door, this February, and called it the most secure border in American history.

The law that let them skip NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the Clean Water Act dates back to 1996. It allowed Noem to waive almost any environmental protection on the books. No review. No appeal. All at her sole discretion.

In the decade before Trump's first term, it was used seven times total. Trump used it 29 times in four years, and is still using it to date. Project 2025's own foreword, written by Kevin Roberts, dismisses environmental protection as "the Left's love affair with environmental extremism."

Who's protecting the birds when the agency that promised to won't even keep its word on paper? 🐦

#DemsUnited

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

United & Delta donated $1M → Trump ended flight cancelation compensation rules.

TurboTax parent donated $1M → Trump killed free tax filing.

Toyota donated $1M → Trump canceled CFPB refund order for overcharged borrowers.

It’s a pattern of corruption that costs you money.

[Martyn Ziegler @martynziegler]

FIFA has now confirmed to The Times this Infantino plan is under discussion with Josh Kushner as proposed lead investor

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Trump has filed lawsuits and claims demanding over $70 billion since he declared his candidacy for office in November 2022.

That's staggering.
https://t.co/GhwRFJZI1s