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Nina Jo Smith

@njsmith.bsky.social

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Songwriter. Poet. “In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.” - Bertolt Brecht

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 22d

First Amendment first.

Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 23d

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 10m

Great.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 24m

All your calls of the series-winning walkoff [Fox, Fox Deportes, KIRO, Radio Sol, WXYT, WDTW]

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 19m

Accurate.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 50m

When this game started vs when this game ended

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 50m

There ya go. Only took 15 innings. Great game.

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 6h

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 1h

You win the internet today.

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Liz Andromeda 🏴♿ @lizandromeda.bsky.social · 1h

the gutting of environmental protections means that more chemicals are being put in the water to make the frogs gay.
this is why you are seeing them everywhere being fabulous

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 1h

👏👏👏✊🏻🐸

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson refusing to seat a Latina Congresswoman in a Latino/a district, apparently to help his white man friend in the files of an international sex trafficker, is racism & sexism at work & if we had a more diverse legacy media they’d be saying this.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2h

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 3h

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

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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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 2h

Ooh. Thanks. Followed.

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Em, Bella, and Moneypenny @emamadden.bsky.social · 9h

At the beginning of the year the office I worked in at HHS had around 140 people. Our workload was full - in fact we were fairly understaffed and could have used help. By April we had roughly 100. Triage time - too much work, but loved the work. After 4/1 there were 40-60. Today there are 20.

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 2h

I love it. 🥑

Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 3h

Ayup.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 4h

Never had a trans student disrupt my class in even the smallest way. Had plenty of very-gender-conforming Overly-Assertive-Main-Character students be disruptive - monopolizing discussion, talking out of turn, that sort of thing.

Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 3h

So I guess I’m not flying for awhile.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 🚨🔥 Meet Randy Erwin. Randy is the president of the National Federation of Federal Employees — a union representing ~ 150k employees across the country. We need more RANDY ERWIN ENERGY in this country! Sound ⬆️ & Share. 1/2

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

The corruption and self-dealing is staring you in the face. Hello?

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 4h

😂🙌✊🏼💚

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 4h

a group of people standing in a grassy field with smoke coming out of a building in the background

Alt: Tall building imploding

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 4h

That’s the text this morning. My vote has been counted. 🙌

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Osbournemom @osbournemom.bsky.social · 12h

RIFs have VERY PARTICULAR rules, like THIRTY DAY NOTICE, etc.

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 4h

We saw the quid. Here’s the quo.

Freya 💙 @freyalux.bsky.social · 12h

Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 4h

Read. And support mfp.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 6h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 5h

Haribo green frog gummies ordered. ✅

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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