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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 21h

This is what got him to turn on Elon Musk. We need to start asking him if Miller is running the show as an unelected admin. Ask him why it looks like Miller is in charge. He HATES THAT.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 2d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 1d

While I'm unemployed, I'm working on getting my PMP cert (which I've wanted to do for ages). I'm wondering now if I can Agile myself through this job search in 2 week sprints. Like, can I project manage my way out of this slump? Can I template myself through this?

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 3d

Really glad none of the people calling American cities “war zones” were with us in Afghanistan. Would’ve become tiresome constantly hosing them down after they soiled themselves.

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 3d

I love that the Keep Portland Weird sign is really right there. Nice angle, guys!

(Incidentally, it's surreal to see all this coverage of the city I know so well and places I've walked around so many times.)

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh I know. It's blocking stuff I'm trying to look at!

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 5d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 7d

terrible things are happening outside. poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. families are torn apart. men, women, and children are separated. children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.

diary of anne frank, january 13, 1943.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 8d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 8d

Timeline cleanse.

Newspaper clipping, 1906.

A newspaper clipping from 1906 that reads: "Noisy, Hungry Frogs Sadden Farmer's Life. They scare his cattle and they also eat his flannel shirt."

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 9d

How dare you Pontifexplain to me, SIR

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 9d

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 9d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 10d

Being unemployed in the fall is kind of rad when I'm not an anxious mess.

Small white fluffy dog with ginger ears and a light brown nose sits on dark red leaves.

The dogs on the grass. Left is a taller black curly haired dog. Middle is a small white and ginger fluffy dog and right is a small white curly dog. All on leashes with trees in the background.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11d

The Republicans want the shutdown so they can fire everyone. I think this goes to confirm that.

Sad times.

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 12d

So much kale. And they won't admit that kale tastes bad!

scott topics™️ @scottpb.bsky.social · 12d

🤣🤣

A cartoon drawing of Portland, Oregon, with military milling around and the words above the picture say: “Welcome to Portland.” Above that it says “They’re eating the kale! They’re eating the tofu!”

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 13d

So exhausting..

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 12d

I love you, Portland. My beautiful adopted hometown.

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 12d

A silent, inter-faith march near the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon.

The marchers held flowers. 💐

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 13d

Wow, President Nelson died. This is the first president of the church death since I've... Deconstructed. It feels really strange.

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 13d

Those are all West side shots and I love those places. The East side is even more adorable.

Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 13d

Portland is so gorgeous in the fall right now. The national guard should definitely stop in at the Tin Shed for brunch and sit in the outdoor area. Have a nice walk along the riverfront and run into live music or something truly dangerous: a bunch of witches on paddle boards.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14d

Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15d

No matter what this meeting is about, Pete will always be a National Guardsman assigned to a Civil Affairs unit who got a bunch of crusader tattoos in his 40s because he wants you to think he's a cool, war-criming operator instead of an extremely online wife-beating loser

@PeteHegseth on X: Cool story, General

QT of @general_ben on X: July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimar constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Führer. Most generals took the new oath to keep their positions.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15d

If we’re renaming departments and calling the DOD the “Department of War”, we might as well go ahead and make the DOJ the “Department of Revenge”

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Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social · 17d

Oh no! I accidentally pushed this guy off this cliff right here! Oh no!

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 17d

Ticketmaster boss Michael Rapino says concert tickets are 'underpriced'

"In sports, I joke it’s like a badge of honor to spend 70 grand for a Knicks courtside seat. They beat me up if we charge $800 for Beyoncé"

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