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April 21, 2025
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Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis performed his final public act when he waved to worshippers in St.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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all accurate. To my friends who keep saying “we’ll see how this plays out,” it played out.
April 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
all accurate. To my friends who keep saying “we’ll see how this plays out,” it played out.
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We’re in the middle of spring tornado season
National Weather Service employees were encouraged to take early retirements at an all-hands meeting Thursday. The union believes as many as 1,000 could leave in the coming months - out of a workforce of just over 4,000.
With @weathersullivan.bsky.social (gift):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
With @weathersullivan.bsky.social (gift):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Weather Service Merges Offices as Staffing Pressure Mounts
The US National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of as many as 1,000 staffers.
www.bloomberg.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We’re in the middle of spring tornado season
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Mr. @repmoskowitz.bsky.social, this gives me life 🙌
Democratic House Rep. Jared Moskowitz using Pete Hegseth's emojis in his letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson to form a select committee to investigate the Signal group chat texts is hilarious.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Mr. @repmoskowitz.bsky.social, this gives me life 🙌
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It gets worse.
This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.
This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.
March 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It gets worse.
This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.
This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.
apnews.com/article/lith... American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says
4 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania have died, but that he does not yet know the details.
apnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
apnews.com/article/lith... American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says
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Mike Johnson is now floating eliminating federal courts:
"We do have the authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts and all these other things."
"We do have the authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts and all these other things."
March 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Democratic House Rep. Salud Carbajal at the press conference from Democrats on the Armed Services Committee on the Signal group chat leak:
"This is amateur hour, and the Senate confirmed this cabal of incompetent buffoons. Let's call it what it is."
Nailed it!
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"This is amateur hour, and the Senate confirmed this cabal of incompetent buffoons. Let's call it what it is."
Nailed it!
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March 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Democratic House Rep. Salud Carbajal at the press conference from Democrats on the Armed Services Committee on the Signal group chat leak:
"This is amateur hour, and the Senate confirmed this cabal of incompetent buffoons. Let's call it what it is."
Nailed it!
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"This is amateur hour, and the Senate confirmed this cabal of incompetent buffoons. Let's call it what it is."
Nailed it!
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BENNET: Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were as director of the CIA participating in this thread? Were you aware of that?!
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
March 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BENNET: Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were as director of the CIA participating in this thread? Were you aware of that?!
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
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If the Democrats don’t make an absolute buffet out of this group chat national security scandal, primary each and every one of them. It’s literally on a silver platter.
March 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If the Democrats don’t make an absolute buffet out of this group chat national security scandal, primary each and every one of them. It’s literally on a silver platter.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Tonkon Torp LLP: “The Constitution protects the ability of lawyers to represent all manner of clients and causes and enshrines access to justice. Politically targeted actions against lawyers and law firms like the recent executive order on Perkins Coie undermine our legal system.”
March 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tonkon Torp LLP: “The Constitution protects the ability of lawyers to represent all manner of clients and causes and enshrines access to justice. Politically targeted actions against lawyers and law firms like the recent executive order on Perkins Coie undermine our legal system.”
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Selendy Gay PLLC: “Selendy Gay supports Perkins Coie, Covington, and the [ABA] in their courageous defense of the rule of law and rejects the notion that the government can punish lawyers for their choice of clients or threaten judges for presiding over cases adverse to the administration...”
March 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Selendy Gay PLLC: “Selendy Gay supports Perkins Coie, Covington, and the [ABA] in their courageous defense of the rule of law and rejects the notion that the government can punish lawyers for their choice of clients or threaten judges for presiding over cases adverse to the administration...”
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Albert Sellars LLP: “Fuck that fascist nonsense.”
March 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Albert Sellars LLP: “Fuck that fascist nonsense.”
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Of course, the complaint filed by Williams & Connolly on behalf of Perkins Coie is itself quite a statement: “The Order is an affront to the Constitution and our adversarial system of justice. Its plain purpose is to bully those who advocate points of view that the President perceives as adverse..”
March 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Of course, the complaint filed by Williams & Connolly on behalf of Perkins Coie is itself quite a statement: “The Order is an affront to the Constitution and our adversarial system of justice. Its plain purpose is to bully those who advocate points of view that the President perceives as adverse..”
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Elias Law Group: “President Trump’s goal is clear. He wants lawyers and law firms to capitulate and cower until there is no one left to oppose his Administration in court.”
March 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Elias Law Group: “President Trump’s goal is clear. He wants lawyers and law firms to capitulate and cower until there is no one left to oppose his Administration in court.”
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Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC: “Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, 'This is wrong.'”
March 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC: “Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, 'This is wrong.'”
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Keker, Van Nest, & Peters:
“We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie's challenge to the Administration's executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration's erosion of the rule of law."
“We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie's challenge to the Administration's executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration's erosion of the rule of law."
March 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Keker, Van Nest, & Peters:
“We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie's challenge to the Administration's executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration's erosion of the rule of law."
“We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie's challenge to the Administration's executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration's erosion of the rule of law."
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THREAD: Law firm statements issued in response to Trump’s executive orders targeting lawyers.
(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at [email protected], or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)
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(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at [email protected], or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)
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March 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
THREAD: Law firm statements issued in response to Trump’s executive orders targeting lawyers.
(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at [email protected], or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)
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(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at [email protected], or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)
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This is a major major major scandal and must be treated as such
Call your senators
Call your congresspeople
Call your senators
Call your congresspeople
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is a major major major scandal and must be treated as such
Call your senators
Call your congresspeople
Call your senators
Call your congresspeople
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March 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I mean how do you expect us to deport everyone brown and get our performative photo ops if all those people have due process first, geez
And here we go -- Fox News is now saying we should get rid of "due process" because it's too cumbersome.
Brian Kilmeade: "But I also think it's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people."
www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...
Brian Kilmeade: "But I also think it's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people."
www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...
Fox's Brian Kilmeade: “It's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people” Co-host Lawrence Jones: Constitutional rights “are afforded to illegals in this country. We should re...
www.mediamatters.org
March 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I mean how do you expect us to deport everyone brown and get our performative photo ops if all those people have due process first, geez