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Mee Shell @cyberslate.bsky.social · Sep 25

Amazing week: completed my first @goruck challenge, exhibited original art and music @vanyharbor @sports4vets Creative Arts Competition then got to nerd out @nationalparkservice and @delawarehistory First State museums and parks.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · Sep 25

Imagine, a country where former presidents can be prosecuted and held to the same legal standards as citizens.

Sarkozy gets 5 years in prison in Gadhafi case

The former French president was accused of accepting illicit campaign donations from the Libyan dictator.

www.politico.eu

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 24

A federal jury ordered a Jan. 6 rioter to pay $500,000 in damages for assaulting a police officer who died by suicide nine days later.

Jan. 6 rioter ordered to pay $500K to widow of officer who killed himself

A federal jury held David Walls-Kaufman liable for assaulting police officer Jeffrey Smith during the U.S. Capitol riot and ordered him to pay damages to widow Erin Smith.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Jun 24

The dismantling of the research apparatus that made America the science and tech giant it's been over the past century is the greatest own-goal in history. We haven't even begun to calculate or feel the losses

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 24

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.

NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 24

A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is good and important

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 27

The Department of Veterans Affairs, the government’s second-largest agency, serving some of America’s most vulnerable citizens, is set to lose 83,000 employees under the Trump administration’s cutbacks.

At Veterans Affairs, plan for sweeping cuts tanks morale

The government’s second-largest agency, serving some of America’s most vulnerable citizens, is slated to lose 83,000 employees under Trump administration cutbacks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co · May 26

Rest in peace to the Lion of Harlem.

A decorated veteran, trailblazing legislator, and tireless advocate for justice, Congressman Rangel’s decades of service shaped New York and our nation.

May his memory be a blessing.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · May 18

Opinion: CEOs will be judged by their investors on how well they adapt to a rapidly deglobalizing world, writes Adrian Wooldridge

Tariffs Got You Down? Brush Off the 1930s Playbook.

Ninety years ago, multinational firms found multiple ways to get around protectionism and political instability.

bloom.bg

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Rep. Lauren Underwood @underwood.house.gov · May 9

Generations of Americans have counted on Social Security and Medicare for their retirement income, health care, and a life built on dignity and respect. These programs belong to us all, and I will always fight to protect them.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 10

'If we’re going to rebalance [global trade with China], it would be best for the US and the EU to work together, and to recruit other Asian countries.'

–– Peter Mandelson in conversation with FT editor Roula Khalaf
at #FTWeekendFestival today usftweekendfestival.live.ft.com/home

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CNN @cnn.com · May 10

On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic. cnn.it/3YA0Rf6

Zero ships from China are bound for California’s top ports. Officials haven’t seen that since the pandemic | CNN Business

On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t ...

cnn.it

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · May 9

Here at @yalesph.bsky.social we are keeping an eye on growing #measles cases in El Paso TX - which is at the center of some major highways through the SW US. 🧪😷🩺

For the full slide deck: www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ys...

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · May 8

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 25

Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the FDA’s food-safety labs, and say they are conducting a review to determine if other critical posts were cut.

F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs

After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.

www.nytimes.com

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NPR @npr.org · Apr 25

A federal judge has sentenced former Congressman George Santos to 87 months in prison over multiple wire fraud and identity theft charges in connection with his 2022 run for Congress. (via @wshupublicradio.bsky.social)

Former Congressman George Santos to serve 7 years in federal prison

A federal judge in Central Islip sentenced the ex-congressman Friday to the maximum sentence of 87 months in prison over multiple wire fraud and identity theft charges in connection with his 2022 run ...

www.wshu.org

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Apr 26

Citadel founder Ken Griffin extended his criticism of the Trump administration’s trade policy, saying that tariffs won’t bring back American manufacturing jobs the way that the president anticipates and the country should play to its strengths instead.

Ken Griffin Criticizes Trump Tariffs: ‘These Jobs Are Not Coming Back’

Citadel founder Ken Griffin extended his criticism of the Trump administration’s trade policy, saying that tariffs won’t bring back American manufacturing jobs the way that the president anticipates and the country should play to its strengths instead.

bloom.bg

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Apr 26

Grief, anger and a tourist exodus follow mass slaughter in Kashmir

https://www.ft.com/content/14f792d4-5807-419f-be9f-5680771b0a18

Grief, anger and a tourist exodus follow mass slaughter in Kashmir

Killing of 26 people in disputed region brings India to brink of conflict with Pakistan

www.ft.com

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[email protected] @blueangie.bsky.social · Apr 25

"The Veterans Affairs Department is requiring all employees working on its plans to slash tens of thousands of workers from its rolls to sign non-disclosure agreements, an unusual move that has prevented supervisors from sharing basic information with staff."

www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

VA forces staff in workforce reduction discussions to sign non-disclosure agreements

Seniors leaders are contemplating which jobs to keep and which to slash in meetings, but telling staff they cannot discuss those topics.

www.govexec.com

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Mee Shell @cyberslate.bsky.social · Apr 25

Big surprise (not!)

Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy

Allegation against Rinaldo Nazzaro, founder of the Base, could shed new meaning on group’s efforts inside Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · Apr 23

Integrity ⚖️

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 22

Breaking News: Three federal prosecutors who worked on the criminal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams said that they would resign rather than admit wrongdoing in refusing to abandon the case, according to an email obtained by The New York Times.

3 More Prosecutors Resign Over Adams Case, Refusing to Admit Wrongdoing

They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” they wrote.

www.nytimes.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Apr 23

A friend of mine has proposed coining a new verb. To “Pinochet” means to kidnap someone in violation of but under color of law, and to send them to a gulag in a foreign land. Sample sentence: “Masked agents of the Trump regime Pinocheted the prisoners to El Salvador in the middle of the night.”

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Apr 23

Once we've established, as we have repeatedly, that "deport" is the wrong word, I'd support "rendition," which fully carries the meaning of what's going on and sounds, at least to me, properly odiously fascistic.

YM, as always, MV.

#copyediting

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