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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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23h
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...
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Matt Separa @mattsepara.bsky.social · 13h
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.
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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 16h
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 · 2h
President Melting Brain
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h
That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h
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 · 16h
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 · 13h
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 · 20h
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 · 19h
Oh
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Womanatmile0 @womanatmile0.bsky.social · 19h
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 · 20h
It's all projection.
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God @thegodpodcast.com · 21h
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 · 21h
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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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 20h
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.
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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 20h
The opposition MUST find a way to stop the class/race politics. Every American is worse off-- we dont all see it yet.
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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 20h
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.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 23h
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h
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 · 21h
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 · 21h
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 · 21h
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
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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 1d
People have no idea of the dangers of the firings at the CDC.

The people who work there care about your health.

We are at risk, because the republicans refused to TALK.
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Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 22h
This Tuesday, October 14 @cvilledems.bsky.social are hosting a Charlottesville City School Board Candidate Forum at the Jefferson School from 6-7pm. This may be the only forum, so it’s an important opportunity to learn more about the candidates.
CHARLOTTESVILLE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM Zyahna Bryant | Dashad Cooper | Emily Dooley | Lisa Larson-Torres 6PM-7PM OCTOBER 14, 2025 THE JEFFERSON SCHOOL JOIN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE DEMOCRATS FOR A FORUM WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES. THE EVENING WILL BEGIN A LED DISCUSSION, FOLLOWED BY A Q&A. ONLINE ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED BY CHARLOTTESVILLE UNITED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION & IN MY HUMBLE OPINION
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats to the Seattle Mariners! what an epic game last night and series. As a Detroit Tigers fan I am sad we aren't going to next round, but I am grateful for a wonderful season and for them playing meaningful baseball in October. Onward.
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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.
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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d
The US puts military bases in countries, not the other way around. Is Russia letting their closest allies place military infrastructure on their sovereign land? Are we a colony of Qatar bc of a plane? What do they have on him? Is this what his voters wanted to be bribed by his bad acts?
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d
Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.
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