Robyn Swirling
@rswirling.bsky.social
Abortion, abolition, those sorts of things. Free DC.
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Robyn Swirling
@rswirling.bsky.social
· Aug 19
There is a LOT of filming going on and reporting out where feds and ICE are in DC. I know everyone means to be helpful when sharing that information, so I encourage everyone to get up to speed on the SALUTE method, which allows us to share info that is precise and doesn’t sow more fear.
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Abraham, a physician who is not board certified in any specialty & has made a career as an extremely partisan politician, is now #2 at CDC.
Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
BREAKING via @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: The CDC's internal email server now lists Louisiana physician Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, as the agency's principal deputy director -- "an irresponsible choice," according to one public health expert.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position
Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record
www.medpagetoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Abraham, a physician who is not board certified in any specialty & has made a career as an extremely partisan politician, is now #2 at CDC.
Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
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Just implement it. Constituencies rarely tell you with such clarity what they want. A government agency rarely says it's ready to go. C'mon.
Fresh off grilling elections officials at a hearing yesterday, Wendell Felder introduces a bill meant to delay the implementation of ranked-choice voting.
A similar push failed during the budget talks. And, FWIW, BOE said Monday it was on track to have RCV ready by June...
A similar push failed during the budget talks. And, FWIW, BOE said Monday it was on track to have RCV ready by June...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just implement it. Constituencies rarely tell you with such clarity what they want. A government agency rarely says it's ready to go. C'mon.
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White Militia Paradise of ID still all in
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
White Militia Paradise of ID still all in
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PCU set at an HBCU. Final answer.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
PCU set at an HBCU. Final answer.
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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DC residents have all the obligations of citizenship, including serving in every American war. They deserve equal representation in all aspects.
I introduced my bill to add the DC seal in stained glass among seals of the states in the Library of Congress.
I introduced my bill to add the DC seal in stained glass among seals of the states in the Library of Congress.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
DC residents have all the obligations of citizenship, including serving in every American war. They deserve equal representation in all aspects.
I introduced my bill to add the DC seal in stained glass among seals of the states in the Library of Congress.
I introduced my bill to add the DC seal in stained glass among seals of the states in the Library of Congress.
Same turkey we always make, but this year spatchcocked
My mom’s cranberry relish
Hasselback potato gratin (Serious Eats)
Bourbon mashed sweet potatoes
Roasted & raw brussels sprouts (new recipe from NYT)
Chile glazed carrots
Gravy (make ahead, via Hailee Catalano)
Guests bringing desserts
My mom’s cranberry relish
Hasselback potato gratin (Serious Eats)
Bourbon mashed sweet potatoes
Roasted & raw brussels sprouts (new recipe from NYT)
Chile glazed carrots
Gravy (make ahead, via Hailee Catalano)
Guests bringing desserts
Let’s run this again, was fun last year, what new adversities are we about to create for ourselves on the field, drop your menus below
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Same turkey we always make, but this year spatchcocked
My mom’s cranberry relish
Hasselback potato gratin (Serious Eats)
Bourbon mashed sweet potatoes
Roasted & raw brussels sprouts (new recipe from NYT)
Chile glazed carrots
Gravy (make ahead, via Hailee Catalano)
Guests bringing desserts
My mom’s cranberry relish
Hasselback potato gratin (Serious Eats)
Bourbon mashed sweet potatoes
Roasted & raw brussels sprouts (new recipe from NYT)
Chile glazed carrots
Gravy (make ahead, via Hailee Catalano)
Guests bringing desserts
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@brendannyhan.bsky.social is right: young people are reluctant to come to the defense of institutions that have excluded them, ignored them, and crushed their movements
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
@brendannyhan.bsky.social is right: young people are reluctant to come to the defense of institutions that have excluded them, ignored them, and crushed their movements
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Then quit.
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Then quit.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Parks Service Union Movement Spreads to Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree
Employees in dozens of park units are organizing to fight attempts by the Trump administration to downsize the agency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Hey man, real bad news about basically every culinary tradition in the world
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Hey man, real bad news about basically every culinary tradition in the world
I love that we just randomly get Chotiner times. We never know when they’re coming, but we just periodically get to come together in awe and joy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I love that we just randomly get Chotiner times. We never know when they’re coming, but we just periodically get to come together in awe and joy.
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It’s so funny that there’s one reporter that all the other reporters are also scared of
I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It’s so funny that there’s one reporter that all the other reporters are also scared of
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New commission finished!!
This neglected set of bagpipes belongs to the wonderfully lovely Rachael Tonge.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Art Carbuncle.
This neglected set of bagpipes belongs to the wonderfully lovely Rachael Tonge.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Art Carbuncle.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New commission finished!!
This neglected set of bagpipes belongs to the wonderfully lovely Rachael Tonge.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Art Carbuncle.
This neglected set of bagpipes belongs to the wonderfully lovely Rachael Tonge.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Art Carbuncle.
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Doing some reading up on this - and you know who the Pentagon didn't go after? Jan. 6 offenders who were retired military. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Doing some reading up on this - and you know who the Pentagon didn't go after? Jan. 6 offenders who were retired military. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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16 massage therapists from 8 different spas in Baltimore accused Justin Tucker of sexual misconduct.
The Saints are hosting a kicker tryout and former Pro Bowler Justin Tucker is among those invited, per me and Mike Garafolo
This is his first workout since being suspended 10 games by the NFL for violating the personal conduct policy.
This is his first workout since being suspended 10 games by the NFL for violating the personal conduct policy.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
16 massage therapists from 8 different spas in Baltimore accused Justin Tucker of sexual misconduct.
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Vanity Fair editor when asked why he thought having a nude photo of his sex scandal-prone, ethically compromised new hire, who is somehow both contributor and subject of his very first issue, was a good idea:
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table and asking , `` was that wrong ? ''
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table and asking , `` was that wrong ? ''
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Vanity Fair editor when asked why he thought having a nude photo of his sex scandal-prone, ethically compromised new hire, who is somehow both contributor and subject of his very first issue, was a good idea:
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The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids…
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids…
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
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Have any of you people seen a chicken?
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Have any of you people seen a chicken?