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Josh Zembik

@jzembik.bsky.social

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Former Hill staffer and sports reporter. ATL expat. Once had the entire Delaware Congressional delegation in my Jetta. Go Dawgs! jzembik AT gmail DOT com

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Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 1d

I want desparately to end my team meeting with this line today, but no one would know what I'm talking about, and everyone would think I'm insane.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 3d

Tennessee-Arizona, ya drunk

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 4d

What’s happening in the old ballgame, Nick?

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 4d

The DJ at this block party just spun like 25 seconds of “Who Let the Dogs Out,” and how weird is that that song instantly evokes Mitt Romney?

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 4d

Send in the National Guard! Antifa training camp!

Chicago bounce house in the middle of a war zone.

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 4d

Death everywhere. It’s awful.

Skeletons everywhere from the Chicago War

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 4d

Horrific.

Even the dogs have been injured in the fighting.

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 4d

Pictures from the front lines.

Even at the height of war in Chicago, residents managed to decorate for Halloween.

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 4d

Spent the morning walking to our local coffee shop, taking the 5 year old to soccer, and picking up breakfast sandos. Came home to find out we did it in a war zone! Wild.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 6d

Except, unlike Jeter, he actually needed to flip over the railing

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 6d

Oh damn new Jeter just dropped

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 7d

When I worked in the House, our office once had back to back meetings with Goodall and Ted Turner. I'll never forget the booming southern drawl of Ted Turner yelling with delight, "oh my god, it's the monkey lady" when he walked in and saw Jane Goodall.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 8d

Wait, the White House withdrew its CFTC nominee because of opposition from the Winklevoss twins??

Politico: The White House withdrew Brian Quintenz’s nomination to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission late Tuesday, according to two people granted anonymity to discuss the decision ahead of a public announcement.

A small but powerful agency, the CFTC oversees a broad swath of financial markets including those tied to the cryptocurrency industry. In July, crypto billionaires Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss pressed President Donald Trump to reconsider his selection of Quintenz to lead the Wall Street regulator.

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 10d

Absolute hellscape in Chicago.

Just the perfect fall day in Chicago on a street closed to traffic.

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 12d

A military flyover for golf. Wow, OK.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 14d

Over 14,000 physicians currently practicing in the United States, concentrated in underserved Midwestern+Southern states, are currently working on H-1B visas.

This is the high-skill visa program, lifeblood for critical sectors, that the US Administration is sledgehammering.

doi.org/10.1007/s116...

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AMA @ama-assn.org · 16d

Raising the H-1B visa fee to $100,000 risks shutting off the pipeline of highly trained physicians, especially in rural and underserved communities. The AMA stands ready to work with the administration and our partners in medicine to exempt health care workers from this policy.

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 17d

The New York Mets are an incredible brand.

Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 17d

Nationals 3, Mets 2

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AMA @ama-assn.org · 19d

#OurAMA is concerned that ACIP's new process and recommendations not only reduce parental choice, but also reflects ACIP’s reliance on selective data in forming its guidance. Read our full statement: spr.ly/63323AVMwb

AMA statement on ACIP meeting

New process and recommendations leave parents confused about how best to protect their kids and unable to choose combined MMRV vaccine for children under 4 years

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 25d

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 25d

DAWWWGGGGSSSS

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 25d

Lol Tennessee

Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · Sep 5

LET US IN, JERAD

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AMA @ama-assn.org · Sep 3

The AMA strongly opposes Florida’s plan to end all vaccine mandates, and urges Florida to reconsider. This unprecedented rollback would undermine decades of public health progress and place children and communities at increased risk. spr.ly/63328ABvBq

AMA statement on Florida ending all vaccine mandates

AMA strongly opposes Florida’s plan to end all vaccine mandates, including those required for school attendance, and urges Florida to reconsider.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · Sep 2

Jesus Christ