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Jennifer

@jmckeever.bsky.social

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Baseball! Sports generally, art, music, local government (VA/Chicago, specifically), civil practice attorney at McKeever-Law.com pop culture, Cubs fan, politico, foodie. “Keen sense of outrage” Not legal advice. Typo queen

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · Jun 10

Excited to announce the launch of McKeever Law. My 20 years of practice ensure a broad and deep range of legal knowledge to support you strategically, empathetically and efficiently. For legal inquiries, schedule a consultation today at www.mckeever-law.com or refer your friend. Serving Virginia!

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 3h

The guy in sparkly jacket behind home plate in Toronto is giving me life.

Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 3h

Glad to have baseball on while folding the clothes I had washed and hung to dry. Had so much fun last time I wore these clothes - in Chicago- and it’s all so very far away now.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 6h

So many people i talk to mention that their out-of-state friends or family have heard little to nothing about what’s going on in Chicago.

Some viral stories like the South Shore apartments raid or Rev. Black getting shot break through but the persistent Fed violence in the streets in lost.

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 12h

The football team!? And his family? I’m so sorry, I’m grateful this is coming out- people abuse power where they can and it’s critical to put systems in place to thwart the abuse. And as you are well-aware, those questions must be asked right now of the current presidential search committee.

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who was providing direct care to COVID patients from the start of the pandemic, but couldn’t get tested for almost 8 months, this was particularly infuriating

5. KENT arrived at UVA just before the COVID pandemic. Just after he started, he
left for a vacation with his family to the Caribbean for two weeks. When he returned, and once
there were finally limited tests for COVID available, KENT dictated that his family and close friends be tested routinely for the virus, coupling the results of the testing with fake medical records so as to hide the identity of those being tested, and, instead of using the limited tests on staff and physicians who were still treating patients through COVID and the patients who were arriving at the hospital with COVID-type symptoms, KENT prioritized testing on the University's football
players.

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 12h

No one needs a long opinion. But nothing doesn’t help, especially when your colleagues get pissy about people not reading your minds. . But also, if it’s not a merits ruling, perhaps existing precedent should rule the day.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 12h

The “soft” “weak” attorney general ads are stupid, they say nothing & mean nothing. What matters is Miyares has demonstrated he will not fight the current regime’s decisions that hurt Virginians. Most every prominent GOP member has said worse things than Jay Jones. Vote Jay Jones.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

t.co

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Matt Separa @mattsepara.bsky.social · 1d

No.

"And in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by Congress."

This sentence is key. It says that DoD cannot transfer funds to a program Congress has denied appropriation to. Congress has not passed a bill to pay the troops. That's why there's a shutdown.

eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 1d

The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.

Of course it has. It always does. Sec 8005 of DOD Appropriations, for starters…

That one provision now allows for $8b in transfers, per March’s full year CR:

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 16h

President Melting Brain

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

Me upon returning from dinner with the youngest - changing into “soft” clothes and retiring to couch to watch baseball: “ahhhh”

Third child text: “we are about an hour out”

Me to myself: “oops, forgot about needing to pick child up” lol

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 1d

Womanatmile0 @womanatmile0.bsky.social · 1d

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Consumer outlook for household finances falls to lowest in over a decade

The University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment survey showed households feel glum amid concerns about unemployment and inflation.

www.nbcnews.com

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

It's all projection.

God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

When Obama was president the right wing acted like masked government agents were coming to kidnap them and take all their rights away.

Then Republicans get elected and actually do that shit for real.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

Help is not on the way. Wages are stagnant, the cost of goods/services are skyrocketing (thank you tariffs), medical costs are outrageous and unaffordable (and will they even cover the cost of your care?). Never mind trying to retire or finding day care for your elderly parents or children.

Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

The opposition MUST find a way to stop the class/race politics. Every American is worse off-- we dont all see it yet.

Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

The economy was solid when he got it, relationships w/ economic allies were...not this. These policies hurt all Americans, the idiots then double down w/ BBB policies. As I see it, the way working Americans lash out is at one another, not at the systems that hurt them.

KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Laura Brady @laurab7.bsky.social · 1d

Cool baseball news from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: the Indianapolis Clowns are coming back in a collab with the Savannah Bananas. The Clowns are the OG baseball jokesters out of which this tradition grew.

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

The same agency that a gunman targeted earlier this year subject to RIFs because of the shutdown. The line of thinking that brought up both events are not that different