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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h

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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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 10d

"We’re traveling nearly 2,000 miles on I-95 from Miami to Maine, and pausing at virtually every rest stop. Our project is simple and vast at once: to ask fellow travelers where they’re headed, and where they think America is going too."

New from @atavist.com.

magazine.atavist.com/2025/america...

I’ve Gone to Look for America - The Atavist Magazine

Conversations and revelations about an ailing nation along Interstate 95.

magazine.atavist.com

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 14h

Well, she was hanging out with Glonzo, what do you expect!

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 14h

Ok, Batman, Turkey is the greatest name of a place ever.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14h

Federal employees at ANY agency, I’m curious to hear from you about RIFs and whatever else is happening these days, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Is it good if your boss asks you to let them know if you get fired?

My latest from inside NOAA, EPA, elsewhere. Please sign up and subscribe to the new very reasonable paid tiers.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 14h

It reminds me of the show Dinosaurs where they teenager wondered what the hell they were counting down to in BC.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 14h

I thin just like with RFKJ a brain worm would starve to death.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 14h

Also, even if it was a thing, he has Deep Venous Insufficiency. (which is what they told us, so maybe something worse) And that does not scream "healthy cardiovascular system" to me.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 18h

Ok that's weird. I didn't know much about her, but that's weird.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 18h

You'd be tarred and feathered!

Mark Anderson @emer.net · 18h

Everything with plain cream cheese. (NOT TOASTED)

Mark Anderson @emer.net · 18h

Sure, Jan.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 18h

Yeah, that, or a cinnamon raisin toasted with butter for instance, is a perfectly fine order, it's all that savory stuff on the bagel doughnut.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 20h

That is 100% the best scene in the play.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 20h

I've also apparently been 38 for 7 years.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 20h

I do, now, I must do penance to the lord of social media chaos, Gail Simone. Who is just awesome.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 20h

Gail Collins answering my Poison Ivy question and then following me was my peak Twitter.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 20h

Those were fun.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 20h

When I saw this, I knew it had to be from a LONG time ago.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 20h

Yeah, the cinnamon raisin bagel with that is some kinda pathology.

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 21h

I noticed a similar thing with the WGA signs during the writers strike, but they weren't as pretty.

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, today's episode is the most fun. Particularly for when we get to discuss how Walt Disney did not anticipate his animators perhaps were better equipped than any picket line on Earth for creating union placards. bsky.app/profile/acek...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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