@maryellenmac.bsky.social
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“Such interactions played out again and again as the night drew on. Onlookers heckled the police as they did their job and applauded as officers left.”
A night in D.C. after Trump’s National Guard deployment
We spent Friday night along a stretch of U Street — a nightlife hub and among the areas of the city with the highest number of crimes reported this year.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Such interactions played out again and again as the night drew on. Onlookers heckled the police as they did their job and applauded as officers left.”
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“They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have 5.”
May 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have 5.”
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Brad Schimel Begins Campaigning With Anti-MLK Advocate Charlie Kirk
Does the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate stand by Kirk’s attacks on the civil rights leader? meidasnews.com/news/brad-sc...
Does the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate stand by Kirk’s attacks on the civil rights leader? meidasnews.com/news/brad-sc...
Brad Schimel Begins Campaigning With Anti-MLK Advocate Charlie Kirk
Does the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate stand by Kirk’s attacks on the civil rights leader?
meidasnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Brad Schimel Begins Campaigning With Anti-MLK Advocate Charlie Kirk
Does the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate stand by Kirk’s attacks on the civil rights leader? meidasnews.com/news/brad-sc...
Does the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate stand by Kirk’s attacks on the civil rights leader? meidasnews.com/news/brad-sc...
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Some very fine people
SCOOP: The lawyer working for DOGE who now leads USAID has a history of violence and racist remarks, ten people who knew him allege.
Police records show he was also once accused of threatening a girl with a knife/
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Police records show he was also once accused of threatening a girl with a knife/
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Top Trump USAID Staffer Accused of Violent Outbursts, Racist Remarks
Ten people who knew Jeremy Lewin, Trump’s deputy administrator at USAID, share concerns about his new position due to troubling behavior in his youth.
www.rollingstone.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Some very fine people
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A come-to-Jesus moment for American lawyers, and for America's most important law firms.
This is it.
This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This is it.
This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks
The result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
March 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
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1. Remember, you morons, the Internet is written in indelible ink 2. Chief Moron Mike Waltz set the Signal group texts to disappear in 4 weeks www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
Judge James E. Boasberg said top officials, including the defense secretary, the national security adviser and the secretary of state, must preserve the messages they exchanged.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
1. Remember, you morons, the Internet is written in indelible ink 2. Chief Moron Mike Waltz set the Signal group texts to disappear in 4 weeks www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada were never really about stopping fentanyl
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Trump’s foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Trump’s foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Exclusive: Trump’s foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico
President Donald Trump has vowed to destroy Mexican cartels and end the U.S. fentanyl epidemic, but his sweeping freeze on foreign aid has temporarily stopped U.S.-funded anti-narcotics programs in Mexico that for years have been working to curb the flow of the synthetic opioid into the United States.
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada were never really about stopping fentanyl
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Trump’s foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Trump’s foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Thanks to 60 Minutes for covering this remarkable concert, and the work of Chicago’s Equity Arc.
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
U.S. Marine Band forced to cancel concert with students of color after Trump DEI order
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thanks to 60 Minutes for covering this remarkable concert, and the work of Chicago’s Equity Arc.
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
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Never. Podcast.
Gavin Newsom sees 10-point net drop in favorability since launching his podcast. Survey finds "the podcast only made 13% of voters have an improved perception of the Governor, with 26% saying that it harmed their perception."
CA 120: Gavin's podcast - Presidential run or empire building? - Capitol Weekly
Gov. Gavin Newsom's new podcast has sent shockwaves through California's political world. But is there more to Newsom's efforts than meets the eye?
capitolweekly.net
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Never. Podcast.
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And the physicists said that it was impossible to ever travel back to the past. Hah!
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And the physicists said that it was impossible to ever travel back to the past. Hah!
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Not a lawyer, but the Trump legal strategy seems to be based on the liberal use of adjectives.
BREAKING: Justice Department seeks to remove Judge Beryl Howell from Perkins Coie's challenge to Trump EO order targeting the firm. DOJ says Howell, an Obama appointee, has record of anti-Trump bias. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Howell
www.documentcloud.org
March 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Not a lawyer, but the Trump legal strategy seems to be based on the liberal use of adjectives.
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May I suggest something radical? Have mercy on people. Even on here.
What’s happening is unprecedented, so politicians, journalists, public servants etc are doing their best to adjust. Not doing exactly what you think they should doesn’t mean they’re giving up or giving in.
What’s happening is unprecedented, so politicians, journalists, public servants etc are doing their best to adjust. Not doing exactly what you think they should doesn’t mean they’re giving up or giving in.
January 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
May I suggest something radical? Have mercy on people. Even on here.
What’s happening is unprecedented, so politicians, journalists, public servants etc are doing their best to adjust. Not doing exactly what you think they should doesn’t mean they’re giving up or giving in.
What’s happening is unprecedented, so politicians, journalists, public servants etc are doing their best to adjust. Not doing exactly what you think they should doesn’t mean they’re giving up or giving in.
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You can try to goose Tesla stock in all kinds of grifty ways but maybe innovating on the current lineup or making a Cybertruck not be such a janky vehicle might be a better plan www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump escalates threats against those who destroy Tesla vehicles
Trump wrote on social media that people who vandalize vehicles made by Tesla — the company owned by Trump ally Elon Musk — could get lengthy jail sentences.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
You can try to goose Tesla stock in all kinds of grifty ways but maybe innovating on the current lineup or making a Cybertruck not be such a janky vehicle might be a better plan www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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5 things Trump did this week:
1. Invited an MMA fighter fined for rape to the Oval Office
2. Waited on hold for Putin, then talked about hockey
3. Set up a fake classroom in the White House
4. Kept the Epstein files safe for another week
5. Left town to play more golf
1. Invited an MMA fighter fined for rape to the Oval Office
2. Waited on hold for Putin, then talked about hockey
3. Set up a fake classroom in the White House
4. Kept the Epstein files safe for another week
5. Left town to play more golf
March 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
5 things Trump did this week:
1. Invited an MMA fighter fined for rape to the Oval Office
2. Waited on hold for Putin, then talked about hockey
3. Set up a fake classroom in the White House
4. Kept the Epstein files safe for another week
5. Left town to play more golf
1. Invited an MMA fighter fined for rape to the Oval Office
2. Waited on hold for Putin, then talked about hockey
3. Set up a fake classroom in the White House
4. Kept the Epstein files safe for another week
5. Left town to play more golf
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@coloradolady.bsky.social Hey Steph! I’m very slowly figuring this site out. How about you? ☺️
March 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
@coloradolady.bsky.social Hey Steph! I’m very slowly figuring this site out. How about you? ☺️
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Talking Ukraine, Russia, and Putin with Dr. Fiona Hill on today’s Prof G Conversations.
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7hKA...
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7hKA...
March 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Talking Ukraine, Russia, and Putin with Dr. Fiona Hill on today’s Prof G Conversations.
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7hKA...
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7hKA...