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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h

Amen

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 12h

Many of those compositions were penned overseas and dumped in our country without sufficient tariffs collected. A city that isn't a Democratic hellscape would have played more Copeland and John Phillip Sousa. #MAGA

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 11h

I'm so conflicted because since the Mets blew it, my two backup teams to root for are playing each other.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 12h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

The IRS is laying off people during the shutdown, even though it was rehiring staff it previously fired because it was so shorthanded.
This one stands out because firing IRS employees costs the government money, since they bring in about $6-8 for every dollar spent on tax enforcement

IRS Halts Layoff Plans, Begins Rehiring Amid Staffing Shortages
The agency is attempting to rebuild its workforce and restore public confidence.

Treasury Department: Treasury cut 1,446 employees on Friday. Two Internal Revenue Service employees confirmed layoffs were taking place at the tax agency, which has already shed more than 25,000 employees. One employee who was laid off was working Friday and exempt from shutdown furloughs.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 14h

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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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 22h

Point of order, this story ends with Homer being faithful to his wife

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

States report shit to the CDC and the CDC synthesizes that into a heads-up report.

Firing a good chunk of the staff who put that together is essentially blinding the country on public health. Trump has hated it since 2020 because they published stuff (the truth) contrary to what he was saying

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 23h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

Vought put out that he was firing 16k government employees. Maybe these were them.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

www.propublica.org

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

18F was great! Honestly I think a good policy would be to reinstitute it, and then hire remotely. You'd get a ton of great people.

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

This is fair. I admire the commitment! We don't have as much good Ethiopian food.

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

Presbyterians make the best pies! I'm also an everything bagel girlie, I was converted from garlic bagel by all its extraness. My current eating-out favorite is everything bagel +egg+cheese+chipotle mayo+ turkey bacon. I guess I don't tend to bagel at home?

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

I've never had it! I need to try that. I thought tempeh was crumbly?

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

Good Lord yes. Then all you can taste is ketchup!

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

If it's an option, I usually go for bagel + cheese + vegetables mixed into an omelette on the bagel, so I have sympathy!

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

There's a Muslim bagel shop on Washington Ave with a great turkey bacon EC! Penny Lane Cafe.

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

This isn't _actually_ how you militarily take over a city. This is how you create content. The longer this goes on, the more it seems the only goal is the content.

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

"The Trump administration has created a seamless loop of content inspiring policy and policy inspiring new content as the government performs its own justification in real time. First comes the boots on the ground. Then comes the content. Rinse and repeat."
www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Katie Scary IshiBOOshi @realmaplesyrup.bsky.social · 1d

Look at me, just voluntarily turning on the K Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack even though the kids are at school.

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Diane R @dianenyc.bsky.social · 1d

Since before she was AG I have known Tish James as a fighter for progressive values, and a staunch ally to the gun violence prevention movement.

She has stood up for us, now we must stand up and speak out for her.

Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Hands Off Tish James
📆 Friday, October 10
⏰ 5:30 – 7pm EDT
📍Foley Square (Pearl Street & Centre St, NYC)

#HandsOffTish

More info:
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

Solidarity Rally Hands Off Tish James Friday 10/10 Foley Square, 5:30pm

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