@jmackusick.bsky.social
Reposted
Any of us that answer the phones will tell you that the publicly reported metrics are inaccurate but we don’t have the data to prove it. Except now we do have that data. Thank you, @almsnatalie.bsky.social for this story.
NEW: The phone metrics reported publicly by the Social Security Administration are way lower than actual wait times, a new watchdog report shows.
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
SSA phone wait times longer than publicly reported metrics, per OIG report
The agency’s “average speed of answer” metric masks longer call wait times, according to data in a recent OIG report.
www.nextgov.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Any of us that answer the phones will tell you that the publicly reported metrics are inaccurate but we don’t have the data to prove it. Except now we do have that data. Thank you, @almsnatalie.bsky.social for this story.
Reposted
He and his family fled Venezuela fearing political violence due to their support of the opposition.
So a family fleeing Maduro who is here legally WITH DOCUMENTATION is now facing deportation by a country poised to declare war to oust Maduro.
Make it make sense beyond quotas and cruelty.
So a family fleeing Maduro who is here legally WITH DOCUMENTATION is now facing deportation by a country poised to declare war to oust Maduro.
Make it make sense beyond quotas and cruelty.
Family of ICE detainee arrested near Columbus last week claims he has a valid visa
Arturo Rafael Brito Goncalvez, a 22-year-old Venezuelan pilot, is fighting deportation after being detained by ICE last week.
abc6onyourside.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
He and his family fled Venezuela fearing political violence due to their support of the opposition.
So a family fleeing Maduro who is here legally WITH DOCUMENTATION is now facing deportation by a country poised to declare war to oust Maduro.
Make it make sense beyond quotas and cruelty.
So a family fleeing Maduro who is here legally WITH DOCUMENTATION is now facing deportation by a country poised to declare war to oust Maduro.
Make it make sense beyond quotas and cruelty.
Reposted
I do so thoroughly enjoy seeing state senators telling it how it truly is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
In AZ many big corporations pay only the min income tax, $50. They get so many loopholes that they do not pay for the benefits they use -public roads, public safety, public education.
Talarico tells the truth. The biggest welfare queens are big corporate freeloaders
fortune.com/2025/12/20/j...
Talarico tells the truth. The biggest welfare queens are big corporate freeloaders
fortune.com/2025/12/20/j...
James Talarico says the biggest 'welfare queens' in America are 'the giant corporations that don't pay a penny in income taxes' | Fortune
The 2026 Senate hopeful says major corporations cost taxpayers far more than social safety net programs.
fortune.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I do so thoroughly enjoy seeing state senators telling it how it truly is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Reposted
Dan McClellan has spent much of his life learning—and relearning—what the Bible and its authors were trying to tell us. But the years he spent in graduate school studying Hebrew texts, ...
The Bible says so…or does it?
On this week’s “More To The Story,” religious scholar and TikTok star Dan McClellan examines how some Christian nationalists use—and often abuse—the Bible to gain political power.
www.motherjones.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Dan McClellan has spent much of his life learning—and relearning—what the Bible and its authors were trying to tell us. But the years he spent in graduate school studying Hebrew texts, ...
Reposted
Young American women, it seems, want out of America. A Gallup poll in November found that 40 percent of US women ages 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the oppo...
American women want to opt out
More want to leave the country than ever before. That’s not the only way they’re escaping.
www.vox.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Young American women, it seems, want out of America. A Gallup poll in November found that 40 percent of US women ages 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the oppo...
Reposted
This was one of the worst years for job seekers since the Great Recession. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images
There is no better window into the soul of America’s striving professional class than ...
There is no better window into the soul of America’s striving professional class than ...
2025 was one of the worst years for job hunters since the Great Recession
Why the economy felt so, so bad this year.
www.vox.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This was one of the worst years for job seekers since the Great Recession. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images
There is no better window into the soul of America’s striving professional class than ...
There is no better window into the soul of America’s striving professional class than ...
Reposted
We’re stronger when we organize together.
It’s resolution season and if one of your goals for 2026 is becoming more engaged in your community and doing more to save democracy, it might be time to connect with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
It’s resolution season and if one of your goals for 2026 is becoming more engaged in your community and doing more to save democracy, it might be time to connect with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We’re stronger when we organize together.
It’s resolution season and if one of your goals for 2026 is becoming more engaged in your community and doing more to save democracy, it might be time to connect with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
It’s resolution season and if one of your goals for 2026 is becoming more engaged in your community and doing more to save democracy, it might be time to connect with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
Reposted
We just want to say, it’s ok to feel sad during the holidays. It’s not selfish, it’s not weakness. It’s grief. It’s ok to grieve. Especially now.
And we’re sending a special hug to all of you who are facing the people who should have loved you best, but chose to hurt you instead. We see you. 💚
And we’re sending a special hug to all of you who are facing the people who should have loved you best, but chose to hurt you instead. We see you. 💚
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We just want to say, it’s ok to feel sad during the holidays. It’s not selfish, it’s not weakness. It’s grief. It’s ok to grieve. Especially now.
And we’re sending a special hug to all of you who are facing the people who should have loved you best, but chose to hurt you instead. We see you. 💚
And we’re sending a special hug to all of you who are facing the people who should have loved you best, but chose to hurt you instead. We see you. 💚
Reposted
Fresh IRS hell. If you dont have your bank account on your return, we won't issue a check immediately. We will hold your refund for 6 weeks. A notice will be issued that tells you to go on to your IRS.gov account and update your banking information.
🧵
🧵
Home | Internal Revenue Service
Pay your taxes. Get your refund status. Find IRS forms and answers to tax questions. We help you understand and meet your federal tax responsibilities.
IRS.gov
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fresh IRS hell. If you dont have your bank account on your return, we won't issue a check immediately. We will hold your refund for 6 weeks. A notice will be issued that tells you to go on to your IRS.gov account and update your banking information.
🧵
🧵
Reposted
The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.
China Alleges Violation Of International Law As U.S. Pursues Another Venezuelan Tanker
The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.
I needed this.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I needed this.
Reposted
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
Reposted
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
Reposted
NEW: Tens of thousands of documents appearing to be from "Dataset 8" of the Epstein files went live on a Justice Department website today, only to be pulled down hours later without explanation.
w/ @eorden.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @eorden.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
NEW: Tens of thousands of documents appearing to be from "Dataset 8" of the Epstein files went live on a Justice Department website today, only to be pulled down hours later without explanation.
w/ @eorden.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @eorden.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Reposted
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Reposted
California will have the wettest Christmas week in the entire country.
Rain is good. Too much at once can be consequential. This storm(s) will teeter the line.
Rain is good. Too much at once can be consequential. This storm(s) will teeter the line.
December 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
California will have the wettest Christmas week in the entire country.
Rain is good. Too much at once can be consequential. This storm(s) will teeter the line.
Rain is good. Too much at once can be consequential. This storm(s) will teeter the line.
Reposted
Pushing Democrats to move beyond resistance
Rural Americans — and a Rural New Deal — could be the key to a new wave of economic populism
www.salon.com/2025/12/20/p...
Rural Americans — and a Rural New Deal — could be the key to a new wave of economic populism
www.salon.com/2025/12/20/p...
Pushing Democrats to move beyond resistance
Rural Americans — and a Rural New Deal — could be the key to a new wave of economic populism
www.salon.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Pushing Democrats to move beyond resistance
Rural Americans — and a Rural New Deal — could be the key to a new wave of economic populism
www.salon.com/2025/12/20/p...
Rural Americans — and a Rural New Deal — could be the key to a new wave of economic populism
www.salon.com/2025/12/20/p...
Reposted
Reposted
#GVerse #BreakingNews #Update
The Associated Press is now reporting that at least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ's Epstein File website since they went up.
The Associated Press is now reporting that at least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ's Epstein File website since they went up.
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#GVerse #BreakingNews #Update
The Associated Press is now reporting that at least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ's Epstein File website since they went up.
The Associated Press is now reporting that at least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ's Epstein File website since they went up.
Reposted
Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
Reposted
This how they did in my team in Jan. They kept them long enough to train bots, then fired them. I'm currently surviving doing work of 4 people, at breakneck pace. If you wonder why I have clear eyed view of where we are with LLMs, this is why. I was ground 0 www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forc...
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This how they did in my team in Jan. They kept them long enough to train bots, then fired them. I'm currently surviving doing work of 4 people, at breakneck pace. If you wonder why I have clear eyed view of where we are with LLMs, this is why. I was ground 0 www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forc...
Reposted
WOW. They're not going to air their special on CECOT. I'd like to know who made this decision, and whether the federal government had a hand in it.
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
WOW. They're not going to air their special on CECOT. I'd like to know who made this decision, and whether the federal government had a hand in it.
Reposted
"The Portland Chicken" Jack Dickinson was among the peaceful protesters met with brutal force at a demonstration outside an ICE building. He's suing the Trump administration with help from the ACLU of Oregon.
No matter how you dress, you have the right to protest without government retaliation.
No matter how you dress, you have the right to protest without government retaliation.
He leaned right in high school. Now he's the Trump-trolling Portland Chicken.
The protests against ICE gave Jack Dickinson a taste of national celebrity, but more important they gave him a community he'd never had before.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"The Portland Chicken" Jack Dickinson was among the peaceful protesters met with brutal force at a demonstration outside an ICE building. He's suing the Trump administration with help from the ACLU of Oregon.
No matter how you dress, you have the right to protest without government retaliation.
No matter how you dress, you have the right to protest without government retaliation.
Reposted
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files. n.pr/4pO8hXB
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.
n.pr
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files. n.pr/4pO8hXB