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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah we're going to bed.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 6h

I'm going to bed. Hopefully your team has won when I wake up.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 6h

Nah it gets wild around inning 16 when no one has pitchers left

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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 6h

Except it's also baseball, and so everything we think changes on a dime because it's mostly about being the least worst.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 7h

The feds really, really don't want this. No local support is a nightmare.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h

head of Chicago PD says feds gasses his officers www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDrmH1d/

Superintendent Larry Snelling says federal agents tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers. He addressed the incident while responding to criticism of how police have handled the ongoing ICE protests. #...

TikTok video by Fox 32 Chicago

www.tiktok.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 7h

I follow many Michigan and pacific Ne people. I said to myself "My timeliness is conspicuously quiet."

I then checked the score. Oh dear.

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ny pandan 🏳️‍🌈 @brokenpandan.bsky.social · 7h

yeah honestly what Johnson and Trump are doing rn is akin to a prime minister abruptly proroguing parliament. it’s a last resort, something you do to buy time when you’re afraid you’re going to be embarrassed or challenged on the floor

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bepis jr. @bepisjr.bsky.social · 11h

Tweet from “Thing Bad” username @Merman_Melville
“Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it’s probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day”
4:03 AM Jan 25, 2019
101 replies, 7.9K retweets, 33K likes, 1K saves

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, and the major part where they were delaying, nominees, the senate GOP changed the rules and gave away a major piece of obstruction moving forward.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, legislative affairs (a position I am very interested in as I literally did it at the state level) is completely worthless in this admin. They can't pass bills, can't wrangle congress, but the other thing is they don't actually care, because most of Trump's priorities is executive focused

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

Legitimately this could be more damaging to his standing with his own voters than anything else lmao

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

There is a misjudgment of "this congress is heinously dysfunctional and can't pass bills" as "we are owning congress like little babies."

They actually are relatively inept when it comes to managing congress, as they can't get anything through a friendly one.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

They care relatively little about passing any bills, because most of what they want to do is in the grey areas of executive power.

So yeah, this strikes me as dumb. Especially when congress is literally about to revolt on the Epstein files as soon as Grivalja gets sworn in.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

This is an odd assessment, imho, because the WH actually doesn't really care about congressional priorities and the first real time it encountered them, the entire thing fell apart and the government shut down.

Most of the WH is about pulling levers where congress has given it power.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

Which is, vs. private sector numbers, actually quite good. People don't leave federal jobs once they get them.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

5-7% a year, so roughly 180k people in your typical calendar period.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

You must never care about baseball. In fact you should actively root for your favorite teams destruction so they can't hurt you.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

Oh also the RIFs don't take effect until 30-60 days. This is so dumb.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 9h

Interesting age choice as that is the CDC's age threshold for a recommended COVID vaccine, which Trump received today

Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 9h

"The president is NOT decomposing and is in fact maintaining homeostasis perhaps better than ever before"

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

4100 people being RIFed is Russ Vought doing something to not look weak and probably letting a judge just enjoin it.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

4100 is small enough it literally be them moving retirements up.

Bryan Royle @ryanjamesboyle.bsky.social · 9h

Sure, small potatoes for an employer of 2 million, but those positions won't be replaced

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

Newsrooms not understanding the behemoth size of the federal government, news at 11.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

4100??? Lmao. So a weeks churn.

Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 12h

NEWS: Trump administration officials have revealed that, so far, over 4,100 federal workers have been laid off in this round of RIFs

The administration is "actively considering whether to conduct additional RIFs related to" the shutdown, per a new court filing
www.notus.org/trump-white-...

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