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Column: A #Florida Audubon chapter defeated the nation's largest homebuilder not once, not twice but THREE TIMES. My latest column for the @floridaphoenix.com also features shout-outs to Jimmy Stewart, Charlton Heston and the Mighty Casey. floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/06/b...
Bird-defending Audubon chapter defeats Florida development planned by nation’s largest homebuilder • Florida Phoenix
Since the 1880s we’ve referred to dopey people as birdbrains. I contend it’s a misnomer. Birds are actually pretty smart – think about how far they migrate without any access to maps or GPS! I think t...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Column: A #Florida Audubon chapter defeated the nation's largest homebuilder not once, not twice but THREE TIMES. My latest column for the @floridaphoenix.com also features shout-outs to Jimmy Stewart, Charlton Heston and the Mighty Casey. floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/06/b...
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The thing to understand is that district court judges have to follow the law and Supreme Court Justices get to just make up the law.
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The thing to understand is that district court judges have to follow the law and Supreme Court Justices get to just make up the law.
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Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too.
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too.
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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May 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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🚨 We want to get this flyer out to DOL employees who have been RIFed but many of them are on administrative leave instead of in the building. If you know any feds who need this info, please share it with them!
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
![YOU HAVE RIGHTS!
What Federal Employees Should Know about Reductions in Force (RIFs)
Your Rights
Generally speaking, for non-SES, executive-branch employees, your agency must:
● Provide 60 day’ advance notice of a RIF (though that can be reduced to 30 days based
on “not reasonably foreseeable circumstances.”) 5 C.F.R. § 351.801.
● For any bargaining-unit employees, provide the union with at least 60 days’ notice of any
RIFs, and more if a collective-bargaining agreement requires it
● Set a “competitive area” defining the organizational unit being cut and a “competitive
level” defining the types of jobs being cut; RIFs must target positions, not people.
● Make a “retention list” that ranks workers based on their tenure, veterans preference,
length of service, performance, and other criteria to decide who is terminated.
● Provide these rights to probationary employees as well as non-probationary employees.
● Provide severance pay: 1 week of pay for years of civilian service, 2 weeks for years >
10, plus an increase if you’re over 40
● Allow employees whose functions are transferred to a different competitive area to
transfer to those jobs
What To Do
● Before RIF Notice: Organize your coworkers, discuss strategies with them, keep your
union informed, download your eOPF folder, and consider what allies you can gather to
fight on your and your coworkers’ behalf.
● When you get a RIF Notice:
○ Ask the person who sent you the RIF notice and your HR representative in
writing for the retention register and check it thoroughly. Here is sample language
that you can use:
■ “Hi, my name is [NAME]. I just received a Reduction in Force notice,
dated [DATE]. Please send me the retention register that the Department
of Labor has compiled that applies to my competitive area and
competitive level immediately, along with any other information to which I
am entitled under 5 C.F.R. Section 351.505.
○ If they don’t give the retention register to you, FOIA it …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j7ih5hnishq4ccdmqmb4ot7o/bafkreignwj2v5zstyj6zmlo6lxpklzrirs56txl6qgza5raizhkgyjx5iu@jpeg)
![date of [DATE YOU RECEIVED RIF NOTICE] and an effective date of[DATE NOTICE SAYS RIF IS EFFECTIVE]. In particular, I would like to
receive any retention registers compiled for the Reduction in Force for which I received the attached notice. Please provide this information as soon as possible. For bargaining unit employees, file grievances over any failure to inform the union, lack of notice, placing employees on administrative leave without cause, or mistakes in the retention register.
● After RIF Notice: Challenge errors before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
or via union grievance. Continue to come to work if they have RIF’d you unlawfully.
Stay in touch with your colleagues.
Additional Resources
● Reductions in Force (RIFs): An Overview (QR code below)
● Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network (QR code below)
● How to Seek Compensation for Mental Health Conditions caused or aggravated by a
Federal Employer - CFPB Union (QR code below)
YOU ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH!
As long as you speak in your personal capacity about a matter of public concern and your
speech does not interfere with your job, you can generally say what you want. Click the last QR
code above for a presentation explaining federal employee free speech rights.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🚨 We want to get this flyer out to DOL employees who have been RIFed but many of them are on administrative leave instead of in the building. If you know any feds who need this info, please share it with them!
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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If DOGE is looking for federal waste, how about the $26M that's been spent on President Convicted Felon's repeated golf excursions so far this year? www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... via @svdate.bsky.social
Taxpayers' Tab For Trump's Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark
He has now traveled to one of his golf resorts on nine of the ten weekends since taking office in January. It is his seventh trip to his Palm Beach, Florida, country club.
www.huffpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If DOGE is looking for federal waste, how about the $26M that's been spent on President Convicted Felon's repeated golf excursions so far this year? www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... via @svdate.bsky.social
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Column: Pro-sprawl bill in #Florida Legislature will destroy rural areas throughout the state. www.news-journalonline.com/story/opinio...
Mark Lane: Sprawl bill moves ahead threatening rural lands
A bill that would encourage sprawl development in rural areas moves ahead in the Florida Legislature, creating problems for a local measure.
www.news-journalonline.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Column: Pro-sprawl bill in #Florida Legislature will destroy rural areas throughout the state. www.news-journalonline.com/story/opinio...
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"5. Remember professional ethics.
March 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"5. Remember professional ethics.
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U.S. Forest Service employee praised for her preservation of the #Florida Trail....and then fired by the idjits at DOGE. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...
DOGE fired Fort Pierce Forest Service employee despite praise for protecting Florida Trail
“If the point is fiscal responsibility and accountability, you just fired the person monitoring that funds were used properly,” Jenna Taylor said.
www.tcpalm.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
U.S. Forest Service employee praised for her preservation of the #Florida Trail....and then fired by the idjits at DOGE. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...
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Ocean acidification is a looming problem off #Florida, too. floridaphoenix.com/2023/12/07/a...
March 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ocean acidification is a looming problem off #Florida, too. floridaphoenix.com/2023/12/07/a...
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If my greatest contribution to society is to be the medical frontline - correcting RFK’s nonsense at every step - then I will do it.
For the vast majority, measles vaccination confers lifelong protection.
This isn’t complicated or debated.
For the vast majority, measles vaccination confers lifelong protection.
This isn’t complicated or debated.
March 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If my greatest contribution to society is to be the medical frontline - correcting RFK’s nonsense at every step - then I will do it.
For the vast majority, measles vaccination confers lifelong protection.
This isn’t complicated or debated.
For the vast majority, measles vaccination confers lifelong protection.
This isn’t complicated or debated.
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Goodbye White Springs? Legislation filed to abolish historic north #Florida town once visited by presidents. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
Goodbye White Springs? Legislation filed to abolish historic north Florida town
Rep. Jason Shoaf aims to dissolve White Springs, a town with roots in a 19th century tourism boom, amid accusations of financial mismanagement.
www.tallahassee.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Goodbye White Springs? Legislation filed to abolish historic north #Florida town once visited by presidents. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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#Florida legislators question Gov. Ron DeSastrous' spending, including on 4 high-level employees who are earning six-figure salaries yet live out of state & racked up $56,000 in travel expenses in the last two years. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/12/o... via @sundogwriter.bsky.social
Out-of-state employees, a Paris trip, missing vehicles: Florida legislators question spending
A lawmaker panel tasked with budget oversight questioned travel bills, late reports and missing inventory this week.
www.orlandosentinel.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#Florida legislators question Gov. Ron DeSastrous' spending, including on 4 high-level employees who are earning six-figure salaries yet live out of state & racked up $56,000 in travel expenses in the last two years. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/12/o... via @sundogwriter.bsky.social
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Trump wants to control all federal firing & hiring. He wants to be able to reduce & refill the ranks of career fed'l employees. It's soft coup (non-military) happening before our eyes, but too many people aren't paying attention. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/humphreys-...
March 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Trump wants to control all federal firing & hiring. He wants to be able to reduce & refill the ranks of career fed'l employees. It's soft coup (non-military) happening before our eyes, but too many people aren't paying attention. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/humphreys-...
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Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
March 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
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This is fun
Army Choir surrounded the MAGA hierarchy dining in White House East Room to sing "Do You Hear The People Sing"
It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety
"Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again"
#DisruptTheCoup
It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety
"Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again"
#DisruptTheCoup
February 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is fun
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If Russia invaded Alaska, what would you call a US president who "made a deal" to prevent war by allowing Russia to annex the state and occupy the 730,000 Americans living there?
February 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
If Russia invaded Alaska, what would you call a US president who "made a deal" to prevent war by allowing Russia to annex the state and occupy the 730,000 Americans living there?